Top GKToday’s News Headlines-21 April 2020

April 21, 2020

Here are Top GKToday’s News Headlines for 21 April, 2020

Central government departments asked to include “transgender” as a separate category of gender for recruitment in civil services and other posts
Central Government constitutes 6 Inter-Ministerial Teams to make assessment of situation and augment State efforts to fight and contain spread of COVID-19 effectively
Arunachal Pradesh CM Pema Khandu inaugurates revamped “strategic bridge” over Subansiri river in Upper Subansiri district
Road Transport & Highways Ministry launches dashboard containing list of dhabas and truck repair shops on its website
COVID 19: Rajasthan govt. partners with healthcare startup MedCords for consultation and medicine delivery through Aayu & Sehat Sathi apps
Goa becomes first zero COVID-19 state in the country: Chief Minister Pramod Sawant
Reliance Foundation’s ‘Mission Anna Seva’ aiming to provide over 3 crore meals amid COVID-19 lockdown
Former IAS officer Kapil Dev Tripathi appointed as the Secretary to President Ram Nath Kovind
Fish gills used to develop efficient low-cost electro-catalysts for energy conversion devices by scientists at the Institute of Nano Science and Technology, Mohali

RBI asks banks and NBFCs to carry out money laundering (ML) and terrorist financing (TF) risk assessment exercise periodically
RBI announces extension of Ways & Means Advances limit from Rs 1.2 lakh crore to Rs 2 lakh crore for the remaining part of first half of the financial year 2020-21 (April 2020 to September 2020)
China calls new norms requiring prior clearance by the government mandatory for foreign investments from countries that share land border with India as violative of WTO’s principles
COVID-19: Fitch Solutions cuts India’s economic growth forecast for 2020-21 to 1.8% from 4.6% earlier