Top GKToday’s News Headlines-24 April 2020

April 24, 2020

Here are Top GKToday’s News Headlines for 24 April, 2020

The Epidemic Diseases (Amendment) Ordinance 2020 comes into effect; makes acts of violence against healthcare personnel during an epidemic non-bailable offence
SC adds teeth to the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act, says entire weight of banned drug mixture to determine quantity
Defence Minister unveils DRDO-developed MVRDL (Mobile Virology Research and Diagnostics Laboratory) to test COVID19 samples
MoFPI’s IIFPT manufacturing and supplying nutrient-rich foods to COVID-19 patients
IIFPTL: Indian Institute of Food Processing Technology, MoFPI: Ministry of Food Processing Industries
UP becomes the first state to have video conferencing infrastructure in all its courts
Manipur govt commemorates ‘Khongjom Day’ at Khongjom War Memorial Complex on April 23
Mizoram: Mobile app ‘mCOVID19’ to act as online pass for drivers and handymen
CSIR’s IMMT (Institute of Minerals and Materials Technology), Bhubaneswar develops foot-operated wash basins, to be installed in Mumbai’s Dharavi
Jharkhand court sentences former state minister Ainosh Ekka to seven years of rigorous imprisonment in money laundering case
Kerala: Elected representatives to take 30% cut in their monthly salary and honorarium for one year; those earning up to Rs 20,000 per month exempted
Eminent Hindi theatre personality and Sangeet Natak Akademi awardee Usha Ganguly dies in Kolkata aged 75

Govt decides to suspend up to one-year IBC (Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code) provisions that trigger fresh insolvency proceedings
Remittances to India are likely to drop by 23% from USD 83 in 2019 to USD 64 billion in 2020 due to COVID-19: World Bank
COVID-19 pandemic: Centre freezes dearness allowance (DA) payable to its employees and dearness relief (DR) to its pensioners for one year from January 1, 2020
Govt reconstitutes National Shipping Board; to be headed by ex DG Shipping Malini Shankar

COVID-19: China announces additional USD 30 million grant for WHO
Pakistan receives USD 1.39 billion emergency loan from IMF to deal with Corona virus crisis
World Book and Copyright Day celebrated by UNSECO on April 23; Kuala Lumpur (Malaysia) named World Book Capital for 2020
International Girls in ICT (Information & Communications Technology) Day celebrated on April 23 (fourth Thursday of April)
English Language Day, Spanish Language Day celebrated by the UN on April 23