Top GKToday’s News Headlines-27 March 2020

March 26, 2020

Here are Top GKToday’s News Headlines for 27 March, 2020

Scientists from DST’s Agharkar Research Institute, Pune develop high protein content wheat variety MACS 4028
DST’s ARCI (International Advanced Centre for Powder Metallurgy & New Materials) in Hyderabad develops technology to improve fuel efficiency of internal combustion engines
Veteran photographer & Padma Shri recipient Nemai Ghosh dies in Kolkata at 86
Veteran freedom fighter Nagorav Vitthalrao Deshpande dies at 90 in Aurangabad, Maharashtra

BSE Sensex rises 1,862 points or 7 per cent to settle at 28,536
NSE Nifty ends at 8,298, up 497 points or 6.37 per cent
Centre earmarks Rs 1.80 lakh crores for providing wheat at Rs 2 per kg and rice at Rs 3 per kg; amount to be given in advance to the states for the coming 3 months
Cabinet approves recapitalisation of RRBs (Regional Rural Banks) to improve Capital to Risk (Weighted) Assets Ratio (CRAR)
IRS officers Krishan Mohan Prasad and Satish Kumar Gupta appointed as CBDT members
Govt bans export of anti-malarial drug hydroxychloroquine
Govt. to continue scheme for Rebate of State and Central Taxes & Levies (RoSCTL) on export of garments beyond March 31
CCEA approves construction of 22-km Aligarh-Harduaganj flyover by Railways in UP at a cost of over Rs. 1285 crore
Union Bank of India launches Covid Emergency Line of Credit (CELC) for its customers to tide over liquidity issues
Indian Bank launches IND- COVID Emergency Credit Line (IBCECL) for large corporates
Digital Industry to temporarily default HD content streaming to SD till April 14

UN launches USD 2 billion ‘Global Humanitarian Response Plan for COVID19’
25 killed in an attack on Gurudwara in Kabul claimed by Islamic State (IS) terror group
Spain surpasses China with 3,434 coronavirus deaths
Acclaimed US playwright Terrence McNally dies at 81
Noted chef Floyd Cardoz dies at 59 in New York; owned restaurants Bombay Canteen and O Pedro in Mumbai
UN observes International Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Slavery and the Transatlantic Slave Trade on March 25
UN observes International Day of Solidarity with Detained and Missing Staff Members