Top GKToday’s News Headlines-4 April 2020
Here are Top GKToday’s News Headlines for 4 April, 2020
INDIA
- MHRD AICTE COVID-19 Student Helpline Portal launched to help students facing difficulties due to closure of colleges and hostels
- MoS HRD and IT, Sanjay Dhotre launches ‘Hack the Crisis-India’ hackathon to find working solutions for overcoming COVID-19 pandemic
- Indian NGO ARMMAN wins USD 1.5 million Skoll Award for Social Entrepreneurship
ECONOMY & CORPORATE
- BSE Sensex ends 674.36 points or 2.39 per cent lower at 27,590.95
- NSE Nifty sheds 170 points, or 2.06 per cent, to finish at 8,083.80
- India’s foreign exchange reserves up by US$ 5.65 billion to US$ 475.56 billion in the week ended March 27
- COVID-19: Fitch Ratings cuts India’s growth forecast for 2020-21 to 2% from 5.1% projected earlier
- COVID-19: ADB forecasts Indian economy’s growth to slow to 4.0% in 2020-21 before improving to 6.2% in 2021-22
- Bond and currency markets will operate between 10 am to 2 pm, instead of the usual 9 am to 5 pm, effective April 7 to 17: RBI
- World Bank approves USD 1-billion emergency funds for India to tackle coronavirus outbreak
WORLD
- Virus causing COVID-19 is primarily transmitted through “respiratory droplets and close contacts”, not through air: WHO
- UNGA adopts resolution on COVID-19, calls for global cooperation to fight pandemic
SPORTS
- IOC sets June 29, 2021 as new deadline for qualification period of Tokyo Olympics
Month: Current Affairs - April, 2020