Top GKToday’s News Headlines-4 April 2020

April 4, 2020

Here are Top GKToday’s News Headlines for 4 April, 2020

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

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

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