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International Monetary Fund predicts India’s Growth Rate at 1.9%
Following the World that set India’s Growth rate between 1.5% and 2.8%, the International Monetary Fund has set growth rate of India at 1.9%. On April 14, 2020, the IMF released its report predicting growth rate of the country at ..
Month: Current Affairs - April, 2020
ICMR: Remdesvir effective in stopping replication mechanism of COVID-19
On April 13, 2020, the Indian Council of Medical Research announced that the antiviral drug Remdesvir is highly effective in stopping the replication of COVID-19. Highlights The research on the efficacy of Remdesvir is a part of WHO’s “Solidarity Trial”. ..
Month: Current Affairs - April, 2020
COVID-19: What are Red, Orange and Green Zones?
On April 11, 2020, PM Modi interacted with the Chief Ministers of the states through video conferencing. During the meet, most of them favoured extending the lock down. Highlights As the lock down comes to an end on April 14, ..
Month: Current Affairs - April, 2020
DST funds development of Active Virosome Vaccine Production
The Department of Science and Technology operating under Ministry of Science and Technology is to fund Seagull Biosolutions to develop Active Virosome vaccines and immunodiagnostic kits for COVID-19. The kits are expected to reach the market by August 2020. Virosomes ..
Month: Current Affairs - April, 2020
ICMR approves Plasma Therapy Treatment
The Indian Council of Medical Research has recently approved plasma therapy as potential treatment for COVID-19. However, the protocol to conduct the therapy is yet to be finalized. Plasma Therapy The Plasma Therapy is used to treat viral infections. The ..
Month: Current Affairs - April, 2020
PM Modi holds meeting regarding Extension of lockdown
On April 8, 2020, the Prime Minister Narendra Modi held a video conference with political leaders discussing the extension of lock down. Prime Minister has indicated that most of the suggestions he received was to extend the lock down. Highlights ..
Month: Current Affairs - April, 2020
Funding approved by DST to develop Nasal Passage Gel for COVID-19
The Department of Biosciences and Bioengineering and IIT Madras have developed a nasal passage gel that will inactivate COVID1-9. The funding to support the technology is to be provided by SERB (Science and Engineering Research Board), a statutory body operating ..
Month: Current Affairs - April, 2020
ILO of United Nations: 400 million Indian workers to sink into poverty
On April 8, 2020, the International Labour Organization released its report, “COVID-19 and world of work”. According to the report, around 400 million people are to enter poverty in India. Highlights The United Nations Labour body, International Labour Organization has ..
Month: Current Affairs - April, 2020
India begins working on Genome Sequencing of COVID-19
The CCMB (Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology), CSIR (Council of Scientific and Industrial Research) and IGIB (Institute of Genomics and Integrative Biology) are working on genome sequencing of COVID-19. Highlights The Genome Sequencing is being done to understand the ..
Month: Current Affairs - April, 2020
Samadhan: A challenge launched by the Ministry of Human Resource Development
On April 7, 2020, the Ministry of Human Resource Development launched “Samadhan”, a challenge to address COVID-19 in the country. The mega online challenge was launched by the Innovative Cell of Ministry of Human Resources Development and AICTE (All India ..