Recently India and the country
whose Science and Technology Forum has proposed to work on virtual network to
deal with COVID-19 – America
The International Monetary Fund has approved a proposal to cancel the 6-month loan payment of the 25 poorest countries in the world to help them deal with the coronavirus epidemic – US $ 500 million.
The software jointly launched
by Atal Innovation Mission, NITI Aayog and National Informatics Center on 13
April 2020 – CollabCAD
The International Monetary Fund
(IMF) has recently projected the percentage of India’s GDP growth to be -1.9
percent in the financial year 2020-21.
The World Bank recently said in
a report focused on the economy of South Asia, that the growth rate of the
Indian economy in 2020-21 will be as low as between-1.5 percent to 2.8 percent.
According to the Ministry of
Home Affairs, the visa of foreign nationals stranded in India has been extended
till the date of – 30 April
Prime Minister Narendra Modi
announced to extend the lockdown to 21 days ending on April 14 – May 3
Indian Army celebrated Siachen
Day – April 13
The country that has approved the sale of $ 155 million missile torpedo to India- America
Indian Railways has also
announced the cancellation of all passenger trains till May 3 after Prime
Minister Narendra Modi extended the lockdown.
According to the World Bank’s
‘South Asia Economic Focus’ economic update, the country whose economic growth
rate is likely to be the worst since the liberalization of 1991 in FY 2021 due
to COVID-19 epidemic- India
In view of the recent effects
of COVID-19 in the economic sector, the Indian government is trying to agree on
a currency exchange agreement between India and the country to deal with any
uncertainty in the coming days- America
The country which is at the top
in the production and export of Hydroxychloroquine in the world – India
Recently, in view of the
economic challenges posed by COVID-19 in the country, all the banks and
non-banking financial companies of the country have instructed to give
additional months of extra discount for repayment of loans given to their
customers. – three months
National Safe Motherhood Day is
celebrated on 11 April
Recently the famous Indian
classical singer and the award with which Shanti Hiranand Chawla died at the
age of 87 – Padma Shri Award
The country known as ‘The Cat’,
the former Goalkeeper Peter Bonetti died in the age of 78 – England
International Human Flight Day
is observed on – April 12
Recently the British driver of
motorsport who died at the age of 90 after prolonged illness – Sterling Moss
According to the World
Intellectual Property Organization, in 2019, the country was the first to apply
for an international patent – China
According to the latest report
by the Center for Monitoring Indian Economy, the employment rate came to the
lowest level in March 2020 with a percentage of -38.2 percent
In the recently held virtual
meeting of the G-20 countries in which the major petroleum producing countries
have decided to cut their daily oil production by mutual consent to control the
falling prices of mineral oil – Saudi Arabia
Recently the President of the
Asian Development Bank has assured of $ billion in financial assistance to
India for the response to COVID-19 epidemic – $ 2.2 billion
The industry body of real
estate developers Naredco and the industry association Assocham have urged the
Government of India to provide a relief package of as much as $ billion for
Indian industries – $ 200 billion
