National International Current Affairs 1st April 2020
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♦ NCDC and Indian Potash Limited jointly contributed 11 crore towards the PM CARES Fund for COVID-19. NCDC, MD Sundeep Kumar Nayak presented a cheque to the Narendra Singh Tomar, Union Minister of Agriculture, Rural Development, and Panchayati Raj
NCDC: National Cooperative Development Corporation
Managing Director: Sundeep Kumar Nayak
Head Quarters: New Delhi
Indian Potash Limited
Managing Director: P. S. Gahlaut
Head Quarters: Chennai
♦ Prime Minister had a telephonic conversation with Prime Minister Kuwait Sabah Al-Khalid Al-Sabah, discussed domestic and international aspects of the ongoing pandemic COVID-19
Country: Kuwait
Capital: Kuwait City
Currency: Kuwaiti Dinar
Government: Unitary constitutional monarchy
Emir: Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah
Prime Miniter: Sabah Al-Khalid Al-Sabah
♦ Jammu Kashmir UT became 12th State to set up the PMRU, Price Monitoring Resource Unit by the National Pharmaceutical Pricing Authority (NPPA). PMRUs have already been set up in 11 States, including, Kerala, Odisha, Gujarat, Rajasthan, Punjab, Haryana, Nagaland, Tripura, Uttar Pradesh, Andhra Pradesh, and Mizoram.
♦ PMRU works under the direct control and supervision of the State Drug Controller, it helps NPPA and State Drug Controller in ensuring availability and accessibility of medicines at affordable price
♦ The Competition Commission of India (CCI) approved the formation of Joint Venture between Adani Green Energy Limited and Total S.A. in the business of power generation through solar energy in India
♦ CBSE directed its affiliated schools to promote all students of classes I-VIII to next class/grade without any exams and for classes IX and XI to be promoted to next class/grade on school-based assessment
♦ Sukhdeo Singh IAS appointed as new Chief Secretary of Jharkhand
♦ D.S Rawat appointed as new CEO and Managing Director of Bharti Infratel
♦ Sameer Aggarwal appointed as new CEO of Walmart India
♦ Government of India launched ‘Stranded In India’ Portal for foreign tourists stuck in India due to the lockdown, Web Portal http://strandedinindia.com/
♦ Ministry of Corporate Affairs, MCA introduced “Companies Fresh Start Scheme 2020” for an initial period of 6 months i.e., 1st April 2020 till 30 Sep 2020. Which is a one-time waiver of additional filing fees for delayed filings by the companies/ LLPs with the Registrar of Companies from April to September
♦ Fitch slashed India’s GDP growth estimate for the Financial year 2021 to 4.6% from 5.4 %
♦ India Ratings and Research, Ind-Ra decreased India’s GDP for the Financial year 2021 to 3.6% from 5.5% for FY21
♦ PNB, Punjab National Bank Unveiled new Logo following its merger with Union Bank of India and Oriental Bank of Commerce. PNB is set to become the second-largest lender in the India, first SBI
Punjab National Bank
Founder: Dyal Singh Majithia and Lala Lajpat Rai
Headquarter: New Delhi
Chairman: Sunil Mehta
MD and CEO: S. S. Mallikarjuna Rao
♦ IIT Bombay developed a mobile app ‘CORONTINE’, helps in tracking the potential suspected asymptomatic carriers of coronavirus if they leave their quarantine zone
♦ Germany Finance Minister Thomas Schaefer committed suicide, deeply worried over about economic fallout from the coronavirus
♦ Veteran Japanese Comedian Ken Shimura Passed away, he was known as Japan’s Robin Williams
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