Latest Current Affairs: 3 April 2020

Current Affairs

3^rd APRIL 2020

2^nd April: World Autism Awareness Day

Every year, the World Autism Awareness Day is
observed on April 2 by the members of United Nations. The day is observed to
take measures to increase awareness about Autism Spectrum Disorder.
In all there are 7 health specific UN days.
World Autism Awareness Day is one among the seven. This is being observed since
2008.

Theme: The Transition to Adulthood

India’s first coronavirus hospitalization insurance by PhonePe for
Covid-19 treatment

The accelerated pace of coronavirus is
affecting mankind adversely despite government efforts for curbing the
situation. It is posing additional financial burden on individuals or families
to get hospitalization treatment for COVID-19. To provide support for such
cases, Digital payments company PhonePe has launched India’s first COVID-19
hospitalization insurance policy called Corona Care in collaboration with Bajaj
Allianz General Insurance for people who have been infected and hospitalized
for covid-19 treatment.
he policy will provide an insurance cover of
50,000 on a one-time payment of Rs. 156 for people who are under 55 years of
age.
The insured person will be eligible for the
claim only if he/she is diagnosed with COVID-19 after 15 days from the date of
purchase of this insurance.
The policy will be valid at any hospital that
is offering treatment for covid-19. It will also cover 30 days expenses on
pre-hospitalization and post-care medical treatment

All Medical devices treated as drugs under the Drugs and Cosmetics Act:
Central Government

The
Central government announced that all medical devices that are sold in India
will be treated as drugs under the Drugs and Cosmetics Act. The move came into
effect from 1 April 2020. The instructions were issued by the Ministry of
Chemicals and Fertilizers.
At
present, Government of India is regulating 24 classes of medical devices under
the Drugs and Cosmetics Act. These 24 classes of devices will be regulated as
drugs under the Drugs and Cosmetics Act (DCA) 1940 and Drugs and Cosmetics
Rules 1945.
All
medical devices that are used to treat a patient including syringes, needles, a
knee implant, digital thermometers, cardiac stents, CT scan, MRIs, dialysis
machines will be treated under the Drugs and Cosmetics Act.

Ministry of Chemicals
and Fertilizers:
Cabinet Minister: D.V.Sadanand
Gowda
Minister of State: Mansukh L. Mandaviya

Government launches its 1st comprehensive COVID-19 tracking app called
Aarogya Setu

The Government of India (GoI) has officially
launched its 1st comprehensive coronavirus (COVID-19) tracking app called
‘Aarogya Setu (which translates from Sanskrit to ‘A bridge of health’)’ for
Android and iOS (iPhone Operating System) users to connect health services with
the people to fight the novel coronavirus outbreak.
The app has been developed by the National
Informatics Center (NIC) in collaboration with the Ministry of Electronics and
Information Technology (MeitY) in just 4 days.

Chittaranjan locomotive works of Indian Railways creates world record
of making 431 locomotives for Financial Year 20

Chittaranjan Locomotive Works (CLW), the
manufacturing unit of Indian Railways based in Asansol, West Bengal (WB), has
set the Limca Book of Records for producing record 431 locomotives in the
financial year 2019-2020 (FY20) in 292 working days. It is 2.15 times its
installed capacity of 200 locomotives per year.
This was achieved despite novel coronavirus
(COVID-19) restrictions that creating disruptions during the current financial
year (FY20).
The unit has surpassed its own previous year
(2018-2019) record, when it produced 402 locomotives in 297 working days.
CLW’s Locomotive production has increased 75%
over the last 6 years period from 250 in 2014-15 to 431 in 2019-20 in line to
support 100% Electrification and ‘Make in India’ initiative of central
government.

Indian Railway:

Founded: 8 May 1845; 174 years ago

Headquarters: New Delhi

Minister of Railway: Piyush Goyal

Minister of State Railway: Suresh
Angadi

Chairman: Vinod Kumar Yadav

Owner: Government of India

Division: 18 zones

WhatsApp Chatbot of Government of India
launched to control fake news crossed 1.7 crore users

The Government of India had earlier
created Whats App Chatbot to control fake news being spread about COVID-19
virus in the country.
The Chatbot was launched to answer
all the queries related to the virus. It is designed to provide all the
information related to COVID-19. At first, GoI launched MyGov Corona Helpdesk
when India was in Phase I, in the spread of the disease.
The Chatbot was at first launched in
the platform of WhatsApp as the reach here is quicker. Later it was expanded to
Telegram through a MyGov Corona News desk Channel. Also, a dedicated helpdesk
was launched on Facebook.

Wimbledon
championship cancelled for the first time since World War II due to COVID-19

Wimbledon Championships 2020:
Founded on: 1877

Editions: 134 (2020)
Location: Wimbledon, London, United Kingdom

Venue of the game: The All
England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club, Surface Grass outdoors
Prize money: £34,000,000 (2018)

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Notes

Assam State Disaster Management
Authority launched COVID-19 Control Room in Guwahati.
National Book Trust (NBT) launched
‘Corona studies’ book series.
United Nations Security council to
meet on COVID-19 first time.
United Nations announced that the
Conference of Parties (COP 26) that was to be held in Glasgow in November 2020
has been pushed to 2021due to corona virus.
Government has extended the
validity of vehicle permits, fitness permit, and driving license vehicle
registration till 30 June.
Paytm Money Founder MD Pravin
Jadhav resigns
IIT Kanpur is working to developed
portable ventilators to support medical infrastructure.
The government hikes Ways and Means
Advance (WMA) limit with RBI by 60%.
Donations for PM-CARES Fund granted
100% tax exemption under IT Act, 1961.