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Current Affairs 23 April 2020

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Karnataka govt launches Mobile app “Apthamitra” and helpline number to fight COVID-19

Karnataka Chief Minister B.S. Yediyurappa has inaugurated a helpline number and a mobile app named ‘Apthamitra’ to empower the people of the state in the fight against COVID-19.
The Apthamitra helpline is an exclusive toll free Number 14410 dedicated to deal with only Covid-19-related queries including telemedicine, counselling and facilitating testing and treatment for those in need. It will work from 8 AM to 8 PM.
Similarly, the app is for those, seeking advice for telemedicine from doctors directly.
The two platforms will help to reach out to people, especially those staying in Corona hotspot areas, to identify those having influenza-like illness (ILI), Severe Acute Respiratory Infection (SARI), COVID-19-like symptoms or having high risk of getting infected.
The initiative will enable to identify persons with low risk but having some symptoms similar to COVID-19 and provide them telemedicine support with over-the-counter medicines and counsel them about the need to go through self-quarantine.

IIIT-Delhi Develops Mobile App ‘WashKaro’ to warn about COVID-19 containment zones & filter fake news

Researchers at Indraprastha Institute of Information Technology (IIIT-Delhi) have developed an app named ‘WashKaro’ to warn people about a coronavirus containment zone nearby as well as help them to check whether a news item about the pandemic is genuine or fake.
The app has been developed by a team led by professor Ponnurangam Kumaraguru and Dr Tavpritesh Sethi along with five students.
The app uses Bluetooth technology for communication and does not need internet or location services. The containment zones are mapped on the app and if you enter the area, it will alert you that you are entering a zone.
The app also has a feature ‘onAIr’, which makes use of the Artificial Intelligence technology to cross-reference news with WHO documents.

India ranked 142nd in World Press Freedom Index 2020; Top- Norway

India has been ranked at 142nd position in the World Press Freedom Index 2020 out of 180 countries. The Index has been topped by Norway.
The index is released every year by “Reporters Without Border”. India has dropped two places from last year’s ranking.
North Korea is ranked last in 180th position.

RBI increases deployment time limit under TLTRO 2.0 to 45 days from 30 days

RBI has extended the time available for banks for deployment of funds under the TLTRO 2.0 scheme from 30 working days to 45 working days from the date of the operation.
Under TLTRO 2.0 the banks which have borrowed the funds are required to deploy this fund in specific sectors as advised by RBI. The time limit for this deployment of the fund is now 45 days from the date of borrowing.
Funds that are not deployed within this extended time frame will be charged interest at the prevailing policy repo rate plus 200 bps for the number of days such funds remain un-deployed.

Facebook buys 9.9% stake in Reliance Jio for Rs 43,574 crore

Social Media giant Facebook on April 22, 2020 has bought 9.9% stake in Reliance Jio for $5.7 billion (Rs 43,574 crore).
With this investment, Facebook has become the largest minority shareholder of Reliance Jio , the telecom unit of Reliance Industries Ltd (RIL).
This is also the largest investment for a minority stake by a technology company anywhere in the world as well as the largest FDI in the technology sector in India.
Following the Facebook’s investment, the Jio Platform has been valued at Rs 4.62 lakh crore ($65.95 billion).

TCS to power Israel’s first fully digital bank

Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) will launch Israel’s first fully digital bank. TCS is India’s largest software services firm.
TCS has been selected by Israel’s Ministry of Finance to transform its banking sector. The digital banking operations platform will be powered by the TCS BaNCS Global Banking Platform.
The digital bank has not been named yet and will be launched in 2021.

Bajaj Auto’s Rakesh Sharma Appointed as President of IMMA

Rakesh Sharma, the Executive Director (ED) at Bajaj Auto, has been appointed as the new President of International Motorcycle Manufacturers Association (IMMA) on 22 April 2020.
Sharma succeeds Johannes Loman and will hold the office of IMMA President for two years
He had been holding office as vice-president in IMMA, since May 2019.

P.V. Sindhu selected as ambassador for BWF’s “I Am badminton” awareness campaign

Indian badminton champion, P.V. Sindhu has been selected as one of the ambassadors for Badminton World Federation (BWF)’s “I am badminton” awareness campaign.
Other people who have been selected as ambassadors by BWF are- Michelle Li from Canada, Zheng Si Wei and Huang Ya Qiong from China, Jack Shephard from England, Valeska Knoblauch from Germany, Chan Ho Yuen from Hong Kong and Marc Zwiebler from Germany’s Germany, who is Athletes’ Commission Chair.
The campaign provides a platform for players to express their love and respect for badminton by advocating and committing to clean and honest play.

Adam Higginbotham Wins 2020 William E. Colby Award for ‘Midnight in Chernobyl’

Adam Higginbotham has been awarded with the 2020 William E. Colby Military Writers’ Award for his book “Midnight in Chernobyl: The Untold Story of the World’s Greatest Nuclear Disaster”.
The $5,000 prize is presented annually by the Norwich University in Northfield, Vermont for an outstanding book on military or intelligence history.
The award was established in 1999 and recognizes “a first work of fiction or non-fiction that has made a major contribution to the understanding of intelligence operations, military history, or international affairs”.

World Book Day: 23 April

The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) organises the World Book Day every year on 23 April to promote reading, publishing, and copyright in the society.
The day is also known as World Book and Copyright Day or International Day of the Book.
The theme of 2020 World Book Day is SHARE A STORY.
In United Kingdom, the day is observed on first Thursday of March.

UN English Language Day & UN Spanish Language Day : 23 April

The UN English Language Day and UN Spanish Language Day is observed annually on 23 April.
They are one of the six official languages used by the United Nations throughout the Organization.
Each language has been assigned a day of celebration by UN’s Department of Public Information in 2010 to celebrate multilingualism and cultural diversity as well as to promote equal use of all six official languages throughout the Organization.
For English, 23 April has been chosen to mark both the birthday and date of death of William Shakespeare.
For Spanish Language, the Day was chosen because the day is also observed as Hispanic Day in Spain, meaning the Spanish speaking world.

Daily Current Affairs – 23 April 2020