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Thursday 16 April 2020

Current Affairs in short : 16 April 2020

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) proposed to release its full $1 trillion lending capacity to support countries that battle the COVID-19 outbreak.

Jim Corbett National Park , the India’s oldest forested wildlife sanctuary located in the Nainital district of Uttarakhand, has become the India’s 1st quarantine centre for animals with symptoms of coronavirus (COVID-19).


External affairs ministry announced COVID-19 training program for healthcare professionals from SAARC countries.

The United States (US) has decided to cut off US payments to the World Health Organisation (WHO) during the Covid-19 pandemic.

The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has asked the Centre to issue an advisory to all States and Union Territories to implement the ongoing lockdown without violating the human rights of the public.

The Emirates Airline claimed to have become the first airline to conduct on-site rapid COVID-19 tests for its passengers.

China's Ministry of Education announced that the 44th session of the World Heritage Committee of UNESCO, initially scheduled from 29th of June to 9th of July, in Fuzhou of eastern China's Fujian Province, has been postponed.

Union Home Ministry has made spitting in public without caring as a punishable offence under the strict Disaster Management Act in its revised guidelines for lockdown.

Narendra Singh Tomar addressed the "National Conference on Kharif crops 2020" through a video conference.

The Central Government's mobile app, Aarogya Setu, has become the world's fastest app to reach 50 million downloads in just 13 days.

The Government of India decided to divide all districts across the country into hotspots, non-hotspots and green zones.

Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) in partnership with the State Bank of India (SBI) has launched a Unified Payments Interface (UPI) based payment platform, Bharat InstaPay.

The India Meteorological Department (IMD) announced that it expects monsoon rainfall to be normal this year.

Tata AIA becomes the first Life Insurance company to announce Additional Benefits Related to COVID-19.

CARE Ratings has appointed Ajay Mahajan as the Managing Director & Chief Executive Officer for a period of 5 years commencing from 15 April 2020 up to 14 April 2025.

Digital payments major Paytm has named Vineet Arora as the managing director and chief executive officer of Paytm General Insurance Ltd.

Algerian author Abdelouahab Aissaoui won a prestigious prize for Arabic fiction with his novel "The Spartan Court".

The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has decided to postpone the IPL 2020 tournament indefinitely owing to the global coronavirus pandemic.

Actor Ranjit Chowdhry passes away.

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