Important Day
International
- This organization and its allies have agreed to a record cut by 20 percent in output to prop up oil prices amid the coronavirus pandemic - Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC).
- The Asian Development Bank tripled the size of its financial package to support developing member-countries to - USD 20 billion.
National
- A collaborative network launched by Atal Innovation Mission, NITI Aayog and National Informatics Centre (NIC) to provide a total engineering solution from 2D drafting & detailing to 3D product design - CollabCAD.
- This organisation has announced the annual BRICS Math Online Competition for students of classes 1 to 12 in the 7 BRICS countries (Brazil, Russia, India China, South Africa, Indonesia, and Vietnam) - Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE).
Persons in News
- Former Attorney General of India (1996-1998) who passed away on 13 April 2020 - Ashok Desai.
Sports
- Host country of the Asian Boxing Championships for men and women in November-December 2020 - India.
- The Play Safe on Play True Day 2020 was organized by the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) on - 9 April.
State Current Affairs
- Odia New Year (Maha Bishuba Pana Sankranti) - 13 April 2020.
Science
- An indigenous herbal medicine called Wormivet has been developed to treat endoparasite worms in livestock by - National Innovation Foundation (NIF).
General Knowledge
- Deendayal Antyodaya Yojana - National Livelihoods Mission (NRLM) was launched in - June 2011.
- Council of Scientific & Industrial Research (CSIR) was founded on - 26 September 1942.
- National Commodity And Derivatives Exchange Ltd (NCDEX) - Founded: 15 December 2003; Headquarters: Mumbai.
- Jallianwala Bagh Massacre - 13 April 1919.
- Border Roads Organisation (BRO) - Founded: 07 May 1960; Headquarters: New Delhi.
- Independent India's first law and justice minister - Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar.
- BRICS was founded on - 16 May 2008.
