Important Day
- Theme of National Safe Motherhood Day (11 April) for the year 2020 - ‘Safe Motherhood in times of COVID19’.
National
- With the objective of the programme to encourage cross-system learning, the Indian origin doctors across the globe have collaborated for an initiative called - “Global Indian Physician COVID-19”.
- An initiative by this company called The Dhaaga initiative had supplied approximately 1.2 lakh masks Maharashtra and Jharkhand states - TATA Power.
- The Tribal Cooperative Marketing Development Federation of India Limited (TRIFED) will provide fund to manufacture face mask by SHG under - Van Dhan scheme.
- A unique portal and dashboard to monitor and record the efforts and initiatives of Ministry of Human Resources & Development - YUKTI (Young India Combating COVID with Knowledge, Technology and Innovation).
- This company has been conferred with the honourable Global, Edison Award for its Club Enerji #Switchoff2SwitchOn campaign - Tata Power.
Persons in News
- Winner of the prestigious Ganesh Shankar Vidyarthi Award instituted by the Kendriya Hindi Sansthan for outstanding contribution in the field of Hindi journalism – K. G. Suresh (Senior Journalist).
State Current Affairs
- This UT government's pet project of happiness classes' for school children will resume from 12 April 2020 - Delhi.
General Knowledge
- National Cooperative Development Corporation (NCDC) was founded on - 13 March 1963.
- Present Chief Justice of India (CJI) - Justice Sharad Arvind Bobde (47th CJI).
- Supreme Court of India was established on - 1 October 1937.
- First CJI of India - Sir Harilal Jekisundas Kania.
- Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs (CBIC) was founded on - 26 January 1944.
