Important Day
- First, International Delegate’s Day - 25 April 2020.
- Theme of World Intellectual Property Day (26 April) for the year 2020 – “Innovate for a Green Future”.
International
- The United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) has cancelled over _______ debt owed by developing countries amid the COVID-19 pandemic - $1 trillion.
- This organisation, together with a group of global partners, launched the Access to COVID-19 Tools Accelerator (or ACT Accelerator), a groundbreaking collaboration to accelerate both the development and equitable access to new essential technologies for COVID-19 - World Health Organization (WHO).
National
- Government has declared this sector as a public utility service for six months till October 21 under the provisions of the Industrial Disputes Act means that the sector would not see any strikes by employees - Banking industry.
- Only university from Punjab that feature in the top list of the Times Higher Education (THE) Impact Rankings 2020 - Chitkara University (rank: 59th).
Persons in News
- Present Director-General of World Health Organisation (WHO) - Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus.
- New Central Vigilance Commissioner - Sanjay Kothari.
- Indian-American university chancellor who elected to the prestigious American Academy of Arts and Sciences for her contributions in the fields of education and academic leadership - Renu Khator.
State Current Affairs
- This government has launched 'Dhanwantari' initiative, a new scheme under which locally unavailable medicines below Rs 200 shall be delivered to patients at home – Assam.
- Telangana ministers K T Rama Rao inaugurated the Ranganayaka Sagar project in Siddipet district, which is part of the flagship Kaleswaram irrigation project on - Godavari river.
- This state government commemorated Khongjom Day on 23 April 2020 in remembrance of the Anglo-Manipuri War in 1891 - Manipur.
Science
- Scientists at this institute have developed a Herbal decongestant spray for mask that can protect from suffocation - CSIR-National Botanical Research Institute (NBRI), Lucknow.
- “Chitra Magna”, an innovative RNA extraction kit, has been developed by - Sree Chitra Tirunal Institute for Medical Sciences and Technology (SCTIMST).
General Knowledge
- World's largest multi-stage multi-purpose Irrigation Project - Kaleshwaram Lift Irrigation Project.
- Income Tax Appellate Tribunal (ITAT) was set up on - 25 January 1941.
- World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) – Founded: 14 July 1967; Headquarters: Geneva, Switzerland.
- Central Vigilance Commission (CVC) - Founded: 1964; Headquarters: New Delhi.
- United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) - Founded: 1964; Headquarters: Geneva, Switzerland.
