Current Affairs 3rd March 2020

1. India, China exchange messages of felicitations on 70 years of Diplomatic Relations

• India is first non-Communist country in Asia to establish ties.

2. Railways to modify 20,000 coaches to prepare over 3 lakh isolation beds

• India has only 0.7 beds/1000 people and has targeted for 2/1000.

3. DARPG’s National Monitoring Dashboard launched for COVID-19 Grievances

• DARPG Dpartment of Administrative Reforms and Public Grievances

4. UN Sect General Antonio Guterres terms Covid-19 a human crisis; calls for action to combat pandemic

• UN has called for a $2.5 trillion rescue package.

5. United Nation’s COP 26 climate change summit postponed till next year

• UN Climate Change – Executive Secretary Patricia Espinosa.

5. Rs. 97,597 Crore Of gross GST revenue collected in Mar 20

• Goods and Service Tax is an indirect tax and was passed in Mar17

6. RBI increases WMA limit of states, UTs by 30%, relaxes export rules

• WMA was introduced to meet mismatches in the receipts & payments

7. Coating developed by JNCASR may prevent transmission of infection

• It can be synthesized in large scale via Contract Research Org.

8. Phonepe unveils Insurance policy for treatment of covid-19

• Payments Bank cannot provide loans to its customers.

9. Krishnan s appointed ED at Canara bank

• Canara Bank HQ: Bangalore
• Tagline: Together We can

10. Wimbledon Tennis tournament cancelled for the first time since World War-II

• 2019 Wimbledon Winner – Novak Djokovic

11. Laxminarayan D named MD of Sundaram Home finance

• Sundaram Finance Headquarters – Chennai, Tamil Nadu.

12. RBI asks banks to inform about re-appointment cases of MD, CEOs six months in advance

• The revised format is aligned to requirements of Companies Act.

13. World Autism Awareness Day: April 2

• The theme for WAAD 2020 – “The Transition to Adulthood”.

14. India’s march manufacturing PMI at four-month low of 51.8

• The most common PMI surveys are the manufacturing PMI & services

15. CBSE introduces ‘Applied mathematics’ as new academic elective

• Chairperson of CBSE: Anita

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