1. MHA approves release of ₹11,092 cr to states to deal with COVID-19
- Union Home Minister Amit Shah approved the release of ₹11,092 crores to all states
- Under the State Disaster Risk Management Fund (SDRMF)
- To set up quarantine facilities and arranging other facilities for checking the spread of coronavirus.
- Ajay Kumar Bhalla – Home Secretary.
2. Uber partners NHA to provide dedicated transport service to COVID-19 healthcare workers
- NHA = National Health Authority
- To provide transport service to frontline healthcare workers who are engaged in the treatment.
- Uber will initially facilitate the provision of 150 cars free of cost through its UberMedic service.
- Uber HQ: San Francisco, CA, USA.
3. IAF airlifts 6.2 tonne essential medicines and hospital consumables to Maldives
- Under Operation Sanjeevani.
- It is the first country in India’s neighbourhood to have received essential medicines since the lockdown.
- Air Chief Marshal : Birender Singh Dhanoa.
4. FCI sets new record in single day transportation of food grains
- A new record in single-day movement by moving 70 rakes carrying 1,93,000 MT of food grains continuously for 2 days.
- During the 12 days of lockdown, it has done average movement of 1,40,000 tonnes of food grain/day.
- Among the consuming states, maximum induction was done in UP.
5. Maharashtra govt, BMC to launch a 24 X 7 helpline to address mental health during COVID-19
- To alleviate these mental health concerns during a lockdown,
- Mpower has partnered with the Maharashtra govt & the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation
- To launch a toll-free helpline number called ‘BMC-Mpower 1on1’.
- Mpower, an Indian mental healthcare institute
- Mpower HQ : Mumbai.
6. ADB to invest $ 100 million in Infra sector via NIIF
- Infra sector = Indian Infrastructure sector
- ADB is investing in NIIF’s ‘fund of funds’,
- ‘Fund of funds’ means that the actual money invested is a few times more than the committed sum.
- NIIF = National Investment and Infrastructure Fund
- NIIF MD and Chief : Sujoy Bose.
7. Indian NGO ARMMAN wins prestigious USD 1.5 million Skoll Award for Social Entrepreneurship
- ARMMAN, an India-based non-profit organization was
- Organisation was awarded the Skoll Award for Social Entrepreneurship 2020
- For its work in the maternal and child health space in India.
- ARMMAN works towards empowering mothers and enabling healthy children in India.
- Dr Aparna Hegde – Founder, Chairperson of ARMMAN.
- HO: Mumbai.
8. SEBI Whole time member Madhabi Puri Buch gets six-month extension
- Buch is SEBI’s 1st woman WTM and the 1st from the private sector to be appointed a board member.
- SEBI Chairman : Ajay Tyagi.
9. Bione launches India’s first COVID-19 home screening test kit
- First healthcare company in India to introduce this.
- It is priced between ₹2000-3000/-. Bione, based in Banglaore is the first company to bring NSG Sequencing to India.
- Bione was founded by Surendra K Chikara, a renowned genomicist.
10. International Day of Sport for Development and Peace: April 6
- For International Day of Sport 2020, let’s #BeActive.
11. Telangana govt launches website to fact-check false social media posts
- Telangana government in partnership with Factly Media & Research launched the website and dissecting misleading posts.
- The portal is first of its kind by a state government.
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