Union Health Minister Dr Harsh Vardhan has said that more than 50 crore poor and vulnerable citizens will be eligible for free COVID- 19 testing and treatment under Ayushman Bharat- Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana- PMJAY.
PM-JAY is the largest health assurance scheme in the world.
Associations representing officers of Civil Services, including IAS & IPS formed an initiative called 'Caruna' to fight coronavirus. It represents a collaborative platform, on which civil servants, industry leaders, NGOs have come together to contribute.
Civil services Associations Reach to Support in Natural Disaster
NCC offered a helping hand to civilian authorities in the country’s fight against COVID-19 by extending the services of cadets under ‘Exercise NCC Yogdan’. It has issued guidelines for temporary employment of its cadets to augment relief efforts.
NCC operates under Ministry of Defence.
The government has extended the tenure of acting President of National Company Law Tribunal BSV Prakash Kumar for another three months. The Ministry of Corporate Affairs (MCA) has informed the NCLT about the decision.
The NCLT was set up under section 408 of the Companies Act, 2013
CCI approved the acquisition of 18.95% stake in Religare Health Insurance Company by Trishikhar Ventures under the green channel route.The green channel concept- allows automatic system for speedy approval for certain categories of merger and acquisitions.
Trishikhar HQ: Mumbai
Religare HQ: Gurgaon
Indian Institute of Science has developed a prototype of an indigenous ventilator under project Praana. The project is a voluntary effort to help the nation at the time of crisis. It has been designed using materials readily available in India.
Pneumatics is built around mass-produced water filter hardware.
The government has tested an app that triggers e-mails & SMS alerts to a government agency if a person has jumped quarantine, based on the person’s mobile phone’s cell tower location. The geo-fencing is accurate up to 300 m.
Kerala was one of the first states to use geofencing to track.
National Innovation Foundation under the Department of Science andTechnology (DST) has come up with a call inviting innovative citizens to participate in its Challenge COVID-19 Competition. It will intimately engage a wide cross-section of society.
DST Secretary – Prof. Ashutosh Sharma
The resolution invites everyone to build a culture of peace with love and conscience in accordance with the culture and other appropriate circumstances or customs of their local, national and regional communities.
The day is inspired by article 1 of the Universal Declaration.
Odisha government in collaboration with the UNICEF launched an online cultural competition among children to keep them engaged at home. The "Mo Prativa" (My talent) programme is for children in the age group of 5 to 18 years.
The competition is held in three categories.
Emmy Winner Adam Schlesinger, best known as the co-founder of the 2000s pop-rock band Fountains of Wayne, has succumbed to coronavirus. He is also known for co-writing the band’s 2003 hit Stacy’s Mom.
He won three Primetime Emmys.
According to International Olympic Committee the new deadline for the qualification period for the postponed Tokyo Olympics has been set to June 29, 2021. IFs can define their own qualification period deadlines should the deadline be prior to this date.
International Olympic Committee (IOC) HQs- Lausanne, Switzerland
To create awareness to support intercontinental commerce and the global economy as the most well-organised, safe and sound, environmentally responsive approach of transporting goods from one place to another. It was the 57th edition.
Theme: Sustainable shipping for a Sustainable Planet.
At the 73rd session of the United Nations General Assembly, the Kingdom of Bahrain sponsored an initiative by the Prime Minister, His Royal Highness Prince Khalifa bin Salman Al Khalifa, to designate 5 April as an International Day of Conscience.
April 5, 2020 marked the first International Day of Conscience.