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Steps taken to contain coronavirus, but fake news causing panic: Govt to SC In its status report, the government has apprised the apex court about the sequence of steps taken by it after China announced on January 7 about coronavirus. Current Affairs  The Center educated the Supreme Court Tuesday that it has taken “proactive and preemptive convenient strides” to manage the coronavirus pandemic because of which its spread is so far contained yet counterfeit news causing genuine frenzy, is the “absolute most unmanageable impediment” in the administration of this test. In a status report recorded in the peak court, the legislature has given subtleties of the means taken, including upgrade of testing limit and issuance of request to buy 40,000 ventilators to meet the possibilities, to forestall coronavirus or Covid-19 and its spread in the nation. “It is presented that as described in resulting some portion of this status report, intentional or incidental phony news as ...

Follow-up distress calls of workers strictly: Chief Labour Commissioner CLC says workers have complained of job losses and non-payment of wages Current Affairs  The Chief Labor Commissioner (CLC) has sent a letter to all the provincial heads, advising them to do a “thorough” follow-up of pain calls from laborers, particularly the vagrants, who are confronting inconveniences because of the across the country lockdown intended to contain the spread of the coronavirus. Fundamentally, the CLC, who has a place with the Union Labor and Employment Ministry, has recognized that there have been occurrences of occupation misfortunes and non-installment of wages by managers after the lockdown. Naming the episode of COVID-19 coronavirus as a “national emergency”, CLC Rajan Verma said that the work magistrate’s provincial workplaces “have been getting trouble calls from representatives and laborers the nation over wherein they are whining about their hardship due to either loss ...

Covid-19: Recession for world economy; India, China likely exceptions: UN The report did not give a detailed explanation as to why and how India and China will be the exceptions as the world faces a recession and loss in global income that will impact developing countries Current Affairs  The world economy will go into downturn this year with an anticipated loss of trillions of dollars of worldwide pay due to the coronavirus pandemic, meaning something bad for creating nations with the feasible special case of India and China, as indicated by a most recent UN exchange report. With 66% of the total populace living in creating nations confronting uncommon financial harm from the COVID-19 emergency, the UN is requiring a $2.5 trillion salvage bundle for these countries. As indicated by the new examination from United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD), the UN exchange and advancement body titled ‘The COVID-19 Shock to Developing Countries: Towards a ‘...

Raincoats, helmets protect Kolkata, Haryana doctors in coronavirus fight The plight of doctors in the pandemic has cast a light on a dilapidated and overburdened public health system that has for years been starved of funds Current Affairs  Deficiencies of defensive wellbeing gear in India are constraining a few specialists to utilize parkas and motorbike head protectors while battling the coronavirus, uncovering the frail condition of the general wellbeing framework in front of a foreseen flood in COVID-19 cases.

Man is called coronavirus super-spreader after his J&K-Delhi journey Tracking the travel history of the man, who was in his mid-60s, officials said many of the passengers travelling with him in the trains have been put under quarantine Current Affairs  A Srinagar-based businessperson went via air, train and street to Delhi, Uttar Pradesh and back to Jammu and Kashmir before he passed on of COVID-19, and may have tainted numerous others, including a specialist engaging for life in a Jammu medical clinic, authorities said on Tuesday.   The representative, who went to Delhi to go to a Tablighi Jamaat assemblage, passed on March 26 of every a Srinagar clinic, 19 days after he set off for the national capital.   He could have tainted scores of individuals during his movements and around 300 individuals have been put under isolate as a result of him, authorities said.   Recapping his developments, they said he left via air from Srinagar to Delhi...

Markaz Nizamuddin issues statement on congregation, says didn’t violate law The Markaz statement referred to the directive of the Delhi government to take legal action against the Markaz administration Current Affairs  Markaz Nizamuddin, where a strict assembly left a few people influenced with coronavirus, on Tuesday said it has not disregarded any arrangement of the law and offered its premises for setting up an isolate office. Markaz Nizamuddin, which is the global home office of Tabilghi Jamaat for near 100 years, will help out the specialists, it said in an announcement.   Delhi government on Tuesday said twenty-four individuals, who participated in a strict gathering at Markaz Nizamuddin recently, have tried positive for the novel coronavirus. Delhi Health Minister Satyendar Jain said 700 individuals who went to this assembly have been isolated while around 335 individuals have been admitted to emergency clinics.”   In addition, members from acro...

Crew getting substandard Covid-19 protective gear in flights: Air India Air India has been permitted by DGCA to fly special flights to transport test kits, medicines, relief material and Indians coming from abroad or foreigners going to their countries Current Affairs  Air India group individuals are being furnished with unacceptable, sick fitting and shaky individual defensive hardware (PPE) on unique flights being worked during the lockdown, an association of the carrier’s pilots griped to Civil Aviation Minister Hardeep Singh Puri on Monday.   With India under a 21-day lockdown till April 14 to check the spread of coronavirus, all household and universal business traveler flights have been suspended for this period   In any case, bearers, for example, Air India have been allowed by the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) to fly unique flights to ship test units, drugs, help material and Indians originating from abroad or outsiders heading o...

AI-powered Microsoft 365 with new productivity tools to replace Office 365 Built on the foundation of Office 365, the Microsoft 365 gets artificial intelligence (AI), rich content and templates, and cloud-powered experiences to empower people in various ways Current Affairs  Microsoft on Tuesday presented an invigorate form of Office 365. Based on the establishment of Office 365, the Microsoft 365 gets computerized reasoning (AI), rich substance and layouts, and cloud-fueled encounters to enable individuals in different manners. The Microsoft 365 is a membership based help, accessible for individual and family use. The Microsoft 365 Personal and Family plans will be accessible from April 21, at beginning cost of Rs 4,199 every year.   For the best worth, a group of up to six individuals can utilize Microsoft 365 Family for Rs 5,299 every year, the organization said in an announcement.   The new Microsoft 365 Personal and Family plans will incorporate a...

Covid-19: Mallya asks FM to consider his offer to repay Kingfisher’s dues Mallya sought government help and said, “we are not sending employees home and paying the idle cost. Government has to help.” Current Affairs  Troubled alcohol noble Vijay Mallya, on Tuesday asked Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman to consider his rehashed “offer to reimburse 100 percent” of the sum acquired at this point ancient Kingfisher Airlines, right now coronavirus pandemic.   Mallya, who is needed in India on supposed extortion and illegal tax avoidance charges adding up to an expected Rs 9,000 crore, likewise said every one of his organizations have successfully stopped tasks and assembling following the lockdown in India.   “I have made rehashed offers to pay 100 percent of the sum acquired by KFA to the Banks. Nor are Banks ready to take cash nor is the ED ready to discharge their connections which they did at the command of the Banks. I wish the FM would tune in right now...

Paper-based device to detect Covid-19 in wastewater of communities: Study The study, published in the journal Environmental Science & Technology, noted that rapid testing kits using paper-based devices could be used on-site at wastewater treatment plants. Current Affairs  Specialists are taking a shot at a test to identify the novel coronavirus in the wastewater of networks tainted with the infection, an advancement that can help abridge COVID-19 spread by means of debased water sources.   As indicated by the researchers, including those from the Cranfield Water Science Institute in the UK, this methodology may give a powerful method to anticipate the potential spread of the infection by getting marks of it in defecation and pee from sickness transporters that enter water frameworks.   The investigation, distributed in the diary Environmental Science and Technology, noticed that fast testing units utilizing paper-put together gadgets could be utili...

From ventilators to testing kits, IITs step up to fight Covid-19 outbreak IIT Guwahati, which is set to get a Technology Innovation Hub at the campus, has developed a mask in line with World Health Organization guidelines, and plans to 3D print about 100 of these Current Affairs   IITs the nation over have joined the battle against Covid-19, initiating their brooding places to create arrangements that could help contain the infection. While a few specialists are creating models for ventilators to defeat their lack, others have collaborated to create testing packs.   A group of trend-setters from IIT Kanpur’s hatchery organization Nocca Robotics has built up a ventilator model, at present in the testing stage. “Our following stage is to test the model and get it approved with the specialists to adjust the structure, which will take at any rate two additional weeks. When the testing is finished, we will start mass-scale producing,” said Abhay Karandikar, chief of...

Home quarantined in Karnataka asked to send selfies to govt every hour States and union territories (UT)s have to ensure that people don’t move across cities and on highways. Current Affairs   The home isolated coronavirus suspects and patients should send their selfies on the Quarantine Watch, a versatile application created by Karnataka government’s income division to monitor the disengaged people. The administration cautioned the home isolated individuals that they will be sent to mass isolate focuses on the off chance that they disregard the standard. In a public statement, Karnataka Medical Education Minister Dr K Sudhakar guided all home isolated people to select themselves and send their selfies on an hourly premise. “All people under request of Home Quarantine will send their selfie to government each one hour from home,” Sudhakar said in a public statement. The selfie sent from the Quarantine Watch contains GSP arranges, which makes the area of the indi...

Indian start-up QNu Labs debuts on global quantum computing stage Quantum computing relies on vastly enhanced computing capacity to quickly crack problems that would take conventional computers years to solve Current Affairs   An Indian organization called QNu Labs expects to be a worldwide player in the modern field of quantum processing, in the wake of turning into the world’s fourth organization to manufacture a deployable “Quantum-Safe Security” item. Just three organizations worldwide can flaunt such an accomplishment. Quantum-Safe Security is viewed as a generally little, billion-dollar specialty in the general field of quantum registering, which could before long be a trillion-dollar industry. The Bengaluru-based QNu Labs has coordinated worldwide firms QuintessenceLabs, ID Quantique, and Toshiba in creating Quantum-Safe Security arrangements. These protect touchy information by redesigning regular system encryption to thwart “hacking” endeavors from antagoni...

Huawei offers India Chinese tech to curb, monitor spread of coronavirus “We are working on solutions to apply our learnings and experience from China to the current situation in India and help combat COVID-19 with new technologies such as remote temperature monitoring. Current Affairs   Telecom monster Huawei has offered India the innovations that it conveyed in China’s Hubei area to check and screen spread of coronavirus. The organization utilized 5G arrange there to send the specialized arrangements that included remote temperature estimation, determination and treatment. Wuhan, the focal point of coronavirus, is the capital of Hubei area. “We are taking a shot at answers for apply our learnings and experience from China to the present circumstance in India and help battle COVID-19 with new innovations, for example, remote temperature checking. “We at Huawei in India offer to work with the Government of India, industry and nearby environment to make our commitme...

Covid-19: Railways to donate Rs 151 cr to PM-CARES Fund, says Piyush Goyal Prime Minister Narendra Modi is the chairman of the trust and its members include Defence minister, Home minister and Finance Minister Current Affairs   The Railway service will give Rs 151 crore to PM-CARES store to help in battling the coronavirus danger, Union priest Piyush Goyal said on Sunday. “Following PM’s call, I, Suresh Angadi, will give one month’s compensation, 13 lakh rly, PSU workers will give one day’s pay, equivalent to Rs 151 cr to PM-CARES support,” Goyal, who is the Railway serve, tweeted. The Union government has set up an open beneficent trust under the name of Prime Minister’s Citizen Assistance and Relief in Emergency Situations Fund (PM CARES Fund) in the wake of the coronavirus flare-up. PM Narendra Modi is the administrator of the trust and its individuals incorporate Defense serve, Home priest and Finance Minister. Continue Reading

No knocking doors: In lockdown, India Post calls to say you’ve got mail Surely the postmen, the lifeline of the country till Internet and mobile phones overtook the snail mail, were still around picking up and delivering letters and parcels? Current Affairs   During this season, post workplaces are loud with specialists hard-selling a scope of duty sparing plans to the very late speculators. The week passed by was extraordinary. On Friday evening, at the ITO Post Office over the regularly humming Bahadur Shah Zafar Marg, a covered watchman abruptly said the planning had been changed to 10 am to 1 pm. In the pre-Covid days, it worked till 8 at night. Doubtlessly the mailmen, the help of the nation till Internet and cell phones overwhelmed the snail mail, were still around getting and conveying letters and bundles? Every one of the 66 mailmen joined with this mail station had been given paid leave, a single authority working past the opening times called attention to, w...

With judiciary embracing technology, time to push dispute resolution online Experts say online dispute resolution cannot take off in India without active work from the government and the judiciary Current Affairs   In the light of the pandemic-actuated lockdown, the Supreme Court as of late declared hearings would now occur in earnest issues through video conferencing. Legitimate specialists consider this to be a sparkle that could introduce a huge scope imbuement of innovation in the equity framework — a silver coating to the unfavorable Covid-19 pandemic cloud. Route in 2005, an e-Committee set up by the Supreme Court for arranging the execution of data and correspondence innovation (ICT) in the legal executive perceived a “pressing need of re-building” of the legal procedures and ICT enablement as “strategic”. Be that as it may, 10 years and a half later, a lot of this despite everything remains work-in-progress. Specialists state one region that could see enormo...