Daily GK Update:15th April 2020

By Vijay Kumar|Updated : April 15th, 2020

 Arts & Culture

1. Ministry of Tourism launches "DekhoApnaDesh" webinar series

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  • Ministry of Tourism has launched its "DekhoApnaDesh" webinar series to provide information on various destinations and the sheer depth-expanse of the culture and heritage of our Incredible India.
  • The first in the webinar series unfold the long history of Delhi and was titled as ‘City of Cities- Delhi's Personal Diary'.
  • It will be available on the Ministry’s social media handles IncredibleIndia on Instagram and Facebook.

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 National Affairs

2. Fit India and CBSE organise first-ever live fitness sessions for school

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  • Fit India and CBSE organised first-ever live fitness sessions for school students in the second phase of lockdown.
  • Commencing from 15th April 2020 at 9:30 am, students can easily get access to these live sessions on the Facebook and Instagram handles of Fit India Movement and CBSE.
  • It will cover all aspects of children’s fitness from daily workouts to yoga, nutrition to emotional well-being with guidelines of Ministry of AYUSH to stay healthy.

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 State Affairs

3. E-comic textbooks launched in Manipur

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  • Manipur State Education Department has launched electronic format comic textbooks for class III to V for Mathematics, Environmental Studies and English Language.
  • The textbook is launched to make up the gaps for the academic situation arises due to lockdown due to COVID-19 pandemic.
  • The decision to start this learning method has been made after thorough discussion and analysis with the experts and official concerned of the State Department of Education.

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 Important Dates

4. World Art Day being observed today

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  • World Art Day is celebrated every year on April 15 globally to create awareness on the diversity of artistic expressions and contribution of artists.
  • It was was proclaimed at the 40th session of UNESCO’s General Conference in 2019.
  • The date of April 15 was chosen in honour of Leonardo Da Vinci’s birthday.
  • It is an international celebration of arts to recognize and support all forms of creative expressions like visual arts, films, music, creative writing etc.

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 State Affairs

5. UP became first state to conduct COVID-19 pool testing

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  • Uttar Pradesh will be the first state to start pool testing of the coronavirus samples.
  • The Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) gave permission for pool testing to the state in order to help maximize the testing of samples daily.
  • The pool testing will increase the testing capacity as well as accelerate the process.
  • Telephonic consultation facility has also been started as part of which people can call on toll free number 18001805145.

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 Obituaries

6. Former Golfer Doug Sanders passes away

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  • Former pro golfer Doug Sanders (86 years) passes away.
  • He was known as the "Peacock of the Fairways."
  • Sanders captured 20 titles including the 1956 Canadian Open with 4 runner-up finishes in majors with the 1970 Open Championship engrained in most golf fans minds.
  • Sanders also played in 218 events on the senior Champions Tour and hosted his own tournament, the Doug Sanders Celebrity Classic.

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 State Affairs

7. Goa to integrate allopathy with Ayurveda to treat COVID-19 patients

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  • Goa to become the first state to treat COVID-19 positive patients with allopathy and Ayurveda to boost their immunity.
  • The treatment will be administered in consultation with doctors.
  • State government was integrating allopathy and Ayurveda to treat COVID-19 patients and those quarantined at different facilities in the state.

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 State Affairs

8. Robots to serve food, medicine to COVID-19 patients in Jharkhand

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  • Robots will serve food and medicine to COVID-19 patients in two hospitals in Jharkhand's West Singhbhum district to protect doctors and health workers from getting infected with coronavirus.
  • Developed by District Deputy Development Commissioner (DDC) Aditya Ranjan, the remote-controlled COBOT-Robotics will provide food and medicine to patients without human intervention.
  • The DDC had earlier designed a booth to protect health workers from coronavirus.

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 Obituaries

9. Famous architect Rifat Chadirji passes away

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  • The Aga Khan Award-winning architect Rifat Chadirji (93 years) passes away.
  • He was known as the ‘father of Iraqi architecture’.
  • Among the architect’s best-known works are the Tobacco Monopoly Headquarters, the Central Post Office, and the Hamood Villa in Baghdad.

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 Banking & Finance

10. Max Life Insurance and YES Bank extend bancassurance partnership

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  • Max Life Insurance and YES Bank announced five-year extension of the strategic bancassurance relationship.
  • Max Life-YES Bank relationship has sold about 280,000 policies. It has settled death claims of more than Rs 70 crore and offered protection worth Rs 34,500 crore to policy holders and their families.

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 National Affairs

11. Naval Command designed air evacuation pod for COVID patients

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  • An Air Evacuation Pod (AEP) was indigenously designed and fabricated by Naval Aircraft Yard (Kochi) under Southern Naval Command (SNC) for safe air evacuation of COVID patients from remote areas eliminating the risk of cross-infection to pilots and evacuation team. 
  • The evacuation pod is made of Aluminum, Nitrile Rubber and Perspex.
  • It weighs only 32 kg and has incurred manufacturing cost of ₹50000/- which is only 1% of cost of an imported equivalent item (Rs 59Lakhs).

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 Important Dates

12. Himachal Day being observed today

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  • Himachal Day is a gazetted public holiday and is celebrated on April 15th every year as on this day in 1948, Himachal Pradesh became a province of India.
  • It became a sub-state under the Indian constitution in 1950 then becoming a union territory in 1956.
  • However, in 1970 the State of Himachal Pradesh Act was passed by Parliament and the new state came into being on January 25th 1971 making it the 18th state of India.
  • S. Parmar became the state’s first chief minister.

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 Sports

13. India to host Asian Boxing Championships

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  • The national sports federation has announced to host the Asian Boxing Championships for men and women in November-December 2020.
  • The event is usually a biennial competition but was held in consecutive years in the past.
  • The host city will be finalized soon.

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Daily GK Update:15th April 2020

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