#RojBaroj-1st April

mportant Day

Economy

ICICI Bank launched a service that will enable customers to access banking services through instant messaging application – WhatsApp.
The Reserve Bank extended timings for daily reverse repo and marginal standing facility (MSF) window for a period of – one month.
ICICI Lombard in partnership with this merchant payment has rolled out ‘COVID-19 Protection Insurance Cover’ for shopkeepers – BharatPe.

Environment

World’s coldest continent where scientists recorded the first-ever heatwave event over the 2019-20 summer period and recorded minimum temperatures above zero degrees Celsius and a maximum temperature of 9.2 degrees Celsius – Antarctica.

International

This country announced the launch of a new naval mission ‘Operation Irini’ in the Mediterranean Sea aimed at enforcing the U.N. arms embargo on Libya – European Union.
Winner of the Global Treasure Award 2020 of the Skoll Foundation – The Elders.
This institution and World Bank called for governments to put a hold on debt payments from the world’s poorest nations so they can battle the coronavirus pandemic – International Monetary Fund.

National

“Aham!”, a AI virtual assistant, released in 7 Indian languages by – DheeYantra.
Average hike in the wages of rural workers under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural employment guarantee scheme with effective from 1 April – Rs. 20.
Government of India has extended the benefit of ___ Interest Subvention (IS) to Banks and 3% Prompt Repayment Incentive (PRI) to all farmers up to 31 May 2020 – 2%.
An initiative launched by the Retailers Association of India (RAI) to ease supply of essential products in the wake of the ongoing nation-wide lockdown – ‘Food Soldier Project’.

Persons in News

A senior official from India who resigned from his position of Representative of the UN Secretary-General for the investment of the assets of the United Nations Joint Staff Pension Fund (UNJSPF) – Sudhir Rajkumar.

State Current Affairs

This state government announced an average of 8% electricity tariff cut for the next five years to help businesses and people tide over the COVID-19 crisis – Maharashtra.

Science

This US-based company began working on the vaccine under investigation – Ad26 SARS-CoV-2 – in January using the same technology it used to develop a candidate vaccine for Ebola – Johnson & Johnson.

General Knowledge

NSE India (National Stock Exchange of India Ltd) – Founded: 27 November 1992; Headquarters: Mumbai.
BSE (formerly Bombay Stock Exchange) – Founded: 09 July 1875; Founder: Premchand Roychand.
National Gallery of Modern Art – Established: 29 March 1954; Location: New Delhi.
Odisha state – Formation: 1 April 1936 (separate state out of Bihar); Capital: Bhubaneswar.
Retailers Association of India (RAI) was founded in – 2004.

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