April 2020 Current Affairs

NASA’s Artemis: First Human Base Camp on moon: The Artemis project aims to land humans on the moon by 2024. The project also aims to make a one month or two-month stay on the moon.

Aarogya Setu:
 The government of India has launched its official Covid-19 tracking app.
 The application uses Bluetooth and GPS of a smart phone to inform the user if he is in a radius of 6 feet from a COVID-19 infected person.
 Developed by Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology
 Aarogya Setu has become the world’s fastest app to reach 50 million users, within just 13 days.

April 7: World Health Day
The World Health Day is marked by World Health Organization
Theme: Support Nurses and Midwives

Arogya Sanjeevani Insurance Policy: IRDAI launches
The “Arogya Sanjeevani Insurance Policy” guidelines were basically launched to cover the hospitalization expenses of the COVID-19 patients.

GOI sets up PM-CARES Funds to fight against COVID-19: PM-CARES is Prime Minister’s Citizen Assistance and Relief in Emergency Situations fund. It is a dedicated fund with the primary objective to deal with threats like COVID-19.

Operation Shield: launched by the Delhi State Government.
 Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal announced Operation Shield in the containment zones of National Capital Region.
 SHIELD stands for Sealing, Home quarantine, isolation and tracing, essential supply, local sanitation and door-to-door checks.

Plasma Therapy

Chess Legend Viswanathan Anand:
 Chess legend Viswanathan Anand was named the ambassador of World Wide Fund India.
 He has joined the organization for its environment education program.

The International Monetary Fund has predicted India’s Growth Rate to be 1.9 percent in 2020 from 5.8 per cent in January.
 The international body has predicted 1.2 percent growth rate for China in 2020.
 Only India and China will register positive growth in 2020 despite COVID-19 pandemic, as per IMF data.

PV Sindhu:
 The World champion P V Sindhu was named the ambassador of the campaign “I am Badminton”.
 The campaign was launched by Badminton World Federation (BWF)

Ministry of Tourism

The World Malaria Day was observed on April 25, 2020 with the theme ‘Zero Malaria Starts with me’.

Dominican Republic

Ayushman Bharat Diwas is celebrated on 30 April. The day aims to promote affordable medical facilities in remote areas of the country based on the Socio-Economic Caste Census database. It will also promote health and wellness and provide insurance benefits to the poor.

India