VisionIAS
19:59
1) World Art day celebrated on 15 April
•On the occasion of World Art Day, UNESCO encourages everyone to join in and participate in various activities like workshops, conferences, debates, cultural events and presentations or exhibitions.
2) Manipur Govt launches Electronic format of comic textbooks
•The electronic format comic textbook for each class comprises three subjects namely Mathematics, Environmental Studies and English Language in a single electronic comic textbook format. The comic textbooks can be availed from the website www.manipureducation.gov.in. Manipur had topped the list of the best performing smaller states in NITI Aayog’s school education quality Index.
3) Jharkhand hospitals employ ‘COBOT-Robotics’ to serve COVID-19 patients
•The 20-bed ‘high-tech isolation wards’ are going to be inaugurated at the ANM Skill Centre, Chaibasa Sadar Hospital. The 30-bed ‘high-tech isolation wards’ are going to be inaugurated at COVID-19 Railway Hospital, Chakradharpur. Each bed has been designed sort of a room where medicine and food are going to be provided to patients through COBOT-Robotics.
4) Goa becomes the 1st state to use Ayurveda to COVID-19 patients
5) UP became 1st state to start “Pool Testing” of Covid-19 samples
•Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) has given permission to Uttar Pradesh to start “Pool Testing” of COVID-19 samples in the state. With this, Uttar Pradesh will be the first state to start pool testing. At present 558 COVID-19 cases have been found in the state.
6) Tourism Ministry launches #DekhoApnaDesh” webinar series
•The first such seminar of the #DekhoApnaDesh webinar series was held with the title “City of Cities: Delhi’s Personal Diary”. The seminar touched upon Delhi’s long history with its unique character. The upcoming seminars of the #DekhoApnaDesh webinar series will showcase the remarkable history and culture of India and feature the monuments, dance forms, natural landscapes, cuisine, arts, festivals and many other dimensions of the rich Indian civilization.
7) ADB increases its COVID-19 Response Package to $20 Billion
•The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has increased the size of its COVID-19 Response Package to $20 Billion. The amount in the COVID-19 Response Package was initially $6.5 billion as per announcement in March 2020 as ADB’s response to the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic. ADB has also approved ways and means to streamline its actions for quicker and more flexible delivery of assistance.
8) DRDO develops kiosk “COVSACK” for COVID-19 sample collection
9) India will host Asian Boxing Championship in November
•The host city will be decided by the Boxing Federation of India. India hosted men’s Asia boxing championship in Mumbai in 1980. It hosted the women’s event in Hisar in 2003. Around five men and four women have been qualified for the Tokyo Olympics from India so far.
