Current Affairs – 27th April 2020

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• India’s Chemicals, Petrochemicals industry was the top exporting sector of the nation for the first time during April 2019 and January 2020 period. India’s chemical exports rose by 7 percent to Rs 2.68 lakh crore during the period.
• World Malaria Day was observed on April 25, 2020, with the theme ‘Zero Malaria Starts with me’. World Malaria Day was established by the World Health Organization at its 60th session in 2007.
• The King George Medical University in Lucknow has become the first government hospital in the country to successfully launch Plasma Therapy Treatment for COVID-19.
• India’s holding of US government securities at a record high of USD 177.5 billion at the end of February; India 13th in the world, Japan 1st.
• Saudi Arabia has now abolished the death penalty for crimes committed by minors. The individual will now receive a prison sentence of no longer than 10 years in a juvenile detention facility.
• NVVN (NTPC Vidyut Vyapar Nigam) invites Global Expression of Interest (EoI) for Hydrogen Fuel Cell-based electric buses and cars.
• The World Intellectual Property Day was observed on April 26, 2020, to encourage creativity and innovation. The day was established by the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) in 2000. The theme of the day this year is “Innovate for Green Future”.
• World Intellectual Property Day observed on April 26; theme: ‘Innovate for a Green Future’.
• The International Chernobyl Disaster Remembrance Day was observed on April 26, 2020. The day, proclaimed by the United Nations, was first observed in 2016, on the 30th anniversary of the Chernobyl nuclear disaster. The day is observed to increase awareness about the risks of nuclear energy.
• International Chernobyl Disaster Remembrance Day observed by the UN on April 26.
• The last week of April is observed as the World Immunization Week every year. The week is observed to increase awareness regarding immunization. This year, the theme of the week is “vaccines for all”.
• NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope celebrated 30 years of its launch on April 24, 2020. Hubble is one of the longest living Space Telescopes in the world. The Hubble Telescope had first detected the evidence of the existence of black holes in the center of the galaxy.

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