1.US-Russian Space crew landed safely
US-Russia crew landed safely on 17 April 2020 in the steppes of Kazakhstan following a stint on the International Space Station and was greeted with extra precautions due to the coronavirus. The crew comprised of NASA astronauts Jessica Meir and Andrew Morgan and Russia cosmonaut Oleg Skiripockha.
Morgan wrapped up a 272 days mission on his first flight into space.
2.UN Chief Antonio Guterres lauds India for helping others in the fight against COVID-19
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has lauded India for showing exemplary leadership in helping others in the global fight against the COVID-19 pandemic. UN Chief’s comments come days after India’s decision to send supplies of the ‘life saving’ anti-malarial drug Hydroxychloroquine to several nations, including the US. In addition to this on 17th April, the Indian Government also removed export curbs on all on formulations from Paracetamol, allowing Indian Pharma companies to explore the drugs to foreign nations.
3. India to host Asian Boxing Championship 2020
India will be hosting the 2020 Asian Boxing Championships between November-December 2020. The announcement was made through a tweet by the Boxing Federation of India (BFI) on April 13, 2020.
The BFI tweeted a picture of a review meeting conducted by BFI President Ajay Singh and announced that India has been granted the hosting rights of the 2020 Asian Boxing Championships at the end of the year. The championships will include both men's and women's event.
The BFI President, Ajay Singh shared the news with all the concerned officials, coaches and players during the ‘E-Pathshala’ virtual review meeting. Several boxers were present at the virtual meeting including Olympian and Parliamentarian Mary Kom.
DRDO has introduced two products which can enhance the operations at public places during the pandemic. One is Automatic Mist bases Snitiser Dispensing Unit and UV Sanitisation Boz and Hand-held UV device.
Automatic Mist based sanitiser dispensing unit is based on water mist aerator technology, which was developed for water conservation.
5. N Korean Ships seen in China waters in violation of sanctions, UN releases pics
North Korean vessels, several carrying illicit shipments, were seen in Chinese waters off the port of Ningbo-Zhoushan last year according to photos in a UN report published on Friday. The report said North Korea continued to defy UNSecruty Council sanctions through illicit maritime exports of commodities, notably coal and sand in 2019 and earned hundreds of millions of dollars.
6. NASA, SpaceX to launch first crew flight from the US since 2011 on May 27
Under NASA's commercial crew program, NASA and SpaceX will be launching two astronauts in SpaceX's Crew Dragon spacecraft atop Falcon 9 rocket on May 27, NASA astronauts Robert Behnken and Douglas Hurly will be flying in crew dragon to the international space station. This will be the first crewed flight to launch from the US since 2011.
7. Wimbledon cancelled due to COVID-19 Pandemic
Wimbledon Tennis Championship of this year has been cancelled due to Coronavirus Pandemic. The tournament was set to begin from June 29 but the decision to cancel it was taken in the light of a rising number of COVID-19 cases in the United Kingdom.
Before the announcement, tournament organizer the All England lawn Tennis and Croquet Club (AELTC) held an emergency meeting on April 1 to go through the other possible options. The possibility of playing the tournament behind closed doors was already ruled out.
The tournament was set to begin for two weeks from June 29, 2020. All England Club Chairman Ian Hewitt said in his statement that the decision has not been taken lightly and the only time the championship was interrupted earlier was at the time of World War.
The RBI on 17 April 2020 cut the reverse repo rate by 25 basis points to 3.75%.
It announced a fresh Rs.50,000 cr targeted long-term repo operation. RBI Governor Shaktikanta Das unveiled fresh measures aimed at maintaining adequate liquidity in the system, facilitating and incentivising banks to ensure better credit flow and enabling normal functioning of the financial markets.
9.NASA finds ‘Earth-sized habitable zone planet’ around 300 light-years away via Keplar Telescope Data
An earth size exoplanet called Kepler-1649c has been found by the team of transatlantic scientists. The planet orbiting in its star’s habitable zone was discovered while reanalysing data from NASA’s Kepler Space Telescope.
The zone is habitable due to the area around a star where the planet could support liquid water. This planet was discovered as the scientists were looking through old observations from Kepler. It was retired by the agency in 2018.
As per an associate administrator of NASA’s science mission directorate in Washington, the data gathered from missions like Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) and Kepler gives hope for amazing discoveries and refines science communities abilities to look for promising planets year after year.
10. Coronavirus Transmission through Food
Coronavirus Transmission through Food The spread of novel Coronavirus has transformed the world deeply; causing damage to humans, physically, mentally and financially. With total 72 families put under quarantine in Delhi's Malviya Nagar after a Pizza Delivery boy tested positive for Coronavirus on April 14, the question that is now bothering everyone is can the COVID-19 infection spread through food. The incident has raised concerns among the people whether they can catch the Coronavirus disease from their food.
Food can easily be infected if the person coughs or sneezes around as the COVID-19 virus spreads through droplets. However, As of now, there is no substantial proof or no specific studies that demonstrate the effect of the virus on food.
The Coronavirus hovers over the surface of food, especially when the food is brought from a place visited by many people. However, there are some factors that prevent transmission of the virus from food such as handwashing, washing of fruits and vegetables, washing of utensils and others. These measures are now being followed more strictly than before. Besides this, the food is prepared at high temperatures to get a boil, which makes it difficult for the virus to survive on the food surface.
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