Daily Current Affairs(13 April 2020) Important for all Competitive Exams

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NATIONAL CA 

1. An earthquake of magnitude 3.5 with epicentre in Delhi shook the region, at 5.45 pm on Sunday evening, prompting panic-stricken people to rush out of their residences.The epicentre of the quake was reported to be Haryana's Rohtak district.

2. Himachal Pradesh will be divided into six zones as part of the strategy to end COVID-19 lockdown measures, chief minister Jai Ram Thakur said 

3. Punjab police arrests 6 after officer's hand chopped off while enforcing Covid lockdown, police personnel who were assaulted in the clash with Nihangs in Patiala, in Chandigarh

Assistant Sub-Inspector (ASI) of Punjab Police that was chopped off in a clash by Nihangs in Patiala. 50-year-old police officee had an amputation through the proximal wrist of left his hand

4. Delhi CM  Kejriwal confirms lockdown extension, 

5. Maharashtra, Rajasthan, Punjab  extends COVID-19 lockdown in state till April 30

6.   7 arrested for allegedly setting ablaze three shelter homes near Kashmiri Gate, in Delhi

7.  All government offices in Nagaland, including the civil secretariat and the directorates in Kohima and Dimapur, will resume operations from Monday

8.  Farmers should be given relief from lockdown to harvest crop': UP CM Yogi Adityanath said

9.  Salaries, allowances of Uttarakhand MLAs reduced by 30 % 

10. The motto of the government from earlier “jaan hai to jahaan hai” is “jaan bhi, jahaan bhi”. Suggesting the CMs to popularise Aarogya Setu app,. PM Modi consults CMs | Maharashtra, West Bengal, Telangana push restrictions till April 30.  Odisha and Punjab having already announced extension of the lockdown.

✈INTERNATIONAL CA

  

1.  Tensions between India and Pakistan flared again in disputed Kashmir on Sunday as the archrivals’ armies barraged each other with heavy artillery fire, killing at least three civilians

2.  A consignment of hydroxychloroquine from India has arrived in the US, days after New Delhi lifted a ban on export of the anti-malarial drug to some countries on humanitarian grounds.

3. India manufactures 70 per cent of the world's supply of hydroxychloroquine.

4. India's Ambassador to the US Taranjit Singh Sandhu has advised the Indian students, stranded in America due to the sudden closure of universities and the ongoing lockdown back home because of the coronavirus pandemic, to stay where they are and assured them help in this crisis situation.

5.  UK PM Boris Johnson discharged from hospital:

6.  Pakistan’s government has extended its travel restriction policies until April 21st

7. China has reported 99 new coronavirus cases, the highest in a single day in recent weeks, and 63 fresh asymptomatic infections, taking the total number of patients in the country to 82,052. It was reported out of 99, 97 were from people returning from abroad.

SPORTS CA 

1. Former Pakistan pacer Shoaib Akhtar has responded to Kapil Dev's criticism of his proposal for an Indo-Pak series as part of COVID-19 pandemic relief efforts, saying the Indian legend doesn't need money but everyone else does.

2. Akhtar had proposed a made-for-television three-match ODI series between India and Pakistan to raise funds for the fight against the pandemic in both the countries.  Kapil, however, slammed Akhtar's idea, saying, 'India doesn't need the money' and that it is not worth risking lives for a cricket match.

3. Stirling Moss, the British racing driver who ranked as one of the all-time Formula One greats despite never winning the world championship, died on Sunday at the age of 90 after a long illness.

   

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