Top Best Current Affairs 13 April 2020 (2)

Rifat Chadirji, known as the father of modern Iraqi architecture, dies in UK aged 93 from coronavirus.

The Khadi and Village Industries Commission has developed double layered Khadi masks. The orders for these masks have been procured in large quantities.The Khadi and Village Industries Commission (KVIC) is a statutory body formed in April 1957.

:Centre has provided over Rs.28,000 crore support through Direct Benefit Transfer to around 32 crore beneficiaries under Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Yojana (PMGKY) announced in view of the COVID-19 pandemic.

The Indian Institute of Technology Ropar (IIT-Ropar) has developed a trunk-shaped device fitted with ultraviolet (UV) germicidal irradiation technology. The device aims to aid the fight against COVID-19.The device should be placed at doorsteps and all items brought from outside including grocery and currency notes must be put in it to sanitize them.

E-commerce firm Flipkart, has launched health insurance policy on its platform covering COVID-19, in partnership with Digit Insurance under the name 'Digit Illness Group Insurance'. It allows consumers to avail a hospitalization cover up to a sum assured of Rs 1 lakh with an annual premium of Rs 511.Further, there is no limit on room rent or ICU.The policy covers 30-day pre and 60 days post hospitalization fee.Policyholders can also avail 1 per cent of the sum assured for ambulance services.

In a Twitter campaign launched in public interest, the RBI emphasised on transacting digitally as it gives the convenience of making payments anytime and anywhere.

Tracker, based on data from 73 countries, that calculates governments' response to Covid-19 has identified India's response as one of the most stringent in the world. Created by researchers from Blavatnik School of Government at the University of Oxford, the "Oxford COVID-19 Government Response Tracker" is designed to systematically record government responses worldwide and aggregate the scores into a common 'Stringency Index'.India score in "Oxford COVID-19 Government Response Tracker" is 100.