Top Best Current Affairs 25 March 2020

Savita Chhabra has launched her first novel titled 'Legacy of Learning'; which offers simplistic and relatable interpretations of the Bhagavad Gita. Savita is Chairperson at Hygienic Research Institute Private Limited (HRIPL). The book introduces readers to the importance of performing good karma and nudges them to be conscious about the purpose of their lives in every decision they make.

Singapore has rescheduled the 7th World Cities Summit (WCS) 2020 to 20 - 24 June 2021 due to the outbreak of COVID-19 which includes, Singapore International Water Week (SIWW) and CleanEnviro Summit Singapore (CESG). The summit is organized by Singapore's Centre for Liveable Cities and the Urban Redevelopment Authority .The theme of WCS is Liveable and Sustainable Cities: Adapting to a Disrupted World, it was earlier scheduled from July 5 to 9, 2020.

Reliance Industries Limited (RIL) has set up India's first COVID-19 dedicated hospital in Mumbai. A dedicated 100 bedded COVID-19 centre has been established at Seven Hills Hospital, Mumbai for patients who test positive for COVID-19.Sir HN Reliance Foundation Hospital has done this in collaboration with the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC).

BJP's Shivraj Singh Chouhan took oath as the Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh on March 23, 2020 at the Raj Bhavan in Bhopal. The oath was administered by Governor Lalji Tandon. This would be Shivraj Singh Chouhan's fourth term as Chief Minister of the state.

The 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games in Tokyo have been thrown into further doubt after Canada became the first major country to withdraw. Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has admitted for the first time that the games could be postponed. The International Olympic Committee is expected to decide the fate of the games in four weeks' time.

UBS Securities has cut India's growth forecast for FY21 to 4% from the previous 5.1%. The decrease is due to the coronavirus outbreak.UBS predicts India to grow at 4.8% in FY20.

World Tuberculosis (TB) Day is observed on 24 March. The aim is to raise public awareness about the devastating health, social, and economic consequences of TB, and to step up efforts to end the global TB epidemic. The theme of the 2020 World Tuberculosis Day is "It's time." The theme aims to scale up access to prevention and treatment, build accountability, ensure sufficient and sustainable financing including for research, promote an end to stigma and discrimination, and promote an equitable, rights-based, and people-centered TB response.

The Uttar Pradesh government announced that around 35 lakh labourers in the state will get Rs 1,000 each as financial aid while free ration for one month will be provided to 1.65 crore construction workers amid the coronavirus outbreak.