✅Current Affairs 17 April 2020
🔶World Voice Day 2020: April 16
🔶International Mathematics Day 2020: March 14
🔶Narendra Singh Tomar chairs the National Conference on Kharif crops 2020 by video conference
🔶Nirmala Sitharaman attended virtual 2nd G20 Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors Meet
🔶MS Sahoo Panel proposed National Institute of Valuers for institutional framework for valuers
🔶Govt to set up “Suraksha Stores” and “Suraksha Circle” under PPP mode amid COVID-19 lockdown
🔶HDFC Bank launches Safety Grid campaign for social distancing
🔶Exports declined by 34.57% in March & 4.78% in FY20; Q1 FY21 remain sluggish
🔶Asia to stall at 0% growth in 2020 for 1st time in 60 years: IMF
🔶IWF President Tamas Ajan resigns
🔶Ajay Mahajan appointed as MD and CEO of Care Ratings
🔶India’s Limited-overs vice-captain Rohit Sharma becomes brand ambassador for “CricKingdom”
🔶Vineet Arora appointed as MD & CEO of Paytm General Insurance
🔶ORIX acquires IL&FS’s 100% stake in IWPSL for Rs 6.05 cr
🔶India’s Aarogya Setu becomes world’s fastest app to reach 50 million downloads in 13 days
🔶Central Government unveils PUSA decontamination, sanitizing tunnel
🔶‘Bat coronavirus’ in 2 Indian bat species: ICMR
🔶Scientists observes biggest star explosion ever seen
🔶China releases 4th Asian Para Games 2022 mascot as ‘Fei Fei’ bird
🔶Comedy Classic ‘Khubsoorat’ actor Ranjit Chowdhry passed away at 65 in the US
🔶First-ever online training of coaches during COVID-19 lockdown: Sports Ministry
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