Daily Current Affairs :20th April 2020 | Daily GK update Quiz

Exp. Centre has released 7,300 crore rupees to the States and Union Territories under Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS) to liquidate pending dues of last financial year but also the wage dues for the first fortnight of 2020-21.

Exp. South Korea’s left-leaning ruling party won a landslide victory on 15th April general election, partial results showed, after the coronavirus pandemic turned the political tide in President Moon Jae-in’s favour. The country uses a mix of first-past-the-post seats and proportional representation, but even before all the individual constituencies were decided, Moon’s Democratic party had taken 163 seats in the 300-member National Assembly, an absolute majority.

Exp. Minister of Rural Development and Panchayati Raj: Narendra Singh Tomar. Rural Development Minister Narendra Singh Tomar conducted a detailed review of all flagship schemes of the Rural Development on 16th April.

Exp. Standard & Poor’s (S&P) slashed its FY21 growth estimate for India to 1.8% from 3.5% projected last month on concern that the covid-19 peak in India will come “somewhat later” than most other countries.

Exp. The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has projected the Indian economy to grow at 1.9% in 2020-21 while Barclays has estimated 0% growth for India in 2020.

Exp. TVS Motor has clinched a $20 million (~Rs 153 Crore) deal to buy British brand Norton Motorcycles. The move now becomes the latest acquisition of a British auto manufacturer by an Indian entity, after Tata Motors acquired Jaguar Land Rover more than a decade earlier. As part of a distressed sale, India’s third-largest motorbike manufacturer completed an all-cash transaction for the acquisition. As announced on 17th April, TVS Motor will take control of the Leicestershire brand ‘Norton Motorcycles’ for 16 million pounds ($19.98 million) through one of its overseas subsidiaries.

Exp. World liver day is observed on every 19 April, to spread awareness about liver related disease. The liver is the second largest and the most complex organ in the body, with the exception of the brain. It is a key player in your body’s digestive system. Everything you eat or drink, including medicine, passes through the liver. You cannot survive without liver. It is an organ which can be easily damaged if you don’t take good care of it.

Exp. Kapil Dev Tripathi was on 20th April appointed as the Secretary to President Ram Nath Kovind, according to a Personnel Ministry order. The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet headed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi has appointed Tripathi as Secretary to Kovind on contract basis, for a term co-terminus with the tenure of the President.

Exp. BMW Group President and CEO Rudratej Singh passed away on 20th April morning due to a massive cardiac arrest. He was 46.

Exp. Currency: South Korean won