Daily Current Affairs : 24th and 25th March 2020 |Daily GK update Quiz

Exp. The Gujarat Police is now equipped with taser guns as a part of their modernization drive to ensure public safety and security, as per a statement from the office of the Director General of Police in Gujarat, Shivanand Jha.

Exp. The Heritage Foundation published its 26th annual edition of Economic Freedom Index 2020 to measure the level of economic freedom in 186 countries. Singapore (89.4) tops the index for the 1st time. Hong Kong (89.1) for the 1st time secured 2nd rank since the 1st publication in 1995.

Exp. The Heritage Foundation published its 26th annual edition of Economic Freedom Index 2020 to measure the level of economic freedom in 186 countries. India (56.5) ranks in 120th position & Singapore (89.4) tops the index for the 1st time. Hong Kong (89.1) for the 1st time secured 2nd rank since the 1st publication in 1995.

Exp. S&P Global Ratings on 24th March cut its estimate for India’s GDP growth in the fiscal starting April 1 to 5.2 per cent from its earlier estimate of 6.5 per cent, as it saw the outbreak of coronavirus costing economies around the globe. The total and permanent income loss for Asia-Pacific from COVID-19 at approximately $620 billion.

Exp. Japan Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and International Olympic Committee president Thomas Bach agreed to postpone the Tokyo 2020 Olympics by about one year.

Exp. India football captain Sunil Chhetri has been picked by FIFA along with 28 past and present stars for world governing body’s awareness campaign to combat the COVID-19 pandemic.

Exp. Every year, World Tuberculosis Day is celebrated on March 24. The day is celebrated to spread awareness among people about the disease. World Tuberculosis Day is observed all around the world to raise public awareness about the devastating health, social and economic consequences of Tuberculosis.

Exp. Freedom Watch, a Washington-based advocacy group, and Buzz Photos, a Texas company that specializes in high school sports photography, have filed a class-action lawsuit against the Chinese government demanding $20 trillion in compensation for the damages caused by the novel coronavirus, or COVID-19, pandemic.

Exp. Theme 2020- “It’s Time”

Exp. The Abel Prize 2020 has been awarded to Hillel Furstenberg and Gregory Margulis “for pioneering the use of methods from probability and dynamics in group theory, number theory and combinatorics”.

Exp. Justice Bhushan P Dharmadhikari was on 22nd March sworn-in as Chief Justice of the Bombay High Court by Maharashtra Governor Bhagat Singh Koshyari. Justice Dharmadhikari was appointed as the acting Chief Justice of the High Court last month. This decision was taken in view of former Chief Justice Pradeep Nandrajog’s retirement.

Exp. Union finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on 25th March announced the waiver of minimum bank charges for savings bank accounts to help citizens deal with a countrywide lockdown due to the coronavirus outbreak that has affected almost 500 people across the country. Among a clutch of measures, she also announced free of charge cash withdrawal from any other bank ATM allowed for debit card holders for three months.

Exp. Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s announced three-week nationwide lockdown from 25th March. All shops selling essentials — such as grocery, milk, vegetables, fruit, meat, fish, as well as chemists, ATMs, banks, gas, petrol pumps etc – to remain open during 21 days lockdown.