[CA] May 04, 2020 Headlines

MAY 04, 2020
IDEAthon National Mission for Clean Ganga operating under Ministry of Jal Shakti launched “IDEAthon”. It focuses on “The Future of River Management” to explore how the COVID-19 crisis will change the river management strategies. The IDEAthon event examined how social angle of rivers can be leveraged to address the crisis. It also discussed about the lessons taught by COVID-19 PROF. T. PRADEEP  A faculty member at Indian Institute of Technology (IIT)-Madras and Padma Shri awardee Professor Thalappil Pradeep has been conferred with the 25th Nikkei Asia Prizes (2020) in Science and Technology (S&T) category in recognition of his pioneering work in nanotechnology-based water purification. The prize includes a cash component of 3 Million Yen and an award certificate and is scheduled to be awarded in Tokyo, Japan later 2020. Prof T. Pradeep is Institute Professor and Deepak Parekh Institute Chair Professor at the Department of Chemistry, IIT Madras and honoured with Padma Shri award in January 2020. PEOPLE MUST BE READY TO LIVE WITH COVID – 19: DELHI GOVT. Delhi Chief Minister, Mr. Arvind Kejriwal made it clear that the time has come to reopen Delhi as people will have to be ready to live with the coronavirus, and said it is impossible that COVID-19 infection cases will be zero. He said the Delhi government will suggest to the Centre that only containment areas in the city be declared as red zones and not the entire district. “ENORMOUS EVIDENCE” Virus came from wuhan lab: us secretary of state US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said that there was "enormous evidence" that the coronavirus pandemic originated in a laboratory in Wuhan, China. He said that, there is enormous evidence that this is where it began. But while highly critical of China's handling of the matter, Pompeo declined to say whether he thought the virus had been intentionally released. He also added that, China has a history of infecting the world and running substandard laboratories.	MAHARASHTRA: FIRST STATE TO ANNOUNCE FREE & CASHLESS INSURANCE TO PEOPLE Maharashtra will be the first state to provide free and cashless insurance protection to the people and the covered under the state governments health scheme and for the treatment of COVID-19 patients at the private hospitals in Pune and Mumbai the government has signed a MoU with the General Insurance Public Sector Association (GIPSA). Maharashtra Government said that the Mahatma Jyotiba Phule Jan Arogya Yojana (MJPJAY) will cover 85% of the population and it will be extended to the remaining 15%. WORLD BADMINTON CHAMPIONSHIP The Badminton World Federation (BWF) postponed Badminton World Championship 2020 to the November 29 to December 5, 2021 which is traditionally held in August. The tournament will take place at the Caroline Marin Stadium, Huelva, Spain. US STARTS human testing of tb vaccine to fight covid – 19 Researchers in the US' Texas A&M University are asking hundreds of frontline medical workers to participate in a late-stage, phase 4, clinical trial of a widely-used tuberculosis vaccine that could help boost the immune system and blunt the devastating effects of COVID-19. The researchers are seeking to repurpose the vaccine, which is also used to treat bladder cancer. BCG could be widely available for use against COVID-19 in just six months because it has already been proven safe for other use. The researchers said that the BCG is not meant to cure coronavirus but bridge the gap until a vaccine is developed, thus allowing us to buy time until something can be developed. ********************************* May 04: International Firefighters' Day May 04: Coal Miners Day *********************************
Prepared by K. M. Senthil Kumar