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April 27 , 2020 1614 days 928 0
  • VIDYADAAN 2.0 is a national program for inviting e-learning Content contributions. 
    • It was launched by Union Human Resource Development Ministry.
  • The Ministry of Human Resources and Development has released an alternative academic calendar for the primary and upper primary classes (Upto 8th).
  • The State Government of Karnataka has launched “Apthamitra” mobile application and helpline to fight COVID-19.
  • The government has approved reconstitution of the National Shipping Board to be headed by former Director General of Shipping Malini Shankar. 
    • It is the highest advisory body on matters related to Indian shipping.
  • Sikkim is the only Indian state that has remained COVID-19 free from the start of the outbreak.
    • Tripura become the third Corona Free State in India after Goa and Manipur
  • The Former State Election Commissioner of Tamilnadu Cho Iyer IAS has been appointed as the Chairman for the Welfare Board of the Denotified Community. 
  • Khongjom Day is celebrated in Manipur every year on April 23 to pay tribute to the war heroes of Anglo-Manipuri War 1891. 
    • They had sacrificed their lives fighting at the Kheba hills of Khongjom in Manipur against the British to protect freedom of Manipur.
  • The Supreme Court of India pronounced that it is the quantity of the banned drug mixture that will decide the punishment of the offender and not the purity. 
    • The clarification was given by the apex court under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act of 1985.

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