April Monthly Current Affairs 2020 PDF

Dear Aspirants, everyone knows that due to COVID-19 Pandemic many works, sports, examination, committee, etc. are postponed. Some important matters are scheduled. Various App, Portal, and Campaign launched by different state governments to combat COVID-19. So Here we provide Quick Points of Monthly Current Affairs of April 2020. April Monthly Current Affairs 2020 covers Important Days with their Theme, New Appointments, Summit and Conference, Awards & Honors, Books with Author, Sports, MoU and Agreement, Ranking and Index, important Scheme, App & Campaign, Science and Technology, and Obituaries, etc in details. These are collected from all newspapers and the Internet. It helps aspirants for SSC, Railway NTPC, Group D, RRB JE, Banking, State PSU & for all competitive exams.

April Monthly Current Affairs 2020

Important Day & Date with Theme of April 2020:

Date Day with Theme
1st  April Utkal Diwas(in Odisha)
2nd April World Autism Awareness Day.

Theme :”The Transition to Adulthood”.

2nd  April International Children’s Book Day.

Theme: “A Hunger for Words.”

4th  April International Day of Mine Awareness.

Theme: “Together for mine action”

5th April National Maritime Day (57th)
5th April International Day of Conscience.

Theme: “Change the World with Conscience”.

6th April International Day of Sport for Development and Peace
7th April World Health Day.

Theme:“Support nurses and midwives”.

9th April Play True Day by the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA).

Theme: Play Safe

10th April World Homeopathy Day.

Theme-“Linking research with education and clinical practice: Advancing scientific collaborations”.

11th April National Safe Motherhood Day (NSMD)
11th April National Pet Day
12th April International Day of Human Space Flight
14th April B.R. Ambedkar Remembrance Day
14th April International Day of Action for Rivers

Theme: ” Women, Water, and Climate Change“.

14th April World Chagas Disease Day(1st time)
  International Mathematics Day.

Theme: ”Mathematics is Everywhere”.

15th April World Art Day

(Leonardo Da Vinci’s birthday)

16th April World Voice Day.

Theme:Focus On Your Voice”.

17th April World Hemophilia Day .

Theme: “Get+ involved”.

18th April World Heritage Day.

Theme: ”Shared Cultures, Shared Heritage, Shared Responsibility”.

19th April World Liver Day
20th April UN Chinese Language Day
21st April National Civil Service Day
21st April World Creativity and Innovation Day
22nd April World Earth Day.

Theme: “Climate Action”.

23rd April English Language Day
23rd April World Book and Copyright Day.

The slogan for 2020:“KL Baca –caring through reading”. 

4th Thursday International Girls in ICT day.

Theme :”Expand Horizons, Change Attitudes”.

24th April National Panchayati Raj Day
24th April International Day of Multilateralism and Diplomacy for Peace.
25th April World Malaria Day.

Theme : “Zero malaria starts with me.”

25th April International Delegate’s Day (1st)
26th April World Intellectual Property Day.

Theme: “Innovate for a Green Future”.

28th April World Day for Safety and Health at Work.
29th April International Dance Day.
30th April International Jazz Day.
30th April Ayushman Bharat Diwas.
24th 30th April World Immunization Week.

Theme: “#Vaccines Work for All”

Important Appointments of April 2020

Name of the Person Designation
Aalok Kumar President, CEO of  NEC Corporation and NEC Technologies India
Ajay Mahajan MD & CEO of credit rating agency “CARE Ratings”

Replace Rajesh Mokashi.

Anamika Roy Rashtrawar MD & CEO of IFFCO Tokio General Insurance. Succeed  Warendra Sinha.
Anita Karwal Secretary in the Department of Education and Literacy.
Anurag Srivastava Ministry of External Affairs Spokesman
Aramane Giridhar Secretary in the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways
Arvind Kumar Sharma Secretary in the Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises Ministry
Birupaksha Mishra Executive Director of Union Bank of India
BP Kanungo RBI Deputy Governor
David Li CEO of Huawei Telecommunications India. Replaced by Jay Chen.
Deepak Mittal Indian Ambassador to the State of Qatar
Dilip Kumar Patel Director HR of NTPC
Guillaume Cartier Chairman for Africa, Middle East, and India markets.
Indu Shekhar Chaturvedi Secretary in the ministry Ministry of New and Renewable Energy
J Arun Kumar Head coach of USA men’s national cricket team
J Packirisamy An officer on Special Duty (OSD) in the Union Bank of India
Justice Biswanath Somadder Chief Justices of Meghalaya high court
Justice Dipankar Datta Chief Justices of Bombay high court.
Justice Mohammad Rafiq Chief Justices of Odisha high court
K Ramachandran Executive Director of Indian Bank
Kapil Dev Tripathi Secretary to President of India (Ram Nath Kovind)
Lakshminarayanan Duraiswamy MD of Sundaram Home Finance.

Replaced  Srinivas Acharya

Lisa Nandy UK shadow foreign minister
Madhabi Puri Buch Whole Time Member (WTM) at the Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI)
Maha Prasad Adhikari Governor of Nepal central bank
Mrutyunjay Mahapatra The officer on Special Duty (OSD) in the Canara Bank
N Kamakodi MD & CEO of City Union Bank(reappointed)
Nagendra Nath Sinha Secretary of the Rural Development Department
Neeraj Vyas Interim MD & CEO of PNB Housing
P. K. Purwar Additional charge as CMD of Mahanagar Telephone Nigam Limited (MTNL)
Parag Raja MD & CEO of Bharti AXA Life Insurance.

Succeed  Vikas Seth

Piyush Srivastava Indian Ambassador to Bahrain
PV Sindhu Ambassadors for ‘I am badminton’ awareness campaign.
R V Verma Part-time chairman AU Small Finance Bank
Raghuram Rajan Key member in the IMF external advisory group
Rajesh Verma Secretary in the Department of Agriculture
Rajiv Kumar Chairperson of Public Enterprises Selection Board(PESB)
Rajnesh Oswal Permanent Judge of High Court of J&K, Ladakh
Rakesh Sharma President of IMMA (International Motorcycle Manufacturers Association).

Replace Johannes Loman

Rohit Sharma Brand ambassador of ‘CricKingdom’
Sanjay Kothari Central Vigilance Commissioner of India
Satbir Bedi Secretary in Central Information Commission
Shiv Das Meena Chairman & Managing Director of HUDCO
Suresh N Patel Vigilance Commissioner in the anti-corruption watchdog CVC.
T.S. Tirumurti Ambassador of India to UN.

He will replace Sayyad Akbaruddin

Tarun Bajaj Secretary in the Economic Affairs Department
UB Pravin Rao Chairman of the National Association of Software and Services Companies (NASSCOM). succeeding Keshav Murugesh,
Vineet Arora MD & CEO of Paytm General Insurance Ltd
Viswanathan Anand Ambassador For Environment Education of WWF (World Wide Fund) India

April Monthly Current Affairs Awards and Honours

Award Name Name of Person
‘Hero to Animals Award’ by PETA India  Naveen Pattnaik 
13th International Arab fiction prize 2020 Abdelouahab Aissaoui (Algerian writer)

for his novel ‘The Spartan Court’

Edison Award  Tata Power for its social innovation campaign ‘Club Enerji #Switchoff2SwitchOn’.
William E. Colby Award Adam Higginbotham.

For “Midnight in Chernobyl: The Untold Story of the World’s Greatest Nuclear Disaster

Most Innovative AI (Artificial Intelligence) Application Award 2020  UST Global
Skoll Award for Social Entrepreneurship Indian NGO ARMMAN
2020 Guggenheim Fellowships Award
Pradeep Sharma A mechanical engineer at the University of Houston
Kavita Ramanan Professor of Applied Mathematics at Brown University
Dilip Da Cunha Architect, planner, and teacher at Harvard University and Columbia University
Mukul Sharma Professor of Earth Sciences at Dartmouth College

Summit & Conference of April Month 2020

  • UN COP26 Climate Change Summit postponed to 2021.
  • #MyBookMyFriend campaign launched on World Book Day
  • 44th Session of UNESCO’s World Heritage Committee postponed which was scheduled to be held in the city of Fuzhou, Fujian province, China 29th June to 9th July , 2020.
  • Through Video Conferencing Shri Narendra Singh Tomar participates in the G-20 Extraordinary Agriculture Ministers Meeting.
  • World’s largest maritime exercises in Hawaii again host by US Navy this year.
  • BRICS Foreign Ministers meeting Ministerial video conference will be hosted by Russia.
  • In 2nd G20 Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors Meeting Nirmala Sitharaman participate from India. The meeting was held under the presidency of Saudi Arabia.
  • In the 5th Annual Meeting of Board of Governors of New Development Bank, Nirmala Sitharaman represented India through video-conference.
  • Saudi Arabia organizes G-20 Extraordinary Agriculture Ministers Meet through Video Conferencing.
  • Petersberg Climate Dialogue,11th session hosted by Germany and co-chaired by the United Kingdom.

Agreements & MoU 

Organization or Countries Purpose
India and Bangladesh To share innovative ideas in response to the emerging economic scenario amid the Corona pandemic in the world.
Tech Mahindra with IBM To set up innovation centres.
UP government with Google To geotag community kitchens.
BhartPe & ICICI lombard To launch ‘COVID 19 Protection Insurance Cover’
Domino’s Pizza with ITC Foods To launch “Domino’s Essentials” service.
SCTIMST(Sree Chitra Tirunal Institute for Medical Sciences and Technology) & Wipro 3D Bengaluru To manufacture automated ventilators
National Health Authority (NHA) with “Uber” To provide transportation service to public healthcare workers who are involved in the treatment of COVID19 patients
IIM Bangalore’s & ICICI Securities teams To launch a program for fintech startups.
Britannia Industries with Dunzo To deliver essential items.
Airtel Payments Bank with Bharati AXA General Insurance To launch a COVID19 insurance policy.
Larsen & Toubro (L&T) with the Indian Army To set up an advanced IT-enabled system to operate the Armed Forces network under the Network of Spectrum (NFS).
Indian Immunologicals Limited(IIL) With Australia’s Griffith University To develop the COVID19 vaccine using the latest codon deoptimization technology.
Hindustan Unilever (HUL) has teamed up with the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) To support India to combat COVID 19
Bharat Biotech with the US-based company FluGen and University of Wisconsin Madison To develop a vaccine named “Coro Flu” to fight against COVID 19.
Flipkart inks with ICICI Lombard To launched two health insurance policies for Covid19.
United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) and the Consumer Unity and Trust Society (CUTS) To counter the economic impact of COVID19
YES Bank with the Max Life Insurance To invest in building a digitally-enabled ecosystem, to offer customers a broad range of need-based products and services in order to provide a seamless experience for customers.
Paytm Payments Bank Ltd (PPBL) with Mastercard To  issue virtual and physical debit cards
Vodafone Idea ties up with Paytm To launch the ‘Recharge Saathi’ program
PhonePe with Bajaj Allianz General Insurance For a unique coronavirus hospitalization insurance policy called “Corona Care.” it covers 30 days of expenses related to pre-hospitalization costs and post-care medical treatment.
Tribal Cooperative Marketing Development Federation of India (TRIFED) with UNICEF To  launch the campaign for Self Help Groups (SHGs)
CSIR National Chemical Laboratory (NCL) Pune & Bharat Electronics Ltd, Pune (BEL) To  developed IR Thermometer and Oxygen Enrichment Unit (OEU)
AIM’s, NITI Aayog & NIC Jointly launches “CollabCAD” providing a total engineering solution from 2D drafting & detailing to 3D product design.

BOOKS & Authors

Books Author Name
The Art of Her Deal: The Untold Story of Melania Trump Mary Jordan
Shuttling to the Top: The Story of P.V. Sindhu V. Krishnaswamy
How the Onion Got Its Layers Sudha Murty

Ranking and Index of April Month 2020

Index India’s Rank Top Rank Index released by
34th Forbes billionaires list 2020 Mukesh Ambani 17th position with 44.8 billion Amazon Founder and CEO Jeff Bezos  Forbes
FIFA’s latest ranking 108th  Belgium France Brazil  FIFA 
Global Press Freedom Index 2020 142nd Norway Reporters Without Borders
Times Higher Education Impact Rankings 2020  IIT-Kharagpur (57th rank) University of Auckland  Times
Budget transparency and accountability survey list  53rd  New Zealand Open Budget Survey

App, Portal, and Campaign of April 2020

  • G-20 launched a new initiative “Access to COVID-19 Tools Accelerator” under the presidency of Saudi Arabia.
  • Madhya Pradesh state government launches ‘Jeevan Amrit Yojana’ to boost the Immune system.
  • CISF launches ‘e-karyalay’ app for the movement of files and documents without physical touch.
  • “Apthamitra” helpline and app launched by the Karnataka government to fight COVID-19.
  • Union HRD Minister launches a web-portal YUKTI (Young India Combating COVID with Knowledge, Technology, and Innovation) in New Delhi.
  • Agriculture Minister launches the “Kisan Rath” Mobile App to facilitate transportation of food grains during the lockdown.
  • MHRD launches ‘Bharat Padhe Online’ campaign to improve the online education ecosystem of India.
  • A web-based dashboard named as “PRACRITI” (PRediction and Assessment of CoRona Infections and Transmission in India) developed by IIT Delhi.
  • ‘Assess Koro Na’ app launched by the Delhi government.
  • An app ‘Rakhsa Sarv’ launched by Chhattisgarh Police to keep an eye on home quarantined people.
  • Stranded in India’ portal launched by Tourism Ministry to help foreign tourists.
  • Karnataka government launches ‘Corona Watch’ app to track the movement history of persons tested positive
  • A Campaign “Active Case Finding by Himachal Pradesh government to provide information about the symptoms of COVID-19 to the people at their doorsteps
  • ‘Modi Kitchen’ set up in the Kovai (Coimbatore), Tamil Nadu has the capacity to serve 500 meals per day.
  • The government of India launches “Aarogya Setu” app to track Covid-19.
  • Andhra Pradesh government starts doorstep delivery of pensions.
  • Online cultural competition “Mo Prativa” launched in Odisha government in collaboration with UNICEF in order to keep children engaged at home during the lockdown period.
  • All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) launches “MHRD AICTE COVID-19 Student Helpline Portal”.
  • PhonePe launches coronavirus insurance policy ‘Corona Care’
  • IIT-Roorkee developed a Low-cost ventilator “Prana-Vayu”.
  • ‘Caruna’ initiative launched by Civil servants to fight Coronavirus.
  • An initiative “Lifeline UDAN” launched by Ministry of Civil Aviation to help India fight against COVID-19
  • “SAMADHAN” launched by the Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD) and All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) to fight against COVID-19.
  • ‘Jagananna Vidya Deevena’ Scheme started by Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister, Y. S.Jaganmohan Reddy. Under this scheme fee reimbursement will be credited directly to mothers’ accounts instead of college accounts in the coming academic year 2020-21.
  • India’s first automated “COVID-19 Monitoring System App” deployed by Vera Smart Healthcare, Telangana.
  • Delhi Govt. launches a 5T plan to contain the COVID-19 crisis. 5T plan consists of 5 pillars namely: testing, tracing, treatment, teamwork, and tracking.
  • An e-learning platform “iGOT” launched by the Government of India to combat COVID-19.
  • ‘Dhanwantari’ scheme started by Assam Government for home delivery of medicines.
  • COVIDCARE app launched by Arunachal Pradesh to combat COVID-19
  • The ‘Operation SHIELD’ launched by Delhi Government for COVID-19. In the Operation SHIELD: S stands for: Sealing of area; H stands for: Home quarantine; I stands for: Isolation of infected patients; E stands for: Essential services ensured; L stands for: Local sanitization; D stands for: Door to door survey.
  • A digital banking platform “DigiGen” launched by Jana Small Finance Bank where customers can digitally open a savings account and fixed deposit instantly, any time, anywhere
  • To help the poor Manipur government starts an initiative ‘Food Bank’.
  • Google launches ‘Nearby Spot’ to help users find local stores during the lockdown.
  • YSR Nirman and COVID-19 portals launched by Andhra Govt to fight against the Coronavirus pandemic
  • Chhattisgarh govt launches ‘Cghaat’ website for home delivery.

April Monthly Current Affairs 2020: Sports 

  • World Games unveil a new logo for the 2022 edition. This game is to be held in Birmingham, Alabama, US (United States) now be held from July 7 to 17, 2022.
  • Alireza Firouzja 16 years old from Iran beats World Chess Champion Magnus Carlsen in the final of the Banter Blitz Cup 2020.
  • Mathias Boe Denmark’s Olympic Medallist Announces Retirement from International Badminton.
  • Runner Jhuma Khatun banned for four years by Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU) after testing positive for banned substances.
  • Charles Leclerc wins the Chinese Virtual Grand Prix.
  • National Anti Doping Agency (NADA) in collaboration with the Boxing Federation of India (BFI) conducted an online anti-doping awareness session.
  • BCCI suspends The Indian Premier League (IPL) 2020, which was set to start on March 29 and end on May 24.
  • Olympic Council of Asia unveils the mascot of 19th Asian Games scheduled to be held in Hangzhou in 2022. The three robots known as “The Smart Triplets” namely Congcong, Lianlian, and Chenchen are the official mascots of the 19th Asian Games. These unveiled by the Olympic Council of Asia at a digital launch ceremony held in Hangzhou, China.
  • The mascot for Hangzhou 2022 Asian Para Games is “Feifei”. Asian Para Games are going to be held from 9-15, October 2022.
  • The tennis grand slam Wimbledon 2020 which was originally scheduled between 29 June and 12 July 2020 has been canceled due to coronavirus pandemic.
  • Kobe Bryant has been selected as a member of the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame. The list of 9 members to be included in the Naismith Memorial Hall of Fame are Kobe Bryant, Tim Duncan, Kevin Garnett, Tamika Catchings, Eddie Sutton, Rudy Tomjanovich, Kim Mulkey, Barbara Stevens, and Patrick Baumann.
  • FIFA World Cup U-17 for Womens now postponed due to Covid-19 which was scheduled to be played in India across 5 cities Navi Mumbai, Guwahati, Ahmedabad, Kolkata, and Bhubaneswar.
  • Weightlifters of Malaysia & Thailand banned from Tokyo Olympics 2020 for doping violations.
  • Ben Stokes from England’s all-rounder named Wisden’s Leading Cricketer in the World 2020 in Men’s category.
  • Ellyse Perry from Australia has been named Wisden’s Leading Female Cricketer in the World in the women’s category.
  • India will host the Asian Boxing Championship in November-December this year.
  • “Tour de France” World famous cycle race tournament has been postponed due to the coronavirus pandemic. Which originally held from the 27th of June in Riviera city, France.
  • Sharath Kamal becomes the highest-ranked Indian table tennis player.
  • The world athletics championships 2021 will be shifted to 2022 which originally hosted in Eugene, Oregon from 6th to 15th August 2021.
  • Deepak Agarwal banned by International Cricket Council (ICC) from all cricket for 2 years.
  • International Boxing Association (AIBA) has terminated the agreement signed in 2017 by India.so India loses hosting rights of men’s World Boxing Championships 2021.
  • Pakistani batsman Umar Akmal banned by Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) all forms of cricket for a period of three years over corruption charges.
  • Sana Mir Former Pakistan cricketer announces retirement from international cricket.

Science and Technology April 2020

  • ARI Pune develops “bug sniffer” for the detection of pathogens.
  • India’s 1st COVID-19 sample collection mobile Lab launched named “Mobile BSL-3 VRDL Lab”.
  • Scientists from Jawaharlal Nehru Centre For Advanced Scientific Research (JNCASR) scientists develop a “Berberine” based Alzheimer inhibitor.
  • IIT Bombay student team makes low-cost ventilator “Ruhdaar”.
  • The ozone layer hole is now closed in the North Pole.
  • Iran launches its 1st military satellite “Noor” into orbit is orbiting 425 km above the earth’s surface.
  • China names its first Mars exploration mission as Tianwen-1.
  • Kerala government hospital deploys robot ”KARMI-Bot” to serve COVID-19 patients
  • Centre for Nano and Soft Matter Sciences (CeNS) develops sensors for heavy metal detection in water.
  • CSIR-NAL develops Personal Protective Coverall Suit.
  • SVP (Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel Institute of Medical Science and Research) Ahmedabad, becomes first to carry out plasma research in view of Covid-19.
  • IIT Kanpur to develop a low-cost portable ventilator.
  • Through contact tracing technology Google and Apple collaborate to fight against COVID-19.
  • IIT Guwahati team develops drones to sanitize large areas such as roads, parks, and footpaths.
  • NASA selects has selected the “Sun Radio Interferometer Space Experiment (SunRISE)” Mission to study Giant Solar Particle Storms.
  • DRDO develops bio suit “Personal Protective Equipment”.
  • NASA unveils plan to set up the first human base camp “Artemis” on Moon’s south pole by the year 2024.
  • ‘Membrane Oxygenator Equipment’ has been developed by Genrich Membranes for the treatment of COVID-19 patients.
  • Sree Chitra Tirunal Institute for Medical Sciences and Technology (SCTIMST)’s scientists designed and developed a superabsorbent material titled “Chitra Acrylosorb Secretion Solidification System”.
  • Google has announced the launch of a virtual Braille keyboard for low vision or blindness and enable these people to type on their phones without additional hardware.
  • In Rishikesh, AIIMS set up India’s 1st remote health monitoring system.
  • To check patients who are infected with COVID-19 IIT-Bombay develops a digital stethoscope called “AyuSynk”.
  • Uttar Pradesh state became 1st state in India to start “Pool Testing” of Covid-19 samples.
  • For COVID-19 sample collection DRDO develops kiosk “COVSACK”.
  • Lucknow based King George’s Medical University (KGMU) has become India’s 1st government hospital to successfully launch the plasma therapy treatment for COVID-19.

April Monthly Current Affairs 2020:  OBITUARIES

Person About
Adam Schlesinger Singer & songwriter
Andrew Jack ‘Star Wars’ actor
Arjun Dev Historian and educationist
Ashok Desai Former Attorney General of India
Bhai Nirmal Singh Former ‘Hazuri Raagi’ at the Golden Temple
Bijay Mishra Odia Dramatist
Bill Withers American songwriter
Brahm Kanchibotla Indian American journalist
Bullet Prakash Kannada comic actor
Doug Sanders Golf player.

He was known as the “peacock of the fairways”

Forrest Compton American actor
Gene Deitch Animator,film director, and producer
Gita Ramjee Virologist (scientist)
Graeme Watson Australian cricketer
Hazarilal Raghuwanshi Former Madhya Pradesh minister
Honor Blackman Film actress
Irrfan Khan Bollywood actor
Jackie du Preez Zimbabwean cricketer
James M. Beggs NASA Administrator(6th)
Jock Edwards Former New Zealand wicket-keeper batsman
John Prine American folk singer
Kalinga Sasi Malayalam actor
Laisenia Qarase Former Fiji Prime Minister
M.K. Arjunan Malayalam Music composer
M.V. Rajashekaran Former Union Minister
Mahmoud Jibril Former Libya Prime Minister
Maria Teresa Spain Princess
Michael Robinson Liverpool player
Peter Bonetti Former Chelsea goalkeeper
Phillip Warren Anderson Nobel Prize-winning physicist
Photojournalist Politician
R V Bhuskute Freedom fighter
Radomir Antic  
Ranjit Chowdhry Actor
Rifat Chadirji Father of modern Iraqi architecture
Rishi Kapoor Bollywood actor
Roger Chappot Swiss Ice Hockey player
Ronny Roy Photojournalist
Rudratej Singh BMW India CEO & President
Saharai Oram Tribal leader and former Odisha minister
Shanti Hiranand Chawla Classical singer
Sir Stirling Moss Racer/formula one player
Tim Brooke Taylor British Comedian
Troy Sneed Singer
Usha Ganguly Director, actor, and activist
Willie Davis American football player

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