Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority of India (IRDAI) has made the coverage of hospitalization treatment costs of COVID-19 mandatory under standard health insurance product “Arogya Sanjeevani”. Apart from this, Indemnity based health insurance products offered by all general and health insurance companies will also cover the costs of hospitalization treatment because of covid-19.

The ‘Exercise NCC Yogdan’ has been launched by the National Cadet Corps as a support to the authorities to provide relief to people affected by the pandemic. The National Cadet Corps comes under the Ministry of Defence. The Organization will only employ volunteers above the age of 18 years.

Associations representing officers of Central Civil Services, including the Indian Administrative Service (IAS) and the Indian Police Service (IPS), formed an initiative called Caruna to support and supplement the government’s efforts in fighting coronavirus.

The Odisha government has launched an online cultural competition “Mo Prativa” in collaboration with the UNICEF.

Indian Railways’ Chittaranjan Locomotive Works has set a new world record amidst nationwide Coronavirus lockdown.
Chittaranjan Locomotive Works (CLW) has created a record in making the highest number of locomotives.
In the financial year 2019-20, the CLW produced a total of 431 locomotives.
It surpassed its own record of manufacturing 402 locomotives in the financial year 2018-19

India is seeking loans worth $6 billion from multilateral institutions including the Asian Development Bank to combat COVID-19.

The central government is in talks with Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) and ADB to secure these loans to further the testing and infrastructure facilities in the country.

International Day for Mine Awareness and Assistance is observed on April 4 each year

Gita Ramjee, World-renowned virologist passed awayin Johannesburg, South Africa, due to Covid-19. She was the stellar vaccine scientist and an HIV (Human immunodeficiency virus) prevention research leader.In 2018, She was presented with the Outstanding Female Scientist Award in Lisbon by the European Development Clinical Trials Partnerships (EDCTP) for her lifetime contribution in finding new HIV prevention methods.

A startup Aerobiosys Innovations, at the Indian Institute of Technology(IIT), Hyderabad has developed a low-cost portable ventilator called ‘Jeevan lite’. The device can be operated on battery in remote areas where power supply is not viable and is an Internet of Things enabled and can be managed through a phone app.

The government has tested an application named, Geo-fencing app to trigger emails and SMS alerts to an authorised government agency, if a person has jumped quarantine or has escaped from isolation, based on the person’s mobile phone’s cell tower location.

The three robots namely Congcong, Lianlian and Chenchen will be the official mascots of the 19th Asian Games.

Delhi government will provide financial assistance worth Rs 5,000 each to all auto-rickshaw, Gramin-sewa, E-rickshaw and taxi drivers in wake of difficulties faced by them amid lockdown situations.
The amount will be transferred into their bank account.
This was stated by Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal during a digital press conference in the national capital on 2 April 2020.

Indigram Labs Foundation has announced the winners of its smart village program – ‘Adhunik Gram’, an initiative to empower agribusiness in rural India.
The winner, IndusTill FarmeTech Pvt. Ltd., won a cash prize of Rs 1 Lakh.
The 1st runner up, Urdhvam Environmental Technologies Pvt. Ltd., won Rs. 50,000 and the 2nd runner up, Impagro farming solutions Pvt. Ltd. won Rs. 30,000.

A Hampshire resident  Bob Weighton has been officially recognised as the world’s oldest man by Guinness World Records. Bob Weighton, from the UK, has been officially confirmed as the oldest person living (male) at 112 Years and 1 day as of 30 March 2020.

ICRA estimated the GDP growth will be slowed down to 2.0% in the current fiscal from an estimated 4.4% in fiscal 2020.

Andhra Pradesh (AP) government has proposed to buy a novel contraption, ‘Portable Multi-feed Oxygen Manifold (MOM)’ to address the need for oxygen supply to coronavirus patients. It is developed by Personnel of the Naval Dockyard Visakhapatnam (NDV)

Ministry of Defence (MoD) has received foreign direct investment (FDI) of $8.82 million (around Rs.51.93 crore) during the period April 2000 and December 2019. The Ministry announced it on 1 April. As per the data provided by the Ministry of Commerce and Industry, FDI in the defence sector was aggregated at $2.18 million in 2018-19

Hindustan Unilever Limited (HUL) completed its merger with GlaxoSmithKline Consumer Healthcare Limited(GSKCH) for a deal worth Rs. 31,700 crore. An additional amount of Rs. 3,045 crore was paid to buy the Horlicks Brand for India from GlaxoSmithKline.

As per the new gazette notification under the J&K Civil Services (Decentralization and Recruitment) Act, a person who has resided in Jammu and Kashmir for at least 15 years will be eligible to be a domicile of the Union Territory.
The person who has studied for a period of seven years and appeared in class 10 or 12 examination in an educational institution based in the Union Territory will also be eligible to be a domicile.

Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research (JNCASR) has developed a one-step curable anti-microbial coating.
The coating, when coated on different surfaces such as textile, plastic and so on could kill a range of virus types including COVID 19.
This covalent coating has been found to completely kill influenza virus as well as resistant pathogenic bacteria and fungi.

National Thermal Power Corporation (NTPC) Limited appointed Dilip Kumar Patel as its Director Human resources on 1 April. Patel has more than three decades of experience in HR functions. He graduated in Mechanical Engineering from NIT, Rourkela. He gained his Post Graduate Diploma in Business Management (HR & Finance) from MDI, Gurgaon.

India and China on 1 April 2020 celebrated 70 years of their diplomatic ties. On 1 April 1950, India became the first non-communist country in Asia to establish diplomatic relations with China. India and China are the two most populous countries in the world.

Dominos Pizza, in partnership with ITC Foods, announced the launch of Dominos Essentials to deliver essential items at home in view of the lockdown imposed owing to the spread of coronavirus

Founders of leading startups, investors, advisors, supporters, investment advisory firms have launched Action COVID-19 Team (ACT). ACT aims to provide guidance and resources to startup founders and employees in the country. It also aims to empower teams through financial grants and mentoring.

Wimbledon organizers cancelled the 134th Edition of Wimbledon Tennis Tournament for the first time since WWII (World War II) due to the threats of Coronavirus (COVID- 19). The tournament was scheduled between June 29, 2020 to July 13, 2020 and the next edition of the tournament will be from June 28 to July 11, 2021. The event was conducted since 1877.

The Emmy award-winning singer-songwriter Adam Schlesinger passed away due to COVID-19.

Registering its first overseas case, the National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Wednesday filed an FIR to probe the terror attack on a gurudwara in Afghanistan”s capital Kabul last month that left 27 people including an Indian citizen dead

The Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) has developed a new bio suit with seam sealing glue to keep all the health care professionals involved in the care of COVID-19 patients safe from the deadly virus.

Guwahati will start a new programme Pragya from 6 April 2020.
The Radio Class will help students during the lockdown period.
The topics pertaining to English, Assamese, Social Studies and General Science will be discussed during the programme for Standard 1 to 8 students.
The radio learning programme will be broadcast at 5.45 p.m. on Monday, Wednesday and Friday.

Hindustan Unilever (HUL), India’s largest fast-moving consumer goods (FMCG) company, has completed the merger of Glaxo SmithKline Consumer Healthcare Limited (GSKCH India) with itself.