Current Affairs One-Liner: 7th April 2020

• Important Days: 7th April 2020: World Health Day
• Theme: Support Nurses and Midwives
• The World Health Organization has named this year as the ‘International Year of Nurse and the Midwife’.

• Static Part: 
• HQ of WHO: Geneva, Switzerland
• President of WHO: Tedros Adhanom Trending
• 7th April 2020: International Day of Reflection on the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi in Rwanda.
• Award: Chief Minister of Odisha, Naveen Patnaik has been honored with ‘Hero to Animals Award’ by PETA India.
• University Grants Commission has asked to all the Universities and colleges to setup mental health helplines in order to avoid any stress and panic situation to the students during the lockdown imposed because of COVID-19. The helpline is aimed to release the worry of students regarding their exams and academic since colleges are shut down amidst of lockdown situation.
• Bengaluru based startup firm Bione Ventures Pvt Ltd, a B2C platform for genetic and microbiome testing, has launched India’s first at-home screening kit for COVID-19 that delivers results within minutes. It costs for Rs 2000 to Rs 3000.
• ‘Prana-Vayu’- A Low-Cost Ventilator Developed by IIT-Roorkee and AIIMS-Rushikesh
• ‘Operation Sanjeevani’- Launched by IAF to Grant Medical Supplies to Maldives to Fight COVID-19
• ‘V Safe Tunnel’- Installed at Telangana
• Appointments
• Full Body Disinfection Chamber- At VRDE Ahmedabad (DRDO Laboratory)

Questions: 

Q.1 When is World Health Day marked?
a. 7th April
b. 5th April
c. 4th April
d. 6th April

Q.2 What is the theme of World health day 2020?
a. Support Doctors
b. Go Corona and Come Health
c. Support Nurses and Midwives
d. Stay Fit and healthy

Q.3 Who has been honored with ‘Hero to Animals Award’ by PETA India?
a. Sarbananda Sonowal
b. N Biren Singh
c. Naveen Patnaik
d. Neiphiu Rio

Q.4 Name the company which has launched India’s 1st home screening kit for COVID-19?
a. GSK India
b. Mylab
c. Bharat Biotech
d. Bione