Important Day
Economy
- This international institution announced a USD 100 million funding for the Indian infrastructure sector through the government-promoted the National Investment and Infrastructure Fund (NIIF) - Asian Development Bank (ADB).
Persons in News
- Retired Air Vice-Marshal passed away on 29 March who was at the forefront of air operations conducted for the liberation of Bangladesh, during the war with Pakistan in 1971 - Chandan Singh Rathore.
State Current Affairs
- This state Assembly on 30 March 2020 unanimously passed the Appropriation Bill allowing the state government to spend Rs 1.55 lakh crore from its consolidated fund during the financial year 2020-21 - Odisha.
Science and Technology
- This Indian institute has built a platform called CORONTINE to track people escaping quarantine - Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Bombay.
- Technology that has been developed by an incubatee company of Scitech Park, Pune which offers an effective solution on Covid-19 by reducing the viral load of infected areas within a room significantly within an hour - the negative ion generator titled ‘Scitech Airon’.
General Knowledge
- Rajasthan - Founded: 30 March 1949; Capital: Jaipur.
- Insolvency and Bankruptcy Board of India (IBBI) was established on - 1 October 2016.
- The Central Government has constituted National Company Law Tribunal (NCLT) under section 408 of the Companies Act, 2013 w.e.f. - 01 June 2016.
- Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MNREGA) came into force on – 2 February 2006.
- National Investment and Infrastructure Fund (NIIF) is India’s first sovereign wealth fund that was set up by the Government of India in - February 2015.
- Asian Development Bank (ADB) - Founded: 19 December 1966; Headquarters: Mandaluyong, Philippines.
