{"id":58186,"date":"2020-04-03T21:00:36","date_gmt":"2020-04-03T15:30:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.forumias.com\/?p=58186"},"modified":"2020-04-03T20:58:14","modified_gmt":"2020-04-03T15:28:14","slug":"9-pm-current-affairs-brief-april-3rd-2020","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/9-pm-current-affairs-brief-april-3rd-2020\/","title":{"rendered":"9 PM Current Affairs Brief \u2013 April 3rd, 2020"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Good Evening Friends<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We are posting Todays 9pm Current Affair Brief<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>About 9pm Current Affair Brief<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> &#8211; This initiative provides a brief of all the relevant articles of day in a clear, concise and easily consumable format. Students don\u2019t need to look anywhere more for your daily news bytes. It will help students in their prelims and mains preparation.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">For old Archives of 9pm Current Affair Brief, Click on \u201cArchives\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/9-pm-brief\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">9pm Current Affair Briefs Archives<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> \u2192<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.outlookindia.com\/newsscroll\/covid19-nppa-sets-up-drug-price-monitoring-resource-unit-in-jk\/1787598\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">COVID-19: NPPA sets up drug price monitoring, resource unit in J-K<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><b>News:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The National Pharmaceutical Pricing Authority (NPPA) has set up price monitoring and resource unit (PMRU) in the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Facts:<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">PMRU is a registered society which functions under the direct control and supervision of State Drug Controllers.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><b>Funding:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> By the NPPA.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><b>Functions:\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Help the NPPA and the State Drug Controller in ensuring availability and accessibility of medicines at affordable prices<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Collect and analyse data and make reports with respect to availability and over-pricing of medicines.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Organise seminars, training programs and communication activities in the areas of availability and affordability of medicines<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Additional Facts:<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>National Pharmaceutical Pricing Authority<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is an independent body set up in 1997 under the Department of Pharmaceuticals, Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Its mandate is to fix\/revise controlled bulk drugs prices and formulations, enforce prices and availability of medicines under the Drug(Price Control) order, 2013.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>[read more]<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.livemint.com\/industry\/banking\/rbi-announces-more-measures-to-help-tide-over-covid-19-11585728583818.html\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">COUNTERCYCLICAL CAPITAL BUFFER (CCyB)<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><b>News:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has deferred implementation of countercyclical capital buffers (CCyB). RBI had put in place the framework on countercyclical capital buffer (CCyB) in 2015<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Facts:<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>Capital Buffer:\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Mandatory capital that financial institutions are required to hold.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">They were mandated under the Basel III regulatory reforms, which were implemented following the 2007-2008 financial crisis.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Countercyclical Capital Buffer:<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Capital Buffer that banks need to hold when credit is growing rapidly. This buffer can be reduced if the financial cycle turns down or the economic and financial environment becomes poor<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehindu.com\/news\/international\/iran-warns-us-after-it-deploys-patriot-to-iraq\/article31231193.ece\"><b>Patriot air defence missile<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n<p><b>News: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The United States has deployed Patriot air defence missiles in Iraq.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Facts:<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Patriot is a long-range, all-altitude, all-weather air defence system to counter tactical ballistic missiles, cruise missiles and advanced aircraft.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Additional Facts:<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>Other Air Defense system in News:<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Iron Dome: <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is a mobile all-weather air defence system developed by Israel to intercept and destroy short-range rockets and artillery shells fired from short distances.<\/span><\/b><\/li>\n<li>Falaq: <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is a mobile radar air defence system developed by Iran.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/pib.gov.in\/PressReleseDetailm.aspx?PRID=1610301\"><b>Aarogya Setu App<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n<p><b>News: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The National Informatics Center (NIC),Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology(MeitY) has launched a mobile app named Aarogya Setu.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Facts:<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The app uses Bluetooth technology, algorithms and artificial intelligence to enable people to assess the risk of catching the Corona Virus infection based on their interaction with others.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Additional Facts:<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Corona Kavach: <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It has been developed by the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology in association with the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare to track the location of COVID-19 infected people and alert subscribers when they come near their locations.<\/span><\/b><\/li>\n<li>Pragyaam app:<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It has been developed by Jharkhand Government for issuance of e-passes to those working in essential services and to support the concerned officials in verifying the details of the person.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.weforum.org\/press\/2020\/01\/self-service-blockchain-track-and-trace-platform-for-businesses-launched-2fa007711c\/\"><b>Track and Trace Platform for Businesses<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n<p><b>News:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The World Economic Forum has launched the Track and Trace Platform for Businesses.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Facts:<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is the first-ever Blockchain-based tracking platform which aims to assist businesses in addressing consumer demands for ethical and environmentally friendly products.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Additional Facts:<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>World Economic Forum(WEF)<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It was established in 1971 as a not-for-profit foundation with its headquarters at Geneva, Switzerland.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><b>Reports: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">a) Global Competitiveness Report b) Global Gender Gap Report c) Global Risks Report and d) Global Travel and Tourism Report among others.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/newsonair.com\/News?title=Agriculture-Minister-Narendra-Singh-Tomar-launches-new-features-of-e-NAM-Platform&amp;id=384520\"><b>e-NAM Platform<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n<p><b>News: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Union Agriculture Minister has launched new features of the National Agriculture Market (e-NAM) Platform.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Facts:<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>New Features:<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><b>Warehouse based trading module<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">:It allows farmers to directly trade their stored produce from registered warehouses based on negotiable warehouse receipts in electronic form(e-NWR).<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><b>Farmer Producer Organizations(FPO) trading module:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Under this, FPOs can trade their produce from their collection center without bringing the produce to APMC.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><b>Enhanced version of the logistic module <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">has been released to facilitate inter-mandi and inter-state trade at this juncture.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Additional Facts:<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>E-NAM(National Agriculture Market):<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is a pan-India electronic trading portal which networks the existing APMC mandis to create a unified national market for agricultural commodities.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><b>Implementation<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: Small Farmers Agribusiness Consortium (SFAC), Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers\u2019 Welfare.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Negotiable warehouse receipts(NWR):<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Warehouse Receipts are documents issued by warehouses to depositors against the commodities deposited in the warehouses for which the warehouse is the bailee.These receipts are issued in negotiable form making them eligible as collateral for loans.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><b>Regulation: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Warehousing Development and Regulatory Authority (WDRA).<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehindu.com\/news\/cities\/Delhi\/anti-smog-guns-installed-at-14-large-project-sites-in-the-capital\/article31231326.ece\"><b>Anti Smog Gun<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n<p><b>News:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Anti-smog guns have been installed at 14 large project sites in Delhi.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Facts:<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Anti-smog gun is a device designed to reduce air pollution by spraying water into the atmosphere so that all the dust and polluted particles get clear from the environment.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The gun is attached to a water tank built on a movable vehicle which can be taken to various parts of the city.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Additional information:<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Smog Towers:<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">They are large-scale air purifiers usually fitted with multiple layers of air filters which cleans the air of pollutants as it passes through them.<\/span><\/b><\/li>\n<li><strong>Smog:<\/strong> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Smog is basically derived from the merging of two words; smoke and fog.It is a yellowish or blackish fog formed mainly by a mixture of pollutants in the atmosphere.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span id=\":8f.co\" class=\"tL8wMe EMoHub\" dir=\"ltr\">[\/read]<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Good Evening Friends We are posting Todays 9pm Current Affair Brief About 9pm Current Affair Brief &#8211; This initiative provides a brief of all the relevant articles of day in a clear, concise and easily consumable format. 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