{"id":58480,"date":"2020-04-09T21:00:18","date_gmt":"2020-04-09T15:30:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.forumias.com\/?p=58480"},"modified":"2020-04-09T20:48:11","modified_gmt":"2020-04-09T15:18:11","slug":"9-pm-current-affairs-brief-april-9th-2020","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/9-pm-current-affairs-brief-april-9th-2020\/","title":{"rendered":"9 PM Current Affairs Brief \u2013 April 9th, 2020"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Good Evening Friends! <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We are posting Todays 9pm Current Affair Brief<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"content-box-blue\"><span style=\"color: #333333;\"><strong>About 9 PM Brief-<\/strong> With the 9 PM Current affairs brief we intend to provide our readers daily free digest of articles and editorials from multiple sources which are usually left out by aspirants. This will provide you with analysis, broad coverage and factual information in <em><span style=\"color: #000080; font-size: 14pt;\">all in one pill<\/span> for<\/em> your IAS and IFS preparation. Take this pill daily to learn more.<br \/><br \/><\/span>To access the Archives <a href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/9-pm-brief\/\">CLICK HERE-&gt;<\/a><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.newsonair.com\/News?title=SIDBI-to-provide-emergency-working-capital-of-up-to-Rs-1-crore-to-MSMEs&amp;id=384998\"><b>SAFE PLUS Scheme<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n<p><b>News: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Small Industries Development Bank of India(SIDBI) has launched the SIDBI Assistance to Facilitate Emergency response against Coronavirus (SAFE PLUS) Scheme.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Facts:<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Aim: <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">To provide financial assistance of up to Rs 1 crore to Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises(MSMEs) that are involved in making essential items to combat COVID-19 pandemic.<\/span><\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Additional Facts:<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>SIDBI:<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Small Industries Development Bank of India (SIDBI) was set up in 1990 under an Act of Indian Parliament.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><b>Aim:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">To act as the Principal Financial Institution for Micro, Small and Medium Enterprise(MSME) sector as well as for coordination of functions of institutions engaged in similar activities.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><b>Ownership:<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Shares of SIDBI are held by the Government of India and twenty- nine other institutions \/ public sector banks \/ insurance companies owned or controlled by the Central Government.<\/span><\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehindu.com\/sci-tech\/health\/two-csir-labs-start-sequencing-novel-coronavirus\/article31282975.ece\"><b>Global Initiative on Sharing All Influenza Data<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n<p><b>News: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">India has shared nine whole genome sequences of the coronavirus with the Global Initiative on Sharing All Influenza Data(GISAID).<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Facts:<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Global Initiative on Sharing All Influenza Data(GISAID) Initiative was launched on the occasion of the 61st World Health Assembly in 2008.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In 2010, Germany became the official host of the GISAID Initiative through a public private partnership.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><b>Aim: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">To promote international sharing of all influenza virus sequences related clinical and epidemiological data to understand how the viruses evolve, spread and potentially become pandemics.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><b>Headquarters<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: Munich, Germany.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Additional Facts:<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><b>Genome sequencing: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is a technique that allows us to read and interpret genetic information found within DNA or RNA.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehindu.com\/news\/national\/kerala\/scientists-launch-bid-to-save-myristica-swamps\/article30391890.ece\"><b>Myristica swamps<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n<p><b>News: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Jawaharlal Nehru Tropical Botanic Garden and Research Institute (JNTBGRI) has launched a project for the restoration and conservation of Myristica swamps.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Facts:<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Myristica swamps are a type of freshwater swamp forests predominantly composed of species Myristica,the most primitive of the flowering plants on earth.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><b>Habitat: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Western Ghats of India.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><b>Significance: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">They play a key role in maintaining perennial stream flow and possess higher potential to store carbon than nearby non-swamp forests.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><b>Threats<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: Climate change, change in land use pattern, anthropogenic factors among others.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/indianexpress.com\/article\/explained\/trump-threatens-to-stop-money-to-who-how-is-it-funded-currently-6353566\/\"><b>World Health Organization(WHO) Funding<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n<p><b>News:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The US President has threatened to freeze US funding to the World Health Organization(WHO) due to negligence on coronavirus pandemic and for its China Centric approach.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Facts:<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>Funding:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">There are four kinds of contributions that make up funding for the WHO which are:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Assessed contributions:<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">These<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">are the dues countries pay in order to be a member of the Organization.The amount each Member State must pay is calculated relative to the country\u2019s wealth and population.<\/span><\/b><\/li>\n<li><strong>Voluntary contributions:<\/strong> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It comes from Member States (in addition to their assessed contribution) or from other partners.They can range from flexible to highly earmarked.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><b>Core voluntary contributions:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">allows less well-funded activities to benefit from a better flow of resources and ease implementation bottlenecks that arise when immediate financing is lacking.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><b>Pandemic Influenza Preparedness(PIP) Contributions:<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">was started in 2011 to improve 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