IN THE NEWS_April 2020 Edition - Current Affair Booklet

Current Affairs booklet covering all the important APSC UPSC exam specific topics from the month of April 2020. Monthly edition price - Rs 30. The April 2020 edition primarily focuses on the ASSAM BUDGET. Additionally the edition covers the small things that we hear on a day to day basis, but we don't know the details. We have been hearing about Ventilators since the start of COVID19 pandemic, but do we know the working principle of a ventilator? Similarly, other topics like- 1. The Mental Health issues faced by Medical Workers working overtime. 2. State of the World’s Nursing- The bulk of the Medical working force 3. Post-Intensive Care Syndrome- how our psyche is affected by stays in ICU 4. Migrant Workers- The problems faced by them due to sudden lockdown 5. Sanitizers have been made an essential item, But Why Soap and Alcohol based Sanitizers kill the Coronavirus? 6. How Scientists are trying to find a cure for SARS COV2- Genome Sequencing, Convalescent-plasma Therapy, Reverse Vaccinology etc. 7. COVID19 affect the lungs and form Pneumonia, but how does Coronavirus affect breathing? 8. The various legal provisions used by government to contain the pandemic 9. The maintenance of the difficult task on keeping the economy working is a pandemic-struck world. Measures by The Fin Min and RBI, the IMF, World Bank etc. 10. The various festivities dampened by COVID19- Cheiraoba, Mopin festival, Tutsa Tribes Festivals, Ambubachi Mela etc. 11. Is it ethically right to deprive a person of medical treatment?