CURRENT AFFAIRS 5th APRIL

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April 5, 2021

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# Covid cases

 

 

  • On sunday 1,03,790 covid-19 cases were detected across the states.
  • It is a new daily high for infections surpassing the previous peak reached in mid september 2020.
  • Amid covid surge, Russian made sputnik v may be cleared for emergency use in India within 10 days.

 

 

 

# Naxal attack

 

 

  • A day after the encounter between central paramilitary forces and maoist in chattisgarh’s sukma, bodies of 22 personnel were recovered on sunday.
  • Home minister Amit shah is scheduled to visit sukma today.
  • One commando is still missing. Home minister has said that the naxals problem will be dealt more firmly now.

 

 

 

# Philippines-China

 

 

  • The philippines defence secretary said on sunday that china was looking to occupy more areas in the south china sea.
  • He said that more than 50 fishing vessels manned by militias are present in the Whitsun reef.
  • The chinese embassy in philippines said that there are only fishing vessel and no armed militia is present on the whitsun reef.

 

 

 

# Rafale jets

 

 

  • India will receive another 8 to 9 rafale jets from France by mid may.
  • First, squardon is based at ambala airforce station in Punjab.
  • 2 squardon is to be raised at Hashimara in West Bengal.

 

 

 

# Loan moratorium

 

 

  • The public sector banks may have to bear a burden of 1800 to 2000 crore arising out of a recent supreme court judgement.
  • The supreme court has ordered to waive off compound interest on all loan accounts which opted for moratorium during march-august 2020.

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