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1.  T. S. Tirumurti has been appointed as the next Ambassador of Permanent Representative of India to the United Nations. He replaced Sayyad Akbaruddin. 2.  All Central government officials, including the outsourced workforce, have been directed to immediately download the Aarogya Setu App on their mobile phones. 3.  The King George Medical University in Uttar Pradesh has become the first government hospital in the country to successfully launch the plasma therapy treatment for COVID-19 patients. 4.  Retired IAS officer Sanjay Kothari now became the Chief Vigilance Commissioner of India. 5.  National Panchayati Raj Day celebrated on 24th April. The day is also called National Local Self Government Day. 6. Prime Minister launched the e-Gramswaraj Portal and Mobile app as a portal to prepare and plan Gram Panchayat Development Plans. 7. World Earth Day was observed on 22nd April 2020. 8. World Book Day was observed on 23rd April 2020. 9....

1.  The International Olympic Committee and the Japanese organisers have decided to hold the Olympics from July 23 to August 8 in Tokyo next year. 2. Wimbledon, the oldest Grand Slam tennis tournament, has been cancelled for the first time since World War-II because of the Coronavirus pandemic. 3.  The FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup to be held in India in November postponed by the football’s world governing body due to the worsening COVID-19 pandemic. 4. The Olympic Council of Asia announced that the third Asian Youth Games is to be held in China in November 2021. 5. US President Donald Trump had requested Prime Minister Narendra Modi to supply hydroxychloroquine tablets that can be used to treat COVID-19 patients. 6. World Health Day is celebrated on 7 April every year to mark the anniversary of the founding of World Health Organization. 7.  Nation remembered Dr Bhim Rao Ambedkar on his 129th birth anniversary on 14th April.