Current Affairs: April 19, 2021

 

India

• 162 Pressure Swing Adsorption Oxygen plants sanctioned for installation in public health facilities in all States; 33 already installed
• Railways to run ‘Oxygen Express’ to transport liquid medical oxygen and oxygen cylinders

Economy & corporate

• Indian pharma exports grow at 18% to USD 24.4 billion in in 2020-21
• Gold imports rose by 22.58% to USD 34.6 billion during 2020-21
• Flavoured milk taxable at 12% under GST: Gujarat Authority for Advance Ruling (AAR) rules in Amul dairy case

World

• US., China agree to cooperate on climate crisis with urgency following talks between U.S. special envoy for climate John Kerry and his Chinese counterpart Xie Zhenhua
• IAEA Director General Rafael Mariano Grossi confirms Iran started enriching Uranium upto 60% at the Natanz Pilot Fuel Enrichment Plant
• Charles Geschke, co-founder of Adobe and developer of PDFs, dies at 81