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f India lost the ONGC Videsh Ltd-discovered Farzad-B gas field in the Persian Gulf after Iran awarded a
contract for developing the giant gas field to a local company. The National Iranian Oil Company (NIOC)
has signed a contract worth USD 1.78 billion with Petropars Group for the development of Farzad B Gas
Field in the Persian Gulf.
f The Mahratta Chamber of Commerce, Industry, and Agriculture (MCCIA) has launched India's first agro-
export facilitation centre in Pune, in collaboration with National Bank for Agriculture and Rural
Development (NABARD). The new Facilitation Centre will work as a one-stop-centre for the exporters in
the agricultural sector as well as boost agricultural exports from the region, as per global standards.
f India's Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) has developed a Covid-19 antibody
detection kit. The DIPCOVAN kit can detect both spikes as well as nucleocapsid proteins of Coronavirus
with a high sensitivity of 97%. It has been approved by the Indian Council of Medical Research and has
been developed by the Defence Institute of Physiology and Allied Sciences lab of DRDO in association with
Delhi's Vanguard Diagnostics Pvt Ltd.

f The Railways will soon have 86 Oxygen plants for its hospitals across the country. Four oxygen plants are
already functional, 52 have been sanctioned and 30 are under various stages of processing. There is also a
Massive Capacity Enhancement in 86 Railway Hospitals across India. In last few days, the number of beds
for COVID treatment have been increased from 2539 to 6972.

f The Government has released Rs 5,968 crore to 15 states for the implementation of the Jal Jeevan Mission
in the financial year 2021-22. Of the central funds allocated under the Jal Jeevan Mission, 93 percent is to
be utilized on developing water supply infrastructure, 5 per cent on support activities and 2 percent on
water quality monitoring and surveillance.

f In order to address the problems of elders in the context of the ongoing COVID pandemic, the Ministry of
Social Justice has started state wise call centres in major states under the ELDERLIN project. The facility is
already made operational in 5 major states of UP, MP, Rajasthan, TN & Karnataka. Facility operationalised
with the assistance of Tata Trusts & NSE foundation. Likely to become functional in all states by end of May,
2021.

f The union government has decided to increase the fertilizer subsidy outlay for the year by 14,775 crore.
This will take the fertilizer subsidy outlay for 2021- 22 to Rs 94,305 crore from a budgeted outlay of Rs
79,530 crore. The decision was taken to increase the subsidy for diammonium phosphate (DAP) fertilizer
from Rs 500 to Rs 1200 per bag, an increase of 140 percent.

f The Centre slashed subsidy on sugar exports from Rs 6,000 per tonne to Rs 4,000 per tonne with
immediate effect in view of firm global prices. Sugar production in India has reached more than 30 million
tonne so far in the 2020-21 marketing year, higher than 27.42 million tonne achieved in the 2019-20 year,
as per the industry data. All India Sugar Trade Association (AISTA) Chairman Praful Vithalani.

f The Indian Council of Medical Research, ICMR has approved CoviSelf kit for the purpose of home testing.
It stated that all symptomatic individuals who test negative by Rapid Antigen Test should get themselves
immediately tested by RT-PCR.

f Union Cabinet, chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi has approved the opening of a new Consulate
General of India in Addu City, the Maldives in 2021. India and Maldives share ethnic, linguistic, cultural,
religious and commercial links steeped in antiquity. Maldives occupies an important place in the
'Neighbourhood First Policy' and the 'SAGAR' (Security and Growth for All in the Region) vision of the
Government of India.

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