Current Affairs 11 May 2020

✅Current Affairs 11 May 2020

🔶World Migratory Bird Day 2020, 9th May

🔶Defence Ministry signs contract with Tata Power SED for Phase-II of Modernisation of Air Field Infrastructure

🔶Ramesh Pokhriyal ‘Nishank’ announces modifications in PMRF Scheme to boost  research

🔶Central Board of Direct Taxes amends 44G of Income-tax Rules 1962

🔶WHO and UN’s postal agency releases commemorative stamp on 40th anniversary of smallpox eradication

🔶Government hikes its market borrowing to Rs 12 lakh crore from Rs 7.80 lakh crore for FY 21: COVID-19 impact

🔶FM Nirmala sitharaman launches INR-USD futures and options contracts on BSE, NSE  at Gift city

🔶Ratings agencies Goldman Sachs & Nomura cut India’s economic growth projections for 2020-21

🔶Giriraj Singh presents awards to the winners of “Startup India- Animal Husbandry Grand Challenge”

🔶Edu-tech firm ELSA Corp appoints Indian cricketer Ajinkya as its brand ambassador for India, Middle East, ANZ & SAARC

🔶74% stake of SeQuent bought by Carlyle for Rs 1,587 crore

🔶Britain’s GlaxoSmithKline sells 5.7 % stake in Hindustan Unilever for $3.35 billion

🔶IIT-Delhi startup launches reusable antimicrobial mask NSafe

🔶CSIR receives approval for clinical trial of two drugs, ‘phytopharmaceutical & favipiravir’ to treat COVID-19

🔶“Finding Freedom: Harry and Meghan and the Making of a Modern Royal Family”  byOmidScobie and Carolyn Durand set to release in August

🔶Time of Remembrance and Reconciliation for Those Who Lost Their Lives during the Second World War: May 8-9

🔶Sikkim Assembly passes a budget of Rs 9,100 crores for FY21