Current Affairs 12 May 2020

✅Current Affairs 12 May 2020

🔶National technology day 2020, May 11

🔶India launched Mission Sagar to assist 5 island nations Indian Oceanamid COVID-19

🔶6 member panel to set up to review production sharing contracts: Centre

🔶National Gallery of Modern Art launches a virtual program ‘NGMA Ke Sangrah Se’ to showcase artworks

🔶ICMR ties-up with India Post for lab delivery of Covid-19 testing kits

🔶TRIFED under AOL signed a MoU to promote the tribal enterprises

🔶 17 laureates conferred with DW Freedom of Speech Award 2020; Journalist Siddharth Varadarajan from India among them

🔶Narinder Batra to remain as FIH President until May 2021

🔶ICMR-NIV develops 1st indigenous antibody detection kit “COVID KAVACH ELISA” for COVID-19

🔶Parakh: DRDO- DFRL’s mobile microbial containment lab handed over to MMCRI

🔶DRDO lab develops DRUVS, an automated UV systems to sanitise electronic gadgets, papers & currency notes

🔶ICMR ties up with BBIL to develop the 1st fully indigenous COVID-19 vaccine

🔶CSIR approves project to develop ‘hmAbs’ that can neutralize SARS-CoV-2 in patients; BBIL to lead

🔶Indian Scientists discover 3 new species of fishes under genus ‘Dawkinsia’ in western ghats

🔶COVID-19: SAI forms 6-member panel to prepare SOP for phased resumption of training after lockdown

🔶Famous historian Hari Shankar Vasudevan passed away at 68

🔶Vadhan authors a new book titled “Fear of God” deals with corruption, vigilantism & law

🔶Nagaland CM Neiphiu Rio presented Rs. 21049.87 crore state budget for FY 20-21