Current Affairs 4 May 20

✅Current Affairs 4 May 2020

🔶Five more States/UTs integrated with ‘One Nation One Ration Card’ platform, taking the total to 17

🔶Maharashtra the first state government to announces free and cashless insurance to the people

🔶200 new mandis added to the e-NAM platform from 7 States: Narendra Singh Tomar

🔶IIT-Madras Professor & Padma Shri awardee Thalappil Pradeep named for 25th Nikkei Asia Prizes 2020 in S&T

🔶Professor Shobana Narasimhan of JNCASR elected as International Member to American Academy of Arts and Science

🔶Traders’ body CAIT to launch national e-commerce marketplace ‘bharatmarket’ for retail traders

🔶US Scientists discover 1st known aquatic Dinosaur ‘Spinosaurus aegyptiacus’

🔶BWF postpones World Championship 2020 to November 2021

🔶Former world snooker champion Peter Ebdon retires from sport

🔶Union Culture Minister released e-book “Prof. B. B. Lal -India Rediscovered” to mark the centenary year of Prof B. B. Lal

Current Affairs 3 May 2020

✅Current Affairs 3 May 2020

🔶Ayushman Bharat Diwas 2020: April 30

🔶World Tuna Day 2020: May 2

🔶International Astronomy Day 2020: May 2

🔶International Guide Dog Day 2020: April 29

🔶Ravi Shankar Prasad attended an extraordinary virtual ‘G20 Digital Economy Ministers’ meet

🔶USD 400 million multi-year financial support to India: World Bank

🔶Ramesh Babu appointed as NTPC director operations

🔶CSIR Launched ‘Kisan Sabha’ App to Connect Farmers to Supply Chain and Freight Transportation Management System

🔶COVID-19 impact: CGF postpones 7th season of 2021 Commonwealth Youth Games to 2023

🔶Noted playwright Bijay Mishra passed away at 83

🔶Sushil Kumar Modi presented Rs 2,11,761 cr Bihar’s budget for FY 20-21; Max. allocation towards education

🔶Kashmir saffron gets GI tag

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The Hindu Editorial 4 May 2020

Article 1

Slow release: On lockdown 3.0

Article 2

No comfort in numbers: On Bengal’s coronavirus cases