Saturday, 16 May 2020
Current Affairs 16 May 2020
✅Current Affairs 16 May 2020
🔶Govt introduces new scheme of 2% interest subvention on working capital loans for dairy sector
🔶Arjun Munda launches ‘GOAL’ for digital skilling of tribal youths
🔶Dr Harsh Vardhan dedicates COBAS 6800 testing machine to the nation
🔶Harsh Vardhan participates in the 32nd Commonwealth Health Ministers’ Meeting
🔶Piyush Goyal participates in virtual session of G20 meet
🔶4 Ayush formulations against COVID-19 by AYUSH ministry & CSIR
🔶Atmanirbhar Bharat Abhiyaan Part-2: Package for Poor, including migrants and farmers detailed by Nirmala Sitharaman
🔶Delhi Police gets India’s first ‘Thermal Corona Combat Headgear’ to enhance social distancing
🔶India’s CO2 emissions falls for the 1st time in four decades: Carbon Brief
🔶Israel names street in Tel Aviv after Rabindranath Tagore on his 159th birth anniversary
🔶World Bank approves 1 billion USD to support India’s combat against COVID-19
🔶COVID-19 may cost global economy loss of up to $ 8.8 trillion: ADB report
🔶WTO Director General Roberto Azevedo to step down on August 31 before term expires
🔶Indian coast guard ship sachet, interceptor boats C-450 and C-451 commissioned: Rajnath Singh
🔶MHRD develops SAMARTH an e-Governance platform to provide quality education to students
🔶IITGN develops interactive dashboard “MIR AHD Covid-19 Dashboard” to help contain COVID-19 community infection post lockdown
🔶China wins 1st edition of FIDE Chess.com online Nations cup 2020; India finishes fifth
🔶Bengali author Sahitya Akademi winner Debesh Roy passes away at 84
🔶Padma Bhushan awardee Professor Anisuzzaman passes away at 83
🔶International Day of Families 2020: May 15
🔶National Endangered Species Day observed on May 15, 2020
🔶Gujarat Govt launches ‘Atmanirbhar Gujarat Sahay Yojna’ to provide loans to small businessmen
🔶The government of West Bengal announces two new schemes
🔶Jharkhand: Education dept with Doordarshan starts online classes for School children
🔶Little Richard, rock’n’roll pioneer, passed away at 87
Friday, 15 May 2020
Current Affairs 15 May 2020
✅Current Affairs 15 May 2020
🔶EAM Jaishankar participated in SCO Foreign Ministers video conference on COVID-19
🔶PM CARES Fund trust allocates Rs 3,100 crore: COVID-19
🔶ICMR fast-tracks roll out of ‘Solidarity’ trial to find treatment: COVID-19
🔶Centre sets up “Rice Export Promotion Forum” to promote rice export
🔶Jal Jeevan Mission: Haryana and J&K to provide tap water to every household by Dec 2022
🔶Atmanirbhar Bharat Abhiyaan Part-1: MSME focused package detailed by Nirmala Sitharaman; EPF contribution reduced
🔶International tourism to decline 60-80% in 2020: UNWTO report
🔶India likely to miss global nutrition targets by 2025: WHO’s Global Nutrition Report 2020
🔶Forest loss rate globally declined from 2015 to 2020: FRA 2020
🔶Reserve Bank extends interest subsidy scheme for exporters till 31 March 2021
🔶Federal bank, MoneyGram tie up for direct-to-bank deposits in India
🔶UN forecasts India to grow at 1.2% in CY20 and global economy to shrink by 3.2%
🔶Lieutenant Commander Akshay Kumar was awarded Vice Admiral G.M. Hiranandani Memorial Rolling Trophy 2020
🔶Former JDS MP Raja Rangappa Nayak passes away at 61
🔶West Bengal govt launches ‘Matir Smristi’ scheme to utilise 50,000-acre barren land in 6 districts
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