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First Week, 1st to 7th May One- liners

♦National News
• India 53rd in budget transparency, accountability in IBP survey
(Top- New Zealand)
• AIIA organises “AYURAKSHA” programme was organized for
Delhi Police
• Ramayan On Doordarshan Creates World Record As The Highest
Viewed Entertainment Program Globally
• Manipur Chak-Hao, Gorakhpur terracotta gets GI tag
• Ministry of Culture released Prof B.B. Lal -India Rediscovered
on the 100th birth anniversary of Prof Lal
• Kisan Sabha App: CSIR launches new app to provide timely
logistics support to farmers
• Kashmiri Saffron Gets GI Tag
• Ravi Shankar Prasad attended an extraordinary virtual ‘G20
Digital Economy Ministers’ meet
• Maharashtra the first state government to announces free and
cashless insurance to the all citizens
• Jal Shakti Ministry launched IDEAthon
• India ranks 3rd in scientific publication
• PM Modi to Attend Virtual NAM Summit on Subcontinent’s Role
in Covid-19 Pandemic on 4th May
• NIAB develops eCovSens, a tool to detect coronavirus infection
• HP govt to launch ‘Mukhya Mantri Shahari Rojgar Guarantee
Yojna ‘ for urban employment
• Jharkhand govt launches three schemes to boost rural
employment
• Yogi Adityanath Launches App “Ayush Kavach” That Helps
Boost Immunity Through Ayurveda
• Himachal Pradesh Programme ‘Nigah’ to be launched for
awareness

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• Bamboo conclave via video conferencing

• West Bengal govt. launches exit app for stranded people of
other states
• Largest number of children displaced in 2019: UNICEF
• NITI Aayog launches ‘Surakshit Dada-Dadi & Nana-Nani
Abhiyan’
• African swine fever detected in India for 1st time; 2,500 pigs
die in Assam
• MP becomes first state in country to provide mid-day meal
ration
• India for the 1st time has more internet users in rural areas
than urban: IAMAI report
• Tripura govt launches online scholarship portal
• Dr Harsh Vardhan launches ‘AYUSH Sanjivani’ App
• Rajnath Singh inaugurates Kailash mansarovar road link via
video conference

♦International
• Indian-origin girl Vaneeza names NASA’s 1st Mars helicopter as
‘Ingenuity’
• US President Trump nominates Indian-American lawyer Ashok
Michael Pinto as US representative for IBRD
• Mustafa Al Kadhimi chosen as Iraq’s new Prime Minister
• Irans parliament introduces new currency, Toman, to tackle
inflation

♦Banking and Financial

• Govt task force projects Rs 111 lakh cr infrastructure
investment over five years to FY2025: Finance ministry
• Manulife picks 49% stake in Mahindra AMC for Rs 265 crore
• RBI cancels licence of Mumbai-based CKP Cooperative Bank

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• CCI approves BP Global’s proposed 49% acquisition of Reliance

BP Mobility Limited
• CCI approves proposed acquisition of 100% shares and control
of Tech Data Corporation by Tiger Midco LLC
• World Bank supports USD 400 million to improve coastal
resources in India
• Finance Ministry internally projects FY21 GDP growth at 2-3%
• Icra expects India’s GDP 2% fall in FY21
• US-based Silver Lake buys 1.15% stake in Jio Platforms for Rs
5,656 cr
• Polycab India buys 50% stake in Ryker from Trafigura
• DBS Bank slashes India’s FY21 GDP forecast to 1%
• Nomura predicts Indian GDP for FY21 at -5.2%
• Moody’s pegs FY21 GDP growth at 0%
• Government of India & AIIB sign agreement for $500 million
COVID-19 support for India

♦Appointment
• Ramesh Babu appointed as NTPC director operations
• Giridhar Aramane assumed charge as Secretary, Ministry of
Road Transport and Highways
• Yes Bank appointed Neeraj Dhawan as its Chief Risk Officer
• Lt Gen Raj Shukla assumes charge of ARTRAC
• The Ministry of Corporate Affairs (MCA) has constituted a
seven-member committee to examine the comments received
on the consultation paper floated by it for enhancing audit
independence and accountability in the country.
• Max Bupa appoints Krishnan Ramachandran as MD & CEO
• Centre nominates Economic Affairs Secretary as Director RBI
Central Board
• Congress leader Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury reappointed as
chairperson of Parliament’s Public Accounts Committee

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• UNEP extends Dia Mirza’s term as Goodwill Ambassador till

2022

♦Awards
• Manipuri doctor Thangjam Dhabali Singh conferred Japan’s
‘Order of Rising Sun’
• IIT Madras Professor T. Pradeep Chosen For Nikkei Asia Prize
2020
• Three Indian photojournalists win Pulitzer prize 2020 for
Kashmir coverage; see their award-winning pictures
• Nicholas C. Coops, Joseph J. Landsberg and Richard H. Waring
shares the Marcus Wallenberg Prize 2020
• Russia awards commemorative World War II medal to Kim
Jong-un for preserving memories of Soviet soldiers killed in
North Korea
• IIT Bombay professor wins Young Career Award by the
government for his work in nano science

♦Sport
• Sania Mirza, first Indian to be nominated for Fed Cup Heart
Award
• Discus thrower Sandeep Kumari banned for four years by WADA
after testing positive for metenolone
• Egypt’s tennis player Youssef Hossam gets life time ban from
TIU

♦Defence
• Indian Navy launches ‘Operation Samudra Setu’ to repatriate
Indians from overseas

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♦Book and Author

• A new book “Shivaji in South Block: The Unwritten History of a
Proud People”by Girish Kuber
• Health minister Dr Harsh Vardhan launches multimedia guide
‘COVID Katha’
• A book titled as Vijyant at Kargil: The Life of a Kargil War Hero
authored by Colonel VN Thapar and Neha Dwivedi

♦Important Day
• 1st May: Labour Day 2020
• Maharashtra, Gujarat celebrates state formation day on 1 May
• 2nd May: International Astronomy Day
• First Sunday of May (3rd May): World Laughter Day 2020
• 3 May: World Press Freedom Day (The theme of 2020:
“Journalism Without Fear or Favour.” )
• 4th May: International Firefighters Day 2020
• 5th May (First Tuesday in the month of May): World Asthma
Day 2020 (The theme for 2020 is ‘Enough Asthma Deaths’)
• 5 May: International Day of Midwives (Theme 2020: ‘Celebrate.
Demonstrate. Mobilise. Unite’)
• 5th May: World Hand Hygiene Day (Theme 2020: “SAVE LIVES:
Clean Your Hands”)
• 6th May: International No Diet Day 2020
• First Thursday in May (7th May): World Password Day
• 7th May: World Athletics Day 2020
• Vesak day is observed on 7 May
• 8th May: World Red Cross Day
• 8 May: World Thalassemia Day 2020 (Theme 2020: ‘The dawning
of a new era for thalassaemia: Time for a global effort to make novel
therapies accessible and affordable to patients’.)

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♦Obituary
• Lokpal member Justice AK Tripathi dies due to COVID-19
• Kannada poet KS Nissar Ahmed dies at 84 in Bengaluru

♦National News
• India 53rd in budget transparency, accountability in IBP survey
(Top- New Zealand)
• AIIA organises “AYURAKSHA” programme was organized for
Delhi Police
• Ramayan On Doordarshan Creates World Record As The Highest
Viewed Entertainment Program Globally
• Manipur Chak-Hao, Gorakhpur terracotta gets GI tag
• Ministry of Culture released Prof B.B. Lal -India Rediscovered
on the 100th birth anniversary of Prof Lal
• Kisan Sabha App: CSIR launches new app to provide timely
logistics support to farmers
• Kashmiri Saffron Gets GI Tag
• Ravi Shankar Prasad attended an extraordinary virtual ‘G20
Digital Economy Ministers’ meet
• Maharashtra the first state government to announces free and
cashless insurance to the all citizens
• Jal Shakti Ministry launched IDEAthon
• India ranks 3rd in scientific publication
• PM Modi to Attend Virtual NAM Summit on Subcontinent’s Role
in Covid-19 Pandemic on 4th May
• NIAB develops eCovSens, a tool to detect coronavirus infection
• HP govt to launch ‘Mukhya Mantri Shahari Rojgar Guarantee
Yojna ‘ for urban employment
• Jharkhand govt launches three schemes to boost rural
employment

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• Yogi Adityanath Launches App “Ayush Kavach” That Helps

Boost Immunity Through Ayurveda
• Himachal Pradesh Programme ‘Nigah’ to be launched for
awareness
• Bamboo conclave via video conferencing
• West Bengal govt. launches exit app for stranded people of
other states
• Largest number of children displaced in 2019: UNICEF
• NITI Aayog launches ‘Surakshit Dada-Dadi & Nana-Nani
Abhiyan’
• African swine fever detected in India for 1st time; 2,500 pigs
die in Assam
• MP becomes first state in country to provide mid-day meal
ration
• India for the 1st time has more internet users in rural areas
than urban: IAMAI report
• Tripura govt launches online scholarship portal
• Dr Harsh Vardhan launches ‘AYUSH Sanjivani’ App
• Rajnath Singh inaugurates Kailash mansarovar road link via
video conference

♦International
• Indian-origin girl Vaneeza names NASA’s 1st Mars helicopter as
‘Ingenuity’
• US President Trump nominates Indian-American lawyer Ashok
Michael Pinto as US representative for IBRD
• Mustafa Al Kadhimi chosen as Iraq’s new Prime Minister
• Irans parliament introduces new currency, Toman, to tackle
inflation

♦Banking and Financial

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• Govt task force projects Rs 111 lakh cr infrastructure

investment over five years to FY2025: Finance ministry
• Manulife picks 49% stake in Mahindra AMC for Rs 265 crore
• RBI cancels licence of Mumbai-based CKP Cooperative Bank
• CCI approves BP Global’s proposed 49% acquisition of Reliance
BP Mobility Limited
• CCI approves proposed acquisition of 100% shares and control
of Tech Data Corporation by Tiger Midco LLC
• World Bank supports USD 400 million to improve coastal
resources in India
• Finance Ministry internally projects FY21 GDP growth at 2-3%
• Icra expects India’s GDP 2% fall in FY21
• US-based Silver Lake buys 1.15% stake in Jio Platforms for Rs
5,656 cr
• Polycab India buys 50% stake in Ryker from Trafigura
• DBS Bank slashes India’s FY21 GDP forecast to 1%
• Nomura predicts Indian GDP for FY21 at -5.2%
• Moody’s pegs FY21 GDP growth at 0%
• Government of India & AIIB sign agreement for $500 million
COVID-19 support for India

♦Appointment
• Ramesh Babu appointed as NTPC director operations
• Giridhar Aramane assumed charge as Secretary, Ministry of
Road Transport and Highways
• Yes Bank appointed Neeraj Dhawan as its Chief Risk Officer
• Lt Gen Raj Shukla assumes charge of ARTRAC
• The Ministry of Corporate Affairs (MCA) has constituted a
seven-member committee to examine the comments received
on the consultation paper floated by it for enhancing audit
independence and accountability in the country.
• Max Bupa appoints Krishnan Ramachandran as MD & CEO

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• Centre nominates Economic Affairs Secretary as Director RBI

Central Board
• Congress leader Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury reappointed as
chairperson of Parliament’s Public Accounts Committee
• UNEP extends Dia Mirza’s term as Goodwill Ambassador till
2022

♦Awards
• Manipuri doctor Thangjam Dhabali Singh conferred Japan’s
‘Order of Rising Sun’
• IIT Madras Professor T. Pradeep Chosen For Nikkei Asia Prize
2020
• Three Indian photojournalists win Pulitzer prize 2020 for
Kashmir coverage; see their award-winning pictures
• Nicholas C. Coops, Joseph J. Landsberg and Richard H. Waring
shares the Marcus Wallenberg Prize 2020
• Russia awards commemorative World War II medal to Kim
Jong-un for preserving memories of Soviet soldiers killed in
North Korea
• IIT Bombay professor wins Young Career Award by the
government for his work in nano science

♦Sport
• Sania Mirza, first Indian to be nominated for Fed Cup Heart
Award
• Discus thrower Sandeep Kumari banned for four years by WADA
after testing positive for metenolone
• Egypt’s tennis player Youssef Hossam gets life time ban from
TIU

♦Defence
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• Indian Navy launches ‘Operation Samudra Setu’ to repatriate

Indians from overseas

♦Book and Author

• A new book “Shivaji in South Block: The Unwritten History of a
Proud People”by Girish Kuber
• Health minister Dr Harsh Vardhan launches multimedia guide
‘COVID Katha’
• A book titled as Vijyant at Kargil: The Life of a Kargil War Hero
authored by Colonel VN Thapar and Neha Dwivedi

♦Important Day
• 1st May: Labour Day 2020
• Maharashtra, Gujarat celebrates state formation day on 1 May
• 2nd May: International Astronomy Day
• First Sunday of May (3rd May): World Laughter Day 2020
• 3 May: World Press Freedom Day (The theme of 2020:
“Journalism Without Fear or Favour.” )
• 4th May: International Firefighters Day 2020
• 5th May (First Tuesday in the month of May): World Asthma
Day 2020 (The theme for 2020 is ‘Enough Asthma Deaths’)
• 5 May: International Day of Midwives (Theme 2020: ‘Celebrate.
Demonstrate. Mobilise. Unite’)
• 5th May: World Hand Hygiene Day (Theme 2020: “SAVE LIVES:
Clean Your Hands”)
• 6th May: International No Diet Day 2020
• First Thursday in May (7th May): World Password Day
• 7th May: World Athletics Day 2020
• Vesak day is observed on 7 May
• 8th May: World Red Cross Day

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• 8 May: World Thalassemia Day 2020 (Theme 2020: ‘The dawning

of a new era for thalassaemia: Time for a global effort to make novel
therapies accessible and affordable to patients’.)

♦Obituary
• Lokpal member Justice AK Tripathi dies due to COVID-19
• Kannada poet KS Nissar Ahmed dies at 84 in Bengaluru

2nd Week, 8 to 15 May One-liners

♦National News

• Yogi Adityanath launches ‘Pravasi Raahat Mitra’ App for migrant

workers
• Nitin Gadkari sets road construction target for next two
years at Rs 15 lakh crore
• 480th Birth Anniversary of Maharana Pratap Singh I is celebrated
on 9 May
• India and Russia plan MoU on coking coal; boost crude oil trade

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• Number of Tigers in the Sundarbans Rises From 88 to 96

• IIM-Bangalore only Indian institute in top 50 of FT Executive
Education Ranking
• ‘FIR Aapke Dwar’: In a first, MP govt launches scheme
• MSME Ministry launches “Champions portal” for addressing
grievances of small units
• HRD Minister launches Counselling Helpline ‘Bharosa’ for Central
University of Odisha
• Jitendra Singh Addresses Indo-Bangladesh “Virtual Conference”
Organised By Assocham
• SC orders setting up of high-powered committee to
consider restoration of 4G internet services in J&K
• IIT-Guwahati organized Poster Making Competition under Ek
Bharat Shreshtha Bharat Campaign
• Jaishankar participates in virtual SCO Foreign Ministers meet
on COVID-19
• Delhi Police gets India’s first ‘Thermal Corona Combat
Headgear’ to enhance social distancing
• Haryana and J&K to provide tap water to all rural households by
Dec 2022
• Jharkhand’s Sohrai Khovar painting & Telangana’s Telia
Rumal gets GI-Tag
• Uttarakhand CM launches ‘ HOPE’, a portal for unemployed
youth to get jobs
• PM CARES Fund Trust Allocates Rs. 3100 Crore for Fight against
COVID-19
• Tamil Nadu’s Arumbavur wood carvings and Thanjavur netti
work get GI tag
• India ranks 76th on WEF’s global Energy Transition index;
Sweden on top
• India Post releases special postal cover for migrant workers
• West Bengal govt launches ‘Matir Smristi’ scheme to utilise
50,000-acre barren land in 6 districts

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• Health Minister Dr. Harsh Vardhan participates in the 32nd

Commonwealth Health Ministers
• MHRD launched e-Governance platform “SAMARTH”

♦International News

• WHO, UN”s postal agency release commemorative stamp on 40th

anniversary of smallpox eradication

♦Banking and Financial

• Nabard disburses ₹12,767 cr to State Co-op Banks, RRBs

• Vista Equity Partners picks 2.32% stake in Jio Platforms for Rs
11,367 cr
• Goldman Sachs slashes India’s GDP growth forecast for 2020-21
to -0.4%
• Carlyle to buy 74% stake in SeQuent for Rs 1,587 crore
• India Raises FY21 Gross Borrowing Target To Rs 12 Lakh Crore
• Centre releases Rs 6,195 crore to 14 states as additional
resources to fight virus’ impact
• BRICS’ New Development Bank provides USD 1 billion
loan to India to fight COVID-19
• India to grow at 1.2% in CY20, global GDP to shrink by 3.2%,
says UN
• Federal Bank, MoneyGram tie up for direct-to-bank account
credit service
• World Bank approves $1 billion loan to support India’s fight
against COVID-19

♦Appointment and Resign

• Wipro CEO Abidali Neemuchwala to step down

• Indian Cricketer Ajinkya Rahane becomes brand
ambassador for edtech company ELSA Corp

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• Indu Shekhar Chaturvedi assumes charge as Secretary, Ministry

of New & Renewable Energy
• Manoj Ahuja appointed new CBSE chief
• Vidyavathi appointed New Archaeological Survey chief
• WTO chief Roberto Azevêdo announces resignation

♦Awards

• Journalist Siddharth Varadarajan among recipients of Deutsche

Welle Freedom of Speech Award
• World Airport Awards: Bengaluru airport voted the best regional
airport in India, Central Asia
• Sania Mirza Becomes 1st Indian to Win Fed Cup Heart Award
• Anunta Wins VMware 2020 Regional Partner of the Year Award
• Vice Admiral GM Hiranandani rolling trophy awarded in Kochi

♦Defence

• Defence Ministry signs contract with Tata Power SED for infra
modernisation at 37 airfields
• India launches Mission Sagar to assist island nations in Eastern
Indian Ocean

♦Sport

• Narinder Batra’s term as FIH President extended to May 2021

• China wins Online Nations Cup, India finish dismal fifth
• Deepa Malik announces retirement, will head India’s Paralympic
Committee
• FIFA U-17 World Cup to be held in India from 17 Feb 2021
• French rider suspended for four years following ‘super-EPO’
positive test

♦Important Day

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• 9th May: World Migratory Bird Day 2020 (Theme 2020: “Birds
Connect Our World”)
• Mother’s Day 2020: Second Sunday of May
• 11 May: National Technology Day 2020
• 12th May: International Nurses Day 2020 (Theme 2020: ‘Nurses:
A Voice to Lead – Nursing the World to Health’)
• 15th May: International Day of Families 2020 (Theme 2020:
“Families in Development: Copenhagen & Beijing + 25”.)
• Third Friday of May: National Endangered Species Day 2020

♦Book and Author

• Prince Harry-Meghan Markle’s biography ‘Finding Freedom’ to

be published in August written by royal reporters Omid
Scobie and Carolyn Durand.

♦Obituary

• Historian Hari Vasudevan passes away

3rd Week, 16 to 24th May One-liners

• Aatma Nirbhar Bharat” Package Details: In Shortcut

• Shri Arjun Munda launches ‘Goal’ programme for Digital Skilling
of Tribal Youth
• Gujarat Govt launches ‘Atmanirbhar Gujarat Sahay Yojna’
to provide loans to small businessmen
• West Bengal Govt. announces two new schemes ‘Sneher Porosh’
& ‘Prochesta’
• Madhya Pradesh launches Charan Paduka initiative for migrant
labourers
• Cyclone Amphan intensifies into ‘extremely severe storm’;
Odisha, Bengal on alert
• MOHUA announces results of Star rating of garbage free cities

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• Government launches scheme for 100 % solarisation of Konark

sun temple & Konark town
• NTA launches ‘National Abhyas App’ for JEE Main and NEET
aspirants
• J&K starts an initiative SUKOON’ – COVID-19 Beat the Stress
• Mee Annapurna programe launched for farmers in Maharashtra
• Yogi Adityanath Launches ‘UP Startup Fund’, Hands Over First
Tranche Of Rs 15 Cr To SIDBI
• Govt extends ‘Pradhan Mantri Vaya Vandana Yojana’ by 3
yrs till Mar 2023
• Sonia launches “Nyay scheme” for farmers in Chhattisgarh
• MP Govt launch Didi Vehicle Service for rural women
• India, Bangladesh sign pact to operationalise 5 more ports of
call, 2 new routes
• Patanjali’s digital platform OrderMe starts with 10K daily
transaction
• ‘Tatpar’ scheme in Ranchi to transport migrant workers
• PM Modi announces interim relief of Rs 1,000 crore to West Bengal
and Rs. 500cr. to Odisha
• Madhya Pradesh CM to inaugurate ‘Everybody
will get employment’ scheme
• Hunar Haat’ to make comeback in September with theme ‘Local to
Global’

♦International News

• Israel Names Street After Rabindranath Tagore On The Poet’s

159th Birthday
• PM of Israel Benjamin Netanyahu sworn-in for the 5th time
• World Health Assembly (WHA) being held virtually in Geneva on
May 18 to 19
• China announces USD 2 billion in coronavirus help at WHO
assembly

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• Nepal approves new map including Lipulekh, Kalapani,

Limpiyadhura amidst border row with India
• India Provides US$ 2 Million to UNRWA for the Welfare of
Palestine Refugees
• Moeketsi Majoro sworn in as Lesotho’s new prime minister
• US Senate passes law to ban Chinese companies
listing on exchanges
• UNICEF and Airtel Africa announce partnership to support children
and families affected by COVID-19
• World Bank to rescue with $160-billion aid to 100 nations
• Microsoft stopped online sale of Huawei laptops after US
ban on Chinese tech companies

♦Banking and Financial

• RBI governor Shaktikanta Das address to the press conference:

Highlights
• GoI & AIIB sign agreement for USD 145 million to improve
irrigation services in West Bengal
• General Atlantic picks 1.34% stake in Jio platforms for Rs
6,598.38 cr.
• ICRA sharply cuts India’s GDP growth forecast for FY21 at -5%
• Finance ministry exempts B2B firms from using only BHIM, RuPay
for accepting payments
• KKR to invest Rs 11,367 crore in Jio Platforms for 2.32% stake
• Flipkart Partners With Vishal Mega Mart For Home
Delivery Of Essentials In 26 Cities
• ONGC & NTPC sign MOU to set up joint venture for renewable
energy business
• Nabard sanctions Rs 1,500 cr for Punjab to ensure credit flow to
farmers
• Nine NBFCs surrender certificate of registration

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• Nabard extends ₹20,500-cr special liquidity facility to co-op banks,

RRBs
• FIEO expects 20% fall in export during FY21 over coronavirus
pandemic
• Kotak Mahindra Bank becomes first Indian lender to allow video
KYC
• Flipkart ties up with Bajaj Allianz General Insurance for digital
motor cover
• IRDAI allows Union Bank of India to continue 30% holding in
IndiaFirst Life Insurance
• CCI approves 100% acquisition of Emami Cement by NVCL
• UN downgraded the global economy growth forecast to 2.7% in
2019 and 2.9% in 2020
• Telangana records 15% GSDP growth in FY19 with Rs. 8,66,875
crore

♦Appointment and Resign

• Five-member panel headed by Neerabh Kumar Prasad formed to

probe Vizag gas leak, will submit report in one month
• Zubair Iqbal appointed MD J&K Bank, Chibber to continue
as chairman
• Govt implements Shekatkar Committee recommendations related
to creating border infrastructure
• Rajesh Goel appointed as director general of NAREDCO
• Dr Harsh Vardhan set to take charge as Chairman WHO Executive
Board on 22 May
• Alibaba’s Jack Ma resigns from SoftBank board
• Govinda Rajulu Chintala appointed NABARD chairman
• Mr Dilip Oommen is new president of Indian Steel Association
• World Bank names Carmen Reinhart as chief economist and vice
president

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♦Science

• ISRO directs startups to build local tech for Gaganyaan mission

• Researchers found a new species fungi named “Troglomyces
twitteri”

♦Defence

• FDI in defence increased from 49% to 74%

• Defence Minsitry Approves Rs 400 Crore-Scheme For Testing
Domestic Defence Products
• Army’s “Game-Changing” Proposal To Allow 3-Year Tenure For
Civilians
• Govt Approves 26 Defence Items From Local Suppliers to Boost
‘Make in India’

♦Sports

• Anil Kumble-led ICC Cricket Committee recommends ban on

usage of saliva
• NADA Suspends Powerlifters Savita Kumari and Ankit
Shishodia for violating anti-doping rules

♦Awards

• Bengaluru doctor Hema Divakar gets “Global Asian award”

♦Important Day

• 16th May: International Day of Living Together in Peace

• Third Saturday in May: Armed Forces Day 2020
• 16th May: International Day of Light
• 17th May: World Telecommunication and Information Society
Day 2020 (Theme 2020: “Connect 2030: ICTs for the
Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)”)

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• 17th May: World Hypertension Day 2020 (Theme 2020:

“Measure Your Blood Pressure, Control It, Live Longer”.)
• 18th May: International Museum Day 2020 (Theme 2020:
Museums for Equality: Diversity and Inclusion.)
• 18th May: World’s AIDS Vaccine Day 2020
• 16th May: National Dengue Day 2020
• 20th May: World Bee Day 2020 (Theme 2020:Engage Bee)
• 20th May: World Metrology Day (Theme 2020: Measurements
for global trade)
• 21st May: National Anti Terrorism Day 2020 (death anniversary
of Rajiv Gandhi)
• 21st May: International Tea Day 2020
• 21st May: World Day for Cultural Diversity for Dialogue and
Development
• 22nd May: International Day for Biological Diversity 2020
(Theme 2020: ‘Our solutions are in nature’)
• 23 May: International Day to End Obstetric Fistula (Theme
2020:”End gender inequality! End health inequities! End Fistula
now!”)
• 23rd May: World Turtle Day

♦Book and Author

• A Book titled “Wuhan Diary: Dispatches from a Quarantined

City” authored by Fang Fang

♦Obituary

• Bengali author Sahitya Akademi winner Debesh Roy passes

away
• Marathi Writer, Director, Ratnakar Matkari Dies of COVID-19 at
81

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4th Week, 25th to 31st May One-liners

♦National News

• Chhattisgarh to observe May 25 as Jhiram tribute day

• Mizoram Govt becomes first in India to Grant Industry Status to
Sports
• PMMSY aims to enhance fish production to 220 LMT with an
investment of over Rs.20,000 crores in next five years
• Gadkari inaugurates Chamba Tunnel under Chardham Pariyojana
• IMD Adds 7 New Weather Services To UMANG App
• Government of Bihar have joined hands to supply ”Shahi Lichi” &
“Zardalu Mango” to the people at doorstep.
• Salman Khan Launches His New Grooming Brand FRSH
• LIC launches modified PM Vaya Vandana Yojana
• Former SC judge Justice Sikri inaugurates Indian Dispute
Resolution Centre
• Webinar on “Van Dhan Scheme: learnings for post COVID-
19” organized by DST
• Aarogya Setu becomes world’s largest contact tracing app: Dr
Harsh Vardhan

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• Petroleum Minister dedicates to nation, 56 CNG stations

♦International (Current Affairs)

• Facebook Launches ‘Catchup’ Audio Calling App

• Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen Begins Her Second Term
• Corona Impacts Economies: Poverty To Engulf 672 Million
Children By 2020-End, Says UNICEF
• Uttarakhand launches Mukhyamantri Swarozgar Yojana for
returnee migrants
• Madhya Pradesh launches ‘Rozgar Setu’ scheme for skilled workers
• U.S. joins G7 artificial intelligence group to counter China
• ‘One Sun One World One Grid’: India initiates talks on West to SE
Asia solar grid
• Google launch a new app ‘Sodar’ that will help you maintain social
distance

♦Banking and Financial

• Maruti Suzuki ties-up with Cholamandalam Investment & Finance

to launch ‘Buy Now Pay Later’ offer
• RITES signs pact to acquire 24% stake in Indian Railway Station
Development
• PFC signs MoU with NBPCL to fund projects worth ₹ 22,000
crore for 225 MW hydro-electric projects in MP
• Infosys partners with a Switzerland-based wealth management
software provider
• India’s GDP growth seen at (-) 6.8% for FY21: SBI report
• Fintech startup Zaggle joins hands with Visa to launch payment
solutions for SMEs
• India’s GDP to contract by 5% in FY21: Crisil
• Fitch projects Indian economy to contract 5% this fiscal
• ADB, India sign $177 million loan for state road
improvements in Maharashtra

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• Sebi imposes a penalty of Rs 7 lacs on NHAI for disclosure lapses

• S&P projects Indian economy to contract 5% in FY21
• Ola Electric acquires Etergo, to launch electric two-
wheeler in 2021
• ITC to acquire 100% equity share capital of Sunrise Foods
• Flipkart, Karnataka Mango Board tie up to help farmers sell
online
• FDI in India jumps 13% to record USD 49.98 bn in 2019-20
• Facebook launches Collab, app that lets you make short
music videos like TIKTOK
• Microsoft investing $2 billion in Reliance Jio for a 2.5% stake.
• Vakrangee ties up with LIC for micro insurance products
• Fiscal deficit widens to 4.6% of GDP in 2019-20
• RBI slaps penalties on Bank of India (5cr), Karnataka Bank
(1.2cr), Saraswat Cooperative Bank for non-compliance
(30lacs)
• NABARD sanctions Rs 1,050 crore credit support to West Bengal
• India’s GDP growth slows to 11-year low of 4.2 per cent in 2019-
20: National statistical office

♦Appointment

• High-level panel formed to recommend reforms in India’s drug

regulatory system chaired by Rajesh Bhushan
• Abhas Jha has been appointed by the World Bank to a key
position on climate change and disaster management in South
Asia
• Brazil’s Marcos Troyjo is NDB’s new President, India’s Anil
Kishora is VP
• BBB selects SN Rajeswari as CMD of Oriental Insurance
• IOC appoints Narinder Batra as member of Olympic Channel
Commission
• Capgemini’s Thierry Delaporte to be Wipro’s new CEO and MD

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• Sandip Pradhan’s tenure as Sports Authority of India DG extended

by two years
• IndiGo appoints Venkataramani Sumantran as independent director
• PFC board clears RS Dhillon’s appointment as CMD from June 1

♦Awards

• Indian-American alumnus & IBM scientist Rajiv

Joshi named Inventor of the Year
• Indian Army Major Suman Gawani & Brazilian Navy officer
share UN military gender award for women peacekeepers

♦Defence

• Indian Navy’s made ”breathable” PPE kit ”NavRakshak”

• India helps to set up a military war game centre in Jinja district
(Uganda)
• Missile Park ‘Agneeprastha’ to be set up at INS Kalinga

♦Science

• NASA Renamed Its WFIRST Telescope after ‘Mother of Hubble’

Nancy Grace Roman
• Kohli only cricket in Forbes top 100 highest-paid athletes;
Federer top

♦Sports

• Naomi Osaka becomes world’s highest-paid female athlete

• WADA 4-Year Ban To Long-Distance Runner Kiranjeet
Kaur For Doping Violation

♦Book and Author

• JK Rowling releases children’s book ‘The Ickabog’

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♦Important Day

• 25th May: International Missing Children’s Day 2020

• 25th May: World Thyroid Day 2020
• 25th May: Africa Day
• 28th May: World Menstrual Hygiene Day 2020 (Theme: ‘Periods
in Pandemic’)
• May 28: World Hunger Day 2020
• 29th May: World Digestive Health Day (Theme 2020: “Gut
Microbiome: A Global Perspective.)
• 29th May: International Day of UN Peacekeepers 2020 (Theme
2020: “Women in Peacekeeping: A Key to Peace”)
• 29th May: International Everest Day
• 31st May: World No Tobacco Day 2020 (Theme: “Protecting
youth from industry manipulation and preventing them from
tobacco and nicotine use”)

♦Obituary

• Hockey legend Balbir Singh Sr passed away at 96

• Actor Mohit Baghel passes away at 27
• Actress Preksha Mehta committed suicide In Indore
• Noted Urdu writer and Padma Shri awardee Mujtaba
Hussain passes away aged 83
• Ajit Jogi, first chief minister of Chhattisgarh

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