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Union HRD Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank launched a new mobile app named - the ‘National Test Abhyas'. The App has been developed by National Testing Agency-NTA to enable candidates to take mock tests for upcoming exams such as JEE Main and NEET.
It is to facilitate candidates’ access to high-quality mocks.
The govt released a rating of cities for their garbage management, giving the top ‘5-star garbage-free’ tag to six cities including Ambikapur, Indore, Navi Mumbai, Rajkot, Surat and Mysore. A total of 141 cities have been rated and 70 cities got 1-star.
Out of 141, 65 cities received three-star ratings.
India, by the ROI, has given $2 million in aid to the United Nations Relief and Works Agency working for the welfare of Palestinian refugees in support of its core programmes and services, including education and health, amidst the coronavirus crisis.
3.1 mn refugees depend on health services provided by UNRWA.
The Uttar Pradesh government presented a Rs 5,12,860.72 crore budget for FY 2020-21 in the state assembly. The budget, the size of which is Rs 33,159 crore more than the last year's budget, has provisions worth Rs 10,967.87 crore for new schemes.
Finance Minister of Uttar Pradesh: Suresh Kumar Khanna.
Punjab Government promulgated 'The Punjab Good Conduct Prisoners (Temporary Release) Amendment Ordinance, 2020. As per new provisions, the temporary release of the prisoners has been allowed beyond the maximum period of 16 weeks in a calendar year.
Cooperation & Jails Minister, Punjab: Sukhjinder Singh Randhawa.
In order to spread awareness about the psychological impact of lockdown and measures to be adopted to overcome them, Department of Information and Public Relations, Jammu and Kashmir has started an initiative ‘SUKOON’ - COVID-19 Beat the Stress".
It is to ensure that people stay mentally fit & cope with fears.
Vice Admiral Vinay Badhwar, the National Hydrographer to the government of India, has been honoured with the 2019 Alexander Dalrymple Award in recognition of his outstanding contribution to Indian hydrography and across the wider Indian Ocean region.
Recipients are selected for their efforts in hydrography.
Accenture acquired Byte Prophecy, an automated insights and big data analytics company based in Ahmedabad, to meet the demand for enterprise-scale AI and digital analytics solutions. This is to add nearly 50 data science & data engineering experts.
Accenture, a Fortune 500 company headquartered in Dublin.
The Walt Disney Company’s top streaming executive, Kevin Mayer, resigned to become the chief executive of Tik Tok, a Chinese-owned company. The app is used for making and sharing videos that have exploded in popularity during the coronavirus pandemic.
TikTok’s has been downloaded about 1.9 billion times worldwide.
Dilip Oommen, CEO, Arcelor Mittal Nippon Steel India has taken over as President of the Indian Steel Association (ISA). He is appointed to the position for the next 2 years. His appointment comes after the resignation of T V Narendran, MD of Tata Steel.
The Indian Steel Association is headquartered in New Delhi.
South Central Railway zone has developed a robotic device, "RAIL-BOT" (R-BOT) to assist in hospital management functions towards patient care during the pandemic. It is used to provide medicines, medical accessories without any need for physical contact.
It holds sensor-based features to read the body temperature.
To raise awareness of the importance of pollinators, the threats they face and their contribution to sustainable development, the UN designated 20 May as World Bee Day. The goal is to strengthen measures aimed at protecting bees and other pollinators.
World Bee Day 2020 theme is "Bee Engaged".
Veteran Marathi writer and playwright Ratnakar Matkari, 81, who tested positive for Covid-19, passed away. He is considered a pioneer of the children’s drama movement in Marathi. From story books for kids to plays, his work in literature was phenomenal.
He was the director and producer of numerous Marathi films.
The world’s third-largest economy may see a contraction of more than 20%. The new recession is the first for Japan in four-and-a-half years and is expected to exact a heavy cost on Japanese businesses and consumers.
Recession - negative economic growth in 2 consecutive quarters.
World Metrology Day is an annual celebration of the signature of the Metre Convention on 20 May 1875 by representatives of seventeen nations.The theme for World Metrology Day 2020 is Measurements for global trade.
Metrology is the scientific study of measurement.