Focus Merit

All in One Current Affairs

Click on the Underlined Text for additional Static information.

  • Select a topic

  • Date Range

    • From
    • To

  • Sort Current Affairs

  • No. of CAs per page

  • Select Category

NASA’s first Mars helicopter “Ingenuity” named by Indian-origin girl Vaneeza Rupani

May 3, 2020

  • Indian Origin girl from Alabama has named the first helicopter “Ingenuity” that will be launched to the Red planet this summer with  National Aeronautics and Space Administration’s (NASA) Mars rover Perseverance .
  • She participated in “Name the rover ” contest held by NASA to name the rover Perseverance 
  • It is expected to land on Mars in February 2021. It will be launched along with rover Perseverance as part of the Mars Mission 2020.

Journalist, novelist, poet, historical researcher, and Delhi’s master chronicler, Ronald Vivian Smith, passed away

May 3, 2020
R V Smith
  • One of the eminent historian and author Ronald Vivian Smith , also known as RV Smith passed away at the age of 82. He was born in Agra.
  • His mains interests were history, antiquity, Egyptology, mysticism and the occult.He was a recipient of the Canon Holland Prize and the Rotary Award for general knowledge and the journalism award from the Michael Madhusudan Academy in Kolkata (1997-1998)

Kannada poet and writer K. S. Nisar Ahmed passed away

May 3, 2020
K. S. Nisar Ahmed
  • Well known Kannada writer and poet, K. S. Nisar Ahmed passed away at the age of 84. He was awarded with Padma Shri(2008), the Rajyotsava Award(1981) and the Pampa award(2017) for his work.

Rs 500 credited to women beneficiaries under PMGKY

May 3, 2020
PMGKY
  • Second installment of Rs. 500 has been credited to women beneficiaries under Pardhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Yojna (PMGKY). They are bound to get installment of Rs. 500 each month starting from April 2020.

MSP for minor forest produce increased from 16% to 66%

May 3, 2020
Tribal Affairs ministry
  • Minimum Support Price (MSP) for the Minor forest produce (MFP) has been increased from somewhere between 16% to 66%.
  • Minor forest produce includes non-timber items such as bamboo and other grasses, edible or useful roots, seeds, fruits, flowers and plants. A number of people from scheduled tribes and other forest dwelling communities depend on the collection and sale of such items for their livelihood.

Central road research institute develops “Kisan Sabha App”

May 3, 2020
Kisan Sabha App
  • Central Road Research Institute (CRRI) has developed ” Kisan Sabha App” with the aim to connect farmers to the mandi dealers and to the truck drivers to mandi owners . The whole process will be connecting farmers to the supply chain and to the freight management system of the country. 

New Zealand cricket announces ANZ Cricket Awards.

May 4, 2020
Annual National cricket awards
  • New zealand cricket team has announced Annual New Zealand Cricket awards. Here is the list of winners:
  • ANZ international Women’s ODI player of the Year: Suzie Bates
  • ANZ international Men’s ODI player of the Year:Kane Williamson
  • ANZ international Women’s T-20 player of the Year: Sophie Devine
  • ANZ international Men’s T-20 player of the Year: Ross Taylor.

Free health Insurance for Maharashtrian people under the Mahatma Jyotiba Phule Jan Aarogya Yojana.

May 4, 2020
mjpjay mahatma jyotiba phule jan arogya yojana
  • The people of Maharashtra can avail free health insurance under the Mahatma Jyotiba Phule Jan Aarogya Yojana.The primary goal of this health care scheme is to give access free medical care to the underprivileged and the vulnerable sections of society.
  •  Families belonging to any of the 36 districts of Maharashtra and holding Yellow Ration Card, Antyodaya Anna Yojana Card (AAY), Annapurna Card and Orange Ration Card along with Farmers from 14 agriculturally distressed districts of Maharashtra can avail beefit from this Scheme.

HDFC bank released song #HumHaarNahiMaanenge

May 4, 2020
Humhaarnahimanenge
  • To keep the spirits high and motivated HDFC Bank has released song #HumHaarNahiMaanenge (We will notgiveup). This song is composed by A. R. Rehman and lyrics are penned by Parsoon Joshi.

Russia to launch Arktika-M satellite by end of this year

May 5, 2020
Arktika-M Satellite
  • Russia has announced to launch Arctic climate and environment monitoring satellite. It will be launching country’s first Arktika-M satellite form the Balkonur space center in Decemeber 2020.
  • This satellite will collect meteorological data in the polar regions of the earth to improve weather forecast

GARUD portal launched by Civil Aviation ministry

May 5, 2020
Garud Portal
  • The Ministry of Civil Aviation(MoCA) and Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) has launched GARUD Portal to fast track the excemption requests comming from government entities for Remotely Piloted Aircraft System (RPAS).
  • GARUD Stands for Government Authorization for Relief Using Drones 

Join Now

Whatsapp Telegram Facebook Twitter

All In One Current Affairs

One Stop solution for all Current Affairs
Most Popular
National Static GK

State-Wise Static GK

International Static GK
CM and Gov of all States(Updated)
Banks HQ, MD/CEO, Tagline
Capital,Currency, PM, President of all countries (Updated)
GDP prediction by various Org.(Updated)