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Indian Navy made “NavRakshak” breathable PPE kit

NavRakshak
  • Indian Navy’s indigenously-made PPE kit, ”NavRakshak”, made for improving the ease of the health workers under Indian conditions, is assisting fight the war against Covid-19 in a better and effective manner.

India hands over war game center named as “INDIA” to UPDF

India hands over war game center named as “INDIA” to UPDF
  • India has handover the war game center named as “INDIA” to Uganda Peoples Defence Forces (UPDF). The state of the art military training facility was handover by the Indian Association Uganda (IAU), in agreement with the Indian Military Advisory and Training Team to the UPDF.

World Thyroid Day observed on 25 May

World Thyroid Day
  • World Thyroid Day is celebrated on 25 May every year. The main objective of the WTD is to aware of the value of Thyroid and the prevention and treatment of thyroid diseases.

25th May is observed as International Missing Children’s Day 2020

International Missing Children’s
  • International Missing Children’s Day is celebrated on 25th May every year for missing children who have found their way home, remember those that are victims of crime, and continue endeavors to seek out those that are still missing.

Naomi Osaka comes up as the world’s highest-paid female athlete

Naomi Osaka
  • Japanese tennis star Naomi Osaka has come up as the highest-paid female athlete in the world, topping American great Serena Williams. According to the Forbes magazine, Osaka earned $37.4 million in the last 12 months from prize money and endorsements

Spanish football player Aritz Aduriz declares retirement

Aritz Aduriz
  • Spanish football player and Athletic Bilbao striker Aritz Aduriz has declared his retirement citing medical reasons.
  • He has won 13 caps for Spain and also grown as Spain’s oldest goalscorer in 2016, scoring at the age of 35 years and 275 days.

Indian hockey gem Balbir Singh Dosanjh passes away

Balbir Singh Dosanjh
  • Former Indian hockey player Balbir Singh Dosanjh who was a part of the three-time Olympic gold medal-winning Indian hockey team, i.e. in London Olympics (1948), Helsinki Olympics (1952), and Melbourne Olympics (1956), passed away.

Abhas Jha appointed as World Bank’s Practice Manager for Climate Change

Abhas Jha
  • Abhas Jha has been selected as the World Bank’s Practice Manager for Climate Change and Disaster Risk Management for South Asia and will be work to sustain, lead, inspire and position a team of highly qualified professionals to produce the best solutions for South Asian countries.

Khudol of Manipur has been listed in top 10 influencers to fight COVID-19 by UN

Khudol Manipur
  • Khudol of Manipur has been listed in the top 10 influencers to fight COVID-19  by the United Nations . Khudol is a crowd funded initiative by the Ya_All(Founded in 2017) and aims to provide food and medical supplies to people suffering from HIV, daily wage earners , childrens etc.

Govt of Bihar have tied hands to supply ”Shahi Litchi” & “Zardalu Mango” to the people at the doorstep.

Zardalu Mango
  • Bihar Postal Circle has made an agreement with the Department of Horticulture, Government of Bihar for logistics of Shahi Litchi from Muzaffarpur and Zardalu Mango from Bhagalpur and its door to door delivery.

“Parabolic Trough collector” developed to help solar energy device manufacturers

parabolic trough collector.

“Parabolic Trough collector” has been developed by the Indian Institute of Technology, Madras. This trough will focus sunlight on a small area where it will be absorbed and used for heating and energy generation. This project will be under the Center’s National Solar mission.

Bengaluru doctor Hema Divakar wins “Global Asian award”

Hema Divakar
  • Bengaluru-based medical doctor Hema Divakar was respected with the ‘Global Asian of the Year 2018-19’ award in Dubai recently for her yeomen services and contributions to the women’s healthcare ecosystem, in India, stated its organizer ‘Asia One’ magazine’s publisher on 19th May.

Microsoft halted the online sale of Huawei laptops after US ban on Chinese tech companies

Microsoft
  • Microsoft has eliminated the Huawei laptops it sold on its online store. The move of Microsoft is to comply with the US President’s executive order to shatter down on Chinese tech companies.

‘Hunar Haat’ to assure return in September with theme ‘Local to Global’

Hunar Haat
  • Hunar Haat’ a platform for artisans/craftsmen which supports them to produce employment, will come back in September with a ‘Local to Global’ theme after an over five-month gap due to the COVID-19.

Australian tennis legend Ashley Cooper passes away

Ashley Cooper
  • Australian tennis legend Ashley Cooper passed away. His career concluded in 1959 after suffering from a back injury. He was the administrator of the game for a long period.

Mizoram Cabinet presents “Industry” status to “Sports”

Sports
  • The Mizoram Cabinet has permitted “industry” status to “sports” to invest more in sports in order to generate employment and boost value.
  • Giving the industry status to sports would also assure sustainability, proper registration as well as management of sports.

Andhra Pradesh government starts 1st tranche of “ReStart Package”

Andhra govt
  • Andhra Pradesh government has started the 1st tranche of “ReStart Package” to support the lockdown-hit Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) to reestablish and become functional.

MoHFW makes committee to reform Drug Regulatory System

Drug
  • The Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MoHFW) has formed a committee to reform the Drug Regulatory System.
  • The committee includes 11 members including the senior health officials, scientists and representatives of the pharmaceutical industry and is headed by Rajesh Bhushan.

ICMR to use Kangra tea to boost the immunity of people

Kangra Tea

Indian Council of Medical Research(ICMR) has decided to use Kangra Tea for boosting the immunity of the people that is the only way at present to prevent the spread of the COVID-19.

ICMR found Kangra Tea a better alternative to HydroxyChloroquine (HCQ) and HIV drugs that are being used at present for the treatment of the COVID-19 pateints.

World Bank appoints Abhas Jha to an important position in South Asia

Abhas Jha
  • The World Bank has appointed Abhas Jha to an important position in South Asia for climate change and disaster management.
  • Jha, an Indian national, joined the Bank in 2001 in the office of the Executive Director for Bangladesh, Bhutan, India and Sri Lanka and has since worked in Latin America and the Caribbean, Europe and Central Asia, and East Asia and the Pacific regions.