May Current Affairs 2020

May Current Affairs 2020

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DateDayTheme
01 MayWorker's Day
(International Labor Day
01 MayMaharashtra Day
01st Sunday of MayWorld Laughter Day
01st Tuesday of MayWorld Asthma Day
02 MayWorld Tuna Day
02nd Sunday of MayMother's Day
03 May Press Freedom DayJournalism without Fear and Favour
04 MayCoal Miner's Day
04 MayInternational Firefighters Day
07 MayWorld Athletics Day
08 MayWorld Red Cross Day
08 MayWorld Thalassaemia Day
11 May National Technology Day
12 MayInternational Nurses Day
15 MayInternational Day of Families
17 MayWorld Telecommunication Day
17 MayWorld Hypertension Day
18 MayWorld AIDS vaccine Day
18 MayInternational Museum Day
21 MayNational Anti-Terrorism Day
21 MayInternational Tea Day
21 MayWorld Day for Cultural Diversity for dialogue and Development
22 May International Day for Biological Diversity (IDB)Our Solutions are in Nature.
23 MayInternational Day to End Obstetric Fistuland gender inequality! End health inequities! End Fistula now!".
24 May Commonwealth Day
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China clinches Online Nations Cup, India finish dismal fifth

chess
  • Top-seed and favorite China were crowned champions at the FIDE Chess.com Online Nations Cup on 10th May by virtue of higher points tally despite their final match against the USA ending in 2-2 draw.

Sania Mirza Becomes 1st Indian to grab Fed Cup Heart Award

Sania Mirza Becomes 1st Indian to Win Fed Cup Heart Award
  • Tennis star Sania Mirza on 11th May came up as the first Indian to win the Fed Cup Heart Award for her successful return to the court post motherhood.

Ministry of MSME releases CHAMPIONS Portal

Ministry of MSME releases CHAMPIONS Portal
  • “CHAMPIONS” portal has been released by the Union Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSME).
  • It is a technology-driven Control Room-Cum-Management Information System.
  • CHAMPIONS is for Creation and Harmonious Application of Modern Processes for Increasing the Output and National Strength.

Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike releases “Pranavayu” program

Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike releases “Pranavayu” program
  • A program called “Pranavayu” has been launched by the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike, Karnataka.
  • The program has been begun by the city corporation to create awareness on the need to self examine the respiratory health for Bengaloreans.

MP govt releases ‘FIR Aapke Dwar’ Yojana

FIR Aapke Dwar’ Yojana
  • Madhya Pradesh government has launched the country’s 1st ever ‘FIR Aapke Dwar Yojana’ in Bhopal.
  • ‘FIR Aapke Dwar’ Yojana has been started as a pilot project in 23 Police Stations including one urban and one rural Police Station at 11 Divisional Headquarters.

Mahindra & Mahindra turns out ‘Own-Online’ platform

Own-Online
  • A car manufacturing corporation, Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. (M&M) has turned out an end to end, online vehicle ownership solution titled ‘Own-Online’.
  • This platform has been started by (M&M) to offer its customers a transparent, seamless, and contactless experience from selection to the delivery of the vehicle.

Prince Harry-Meghan Markle’s biography to be released in August

Prince Harry-Meghan Markle’s biography to be released in August
  • The first biopic on Prince Harry and Meghan Markle’s life, named ‘Finding Freedom: Harry and Meghan and the Making of A Modern Royal Family’ would be released on August 11, 2020. The book is a biopic, written by royal reporters Omid Scobie and Carolyn Durand.

International Nurses Day commemorated on 12 May

International Nurses Day
  • International Nurses Day is celebrated on May 12. May 12 was selected for celebrating as it is the birth anniversary of Florence Nightingale, the foundational philosopher of modern nursing.
  • Theme 2020: ‘Nurses: A Voice to Lead – Nursing the World to Health’.

Founding father of Rock ‘n’ roll Little Richard passes away

Richard Wayne Pennima
  • Founding father of Rock ‘n’ roll, Little Richard passed away. His full name Richard Wayne Pennima was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as part of its first group of inductees in 1986.

Manoj Ahuja appointed as the new chairman of CBSE

Manoj Ahuja
  • Odisha cadre IAS, Manoj Ahuja has been appointed the new chairman of the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE). He will replace Anita Karwal as the chairman of the CBSE.