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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ARCI & SCTIMST together produces biodegradable metal implants

ARCI
  • International Advanced Research Centre for Powder Metallurgy and New Materials (ARCI) and Sree Chitra Tirunal Institute of Medical Sciences and Technology (SCTIMST), Thiruvananthapuram have together produced new generation Iron-Manganese based alloys for biodegradable metal implants for use in humans.

ICC cricket committee ban the usage of saliva to shine ball

virat
  • The International Cricket Council’s (ICC) Cricket Committee has urged banning the usage of saliva to shine the ball.
  • The practice meant for swing bowling is now originally held as health risk due to the threats of COVID-19 and shield the safety of players and match officials.

Bundesliga becomes 1st major sports event to continue post-COVID-19 lockdown

Bundesliga
  • The Bundesliga primary football league of Germany becomes the world’s first major sports event to resume after COVID-19 lockdown.
  • The Bundesliga games began with an empty stadium though the stadium had the capacity to hold more than 80,000 players.

Famous Marathi writer, playwright Ratnakar Matkari passes away

Ratnakar Matkari
  • Famous Marathi writer and playwright, Ratnakar Matkari passed away after being diagnosed with coronavirus.  He was considered a scout of the children’s drama movement in Marathi.

Prime Minister of Lesotho, Thomas Thabane abdicates

Thomas Thabane
  • Thomas Thabane has formally left as the Prime Minister of Lesotho. Thabane and his current wife are surmised of conspiring to murder his former wife nearly three years ago.

China declares USD 2 billion aid at WHO assembly

China
  • China has declared to give USD 2 billion over two years to combat the COVID-19 at WHO assembly with an intention of supporting COVID-19 response efforts, especially in developing countries.

Vice Admiral Vinay Badhwar gets Alexander Dalrymple Award 2019

Vice Admiral Vinay Badhwar
  • Vice Admiral Vinay Badhwar, the National Hydrographer to the government of India, has been respected with the 2019 Alexander Dalrymple Award for his exceptional contribution to Indian hydrography and across the broader Indian Ocean region

Ruskin Bond’s new book launches in an e-book format

Hop On- My Adventures on Boats, Trains and Planes
  • Ruskin Bond’s new book named ‘Hop On: My Adventures on Boats, Trains and Planes’ was launched on his 86th Birthday in an e-book format.

World Bee Day celebrated on 20th May

World Bee Day
  • World Bee Day is commemorated on 20th May every year to recognize the role of bees and other pollinators for the ecosystem.
  • Theme 2020: “Save the Bees”

‘Rail-Bot’ revealed by SCR to provide better health care to COVID-19 patients

Rail-Bot
  • South Central Railway zone has prepared a robotic device named as “RAIL-BOT” (R-BOT) to support in the functions of hospital management to give better health care to the coronavirus patients.