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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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World Turtle Day observed on 23 May

May 23, 2020
World Turtle Day
  • World Turtle Day is being commemorated every year on 23 May every year by American Tortoise Rescue, a nonprofit organization.
  • The day was planned as an annual observance to aid people to celebrate and save protect turtles and tortoises as well as their disappearing habitats around the world.

International Day to End Obstetric Fistula celebrated on 23 May

May 23, 2020
International Day to End Obstetric Fistula
  • The United Nations commemorates International Day to End Obstetric Fistula on 23 May every year to raise awareness and intensify actions towards ending obstetric fistula.
  • Theme 2020: ”End gender inequality! End health inequities! End Fistula now!”.

New ways to prevent memory loss due to Alzheimer discovered by IIT Guwahati

May 23, 2020
IIT guwahati
  • Researchers of Indian Institute of Technology (IIT Guwahati) have developed a new way to reduce short-term memory losses due to Alzheimer disease that prevent accumulation of neurotoxic molecules in the brain that are responsible for short-term memory loss.

Indian Railways operationalized its 1st 12,000 hp electric Locomotive- WAG12

May 23, 2020
12,000 hp electric Locomotive- WAG12
  • Indian Railways has operationalized its 1st 12,000 hp electric Locomotive- WAG12. The loco is named WAG12 with Number 60027. This Locomotive has produced by Madhepura Electric Loco Factory in Bihar.

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

May 23, 2020
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.

ICMR to use Kangra tea to boost the immunity of people

May 23, 2020
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.

MoHFW makes committee to reform Drug Regulatory System

May 24, 2020
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.

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

May 24, 2020
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.

Mizoram Cabinet presents “Industry” status to “Sports”

May 24, 2020
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.

Australian tennis legend Ashley Cooper passes away

May 24, 2020
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.

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