May Current Affairs 2020

May Current Affairs 2020

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Padma Shri awardee, Urdu Writer Mujtaba Hussain passes away

Mujtaba Hussain
  • Famous Urdu author, humorist and satirist Mujtaba Hussain passed away. He was born on July 15, 1936, in Hyderabad, Telangana. Hussain was described as the Mark Twain of Urdu.

IIT Madras makes light-weight alloy to replace steel, aluminum in cars

IIT
  • Indian Institute of Technology Madras (IITM), paired with the University of North Texas and United States Army lab, has produced a magnesium alloy to substitute the steel and aluminum in the automobile industry to lessen the carbon footprint and improve fuel efficiency.

28th May is observed as World Menstrual Hygiene Day 2020

World Menstrual Hygiene Day
  • World Menstrual Hygiene Day is observed on May 28. Its mission is to remove the silence, spread awareness and change negative social norms surrounding MHM around the world.
  • Theme: ‘Periods in Pandemic’

Finance Minister releases facility of Instant Allotment of PAN

Nirmala Sitharaman
  • The facility for instant allotment of Permanent Account Number (PAN) has been formally released by the Union Minister for Finance & Corporate Affairs Nirmala Sitharaman on a near to real-time basis.
  • The PAN applicants who have a legal Aadhaar number and have a mobile number registered with Aadhaar will be able to get of the facility.

R Sreerekha to be the Kerala’s first woman DGP

R Sreerekha
  • R Sreerekha will be the first woman Director General of Police in Kerala as the Kerala government has selected her as Fire and Rescue Services DGP.
  • She is right now an Additional Director General of Police, heading the Prisons and Correctional Services Department.

Leo Puri to be Chairman of JP Morgan South Asia and South East Asia

Leo Puri
  • Leo Puri has been declared to be the new Chairman of JP Morgan South Asia and South East Asia, replacing Kalpana Morparia who will be serving as the chairman until the 1st Quarter of 2021.

Aiman Ezzat to be new CEO of Capgemini Group

Aiman Ezzat
  • Aiman Ezzat has selected as the new Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of French technology major Capgemini Group and will take place of the presently serving Paul Hermelin who will proceed to work as the Chairman of the Board.

Wipro electes Thierry Delaporte as its new CEO & MD

Thierry Delaporte
  • Thierry Delaporte has been selected by the IT major Wipro as its new Chief Executive Officer (CEO) and Managing Director (MD). He will take place of Abidali Neemuchwala as the new CEO and MD of Wipro.

IOC selects Narinder Batra as member of Olympic Channel Commission

Narinder Batra
  • Indian Olympic Association (IOA) president Narinder Batra has been appointed as member of the Olympic Channel Commission. The commission advises the maturity & development of the Olympic Channel from its initial release phase through to its mature and established form.

Quarraisha Abdool Karim gets Christophe Merieux Prize

Quarraisha Abdool Karim
  • South African HIV researcher, Quarraisha Abdool Karim has been conferred with Christophe Merieux Prize for the AIDS Programme of Research in South Africa (CAPRISA), which she heads. Christophe Merieux Prize is one of France’s top science prizes.