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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International Day of UN Peacekeepers is observed on 29 May

International Day of UN Peacekeepers
  • International Day of UN Peacekeepers is celebrated on 29 May every year to respect all the women and men who have served as military, police or civilians in UN Peacekeeping operations.
  • Theme 2020: “Women in Peacekeeping: A Key to Peace”.

World Digestive Health Day is observed on 29th May

World Digestive Health Day
  • World Digestive Health Day is celebrated on 29th May every year and is organized by the World Gastroenterology Organisation (WGO) in collaboration with the WGO Foundation (WGOF).
  • Theme 2020: “Gut Microbiome: A Global Perspective.

U’khand govt starts “Mukhyamantri Swarozgar Yojana” for returnee migrants

Uttarakhand CM
  • Uttarakhand chief minister, Trivendra Singh Rawat has launched the “Mukhyamantri Swarozgar Yojana” for returnee migrants. The scheme will extend credit facility through nationalized banks, scheduled commercial banks and cooperative banks.

MP govt begins ‘Rozgar Setu’ scheme for skilled workers

Rozgar Setu
  • Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister, Shivraj Singh Chouhan has declared the launch of the ‘Rozgar Setu’ scheme.
  • This scheme would help to secure employment for skilled workers who have come back to the state in the COVID-19 situation.

Venkataramani Sumantran to be the new independent director of Indigo

Venkataramani Sumantran
  • Venkataramani Sumantran has been selected as the independent director of the airline company IndiGo. He currently served as the chairman and managing director of Chennai-based Celeris Technologies.

Missile park “Agneeprastha” to be laid at INS Kalinga

Missile park “Agneeprastha” to be laid at INS KalingaMissile park “Agneeprastha” to be laid at INS Kalinga
  • The foundation stone for a missile park “Agneeprastha” was set up at INS Kalinga, Naval base in Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh. It is the largest plant in the Eastern Naval Command and has an approximated life of 25 years.

Russia leads BRICS Heads of Tax Authorities meet

BRICS
  • The meeting of the Heads of Tax Authorities of the BRICS countries, viz. Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa was held on 29 May. The meeting was done by the Federal Tax Service of Russia.

WADA bans Kiranjeet Kaur for 4 years for doping

Kiranjeet Kaur
  • India’s long-distance runner, Kiranjeet Kaur has been given a four-year ban by World Athletics’ anti-doping body for testing positive for a banned substance (Enobosarm).
  • She will be peeled off the gold medal she won at the Tata Steel Kolkata 25K.

International Everest Day is observed on 29th May

International Everest Day
  • International Everest Day is being celebrated on 29th May. Nepalese Tenzing Norgay and New Zealand’s Edmund Hillary had climbed the Mt. Everest on this day (29th May) in 1953, as the first humans to accomplish the feat.

Ace lyricist Yogesh Gaur passes away

Yogesh Gaur
  • Expert lyricist Yogesh Gaur passed away. He penned the lyrics of hit songs “Kahin duur jab din dhal jaye” and “Zindagi kaisi hai paheli” that defined the superhit film Anand (1971).