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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Famous astrologer Bejan Daruwalla passes away

Bejan Daruwalla
  • Famous astrologer, Bejan Daruwalla passed away. His name numbered among the 100 great astrologers of the last 1,000 years in ‘The Millennium Book of Prophecy’, released by Harper Collins.

RBI puts penalties on Bank of India, Karnataka Bank, Saraswat Cooperative Bank for non-compliance

Reserve Bank Of India (RBI)
  • The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) put monetary penalties on Bank of India, Karnataka Bank and Saraswat Cooperative Bank for non-compliance on Income Recognition and Asset Classification (IRAC) measures.

PFC board clarifies RS Dhillon’s appointment as CMD from June 1

RS Dhillon
  • State-run Power Finance Corporation on 29th May declared the appointment of Ravinder Singh Dhillon as Chairman and Managing Director from June 1 following superannuation of Rajeev Sharma present month.

Kohli only cricket in Forbes first 100 highest-paid athletes; Federer top

Virat Kohli
  • India captain Virat Kohli stayed the only cricketer to be involved in the list of top 100 highest-paid athletes of 2020 made forward by Forbes magazine. According to Forbes, Kohli had calculated total earnings of $26 million ($24m from endorsements and $2m from salary/winnings- June 1, 2019, until June 1, 2020).

31st May is observed as World No Tobacco Day 2020

World No Tobacco Day
  • World No Tobacco Day is a yearly event that is commemorated on May 31st. It targets to grow awareness about the harmful effects of tobacco on health.
  • Theme: “Protecting youth from industry manipulation and preventing them from tobacco and nicotine use.”

Petroleum Minister gives to the nation, 56 CNG stations

Petroleum Minister
  • Petroleum and Natural Gas Minister Dharmendra Pradhan committed to the nation, 56 CNG stations scattered over 11 States and Union Territories. These stations are in Gujarat, Haryana, Jharkhand, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, New Delhi, Punjab, Rajasthan, Telangana and Uttar Pradesh.

U.S. enters G7 artificial intelligence group to counter China

AI
  • The US has entered an international panel for setting ethical guidelines for the usage of artificial intelligence. The Trump administration had earlier dismissed the idea.

Google releases a new app ‘Sodar’ that will aid you to maintain social distance

Sodar
  • Google is supporting people to maintain their social distance. The tech giant has released a new app called ‘SODAR’ that will encourage people to maintain distance in real life using augmented reality.