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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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Former Judge and Judicial member of Lokpal A K Tripathi passed away.

May 4, 2020
A K Tripathi
  • Former Indian Judge and Judicial member of Loksabha Ajay Kumar Tripathi (A K Tripathi) passed away due to the pandemic COVID-19.he has also served as the Chief Justice of Chhattisgarh High Court.

“The future of River Management” an IDEAthon by NIUA & NMGC organized

May 4, 2020
Future of river management
  • National Institute of Urban Affairs (NIUA) along with National Mission for Clean Ganga (NMGC) has organized an IDEAthon ” The Future of River Management”. The main objective is to focus on how river management can ensure interconnectivity of cities with rivers in the future.

Free health Insurance for Maharashtrian people under the Mahatma Jyotiba Phule Jan Aarogya Yojana.

May 4, 2020
mjpjay mahatma jyotiba phule jan arogya yojana
  • The people of Maharashtra can avail free health insurance under the Mahatma Jyotiba Phule Jan Aarogya Yojana.The primary goal of this health care scheme is to give access free medical care to the underprivileged and the vulnerable sections of society.
  •  Families belonging to any of the 36 districts of Maharashtra and holding Yellow Ration Card, Antyodaya Anna Yojana Card (AAY), Annapurna Card and Orange Ration Card along with Farmers from 14 agriculturally distressed districts of Maharashtra can avail beefit from this Scheme.

Geographical Indications registry declares Kashmiri Saffron as a Geographical Indicator.

May 4, 2020
Kashmiri Safron
  • Kashmiri Saffron that is grown in some regions of Kashmir, including Pulwama, Srinagar, Budgam and Kishtwar has been declared as Geographical Indicator by Geographical Indications Registry.

HDFC bank released song #HumHaarNahiMaanenge

May 4, 2020
Humhaarnahimanenge
  • To keep the spirits high and motivated HDFC Bank has released song #HumHaarNahiMaanenge (We will notgiveup). This song is composed by A. R. Rehman and lyrics are penned by Parsoon Joshi.

Russia to launch Arktika-M satellite by end of this year

May 5, 2020
Arktika-M Satellite
  • Russia has announced to launch Arctic climate and environment monitoring satellite. It will be launching country’s first Arktika-M satellite form the Balkonur space center in Decemeber 2020.
  • This satellite will collect meteorological data in the polar regions of the earth to improve weather forecast

GARUD portal launched by Civil Aviation ministry

May 5, 2020
Garud Portal
  • The Ministry of Civil Aviation(MoCA) and Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) has launched GARUD Portal to fast track the excemption requests comming from government entities for Remotely Piloted Aircraft System (RPAS).
  • GARUD Stands for Government Authorization for Relief Using Drones 

Former world snooker champion Peter Ebdon announces retirement.

May 5, 2020
Peter Ebdon
  • Former world snooker champion from United Kingdom, Peter Ebdon announces retirement. He became world champion in 2002 by beating Stephen Hendry from Scotland. He also won 7 other snooker events from 1993 to 2012.

Centre appoints Economic Affairs Secretary as Director RBI Central Board

May 6, 2020
Centre appoints Economic Affairs Secretary as Director RBI Central Board
  • The Centre has appointed Secretary of Economic Affairs Department Ministry of Finance Tarun Bajaj as a director on the Central Board of Reserve Bank of India (RBI).

Congress leader Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury again appointed as chairperson of Parliament’s Public Accounts Committee

May 6, 2020
Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury
  • Congress leader in Lok Sabha Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury has been again appointed as chairperson of the Parliament’s public accounts committee (PAC), the Lok Sabha Secretariat said on 5th May.

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