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Current Affairs Today 8 May 2020

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Current Affairs 8 May 2020

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Top 15 Current Affairs of 8 May 2020

National News

UP Public Health and Epidemic Disease Control Ordinance, 2020 passed by the Cabinet

The Uttar Pradesh Public Health and Epidemic Disease Control Ordinance, 2020 has been cleared by the Cabinet headed by the UP CM, Yogi AdityaNath.
It prescribes a maximum punishment of life term if “death be caused by intentional (COVID-19) affliction”.
The ordinance will be sent to ……Click Here to Read More

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Uttar Pradesh’s CM– Yogi Adityanath
Uttar Pradesh’s Governor– Anandiben Patel
Uttar Pradesh’s Capital– Lucknow

Andhra Pradesh CM rolls out ‘CMAPP’ to monitor farming needs

Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister YS Jagan Mohan Reddy launched a mobile app ‘CMAPP’ to monitor the agriculture needs of farmers.
CAMPP stands for Comprehensive Monitoring of Agriculture, ……Click Here to Read More

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Andhra Pradesh’s Capital-Amaravati
Andhra Pradesh’s Governor- Biswabhusan Harichandan

Health and AYUSH Ministers formally launch inter-disciplinary studies involving AYUSH interventions for COVID 19 situation

Health Minister Sh. Harsh Vardhan and Minister of State for AYUSH Sh. Shripad Yesso Naik jointly launched clinical research studies on Ayurveda interventions as an add-on to standard care to COVID 19 situation.

ABOUT INTER-DISCIPLINARY AYUSH R&D TASK FORCE

The Ayush Ministry has setup an Interdisciplinary Ayush R&D Task Force with a group of experts under the chairmanship of Dr Bhushan Patvardhan, Vice Chairman, University Grant Commission (UGC) to formulate and develop……Click Here to Read More

ABOUT MINISTRY OF AYUSH

AYUSH stands for Ayurveda, Yoga & Naturopathy, Unani,Siddha and Homoeopathy.
It aims to develop education, research and propagation of indigenous alternative medicine systems in India.

JNCASR scientists fabricate energy-efficient photodetector for security application

Scientists from Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research (JNCASR) have fabricated an economical and energy-efficient wafer-scale photodetector (thin slice-based).
This invention was published in the journal Applied Electronic Materials of the American Chemical Society as it provides a simple and cost-effective solution-based fabrication method for…..Click Here to Read More

ABOUT JNCASR

Established by the Department of Science and Technology of the Government of India, to mark the birth centenary of Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru.
Founder-CN Rao
Location-Bangalore
Established-1989

CSIR-IGIB and TATA Sons sign MoU for licensing ‘KNOWHOW’ for rapid diagnosis of COVID-19

An MoU was signed between Council of Scientific and Industrial Research’s (CSIR) constituent lab, Institute of Genomics and Integrative Biology (CSIR-IGIB) and TATA Sons for licensing of ‘KNOWHOW’ for FNCAS9 Editor Linked Uniform Detection Assay (FELUDA) for rapid diagnosis of Covid19.
It includes the transfer of the knowledge for scaling up the ‘KNOWHOW’ in the form of a kit that can be deployed for Covid-19 testing on ground …..Click Here to Read More

ABOUT TATA Sons

Tata sons HQ- Mumbai, Maharashtra
Founded-1868
Key people- Tata family, Ratan Tata, Pallonji Mistry, and Cyrus Mistry

Vande Bharat Mission: India launches the world’s largest repatriation exercise to bring back the stranded people

India has formally launched the world’s largest repatriation programme ‘Vande Bharat Mission’.
Under this mission, the government will look into bringing back Indian nationals and those NRIs who want to return to their respective countries where they have…..Click Here to Read More

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Union External Affairs Minister-Subrahmanyam Jaishankar
Union Home Minister-Amit Shah

Defence News

Raksha Mantri Shri Rajnath Singh approves abolition of 9,304 posts in Military Engineering Service

Raksha Mantri Shri Rajnath Singh has approved the proposal of Engineer-in-Chief of Military Engineering Services (MES) for optimisation of more than 9,300 posts in the basic and industrial workforce.
This In line with the recommendations of the Committee of Experts, headed by …..Click Here to Read More

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Chief of Defence Staff- Bipin Rawat
Chief of Armed Forces-General Manoj Mukund Naravane
Chief of Air Force Staff-Rakesh Kumar Singh Bhadauria
Chief of Naval Staff- Admiral Karambir Singh

International News

China successfully launches its most powerful rocket-Long March 5B

Chinahas launched a new rocket- Long March 5B along with a prototype deep-space spacecraft.
This will pave the way for the country’s ambitions to operate a permanent space station and sending astronauts to Moon.

HIGHLIGHTS OF THE MISSION

A Long March 5B rocket took off from the Wenchang launch site on the southern island of Hainan.
Aboard the Long March 5 was a special prototype spacecraft that is somewhat akin to the deep-space Orion capsule NASA has been developing to send people to the Moon and beyond.
Eight minutes after the launch, the unmanned prototype spacecraft separated successfully ……Click Here to Read More

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China’s Capital-Beijing
China’s Currency-Renminbi
China’s President – Xi Jinping

Appointments

Tarun Bajaj appointed as Director on RBI Central Board

The government has appointed Economic Affairs Secretary Tarun Bajaj as a director on the central board of Reserve Bank of India (RBI).
He will succeed Atanu Chakraborty, who retired on April 30…..Click Here to Read More

ABOUT RBI

The Reserve Bank of India was established on 1st April 1935 under the RBI Act, 1934 on the recommendations of Hilton Young Commission.
It was nationalized on 1st January 1949 through the RBI (Transfer of Public Ownership) Act, 1948.
RBI’s HQ– Mumbai
RBI’s Financial year-June-May.
RBI Governor– Shaktikanta Das
Central bank of the country and Financial Market Regulator.

Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury reappointed as chairperson of Parliament’s public Accounts Committee

Congress leader in Lok Sabha Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury has been reappointed as chairperson of the Parliament’s public accounts committee (PAC).
He was reappointed the chairman of the committee by Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla…..Click Here to Read More

IES Officer DPS Negi assumes charge as Director General of Labour Bureau

Indian Economic Services officer D P S Negi took charge as Director General of Labour Bureau in the Ministry of Labour and Employment.
He also assumed charge as Senior Labour & Employment Advisor of the ministry.
This is for the first time that a dual charge has been given to an IES officer, which is a tribute ……Click Here to Read More

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Union Minister for Labour and Employment- Shri Santosh Kumar Gangwar

S.B. Nayar appointed as IIFCL’s CMD

The government appointed S.B. Nayar as chairman and managing director (CMD) of India Infrastructure Finance Co. Ltd(IIFCL).
IIFCL is a state-owned firm that funds infrastructure projects.
He will have a term of three years……Click Here to Read More

ABOUT IIFCL

Wholly-owned Government of India company
It provides long term finance to viable infrastructure projects through the Scheme for Financing Viable Infrastructure Projects through a Special Purpose Vehicle called India Infrastructure Finance Company Ltd (IIFCL), broadly referred to as SIFTI.
A Special Purpose Vehicle (SPV) is a legal entity created for a specific purpose.
Sectors for which it provides funding are transportation, energy, water, sanitation, communication, social and commercial infrastructure.
Founded- 2006

Awards

Saurabh Lodha, IIT-Bombay Professor receives Young Career Award 2020 in Nano Science and Technology

Professor Saurabh Lodha from Electrical Engineering, IIT Bombay, has received the Young Career Award in Nano Science & Technology for the year 2020.
It recognises his contributions in the development of logic transistor technologies beyond silicon and nanoelectronic devices based on two-dimensional Van der Waals materials.
His recent work in the area of advanced transistors has been driven by strong industry partnerships.
He is an alumnus of IIT Bombay and Purdue University, USA……Click Here to Read More

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It is awarded by the Department of Science and Technology(DST), Government of India.
DST functions under the he Ministry of Science and Technology in India.
Union Minister of State for Science and Technology-Dr. Harsh Vardhan
Nanotechnology is science, engineering, and technology which involves manipulation of matter on an atomic, molecular, and supramolecular scale, basically on the dimension sized from 1 to 100 nanometers

People In News

Rahul Dev: The first Hindu recruit to join Pakistan air force

Rahul Dev, a Pakistani Hindu youth has become the first person from the minority community to join the Pakistan Air Force.
He has been recruited as a General Duty Pilot Officer, ……Click Here to Read More

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Pakistan’s Chief of Air Staff-Air Chief Marshal Mujahid Khan
HQ– Islamabad, Pakistan
Pakistan’s PM– Imran Khan
Pakistan’s President-Arif Alvi

Mustafa Al Kadhimi appointed as Iraq’s new Prime Minister

Mustafa al-Kadhimi has been appointed as the new Iraqi Prime Minister after the Iraqi parliament approved Kadhimi’s government at an emergency session.
The parliament approved of 15 cabinet ministers and rejected the remaining five.

BRIEF BACKGROUND

He has become Iraq’s first proper Prime Minister after Adel Abdul Mahdi resigned in November 2019 due to massive anti-government protests.
Two previous nominees for the role of prime minister – Mohammed Tawfiq Allawi and Adnan al-Zurfi – failed to secure enough ……Click Here to Read More

STATIC INFO-IRAQ

Capital-Baghdad
President-Barham Salih
Currency– Iraqui Dinar