We are here for you to provide the important Recent and Latest Current Affairs 7 May 2020, which have unique updates of Latest Current Affairs 2020 events from all newspapers such as The Hindu, The Economic Times, PIB, Times of India, PTI, Indian Express, Business Standard and all Government official websites.

NATIONAL AFFAIRS

Indian Navy’s ‘Samudra Setu’ to bring stranded Indian citizens from Maldives; Air India will evacuate from other 12 nations

i.Indian Navy has sent two India Naval Ships (INS) viz. Jalashwaand Magaron May 5, 2020 to Maldives capital Male to commence the first phase of the evacuation operations of Indians stranded abroad from May 8, 2020.
ii.For a period of 1 week, Air India (AI) is set to operate 64 flights from May 7 to May 13 to bring back around 15,000 Indian nationals stranded in 12 countries including Middle East, UK, US, Singapore, Malaysia, Philippines and Bangladesh.

INS Jalashwa (L41):
Procured in 2005 from United States (US), it was commissioned in Indian Navy in 2007. Formerly known as USS Trenton, is an amphibious landing dock capable of carrying over 1,000 people.

INS Magar (L20):
Commissioned in 1987, INS Magar is the lead ship of Magar-class amphibious warfare vessels of the Indian Navy.She was built by Garden Reach Shipbuilders and Engineers, Kolkata, West Bengal.

About Maldives:

Currency– Maldivian rufiyaa
President– Ibrahim Mohamed Solih

Surakshit Dada-Dadi & Nana-Nani Abhiyan campaign to protect senior citizens during COVID-19: NITI Aayog

The National Institution for Transforming India(NITI) Aayog in association with Piramal Foundation(the philanthropic arm of the Piramal Group) launched virtually the ‘Surakshit Dada-Dadi & Nana-Nani Abhiyan’ campaign to ensure well being of senior citizens during the COVID-19 pandemic.

INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS

5,037,000 people internally displaced in India in 2019: UNICEF report

i.At the end of 2019, an estimated 46 million people were internally displaced by conflict and violence, out of which, more than 4 in 10 or 19 million were children.
ii.In India, the total number of new internal displacements (displaced within their own countries) in 2019 stood at 5,037,000 including 5,018,000 due to natural disasters and 19,000 because of conflict and violence.
iii.Syria was the country with the largest number of conflict-related new displacements in 2019, with almost 1.9 million IDPs.

Other name– United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund
Headquarters– New York, New York, United States
Executive Director– Henrietta Holsman Fore

ECONOMY & BUSINESS

PNB Housing Finance Limited signs MoU with IIT Delhi to develop reusable PPE kits

Punjab National Bank Housing Finance Limited has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Indian Institute of Technology Delhi to support the  research and development of a unique prototype material to be used in the manufacture of washable and reusable Personal Protective Equipment(PPE) surgical gowns and masks by using Jacquard knitting technology.
About PNBHFL:
Headquarters– New Delhi, India
Managing Director(MD) & Chief Executive Officer(CEO)– Sanjaya Gupta
About IIT Delhi:
Director– V. Ramgopal Rao

Bharat Dynamics Limited signs MoU with IIT Kanpur to manufacture ventilators for COVID-19 treatment

Bharat Dynamics Limited(BDL), a defence Public Sector Undertaking (PSU) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding(MoU) with Indian Institute of Technology(IIT), Kanpur for the large-scale manufacture of ventilators developed by NOCCA Robotics(incubated start-up of IIT Kanpur)to enhance the development of affordable ventilators for COVID-19 treatment.
About BDL:
Corporate Office– Hyderabad, Telangana
Chairman & Managing Director (MD)– Siddharth Mishra

AWARDS & RECOGNITIONS      

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

On 5th May 2020, Professor Saurabh Lodha of Electrical Engineering of IIT Bombay recieved Young Career Award 2020 in Nano Science and Technology given by the Department of Science and Technology(DST), Government of India to recognize his contribution for the development of two dimensional Van der Waals material based logic transistor technologies beyond silicon and nanoelectronic.
About DST:
Minister of Science & Technology– Dr. Harsh Vardhan
Secretary– Ashutosh Sharma
Headquarters– New Delhi

 APPOINTMENTS & RESIGNATIONS        

Economic Affairs Secretary Tarun Bajaj appointed as Director on RBI Central Board

The government appointed Economic Affairs Secretary Tarun Bajaj, a 1988 batch Indian Administration Service(IAS) officer, as a director on the central board of the Reserve Bank of India(RBI). He replaces Atanu Chakraborty, who retired on April 30.
About RBI:
Headquarters– Mumbai, Maharashtra
Governor– Shaktikanta Das

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

On 1st May 2020, Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury, Congress Leader of Lok Sabha was reappointed as Chairperson of the Parliament’s Public Accounts Committee(PAC) by Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla. PAC is the oldest parliamentary committee first constituted in 1921.
About C&AG of India:
Comptroller and Auditor General– Rajiv Mehrishi
Headquarters– New Delhi
Constituted in– 1921

IES Officer Negi assumes charge as Director General of Labour Bureau

D P S Negi, a 1985 batch IES (Indian Economic Services) officer has assumed charge as Director General (DG) of Labour Bureau in the Ministry of Labour and Employment by replacing B N Nanda. In addition, he also takes charge as Senior Labour & Employment Advisor of the ministry.
About Ministry of Labour and Employment:
Headquarters– New Delhi
Minister of State (Independent Charge)– Santosh Gangwar

  SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

GARUD portal launched to fast-track approval to COVID-19 related drone operations: MoCA and DGCA

i.The Ministry of Civil Aviation(MoCA) and Directorate General of Civil Aviation(DGCA) launched Government Authorisation for Relief Using Drones(GARUD) portal(https://garud.civilaviation.gov.in)
ii.To provide fast track conditional exemptions to government agencies for COVID-19 related RPAS(Remotely Piloted Aircraft System)/drone operations.
About DGCA:
Headquarters– New Delhi, India
Director General (DG)– Arun Kumar

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

On 5th May 2020, the Constituent lab of CSIR, Institute of Genomics and Integrative Biology(CSIR-IGIB) and TATA Sons signed an MoU for licensing of KNOWHOW related to the development for FNCAS9 EDITOR LINKED UNIFORM DETECTION ASSAY (FELUDA) FOR RAPID DIAGNOSIS OF COVID-19.
About IGBI:
Director– Anurag Agarwaal
Head, Planning Monitoring and Evaluation– Jyoti Yadav
Head HR– Sarala Balachandran
Location– Delhi

SCTIMST develops 2 types of swabs and viral transport medium for COVID-19 testing

Sree Chitra Tirunal Institute for Medical Sciences and Technology (SCTIMST), Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, isan autonomous institute under the Department of Science and Technology (DST), Government of India (GOI) have developed two types of nasal and oral swabs and viral transport medium for COVID-19 testing.
About SCTIMST:
Motto– JeevaJyothirAseemahi (May we Live and have Light).
President– Dr. Vijay Kumar Saraswat.
Director– Dr. Asha Kishore.

ENVIRONMENT

North Pole’s largest-ever ozone hole,620,000 square miles, finally closes

i.This ozone hole became the largest one ever recorded in the Arctic region spanning an area of over 620,000 square miles (or 997793.28 kms).
ii.The last time such a strong chemical ozone depletion was observed in the Arctic occurred nearly a decade ago, in 2011.
About World Meteorological Organization (WMO)
Headquarters– Geneva, Switzerland
Secretary-General– Petteri Taalas

SPORTS

TIU bans Egyptian tennis player Youssef Hossam for life in match-fixing cases

Tennis Integrity Unit (TIU) has banned Egyptian tennis player Youssef Hossam (21) for life after being involved in a number of match-fixing and corruption cases.
i.He had violated the anti-corruption rules related to (Section D.1.b, Section D.1.d, Section D.1.e, Section D.2.a.i and Section F.2.b) 21 times between 2015 and 2019.
About The Tennis Integrity Unit:
Headquarters– London, United Kingdom (UK)
Chief Executive Officer (CEO)– Jonny Gray
OBITUARY

Former Union Minister Dalit Ezhilmalai passed away at 74

On 6th May 2020, Former Union Minister of State for Health passed away at 74 in his residence in Chennai, Tamil Nadu due to cardiac arrest he did not have any obvious illness. He was born on 24th July 1945 in Irumbedu village, Chengalpattu, Tamil Nadu. He served in the former Post & Telegraph Department between 1963 and 1987 and deputed to the Army for five years and took part in the Indo-Pak War of 1971 and received Sainik Sewa Medal for his meritorious service.
About Indian Army:
Commander in Chief– President Ram Nath Kovind
Chief of the Army Staff– General MM Naravane
Vice-Chief of the Army Staff– Lt Gen SK Saini
Founded– 1895

BOOKS & AUTHORS

A book titled as Vijyant at Kargil: The Life of a Kargil War Hero  authored by Colonel VN Thapar and Neha Dwivedi

The book titled as ‘Vijyant at Kargil: The Life of a Kargil Hero’ authored by Vijyant’s father Colonel VN Thapar and writer Neha Dwivedi, a martyr’s daughter. Its e-book will be released on May 15. It is published by Penguin Random House.

IMPORTANT DAYS

International No Diet Day 2020: May 6

International No Diet Day (INDD) is an annual event observed on May 6 to promote a healthy lifestyle and raise awareness of the dangers and futility of dieting. The day also aims awareness about the various dieting disorders which exist such as anorexia and bulimia.The INDD symbol is a blue ribbon.
About United Kingdom (UK):
Capital– London.
Currency– Pound sterling.
Prime Minister (PM)– Alexander Boris de Pfeffel Johnson.

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Current Affairs Today

1. Indian Navy’s ‘Samudra Setu’ to bring stranded Indian citizens from Maldives; Air India will evacuate from other 12 nations.
2. Surakshit Dada-Dadi & Nana-Nani Abhiyan campaign to protect senior citizens during COVID-19: NITI Aayog.
3. 5,037,000 people internally displaced in India in 2019: UNICEF report. 
4. PNB Housing Finance Limited signs MoU with IIT Delhi to develop reusable PPE kits. 
5. Bharat Dynamics Limited signs MoU with IIT Kanpur to manufacture ventilators for COVID-19 treatment. 
6. IIT-Bombay Professor Saurabh Lodha receives Young Career Award 2020 in Nano Science and Technology. 
7. Economic Affairs Secretary Tarun Bajaj appointed as Director on RBI Central Board. 
8. Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury reappointed as chairperson of Parliament’s public Accounts Committee. 
9. IES Officer Negi assumes charge as Director General of Labour Bureau. 
10. GARUD portal launched to fast-track approval to COVID-19 related drone operations: MoCA and DGCA. 
11. CSIR-IGIB and TATA Sons sign MoU for licensing ‘KNOWHOW’ for rapid diagnosis of COVID-19. 
12. SCTIMST develops 2 types of swabs and viral transport medium for COVID-19 testing. 
13. North Pole’s largest-ever ozone hole,620,000 square miles, finally closes. 
14. TIU bans Egyptian tennis player Youssef Hossam for life in match-fixing cases. 
15. Former Union Minister Dalit Ezhilmalai passed away at 74. 
16. A book titled as Vijyant at Kargil: The Life of a Kargil War Hero  authored by Colonel VN Thapar and Neha Dwivedi. 
17. International No Diet Day 2020: May 6.