Dear aspirants, to crack any type of competitive examination current affairs plays a significant role and for that we are providing daily important news that are most important for your examination. So we are here for you to provide the important Recent and Latest Current Affairs 15 May 2020.
Current Affairs 15 May 2020 includes all newspapers such as The Hindu, The Economic Times, Business Standard, Times of India, PTI, Indian Express, and all Government official websites.
1. National Endangered Species Day 2020
- Every year on the third Friday in May National Endangered Species Day is celebrated annually.
- -To raise awareness about the importance of wildlife conservation and restoration efforts for all imperilled species.
- Endangered Species Act 1973, focuses on the protection of wildlife and threatened species.
2. Archaeological Survey of India gets new chief: V Vidyavathi
- She will be serving in the rank of Additional Secretary to the Government of India.
- Headquarters of ASI : New Delhi.
3. India Post releases Special Postal Cover dedicated to Migrant Workers
- The Special Postal Cover dedicated to them at the Bicentennial Hall of the Mumbai GPO building.
- 5 migrant workers from different sectors were called upon to release the Special Cover.
- India Post works under the aegis of Ministry of Communications.
4. Child, maternal malnutrition led to 68 per cent under-five fatalities in India
- 68.2% of Under-five (U5) deaths were due to child and maternal malnutrition.
- While low birth weight and short gestation led to 83 % of neonatal deaths from 2000 to 2017.
- –According to findings of the India State-Level Disease Burden Initiative.
- Highest Under 5 deaths in 2017 reported in UP followed by Bihar.
5. Hazaribag’s iconic Sohrai tribal art gets GI tag
- Jharkhand received the GI tag for its Sohrai – Kohvar art form.
- The art mainly practised by tribal women of remote villages in Hazaribag district.
- These traditional and ritualistic paintings are made only with naturally available soils of different colours.
- Geographical Indications Registry headquartered : Chennai.
6. Telangana’s Telia Rumal given GI tag
- Telia Rumal is created using the traditional handloom process and not by any other mechanical means.
- Telia Rumals were worn as a veil by princesses at the erstwhile court of the Nizam of Hyderabad, and as a turban cloth by Arabs in the Middle East.
- GIs is defined under Article 22 (1) of WTO Agreement on TRIPS.
7. New initiative by Railways, Postal dept for door delivery, pick up of parcels
- In a first of its kind initiative in the country, the Thiruvananthapuram division of Southern Railways and Postal department in Kerala entered into a tie-up.
- Tie up for door delivery and pick up of parcels to help people during the lockdown.
- Sothern Railway Headquarters : Chennai, Tamil Nadu.
8. Govt broadens the definition of MSME
- Microenterprises will be those with an investment of up to Rs 1 crore and a turnover of up to Rs 5 crore.
- Small enterprises are those up to Rs 10 crore in investment and Rs 50 crore in turnover.
- Medium enterprises are those up to Rs 20 crore investment.
9. UN and partners launch $6.7 billion appeal for vulnerable countries
- UN & partner agencies launched a $6.7 billion global appeal to fight the pandemic.
- This Global Humanitarian Response Plan calls for swift and determined action to stave off the most debilitating effects of the pandemic in 63 low & middle-income countries.
- The UN Emergency Relief Coordinator : Mark Lowcock.
10. BRICS’ New Development Bank provides $1 billion loan to India to fight COVID-19
- The New Development Bank of BRICS disbursed $1 billion emergency assistance loan to India.
- Loan for reduce human, social and economic losses due to the pandemic.
- The ‘Emergency Assistance Program Loan’ to India was approved by the NDB Board of Directors.
- NDB is headed by veteran Indian banker K.V. Kamath.
11. CDC of the US commits $3.6 million to India
- To help fight the spread of COVID-19, the US Centre for Disease Control and Prevention committed $3.6 million to the Indian govt.
- The funds are also meant to be used to support the development of Infection Prevention and Control centres of excellence.
- US CDS, a federal agency is headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia.
12. Uttarakhand CM launches ‘HOPE’, a portal for unemployed youth to get jobs
- The portal aimed at creating employment avenues for the trained youth as well as offering them skill development opportunities to increase their employability.
- HOPE stands for Helping Out People Everywhere.
- It can help employers find human resources as per requirements.
13. Akhil Kumar re-inducted into NADA disciplinary panel
- Akhil Kumar is a former Commonwealth Games gold-winning boxer.
- He is among the most accomplished names in Indian boxing and has also been the government observer for the sport between 2017 and 2019.
- NADA = National Anti-Doping Agency
- NADA Director General : Navin Agarwal.
14. India up at 74th place on WEF’s global energy transition index
- Sweden has topped the Index for the third consecutive year.
- World Economic Forum(WEF) : Cologny, Switzerland.
15. Global Nutrition Report 2020 – India may miss nutrition targets
- India among 88 countries that are likely to miss global nutrition targets by 2025, according to the Report.
- It is also identified as the country with the highest rates of domestic inequalities in malnutrition.
- In 2012, WHA identified 6 nutrition targets.
- Maternal, infant & young child nutrition target – be met by ‘25.
16. The last news of Current Affairs 15 May 2020 is : Planet hunters discover new ‘one in a million’ Super-Earth
- Astronomers at the University of Canterbury (UC) have found an incredibly rare new Super-Earth planet towards the centre of the galaxy.
- The planet is one of only a handful that has been discovered with both size and orbit comparable to that of Earth.
- The research is published in the “Astronomical Journal”.
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