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Current Affairs 7 May 2020

Current Affairs 7 May 2020

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Current Affairs 7 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.

Current Affairs 7 May 2020
1. World Athletics Day 7th May 2020
  • Every year World Athletics Day is observed on May 7 with an aim to popularize athletics among the youths as a way to stay healthy and fit.
  • World Athletics Day was introduced by International Amateur Athletic Federation (IAAF) in 1996.
Current Affairs 7 May 2020
2. Max Bupa Health Insurance appoints Krishnan Ramachandran as MD & CEO
  • Krishnan has 23 years of experience across health insurance, healthcare & life sciences industry.
  • Last he served as CEO of Apollo Munich Health Insurance.
  • He succeed Ashish Mehrotra.
  • Max Bupa’s Parent organization : Fettle Tone LLP.
Current Affairs 7 May 2020
3. Whatsapp payments to roll out with ICICI, HDFC and Axis Bank UPI handles by May end
  • Whatsapp currently has a user base of 400 million customers.
  • UPI has above 100 million users under it.
  • Whatsapp Cofounders : Brian Acton and Jan Koum.
Current Affairs 7 May 2020
4. PM chairs meeting of Task Force on Corona Vaccine Development, Drug Discovery, Diagnosis & Testing
  • Prime Minister Narendra Modi took a detailed review of the current status of India’s efforts in vaccine development, drug discovery, diagnosis and testing.
  • PM took also note of the extraordinary coming together of academia, industry and government.
  • COVID-19, a respiratory illness caused by the SARS-CoV-2 virus.
Current Affairs 7 May 2020
5. Standard Chartered Bank appoints Kusal Roy as head of retail banking
  • Prior to joining Standard Chartered Bank, he was the managing director and chief executive at Tata Capital Financial Services Ltd.
  • Standard Chartered Bank India chief executive : Zarin Daruwala.
Current Affairs 7 May 2020
6. India’s unemployment rate climbs to 27.1%, 121.5mn out of work: CMIE
  • According to Centre for Monitoring of Indian Economy (CMIE).
  • 91.3 million, including daily wagers and those working with small traders were out of jobs in April
  • 18.2 million employment loss of entrepreneurs, and 17.8 million among salaried class.
  • CMIE, Headquarters location : Mumbai
Current Affairs 7 May 2020
7. Assam CM constitutes advisory committee to revive economy, which is hit by the coronavirus outbreak.
  • The eight-member committee, led by retired IAS officer Subhash Das.
  • Assam Chief Minister : Sarbananda Sonowal.
  • Jagdish Mukhi , present Governor of Assam.
Current Affairs 7 May 2020
8. Nabard disburses Rs 12,767cr to state cooperative banks, RRBs for onlending
  • The loans are being offered for one year at an interest rate of 4.8 per cent.
  • Nabard Chairman : Harsh K Bhanwala.
Current Affairs 7 May 2020
9. India has over 500 million active Internet users: IAMAI
  • India had 504 million active Internet users, who logged onto the web at least once in the last one month, at the end of November 2019.
  • 433 million are of the age of 12 years and above.
  • The data has been curated by Nielsen, based on IRS data.
  • IRS = Indian Revenue Service.
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10. National Fertilizer appoints new Non-official Independent Director
  • Company appoints Pandya Ashwinkumar Balvantray as Non-official Independent Director on the Board.
  • His appointment will be for three years.
  • Manoj Mishra : Chairman & Managing Director of NFL.
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11. India rolls out ‘Vande Bharat Mission’ to bring back Indians stranded abroad
  • Air India will operate 64 repatriation flights for a week from May 7.
  • The Navy deployed two ships as India rolled out a massive evacuation plan.
  • To bring back thousands of its nationals stranded abroad due to the coronavirus-triggered lockdown.
  • Civil Aviation Minister : Hardeep Singh Puri.
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12. Indian Navy launches operation ‘Samudra Setu’ to return Indians stranded abroad
  • INS Jalashwa and INS Magar are currently enroute to the port of Male.
  • Chief of the Naval Staff : Admiral Karambir Singh.

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