Top 20 News of the Day

Top 20 News of the Day

1. Super 🌀cyclone Amphan has made a landfall and it is crossing the West Bengal- Bangladesh Coast east of Sagar Island, this is  Top news of the day

2. J&K administration notified the J&K grant of domicile certificate procedure rules 2020 A fast-track process set in motion to issue the certificates within a stipulated time of 15 days The new process will allow West Pakistan refugees, sanitation workers and children of women who married non-locals to apply for jobs in J&K Central govt, 

3. Officials who have served in the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir for a total period of ten years, are eligible for the certificate. Children who can produce Class 10 or Class 12 certificate from any J&K school will also be eligible for domicile certificates.

4. Ambikapur (Chhattisgarh), Rajkot, Surat, Mysore, Indore and Navi Mumbai declared as ‘5-star garbage-free cities’ by the Housing and Urban Affairs Ministry for the assessment year 2019-2020

5. Deadline for fulfilment of contractual obligations of all govt. projects that were due for completion on or after February 20, extended by up to six months in view of COVID-19 crisis under top news of the day.

6. Dilip Oommen, CEO of Arcelor Mittal Nippon Steel India, appointed new President of Indian Steel Association (ISA)

7. Bollywood actor Salman Khan has initiated ''Being Haangryy''- food truck facility to distribute, provide ration to needy.

8. On May 20, 2020, the union cabinet approved several initiatives under Atma Nirbhar Bharat Abhiyan that was launched by PM Modi recently.

9. The Union Cabinet has approved allocation of food grains, adoption of auction methodology for coal, issuance of second order to Reorganisation of Jammu and Kashmir, Pradhan Mantri Matsya Sampada Yojana, Pradhan Mantri Vaya Vandana Yojana, Scheme to formalize Micro Food Processing Enterprises and Partial Credit Guarantee Scheme

10. The Fianance Minister Nirmala Sitaraman announced the coal auctioning method while announcing the economic package of Atma Nirbhar Bharat Abhiyan. 

11. The number of beneficiaries of Ayushman Bharat touched 1 crore. Post COVID-19, the Government of India made the testing and treatment of the disease free under Ayushman Bharat. The testing of COVID-19 is being carried out according to the protocols fixed by ICMR.

12. The Indian Council of Medical Research is conducting clinical trials to check on the efficacy of Tuberculosis vaccines against COVID-19.

13. The Ministry Human Resources Development recently launched a new mobile application called “National Test Abhyas”. The application will help the candidates to take mock tests for exams such as JEE Mains, NEET, etc. The application is powered by Artificial Intelligence and therefore the students will get instant results after taking the tests.

14. Union Railway Minister Piyush Goyal said Indian Railways will run 200 non-AC trains daily from 1st of the next month. These trains will be run in addition to the Shramik Special Trains

15. The bookings for the tickets will begin from 10 am on 21 May.  The bookings of tickets can be only be done online and advance reservation period shall be maximum 30 days for trains to be run from 1 June.

16. These trains also include the popular trains such as Durontos, Sampark Krantis, Jan Shatabdis and Poorva Express and more. Railways also said that these will have both AC and non-AC classes and fully reserved coaches.

17. The Zonal Railways and IRCTC have been advised to take necessary action for the opening of all static catering and vending units (MPS, bookstalls, misc/chemist stalls, etc.) at railway stations with immediate effect.

18. South Western Railway to run inter-district trains in Karnataka from May 22

19.  Ministry of Home Affairs has released the notice, granting permission to conduct various board examinations during the lockdown. Though all schools and colleges are to remain closed, the notice released by MHA permits CBSE, ICSE and other State Boards, whose exams were disrupted or are pending to begin the exams.

20.  UPSC 2020: Revised Dates for Civil Services Prelims, NDA, CMS & Other Exams Announced,
The major exam that delayed was Civil Services Prelims. It was earlier scheduled to be conducted on May 31, 2020. Along with Civil Services Prelims, the revised dates have been released for UPSC NDA Exam, UPSC CMS exam etc.The UPSC has uploaded a new examination calendar on its official website i.e. upsc.gov.in.

21. The government will soon start a pan-India helpline number for migrant workers to report their grievances, according to an official note. The helpline, to be set up under the chief labour commissioner, will not be a toll-free number.

22. In the wake of Cyclone Amphan, train and flight services have been affected in West Bengal and Odisha

23.  The death toll due to COVID-19 rose to 3,303 and the number of cases climbed to 1,06,750 in the country on Wednesday.

*✈️INTERNATIONAL NEWS*

1. INDIA-NEPAL BORDER ISSUE : Nepal launches new map including Lipulekh, Kalapani, Limpiyadhura claimed by India as its territory

2. Kalapani is claimed by India as part of Uttarakhand’s Pithoragarh district while Nepal claims it as part of its Dharchula district The Lipulekh pass is a far western point near Kalapani

3. In October 2019, India had issued a new political map incorporating Kalapani and Lipulekh on its side of the border

4. India gives USD 2 million in aid to UNRWA (United Nations Relief and Works Agency) working for the welfare of Palestinian refugees

5. The Indian Railways operationalized the first 12,000 HP electric locomotive. The locomotive was built by the French Alstom Company under the Make in India initiative. locomotive was manufactured at the Madhepura Electric Locomotive in Bihar. It is capable of hauling 6000 tonnes at a top speed of 120 km/hr.

6. India and Bangladesh on Wednesday operationalised five new ports of call and two more protocol routes to enhance connectivity and trade between the two countries.

7. The Sonamura- Daudkhandi route will improve the connectivity of Tripura and adjoining states. The Rajshahi-Dhulian route will augment infrastructure  in Bangladesh and reduce transportation cost of stone chips to Bangladesh.