Current Affairs May 2020

Ajay Tirkey assumes charge as Secretary of Ministry of Women and Child Development

Shri Ajay Tirkey assumed charge as Secretary, Ministry of Women and Child Development (WCD) in New Delhi on 1 May 2020. He succeeded Shri Rabindra Panwar who retired on superannuation on 30 April 2020. Ajay Tirkey is the 1987 batch IAS officer of Madhya Pradesh cadre. Prior to this, held the post of Special Secretary […]

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PM to attend virtual summit of Non-Aligned Movement

Prime Minister Narendra Modi has called on all member countries of the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) to come together to fight the Covid-19 pandemic, even as he slammed Pakistan for “spreading terrorism”. The summit will be conducted under the Presidency of Azerbaijan, who is the president of the NAM till 2022. The summit will be convened

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SNBNCBS developed Nanomedicine to alter oxidative stress to treat viral infections including coronavirus

Scientists at S. N. Bose National Centre for Basic Sciences, Kolkata (SNBNCBS) have developed a safe and cost-effective nanomedicine that promises treatment of a number of diseases by altering oxidative stress in the body. The nanomedicine can decrease or increase reactive oxygen species (ROS) in the human body, depending on the situation and cure the

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NLC India began coal production for the first time

NLC India Ltd (NLCIL) has for the first time commenced production of coal. The coal produced from Talabira II and III Mines in Odisha, which was allotted to NLCIL in 2016 with a capacity of 20 million tonne a year will be used to meet its requirement of its existing and future coal-fired power plants.

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Project Monitoring Unit to facilitate early operationalisation of coal mines

Ministry of Coal (MoC) launched a Project Monitoring Unit (PMU) for facilitation of early operationalisation of coal mines allocated by the Central Government. PMC will support the Coal mines allocatees in obtaining timely approval or permissions to operationalize the mines. The allocatees to freely utilize the services of the Consultant in sorting out their issues

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New simulation code to study electric field structure in Earths Magnetosphere

Scientists at the Indian Institute of Geomagnetism (IIG) have developed a generalized one-dimensional fluid simulation code capable of studying a wide spectrum of coherent electric field structures in near-earth plasma environment or earth’s magnetosphere which can be useful in planning of future space missions. The new simulation code can be useful in planning future space

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