Monthly Current Affairs compendium - May'2020 by Career Launcher.pdf

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Compendium – May 2020

Contents
Prelims Perspicuous Pointers
1. Prelims Factoids: AYURAKSHA .................................................................................... 2
2. ATULYA ........................................................................................................................... 2
3. Index/Report: Global Terrorism Index (GTI) 2019 ....................................................... 2
4. Miscellaneous: Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre (IDMC) ............................. 3
5. U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom downgrades India in 2020 list .... 4
6. Prelims Factoids: Chak-Hao, the black rice of Manipur, the Gorakhpur
terracotta, the Kashmir Saffron and the Kovilpatti kadalai mittai of Tamil
Nadu bagged the GI tags ................................................................................................ 5
7. International: RIMPAC 2020 .......................................................................................... 7
8. Prelims Factoids: Coswara - COVID-19 diagnosis based on cough, speech sounds .... 7
9. Defence: Operation Samudra Setu ................................................................................. 8
10. Miscellaneous: World Press Freedom Day 2020 ............................................................ 8
11. India drops to rank 142 in 2020 World Press Freedom Index ...................................... 9
12. Miscellaneous: World Press Freedom Day 2020 ............................................................ 9
13. India drops to rank 142 in 2020 World Press Freedom Index .................................... 10
14. Prelims Factoids: GARUD portal ................................................................................. 10
15. Prelims Factoids: AarogyaSetu Mitr ............................................................................ 10
16. Prelims Factoids: African swine fever ......................................................................... 11
17. Prelims Factoids: Pulse oximeter ................................................................................. 11
18. Silent’ or ‘happy’ hypoxia .............................................................................................. 11
19. Prelims Factoids: Vizag gas leak: Styrene gas ............................................................ 12
20. Defence: Operation Samudra Setu ............................................................................... 12
21. Prelims Factoids: Vande Bharat Mission ..................................................................... 13
22. Prelims Factoids: Bishnu Sendra Parva 2020 ............................................................. 13
23. Prelims Factoids: Chhau dancers and artisans-the mask makers of Jharkhand ..... 14
24. Prelim Factoids: Ayush Kavach-Covid App ................................................................. 14
25. Connect to the past (Prelim Proximity) ....................................................................... 14
26. Prelims Factoids: IIT Delhi startup launches ‘Reusable Antimicrobial Mask’ ......... 14
27. Prelims Factoids: The Resistance Front (TRF) ........................................................... 15
28. Health: Phytopharmaceutical & Favipiravir ............................................................... 15
29. Prelims Factoids: Lockdown air: less NO
2
, same PM2.5 and more urban ozone ...... 15
30. Prelims Factoids: Indian and Chinese troops clash in Sikkim, Ladakh .................... 16
31.