DAILY ONE LINERS CURRENT AFFAIRS (11 MAY 2020)

🔷 11 May : National Technology Day

🔷 India Launches ‘Mission Sagar’ to Help 5 island nations in Indian Ocean during COVID-19 crisis

🔷 five countries are Maldives, Mauritius, Seychelles, Madagascar and Comoros.

🔷 CSIR Approves Project to develop human monoclonal antibodies (hmAbs) that can neutralize SARS-CoV-2 in patients

🔷 Tamil Nadu forms panel for measures to bring economy back on track; Head- R Rangarajan

🔷 SAI forms 6-member panel to prepare SOP for phased resumption of training post COVID; Head- Rohit Bharadwaj

🔷 Eminent historian Hari Shankar Vasudevan passes away

🔷 Saudi Arabia to raise VAT from 5% to 15% from 1st July

🔷 NFL’s fertiliser sales jump 71% to 3.62 lakh tonnes in April

🔷 Ministry of Tourism releases 17th webinar titled ‘Exploring River Nila’

🔷 National Institute of Virology develops country’s 1st indigenous antibody-based testing kit COVID KAVACH ELISA

🔷 DRDO lab develops automated UV systems to sanitise electronic gadgets, papers & currency notes

🔷 Narinder Batra’s Term As FIH President Extended To May 2021

🔷 Little Richard founding father of rock famous for ‘Tutti Frutti’ and ‘Long Tall Sally’ dies

🔷 Eminent historian Hari Shankar Vasudevan dies of COVID-19 in Kolkata

🔷 Indian, Chinese troops clash near Naku La in Sikkim sector

🔷 Bengaluru launches Pranavayu programme to create awareness on need to self examine respiratory health

🔷 Madhya Pradesh policemen to be honoured with Karmaveer Medal for fighting against Corona

🔷 CSIR approves project to develop ‘hmAbs’ that can neutralize SARS-CoV-2 in patients

🔷 ICMR, Bharat Biotech to develop a fully indigenous vaccine for CoronaVirus

🔷 SBI General Insurance launches Aarogya Sanjeevani Health Insurance Policy

🔷 Number of tigers in the Indian Sunderbans in 2019-20 rose to 96, from 88 in 2018-19:

🔷 Finding Freedom Harry and Meghan and the Making of A Modern Royal Family to be released in 2020 August

🔷 National Fertilizers Ltd. sale rose to 71 percent in April 2020 despited COVID-19 lockdown

🔷 Indian Railways operates Shramik Special trains across the country amid lockdown

🔷 Indu Shekhar Chaturvedi assumes charge as Secretary, Ministry of New and Renewable Energy