Bazooka For Monthly Current Affairs Banking Awareness May 2020 coverage

1. The National Council for Science & Technology Communication (NCSTC) under Department of Science & Technology (DST) has launched a programme “Year of Awareness on Science & Health (YASH)” with an aim make people aware to contain the spread of COVID-19.

2. Black Rice of Manipur, Gorakhpur Terracotta & Kovilpatti ‘Kadalai Mittai’ has been granted with the Geographical Indication (GI) tag.

3. Kashmiri Saffron has been granted Geographical Indication (GI) tag by the Geographical Indications Registry.

4. Mercom India Research’s report titled ‘India Solar Market Leaderboard 2020’ states that India has installed 7.3 Giga Watt (GW) of solar power in year 2019 thus become 3rd largest solar market in the world after China and U.S. India has total solar installations of approximately 35.7 GW by the end of December 2019.

5. Cauvery Water Management Authority has been brought under the Jal Shakti Ministry by the Central government.

6. Prime Minister of India has participated in the online summit of Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) Contact Group on the theme “United against COVID-19” hosted by President of Republic of Azerbaijan.

7. India Navy has launched Operation “Samudra Setu” to bring back 1000 Indians from Maldives.