Top GKToday’s News Headlines-1 May 2020

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DRDO’s Defence Institute of Advanced Technology DIAT), Pune develops microwave steriliser ‘ATULYA’ to disintegrate COVID-19
NCSTC launches ‘YASH’ programme on health and risk communication with focus on COVID-19
NCSTC: National Council for Science & Technology Communication
YAHS: Year of Awareness on Science & Health
SNBNCBS, Kolkata develops nanomedicine to alter oxidative stress for better immune power to treat viral infections including COVID-19
SNBNCBS: S. N. Bose National Centre for Basic Sciences
Researchers at Dehradun-based WIHG (Wadia Institute of Himalayan Geology) reveal 35,000-year history of river erosion in Ladakh Himalayas
Actor Rishi Kapoor dies at 67 in Mumbai; won National Film Award for Best Child Artist for his role in Mera Naam Joker (1970)
Delhi’s famed chronicler R. V. Smith dies at 81; authored books ‘Delhi That No One Knows’ and ‘Capital Vignettes’
Ramayan creates world record for Highest Viewed Entertainment Programme Globally; 77 million people watched it on April 16

Nitin Gadkari launches portal ((http://ideas.msme.gov.in/)) for uploading ideas and innovations regarding MSMEs
Centre launches a project monitoring unit (PMU) to facilitate early operationalisation of coal blocks
RBI extends regulatory benefits under SLF-MF (Special Liquidity Facility for Mutual Funds) scheme to all banks
Output of eight core infrastructure industries grew 0.6% in 2019-20; figure was 4.4% in 2018-19
Ministry of Shipping launches new website-(shipmin.gov.in)

India was ranked 53rd among 117 nations in terms of budget transparency and accountability by Open Budget Survey
The survey was conducted by International Budget Partnership (IBP)
The survey gave India’s Union Budget process a transparency score of 49 out of 100
New Zealand tops the chart with a score 87.

USAID to provide USD 3 million to India’s PAHAL project to mitigate the spread of COVID-19
USAID: United States Agency for International Development
PAHAL: Partnerships for Affordable Healthcare Access and Longevity
Nearly half of global workforce at risk of losing livelihoods due to COVID: ILO

Footballer Chuni Goswami dies at 82 in Kolkata
India won gold in Asian Games for the last time under his captaincy at Jakarta in 1962
He also played for Bengal in Ranji Trophy cricket