Top GKToday’s News Headlines-6 May 2020

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Indian Navy launches Operation “Samudra Setu” (“Sea Bridge”) to repatriate Indian citizens from overseas
Govt announces to operate 64 flights to repatriate stranded Indians abroad from May 7 to 13
DGCA launches GARUD (Government Authorisation for Relief Using Drones) portal to fast-track approval to COVID-19 related drone operations
Govt suspends all visas, bars travel by OCI (Overseas Citizen of India) card-holders till ban on air services
Professor Saurabh Lodha of IIT Bombay receives Young Career Award in Nano Science & Technology 2020 instituted by the Department of Science and Technology (DST)
NITI Aayog, Piramal Foundation launch ‘Surakshit Dada-Dadi & Nana-Nani Abhiyan’ campaign focussed on ensuring wellbeing of senior citizens
Jharkhand govt launches 3 schemes to generate 25 crore man-days for MGNREGA to help returnee migrant workers
Himachal Pradesh govt to launch ‘Nigah’ to sensitise family members of migrant returnees
Former dreaded dacoit Mohar Singh dies aged 92 in Bhind district of MP
ECONOMY & CORPORATE
Country’s unemployment rate rose to 27.11% for the week ended May 3 from below 7% before the start of the coronavirus pandemic in mid-March: Centre for Monitoring Indian Economy (CMIE)

More than five million people were internally displaced in India due to natural disasters, conflict and violence in 2019: UNICEF said in its ‘Lost at Home’ report
J&K based photographers Dar Yasin, Mukhtar Khan and Channi Anand awarded Pulitzer Prize for feature photography
Russian President Vladimir Putin awards North Korean leader Kim Jong Un a commemorative war medal marking the 75th anniversary of the victory over Nazi Germany