Top GKToday’s News Headlines-11 May 2020

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COVID-19 pandemic: Indian Naval Ship Kesari departs for Maldives, Mauritius, Seychelles, Madagascar and Comoros, to provide food and medical supplies under ‘Mission Sagar’
National Institute of Virology, Pune develops first indigenous antibody detection kit for COVID-19
DRDO’s RCI (Research Centre Imarat) lab in Hyderabad develops DRUVS (Defence Research Ultraviolet Sanitiser) to sanitise electronic gadgets, papers and currency notes
ICMR to test for community transmission in the worst-affected 75 hotspot districts
Health Ministry to send central teams to 10 States witnessing high case load and spurt in cases
BPRD (Bureau of Police Research and Development) publishes step-by-step guide for law enforcement agencies to identify “fake news” and videos
Number of tigers in the Indian Sunderbans in 2019-20 rose to 96, from 88 in 2018-19: West Bengal Forest Department
Eminent historian Hari Shankar Vasudevan dies aged 68 in Kolkata
‘Matka King’ Ratan Khatri dies at the age of 88 in Mumbai
Matka involved betting on the opening and closing rates of cotton released by New York Cotton Exchange

ICMR, Hyderabad-based Bharat Biotech International Ltd (BBIL) tie up to develop COVID-19 vaccine
Pharmaceutical exports from India grew 7.57% to $20.58 billion in 2019-20: Pharmaceuticals Export Promotion Council of India (Pharmexcil)
Factory working hours increased from 8 to 12 in M.P.

Mother’s Day celebrated on May 10 (2nd Sunday of May every year)
Little Richard, US singer known for songs such as ‘Tutti Frutti’ and ‘Long Tall Sally’, dies aged 87