Top GKToday’s News Headlines-10 May 2020

INDIA

• Visa-free travel facility granted to Overseas Citizenship of India (OCI) card holders not in India at present would continue to be suspended till the time a prohibition on international air travel of passengers
• Telangana becomes first state to extend lockdown beyond May 17; till May 29

ECONOMY & CORPORATE

• Lockdown 3.0: Odisha ups working hours in industries and commercial activities to 12; staff to be paid for overtime

WORLD

• World Migratory Bird Day observed on May 9 (second Saturday of May); theme: “Birds Connect Our World”
• World Thalassemia Day observed on May 8, theme: ‘The dawning of a new era for thalassaemia: Time for a global effort to make novel therapies accessible and affordable to patients’
• WHO, UN postal agency release commemorative postage stamp on 40th anniversary of eradication of smallpox on May 9