Top GKToday’s News Headlines-15 May 2020

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Maharashtra CM Uddhav Thackeray, 8 others declared elected unopposed to the state Legislative Council
Defence Ministry patents low cost PPE (personal protective equipment) developed by Navy to move towards its mass production
Dr Harsh Vardhan dedicates COBAS-6800 testing machine for COVID-19 cases to the nation at the National Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) in New Delhi

Migrant workers, who had to leave their workplaces after imposition of the lockdown on March 25, will get 5 kg grains and 1 kg pulses free for two months
Government will make ration cards portable under the initiative ‘One Nation, One Ration Card’ to allow migrant workers to access their ration across the country
50 lakh street vendors who were rendered jobless as the government ordered stay-at-home would be given a working capital loan of Rs 10,000 each to restart businesses.
Scheme to provide homes to migrant labour/urban poor at affordable rent announced. Government-funded housing in the cities will be converted into Affordable Rental Housing Complexes (ARHCs) under the PPP mode through concessionaires.
Credit Linked Subsidy Scheme (CLSS) under PMAY for middle-income (annual income of Rs 6-18 lakh) families extended till March 2021
NABARD (National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development) to provide Rs 30,000 crore additional emergency working capital funding to rural cooperative banks and regional rural banks

BRICS’ Shanghai-based New Development Bank (NDB) provides $1 bn loan to India to fight Covid-19
WORLD
UN’s World Economic Situation and Prospects report forecasts 1.2% growth for Indian economy in 2020; –3.2% for world economy
Padma Bhushan recipient Professor Anisuzzaman passes away in Bangladesh at the age of 83
Dr Harsh Vardhan participates in 32nd Commonwealth Health Ministers’ meeting through video conference
Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal participates in 2nd G-20 Virtual Trade and Investment Ministers Meeting through video-conferencing