Top GKToday’s News Headlines-20 May 2020

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J&K administration notified the J&K grant of domicile certificate procedure rules 2020
A fast-track process set in motion to issue the certificates within a stipulated time of 15 days
The new process will allow West Pakistan refugees, sanitation workers and children of women who married non-locals to apply for jobs in J&K
Central govt. officials who have served in the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir for a total period of ten years, are eligible for the certificate.
Children who can produce Class 10 or Class 12 certificate from any J&K school will also be eligible for domicile certificates.

Ambikapur (Chhattisgarh), Rajkot, Surat, Mysore, Indore and Navi Mumbai declared as ‘5-star garbage-free cities’ by the Housing and Urban Affairs Ministry for the assessment year 2019-2020
ECONOMY & CORPORATE
Deadline for fulfilment of contractual obligations of all govt. projects that were due for completion on or after February 20, extended by up to six months in view of COVID-19 crisis
Railways’ most powerful 12000 HP Made in India locomotive makes maiden commercial run; built by French company Alstom at factory in Madhepura, Bihar
Dilip Oommen, CEO of Arcelor Mittal Nippon Steel India, appointed new President of Indian Steel Association (ISA)

Nepal launches new map including Lipulekh, Kalapani, Limpiyadhura claimed by India as its territory
Kalapani is claimed by India as part of Uttarakhand’s Pithoragarh district while Nepal claims it as part of its Dharchula district
The Lipulekh pass is a far western point near Kalapani
In October 2019, India had issued a new political map incorporating Kalapani and Lipulekh on its side of the border

India gives USD 2 million in aid to UNRWA (United Nations Relief and Works Agency) working for the welfare of Palestinian refugees
Lesotho’s PM Thomas Thabane resigns after pressure over his involvement in his estranged wife’s murder in 2017
World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said that WHO will initiate an independent review into its handling of the coronavirus pandemic