Top GKToday’s News Headlines-7 May 2020

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Congress leader in Lok Sabha Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury reappointed Chairperson of Parliament’s Public Accounts Committee
COVID 19: Central Mechanical Engineering Research Institute (CMERI), Durgapur, develops ‘Contactless Soap cum Water Dispensing Unit’
COVID-19: Govt starts Aarogya Setu IVRS (Interactive Voice Response System) services to cater to people having feature phone or landline
CSIR’s IGIB (Institute of Genomics and Integrative Biology), Tata Sons sign agreement for licensing of KNOW-HOW for rapid, accurate diagnosis of COVID-19
IGIB developed a testing kit for COVID-19 named FELUDA (FNCAS9 Editor Linked Uniform Detection Assay).
West Bengal government allows home delivery of liquor, launches website for ordering
Haryana levying “COVID Cess” on all types of liquor from May 6
Tamil Nadu government to convert late CM J. Jayalalithaa’s ‘Veda Nilayam’ residence in Chennai into a memorial

Govt appoints Economic Affairs Secretary Tarun Bajaj as Director on Reserve Bank Central Board
India saved Rs 89,122 crore through energy efficiency initiatives by BEE (Bureau of Energy Efficiency) in 2018-19: Power Minister R K Singh
Govt. bans exports of alcohol-based hand sanitizers amid coronavirus pandemic
Govt. to run awareness campaign in 1 lakh villages to promote use of bio/organic fertilisers and reducing consumption of chemical nutrients
Govt. to run awareness campaign for promoting use of bio/organic fertilisers and reducing consumption of chemical soil nutrients

Centre hikes duties on petrol and diesel by Rs 10 and Rs 13 per litre respectively.
Retail prices will see no change as the price hike will be absorbed by oil marketing companies against the fall in crude prices
Road & Infrastructure Cess was hiked by Rs 8 for both petrol and diesel
Special additional excise duty (SAED) was hiked by Rs 2 per litre and Rs 5 per litre for petrol and diesel respectively