Important Day
Environment
- The Trimeresurus Salazar is a new species of Pit viper and is the fifth reptile variety to be discovered in - Arunachal Pradesh.
International
- To launch astronauts to the International Space Station on 27 May 2020, the Demo-2 mission is a joint operation of NASA and - SpaceX.
National
- According to the Ministry of Home Affairs, Spitting has been made a punishable offence under the - Disaster Management Act, 2005
- This Video-conferencing service, which was created for webinars and corporate meetings and has become the lifeline for the Work from Home (WfH) crowd, has been declared not safe for use by the Indian government - Zoom.
Persons in News
- Veteran journalist, a much-liked figure in Kolkata sports journalism fraternity, who died on 19 April 2020 - Samir Goswami.
State Current Affairs
- Kerala's district that has launched a vehicle called 'Tiranga' (Total India Remote Analysis Nirogya Abhiyaan) for rapid screening of COVID-19 symptoms - Pathanamthitta district.
Science
- This Tech company has released a Braille Keyboard called “Talkback” for the visually impaired - Google.
- Researchers at this institute have developed the ‘bug sniffer,’ which is a biosensor to detect bacteria in just 30 minutes - Agharkar Research Institute (ARI), Pune.
- This CSIR institute has made available high-protein biscuits (contain 14% of protein) to the COVID-19 patients - CSIR-Central Food Technological Research Institute (CRTRI), Mysuru.
- Researchers at this institute is developing magnetic Random Access Memory (RAM) which is faster, more energy-efficient and capable of storing more information in a smaller volume than existing data storage technologies - Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Mandi.
General Knowledge
- Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) - Founded: 26 September 1942; Founder: Arcot Ramaswamy Mudaliar and Shanti Swaroop Bhatnagar.
- World Health Organization (WHO) - Founded: 07 April 1948; Headquarters: Geneva, Switzerland.
- Supreme Court of India came into existence on - 26th January, 1950.
- The Supreme Court of India comprises - the Chief Justice and 30 other Judges.
