Daily Current Affairs Update: 5th May 2020

Indian journalists namely Dar Yasin, Mukhtar Khan and Channi Anand have been honoured with the 2020 Pulitzer Prize. These journalists have won the award in the field of feature photography. All the three journalists belong to Associated Press. They have been awarded for the lockdown coverage.

World Asthma Day is observed every year on the 1st Tuesday of May. World Asthma Day is observed on May 5, 2020 this year. The day spread awareness about asthma disease and care around the world. The theme for 2020 is ‘Enough Asthma Deaths’.

Russia is all set to launch the 1st satellite named Arktika-M to monitor the Arctic climate and environment. Arktika-M 1 spacecraft has been developed and is undergoing radio-electronic testing. This satellite is projected to launch at the end of 2020.

The World Health Organization (WHO) marked 5 May as World Hand Hygiene Day. This day is recognising the role clean and safe hands play in warding off many serious infections. It is also known as Hand Hygiene Day.

The Tennis Integrity Unit has banned Egypt’s tennis player Youssef Hossam from professional tennis for life. He has been banned from the game following his conviction on multiple match-fixing and associated corruption charges.

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi took part in the online Summit of Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) Contact Group. The summit was hosted by the current Chairman of NAM, President of Republic of Azerbaijan HE Ilham Aliyev, with the theme “United against COVID-19”.

Swimming world governing body, Federation Internationale de Natation (FINA) has rescheduled the 2021 Fukuoka aquatics world championships to May 2022 to avoid a clash with the Tokyo Olympics. The new dates for the aquatics world championship in the Japanese city are May 13-29, 2022.

“The Saras Collection” has been launched on the Government e-Marketplace portal by the Union Minister for Rural Development and Panchayati Raj and Agriculture and Farmers’ Welfare, Narendra Singh Tomar.

International Day of the Midwife was observed globally on 5 May every year since 1992. This day recognises the work of midwives and raises awareness about the status of midwives for the essential care they provide to mothers and their newborns.

Union Health Minister Dr Harsh Vardhan launched a multimedia guide on the Covid-19 disease named ‘COVID Katha’. The guide is launched on the occasion of the 50th DST (Department of Science and Technology) Foundation Day.

Facebook has launched a home-to-home fundraiser concert, named ‘I For India’. Facebook has collaborated with some of the biggest stars in India and Bollywood for this.

The cabinet of Himachal Pradesh started the “Mukhya Mantri Shahari Rojgar Guarantee Yojna”. In this Yojna, 120 days of assured employment will be provided to people living in urban areas.