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MAY 06, 2020
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“special corona fee” imposed
on liquor
With the liquor shops
opening after a long gap, there were long queues at store all over the
country. The Delhi Government acted swiftly on the same day evening, imposing
70% hike in liquor prices. The State Government has taken the step in spite
of the fact that liquor revenue is one of the major sources of revenue of
state government. Except for the states of Gujarat and Bihar, where sale of
liquor has been banned, liquor contributes certain amount to the exchequers
of all other state and union territories.
The states in general impose heavy excise duty on liquor.
chairman of public accounts
committee
Congress leader in
Lok Sabha Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury has been appointed as the Chairperson of the
Parliamentary Committee on Public Accounts (PAC) for the term beginning on
May 1, 2020, and ending on April 30, 2021. Chowdhury is the only member from
Congress in the PAC from the House. PAC has a total of 22 members (15 from
Lok Sabha and 7 from Rajya Sabha). The Speaker is empowered to appoint the
Chairman of the Committee from amongst its Members. The Committee on Public
Accounts is the oldest Parliamentary Committee and was first constituted in
1921.
PULITZER PRIZE 2020
The 2020 Pulitzer
Prize winners were announced in 15 Journalism categories and 7 Book, Drama
and Music categories. The three Indian photojournalists namely Dar Yasin,
Mukhtar Khan and Channi Anand from Jammu and Kashmir who work for Associated
Press (AP) have won the 2020 Pulitzer Prize in feature photography. The award
recognized their exceptional coverage of Jammu and Kashmir during the
lockdown that was imposed on Jammu and Kashmir by the Central Government
after the revocation of Article 370.
OPERaTION SAMUDRA SETU
Indian Navy has
launched Operation “Samudra Setu” - meaning “Sea Bridge”, as a part of
national effort to repatriate Indian citizens from overseas. Indian Naval
Ships Jalashwa and Magar are presently enroute to the port of Malè, Republic
of Maldives to commence evacuation operations from May 08, 2020 as part of
Phase-1. [Click for more details...]
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2021 COMMONWEALTH youth
games postponed
The 2021
Commonwealth Youth Games is being postponed to 2023 as it faced clash of
dates with the Tokyo Olympics. The Tokyo Olympics that was scheduled to be
held from July 23 to August 8, 2020, was postponed by a year. The 17th
Commonwealth youth games were to be held between August 1 and August 7, 2021
in Tobago and Trinidad.
ashok michael pinto
US President, Mr. Donald
Trump had nominated Indian American Ashok Michael Pinto as the US
representative to IBRD (International Bank of Reconstruction and
Development). IBRD offers loans to middle income developing countries. It is
one of the five member institutions that compose the world bank. The IBRD, its
lending arms and the International Development Association are collectively
known as World Bank.
COVID – 19 TEST BUS
India’s first COVID
– 19 Test Bus was launched by the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Alumni
Council in Mumbai, Maharashtra. The COVID-19 Testing bus will reduce 80% of
the testing cost without compromising on the testing capacity.
Commemorative war medal for
kim jong – un
MARCUS WALLENBERG PRIZE
Professors Nicholas
C. Coops of the University of British Columbia (UBC), Vancouver, Canada, Richard H. Waring of Oregon State University,
United States of America (USA) & Joseph J. Landsberg of the Commonwealth
Scientific and Industrial Research Organization (CSIRO) Australia shares the
‘Marcus Wallenberg Prize (MWP) 2020’ or ‘the Nobel Prize for forest sector’
for 3-PG (Physiological Principles Predicting Growth), a model to predict
forest growth in a changing climate.
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Prepared by
K. M. Senthil Kumar
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May 6, 2020
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