DAILY CURRENT AFFAIRS MAY (16 ,17 & 18 )- 2020 USE CODE Y216 VISIT: STORE.ADDA247.COM DAILY CURRENT AFFAIRS MAY (16 ,17 & 18 )- 2020 USE CODE Y216 VISIT: STORE.ADDA247.COM DAILY CURRENT AFFAIRS MAY (16 ,17 & 18 )- 2020 USE CODE Y216 VISIT: STORE.ADDA247.COM DAILY CURRENT AFFAIRS EXPLANATION IN TAMIL DAILY CURRENT AFFAIRS MAY (16 ,17 & 18 )- 2020 USE CODE Y216 VISIT: STORE.ADDA247.COM YESTERDAY HOME WORK ANSWER Q1. The Department of Drinking Water and Sanitation (DDWS) and Ministry of Jal Shakti organised the Open Defecation Free Sustainability Workshop held in? (a) New Delhi (b) Mumbai (c) Chennai (d) Kolkata (e) Dehradun Q2. Who among the following Indian Army officer will be the first woman parade adjutant for the Republic Day parade? (a) Captain Tania Shergill (b) Captain Anjali Sharma (c) Captain Bhavna Kanth (d) Captain Priya Jhingan (e) Captain Mitali Madhumita DAILY CURRENT AFFAIRS MAY (16 ,17 & 18 )- 2020 USE CODE Y216 VISIT: STORE.ADDA247.COM ADDA 247 TAMIL ACHIEVERS DAILY CURRENT AFFAIRS MAY (16 ,17 & 18 )- 2020 USE CODE Y216 VISIT: STORE.ADDA247.COM DAILY CURRENT AFFAIRS MAY (16 ,17 & 18 )- 2020 USE CODE Y216 VISIT: STORE.ADDA247.COM 1.Name the Indian state which has launched ‘Sneher Porosh’ and ‘Prochesta’ schemes. a) West Bengal b) Gujarat c) Goa d) Haryana e) Chhattisgarh 1. ‘ஸ்ேனஹர் ேபாேராஷ் ’ மற்ம் ‘ேராெசஸ்டா’ ட்டங்கைளத் ெதாடங் ய இந்ய மாநிலத்ன் ெபயர். a) ேமற் வங்கம் b) ஜராத் c) ேகாவா d) ஹரியானா e) சத்ஸ்கர் DAILY CURRENT AFFAIRS MAY (16 ,17 & 18 )- 2020 USE CODE Y216 VISIT: STORE.ADDA247.COM S1.Ans (a) West Bengal The Chief Minister of West Bengal Mamata Banerjee launched two schemes ‘Sneher Porosh’ and to provide support for the migrant workers . ‘Prochesta’ to help the workers of the unorganised sector of Bengal to enable them to earn their living in the lockdown situation. West Bengal Government has launched ‘Matir Smristi’ scheme to utilise 50,000 acres of barren land in 6 districts. The Indian Navy recently conducted a coastal security exercise named ‘Malta Abhiyan’ in Kolkata, West Bengal. Poush Mela’ Celebrate in West Bengal DAILY CURRENT AFFAIRS MAY (16 ,17 & 18 )- 2020 USE CODE Y216 VISIT: STORE.ADDA247.COM 2.Name the ministry which has launched the SAMARTH an e- Governance platform. a) Human Resource Development ministry b) Science and Development ministry c) Tribal Affairs ministry d) External Affairs ministry e) MSME ministry 2. சமாரத்ைத ன் -ஆைம தளமாக அகப்பத்ய அைமச்ன் ெபயைர. a) மனித வள ேமம்பாட் அைமசச் கம் b) அயல் மற்ம் ேமம்பாட் அைமசச் கம் c) பழங் னர் வகார அைமசச் கம் d) ெவளிவகார அைமசச் கம் e) எம் .எஸ் .எம் .இ அைமச் DAILY CURRENT AFFAIRS MAY (16 ,17 & 18 )- 2020 USE CODE Y216 VISIT: STORE.ADDA247.COM S2.Ans (a) Human Resource Development ministry The Ministry of Human Resource Development has developed an e-Governance platform, SAMARTH Enterprises Resource Planning (ERP) under National Mission of Education in Information and Communication Technology Scheme(NMEICT) To provide quality education to students across all Universities & Higher Education Institutes(HEIs), which is the mission of the Department of Higher Education. MHRD launches “Samadhan” challenge to fight against covid19 MHRD declares DigiLocker as National Academic Depository USE CODE Y216 DAILY CURRENT AFFAIRS MAY (16 ,17 & 18 )- 2020 USE CODE Y216 VISIT: STORE.ADDA247.COM Q3. Name the interactive COVID-19 dashboard which has been developed by the researchers at IIT Gandhinagar. a) BIR AHD Covid-19 Dashboard b) VIR AHD Covid-19 Dashboard c) MIR AHD Covid-19 Dashboard d) DIR AHD Covid-19 Dashboard e) AIR AHD Covid-19 Dashboard Q3. ஐ.ஐ. காந்நகரில் ஆராய்ச்யாளரக் ளால் உவாக்கப்பட்ட ஊடாம் COVID-19 டாஷ்ேபார்க் ெபயரிங்கள் . a) BIR AHD ேகாட் -19 டாஷ்ேபார் b) .ஐ.ஆர் ஏ.எச். ேகாட் -19 டாஷ்ேபார் c) MIR AHD ேகாட் -19 டாஷ்ேபார் d) .ஐ.ஆர் ஏ.எச். ேகாட் -19 டாஷ்ேபார் e) AIR AHD ேகாட் -19 டாஷ்ேபார் DAILY CURRENT AFFAIRS MAY (16 ,17 & 18 )- 2020 USE CODE Y216 VISIT: STORE.ADDA247.COM 3. Ans. (c) MIR AHD Covid-19 Dashboard Sol. An interactive COVID-19 dashboard named as “MIR AHD Covid-19 Dashboard” has been developed by the researchers at IIT Gandhinagar. IIT ABOUT CORONA IIT Roorkee has developed a low-cost portable, close-loop ventilator ‘Prana-Vayu' for COVID-19 patients in collaboration with AIIMS Rishikesh. X Ray scan-IIT Roorke The ventilator is equipped with state-of-the-art features. Its manufacturing cost is estimated to be Rs 25,000. IIT Bombay develops mobile app for tracking COVID- 19 quarantine patients DAILY CURRENT AFFAIRS MAY (16 ,17 & 18 )- 2020 USE CODE Y216 VISIT: STORE.ADDA247.COM Indian Institute of Technology Madras is organising India’s first Global Hyperloop Pod Competition The Indian Institute of Technology, Gandhinagar (IITGN) has launched ‘Project Isaac’ to engage students in creative projects during the COVID-19 lockdown IISc Bengaluru has developed an indigenous ventilator prototype amid COVID-19 outbreak IIT Ropar (Punjab) has developed & designed a ‘WardBot’ to deliver medicines and food to COVID- 19 patients in isolation wards without human intervention DAILY CURRENT AFFAIRS MAY (16 ,17 & 18 )- 2020 USE CODE Y216 VISIT: STORE.ADDA247.COM IIT Hydrababad-Jeevan Lite Indraprastha Institute of Information Technology (IIIT-Delhi) has developed a mobile app named ‘WashKaro’ to warn the people about a coronavirus containment zone nearby. The Indian Institute of Information Technology and Management- Kerala (IIITM-K) has developed an AI (Artificial Intelligence) semantic search engine “Vilokana” to enable researchers to get deeper insights into scientific studies and to find an early solution to the COVID-19 crisis The students belonging to IIT Bombay, Islamic University of Science and Technology, NIT Srinagar together invented a low-cost ventilator called “Ruhdaar IIT (Indian Institute of Technology)- Roorkee, Uttarakhand, has developed a software which can detect COVID-19 within 5 seconds using x-ray scan DAILY CURRENT AFFAIRS MAY (16 ,17 & 18 )- 2020 USE CODE Y216 VISIT: STORE.ADDA247.COM Q4. Name the equipment which has been launched recently by Delhi Police in collaboration with Indian Robotics Solution to protect the frontline corona warriors from the COVID-19. a) Magnetic Corona Combat Headgear b) Thermal Corona Combat Headgear c) Electric Corona Combat Headgear d) Electronic Corona Combat Headgear e) UV Corona Combat Headgear Q4. COVID-19 இலி னண ெகாேரானா வர கைள பாகாக இதிய ேராபா ெசாஷட இைண ெடலி காவைறயா சமபதி ெதாடகபட உபகரணக ெபயக. a) காத ெகாேரானா காபா ெஹஜிய b) ெவப ெகாேரானா காபா ெஹஜிய c) எல ெகாேரானா காபா ெஹஜிய d) எலரான ெகாேரானா காபா ெஹஜிய e) .வ. ெகாேரானா காபா ெஹஜிய DAILY CURRENT AFFAIRS MAY (16 ,17 & 18 )- 2020 USE CODE Y216 VISIT: STORE.ADDA247.COM S4. Ans.(b) Thermal Corona Combat Headgear Sol. Delhi Police has launched an equipment “Thermal Corona Combat Headgear” in collaboration with Indian Robotics Solution to protect the frontline corona warriors from the COVID-19. DAILY CURRENT AFFAIRS MAY (16 ,17 & 18 )- 2020 USE CODE Y216 VISIT: STORE.ADDA247.COM Q5. A loan agreement for a US$145 million project has been signed by the Government of India, the Government of West Bengal and __________ a) Asian Development Bank b) World Bank c) European Central Bank d) Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank e) New Development Bank Q5. 145 மிலிய அெமக டால திடதிகான கட ஒபததி இதிய அர, ேம வக அர ம __________ ைகெயதிடன a) ஆசிய அபவதி வகி b) உலக வகி c) ஐேராபய மதிய வகி d) ஆசிய உகடைம த வகி e) திய ேமபா வகி DAILY CURRENT AFFAIRS MAY (16 ,17 & 18 )- 2020 USE CODE Y216 VISIT: STORE.ADDA247.COM S5. Ans.(d) Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank Sol. A loan agreement for a US$145 million project has been signed by the Government of India, the Government of West Bengal and the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank. Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) has approved a loan of $500 million to support India’s COVID-19 operations DAILY CURRENT AFFAIRS MAY (16 ,17 & 18 )- 2020 USE CODE Y216 Union Budget 2020-21: Important Highlights Telecom New policy for private sector to build Data Centre Parks. Rs 6,000 crore for BharatNet programme; Fibre to Home connections under BharatNet will be provided to 1 lakh gram panchayats this year itself DAILY CURRENT AFFAIRS MAY (16 ,17 & 18 )- 2020 USE CODE Y216 VISIT: STORE.ADDA247.COM Q6. Name the veteran Bengali author who passed away recently. He was awarded with the Sahitya Akademi award for his novel ‘Teesta Parer Brittanto’. a) Jyotirindranath Nandi b) Debesh Roy c) Begum Sufia Kamal d) Dinesh Das e) Narendranath Mitra Q6. சமபதி காலமான த ெபகாலி எதாள ெபயைர றிபட. இவர ‘டா பேர படாேடா’ நாவகாக சாகிய அகாடமி வ வழகபட. a) ேஜாதிதிரநா நதி b) ேதேப ரா c) ேபக ஃபயா கம d) திேன தா e) நேரதிரநா மிரா DAILY CURRENT AFFAIRS MAY (16 ,17 & 18 )- 2020 USE CODE Y216 VISIT: STORE.ADDA247.COM S6. Ans.(b) Debesh Roy Sol. Veteran Bengali author Debesh Roy passed away. He was awarded with the Sahitya Akademi award for his novel ‘Teesta Parer Brittanto DAILY CURRENT AFFAIRS MAY (16 ,17 & 18 )- 2020 USE CODE Y216 VISIT: STORE.ADDA247.COM Q7.