Top Best Current Affairs 19 May 2020 (3)

For the purpsoe of building its own tech platform, National Restaurants Association of India (NRAI) has made partnerships with DotPe. DotPe is a fintech start-up company. This platform will ensure online payments for digital ordering, bill settlements, and contactless dining. NRAI was Founded in 1982.

World Hypertension Day (WHD) is observed on 17 May every year. The day aims to promote public awareness of hypertension. It also encourages all the people across the world to prevent and control this silent killer. The theme of 2020 World Hypertension Day is "Measure Your Blood Pressure, Control It, Live Longer." It focuses to create awareness about raising high blood pressure (BP) in all the populations around the world.

Government has extended the nationwide lockdown till May 31, 2020 with certain relaxations and few restrictions as before in COVID-19 containment zones. The MHA released the Lockdown 4.0 guidelines to be followed across the country by ministries and departments of all states and UTs. The new guidelines permit inter-state movement of passenger vehicles and buses. Moreover, this time, states and UTs need to decide the Red/Orange and Green Zones on their own.

The government has decided to increase the borrowing limits of states from 3% to 5% of the Gross State Domestic Product (GSDP) for the year 2020-21.