Top Best Current Affairs 29 May 2020 (2)

Union Minister for Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying, Giriraj Singh detailed the Pradhan Mantri Matsya Sampada Yojana during a press conference in New Delhi. PMMSY was announced as a part of the Rs 20 Lakh crore Centre's economic stimulus package in response to COVID-19 and received the Union Cabinet approval on May 20, 2020. It will be implemented for a period of 5 years i.e. from FY 2020-21 to FY 2024-25 in all states and Union Territories.

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman attends Special Board of Governors meeting of Shanghai-based New Development Bank through video-conferencing. Marcos Prado Troyjo, former deputy economy minister of Brazil will replace KV Kamath as the president of the New Development Bank's.

The Department of Science and Technology, Government of Rajasthan in association with The Tribal Cooperative Marketing Development Federation of India(TRIFED), under Ministry of Tribal Affairs & Ministry of Tribal Affairs, Government of India has organized a webinar under Know Your Scheme-Lecture Series on "Van Dhan Yojana : Learning For Post Covid-19" to help the tribal people.

The government announced opening the source code of its coronavirus tracking app, Aarogya Setu, for scrutiny by the developer community to address privacy concerns and launching a bug bounty programme for finding security flaws. Rs. 1 lakh will be awarded for finding security flaw in the App.

Ola Electric acquired the Netherlands-based Etergo BV, an innovative electric scooter company for an undisclosed sum, as the former has planned to set its own line of premium electric two-wheelers, both globally and nationally. Ola electric will launch its global electric two-wheeler in India in 2021.

Karnataka government on May 27, 2020 announced that it will be launching a new project to maintain a 'State Health Register' comprising the database of all its citizens. The health register, first-of-its-kind, will be a robust and standardized health repository of all the citizens of the state.

ITC Limited entered into a Share Purchase Agreement to acquire 100% of the equity share capital of Sunrise Foods Private Ltd, which is primarily engaged in spices under the trademark 'Sunrise'. The value of the deal is not disclosed but expects to be around Rs 1,800 crores to Rs 2,000 crores.

The Karnataka State Mango Department and Marketing Corporation Ltd. and Flipkart signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to support the mango farmers in this mango season to sell their produce through the online platform of Flipkart.