6th May 2020 Daily Current Affairs

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Daily Current Affairs of 6h May 2020

National Current Affairs

A total of 2,958 new confirmed cases of novel corona virus have been reported in India during the last 24 hours taking the total number of cases to 49,391.
- 14,183 patients have been cured so far and the recovery rate reached 28.71 percent.
- During the last 24 hours, 126 deaths have been reported taking the nationwide toll to 1694.
Union Government has started Aarogya Setu IVRS services to cater to people having feature phone or landline.
- Available across India, Arogya sethu is a toll-free service, where citizens are asked to give a missed call to the number 1921 and they will get a call back requesting for inputs regarding their health.
- Based on the responses given, citizens will also get an SMS indicating their health status.
- This Mobile App is developed by the Ministry of Electronics and IT.
- Aim : To enable people to assess themselves the risk of their catching the Corona Virus infection.
Madhya Pradesh CM Shivraj Singh Chouhan today relaunched the Sambal Yojana.
- Under this, the state government will bear the education expenses of children from poor families from Class 1 to PhD.
The syllabus for the upcoming academic session of schools will be reduced, Human Resource Development (HRD) Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank announced today.
- The decision has been taken considering the pressure on students and the loss of important academic time.

Banking, Business & Economic Affairs

India's services activity plunged to lowest on record in April with Nikkei/IHS Markit Services Purchasing Managers' Index (PMI) falling to 5.4 from March's 49.3.
- The index stayed below 50-level which separates growth from contraction.
WhatsApp Pay will launch in India by May-end.
- It will be launched initially in partnership with three private banks, namely Axis Bank, HDFC Bank and ICICI Bank in the first phase.

Science & Technology

The International Fact-Checking Network (IFCN) has launched a WhatsApp chatbot to combat COVID-19 misinformation.
- The bot will help users gain access to data collected by 80 fact-checking networks in 74 countries.
- They have compiled over 4,800 fact-checks in 43 languages, IFCN said.
- Users can save +1 (727) 2912606 as a contact number and text "hi" to launch the chatbot.
As part of it's manned space program, China today successfully launched its largest carrier rocket, Long March-5B, at the Wenchang Space Launch Center in the southern island province of Hainan.
- The rocket was carrying China's new-generation spaceship without a crew and a cargo return capsule for test into space.

Deaths

Most wanted Kashmiri terrorist and top Hizbul Mujahideen commander Riyaz Naikoo, who carried a reward of ₹12 lakh on his head, was killed today in an encounter with security forces in Jammu and Kashmir's Awantipora.

Awards & Honors

Russia has awarded North Korean leader Kim Jong-un a commemorative medal marking the 75th anniversary of Russia's victory in World War II.
- Kim has been awarded the medal for his role in preserving the memory of Soviet soldiers killed in North Korea during WWII.

New Appointments

The government has appointed Economic Affairs Secretary Tarun Bajaj as a Director on the central board of Reserve Bank of India (RBI).
- Bajaj replaces Atanu Chakraborty, who retired on April 30.