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subscribe to the channel and also press the bell icon to never miss an update from endeavour careers hello and welcome to endeavor's gk capsule for the month of may 2020 it was another month of disasters along with ongoing coronavirus pandemic super cyclone amphan destroyed lives in the eastern part of india and locust attack on the western part then there was a tragic gas leak incident at vizag also india entered lockdown 5. let's look at some major highlights of the month the first category is awards and recognitions the 2020 winners of the pulitzer prize were announced on 4th may in a virtually held ceremony the pulitzer prizes in journalism were first awarded in 1917 and are considered the most prestigious honors in journalism the 2020 awards were presented in 15 journalism categories and seven awards in book drama and music categories the winner list included five names from india the associated press photographers dar yasin mukhtar khan and channi anand won the award for feature photography category for their coverage of kashmir the three photographers were recognized for their striking images on life in jammu and kashmir after the state's special status was revoked in august last year the photography staff of reuters won the award in breaking news photography category for documenting last year's violent protests in hong kong the reuters staff include two indian photographers anushari padnavis and adnan abidi the new york times won three pulitzer prizes in investigative reporting category international reporting category and best commentary categories the next category of news belongs to persons in news the former deputy economy minister of brazil marcos trijo will replace kv kamath of india as the next president of the new development bank the new development bank or brics bank was established in 2015 by brics members to assist emerging economies in infrastructure development loans the bank operates with a subscribed capital of dollar 50 billion equally shared among the five member countries the bank is headquartered in shanghai veteran banker kv kamath who was appointed as the first president of ndb in 2015 played a key role in consolidating the bank virtually setting it up from the scratch using his experience of setting up icici bank in india kamath demitted office on 27 may the decision to appoint marcos was made at a special meeting of the board of governors of ndp held through video conferencing the board unanimously elected marcos as the president the board also appointed anil kishora as the vice president of new development bank ishora has 38 years of experience at india's largest bank state bank of india before joining the ndb he worked as the deputy managing director and chief risk officer of the state-run sbi bengaluru-based indian i.t company wipro has appointed theory teleport as the ceo and md of the company delapod took over from the former ce abid ali nimuchwala on june 6th dellapot is the current chief operating officer of cape gemini group teleport will be based in paris he will report to rashad premji the son of the whipro chairman azim premji the director general of the world trade organization roberto acevedo has announced his resignation effective from august 31st the 62 year old brazilian has served as the director general since september 2013 and his second four-year term had been due to end in august 2021 he is quitting more than a year before the end of his term he was known to be frustrated by the ongoing import tariff battle between the u.s and china which dented global trade during 2018 and 19. wto will now have to select his successor before the crucial wto ministerial conference scheduled next year indian businessman vijay malia lost his right to appeal in uk supreme court against his extradition order after his appeal was rejected by the london high court the high court upheld an extradition order issued by lower court and certified by british government the london high court's latest ruling will go back for recertification and the process of extradition is expected to be triggered within 28 days india may finally succeed in getting malia back to face trial in the country vijayamalya has now just one escape route left from his extradition to india the european court of human rights he can apply for an interim relief from the european court of human rights however if malia fails to get the interim relief he will have to be extradited to india within 28 days starting from may 14th this month witnessed an unfortunate passing away of three prominent personalities hockey legend balbir singh senior famous astrologer bejandaruwala and former chhattisgarh chief minister ajit jogi balbir singh senior won three olympic gold medals in 1948 52 and 56. he was the captain of 1956 olympic team vijayan daruwala was a well-known astrologer who combined the principles of various techniques like vedic astrology numerology palmistry terror and even western astrology for his predictions ajit jogi was a former ias officer who became the first chief minister of chhattisgard he was the chief minister of chhattisgard from 2000 to 2003. the next category is places in news the indian meteorological department has included gilgit baltistan and muzaffarabad as part of its jammu and kashmir meteorological subdivision for the first time these are territories currently under pakistani occupation the step seems to convey a significant message it comes within days of the pakistan supreme court's decision to allow islamabad to hold elections in gilgit baltistan india has lodged a strong protest against the decision saying pakistan has occupied the territory illegally the ministry of environment and forest has accorded environmental clearance for drilling and testing of hydrocarbons at seven locations under debris saikova national park of tinsukya district in assam however the news led to protests and resentment on social media where people started demanding protection of the national park the national park is the only region in india that inhabits feral horses a type of wild horses let us now look at major highlights in the category of national news prime minister narendra modi announced the launch of atmanarbhar bharatabhyan on 12 may announcing lockdown 4. he mentioned the five pillars of self-reliance namely economy infrastructure systems demography and demand the union cabinet has approved several initiatives under the urbian the union cabinet has given its approval to allocate food grains from the central pool to over 8 crore migrants the migrants are to be provided with 5 kg of food grains per person per month this is considered as an immediate relief measure for the migrants as the one nation one card scheme is to be implemented in june end the union cabinet has also approved additional funding of up to rupees three lakh crore to the eligible micro small and medium enterprises a centrally sponsored pradhan mantri matsya sampada yojna was also approved for the fishermen folks with an estimated amount of rupees 20 000 crores the number of people who have benefited from the ayushmann bharat scheme has crossed the one crore mark in less than two years the information was shared by prime minister through his twitter account prime minister modi also held a telephonic conversation with the one group beneficiary of the scheme the pradhan mantri yojna ayushman bharat scheme was launched in september 2018. it is the biggest government sponsored health care scheme in the world the scheme provides an insurance cover of rupees 5 lakhs per annum per family recently the testing and treatment of kovitt 19 has also been made free under ayushma bharat scheme chattisgath government has launched the rajiv gandhi kisan nya yojna to provide monetary relief to farmers in the state the scheme was inaugurated by chief minister bhupesh bagal on 21st may the death anniversary of the former prime minister rajiv gandhi under the scheme the government will provide direct cash of rupees 10 000 per acre to the paddy and maize growing farmers and rupees 13 000 per acre to the cane farmers the scheme is expected to benefit over 1.87 million farmers in the state the super cyclone amphan caused massive destruction with more than 100 people killed across west bengal and bangladesh the storm was the first supercyclone to form in the bay of bengal since 1999. the indian meteorological department classifies a tropical cyclone as supercyclon when the wind speed exceeds 220 kilometers per hour amphan caused massive wind and rain in the coastal areas thousands of trees were uprooted in the gales electricity and telephone lines brought down and houses flattened many of kolkata's roads were flooded and it's 14 million people without power coronavirus restrictions had hindered relief efforts the social distancing measures made mass evacuations more difficult with shelters unable to be used to full capacity at least 11 people have been killed by a massive gas leak at a chemical plant in the southern indian city of vizag in andhra pradesh another 800 people were to be hospitalized the tragedy was caused by the leak of poisonous gas styrene from the lg polymer plant situated on the outskirts of the city the leak took place at around 3 in the night as the plant was being reopened for the first time since 24th march when india went into lockdown to curb the spread of coronavirus initial reports suggest a human negligence in the leak legal action is being taken against the company large swarms of desert locusts have entered the states of rajasthan madhya pradesh maharashtra and punjab the locust or desert locusts are from grasshopper family and they feed on any green vegetation they are considered as one of the most dangerous migratory pests they normally live and breed in desert regions a single swarm of locusts consist of 40 to 80 million adults they are capable of traveling up to 150 kilometers in a day a locus warm in one square kilometer area can destroy crops meant for consumption by over 35 000 people in a day the locusts are said to have come from ethopia and somalia after crossing saudi arabia iran and pakistan as india has just finished harvesting its rabi crops the damages were not major however the food and agriculture organization has predicted another wave of locust attack in july let us now look at major highlights in the category of international news india and china had face-off on the line of actual control which is loac twice in the last one month at nakula area in sikkim and around pangong lake area in ladakh the conflicts are a result of aggressive border policy adopted by both the countries these incidents have led to the increased army presence of both the countries in the border a high level army commanders level conference is scheduled in june to diffuse the tension at the border at the time of recording this gk capsule the tension between both the countries was still high with china strengthening its military build up near the border on the insistence of china even nepal has flagged up border dispute with india nepal has accused india of road construction on nepal's territories in kalapana and lipu lake areas however india maintains that these areas are a part of indian state of uttarakhand the u.s senate passed a legislation that seeks to delist chinese firms from u.s stock exchanges unless they follow u.s standards of audits and regulations the bill was passed in the senate with unanimous support the bill will now go to the house of representatives the legislation needs to be passed by the house of representatives and then be signed by the u.s president donald trump to become a law the new bill titled as holding foreign companies accountable act requires public companies to disclose whether they are owned or controlled by a foreign government the bill though will apply to companies from all nations it aims to target chinese firms the new bill has been passed by the senate at a time when u.s china tensions were almost at the peak with u.s president donald trump's intense criticism over china's handling of the coronavirus trump administration insists that china's mishandling of the outbreak during its initial stages and its failure in issuing a warning to the world has led to a global pandemic that has taken the lives of more than three lakh people maximum in the united states china has repeatedly denied the allegations if the bill becomes a law it could bar leading chinese companies such as alibaba and baidu from being listed on u.s stock exchanges u.s president donald trump announced that he plans to withdraw the united states from open skies treaty from russia the 18 year old treaty was signed to improve military transparency and confidence between the two superpowers the treaty of open skies was signed on january 1st 2002 the treaty has 35 signatories including russia us uk germany france canada spain portugal italy and greece the treaty allows unarmed aerial surveillance flights over the entire territory of the participating countries under the treat all the party states territories can be flown over and no territory can be declared off limits by the host nation the open skies treaty was signed to boost mutual understanding on confidence among the participants by giving all of them regardless of their size and equal opportunity to gather relevant information regarding the military forces of the other nations the u.s president claimed that moscow has not stuck to its part of the deal russia reacted to the announcement by saying the u.s withdrawal from the treaty will damage european security and harm the interests of u.s allies the open skies treaty will be the third important arms control pack that the us has decided to withdraw from after donald trump became president in 2016. previously the u.s withdrew itself from the 2015 nuclear agreement to prevent iran from conducting its nuclear activities and the 1988 intermediate range nuclear forces treaty with russia let us now look at some news from the field of business and economy the monetary policy committee of rbi had an emergency meeting to review current global and domestic outlook and the depth of the impact of covet 19. rbi governor shakti kanta das announced a reduction in repo rate by 40 basis points from 4.4 percent to 4 percent the reverse repo rate has been reduced to 3.35 according to the rbi governor the gdp growth is likely to remain negative in 20 20 21. it may pick up in the second half of 2021 but much of it will depend on how the kowitz 19 curve flattens the mpc is of the view that the macroeconomic impact of the pandemic is turning out to be severely acute and hence it is essential how to instill confidence the rbi has also extended the term lone moratorium for another three months till 31st august making it a six-month moratorium finance minister nirmala sitharaman announced that the government will retain minimum of four central public sector enterprises in strategic sectors and all other public sector undertakings in non-strategic sectors will be privatized with an aim to minimize the administrative cost of the central government the announcement was made while the minister revealed the final tranche of rupees 20 lakh crores at manila package for this purpose the government will soon frame a new public sector enterprises policy the companies in which central government holds 51 stake or direct holding are known as central public sector enterprises or public sector units there were around 300 public sector enterprises in india as on 31st march 2019 with a total of rupees 16 lakhs 40 628 crores investment rupees 2 lakh 75 697 crores paid up capital and over 15 lakh employees the new pse policy will categorize the cpes as strategic sector and non-strategic sector the strategic sectors are arms and ammunitions of defense equipments defense aircrafts and warships atomic energy application of radiation to agriculture and medicine and railways all other psus apart from the strategic sectors fall under non-strategic sectors the strategic sectors will not have more than four cpses if a particular strategic sector has more than four psus then either they will be merged or privatized so that the total number remains four in all other sectors psus will be privatized on the basis of feasibility new yor -based private equity firm kkr has announced to invest 1.5 billion dollars in reliance jio platforms for the stake of 2.32 this is fifth such investment in reliance geo after similar investments by facebook silver lake vista equity partners and general atlantic with this fifth deal jio platforms has a total investment of rupees 78 562 crores the reliance industries is majorly comprised of telecom business under reliance jio infocom having over 388 million subscribers let's look at some news from the science and technology field the world health organization has suspended its trials on the efficacy of the drug hydroxychloroquine or hcq in treating covid19 the fcq trial is one of the four mega trials initiated by the organization the clinical traits of fcq on covet 19 patients were suspended considering safety of the patients who raised concerns over the fact that people in different parts of the world are taking the drug without any proper medical guidance while the drug was recommended by the organization as a treatment and not as a preventive measure after wha stopped its trials on fcq the icmr which is indian council of medical research announced that the drug will continue to be used as preventive treatment of covid19 in india the drug is mainly recommended for asymptomatic healthcare workers it is not used to treat cov19 patients kerala government has launched its ambitious kerala fiber optic network project chief minister p vijayan informed about the project kerala is the first state to declare the internet as a fundamental right of the citizen under the kfon project the kerala government aims to link all the houses and offices in the state with optical fiber network the project will provide net connectivity to all the families even to those that do not fall under below poverty line at affordable rates the project is to be implemented by the state iit infrastructure limited and state electricity board both owned by the state government let us look at some news from the sports category the bundesliga of germany becomes the world's first major sports event to resume after the co with 19 lockdown this is the primary football league in germany it is number one football league in the world in terms of attendance though the sports events are beginning they will not be played the same way they began with an empty stadium the teams participating in the games were kept under quarantine the players are being tested twice a week the teams entered the ground at different times the substitutes sat well apart during the matches after more than three years at top india was displaced from world's best cricket team in the recently released icc ranking according to the ranking australia ranked top followed by new zealand and india at second and third spot india dropped in the ladder largely because of the record of 12 test victories and just one test defeat in 2016-17 was removed in the latest ranking due to a change in rules india yielded the top spot in test rankings for the first time since october 2016 but continues to lead the icc world test championship a leak comprising six series played by each of the top nine sites in the end let us look at some miscellaneous news items british author jk rowling released first two chapters of her new children's book the ichaborg free of cost the full book will be released in november 2020. the icabog is our first children's book since harry potter and the deathly hallows published in 2007. iran is now going to change its currency from existing riyal to thoman the iranian lawmakers voted on may 4 2020 to approve an amendment to iran's monetary and banking act of iran to make the change the amendment bill will cut four zeros from iran's currency domain the new currency is equal to 10 000 riyals the move follows a sharp fall in the value of rial as a result of crippling u.s sanctions iran's currency real lost more than 60 percent of its value following the sanctions iran's weak currency and high rate of inflation has led to street protests the central bank of iran will have two years to change iran's currency to thomann this means that the existing currency of iran will continue to remain legal tender alongside oman for two years with this we have come to the end of this video we hope you like the coverage of topics in our monthly gk capsules kindly drop in your suggestions in the comment box and also watch our other videos happy learning thank you [Music]