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- US President Donald Trump appointed Indian-American Sudarsanam Babu as the member of National Science Board of USA.
- The Union Ministry of Home Affairs has introduced two new helpline numbers in its control room to help needy amid the coronavirus crisis.
- The helpline numbers are 1930 (all India toll-free number) and 1944 (dedicated to the Northeast).
- India's oldest National Park Jim Corbett National Park, situated in Uttarakhand, has built isolation wards for animals.
- It is India's first quarantine facility for animals.
- India's third-largest motorbike manufacturer TVS Motor has sealed a $20 million deal to buy British brand Norton Motorcycles.
- It is the latest swoop by an Asian company on an iconic British brand, after Jaguar Land Rover became part of Tata Motors.
- The IMF Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva 10 named former RBI Governor Raghuram Rajan and 11 others to her external advisory group.
- It is to provide perspectives from around the globe on key developments and policy issues including responses to Covid 19.
- After Goa, Manipur becomes COVID-19 free.
- It is the second state in India.
- The Tata Group has contributed about 40,000 PCR kits worth about ₹8 crore to the Tamil Nadu government to help in the testing of COVID-19 cases in the State.
- The daily wage of the workers of the Mahatma Gandhi National Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) scheme has been enhanced by rupees 27 to 256 from 229 in Tamilnadu.
- Seven leading IITs (IIT Bombay, IIT Delhi, IIT Guwahati, IIT Kanpur, IIT Kharagpur, IIT Madras and IIT Roorkee) have decided not to participate in Times Higher Education (THE) world rankings.
- They doubt the transparency of the THE rankings.
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