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May 17 , 2020 1594 days 893 0
  • The IIT-Roorkee professor, Kamal Jain, has claimed to have developed software. 
    • It can help to detect any sign of pneumonia and whether it is due to COVID-19 or any other bacteria within five seconds using an X-ray scan of the suspected patient.
  • NASA’s Mars helicopter — destined to be the first aircraft to attempt powered flights on another planet — has been named ‘Ingenuity’.
    • The name was given by the Indian-origin girl Vaneeza Rupani.
  • Mukesh Ambani, the chairman of Reliance Industries (RIL), has one again become Asia's richest person after striking a mega deal with Mark Zuckerberg's Facebook.
    • According to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index, he beat Chinese billionaire and the Co-founder of Ali Baba firm Jack Ma.
  • US President Donald Trump nominated Indian-American Saritha Komati reddy as a judge at the District Court for the Eastern District of New York.
    • She is hailing from Telangana.
  • Madhya Pradesh (MP) has become the first state in the country to provide a mid-day meal ration to students of primary and secondary school.
    • Under this, the money for the food will be transferred online by the state government in the bank accounts of the parents.
  • The Resistance Front is an offshoot of the terrorist group Lashkar-e-Toiba.
    • It is the new name of terror group in Kashmir. 
  • Ramanand Sagars popular TV serial 'Ramayan' which is re-airing on Doordarshan became the world's most-watched show with 7.7 crore viewers.
    • Ramanand Sagar had made this serial based on Valmiki's Ramayana and Tulsidas' Ramcharitmanas. 
  • For the first time in Pakistan's history, a Hindu, named as Rahul Dev, has been selected as a pilot in the Pakistan Air Force. 
  • India’s first test bus for the Covid 19 disease was flagged off on Maharashtra Day in Mumbai.
    • The bus is an initiative by the C19 Taskforce of IIT Alumni Council.
  • Tennis Star Sania Mirza became the first Indian to win the Fed Cup Heart Award for her successful return to the Tennis court post-motherhood.
    • The Fed Cup Heart Award is an International Tennis Federation (ITF) initiative.
       

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