Current Affairs 5.12.20 English

NATIONAL

1.     FM Nirmala Sitharaman on 63^rd Founding day celebrations of DRI (Dept of Revenue Intelligence) unveiled “Smuggling in India Report 2019-20”.

2.     Ramayan Cruise Service will be launched soon on River Saryu in Ayodhya.

APPOINTMENTS

3.     Varsha Joshi – Interim Chairperson, National Diary Development Board.

4.     Amitabh Jain – Chief Secretary, Chhattisgarh.

5.     Uday Shankar – President, FICCI for year 2020-21.

SUMMITS & CONFERENCE

6.     Union Minister Harsh Vardhan virtually inaugurated 2^nd Cancer Genome Atlas (TCGA) 2020 Conference in Delhi. 

MOU

7.     India signed MoU with US on Intellectual property cooperation.

RANKS & REPORTS

8.     India’s Amul is ranked 8^th in Top 20 Global Diary processors list prepared by IFCN (International Farm Comparison Network).

9.     Merriam-webster named Pandemic as 2020’s world of the year.

DEFENCE

10. Indian Navy & Russian Navy conducted PASSEX Exercise in Eastern Indian Ocean Region.

ACQUISITIONS & MERGERS

11. Facebook acquired Kustomer for $1 billion to expand into customer service tools.

12. Cloud computing giant Salesforce acquired workplace chat app Slack for $27 billion.

DAYS

13. International Volunteer Day – December 5.

14. World Soil Day – December 5, Theme “Keep Soil Alive, protect soil biodiversity”.