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117. Civil Aviation Ministry and DGCA have launched this portal for providing fast
track conditional exemptions to government agencies for COVID-19 related drone
operations -GARUD (Government Authorisation for Relief Using Drones).

118. Three Indian journalists who have been honoured with the "Pulitzer Prize for
Journalism 2020" in the field of feature photography - Dar Yasin, Mukhtar Khan, and
Channi Anand.

119. Senior Indian-American diplomat who was nominated by US President Donald
Trump as his envoy to the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development
(OECD) - Manisha Singh.

120. Person who has stepped down from his position as the incumbent President of
Indian Steel Association (ISA. – T. V. Narendran (CEO & MD, Tata Steel).

121. Indian economist who has been appointed as chairman of the Board of Trustees
for the Institute of Development Studies (IDS) based at the University of Sussex in the
UK - Deepak Nayyar (first person from outside the UK).

122. Newly appointed Secretary (economic relations) in the Ministry of External Affairs
in place of T. S. Tirumurti - Rahul Chhabra.

123. Next permanent representative of India to the United Nations in New York – T. S.
Tirumurti.

124. AsiaOne honoured this Indian entrepreneur with the "40 Most Influential Asian
Under 40" recognition - Shrenik Ghodawat (MD, Star Air).

125. Person who took charge as the chief district and sessions judge of Dakshina
Kannada - B. Muralidhar Pai.

126. First satellite which will be launched by Russia for monitoring Arctic climate -
Arktika-M.

127. Vesak Day - 7 May.
128. Operation of the Indian Navy to evacuate Indians stranded overseas - Operation
‘Samudra Setu’.

129. This institution of the government has launched the “Surakshit Dada-Dadi and
Nana-Nani Abhiyan” campaign - National Institution for Transforming India (NITI)
Aayog.