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144. New mobile App by Ministry of AYUSH that will help to generate data on
acceptance and usage of AYUSH advocacies and measures among the population and
its impact in prevention of COVID 19 - ‘AYUSH Sanjivani’ App.

145. Winner of the UNESCO/Guillermo Cano World Press Freedom Prize 2020 -
Jineth Bedoya Lima (Columbian journalist).

146. This state government has launched the Birsa Harit Gram Yojana under which
plantations will be planted on the two sides of roads - Jharkhand.

147. This state government has launched the Nilamber-Pitamber Jal Samridhi Yojana
-Jharkhand.

148. Scientists from this Indian institute have fabricated an economical and energy-
efficient wafer-scale photodetector (thin slice-based) using gold – silicon interface, for
security applications - Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research
(JNCASR).

149. Scientists from this Indian institute have fabricated NSafe mask that can be
reused 50 times and it is the first fabric based antimicrobial face mask launched in India
- IIT Delhi.

150. Theme of World Migratory Bird Day (second Saturday of May- 9 May 2020) for
the year 2020 - “Birds Connect Our World”.

151. The Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) has approved a loan of _____ to
support India's efforts to fight the COVID-19 pandemic - USD 500 million.

152. On 8 May 2020, Moody's Investors Service projected India's growth for FY2020-
21 at - zero percent.

153. Union Minister for Finance & Corporate Affairs Smt. Nirmala Sitaraman launched
INR-USD Futures and Options contracts on these two International Exchanges at GIFT
International Financial Services Centre at Gandhinagar - BSE’s India INX and NSE’s
NSE-IFSC.

154. The United Nations and partner agencies have launched a 6.7 billion US dollar
global appeal to fight the COVID-19 pandemic.

155. This Indian institute has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the
Coir Board to set up a Centre of Excellence (CoE) for the application of Coir exclusively
- Indian Institute of Technology Madras.

156. Author of the book, titled "Momspeak: The Funny, Bittersweet Story of
Motherhood in India" - Pooja Pande.