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264. Theme of World Telecommunication and Information Society Day (17 May) for
the year 2020 - “Connect 2030: ICTs for the Sustainable Development Goals
(SDGs)”.

265. Defence Minister Rajnath Singh approved the launch of the Defence Testing
Infrastructure Scheme (DTIS) with an outlay of - Rs.400 crore.

266. Indian government is fully geared for maiden EXIM cargo movement through the
Indo Bangladesh Protocol (IBP) route and containers of steel fillings are being loaded at
Haldia port for - Dhaka.

267. New managing director of Jammu and Kashmir Bank - Zubair Iqbal.

268. New chairman of the Mahanagar Gas Ltd - Manoj Jain.

269. This state government has increased the annual income limit of parents from Rs
one lakh to Rs 2.5 lakh under for their children to get free education under the Right to
Education Act -Rajasthan.

270. This state government will be launching its ambitious Rajiv Gandhi Kisan Nyay
Yojana on 21st May 2020 - Chhattisgarh.

271. Scientists at this institute in Durgapur have developed Pneumatically Operated
Mobile Indoor Disinfection Unit (POMID) - CSIR- Central Mechanical Engineering
Research Institute.

272. Scientists at the International Advanced Research Centre for Powder Metallurgy
and New Materials (ARCI) and this institute in Thiruvananthapuram have jointly
developed new generation Iron-Manganese based alloys for biodegradable metal
implants for use in humans -Sree Chitra Tirunal Institute of Medical Sciences.

273. Theme of International Museums Day (18 May) for the year 2020 – “Museums
for Equality: Diversity and Inclusion”.

274. World AIDS Vaccine Day - 18 May.

275. The Centre has increased borrowing limits for FY21 for states to - 5
percent (from 3 percent).

276. Cyclone that created in Bay of Bengal on 16th May 2020 and will cross West
Bengal and Bangladesh - Cyclonic ‘Amphan’.

277. New programme for multi-mode access to digital/online education - PM eVIDYA.

278. National Foundational Literacy and Numeracy Mission for ensuring that every
child attains Learning levels and outcomes in grade 5 by 2025 will be launched by -
December 2020.