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424.  The  Ministry  of  Electronics  and  Information  Technology  has  brought  the  India
               Meteorological  Department  (IMD)  services  on  the  - UMANG  mobile  app  (Unified
               Mobile Application for New-age Governance).


               425.  The  United  Nations  has  listed  Manipur’s  _________  among  the  top  10  global
               initiatives that aims to ensure food supplies and health services for the people living with
               HIV,  daily-wage  earners,  LGBTQI+  community  during  the  COVID-19  pandemic  -
                "Khudol" (crowdfunded initiative  of Ya_All).

               426.  New  World  Bank's  Practice  Manager  for  Climate  Change  and  Disaster  Risk
               Management for South Asia - Abhas Jha (Indian economist).

               427.  This  state/UT  government  has  started  the  ‘SUKOON’  -  COVID-19  Beat  the
               Stress” initiative - Jammu and Kashmir.

               428.  The  researchers,  including  Bill  Corcoran  from  Monash  University  in  Australia,
               recorded world's fastest internet data speed of - 44.2 Terabits per second (Tbps).
               429.  A  team  of  researchers  at  this  institute  have  developed  a  cup-shaped  design  of
               the mask -Centre for Nano and Soft Matter Sciences (CeNS), Bangalore.

               430.  This  institute  developed  'Parabolic  Trough  Collector',  a  new  trough  collector
               equipped  with  enhanced  energy  to  serve  industries  - Indian  Institute  of  Technology
               Madras.

               431.  World Turtle Day - 23 May.


               432.  Worlds Thyroid Day - 25 May.

               433.  This  trading  platform  announced  the  launch  of  'Gold  Mini  Options'  in  the
               commodity derivatives segment - National Stock Exchange (NSE).

               434.  During  12-17  July  2020,  the  International  Federation  for  Automatic  Control
               (IFAC) World Congress will be held in - Germany.

               435.  Former  Supreme  Court  judge  Justice  A  K  Sikri  has  inaugurated  the  Indian
               Dispute Resolution  Centre (IDRC) in - New Delhi.

               436.  Winner  of  the prestigious APJ Abdul Kalam Memorial International Travel Award
               for  a  paper  “Laguerre  Neural  Network  Driven  Adaptive  Control  of  DC-DC  Step  Down
               Converter”,  instituted  by  the  Automatic  Control  and  Dynamic  Optimization  Society
               (ACDOS) - Dr. Tousif Khan N. (SRM University, Andhra Pradesh).


               437.  Recipient  of  2020  "Young  Leader  Compass  Award"  of  International  Advertising
               Association  (IAA) - Anant Goenka (ED, The Indian Express Group).
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