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518. The Central government has reduced the annual fishing ban days to 47 from the
earlier -61 days.

519. Winner of the prestigious Inventor of the Year award in recognition of his
pioneering work in advancing the electronic industry and improving artificial intelligence
capabilities, which was awarded by the New York Intellectual Property Law Association
- Rajiv Joshi (Prolific Indian American inventor).

520. This PSU company entered into an agreement with Narmada Basin Projects
Company Ltd. (NBPCL Madhya Pradesh) to fund projects worth Rs.22,000 crore for 225
MW hydro-electric projects in the State of Madhya Pradesh - Power Finance
Corporation (PFC).

521. First state in India to dilute its labour rights by extending working hours under
Factories Act from 8 hrs to 12 hours - Rajasthan.

522. Indian Institute of Integrative Medicine (CSIR-IIIM, Jammu) has partnered with
this company to develop and scale-up a new RT-LAMP based COVID-19 diagnostic kit -
Reliance Industries Limited.

523. China's first unmanned helicopter drone - AR500C unmanned helicopter.

524. VAMS SafeGuard, a world's first AI-based contactless Visitor Management
Software with temperature scanner and mask detection, developed by - VAMS Global,
Mumbai.

525. The Army Commanders' Conference will be organised in two phases during 27-
29 May 2020 and the last week of June 2020 under the chairmanship of - Chief of the
Army Staff General Manoj Mukund Naravane.

526. Fitch Ratings forecast a contraction of Indian economy in the current fiscal 2020-
21 to - 5 percent.

527. Fitch Ratings forecast world GDP in 2020 to fall by - 4.6 percent.

528. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan will inaugurate Democracy and
Freedom Island in waters near _____ on the 60th anniversary of a coup in Turkey -
Istanbul.

529. The Economic Commission for Africa (ECA), African Development Bank (AfDB)
and African Union Commission (AUC) inaugurated the second - Africa Regional
Integration Index (ARII 2019).