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91. International Astronomy Day (in spring) - 2 May 2020.
92. Coal Miners Day - 4 May.
93. International Firefighters’ Day - 4 May.
94. Program on ‘The Future of River Management’ that has been launched by the
National Mission for Clean Ganga (NMCG) under the Ministry of Jal Shakti - IDEAthon.
95. Lokpal judicial member who died on 2 May 2020 due to coronavirus - Justice Ajay
Kumar Tripathi.
96. Indian who has been posted at the Asian Development Bank (ADB) in Philippines
as principal operations coordination specialist - Nilaya Mitash.
97. Noted Kannada poet, known as "Nityotsava Kavi" who died on 3 May in Bengaluru -
K S Nissar Ahmed.
98. Only Indian who make it to Forbes’ list of billionaire politicians 2020 - Savitri
Jindal (ranked: 349; Wealth: around $4.6 billion).
99. Indian journalist who was one of 17 recipients of the Freedom of Speech Award
presented by German public news outlet Deutsche Welle - Siddharth
Varadarajan (The Wire’s founding editor).
100. This state government decided to launch the Mukhya Mantri Shahari Rojgar
Guarantee Yojna which guaranteeing at least 120 days' employment to the those living
in urban areas - Himachal Pradesh.
101. Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority of India (IRDAI) has set up a
panel to frame standard professional indemnity policy for insurance intermediaries that
can be issued by all the insurers and it is being headed by -Yegnapriya Bharat.
102. On 4 April 2020, the virtual Summit of the Non Aligned Movement (NAM) on
COVID 19 pandemic has been organised at the initiative of - Azerbaijan President
Ilham Aliyev.
103. On 4 April 2020, a virtual Coronavirus Global Response International Pledging
Conference was co-hosted by - the UK and eight other countries.
104. The Union Minister for Rural Development, Narendra Singh Tomar, launched
“The Saras Collection” on the - Government e Marketplace (GeM) portal.

