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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.
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