Important current affairs May 2020 one liners

 Ministry for Federal Education and Professional Training has launched “TeleSchool” App to
get feedback from parents and students.
 International Labor Day or Worker’s day is celebrated on 1 May every year.
 Ross Taylor was awarded the prestigious Sir Richard Hadlee Medal during the 2020 New
Zealand Cricket Awards on May 1, 2020.
 Australia has jumped up to the top rank in the latest ICC Test Team Rankings, which were
released on May 1, 2020.
 Australia has jumped up to the top rank in the latest ICC T20 Team Rankings, which were
released on May 1, 2020.
 The International Astronomy Day is celebrated twice a year, once on May 2 and the second
time on September 26. The day aims to spread awareness about the world of astronomy.
 Mustafa al-Kadhimi sworn in as prime minister of Iraq on 7 May 2020.
 YouTube announced $5 million aid for Pakistan in fight against coronavirus.
 Pakistani government signed a Rs442 billion contract with a joint venture of China Power
and Frontier Works Organisation (FWO) for the construction of the Diamer-Bhasha dam.
 On May 16 President Dr. Arif Alvi signed Gilgit Baltistan Caretaker Government Amendment
order 2020.
 Pilot Captain Sajjad Gul martyred In PIA Plane (A320 Airbus) PK-8303 crash incident on May
22, 2020 in Karachi.
 The French experts of Airbus company will investigate the PIA Plane (A320 Airbus) PK-8303
crash incident.
 22nd anniversary of Youm-e-Takbeer (the day of greatness) was celebrated throughout the
country on May 28, 2020.
 Senator Rehman Malik launched his book ‘Coronavirus Threat to National Security’.
 Sudan has appointed its first ambassador to the United States since 1998.
 Remdesivir: The Antiviral drug helping Covid-19 patients recover faster.
 SBP slashed interest rate by 100bps to 8%.
 Roberto Azevêdo resigned as the director-general of the World Trade Organization a year
before his term expires.
 The US Congress passed the Uighur Human Rights Act by a vote of 413-1 calling for sanctions
against which nation for the oppression of Uighur Muslims.
 Shehryar Khan Afridi elected as Chairman of Parliamentary Committee on Kashmir.
 UN international Day Of Peacekeepers was observed on May 29, 2020.
 The theme for 2020 International Day of UN Peacekeepers is “Women in Peacekeeping: A
Key to Peace”.
 Trump administration to withdraw from Open Skies treaty in a further erosion of arms
control pacts with Russia.
 UN international Day Of Peacekeepers commemorates the 20th anniversary of Security
Council Resolution 1325 on Women, Peace, and Security.
 Germany Banned Iran Backed Lebanese Hezbollah group.
 Pakistan’s GIKI engineers Muhammad Bilal Jamil and Syed Ali Abbas Haider developed first
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