Current Affairs | 2nd May 2020 | One liner :

1. Shiv Das Meena- appointed as Chairman & MD of Housing & Urban Development Corp.(HUDCO).

2. Rajiv Kumar- appointed as Chairperson of Public Enterprises Selection Board(PESB).

3. 7th Commonwealth Youth Games was postponed to 2023.

4. Fintech firm- HAPPY launches- Lockdown Loan to tide over COVID-19 crisis.

5.  Railway runs- 'Shramik Specials' to move migrants workers, other persons stranded.

6.  Health Ministry identifies 130 districts as Red Zones.

7.  Direct taxes revenues defy lockdown, jump 36.6% in April.

8. Karnataka Vikas Grameen Bank(KVGB) launched- Vikas Abhaya- a loan scheme to provide some relief to MSME borrowers.

9.  Manipuri Black Rice gets GI tag.

10. Gorakhpur Terracotta gets GI tag.

11. All India Institute of Ayurveda under Ministry of AYUSH organises- AYURAKSHA programme- "Corona Se Jung: Delhi Police Ke Sang".

12.Maharashtra- becomes 1st state in country to provide free & cashless insurance premium to people of the state.