Top GKToday’s News Headlines-21 May 2020

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Centre launches scheme for 100% solarisation of Konark Sun Temple and Konark town in Odisha
Extremely severe cyclonic storm ‘Amphan’ hits coastal areas of West Bengal and Odisha

PMVVY (Pradhan Mantri Vaya Vandana Yojana) social security scheme for senior citizens extended for three years till March 31, 2023; rate of return reduced to 7.4% for 2020-21 from 8% in 2019-20
Cabinet approves Rs 3 lakh crore Emergency Credit Line Guarantee Scheme (ECLGS) for the MSME sector; loans at 9.25% rate
Govt. approves methodology for auction of coal blocks for commercial mining on revenue sharing basis
Finance Ministry exempts B2B firms from using only BHIM, RuPay for accepting payments
Govt mandates purchase of 26 military equipment only from domestic firms
UP CM launches ‘Uttar Pradesh Startup Fund’; hands over 1st instalment of Rs 15 crore to SIDBI
NCDEX to launch India’s first agri-futures index, NCDEX AGRIDEX, on May 26
The 30-share BSE Sensex settled 622.44 points or 2.06 per cent higher at 30,818.61
The 50-share NSE Nifty rose 187.45 points, or 2.11 cent, to end at 9,066.55.

Nepal unveils new map showing Kalapani, Limpiyadhura and Lipulekh regions of Uttarakhand, as part of its sovereign territory
India and Bangladesh on May 20, 2020 signed an agreement to operationalise five new ports of call and two new protocol routes
World Bee Day celebrated on May 20 with its theme as: ‘Bee Engaged’
On May 20, Anton Janša, the pioneer of beekeeping, was born in 1734 in Slovenia
China’s ambassador to Israel Du Wei (58) found dead in Tel Aviv