One Liners of the Day, 24 May 2020

Important Day

• Commonwealth Day - 24 May.

International

• This country has signalled its intention to withdraw from the Open Skies Treaty”, which allows the 34 participating countries to do unarmed aerial surveillance - United States of America.

National

• “Hunar Haat” will restart from September 2020 with the theme of -“Local to Global”.
• The Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology has brought the India Meteorological Department (IMD) services on the - UMANG mobile app (Unified Mobile Application for New-age Governance).
• The United Nations has listed Manipur’s _________ among the top 10 global initiatives that aims to ensure food supplies and health services for the people living with HIV, daily-wage earners, LGBTQI+ community during the COVID-19 pandemic - "Khudol" (crowdfunded initiative of Ya_All).

Persons in News

• New World Bank's Practice Manager for Climate Change and Disaster Risk Management for South Asia - Abhas Jha (Indian economist).

State Current Affairs

• This state/UT government has started the ‘SUKOON’ - COVID-19 Beat the Stress” initiative - Jammu and Kashmir.

Science

• The researchers, including Bill Corcoran from Monash University in Australia, recorded world's fastest internet data speed of - 44.2 Terabits per second (Tbps).
• A team of researchers at this institute have developed a cup-shaped design of the mask - Centre for Nano and Soft Matter Sciences (CeNS), Bangalore.
• This institute developed 'Parabolic Trough Collector', a new trough collector equipped with enhanced energy to serve industries - Indian Institute of Technology Madras.

General Knowledge

• Mauritius - Capital: Port Louis; Currency: Mauritian rupee.
• Sri Lanka - Capitals: Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte, Colombo; Currency: Sri Lankan rupee.
• Commonwealth of Nations - Founded: 11 December 1931; Headquarters: London, United Kingdom.
• Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) - Founded: 26 September 1942; Headquarters: New Delhi.
• World Bank - Founded: 1944; Headquarters: Washington, D.C., United States.