One Liners of the Day, 25 May 2020

Important Day

• World Turtle Day - 23 May.
• Worlds Thyroid Day - 25 May.

Economy

• This trading platform announced the launch of 'Gold Mini Options' in the commodity derivatives segment - National Stock Exchange (NSE).

International

• During 12-17 July 2020, the International Federation for Automatic Control (IFAC) World Congress will be held in - Germany.

National

• Former Supreme Court judge Justice A K Sikri has inaugurated the Indian Dispute Resolution Centre (IDRC) in - New Delhi.

Persons in News

• Winner of the prestigious APJ Abdul Kalam Memorial International Travel Award for a paper “Laguerre Neural Network Driven Adaptive Control of DC-DC Step Down Converter”, instituted by the Automatic Control and Dynamic Optimization Society (ACDOS) - Dr. Tousif Khan N. (SRM University, Andhra Pradesh).
• Recipient of 2020 "Young Leader Compass Award" of International Advertising Association (IAA) - Anant Goenka (ED, The Indian Express Group).

State Current Affairs

• Winner of the chief of Jammu and Kashmir Public Service Commission – B. R. Sharma.

Science

• This DRDO’s institution has successfully developed AI based Attendance Application (AINA) which allows non-contact based personnel verification using facial features of the person captured with the help of a low cost camera - DRDO’s Research Centre Imarat (RCI).
• This Indian institution has created a state-of-the-art method of conducting online examinations in a comprehensive manner using Wheebox - IIT-Bhubaneswar.

General Knowledge

• National Stock Exchange (NSE) - Founded: 27 November 1992; Headquarters: Mumbai.
• International Federation for Automatic Control (IFAC) was founded in - 1957.
• International Advertising Association (IAA) - Founded: 08 April 1938; Headquarters: New York, United States.
• Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) was founded in – 1958.
• United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) - Founded: 1969; Headquarters: New York, United States.