- The government announced Rs 1.63 lakh crore packages for agriculture and allied sectors aimed at strengthening infrastructure, logistics and capacity building at farm gate.
- In Jharkhand, the State Education Department in collaboration with Doordarshan started online classes and educational programs to provide school education to students of the state through video and thematic lectures.
- Union Minister for Tribal Affairs Arjun Munda launched the “GOAL (Going Online as Leaders)” programme of the Ministry of Tribal Affairs (MoTA) in partnership with Facebook at a Webinar in New Delhi.
- Delhi Police has inducted in service India’s first thermal detection headgear that will enhance the social distancing while still enabling the policemen to perform their duties.
- Slovenia is the first country in Europe to declare an end to its coronavirus outbreak, its government declared, after a dramatic slowdown in new cases.
- The country’s foreign exchange reserves surged by $4.235 billion to $485.313 billion in the week to May 8 on account of rise in the foreign currency assets, according to the Reserve Bank of India.
- The global economy is expected to suffer $5.8-8.8 trillion in losses due to the coronavirus pandemic, said by the Asian Development Bank (ADB) in a new report subsequent to its economic outlook released in early April.
- Facebook had acquired the animated graphics startup GIPHY and would integrate the company in its Instagram visual social network.
- Union Defence Minister Rajnath Singh commissioned the Indian Coast Guard Ship (ICGS) Sachet and two interceptor boats (IBs) C-450 and C-451 in Goa via video conference.
- Every year, May 15 is celebrated as the International Day of Families. The day was proclaimed by the UN General Assembly in 1993 with the aim to highlight the importance attached to families by the international community. The theme for International Families day 2020 is Families in Development
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