Current Affairs One-Liner: 13th May 2020

• ‘ELISA’ – India’s first antibody testing kit: It is developed by the national institute of Virology, Pune to combat COVID-19, and to help in surveillance of the proportion of the population exposed to SARSCoV2 infection.
• Poster making competition under Ek Bharat Shreshtha Bharat (EBSB) Campaign: The competition was organized by the Indian Institute of Information Technology Guwahati (IIIT- Guwahati). The topic for the competition was ‘Rajasthan Tourism and Travels’.

• DRUVS- Ultraviolet Sanitiser: DRDO’s Research Center Imarat (RCI) Lab, Hyderabad has developed a UVC sanitization cabinet named Defence Research Ultraviolet Sanitiser (DRUVS). It is helpful to sanitize mobile phones, iPod currency, laptops, cheques, etc.
• Deepa Malik: She is Indian para-athlete and as recently announced her retirement from Paralympics games.
• Obituaries: Raja Rangappa- He was former Lok Sabha MP
• Manmeet Singh- He was former Indian Table Tennis Player
• Jerry Stiller- He was US Comedian.
• Shafique Ansari- He was an Indian TV Actor
• Suraksha Store Initiative— By Consumer Affairs Department
• FIR AapkeDwar Yojana—By Madhya Pradesh
• Tribal Livelihoods and Safety Conference
• CHAMPIONS Portal —By Ministry of MSME
• Pranavayu Programme—By Bengaluru City Corporation

Question:

Q.1 Which of the following institute organized Poster making competition under Ek Bharat Shreshtha Bharat (EBSB) Campaign?
a. IIIT- Allahabad
b. IIIT- Guwahati
c. IIIT Pune
d. IIIT- Bhopal

Q.2 What is the name of India’s first antibody testing kit, developed by the National Institute of Virology, Pune?
a. SLISA
b. ELISA
c. ALOHA
d. None of the above

Q.3 Manmeet Singh, who passed away recently, belonged to which sports?
a. Hockey
b. Table Tennis
c. Cricket
d. Chess

Q.4 Jerry Stiller, who passed away recently, belonged to which profession?
a. Comedian
b. Magician
c. Historian
d. Photographer