Daily Current Affairs of 16th May 2020
International Current Affairs
- Today is International Day of Living Together in Peace.
- In 2017, the United Nations declared this Day to promote peace, tolerance, inclusion, understanding, and solidarity across the world.
- United States President Donald Trump has announced that the US will donate ventilators to India.
- He also underlined the close partnership between the two countries and called Prime Minister Narendra Modi his good friend.
- The president also announced that both states are cooperating to develop a vaccine for COVID-19.
- Note : At Trump's request, India had last month allowed the export of 50 million Hydroxychloroquine tablets to treat COVID-19 patients in America, the country worst hit by the pandemic.
- The German parliament has passed a law making the burning of flags from foreign countries, including that of the European Union, a punishable offence.
- Under the new law, which was spurred on by lawmakers after protesters burned Israeli flags on the streets of Berlin, violators can receive up to three years in prison.
