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Exams - Current Affairs 2021 Online
Obituaries The bill officially declares 269 hectares of land
reclaimed from the ocean and annexed to the
Max Mosley, the former head of Formula city of Colombo as the country's first special
One's governing body, passed away in May economic zone (SEZ) for service-oriented
2021. Mosley was a racing driver, a team industries.
owner, and a lawyer before becoming
Under the legislation, a President-appointed
President of the International Automobile
commission will be established to govern the
Federation (FIA) in 1993.
SEZ.
Lee Evans, the record-setting sprinter who
wore a black beret in a sign of protest at the Indian Broadcasting Foundation to be renamed
1968 Summer Olympics, passed away in May
2021. The Indian Broadcasting Foundation, the
apex body of broadcasters, is being renamed
NASA joins hands with ISRO the Indian Broadcasting and Digital
Foundation.
NASA has partnered with the Indian Space
It is in the process of forming a new wholly-
and Research Organisation (ISRO).
owned subsidiary to handle all matters
IT will develop a new system aided by radar pertaining to digital media.
systems from ISRO that will provide key
It will also form a self-regulatory body, as per
information to guide efforts related to climate
the Information Technology (Intermediary
change and disaster mitigation.
Guidelines and Digital Media Ethics Code)
As part of the Earth System Observatory, Rules, 2021.
each satellite will be designed uniquely to
work together and create a 3D, holistic view of Maharashtra govt sets up a special task force
Earth.
In anticipation of the impact on children during
India to launch a mobile tech platform the possible third wave of COVID-19, the
Maharashtra government has set up a special
Indian plans to launch a mobile tech platform task force to develop prevention and
in August 2021 that will provide terrain-related treatment methods.
information to the Blue Helmets in the line of
Senior Pediatrician of Hinduja Hospital Dr.
duty.
Suhas Prabhu will be the Chief of this task
In partnership with the UN Department of force.
Peacekeeping Operations and the
Along with him, 13 pediatricians from different
Department of Operational Support, India has
parts of the state will be members of the
been working towards developing a mobile
force.
tech platform 'UNITE AWARE' that helps
increase situational awareness. Arun Venkataraman nominated for US Dir General
Sri Lankan Parliament passes Port City bill US President has nominated Indian-American
Arun Venkataraman for the Director-General
The Sri Lanka Parliament has passed the Port
of the US and Foreign Commercial Service
City Economic Commission Bill.
and the Assistant Secretary for Global
Markets in the Department of Commerce.
1|Page He is currently the Counselor to the Secretary The microloans will be ranging from ₹1 lakh to
of Commerce. ₹10 lakh with tenure up to 36 months.
He was the 1st-ever Director of Policy at the ZipLoan will originate and process unsecured
Dept of Commerce's International Trade retail business loans as per jointly created
Administration under President Obama. credit parameters.
Achinta Sheuli bags silver medal Banks sanction over Rs 15 lakh crore
Indian weightlifter Achinta Sheuli ended with Banks and financial institutions have
the silver medal in the men’s 73 kg category sanctioned about Rs 15 lakh crore to over 28
at the Junior World Weightlifting crore beneficiaries under the Mudra scheme
Championships 2021 in Uzbekistan, on 26 in the last six years.
May 2021. Pradhan Mantri MUDRA Yojana (PMMY) was
He lifted a total of 313 kg (141 kg snatch and launched by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on
172 kg clean and jerk) to finish behind April 8, 2015, to promote entrepreneurship.
Indonesia’s Rizki Juniansyah, who lifted a As of March 26, 2021, loans sanctioned by
world record 349 kg (155 kg snatch and 194 member lending institutions amount to Rs
kg clean and jerk) for the gold medal. 15.10 lakh crore.
Defence Minister launches SeHAT OPD Portal NGT forms a panel
Defence Minister Rajnath Singh launched the The National Green Tribunal (NGT), Southern
‘Services e-Health Assistance and Tele- Zone has appointed a joint committee to look
consultation (SeHAT) OPD Portal via video into allegations of unauthorized construction
conference on 27 May 2021. activity taking place in Mekedatu.
The portal will help the armed forces in The Karnataka government had proposed to
providing telemedicine services. construct a dam across the Cauvery River at
By this OPD serving defence personnel from this place.
Army, Navy, Airforce and ex-service NGT has directed the panel to submit a report
personnel can take teleconsultations from on or before July 5, 2021.
Armed forces specialists doctors.
Death anniversary of Nehru Ji: 27 May
ICICI Bank launches a facility
27 May marks the death anniversary of the
ICICI Bank has launched a facility for linking a first Prime Minister of India Pandit Jawaharlal
UPI ID with its digital wallet, ‘Pockets’. Nehru.
New users, including those who are not He was born on 14 November 1889 and the
customers of ICICI Bank, can now instantly day is also celebrated as Children's Day.
get a UPI ID, which is automatically linked to Pandit Nehru was imprisoned 9 times during
‘Pockets’. his fight for India's freedom. Reportedly, he
ICICI Bank is the first in the industry to enable spent 3,259 days in prison.
customers to make UPI transactions from He won 11 nominations for the Nobel Peace
their wallet balance instead of their savings Prize from 1950 to 1955.
account.
Shergaon BMC wins an award
ZipLoan partners with InCred
The Shergaon Biodiversity Management
Fintech firm ZipLoan has partnered with Committee (BMC) in the West Kameng district
InCred to extend micro-loans to micro, small of Arunachal Pradesh has been awarded the
and medium enterprises that are unable to best committee in India.
access financial services from traditional
banking players.
2|Page It was awarded during the fifth edition of the Jassy currently runs the company's cloud-
India Biodiversity Award by the National computing business.
Biodiversity Authority. Bezos will become executive chair at Amazon
The award was given on the occasion of and focus on new products and initiatives.
International Day for Biological Diversity (IDB) On 26 May 2021, Amazon also announced
2021. that it would buy storied Hollywood studio
MGM for $8.45 bn to extend its video
The UK launches plan for ‘global pandemic radar’
streaming services.
The UK is working with the World Health UN bodies set up “One Health” panel
Organisation (WHO) to launch a ‘global
pandemic radar’ to identify emerging COVID- The WHO and 3 other international bodies
19 variants and track new diseases around have formed a “One Health” panel to help
the world. develop a global plan to prevent the spread of
PM Boris Johnson announced the plans on 21 diseases from animals to humans.
May 2021 ahead of the Global Health Summit It will give advice on developing "risk
hosted by Italy and the European Union (EU). assessment and surveillance frameworks"
It is expected to be running with a network of and establish "good practices to prevent and
surveillance hubs before the end of 2021. prepare for zoonotic outbreaks."
The panel will publish its first
International Missing Children's Day: 25 May
recommendations towards the end of 2021.
Every year, May 25 is observed as Guillermo Lasso: New President of Ecuador
International Missing Children's Day (IMCD).
It is a day to spread awareness for the Guillermo Lasso on May 24, 2021, assumed
children who go missing around the world. the office of the President of Ecuador, thereby
May 25 is also observed as the United States' becoming the country’s first right-wing
National Missing Children's Day. president in 14 years.
The symbol for IMCD is the forget-me-not The 65-year-old former banker beat left-wing
flower. economist Andres Arauz in a second-round
The day was launched in the year 1998. run-off in April 2021.
Lasso was sworn into office by Guadalupe
Commonwealth Day: 24 May Llori, the President of the National Assembly.
The Commonwealth Day is celebrated on the Punjab releases ₹100 cr to sugarcane growers
second Monday in the month of March every
year. The Punjab government has released ₹100
However, in India, another Commonwealth crores to clear the dues of sugarcane growers
Day is also celebrated on May 24. for financial years 2019-20 and 2020-21.
Also known as Empire Day, Commonwealth The cooperative sugar mills have released the
Day commemorates the formation of the balance amount of ₹100 crores due towards
British Empire in India and other colonies of the cane growers.
Britain. The state govt released the amount on its
The first Empire Day was celebrated on May own despite the Union govt withholding the
24, 1902, which was Queen Victoria's subsidy of ₹31 crores for export and ₹10
birthday. crores for buffer stock for 2019-20.
Andy Jassy: New CEO of Amazon PFRDA crosses Rs 6 lakh crore AUM
Amazon executive Andy Jassy will take over The pension Assets Under Management
the CEO role on 5 July 2021 replacing (AUM), under Pension Fund Regulatory and
Amazon founder Jeff Bezos.
3|PageDevelopment Authority, PFRDA has crossed India witnessed a 10 percent rise in Foreign
six lakh crore rupees. Direct Investment (FDI) in FY 2021 compared
Subscribers' contribution to National Pension to the last financial year (FY) 2020.
Scheme and Atal Pension Yojana has built up It attracted the highest investments from
six lakh crore rupees of pension assets after Singapore.
13 years. Gujarat is the top recipient state during the FY
The Assets Under Management (AUM) 2020-21 with a 37 percent share of the total
growth of the last 1 trillion rupees has been FDI equity inflows, followed by Maharashtra
achieved in just 7 months. (27 percent) and Karnataka (13 percent).
TN increases aid for kin of journalists Vikas Bahl: Additional judge of Punjab HC
Tamil Nadu Govt has enhanced the Vikas Bahl has been appointed as an
compensation for Government-recognized Additional Judge of the Punjab and Haryana
journalists who died of COVID in frontline duty High Court for two years from the date in
from 5L to 10L rupees. which he assumes charge of his office.
The govt has also hiked the incentive sum He was enrolled as an advocate on March 23,
given to journalists reporting on the pandemic 1999.
from ₹3000 to ₹5000. He has more than 19 years of practice at
The aid will be given to the recognized Punjab and Haryana High Court at
journalists, including photojournalists and Chandigarh in civil, criminal, constitutional,
cameramen attached to government- labor, company, service, arbitration cases,
approved print media. etc.
Leonardo, Microsoft team up H S Doreswamy passed away
Italian defence group Leonardo and US tech Centenarian Gandhian and freedom fighter H
giant Microsoft have teamed up to boost the S Doreswamy passed away in May 2021.
digital transformation of Italy's public Born on April 10, 1918, Harohalli Srinivasaiah
administration and critical national Doreswamy got involved in the freedom
infrastructures. struggle by taking part in the Quit India
The project will focus on data protection and movement and was jailed for 14 months from
the use of advanced cloud technologies & 1943 to 1944.
solutions. The Gandhian had also participated in the
The move comes as the Italian government Mysuru Chalo movement.
prepares to create a national cloud hub for
public administration's data. Puducherry CM announces lockdown relief
Ayush Clinical Case Repository portal Puducherry Chief Minister N Rangasamy has
announced a lockdown relief of Rs 3000 for
Union Minister Kiren Rijiju will launch the all families living in the Union Territory.
Ayush Clinical Case Repository portal and the The amount will be given to alleviate the
third version of the Ayush Sanjivani App on 27 problems faced by the people during the
May 2021. lockdown period.
The Ayush Clinical Repository portal will The government has allocated Rs 105 crore
serve as a platform to support both Ayush for distributing the relief amount to 3,50,000
practitioners and the general public. ration cardholders in the UT.
This portal aims to aggregate information
about clinical outcomes achieved by Ayush Dr. D Nageshwar wins Rudolf Schindler Award
practitioners on a large scale. Padma Bhushan awardee Dr. D Nageshwar
Gujarat receives the highest FDI in FY20-21 Reddy has won the highest honor from the
4|PageAmerican Society of Gastrointestinal with issues related to four districts under the
Endoscopy (ASGE) -- the Rudolf V Schindler Bodoland Territorial Region (BTR).
Award. The affairs of Bodoland were under the
He is the Chairman of AIG Hospitals. Welfare of Plain Tribes and Backward
He is the first Indian to receive this award, Classes Department earlier.
which is named after Dr. Schindler, who is The Cabinet also decided to set up the
considered the father of gastroscopy. Bodoland Administrative Staff College in
Kokrajhar, the headquarters of BTR.
Aashritha: 1st woman flight test engineer
Bengaluru startup wins TDB National Award 2021
An officer of the Indian Air Force (IAF) has
graduated from the Air Force Test Pilot A Bengaluru-based start-up has received the
School as the country’s first woman flight test National Award 2021 from the Technology
engineer. Development Board.
Squadron Leader Aashritha V Olety is the first It has been awarded for developing a
and only woman in the IAF qualified for the commercial solution for the conversion of
role. carbon dioxide to chemicals and fuels.
Olety, a native of Karnataka, has graduated The start-up ‘Breathe Applied Sciences’
as part of the 43rd Flight Test Course after incubated at the Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for
completing a one-year course at the pilot Advanced Scientific Research (JNCASR),
school. Bengaluru developed the technology.
8 more species of snakes found in Delhi New species of African violets found
Eight more species have been added to An ‘African’ flowering plant has been recorded
Delhi's list of snakes after an extensive five- scientifically for the first time in India.
year study conducted by researchers from Scientists from the Indian Institute of Science
Delhi University. Education and Research (IISER) Bhopal
This has taken the number of snake species found the variant of the African violets in
recorded in the capital to 23, updating the Mizoram.
1997 list mentioned in the book 'Fauna of The newly-described species, Didymocarpus
Delhi'. vickifunkiae is currently known from only three
The study recorded a total of 329 snakes in locations near the north-eastern State’s
23 species and nine families. border with Myanmar.
NPCI partners with PayCore NGT upholds the rights of pastoralists in Banni
The National Payments Corp. of India (NPCI) The National Green Tribunal (NGT) has
has onboarded Turkey's global payment ordered all encroachments to be removed
solutions company PayCore as one of the from Gujarat's Banni grasslands within six
certified partners for RuPay SoftPOS to drive months.
cashless payments across the country. It has directed a joint committee to prepare an
RuPay SoftPOS enables merchants to accept action plan in a month.
payments securely from contactless cards, The move has been welcomed by the region's
mobile wallets, and wearables just with their nomadic pastoralist community, the
mobile phones. Maldharis, whose livelihoods are dependent
on this protected shrub-savanna.
Assam creates Bodoland Department
India to set up one-stop centers
The Assam government has created the
Welfare of Bodoland Department for dealing In a pursuit to tackle cases of violence against
women, the govt of India will be opening One-
5|PageStop Centers(OSC) in 10 missions across West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee
nine countries. has announced welfare projects.
One OSC will be established each in Bahrain, The Lakshmi Bhandar project, a student credit
Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, the UAE, Australia, card initiative, and the ration home delivery
Canada, and Singapore, while two will be scheme will be implemented by committees
established in Saudi Arabia. headed by Chief Secretary Alapan
These centers will be supported by the Bandyopadhyay.
Women and Child Development Ministry. As part of the Lakshmi Bhandar project, poor
families will receive a monthly allowance of
Lakshmi Bhandar project announced in W. Bengal
Rs 500 from the government.
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