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Saint Gobain's investment plan approved The data was given in its Environmental
Social and Governance (ESG) report 2021-
Rajasthan government has approved Saint 21.
Gobain's proposal to invest worth Rs 1,200
Of the total carbon emissions of 290,865
crore in the state.
tonnes in FY21, Infosys attributed 41.4% to
St. Gobain is the world's leading glass capital goods, 23.5% to global energy
manufacturer. consumption, and 22.1% to work-from-home.
For the last two years, Rajasthan has been
successfully attracting investments due to its Environmental surveillance platform for COVID
very attractive industry policy framework,
The government of Karnataka is introducing a
despite having a focused fight against Covid-
city-wide sewage surveillance system in
19.
Bangalore.
Power Ministry transfers power link to PGCIL It will help officials track the virus at an early
stage, even among asymptomatic individuals.
The Union Power Ministry has transferred the
Assisting this effort is the United States
220 kV Srinagar-Drass-Kargil-Khaltsi-Leh
Agency for International Development
transmission link to the state-run Power Grid
(USAID) and the Skoll Foundation-supported
Corporation of India Ltd.
COVIDactionCollab (CAC).
The 335-km-long strategic power link
connects the Ladakh region to the national Appointments
grid and is at a height of 3,000-4,000 meters.
The government has announced the
PGCIL‟s transmission network has 169,829
appointment of BVR Subrahmanyam as the
circuit km of transmission lines, and 257
new Officer on Special Duty (OSD) and
substations.
Secretary, Commerce. Subrahmanyam, 1987-
BCCI moves IPL 2021 to UAE Batch IAS officer, is the incumbent Chief
Secretary of the UT of Jammu and Kashmir.
The Board of Control for Cricket in India Vishnu Kumar Sharma, presently Director in
(BCCI) has decided to move the Indian the Ministry has been appointed as the next
Premier League (IPL) 2021 to the UAE in Ambassador of India to the Republic of South
view of the Covid-19 situation in India. Sudan.
The announcement was made by BCCI
chairman Rajeev Shukla on 29 May 2021. Alka Raghuvanshi passes away
The IPL matches are expected to resume
Art critic, author, and journalist Dr. Alka
tentatively on September 18 or 19, 2021.
Raghuvanshi passed away in May 2021.
Infosys reduces carbon emissions by 46% Dr. Raghuvanshi was India‟s first trained art
curator who had trained at the Goldsmiths
Infosys Ltd has cut its carbon emissions by College, London, and the Museum of Modern
nearly 46% in FY21 mainly through the Art in Oxford.
successful enablement of work-from-home. In her career that spanned more than 30
years, she wrote two books titled “A Moment
1|Pagein Time with Legends of Indian Arts” and Canara Bank announces various schemes
“Pathfinders: Artistes of One World”.
The Canara Bank has announced three types
International Everest Day: 29 May of loan schemes for its customers to provide
relief amid the coronavirus pandemic.
International Everest Day is celebrated on
The bank will be offering healthcare credit,
May 29 every year.
business, and personal loans to its
The day is observed in the memory of the first
customers.
summit of Mount Everest by New Zealand‟s
The names of the three schemes are Canara
Sir Edmund Hillary and Nepal's Tenzing
Suraksha personal loan scheme, Canara
Norgay Sherpa that took place on May 29,
Chikitsa healthcare credit facility, and Canara
1953.
Jeevanrekha healthcare business loan.
They were the first humans to scale the height
of Mount Everest. ICICI Bank to use satellite data
In 2008, Nepal decided to observe the
day after Sir Edmund Hillary died. ICICI Bank has announced a unique way to
assess creditworthiness of a specific group of
World Digestive Health Day: 29 May customers.
The bank will use satellite data imagery to
Every 29th May, the World Gastroenterology
assess the creditworthiness of its customers
Organisation (WGO) celebrates World
belonging to the farm sector.
Digestive Health Day (WDHD).
With the introduction of this new method,
The theme for the year 2021 is "Obesity: An
ICICI Bank will become the first in India to use
Ongoing Pandemic".
satellite data to measure an array of
The day was first observed on May 29, 2005. parameters.
The day is celebrated to create awareness
among people regarding digestive diseases or TCS listed in top 25 firms to work in UK
disorders they can face.
Tata Consultancy Services has been listed
OneWeb launches another 36 LEO satellites among the top 25 best big companies to work
for in the United Kingdom and among the best
OneWeb has launched another batch of 36 companies in the consultancy sector.
satellites by Arianespace from the Vostochny The list honors 25 organizations with at least
cosmodrome in Russia. 2,000 employees based on an anonymous
OneWeb is a Low Earth Orbit (LEO) satellite survey.
communications operator, co-owned by Bharti TCS has over 4.8 lakh employees in 46
Global and the UK government. countries and generated consolidated
The latest launch takes OneWeb‟s total in- revenues of $22.2 bn in the fiscal year ended
orbit constellation to 218 satellites. 31 Mar'21.
Britain's new aircraft carrier joins NATO Karnataka Bank: Balakrishna as board member
HMS Queen Elizabeth took part in NATO Karnataka Bank has appointed Balakrishna
(North Atlantic Treaty Organization) exercises Alse S as an Additional Director on its board.
in the Mediterranean in May 2021. He is the former Executive Director of Oriental
HMS Queen Elizabeth will exercise with naval Bank of Commerce.
vessels from the United States, Singapore, He will hold the office till the conclusion of the
Japan, and South Korea, along the route. next annual general meeting of the bank.
Britain, like China, now has two aircraft With his appointment, there will be 12
carriers, both countries dwarfed by the United Directors on the board, of which, 9 will be
States' 11. independent Directors constituting 75 percent
of the board.
2|PageMenstrual Hygiene Day: 28 May HOPCOMS starts pilot online delivery service
Menstrual Hygiene Day is observed on 28 In Karnataka, the Horticultural Producers Co-
May every year. operative Marketing and Processing Society
The theme of the day for 2021 is “Action and Limited (HOPCOMS), under the Horticulture
Investment in Menstrual Hygiene and Health.” Department, has come up with „HOPCOMS
The day was initiated by the German non- ONLINE‟.
profit WASH United in 2013. „HOPCOMS ONLINE‟ is a mobile app that
The day brings together the voices and enables the delivery of fresh fruits and
actions of non-profits, government agencies, vegetables at the doorsteps of customers in
individuals to promote good menstrual health Bengaluru's Koramangala, amid the Covid-19
and hygiene for all women and girls. pandemic and lockdown.
US President releases his first annual budget GST Council forms GoM for tax slabs
US President Joe Biden has released his first The Goods and Service Tax (GST) Council
annual budget - a 6 trillion dollar spending formed a group of ministers (GoM) to decide
plan that includes steep tax increases for on waiving off taxes on Covid-19 essentials
wealthier Americans. such as vaccines.
The bumper proposal will include huge new The GoM will submit its report within 10 days,
social programmes and investment in the fight on or before 8th June 2021.
against climate change. States, including West Bengal, Kerala and
Under the plan, debt will reach 117 percent of Punjab, have been demanding that the GST
GDP by 2031, surpassing levels during World levied on COVID-related items be scrapped.
War Two. Haryana to distribute 8.6 lakh free tablets
RBI imposes monetary penalty on HDFC Bank
Haryana Education Minister Kanwar Pal on 28
The RBI has imposed a monetary penalty of May 2021 announced that the state
Rs 10 crore on HDFC Bank for violation of government will distribute 8.6 lakh tablets for
provisions under various sections of the free to school students for online education.
Banking Regulation Act. Tablets will be distributed to students of Class
This action is based on the deficiencies in 8 to 12, who are studying at government
regulatory compliance. schools, are economically weak and lag
The penalty was imposed in the exercise of behind in this mode of education.
powers vested by the central bank under the Delegates approve 16% increase to WHO budget
provisions of Section 47A(1)(c) read with
Section 46(4)(i) of the Banking Regulation Delegates at the World Health Assembly on
Act. 27 May 2021 approved a 16 per cent increase
to WHO's proposed budget for the next two
IGST on import of Covid relief items exempted
years.
The GST Council on 27 May'21 extended The budgetary increase sets about USD 6.1
IGST exemption on import of Covid-related billion.
equipment received as relief till 31 Aug 2021. More than 90 per cent of WHO's funding is
The council has also included Amphotericin- tied to specific health issues, and the agency
B, which is used in treatment of black fungus, often struggles to respond to urgent crises.
in list of items exempted from GST. Centre approves pay raise for NHM employees
At present, domestic supplies and commercial
imports of vaccines attract a 5% GST while Union Government has accorded approval for
Covid drugs and oxy concentrators attract a substantial hike in salary of employees who
12% levy.
3|Pageare working under the National Health Mission The government has decided to support some
(NHM) in J&K. public sector companies with grants under the
The decision has been conveyed to the UT in Mission COVID Suraksha with a view to
the approval received for Programme augment vaccine production.
Implementation Plan for the financial year One such company is the Hyderabad based
2021-22 projected by the administration. Indian Immunological limited, IIL, which is a
The increment of about 12% has been facility under the PSU, National Dairy
approved as a hike in salary for NHM Development Board.
employees. Under Atmanirbhar Bharat 3.0, Mission
COVID Suraksha was announced by the
HDFC Bank commits ₹100 cr for Covid relief
Government of India.
India's largest private sector lender HDFC Telangana announces 15 pc hike in stipend
Bank has committed ₹100 crore for setting up
medical infrastructure for COVID-19 relief in Telangana CM K Chandrashekar Rao-led
2021-22. government has announced a 15 percent
The bank is planning to set up 20 oxygen increase in the stipend for senior resident
plants in hospitals besides three 100-bed doctors in the state.
COVID care facilities. It will be increased Rs 70,000 per month to Rs
It also plans to offer scholarships under the 80,500 per month.
education crisis scholarship scheme to The Telangana Senior Doctors Association
students affected by the pandemic. had unanimously taken a decision to boycott
all the Covid related duties from May 26,
Centre grants Rs 1,000 cr Yaas relief package
2021, except for ICU cases and critical care
PM Modi on 28 May'21 announced financial units.
assistance of Rs 1000 cr for Odisha, West
Louvre gets its first female leader in 228 yrs
Bengal and Jharkhand as Yaas relief
package. For the first time since its creation in 1783 in
The PM also announced ex-gratia of Rs 2L to the wake of the French Revolution, the Musée
the next of kin of each deceased and Rs 50k du Louvre will be headed by a woman,
to each of the seriously injured in the cyclone. Laurence des Cars, the current head of the
Odisha would get Rs 500 cr immediately, Musée d‟Orsay.
another Rs 500 crore would be given to West Des Cars was appointed on 26 May 2021 as
Bengal and Jharkhand on the basis of the museum‟s President-Director by the
damage. President of France, Emmanuel Macron.
She will replace the museum‟s leader of eight
BRICS Sherpas and Sous Sherpas meet concludes
years, Jean-Luc Martinez on 1 Sept'21.
The second BRICS Sherpas‟ and Sous
Odisha’s blackbucks double in 6 years
Sherpas‟ meeting was convened under India‟s
chairship on 28 May 2021. Odisha‟s blackbuck population has doubled in
BRICS countries held second Sherpas and the last six years, according to figures from
Sous Sherpas‟ meeting for four days from the latest population census released recently
May 25 to May 28, 2021. by the chief conservator of forest (wildlife).
The meeting was chaired by Secretary (CPV The antelopes numbered 7,358 — 4,196
& OIA) Sanjay Bhattacharyya and Additional females, 1,712 males, and 1,450 young,
Secretary (Economic Relations), P. Harish, as according to census figures.
India‟s BRICS Sherpa and Sous Sherpa The census was carried out by the state forest
respectively. department on February 28, 2021.
Companies to get grants under COVID Suraksha JK Govt launches financial assistance scheme
4|Page J&K administration has launched a Special Kerala CM Pinarayi Vijayan has formed a
Scheme -- Special Assistance Scheme for Secretary Level Committee to make the
Covid Mortalities (SASCM) -- for financial guidelines and recommendations for the
assistance to families, who lost their only implementation of the Smart Kitchen scheme
earning member to the pandemic. by July 2021.
Cash assistance of Rs 1000 per month shall The scheme aims to account for and reduce
be provided to the spouse and the eldest the workload of women's domestic labour.
member of the family. Under the 'smart kitchen' scheme, women will
It will also provide a scholarship of Rs 20,000 be given a loan to refurbish their kitchen with
per annum for school-going students. a low interest rate in instalment schemes.
Penpa Tsering: President of Tibetan government Amartya Sen conferred with Spain's top award
Penpa Tsering was sworn in as President of Indian economist and Nobel Laureate
the Central Tibetan Administration (CTA), the Amartya Kumar Sen has been conferred with
Dharamshala-based Tibetan government-in- Spain's top Princess of Asturias Award in the
exile on 27 May 2021. social sciences category.
Chief Justice Commissioner Sonam Norbu He was selected out of the 41 candidatures
Dagpo administered the oath to Penpa from 20 nationalities put forward for the
Tsering. award.
Penpa is the second democratically-elected The award comprises a Joan Miro sculpture
Sikyong (President) of the 17th Parliament-in- representing and symbolising the Award, a
Exile of the Central Tibetan Administration. diploma, an insignia, and a cash prize of
50,000 Euros.
‘Akanksha’ portal launched in Karnataka
Assam appoints ‘guardian ministers’
Karnataka Chief Minister BS Yediyurappa has
launched „Akanksha‟, an online The Assam Cabinet has appointed ministers
comprehensive portal. who would act as guardians for different
It helps corporates connect with the officials districts in the state.
concerned in the government to help through These guardians, each a minister of the
Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) Himanta Biswa Sarma Cabinet, have been
initiatives and implementation of CSR given the responsibility of 2-3 districts to take
initiatives in a transparent manner. stock of welfare schemes, implementation of
It is the first of its kind portal in the country. infrastructure projects etc.
But they won‟t be directly involved with people
VOC Port inks MoU with NTCPWC from those districts.
V.O Chidambaranar Port Trust has signed an Indian Army to get 4 Heron TP drones
MoU with National Technology Centre for
Ports Waterways and Coasts (NTCPWC), IIT The Indian Army will soon get four Heron TP
Madras. drones on lease from Israel.
It has been signed for operation, manning and The drones will be deployed along the Line of
maintenance of vessel traffic system and Actual Control with China for long surveillance
development of indigenous vessel traffic missions.
software at V.O Chidambaranar Port Trust, The Heron TP, which is as long as a Rafale
Tuticorin. (14 metres) and has double the wingspan of
NTCPWC is the technology arm of the the French fighter, has been developed by
Ministry of Ports, Shipping and Waterways. Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI).
Kerala CM forms a Secretary Level Committee International Day of UN Peacekeepers: 29 May
5|Page The International Day of United Nations The day offers a chance to honour more than
Peacekeepers is observed on 29 May every 4,000 peacekeepers who have lost their
year. lives serving under the UN flag since
The theme for the year 2021 is "The road to a 1948, including 130 in 2020.
lasting peace: Leveraging the power of youth
for peace and security."
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