1. Bharat Ratna Professor Rao received Annie International Award for Research in Energy Frontiers
Bharat Ratna Professor C.N.R. Rao has received the International Annie Award 2020 for research in renewable energy sources and energy storage . This award is also known as the Energy Frontier Award . It is considered the Nobel Prize in the field of energy research . Professor Rao is working on hydrogen energy as the only source of energy for the benefit of the entire human race. Storage of hydrogen, photochemical and electrochemical production of hydrogen, solar production of hydrogen and non-metallic catalysis were the highlights of Professor Rao’s work. The Annie Awards 2020 will be presented during an official ceremony held at the Quirinal Palace in Rome on October 14, 2021, in which ItalyThe President of the Republic will include Sergio Materella . Internationally recognized for years in the field of energy and environmental research, the award aims to promote better use of energy sources and encourage new generations of researchers for their work. The award includes cash and a specially minted gold medal.
2. Third edition of AYUSH Clinical Repository Portal and AYUSH Sanjivani App released
AYUSH Minister Kiren Rijiju released the third edition of AYUSH Clinical Repository Portal and AYUSH Sanjivani App at a function organized through virtual medium . The repository portal will prove useful for AYUSH practitioners and common people. It aims to compile clinical medical experiences of AYUSH practitioners on a large scale. This will not only benefit the doctors and common people, but will also develop a solid scientific foundation for all genres of AYUSH system. The third edition of Ayush Sanjeevani app will study the efficacy of Ayush 64 and other measures of Aayush including Kabasura Kudinir medicine in the treatment of untreated and mild and moderate symptoms of Kovid patients.
3. The tenure of the chiefs of RAW and IB extended till 30 June next year.
The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet has given permission to extend the term of Intelligence Bureau and Research and Analysis Branch – RAW by one more year. The tenure of Director of Intelligence Bureau Arvind Kumar has been extended by one year to June 30, 2022. The term of RAW Secretary Samant Kumar Goyal has also been extended till 30 June next year. Both officers were scheduled to retire on June 30 this year.
4. Defense Minister Rajnath Singh launches e-health support service and tele-counseling-with-OPD portal
Defense Minister Rajnath Singh said via video conferencing e-Health Support Services and tele-consultation -seht OPD launched portal. This portal will help in providing telemedicine services to the armed forces. Mr. Singh said that this shows the Government’s commitment to good governance and Digital India. Shri Rajnath Singh said that with the help of Dr. Reddy’s Lab based at Hyderabad, DRDO has also produced the essential drug to-DG. He said that positive results are coming. This is the final version of the Health OPD portal with advanced security features. Its trial version was launched in August 2020. More than 6500 medical consultations have already been given on the beta version by military service doctors.
5. Mohali International Hockey Stadium was renamed after Balbir Singh Sr.
Punjab government has finally triple Olympian and Padma Shri Balbir Singh Sr (Balbir Singh Sr) in the name of Mohali International Hockey Stadium to announce the renaming. Stadium is now Olympian Balbir Singh Senior International Hockey StadiumWill be known as The government also announced to launch a scholarship scheme in the name of legend for the meritorious hockey players of the state. Balbir Singh Sr. played a key role in making the Indian hockey team a three-time Olympic champion. No one has broken their Olympic finals record till date. He scored five goals in India’s 6–1 win over the Netherlands in the final of the 1952 Olympic Games. He was also the manager of the 1975 World Cup-winning Indian team. The Punjab government honored the veteran player with the Maharaja Ranjit Singh Award in 2019.
6. Dr. Nageswara Reddy became the first Indian to win the Rudolf V Shindler Award
Padma Bhushan awarded and famous Gastroanterolojist Dr D Nageshwar Reddy (Dr D Nageshwar Reddy), who is also chairman of AIG hospitals, the American Society of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy (ASGE) and Rudolf V. Schindler Award is won (Rudolf V Schindler Award). The Rudolf V Schindler Award is the highest grade in the prestigious Crystal Awards, named after Dr. Schindler, who is considered the “father of gastroscopy”. With this, Dr. Reddy became the first Indian physician to win this award . Dr. Reddy is one of the first to promote endoscopy in India and has led the charge of educating many endoscopists worldwide.
7. Israeli Heron drones will soon be stationed in Ladakh, LAC
Indian Army is soon going to get its advanced heron drone from Israel . Simultaneously, the army will also receive mini drones from the US. These will be used to keep a close watch on enemy movements in eastern Ladakh and other areas along China’s border . The Indian Army is soon going to get four Israeli drones for deployment in East Ladakh and other areas. These drones coming soon to India are more advanced than the Heron in the current inventory and their anti-jamming capability is much better than their previous version. In September, India requested to upgrade the Israeli-made Heron drone amidst ongoing tension in eastern Ladakh from China.
8. Zydus Cadila seeks approval for clinical trial of Monoclonal Antibody Cocktail of Indian Drug Controller General
The country’s leading pharmaceutical manufacturer, Zydus Cadilla, has sought approval for a clinical trial of a monoclonal antibody cocktail of the Controller General of Indian Medicine that can neutralize covid infection. The pharmaceutical manufacturer Zydus Cadilla Healthcare has announced the biological therapy ZRC-3308 for the treatment of mild Kovid-19 symptoms . ZRC-3308 is a cocktail of SARS covid-2 monoclonal antibodies.
9. David Barnia becomes Israel’s next Mossad chief
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu appointed David Barnea as the new head of the country’s spy agency Mossad . Barnia, a longtime Mossad member, will replace Yossi Cohen as head of Israel’s intelligence agency on 1 June. Cohen has served as an Israeli spy since he took office in 2016. Barnia, who is in her 50s, lives in the Sharon region north of Tel Aviv. He did his military service in the elite Sairat Matkal Special Operations Force. Nearly 30 years ago, he was admitted to Mossad, where he became a case officer.
10. Guidelines issued to ensure maximum ten seconds time per vehicle in peak hours at toll plazas
The National Highways Authority of India has issued guidelines to ensure a maximum time of ten seconds per vehicle in peak hours at toll plazas on national highways . The new guidelines will not allow queuing of vehicles more than 100 meters on the toll plaza, which will ensure uninterrupted traffic flow. The NHAI said in a statement that the waiting time of the vehicles at most toll plazas has come to an end after the requirement of fastag in vehicles. If for any reason there is a queue of more than 100 meters of waiting vehicles, then vehicles coming within 100 meters of the toll booth will be allowed to pass without paying the toll. The yellow line will be marked 100 meters from the toll booth on each lane.
11. 19% jump in FDI in 2020-21, to $ 59.64 billion
The foreign direct investment (FDI) in the country has increased by 19 percent to US $ 59.64 billion during 2020-21 due to measures taken by the government on the policy reforms, investment facilitation and ease of doing business . Total FDI, including equity, reinvested income and capital, increased by 10 percent to the “highest” of US $ 81.72 billion during 2020-21 to US $ 74.39 billion in 2019-20. In the case of top investor countries, Singapore tops the list with 29 percent share . This was followed by America (23 percent) and Mauritius (9 percent) in the last financial year . FDI equity inflows grew by 19 percent in 2020-21 (US $ 59.64 billion) as compared to 2019-20 (US $ 49.98 billion).
12. SBI Research: GDP likely to grow by 1.3% in FY21 Q4
According to an SBI research report ‘ Ecowrap ‘, India’s GDP is expected to grow at 1.3% in the fourth quarter of 2020-21 and by about 7.3% for the entire financial year.May be contracted. The National Statistics Office (NSO) will release the GDP estimates for the March 2021 quarter and the provisional annual estimates for the year 2020-21 on May 31. The State Bank of India (SBI), in collaboration with the State Bank Institute of Leadership (SBIL), Kolkata, has developed a ‘Nowcasting Model’ with 41 high frequency indicators associated with industry activity, service activity and the global economy. The economics research team said that according to an estimate of 1.3% GDP growth, India will still be the fifth fastest growing country among the 25 countries that have released their GDP numbers so far.
13. Barclays estimates India’s GDP growth for FY22 at 7.7%
Barclays said fiscal 2021-22 (FY22) to India’s economic growth forecasts, as gross domestic product in the beer-case scenario (GDP) 7k7 percentage is measured, if the country ahead Kovid epidemic Is affected by the third wave. Economic costs could rise to at least $ 42.6 billion, assuming another round of similar stringent lockdowns has been put across the country for eight weeks at the end of this year.
14. NPCI partnered with PayCore to help merchants accept contactless payments
National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI) as one of the certified partners of RuPay SoftPOS to run cashless payments across the country Turkey ‘s global payment solutions company Paycor (PayCore)Is partnered with. RuPay SoftPOS enables merchants to accept payments securely with contactless cards, mobile wallets and wearables only with their mobile phones. NPCI has authorized the SoftPOS solution developed by PayCore for RuPay. This solution can be integrated into a bank or aggregator acquisition system to enable RuPay to be obtained using mobile phones enabled with NFC capability or add-ons. Millions of merchants can now convert their near field communication-enabled (NFC) smartphone into a POS machine to accept contactless payments through RuPay SoftPOS.
15. A group of media persons created frontline journalist Smriti Kosh to help the family of frontline journalists.
A group of media persons have come forward to help the family of frontline journalists who were the sole earners of their families and have died from Kovid. He has created the front line journalist Smriti Kosh . Frontline journalists should not belong to any government organization.
16. NASA partners with ISRO to develop Earth System Observatory
The US space agency National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) and the Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) will jointly monitor every change on Earth including earthquakes, droughts, floods . NASA’s new observatory system , which will be helpful in this work , is being developed. However, ISRO will also participate in this NASA mission. Indeed, NASA is developing a new observatory system to monitor the Earth, which will give important information related to disaster, forest fires and climate change. This observatory will also provide timely information related to farming processes.
17. Ban on annual program for the second year in memory of Tianmen Square incident
The Hong Kong Police has also banned the annual event held in memory of the Tianmen Square incident for a second year , citing restrictions to prevent the spread of the corona virus . The event has been held every year in memory of the government’s repression of pro-democracy protesters in 1989 at the Tianmen Square in Beijing in China . The event was banned in Hong Kong last year for the first time in thirty years. Officials then said that the ban was put in place to prevent the corona virus from spreading.
18. Antiga and Bermuda Prime Minister Gaston Browne assured fugitive businessman Mehul Choksi to hand over India
Antigua and Bermuda Prime Minister Gaston Browne has said that fugitive diamond trader Mehul Choksi will be handed over to India. The vigil is found in Dominica. He had recently gone missing from Antigua and Barbuda. A yellow notice of Interpol was issued against him. Choksi had been living there since 2018 after taking citizenship of Antigua and Barbuda. Let us know that yellow notice is issued by Interpol to trace the missing people. Choksi so Antigua and efforts are being made to hand over the Royal Police Force of Barbuda Hakmehul Choksi India Rs 13,500 crore to Punjab National Bank loan fraudIs desired in the case. He absconded in January 2018, in view of the ongoing case against him in India. Along with Choksi, his nephew Nirav Modi is also wanted in the PNB scam. Nirav is currently in a London jail and the Indian government is trying to extradite him.
19. Mission Fateh-2.0 starts a new initiative under ‘Corona Free Punjab Campaign’
Punjab ‘s Chief Minister Amarinder Singh said ” Corona free Punjab campaign under the new initiative Mission Fateh -2.0 introduced. Youth have been included in this campaign. Under this campaign, seven rural corona volunteers will be included in a village or a group of urban wards to fight the Mahamari. The Chief Minister said that villages are most affected in the second wave of Kovid epidemic. Therefore, such a strong campaign is needed to make the villages corona free.
20. Government of Uttar Pradesh has implemented ESMA in the state
The Government of Uttar Pradesh has implemented the Essential Services Protection Act-ESMA in the state . A release issued in this regard states that the Act will remain in force in the state for the next six months . Earlier, on 25 November last year, the Act was enacted for six months, whose deadline expired on 25th of this month. The order states that the state government considers it necessary in the public interest. The Essential Services Protection Act 1966 prohibits the strike of employees of essential services like railways, airports, post and telegraph . Esma will also apply to government departments, corporations under government and development authorities.
21. India to launch ‘UNITE AWARE’, a mobile tech platform for UN peacekeepers
A mobile tech platform ‘ UNITE AWARE ‘ for India UN peacekeepers to improve their security while on duty’Will launch. It will be launched in August 2021 during the tenure of the President of the United Nations Security Council of India (UNSC) (the UNSC Council is chaired by each member in turn for a month). United Aware will increase the situational awareness of peacekeepers by providing information related to the territory. India has spent US $ 1.64 million on the project and is developing it in partnership with the United Nations Department of Peacekeeping Operations and the Department of Operational Support. Information about the forum is India’s Deputy Permanent Representative to the United Nations, Ambassador K.K. Nagaraj Naidu shared during his virtual address to the UNSC Open Debate ‘Peacekeeping Operation: Improving Safety and Security of Peacekeepers’.
22. IAS VK Pandian will receive the FIH President Award
V Karthikeyan Pandian (V Karthikeyan Pandian) , an IAS officer, and private secretary to Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik (Naveen Patnaik) were awarded the Chairman’s Award by the International Hockey Federation through the 47th FIH Congress . He was honored for his contribution towards organizing and promoting hockey in Odisha. Pandian also serves as the secretary of the 5T initiative of the state government (technology, transparency, teamwork and lead time for change).
23. Neena Gupta announces autobiography ‘Sach Kahoon Toh’
Bollywood actress Neena Gupta (Neena Gupta) Publisher Penguin Random House India published by (Penguin Random House India) his autobiography ” Frankly, (Sach Kahun Toh) are fully ready to launch”. He wrote the book during the lockdown in 2020. The book addresses issues such as casting couch, the politics of the film industry, and also describes what a young actor has to do to survive without a godfather or guide. From his time at the National School of Drama (NSD) to Bombay (Mumbai) in the 80s and his single parenthood, the book will share the story of Gupta’s life in the most “unabashedly honest” way. “She details major milestones in her life, her unconventional pregnancy and single parenthood, and a successful second innings in Bollywood.
24. Cyclone ‘Yas’ hits Odisha coast
The most severe cyclonic storm ‘ Yas ‘ hit the coast of Odisha on May 26, 2021, about 20 km south of Balasore . Extensive pre-emptive measures taken by the Indian Coast Guard (ICG) on the eastern seaboard and the Andaman and Nicobar Islands helped protect life and property. The ICG ensured the safe return of 265 fishing boats at sea as protective measures taken in time. In addition, as advised , ships at the anchorage on the Odisha and West Bengal coasts took safe haven and single-point mooring (SPM) operations were suspended.
25. Ministry of AYUSH organized a series of 5 webinars on “Be With Yoga, Be At Home”
AYUSH Ministry of International Yoga Day (International Day of Yoga), 2021 has been organizing various activities before. One of these is a series of five webinars , which the ministry, in collaboration with five renowned organizations of the country, ” Be with Yoga, Be at Home”, Which will present a webinar on a particular subject. To remind them of the issues that have become extremely important in the current context of Kovid-19. This series will seek to develop a cumulative understanding of how to respond to these cross-cutting issues, a collective of five organizations Much depends on experiential knowledge, which has its own specific tradition of learning and sharing.
26. ‘The Eclipse and After’ – a unique film festival with a women-centric online series by the Film Division
‘ The Eclipse and After ‘ , a festival of films made by women on women , is being shown online from 28 to 30 May 2021, and along with this, the film division has started a festival series curated by the theme of women-centric documentary films . Will be. The group of ten films made by women filmmakers tells stories of women who come out fighting non-equality and injustice, and also inspiring stories of women with strong intentions who are full of self-worth and accomplishments. Dared to break the traditions to live life.
27. Casper Rude won the men’s singles title at the Geneva Open Tennis
Casper Ruud of Norway won the ATP Geneva Open final with a 7-6 (8/6), 6-4 win over Denis Shapovalov (Denis Shapovalov) . A win in Geneva means Norway’s world number 21 player is going to be in the top 16 seed in Paris. In all clay-court events, a second career title raised Rudd’s record to 2–2 in the final. The 22-year-old Norwegian won the previous title in Buenos Aires last year.
28. Colinet Makoso becomes the new Prime Minister of the Republic of Congo
Congo Republic ‘s President Denis Ssu Nguso (Denis Sassou Nguesso) by Anatole Colinet Makoso appointed prime minister of the country (Anatole Collinet Makosso). He replaced Clement Mouamba in the office from 2016. Prior to this appointment, Makoso was the Minister of Education of the Central African country. He was also the Minister of Youth and Civil Education from 2011 to 2016. Since 2016, he has held the post of Minister of Primary and Secondary Education in charge of literacy. Mr. Colinet Makoso was the deputy campaign manager of candidate Sasu Nguesso during the last presidential election.
29. SpiceHealth wins Gold Stevie Award 2021
SpiceHealth, a healthcare company founded by the promoters of SpiceJet , has won the Gold Award at the 2021 Asia-Pacific Stevie Awards for ‘ Most Valuable Medical Innovation ‘ under COVID-19 . At a time when Kovid-19 was the highest in India in November 2020, SpiceHealth under the leadership of Avni Singh provided real-time polymerase chain reaction (RT) at Cell Laboratories by providing testing in Delhi at Rs 499 against the then current rate of Rs 2,400. -PCR) disrupted the test house and helped reduce the Kovid-19 test value dramatically across the country.
30. Former Formula One boss Max Mosley passed away
Max Mosley , the former head of the Formula One governing body, has died at the age of 81 due to cancer. He was the youngest son of Oswald Mosley, the leader of the British fascist movement in the 1930s. Mosley was a racing driver, team owner and lawyer before becoming president of the International Automobile Federation (FIA) in 1993.
31. 1971 war hero Colonel Punjab Singh died
In 1971 the Bangladesh Liberation War in the hero of Poonch battle Colonel Punjab Singh ‘s death (Colonel Panjab Singh) under epidemic protocol was cremated with full military honors. The retired officer, who was awarded the Vir Chakra, the third highest war-gallantry award, died due to complications following Kovid. Punjab Singh was born on 15 February 1942, the Colonel was commissioned on 16 December 1967 in the Sixth Battalion, Sikh Regiment. He commanded the prestigious battalion from 12 October 1986 to 29 July 1990.
32. Freedom fighter HS Doreswamy passed away
Freedom fighter HS Doreswamy , who had recently overcome Kovid-19, passed away. He was born on April 10, 1918 in Bengaluru, Harohalli Srinivasaiah Doreswamy is known for his participation in the Quit India Movement and Vinoba Bhave ‘s Bhoodan Movement . He was also a familiar figure in the civil society movements in Karnataka as he campaigned to revive the lakes in Bengaluru.
33. Eiffel tower illuminated by hydrogen energy
The world famous Eiffel Tower in Paris was illuminated with hydrogen energy for the first time . The French Energy Observer is producing electricity from hydrogen as an alternative energy in the country. In the energy sector, it is being called the knock of new revolution and hydrogen energy is being established as the fuel of the future. Many companies in the world are also making hydrogen fuel powered cars.
