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Daily Current Affairs – 22 May 2021
The day’s news that matters for Prelims and Mains, organised by GS paper, with practice questions.
Daily Current Affairs 22.05.2021 (SC: personal guarantors liable for corporate debt, A green warrior to the core is no more, What did Israel achieve in Gaza?, RBI to pay ₹99,122 cr. surplus to Centre)
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1. SC: personal guarantors liable for corporate debt Court clears insolvency proceedings under the IBC norms The Supreme Court on Friday upheld a government move to allow lenders to initiate insolvency proceedings against personal guarantors, who are usually promoters of big business houses, along with the stressed corporate entities for whom they gave guarantee. In […]
Daily CUrrent AFfairs 21.05.2021 (Declare mucormycosis an epidemic: Centre to States, China completes Tibet highway, Sri Lanka Parliament passes Bill on China-backed Port City, World’s largest iceberg breaks off from Antarctica, says ESA)
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1. Declare mucormycosis an epidemic: Centre to States It will lead to all such cases being reported to the govt. The Union government has asked the States to declare mucormycosis, the fungal infection being reported in COVID-19 patients, an epidemic. In a letter to the States, Health and Family Welfare Ministry Joint Secretary Lav Agarwal […]
Daily Current Affairs 20.05.2021 (FinMin grants ‘infrastructure’ status for convention centres, ‘Low confidence plus high fuel, health costs to hurt demand’)
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1. FinMin grants ‘infrastructure’ status for convention centres Tag to ease bank financing for such projects The Finance Ministry has granted ‘Infrastructure’ status for exhibition and convention centres, a move that is expected to ease bank financing for such projects. ‘Exhibition-cum-Convention Centre is included in the Harmonised Master List of Infrastructure sub-sectors by insertion of […]
Daily Current Affairs 19.05.2021 (Sri Lanka’s China-backed tax haven clears final hurdle, ‘U.S. against militarisation of the Artic’, GST Council to mull COVID relief: Govt, New naming system for virus variants)
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1. Sri Lanka’s China-backed tax haven clears final hurdle Top court rejects pleas challenging Port City Bill A Chinese-funded tax-free enclave billed as Sri Lanka’s answer to Dubai and Singapore cleared the final legal hurdle on Tuesday as the Supreme Court in Colombo ruled it could go ahead with only minor tweaks. The largest single […]