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Daily News22 May 2021

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)

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 […]

Daily News21 May 2021

Daily CUrrent AFfairs 18.05.2021 (‘Job losses bode ill for the economy’, DRDO’s drug launched for emergency use)

1. ‘Job losses bode ill for the economy’ April’s labour participation rate was lower than in March 2020: CMIE chief Vyas Rising unemployment, including among the salaried class, and shrinking real incomes have led to a lack of demand that bodes ill for the economy, said Mahesh Vyas, managing director at the Centre for Monitoring […]

Daily News21 May 2021

Daily Current Affairs 17.05.2021 (UNSC calls for end to violence in Gaza, India calls for ‘immediate de-escalation’ of hostilities, Adoption issues to the fore as COVID-19 leaves many orphaned)

1. UNSC calls for end to violence in Gaza Its chief warns that crisis could plunge region into an ‘uncontainable security and humanitarian crisis’ Israeli strikes killed at least 42 Palestinians in the Gaza Strip on Sunday, the worst daily death toll yet in the almost week-long clashes, as the UN Security Council met amid […]

Daily News21 May 2021

Daily Current Affairs 16.05.2021 (Mars landing gives China’s space programme a leg-up, Violence rocks Gaza, Israel and West Bank, New skink species from Western Ghats, Mucormycosis in COVID-19 patients)

1. Elephant carcasses found in 2 groups The ‘freak’ lightning theory being corroborated based on weather reports: govt. The carcasses of the 18 elephants reportedly killed in lightning strikes in Nagaon district of central Assam on May 13 were found in two groups 1 km apart, an official statement said Saturday. The State government also […]

Daily News21 May 2021

Daily Current Affairs 15.05.2021 (Asha workers struggle with pandemic surveillance in rural Uttar Pradesh, 186 elephants killed on rail tracks in over 10 years, U.S. slider turtles pose a threat in northeast, What is Iron Dome)

1. Asha workers struggle with pandemic surveillance in rural Uttar Pradesh They lack adequate protective gear and monitoring kits for door-to-door visits “People don’t take us seriously. Why would they, when I cannot even record their temperature and oxygen level for them,” says Veermati Singh, standing at her door in Nindemau, a village in Unnao. […]

Daily News21 May 2021

Daily Current Affairs 14.05.2021 (App to view SC proceedings launched, OCIs stung by Home Ministry notification, Israel-Palestine fighting escalates, Relax FCRA norms, ease relief flow, says Nasscom)

1. App to view SC proceedings launched Actively considering plan to telecast proceedings live, says CJI N.V. Ramana Chief Justice of India N.V. Ramana on Thursday said he was “actively considering” the proposal to telecast live the proceedings of the Supreme Court. The CJI, however, said concrete steps in this regard would be taken only […]

Daily News14 May 2021

Daily Current Affairs 13.05.2021 (Child marriages may go unnoticed amid lockdown, Ivermectin used despite WHO advice, Bangladesh rebuffs China on Quad warning, WTO chief targets waivers for COVID vaccines in Dec.)

1. ‘Child marriages may go unnoticed amid lockdown’ Weddings may be restricted to houses due to norms: activists Last year, as the pandemic took grip of the world and India went into a lockdown, child rights activists were alarmed to see a slew of child marriages being reported in Karnataka. Now, with another lockdown in […]

Daily News14 May 2021

Daily Current AFfairs 12.05.2021 (Queries raised on DRDO’s COVID drug, China’s population growth slows to lowest rate in decades, What’s happening in Jerusalem?)

1. Queries raised on DRDO’s COVID drug Experts flag lack of published data on performance in human trials, history of drug in cancer cure A drug developed by the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) has been approved by the Drug Controller General of India (DCGI) for “emergency use” in those with moderate to severe […]

Daily News14 May 2021

Daily Current Affairs 11.05.2021 (SEBI’s sustainability reporting norms mandate ESG overview, ‘Slow vaccination pace puts India at risk of more waves’, Iran confirms that it is in talks with Saudi Arabia, Pakistan government to set new rules to meet FATF requirements)

1. SEBI’s sustainability reporting norms mandate ESG overview Disclosures must on gender diversity, cybersecurity The Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) on Monday issued a circular notifying new disclosure norms on sustainability related reporting for the top 1,000 listed companies by market cap by FY23. Such a reporting will now be under a new […]

Daily News10 May 2021

Daily Current Affairs 10.05.2021 (Green panel allows Great Nicobar plan to advance, China rocket debris falls in Indian Ocean near Maldives, A TRIPS waiver is useful but not a magic pill)

1. Green panel allows Great Nicobar plan to advance The Environment Appraisal Committee, which had flagged concerns, has now ‘recommended’ it ‘for grant of terms of reference’ for EIA studies The Environment Appraisal Committee (EAC) – Infrastructure I of the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEFCC) has flagged serious concerns about NITI Aayog’s […]

Daily News10 May 2021

Daily Current Affairs 09.05.2021 (Anti-COVID-19 drug developed by DRDO gets emergency use nod, E.U., India relaunch FTA talks, . Study reveals interesting facet of the novel coronavirus)

1. Anti-COVID-19 drug developed by DRDO gets emergency use nod An analogue of glucose, it can be easily produced The Drugs Controller General of India (DCGI) has granted permission for emergency use of an anti-COVID-19 therapeutic application of the drug 2-deoxy-D-glucose (2-DG), developed by the Institute of Nuclear Medicine and Allied Sciences (INMAS), a lab […]

Daily News10 May 2021

Daily Current AFfairs 08.05.2021 (CJI nominates four vacation Benches, Almost half new cases rural, shots key, RBI sets up group to help review panel)

1. CJI nominates four vacation Benches More Benches to be constituted Chief Justice of India N.V. Ramana on Friday nominated four separate Benches of the Supreme Court to sit consecutively in May, during the first part of the summer holidays, to hear extremely urgent cases. More Benches would be constituted for the second and third […]