Two new National parks are notified
Two new national parks, Dehing Patkai and Raimona, are notified in Assam.
Kerala retains top rank in NITI Aayog's SDG India Index
Kerala retains to rank in NITI Aayog's SDG India Index 2020-21 while Bihar is adjusted as the worst performer.
Mr. David Diop wins International Booker 2021
Mr. David Diop wins International Booker 2021 for his translated fiction At Night All Blood is Black./
Vice Admiral Ravneet Singh AVSM, NM assumes charge as Deputy Chief of Naval Staff
Vice Admiral Ravneet Singh, AVSM, NM assumed charge as Deputy Chief of Naval Staff on 01 Jun 2021. Vice Admiral Ravneet Singh was commissioned into the Indian Navy on 01 Jul 1983 and specialized in Aviation. The Flag Officer is a Qualified Flying Instructor with Master Green instrument rating. He has flown HT-2, Kiran HJT 16, TS 11 Iskra, Hunter, Harrier Gr 3, Jet Provost, Chetak, Gazelle, Hawk and Mig 29 KUB aircraft during his illustrious career.The Admiral has held various challenging Staff, Command and Diplomatic assignments during his distinguished naval career and has had wide ranging experience onboard diverse platforms. He has commanded various frontline ships and Naval Air Squadrons including INS Himgiri, INS Ranvijay, INS Ranvir, INAS 551B, INAS 300 as well as the premier Air Base INS Hansa.
Lieutenant General Pradeep Chandran Nair, AVSM, YSM takes over as Director General Assam Rifles
Lieutenant General Pradeep Chandran Nair, AtiVishishtSeva Medal (AVSM), YudhSeva Medal (YSM) took over as the 21st Director General of the Assam Rifles (popularly known as Sentinels of the North-East) on 1st June 2021. He has rich experience of Assam Rifles and the North East, having earlier been an Inspector General and a Company Commander in Assam Rifles, besides having commanded Assam Rifles battalions as a Brigade Commander.
Indian Boxer Pooja Rani (75 kg) wins Gold Medal
Indian Boxer Pooja Rani (75 kg) wins Gold Medal at the Asian Boxing Championship by defeating Mavluda Movlonova of Uzbekistan in Dubai.
Chelsea UEFA Champions League 2020-21
Chelsea emerges champion of the UEFA Champions League 2020-21 football title, beating Manchester City 1-0 in the final in Porto. Kai Havertz scored the only goal of the final to help Chelsea clinch the title. It is Chelsea's second Champions League title.
DRDO develops Critical Near Isothermal Forging Technology for aeroengines
Defense Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) has established the near isothermal forging technology to produce all the five stages of high-pressure compressors (HPC) discs out of difficult-to-deform titanium alloy using its unique 2000 MT isothermal forge press. The technology has been developed by the Defence Metallurgical Research Laboratory (DMRL), a premier metallurgical laboratory of DRDO at Hyderabad. This is a crucial technology for establishing self-reliance in aero engine technology. With this development, India has joined the league of limited global engine developers to have the manufacturing capabilities of such critical aero-engine components.
Amartya Kumar Sen from India has won Spain's Princess of Asturias Award in the social sciences category
Indian economist and Nobel Laureate Amartya Kumar Sen have honoured with Spain's prestigious Princess of Asturias Award in the social sciences category. The Award foundation praised him as his research on famines and his theory of human development, welfare economics has contributed to the fight against injustice, inequality, disease and ignorance. The award comprises a Joan Miro sculpture representing and symbolizing the award, a diploma, an insignia and a cash prize of 50,000 Euros.
Padmakumar Madhavan Nair was named the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of NARCL
State Bank of India's Padmakumar Madhavan Nair was in May 2021 named the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the National Asset Reconstruction Company Limited (NARCL) or commonly called Bad Bank. NARCL or Bad Bank is expected to be operational in June 2021. Nair, a career banker with SBI, has been Chief General Manager (CGM) in the Stressed Assets Resolution Group (SARG) of the bank since April 2020. Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman announced the creation of a bad bank in the 2021 Union Budget. The new entity will be in the form of an asset reconstruction company/asset management company to help the banking system get rid of the existing stock of problematic loans.
Cabinet approves Opening of a new Consulate General of India in Addu City, Maldives
The Union Cabinet, chaired by the Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi has approved the opening of a new Consulate General of India in Addu City, Maldives in 2021. India and Maldives share ethnic, linguistic, cultural, religious and commercial links steeped in antiquity. Maldives occupies an important place in the 'Neighbourhood First Policy' and the 'SAGAR’ (Security and Growth for All in the Region) vision of the Government of India. Opening of a Consulate General in Addu City will help augment India's diplomatic presence in Maldives and make it commensurate with the existing and aspired level of engagement.
Subodh Kumar Jaiswal appointed as new CBI Director
The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet, has based on the panel recommended by the Committee, approved the appointment of Shri Subodh Kumar Jaiswal, IPS (MH: 1985) as Director, Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) for a period of two years from the date of assumption of charge of the office or until further orders whichever is earlier.
Guillermo Lasso was sworn in as President of Ecuador
Former banker Guillermo Lasso was sworn in as President of Ecuador, becoming the country's first rightwing leader in 14 years. CREO right-wing leader Guillermo Lasso had won Ecuador's Presidential Elections 2021 with over 52 percent of votes against Andres Arauz, a protege of former President Rafael Correa who governed Ecuador from 2007 through 2017.
China's rover takes first drive on Mars
China's solar powered Zhurong rover takes first drive on surface of Mars.
India's Narinder Batra of India was re-elected as President of the International Hockey Federation
Narinder Batra re-elected as the President of the International Hockey Federation(FIH) for a second term during the virtual 47th Congress of the sports global governing body.
Shaji N M recently got the India Biodiversity Award 2021
Shaji N M was honored with the India Biodiversity Award 2021 in the individual category of 'Conservation of domesticated species' on the occasion of the International Biodiversity Day on May 22, 2021. Shaji N M is popularly known as "the Tuber Man of Kerala" as he conserves a wide array of around 200 tuber crops including greater yam, lesser yam, elephant foot yam, arrowroot, colocasia, sweet potato, cassava, and Chinese potato in his farm. Shergaon BMC in Arunachal Pradesh got the India Biodiversity award in the best biodiversity management committee category.
Gautam Adani becomes Asia’s 2nd richest man with $67 billion net worth
Adani Group founder and chairman Gautam Adani has now become the second richest man in Asia after overtaking China’s Zhong Shanshan. Gautam Adani’s net worth stands at $67.6 billion, making him the second richest Asian and the 14th richest businessman in the world, according to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index. Gautam Adani now remains just a spot behind Reliance Industries Limited (RIL) chief Mukesh Ambani, who is Asia’s richest man with a net worth of just above $76 billion. On the Bloomberg Billionaires Index, Mukesh Ambani is currently on the 13th spot, just a place above Gautam Adani.
A new meme cryptocurrency $STOPELON has been created
A new virtual coin has been minted. It has been named $STOPELON. The cryptocurrency has emerged just this week and the price has increased over 4,000 per cent in just a day — from $0.0000019 to $0.00009450. The currency has been created on the blockchain Binance Smart Chain and is currently trading at around $0.00005600 with a market capitalisation of nearly $30 billion.
India and Oman renew two agreements
India and Oman renew two agreements on military cooperation and maritime security in Muscat.
Indian-Origin Chemist winners of the 2020 Millennium Technology Prize
Cambridge University chemists Shankar Balasubramanian and David Klenerman were declared the winners of the 2020 Millennium Technology Prize, a prestigious global science and technology prize awarded for their development of revolutionary sequencing techniques which means DNA can now be read in super-fast times. The prize, awarded by Technology Academy Finland (TAF) at two-year intervals since 2004 - when Sir Tim Berners-Lee was honored for his discovery of the World Wide Web - to highlight the extensive impact of science and innovation on the wellbeing of society, is worth Euro 1 million. Sir Balasubramanian, an India-born British professor of medicinal chemistry, and Sir Klenerman, a British biophysical chemist, co-invented the Solexa-Illumina Next Generation DNA Sequencing (NGS), technology enabling fast, accurate, low-cost, and large-scale genome sequencing - the process of determining the complete DNA sequence of an organism's make-up, which is proving crucial in humanity's fight against the COVID-19 pandemic.
Anti Covid drug 2-DG launched by Defence Minister and Health Minister
Minister of Defence, Shri Rajnath Singh and Minister of Health and Family Welfare, Dr. Harsh Vardhan jointly launched the new COVID drug 2-DG at DRDO Bhawan. The anti-COVID-19 therapeutic application of the drug 2-deoxy-D-glucose (2-DG) has been developed by the Institute of Nuclear Medicine and Allied Sciences (INMAS), a lab of Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO), along with Dr. Reddy’s Laboratories (DRL), Hyderabad.
Miss Mexico Andrea Meza crowned Miss Universe 2021
Miss Mexico Andrea Meza was crowned Miss Universe 2021, beating 73 contestants across the globe in the beauty pageant at Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Hollywood, Florida. Miss Brazil Julia Gama was runner-up.
Barcelona Femeni wins UFFA women's Champions League 2020-21 title
Barcelona Femeni trounced Chelsea women's club 4-0 in the final to clinch its maiden UEFA Women's Champions League football title for 2020-21 at Gothenburg in Sweden.Barcelona became the first club in football history to win both the men's and the women's Champion League.
British Diplomat Martin Griffiths appointed as UN Humanitarian Chief
United Nations (UN) Secretary-General Antonio Guterres appointed veteran British diplomat Martin Griffiths as the new UN Humanitarianunder Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency relief.
Moctor Quane reappointed as Prime Minister of Mali
Moctor Quane was reappointed as Prime Minister of Mali by President Bah Ndaw. He was appointed as Prime Minister of Mali in September 2020, following the military coup which overthrew president Ibrahim Boubacar Keita in August 2020.
N Rangasamy was sworn in as the Chief Minister of Puducherry
AINRC leader N Rangasamy was sworn in as the Chief Minister of Puducherry at a brief ceremony held at Raj Nivas. Lt Governor Tamilisai Soundararajan administered the oath of office and secrecy to Rangasamy, who has become Chief Minister for the fourth time.
MK Stalin takes oath as Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu
Muthuvel Karunanidhi Stalin, the DMK president who led his party to a huge victory in the Assembly polls was sworn in as Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu. Governor Banwarilal Purohit administered the oath of office and secrecy to the 68-year old Stalin, for whom this would be the first stint as CM, in a simple ceremony at the Raj Bhavan.
UNESCO/Guillermo Cano World Press Freedom Prize 2021
Maria Ressa, Rappier chief executive officer, was awarded the UNESCO/Guillermo Cano World PressFreedom Prize 2021 in recognition of her outstanding contributions to the defence or promotion of press freedom especially in the face of danger. It is named in honour of Guillermo Cano Isaza, a Colombian journalist who was assassinated in front of the office of his newspaper El Espectador in Bogota, Colombia on 17 December 1986.
DRDO conducts maiden trial of Python-5 Air to Air Missile
Tejas, India's indigenous Light Combat Aircraft, added the 5th generation Python-5 Air-to-Air Missile (AAM) in its air-to-air weapons capability on April 27, 2021. Trials were also aimed to validate enhanced capability of already integrated Derby Beyond Visual Range (BVR) AAM on Tejas. The test firing at Goa completed a series of missile trials to validate its performance under extremely challenging scenarios. Derby missile achieved direct hit on a high-speed maneuvering aerial target and the Python missiles also achieved 100% hits, thereby validating their complete capability. The trials met all their planned objectives.
Shri Justice Rajesh Bindal to perform duties of the office of the Chief Justice of Calcutta High Court
The President of India in exercise of the powers conferred by Article 223 of the Constitution of India, appointed Shri Justice Rajesh Bindal, senior-most Judge of Calcutta High Court, to perform the duties of the office of the Chief Justice of that High Court with effect from 29th April, 2021 following the retirement of Shri Justice Thottathil Bhaskaran Nair Radhakrishnan, Chief Justice, Calcutta High Court. A notification in this regard has been issued by Department of Justice, Ministry of Law & Justice.
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