Daily GK Current Affairs News viable of 28th May 2021. – Here is the Regular current affairs viable of 28th May 2021. covering the following news headlines: Smart Kitchen Scheme, ICICI Bank, Van Dhan Yojna, World Hunger Day, International Day of Action for Women’s Health, 2020 International ENI Award.
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Here current affairs have been categorized which is as follows:
- National News
- States News
- Banking News
- Awards News
- Sports News
- Defence News
- Important Days
- Obituaries News
National News
- Rajnath Singh launches SeHAT OPD portal
- Defense Minister Rajnath Singh has launched ‘Services e-Health Support and Tele-Counseling (Sehat) OPD portal through video conferencing.
- The main objective of this portal is to provide telemedicine services to serving Armed Forces personnel, veterans and their families.
- The portal can be accessed at https://sehatopd.in/, to avail the telemedicine services
- SeHAT OPD portal is the final version with advanced safety features.
- The trial version was launched in August 2020 and more than 6,500 medical consultations have already been done on the beta version.
States News
- Assam CM Himanta Biswa Sarma Appoints ‘Guardian Ministers’
- Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma has appointed ‘guardian ministers’ to oversee the implementation of government policy decisions, administrative reforms and other welfare schemes in all 34 districts of the state.
- For balanced, fast and sustainable development of these districts, 13 ‘Guardian Ministers’ have been appointed for all 34 districts of Assam.
- The assigned ministers will be responsible for the implementation of all centrally-sponsored schemes as well as the state’s own priority programmes.
Important takeaways for all competitive exams:
- Assam Governor: Jagdish Mukhi.
Banking News
- ICICI Bank has collaborated with NPCI to link its ‘Pockets’ digital wallet to the UPI
- ICICI Bank has announced the introduction of a unique feature of connecting UPI (Unified Payments Interface) IDs to its digital wallet ‘pockets’, marking a departure from the existing practice of linking such IDs to savings bank accounts for Demands.
- The initiative enables users to conduct small value daily transactions directly from their ‘Pocket’ wallet. In addition, customers who already have a UPI ID will get a new ID by logging on to the ‘Pockets’ app.
- This initiative enables users to undertake small value everyday transactions directly from their ‘Pockets’ wallet using UPI in a safe and secure manner. It helps them to streamline the number of transactions being undertaken daily from their savings account and thus de-clutter their savings account statement of multiple entries.
- Further, it expands the convenient usage of UPI to young adults like college students, who may not have a savings account.
Important takeaways for all competitive exams:
- ICICI Bank Headquarters: Mumbai, Maharashtra.
- ICICI Bank Tagline: Hum Hai Na, Khayal Apka.
- ICICI Bank MD & CEO: Sandeep Bakhshi.
Awards News
- Nobel Laureate Amartya Sen conferred with Spain’s top award
- Indian economist and Nobel Laureate, Amartya Kumar Sen has been conferred with the ‘ 2021 Princess of Asturias Award’ by Spain in the social sciences category.
- Princess of Asturias Awards is annual prizes awarded by the Princess of Asturias Foundation in Spain to individuals, entities or organizations from around the world who make notable achievements in the sciences, humanities, and public affairs.
- The 87-year-old Sen was selected from 41 candidates of 20 nationalities for “His research on famines and his theory of human development, welfare economics and the underlying mechanisms of poverty have contributed to the fight against injustice, inequality, disease and ignorance”.
- The award comprises a cash prize of 50,000 Euros along with a Joan Miro sculpture representing and symbolizing the award, a diploma and insignia.
Sports News
- Ashok Kumar, the only Indian referee to officiate in wrestling in Tokyo Olympics
- Ashok Kumar will be the only referee in the country to officiate in the Tokyo Olympic Games wrestling matches.
- He was named in the list of officials released by the United World Wrestling (UWW).
- Ashok, who will officiate in his second consecutive Olympics. He is a UWW referees’ educator as well.
Defence News
- Aashritha V Olety is India’s 1st woman flight test engineer
- The squadron leader, Aashrita V Oleti, is the first and only woman qualified for this role in the Indian Air Force, and as a flight test engineer, she will be responsible for the evaluation of aircraft and air systems before joining the armed forces.
- Aashritha V Olety, a native of Karnataka, has graduated as part of the 43rd Flight Test Course.
Important takeaways for all competitive exams:
- Indian Airforce Headquarters: New Delhi.
- Air Chief Marshal: Rakesh Kumar Singh Bhadauria.
- Indian Airforce founded: 8 October 1932.
Important Days
- International Week of Solidarity with the Peoples of Non-Self-Governing Territories
- The United Nations is celebrating International Solidarity Week with people from non-autonomous regions from 25 to 31 May 2021. On December 06, 1999, the United Nations General Assembly called for the annual observance of solidarity week.
- In UN Charter, a Non-Self-Governing Territory is defined as a Territory “whose people have not yet attained a full measure of self-government.”
- World Hunger Day observed on 28 May
- World hunger day is celebrated globally on 28 May every year. The main objective of this day is to raise awareness about more than 820 million people living in chronic hunger worldwide.
- It is observed since 2011 to not only spread awareness about the malaise of chronic hunger but also to solve hunger and poverty through sustainable undertakings.
- World Hunger Day is an initiative by The Hunger Project, first started in the year 2011. This year marks the 11th annual WHD to look at hunger as a whole.
Important takeaways for all competitive exams:
- India ranked 94 among 107 nations in the Global Hunger Index 2020.
Obituaries News
- Author And Art Curator Alka Raghuvanshi Passes Away
- Author And Art Curator Alka Raghuvanshi passed away. She was India’s first trained art curator, having trained at the Goldsmiths College, London and the Museum of Modern Art in Oxford.
- She has curated and designed over 25 major exhibitions many of which travelled to other parts of the country and the world.
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