Daily GK Current Affairs News viable of 21st May 2021. – Here is the Regular current affairs viable of 21st May 2021. covering the following news headlines: City Union Bank, INS Rajput, Kerala Chief Minister, UNESCO World Heritage sites, Amrit Vahini, Ayushman Bharat.
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Here current affairs have been categorized which is as follows:
- International News
- National News
- State News
- Banking News
- Awards News
- Defence News
- Important Days
- Obituaries News
International News
- Martha Koome becomes Kenya’s first woman chief justice
- Martha Karambu Koom is the first female Chief Justice of Kenya. She is the first woman to head any of the three branches of government.
- Koome, 61, a calm but staunch women’s rights crusader, takes over the judiciary ahead of next year’s general elections and would likely play a decisive role in adjudicating any eventual election disputes.
Important takeaways for all competitive exams:
- Kenya President: Uhuru Kenyatta.
- Kenya Capital: Nairobi.
- Kenya Currency: Kenyan shilling.
National News
- Six Heritage Sites added to India’s UNESCO World Heritage sites Tentative List
- Union Culture Minister Prahlaad Singh Patel recently announced that about six cultural heritage sites have been added to UNESCO World Heritage Sites.
- With this, the total number of sites in the UNESCO World Heritage Sites Temporary List has increased to 48.
The following six places have successfully entered the tentative list of UNESCO World Heritage sites.
- Temples of Kancheepuram in Tamil Nadu,
- Ganga Ghats of Varanasi,
- Satpura Tiger Reserve in Madhya Pradesh,
- Maharashtra Military Architecture
- Hire Benkal Megalithic site,
- Bhedaghat Lametaghat of Narmada Valley in Madhya Pradesh.
State News
- Jharkhand launches ‘Amrit Vahini’ App for online booking of hospital beds
- Jharkhand has launched the ‘Amrit Vahini’ app for online booking of hospital beds. Corona patients in Jharkhand can book hospital beds online through the ‘Amrit Vahini’ app launched by CM Hemant Soren.
- ‘Amrit Vahini’ App, the state government would be able to provide better facilities for the people infected with the coronavirus.
- However anyone can find all the information about the availability of hospital beds and even book online for themselves or someone else, ‘Amrit Vahini’ app or website. The bed booked by the person will be reserved for him for the next two hours.
Banking News
- RBI imposes a penalty on City Union Bank, 3 other lenders
- RBI has imposed monetary fines on City Union Bank, Tamil Nadu Mercantile Bank and two other lenders for violation of certain instructions issued by the Central Bank.
- A penalty of Rs.1 crore has been imposed on City Union Bank Limited for contravention of/non-compliance with certain provisions contained in the RBI (Lending to MSME Sector) Directions, 2017 and the circulars on the Educational Loan Scheme and Credit Flow to Agriculture – Agricultural Loans – Waiver of Margin/Security Requirements.
- In another statement, the RBI has stated that it has imposed a penalty of Rs 1 crore on Tamil Nadu Mercantile Bank for not complying with certain provisions of the directives issued by it on the cyber security framework in banks.
Important takeaways for all competitive exams:
- RBI 25th Governor: Shaktikant Das;
- Headquarters: Mumbai;
- Founded: 1 April 1935, Kolkata.
Awards News
- Suresh Mukund becomes 1st Indian to win annual ‘World Choreography Award 2020′
- Emmy Award-nominated Indian choreographer Suresh Mukund has won the 10th annual ‘World Choreography Award 2020’ (also known as the Koryo Awards), becoming the first Indian to win the prestigious honor.
- He won the award in the ‘TV REALITY SHOW/COMPETITION’ category, for his work on the hit American TV reality show ‘World of Dance’.
- Mukund is the director and choreographer of the Indian dance crew ‘The Kings’, which won the 2019 season of World of Dance.
- The World Choreography Awards, famously known as the “Oscars of Dance”, takes place every year, in Los Angeles, to showcase the most innovative and original works by the world’s best choreographers featured in television, film, commercials, digital content, and music videos.
Defence News
- Indian Navy Designs Oxygen Recycling System to mitigate oxygen shortage
- The Indian Navy has designed an Oxygen Recycling System (ORS) to mitigate the current oxygen shortage.
- The diving school of the Indian Navy’s Southern Naval Command has designed and conceptualized the system because of their expertise in the field as some of the diving sets used by the school use the original concept.
- ORS will extend the life of the existing medical oxygen cylinders by two to four times, using the fact that only a small percentage of oxygen inhaled by a patient is actually absorbed by the lungs, while the rest is exhaled along with carbon dioxide produced by the body.
Important takeaways for all competitive exams:
- Indian Navy Founded: 26 January 1950.
- Chief of Naval Staff: Admiral Karambir Singh.
Important Days
- National Anti Terrorism Day: 21 May
- In India, National Anti-Terrorism Day is celebrated on 21 May to commemorate the death anniversary of former Prime Minister of India, Rajiv Gandhi.
- The day is also observed to spread the message of peace, harmony, and humankind and to promote unity among the people.
- Rajiv Gandhi was the youngest Prime Minister of India. He was appointed as the sixth Prime Minister of the country and also served the country from 1984 to 1989.
- Mr. Gandhi was assassinated on May 21, 1991, by a human bomb. He was killed in Tamil Nadu in a campaign by a terrorist. Then, under the V.P. Singh government, the center has decided to observe 21st May as Anti Terrorism Day.
- International Tea Day observed globally on 21st May
- International Tea Day is celebrated globally on 21 May on the recommendation of India. The main objective of International Tea Day is to try to improve the condition of tea producers and tea workers.
- The United Nations recognized International Tea Day by the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) to raise awareness of the deep cultural and economic significance of tea around the world and promote its importance in fighting hunger and poverty.
- The United Nations General Assembly has designated May 21 as International Tea Day based on a proposal moved by India at the FAO Intergovernmental Group (IGG) on Tea in October 2015.
- Before 2019, December 15 is celebrated as International Tea Day in tea producing nations such as Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Vietnam, Indonesia, Kenya, Malawi, Malaysia, Uganda, India and Tanzania.
Obituaries News
- Former Rajasthan Chief Minister Jagannath Pahadia passes away
- Senior Congress leader and former Rajasthan Chief Minister Jagannath Pahadia has died due to COVID-19 epidemic.
- He served as the Chief Minister of Rajasthan from 6 June 1980 to 14 July 1981. Apart from this, he was also a former Governor of Haryana and Bihar.
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