Daily GK News viable of 7th May 2021. – Here is the Regular current affairs viable of 7th May 2021. covering the following news headlines: The Bench, Border Roads Organization, Serum Institute of India, Rolls-Royce, HAL, India-France-Australia Trilateral Foreign Ministerial Dialogue.
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Here current affairs have been categorized which is as follows:
- National News
- State News
- Economy News
- Agreements News
- Awards News
- Important Days
- Banking News
- Books and Authors News
- Obituaries News
National News
- BRO celebrates 61st raising day on 7th May
- The Border Roads Organization (BRO) was formed on 7 May 1960, whose main objective was to develop infrastructure in India’s borders and remote areas of the north and northeastern states of India.
- The BRO celebrated its 61st Foundation Day (Foundation Day) on 7 May 2021.
- It is a leading road construction agency under the Ministry of Defence.
- Its primary role is to provide road connectivity in the border areas of India. It also undertakes upgrades as well as upgrades to infrastructure to meet India’s overall strategic and strategic goals.
Important takeaways for all competitive exams:
- BRO Headquarters: New Delhi;
- Director-General of BRO: Lt. Gen. Rajeev Chaudhary;
- BRO Founded: 7 May 1960.
State News
- DMK chief Stalin appointed as the Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu
- Tamil Nadu Governor Banwarilal Purohit has appointed Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) chief MK Stalin as the Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu. The 68-year-old is the son of former Tamil Nadu Chief Minister late M Karunanidhi.
- The DMK-led alliance won 159 seats, well ahead of the majority mark of 118 seats. The party alone won 133 seats in the election.
- In the 2019 Lok Sabha elections, Stalin led the United Progressive Alliance (UPA), of which DMK is a constituent, winning 38 of the 39 parliamentary seats in Tamil Nadu.
Economy News
- RM Sundaram appointed as Director of Indian Institute of Rice Research
- Fitch Solution has estimated the GDP of the Indian economy to grow 9.5 per cent in 2021-22 (April 2021 to March 2022).
- In fact, the reduction in GDP was due to the economic damage resulting from the state-level lockdown imposed due to the sudden and rapid rise in the number of coronavirus cases.
Agreements News
- Rolls-Royce and HAL Sign MoU for Supporting MT30 Marine Engine Business
- Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) and Rolls-Royce have signed an MoU to establish packaging, installation, marketing and services support for Rolls-Royce MT30 marine engines in India.
- Through this MoU, Rolls Royce and HAL will expand their long term partnership in India and work together in the field of marine applications for the first time.
- This partnership will leverage the rich experience of HAL’s IMGT (Industrial and Marine Gas Turbine) division which works on marine gas turbines with Indian shipyards.
Important takeaways for all competitive exams:
- Hindustan Aeronautics Limited: CMD: R Madhavan;
- Rolls-Royce CEO: Torsten Muller-Otvos;
- Hindustan Aeronautics Limited HQ: Bengaluru;
- Rolls-Royce Founder: Bayerische Motoren Werke AG;
- Rolls-Royce Headquarters: Westhampnett, United Kingdom;
- Rolls-Royce Founded: 1904.
Awards News
- Gita Mittal to be awarded Arline Pacht Global Vision Award
- Justice Geeta Mittal, former Chief Justice of the Jammu and Kashmir High Court, has been announced as the two recipients of the Arline Pacht Global Vision Award for 2021.
- The award will be presented at the biennial conference of the IAWJ during the virtual opening ceremony on 7 May 2021. He shares the honor with Margarita Luna Ramos from Mexico.
- The International Association of Women Judges (IAWJ) instituted the award in 2016. Justice Mittal will be the first Indian judge to receive this award. The award is presented to a sitting / retired female judge to recognize her contribution to the IAWJ.
Important takeaways for all competitive exams:
- International Association of Women Judges Founded: 1991;
- President of International Association of Women Judges: Vanessa Ruiz;
- International Association of Women Judges HQ: Washington DC, USA.
Important Days
- World Athletics Day 2021: 05 May
- World Athletics Day is celebrated on 5 May 2021. This date is subject to adjustment, with the IAAF setting the date for World Athletics Day, however, the month remains the same as May.
- World Athletics Day was first celebrated in 1996. The basic objective of World Athletics Day is to promote the participation of youth in athletics.
Important takeaways for all competitive exams:
- World Athletics Headquarters: Monaco;
- World Athletics President: Sebastian Coe;
- World Athletics Founded: 17 July 1912.
Banking News
- Kotak Mahindra Bank to Extend Online Payments to Farmers & Traders
- Kotak Mahindra Bank (KMBL) announced it has been selected as a digital payments partner by the National Agriculture Market (eNAM), a pan-India electronic trading portal for farm produce.
- KMBL will enable and facilitate online transactions for all stakeholders on the eNAM platform, including farmers, traders and farmer producer organizations (FPOs).
- Under this initiative, Kotak will provide payment, clearing and settlement services on the eNAM platform to facilitate trade between a buyer and seller of Agri produce.
- Kotak has integrated its payment system and portal directly with the payment interface of eNAM, to enable quick and safe transactions for Agri participants who have joined the platform.
Important takeaways for all competitive exams:
- Kotak Mahindra Bank Headquarters: Mumbai, Maharashtra.
- Kotak Mahindra Bank CEO: Uday Kotak.
- Kotak Mahindra Bank Tagline: let’s make money simple.
- Kotak Mahindra Bank Establishment: 2003.
Books and Authors News
- Meghan Markle set to release Children’s Book ‘The Bench’
- Meghan Markle will present her new book, The Bench, on 8 June, inspired by a poem she wrote to her husband Prince Harry as the father of son Archie on her first Father’s Day.
- The book, a watercolor illustration by Christian Robinson, began as a poem that Markle says he wrote for Harry on Father’s Day before Archie was born.
Obituaries News
- Former Union Minister and RLD Founder Ajit Singh Passes Away
- Former Union Minister and Rashtriya Lok Dal (RLD) founder and leader Ajit Singh died from COVID-19. He was the son of former Prime Minister of India Chaudhary Charan Singh.
- Ajit Singh had served as Minister of Commerce & Industry under Prime Minister V. P. Singh; Minister of Food Processing Industries in P. V. Narasimha Rao’s cabinet; Minister of Agriculture in Atal Bihari Vajpayee’s government and Minister of Civil Aviation in Manmohan Singh’s cabinet.
- Actress Abhilasha Patil passes away due to Covid-19
- Actress Abhilasha Patil, who starred in films like ‘Good News’, ‘Badrinath Ki Dulhania’ and ‘Chichhor’, died due to complications of Covid-19. She was in her early 40s.
- Apart from Bollywood movies, Patil also appeared in Marathi films such as ‘Te Aath Diwas’, Bayko Deta Ka Bayko’, ‘Prawaas’, ‘Pipsi’ and ‘Tujha Majha Arrange Marriage’.
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