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Daily GK Updates Current Affairs News viable of 12th May 2021. – Here is the Regular current affairs viable of 12th May 2021. covering the following news headlines: Har Ghar Jal, Mayflower 400, IREDA, International Nurses Day, National Asset Reconstruction Company, Jana Small Finance Bank.

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Table of Contents

Here current affairs have been categorized which is as follows

State News
International News
Appointments News
Economy News
Banking News
Awards News
Defence News
Important Days
Sports News
Obituaries News
Miscellaneous News

State News

Puducherry becomes ‘Har Ghar Jal’ UT

Puducherry has achieved the goal of 100 percent pipe-to-water connection in rural areas under the Water Life Mission (JJM). Earlier, Goa, Telangana and Andaman and Nicobar Islands have supplied tap water to each rural household under the Water Life Mission.
Therefore, Puducherry is the fourth state / union territory to ensure water supply to every villager’s home under Jal Hi Jeevan Mission.
Jal Jeevan Mission is a major program of the Central Government. It was announced in August 2019. Its main objective is to provide tap water connection to every rural household in the country by 2024.

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Chief Minister of Puducherry: N Rangasamy.

International News

K P Sharma Oli loses vote of confidence in House of Representatives

Nepal Prime Minister K P Sharma Oli has lost the vote of confidence in the House of Representatives.
K P Sharma Oli got 93 votes in his favour while 124 voted against him. In the 275-member House of Representatives, he required at least 136 Votes to win the trust vote in the lower of the House of Representatives.
After the NCP (Nationalist Congress Party) withdrew its support from the government, PM Oli faced a vote of confidence.
In January, KP Sharma Oli was expelled from the primary membership of the Nepal Communist Party for his decision to dissolve Parliament.

Important takeaways for all competitive exams:

Nepal capital is Kathmandu and the currency is Nepalese Rupees.
President of Nepal: Bidya Devi Bhandari.

Appointments News

Padmakumar Nair Appointed As CEO Of National Asset Reconstruction Company

Padmakumar M Nair has been appointed as the CEO of the proposed National Asset Reconstruction Company Limited. At present, Padmakumar is the Chief General Manager of the Stressed Assets Resolution Group at SBI.
National Asset Reconstruction Company Ltd. is a proposed bad bank for taking over stressed assets of lenders and was announced by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman in the budget for 2021-22 to consolidate and take over existing stressed assets of lenders and undertake their resolution.
Bad bank refers to a financial institution, which takes and resolves bad assets of lenders.
The National Asset Reconstruction Company Limited (NARCL) will pay up to 15 percent of the agreed value for the loan in cash and the remaining 85 percent will be government-provided security receipts.

Economy News

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Moody’s Projects India’s GDP Forecast for FY22 to 9.3%

Rating agency Moody’s has slashed India’s gross domestic product (GDP) estimate to 9.3 percent for FY 22 (01 April 2021-31 March 2022). Earlier its rate was 13.7 percent.
The downward revision in GDP estimates is due to the second wave of Covid infections across the country, which have triggered localised lockdowns and mobility curbs.

Banking News

Jana Small Finance Bank launches ‘I choose my number’ feature

Jan Small Finance Bank has announced the introduction of the “I choose my number” facility for all its customers across India.
This new feature gives the bank’s existing and new customers the option to select their favourite numbers as their savings or current account number.
The bank will allow its customers to select their preferred accounts as the last 10 digits of their bank account, savings or current.
The allocation of the account number chosen by the customer will be subject to the availability of the requested number.
This added feature will help customers relate and connect to the bank more closely as they choose auspicious or lucky numbers.

Important takeaways for all competitive exams:

MD and CEO of Jana Small Finance Bank: Ajay Kanwal;
Jana Small Finance Bank Founded: 24 July 2006;
Jana Small Finance Bank Headquarters Location: Bengaluru;
The tagline of Jana Small Finance Bank: ‘Paise Ki Kadar.

Awards News

IREDA conferred with Green Urja Award

The Indian Renewable Energy Development Agency Limited (IREDA) has been awarded the “Green Urja Award” by the Indian Chamber of Commerce (ICC) for being the leading public institution at the Financing Institution for Renewable Energy for this year.
IREDA received the award for the important and developmental role it plays in green energy financing.
The award recognises our immense contribution to the development of the Renewable Energy Sector in line with the Hon’ble Prime Minister’s vision of Atma Nirbhar Bharat.

Important takeaways for all competitive exams:

IREDA Headquarters location: New Delhi;
IREDA Founded: 11 March 1987.

Defence News

Indian and Indonesian navies conduct exercise in Arabian sea

Indian and Indonesian navies conducted Passage Exercise (PASSEX) in the southern Arabian Sea with a focus on making their interoperability even better. The main objective of the exercise was to improve the understanding and understanding of the differences between the two friendly navies.
From the Indian Navy, INS Sharda, an Offshore Patrol Vessel (OPV) with a Chetak helicopter participated in the exercise.
From the Indonesian Navy, KRI Sultan Hasanudin, a 90m Corvette took part in the exercise.
PASSEX is regularly operated by IN with units from friendly foreign countries. The last PASSEX between the IN and the Indonesian Navy was held on 13 March 21 between INS Kalpeni, IN Dornier and KRI Sultan Iskandar Muda.

Important takeaways for all competitive exams:

Integrated Headquarters of Ministry of Defence (Navy): New Delhi.
Indonesia President: Joko Widodo.
Indonesia Currency: Indonesian Rupiah.
Indonesia Capital: Jakarta.
Chief of Naval Staff (CNS): Admiral Karambir Singh.

Important Days

International Nurses Day observed globally on 12 May

International Nurse Day is observed globally on 12 May every year. This day is observed to commemorate the birth anniversary of Florence Nightingale.
She was also known as Lady with the Lamp. She was the founder of modern nursing and was a British social reformer and statistician.
The theme of 2021 International Nurses Day is ‘Nurses: A Voice to Lead – A vision for future healthcare’.
She is renowned for setting up the Nightingale School of Nursing, at St. Thomas’ Hospital in London (opened 1860) in order to formalize nursing education. She was the first woman awarded the Order of Merit (1907).

Important takeaways for all competitive exams:

International Council of Nurse’s headquarters: Geneva, Switzerland.
International Council of Nurses President: Annette Kennedy.
International Council of Nurses founded: 1899.

Sports News

New Zealand wicketkeeper BJ Watling to retire after World Test Championship

New Zealand wicketkeeper-batsman BJ Watling has announced that he will retire from international cricket after three Tests, including the World Test Championship final against India on his upcoming England tour.
Watling has played 73 Tests, 28 ODIs and 5 T20Is for the BlackCaps.
Watling became only the 9th wicketkeeper to score a double century and scored a double century against England when he did so at Bay Oval in 2019.
Watling has been involved in two 350-plus stands, one with Brendon McCullum in 2014 against India and the other with Kane Williamson the following year.

Important takeaways for all competitive exams:

Prime minister of New Zealand: Jacinda Ardern.
The currency of New Zealand: New Zealand dollar.
Capital of New Zealand: Wellington.

Obituaries New

Kerala’s Oldest Serving MLA KR Gouri Amma Passes Away at 102

KR Gowri Amma, Kerala’s most senior communist leader, who was the first revenue minister in the state’s first communist ministry in 1957, died due to age-related ailments. She was 102 years old.
She was the second longest-lived MLA in the Kerala Legislative Assembly and the last surviving member of the first Kerala government after the Partition of the Communist Party in 1964, K.R.
She joined the newly formed Communist Party of India (Marxist). She formed and headed the political party Janathipathiya Samrakshana Samithy (JSS) in 1994 after her ouster from CPI (M).
She was the driving force behind the historic Land Reform Bill in Kerala. She won 13 out of the 17 assembly elections.

Miscellaneous News

Mayflower 400: World’s First Unmanned Vessel To Navigate Across Atlantic

World’s First Unmanned Vessel named “Mayflower 400” is set to Navigate Across the Atlantic. It has been built by the marine research organization ProMare in collaboration with IBM. It will begin its transatlantic voyage on May 15, 2021, to track aquatic mammals, analyze plastic in the water, and study marine pollution.
The Mayflower 400 is a fully autonomous ship. It is a 15 meter tall trimaran weighing 9 tonnes. It operates through artificial intelligence and solar energy solar panels.
ProMare invested $1 million along with global contributions in the form of technology from India, the United States, and Switzerland to build the ship.

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