Current Affairs 2021: Today’s News Headlines: May 1, 2021
Here are Today’s News Headlines by GK Today for May 1, 2021:
India
- Indian Navy launches Op Samudra Setu-II for shipment of oxygen-filled containers to India
- Principal Scientific Adviser to GoI releases home care tips for managing mild symptoms of COVID19
- Soli Sorabjee, former Attorney General for India, dies of Covid-19 at age 91; awarded Padma Vibhushan in 2002
- Rohit Sardana, news anchor at Aaj Tak channel of the India Today Group, dies at 41
- Bihar Chief Secretary Arun Kumar Singh passes away due to Coronavirus
- Communist Party of India’s veteran leader Dr Joginder Dayal dies at 90 in Chandigarh
Economy & corporate
- Government sets food grain output target at record 307.31 million tonnes for the crop year 2021-22 (1.3% more than 2020-21)
- Core sector output contracts 7% in 2020-21: Govt
- Government allows MPLADS (Members of Parliament Local Area Development Scheme) funds to setup oxygen manufacturing plants in govt hospitals
- Govt permits import of oxygen concentrators for personal use till July 31
- Suspension of scheduled international passenger flights extended till May 31
World
- Indian-American NGO Sewa International dispatches first batch of 2,184 oxygen concentrators to India
- Global FDI hit 15-year low of $846 billion in 2020, China overtook US: OECD data
- World’s longest pedestrian suspension bridge opens in Portugal; 516-metre-long bridge hangs 175 meters above River Paiva in the town of Arouca
- Israel: 44 people killed in stampede at Mount Meron; a pilgrimage site
- Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan seek to ease cross-border tensions after 39 killed in clashes
- International Jazz Day observed by UNESCO on April 30
Sports
- Octogenarian shooter Chandro Tomar dies at 89 in Meerut from Covid-19
- Norway’s Magnus Carlsen to face Russia’s Ian Nepomniachtchi in next World Chess Championship title match
- Ashleigh Barty wins women’s singles title at Porsche Tennis Grand Prix; also wins doubles with Jennifer Brady
Month: Current Affairs - May, 2021