Current Affairs 2021: Today’s News Headlines: May 12, 2021
Here are Today’s News Headlines by GK Today for May 12, 2021:
India
- World Health Organization declares Indian coronavirus variant, known as B1617, as a “variant of global concern”; earlier deemed a ‘variant of interest’
- PM Modi speaks with Lotay Tshering; thanks Bhutan for support in wake of COVID pandemic
- National Technology Day celebrated on May 11, marks Pokhran nuclear tests on May 11, 1998
- 15 organisations win awards given by Technology Development Board (TDB) for innovation and entrepreneurship under 3 categories — National Awards, MSME awards and Startup awards
- IREDA (Indian Renewable Energy Development Agency Ltd) wins “Green Urja Award” from Indian Chamber of Commerce (ICC)
- Covid-19: Haryana Government to provide Rs 5,000 to the families below the poverty line (BPL) in the state
- Veteran Communist leader K.R. Gowri dies in Thiruvananthapuram at 102, was MLA till 2006
- Maharashtra govt. appoints committee headed by former Chief Justice of the Allahabad High Court Dilip Bhosale to study Maratha quota judgement
- 1971 war veteran Squadron Leader Anil Bhalla (Retd) dies at 74
- Rathnasree, Director of Nehru Planetarium, New Delhi, passes away
Economy & corporate
- UN raises India’s growth forecast to 7.5% for calendar year 2021 in its World Economic Situation and Prospects report
- Moody’s cuts India’s FY22 GDP forecast to 9.3% from 13.7% earlier; rules out rating upgrade
- SBI’s Padmakumar Nair to take charge as first CEO of National Asset Reconstruction Company Ltd (NARCL)
- ₹76.67 cr. attached by Enforcement Directorate in Chinese loan Apps case
World
- NASA’s OSIRIS-REx (Origins, Spectral Interpretation, Resource Identification, Security, Regolith Explorer) spacecraft begins 2-year trip home with samples from asteroid Bennu
- Israeli police storm al-Aqsa mosque in Jerusalem, hundreds of Palestinians hurt
Month: Current Affairs - May, 2021