Current Affairs 2021: Today’s News Headlines: May 18, 2021
Here are Today’s News Headlines by GK Today for May 18, 2021:
India
- MyGov launches innovation challenge for creating Indian Language Learning App
- CoWIN portal reconfigured: Beneficiaries advised to reschedule appointment for 2nd dose of vaccine
- Indian Navy deploys 3 ships to rescue people onboard 2 barges adrift off the Mumbai coast because of cyclone Tauktae
- Virologist Shahid Jameel resigns as the chairman of scientific advisory group of Indian SARS-CoV-2 Genomics Consortium (INSACOG), a forum set up by union government in December 2020
- Industrialist and former chairman of Usha International Siddharth Shriram dies at 76 from COVID-19
Economy & corporate
- releases DRDO’s COVID therapy drug, 2-deoxy-D-glucose (2-DG) for emergency use; developed by DRDO and Dr Reddy’s Laboratories (DRL), Hyderabad
- Shilpa Medicare arm inks pact with Dr Reddy’s to manufacture Russian Sputnik V Covid-19 vaccine in Dharwad, Karnataka
- Wholesale inflation soars to 10.49% in April on higher fuel prices
World
- World Hypertension Day observed on May 17; theme: ‘Measure Your Blood Pressure Accurately, Control It, Live Longer’
- World Telecommunication and Information Society Day celebrated on May 17; theme: ‘Accelerating Digital Transformation in challenging times’
- 6th UN Global Road Safety Week being held from May 17 to 23, theme: ‘Streets for Life #Love30’ calling for 30 km/h default speed limits
- India at Security Council calls for ‘immediate de-escalation’ of Israel-Palestine hostilities
- China bars foreign curriculum and foreign ownership in private schools
Month: Current Affairs - May, 2021