Current Affairs 2021: Today’s News Headlines: May 9, 2021

Here are Today’s News Headlines by GK Today for May 9, 2021: India SC sets up 12-member national task force to streamline oxygen allocation across country Covid positive report not mandatory for hospitalisation: Health Ministry Centre provides conditional exemption for ..

Month: Current Affairs - May, 2021

Current Affairs – May 8, 2021 [Daily News Digest]

GKToday provides daily summary of important Current Affairs Topics selected from National and International News. Here is the list of articles covered under Current Affairs May 8, 2021. World Thalassemia Day: May 8 Every year the World Thalassemia Day is celebrated ..

Month: Current Affairs - May, 2021

NASA Rover Records Ingenuity Flight in Mars

The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) recently released a new video shot by the Perseverance rover. The six wheeled robot has shot the fourth flight of Ingenuity helicopter successfully. About the video The duration of the video was three ..

Month: Current Affairs - May, 2021

RBI to conduct first SLTRO for small finance banks

The Reserve Bank of India recently announced that it is to conduct the first Special Long Term Repo Operation (SLTRO) of Rs 10,000 crores for Small Finance Banks. What is the plan? The RBI will conduct the SLTRO for each ..

Month: Current Affairs - May, 2021

NFRA creates Database of companies and auditors

The National Financial Reporting Authority is creating a database of companies and auditors. What is the plan? As a first step of establishing the database, NFRA is to identify and verify the primary data sources. This is essential because certain ..

Month: Current Affairs - May, 2021

World Migratory Bird Day: May 8

Every year, the World Migratory Day is celebrated on second Saturday of May and October. This year, it is celebrated on May 8th. The previous World Migratory Bird Day was celebrated on October 10th. The main objective of celebrating the ..

Month: Current Affairs - May, 2021

What is COVID Variant of Concern?

The UK scientists recently declared the new COVID-19 strains found in India as the “Variant of Concern”. What are the criteria to name a virus as “Variant of Concern”? Various national and international organisations such as CDC (Centre for Disease ..

Month: Current Affairs - May, 2021

RBI sets up Committee to assist RRA 2.0

The Reserve Bank of India recently constituted a Committee under the Managing Director S Janaki Raman. The committee is to assist the second Regulatory Review Authority. About the Committee The committee will assist the authority to identify areas, guidelines, regulations ..

Month: Current Affairs - May, 2021