Current Affair May 19, 2021 at 06:34AM
• 19 May :
National May Ray Day
National Devil’s Food Cake Day
Emergency Medical Services for Children Day – Wednesday of Emergency Medical Service Week
National Juice Slush Day – Third Wednesday In May
1) The first batch of the adjunct COVID therapy drug, 2-deoxy-D-glucose (2-DG) — developed by the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) along with Dr Reddy’s Laboratories (DRL), Hyderabad was released for emergency use.
Defence Minister Rajnath Singh formally handed over the drug to Health Minister Dr Harsh Vardhan.
Defence Research and Development Organisation( DRDO) :-
Founded - 1958
HeadQuarter - New Delhi
Chairman - G. Satheesh Reddy
Recent News - Smart Anti-Airfield Weapon (SAAW)
Ministry of Defence :-
Headquarters - New Delhi
Founded - 15 August 1947
Chief of Defence Staff (CDS):- General Bipin Rawat
2) Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh announced the creation of a new district of Malerkotla, carving the state's only Muslim-majority town from Sangrur district.
Adjoining Amargarh and Ahmedgarh will also form part of Punjab's 23rd district.
Punjab :-
CM :- Captain Amarinder Singh
GOVERNOR :- VP Singh Badnore
Ropar Wetland
Harike Wetland
Nangal Wildlife Sanctuary
Keshopur-Miani Community Reserve
3) The Union government is looking to establish 20 technology and research and development infrastructure centres that will be shared among academicians, labs, startups, and industries.
Three such centres set up at IIT-Kharagpur, IIT-Delhi and BHU Varanasi, are being operated with a transparent, open-access policy, according to the Union government. DST will establish five such centres every year for the next four years.
4) The govt has granted tax exemption to 4 more foreign funds for their earnings from infrastructure investments made in India between now and March 2024.
5) Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman will chair the 43rd Goods and Services Tax (GST) Council meeting on May 28, 2021 through video conferencing.
Ministry of Finance :-
Founded - 29 October 1946
Headquarters - New Delhi
Cabinet Minister - Nirmala Sitharaman
Recent News :- The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet (ACC) has approved the appointment of T V Somanathan as the new Finance Secretary.
6) The Biden administration has announced that Indian-American Neera Tanden will now join the White House as a Senior Adviser to President Joe Biden.
Tanden serves as President and CEO of CAP and has served as the CEO of the Center for American Progress Action Fund.
7) Madhya Pradesh CM Shivraj Singh Chouhan has announced that all the students who have lost their parents or guardians during the current Covid-19 pandemic will be offered free education.
Apart from that, they will also be provided with a monthly pension of Rs 5000 for their books and other necessities.
Madhya Pradesh
CM - Shivraj Singh Chouhan
Governor - Anandiben Patel
Bhimbetka Caves
Buddhist Monument at Sanchi
Khajuraho Temple
8) Ruskin Bond has carefully curated 25 of his most cherished stories in a new book, “All Time Favourites for Children”.
He received the Sahitya Akademi Award for English writing in India in 1993, the Padma Shri in 1999, and the Delhi government’s Lifetime Achievement Award in 2012.
9) World Rugby has confirmed the dates for next year's women's Rugby World Cup in New Zealand, with the tournament to run from 8th October to 12th November 2022.
The 12-team tournament which was due to be held this year in Auckland and Whangarei was postponed earlier this year due to the Covid-19 pandemic.
10) Indian Information Service Officer Dayawanti Srivastav passed away due to COVID complications in May 2021.
She was posted at the Press Information Bureau in New Delhi.
Press Information Bureau :-
Formed - 1919
Headquarters - National Media Centre, New Delhi
Minister - Prakash Javadekar, I&B Minister
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