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Today Current Affairs for Competitive Exams - Current Affairs 2021 Online BBB selects candidates for posts in four PSUs Renowned Assamese author and journalist Homen Borgohain passes away in May 2021. The Banks Board Bureau (BBB) has His most well-known novel is Pita Putra got recommended names of Satyajit Tripathi, Y K him the Sahitya Akademi award in 1978. Shimray, and Sophia Singh for the post of A former President of apex literary body Asam General Manager and Directors of the three Sahitya Sabha, Borgohain has written at least state-owned general insurance companies. 11 novels in Assamese and served as the The companies are New India Assurance editor-in-chief of two major Assamese Company, United India Insurance Company, dailies, Amar Asom and Niyomiya Barta. and General Insurance Corporation of India. Arti Mathur was selected for General 1st BRICS EWG Meeting held Manager in Oriental Insurance. Apurva Chandra, Secretary, Labour and 8th installment of benefit under PM-KISAN Employment chaired the 1st BRICS Employment Working Group (EWG) Meeting PM Modi will release the 8th installment of held on 11-12 May 2021 in New Delhi in financial benefit under the Pradhan Mantri virtual format. Kisan Samman Nidhi (PM-KISAN) scheme on India has assumed BRICS Presidency for 14 May'21. 2021. This will enable the transfer of more than Rs. The representatives of the International 19,000 cr to more than 9.5 cr beneficiary Labour Organization (ILO) and the farmer families. International Social Security Agency also Under the scheme, a financial benefit of Rs. made valuable interventions and suggestions 6000/- per year is provided to the eligible on the agenda issues. beneficiaries, payable in three 4-monthly installments. India to launch low-cost charging devices Orphan kids to get Rs 5000 per month The Indian govt in collaboration with manufacturers of electric vehicles and Madhya Pradesh CM Shivraj Singh Chouhan charging devices has developed a low-cost has announced that all the students who have charging infrastructure for electric two and lost their parents or guardians during the three-wheelers. current Covid-19 pandemic will be offered free The group has set a target price of less than education. Rs. 3500 for a smart AC charge point that can Apart from that, they will also be provided with be operated with a smartphone. a monthly pension of Rs 5000 for their books It allows up to 3 kW of power to be drawn and other necessities. charging e-scooters and e-autorickshaws. The govt will also be granting loans on government guarantees to people who want VMware picks Raghu Raghuram as CEO to work. VMware Inc. has named its Co-chief Homen Borgohain passes away Operating Officer Raghu Raghuram as its new Chief Executive. 1 | P a g e VMware makes software that helps business Indian Information Service Officer Dayawanti customers spread run their software on vast Srivastav passed away due to COVID fleets of physical computers in data centers. complications in May 2021. Sumit Dhawan will be elevated to the role of She was posted at the Press Information President of VMware. Bureau in New Delhi. Raghuram’s predecessor, Pat Gelsinger, was Born in 1965, she joined government service named Intel Corp.’s Chief Executive in in 1991. February 2021. She worked in different media units of the Information and Broadcasting Ministry. Central govt to issue Sovereign Gold Bonds Ravichandran Ashwin in the top 10 ICC rankings The Central government in consultation with the RBI has decided to issue Sovereign Gold In the latest ICC men’s Test Player Rankings Bonds. released on 12 May'21, Ravichandran Ashwin The bonds will be issued in six tranches from is the only Indian bowler to feature in the top May to September 2021. 10 ICC rankings in the Test format. The bonds will be sold through scheduled He is on the second spot. commercial banks, Stock Holding Corporation Jasprit Bumrah has also held on to his 11th of India Limited, designated post offices and position. recognized stock exchanges. Pakistan bowler Hasan has moved up six The minimum permissible investment will be places to the 14th position. one gram of gold. Shaheen is at 22nd and Nauman has gone from 54th to the 46th position. India received $83 billion in remittances Former Director of CBI, Ragothaman passes away India received over $83 billion in remittances in 2020, a drop of just 0.2 percent from In Tamil Nadu, former Director of Central 2019, according to a World Bank report. Bureau of Investigation Ragothaman passed China, which received $59.5 billion in away in May 2021 due to covid. remittances in 2020 against USD68.3 billion in His books on Rajiv Gandhi murder, 2019, is at second in terms of global Assassination of Mahatma- Indira- Rajiv remittances for 2020. Gandhi, Third Degree Crime Investigation India and China are followed by Mexico Management, and Crime and the Criminal ($42.8 billion), the Philippines ($34.9 billion), were popular. and Egypt ($29.6 billion). He had also won the President's Medal for meritorious service. Tips Music signs licensing deal with YT Shorts IT Dept issues refunds of over Rs 17,061 crore Music label Tips has signed a global licensing deal with Google’s new YouTube service The Income Tax Dept has issued over Rs 'Shorts'. 17,061 cr of refunds to more than 13 lakh As part of this deal, Tips will license its music taxpayers so far this fiscal year. catalog to YouTube allowing Indian music Of this, personal income tax refunds worth Rs lovers to create content inspired by its library 5,575 cr were issued in over 12.71 lakh cases across various languages. and corporate tax refunds of Rs 11,486 crore YouTube Shorts is a service that allows users were issued to 29,592 taxpayers. and artists to create short video content In the previous fiscal year, the dept issued Rs through the Shorts camera. 2.62 lakh cr worth refunds to more than 2.38 cr taxpayers. IIS officer Dayawanti Srivastav passes away Mountain bongo born at Polish zoo 2 | P a g e A baby mountain bongo was born at Warsaw Senior Congress leader and former Punjab Zoo in Poland in May 2021. minister Inderjit Singh Zira passed away on Mountain bongos, the largest among African 12 May 2021 in Mohali. forest antelopes, are a critically endangered An aide of late Akali stalwart Gurcharan Singh species with only about 70-80 adults left in the Tohra, Inderjit Singh Zira was elected from wild, according to the IUCN's Red List of the Zira assembly constituency in 1992 and Threatened Species. 1997. The animals are nocturnal and have a striking He served as Health and Jails Minister in the appearance due to their long horns. Shiromani Akali Dal government. Gopal Krishna Gokhale’s birth anniversary Himalayan red fox's subspecies spotted 9 May 2021 marked the 155th birth A subspecies of the Himalayan red fox was anniversary of Gopal Krishna Gokhale. spotted at a height of 3,000 metres in He was one of the founding leaders of the Pithoragarh, Uttarakhand. Indian national movement. The variety, known as Vulpes Vulpes Griffithi, He was a wise liberal nationalist who made was seen in Bhujani and Khaliya top areas of outstanding contributions towards social Munsiyari at an elevation of 3000 metres. empowerment. At least 8 subspecies of the red fox in the Gokhale founded the Servants of India Himalayan region have been seen in recent Society in Maharashtra’s Pune on June 12, years as an outcome of prolonged 1905. conservation efforts. Most NGOs don’t have SBI account Michelin India Executive VP Mohan Kumar dies Only 16% of registered NGOs have active Michelin India head Mohan Kumar died of bank accounts with the SBI’s main branch in Covid-19 on 11 May'21. Delhi, a compulsory requirement to receive He joined Michelin India in July 2005 as the foreign funds from 1 Apr'21. head of sales for passenger car tyres. The data was given in a submission made by Since Dec 2017, Mohan had been head of a non-governmental organization in the Delhi business of Michelin for India and the SAARC High Court on 12 May'21. countries. Registered NGOs can receive foreign Prior to joining Michelin, Mohan had worked in contribution under five purposes- social, various Indian and multinational companies in educational, religious, economic, and cultural. the marketing and sales domain across various industries. Bihar to subsidise purchase of ambulances Odisha to allow vaccination without ID proof Bihar State Transport Dept has announced subsidy on purchase of ambulances under The Odisha government on 12 May 2021 Mukhya Mantri Gram Parivahan Yojana announced that it will administer COVID-19 (MMGPY) by amending existing vehicle vaccines to vulnerable people (including options listed under the scheme. sadhu/saints from various religions) who do The subsidy will be provided on purchase of not possess any ID proof. 1068 ambulances, which will incur an This move will help to inoculate the entire expenditure of ₹21 cr to the state. population of the state. Earlier, the subsidy was offered only on The district authorities of Odisha will purchase of 3 or 4-wheeler passenger undertake appropriate preparations, including vehicles. the enlisting of such persons to be vaccinated. Punjab ex-minister Inderjit Singh Zira dies OkCredit launches website for Covid medicines 3 | P a g e OkCredit has announced the launch of a Popular comedian and supporting actor Nellai website 'Co-aid.in' to help people in distress Siva died in May 2021. He was famous for his discover verified leads for COVID-19 critical collaboration with Vadivelu.