CURRENT AFFAIR 17 MAY – 23 MAY Follow :- www.govtjoblelo.com TAUKTAE CYCLONE Tauktae cyclone is named by Myanmar. This is a Veri language, which means lizard. In the recent year, this is 4th cyclone which arise from Arab ocean and before pre mansoon period. After 2018, all the cyclone is named as “severe cyclone” or its upper class of cyclone. Before it, in 2018 cyclone Mekunu, in 2019 cyclone Vayu, in 2020 cyclone Nisarga came and make affect OMAN, GUJRAT & MAHARASHTRA. In the region of Hind Maha sagar, eight country (India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Maldives, Myanmar, Oman, Pakistan and Thailand) decide the name of any cyclone which comes in Hind Mahasagar ocean. Regional Specialized Meteorological Centre New Delhi decides the name of cyclone which arises in BENGAL KI KHADI and ARAB SAGAR and NORTH INDIAN OCEAN. Gujarat, Maharashtra, Kerala, Karnataka, Tamilnadu and Lakshyadeep are those states where cyclone creates harm in coastal area. CHINA JURONG ON MARS China, in its first attempt, has created a new task by landing the orbiter, Lander and rover on Mars. China's rover is named Jurong. It has become the second country in the world to send a rover, while the first number is America. With this, China has now become the third country in the world to land the Lander, before America and Russia have done so. China has named this mission "Tianwen-1". The mission was launched by the China National Space Administration in July 2020, and it entered the orbit of Mars on 10 February 2021. It covered 47. 5 crore kilometers in 202 days. BLACK FUNGUS IN INDIA The full name of black fungus is Mucormycosis which is a serious and rare fungal infection. It is caused by a fungus called Mucormycosis and it affects the lungs, skin and brain. It has a very high death rate. Talking about its symptoms, obstruction in the nose, black / blood discharge from the nose and pain in the cheek bone is the main. CURRENT AFFAIR 17 MAY – 23 MAY Follow: - www.govtjoblelo.com CURRENT AFFAIR 17 MAY – 23 MAY Follow:- www.govtjoblelo.com Apart from this, there is fever, numbness, and swelling, vomiting of blood, blood clot and chest pain. Recently, a large number of its patients have been found in Maharashtra, experts consider it to be the main reason for overdose of Asteroids. Asteroids used as a medicine for sugar patient to control their sugar level. This disease is seen only in those infected with corona or those who have been cured of corona infection. GREAT NICOBAR PROJECT: Recently, the Environment Appraisal Committee which flagged concerns over the project has now ‘recommended’ it ‘for grant of terms of reference’ for Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) studies. In August, 2020 the Prime Minister had declared that the Andaman and Nicobar islands will be developed as a "maritime and startup hub". Great Nicobar is the southernmost island of the Nicobar Islands Archipelago. The Mongoloid Shompen Tribe, about 200 in number, live in the forests of the biosphere reserve particularly along the rivers and streams. DIGITAL INDIA (RAILWAY) The railways has enabled free Wi-Fi at its 6000th station as the facility went live at Hazaribagh town of Jharkhand on Saturday, the national transporter said. The railways provided Wi-Fi facility first at the Mumbai Railway station in 2016, reaching its 5000th station, at Midanpore in West Bengal. On May 15, Jarapada station in Angul District of Odisha was also provided with Wi-Fi facility, it said on Sunday. WORLD TELE COMMUNICATION DAY Every year World Telecommunication Day is marked on May 17. CURRENT AFFAIR 17 MAY – 23 MAY Follow: - www.govtjoblelo.com CURRENT AFFAIR 17 MAY – 23 MAY Follow:- www.govtjoblelo.com World Telecommunication Day is celebrated annually on 17th May since 1969. On this day the International Telecommunication Union or ITU was founded and the first International Telegraph Convention in 1865 was signed. The theme of World Tele communications Day 2021 is: Accelerating digital transformation in challenging times. TOLL FREE NO FOR OLD AGE Many states of India, started toll free helpline for the old age person. The mission of this project is to give emotional and legal help. Currently 5 states is operating with this support no – 14567. The rest of state are working on it and looking for complete setup before May 2021. DONGARIA KONDH TRIBE The Niyamgiri hill range in Odisha state, eastern India, is home to the Dongria Kondh tribe. Niyamgiri is an area of densely forested hills, deep gorges and cascading streams. To be a Dongria Kondh is to farm the hills’ fertile slopes, harvest their produce, and worship the mountain god Niyam Raja and the hills he presides over, including the 4,000 meter Mountain of the Law, Niyam Dongar. Yet for a decade, the 8,000-plus Dongria Kondh lived under the threat of mining by Vedanta Resources, which hoped to extract the estimated $2billion-worth of bauxite that lies under the surface of the hills. The company planned to create an open-cast mine that would have violated Niyam Dongar, disrupted its rivers and spelt the end of the Dongria Kondh as a distinct people. CURRENT AFFAIR 17 MAY – 23 MAY Follow:- www.govtjoblelo.com CURRENT AFFAIR 17 MAY – 23 MAY Follow: - www.govtjoblelo.com INCOIS ESSO-INCOIS was established as an autonomous body in 1999 under the Ministry of Earth Sciences (MoES) and is a unit of the Earth System Science Organization (ESSO). ESSO- INCOIS is mandated to provide the best possible ocean information and advisory services to society, industry, government agencies and the scientific community through sustained ocean observations and constant improvements through systematic and focused research. It is started in 1999 while ESSO started in 2007 IT gives information and ocean news to the county without any cost. Its Headquarter in Hyderabad. ESSO headquarter in Delhi. Services: Tsunami early warning service Ocean state forecast service. Potential fishing zone advisory service. M S NARSIMHAN Mudumbai Seshachalu Narasimhan FRS was an Indian mathematician. He is known, along with C. S. Seshadri, for their proof of the Narasimhan–Seshadri theorem, and both were elected as Fellows of the Royal Society. He has been the only Indian to receive the King Faisal International Prize in the field of science. Spirit of Salam award (2020) Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize (1975) TWAS Prize for Mathematics (1987) Padma Bhushan (1990) King Faisal International Prize for Science CURRENT AFFAIR 17 MAY – 23 MAY Follow: - www.govtjoblelo.com CURRENT AFFAIR 17 MAY – 23 MAY Follow:- www.govtjoblelo.com KI RAJNARAYAN Ki. Rajanarayanan the grand old man of modern Tamil literature and winner of Sahitya Akademi award, died in Puducherry on Monday night. He was 98 and is survived by two sons. “A pioneer in writing stories in dialects, Ki.Ra. also authored a dictionary of dialect — Karisal Kaatu Sollagarathi — which paved way for similar dictionaries from other regions of the state,” said advocate K.S. Radhakrishnan, a close associate of Ki.Ra “In his earlier days he worked closely with the communists and was imprisoned. His name was also included in the Nellai conspiracy case, but subsequently dropped,” said Mr Radhakrishnan. He won the Sahitya Akademi award in 1991 for his novel ‘Gopallapurathu Makkal’ depicting the Telugu people who had migrated to southern parts of Tamil Nadu. It was followed by another novel ‘Andaman Naicker.’ IRAN SUPER COMPUTER IRAN has launched its super computer. It has been named FARSI BIRD ‘‘SIMORG” super computer. This is the top most advance and strong super computer which is developed in Tehran’s AMIRKABIR TECHNOLOGY UNIVERSITY. It will be used as a household for IRAN. NEW MEXICAN DYNASOR Archeologists of MEXICIO recently found a new species of DYNASOR. It is named as TLATOLOPHUS GALORUM. The new found species considered as 72 million years old. According to the archeologist, this species of DYNASOR were sensitive and they used to low frequency sound to talk with elephant. CURRENT AFFAIR 17 MAY – 23 MAY Follow: - www.govtjoblelo.com CURRENT AFFAIR 17 MAY – 23 MAY Follow:- www.govtjoblelo.com NATIONAL METEROLOGY CONCLAVE 2021 20 MAY is celebrated as world metrology day. “Measurement for health” is the theme of this year. 6 UNESCO HERITAGE SITES ADDED IN INDIA Archeology survey of India (ASI) purposes, 9 India heritage sites to UNESCO to add in their list. UNESCO has approved 6 Indian heritage sites. The list of approved new sites of India: GANGA GHAT OF VARANSI TEMPLE OF KANCHIPURAM SATPURA TIGER RESERVE HERRE BENKLE MEGALITH SITE MARATHA ARMY HANDICRAFT BHEDAGHAT – LAMETAGHAT OF JABALPUR TALE WILDLIFE CENTURY, GEOGLIF OF KONKON and MUBARAK MANDI OF JAMMU are not approved now by UNESCO Currently in India, there are 38 approved heritage sites which are included in UNESCO. Among that, 38 are cultural heritages, seven are natural heritage and one is mix heritage sites. Not the waiting list is increased up to 48, which are waiting for the approval by UNESCO. There are 4 heritage sites which was firstly included in UNESCO list in 1983. Tajmahal Ajanta cave Alora ki cave Fort of Agra The latest approved site by UNESCO is JAIPUR CITY, Which got approval in 2019. CURRENT AFFAIR 17 MAY – 23 MAY Follow: - www.govtjoblelo.com CURRENT AFFAIR 17 MAY – 23 MAY Follow:- www.govtjoblelo.com PRADHAN MANTRI GARIB KALYAN ANN YOGNANA The beginning of ‘’PRADHAN MANTRI GARIB KALYAN ANN YOGANA’’ is starting phase of COVID – 19. This is special food distribution program of India. It s first phase started in April 2020 and last on 30 June 2020. Under this scheme- MAY and JUNE 2021 has been included. INTERNATION DD NEWS PROGRAME India is thinking to establishment of INTERNATIONAL DD NEWS PROGRAMME.