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                                                     Current Affairs May- 29 Syrian   President,   Bashar al-Assad   has been re-elected for the fourth straight 7-year term in a landslide victory, winning 95.1 per cent of the total votes cast. Christine Wormuth   was confirmed unanimously by the Senate to be the first female secretary of the Army. Research and Analysis Wing chief,  Samant Kumar Goel   and Intelligence Bureau head   Arvind Kumar   were given a   one-year extension   in their services. The appointments committee of the Cabinet (ACC) has approved the appointment of  B.V.R. Subrahmanyam , Chief Secretary Jammu & Kashmir as an officer on special duty in the  Department of Commerce.  Historian  Laurence des Cars  becomes the first female president of  Musée du Louvre,  the world’s largest museum in  Paris, France in 228 years. Tata Digital  has acquired a majority stake in online grocery  BigBasket,  a deal that pits the country’s largest conglomerate against entrenched

                Amazon Buddha Jayanti Quiz Answer and Win Rs 10000/- 1) In which country is the birth of Buddha celebrated on April 8 and takes place along with the flower festival Hanamatsuri?    Japan 2) By which of these names is the Buddha also known as?    Shakyamuni 3) Buddha's birthplace Lumbini is now in which modern day country?    Nepal 4) One Pali text that gives details on the life of the Buddha is the Mahaparinibbana- sutta. What is the meaning of the name of the text?   Discourse on the Final Nirvana 5) The Temple of the Sacred Tooth, believed to house a tooth of the Buddha is located in which city?  Kandy 6) The Buddha founded an order of monks and nuns known as the _______. Fill in the blanks   Sangha

                                                        Current Affairs May- 28 Raksha Mantri Shri  Rajnath Singh   has launched the   ‘Services e-Health Assistance & Tele-consultation (SeHAT)   OPD portal, through video conferencing. Assam   Chief Minister   Himanta Biswa Sarma   has appointed  ‘Guardian Ministers’   to oversee the implementation of government policy decisions, administrative reforms, and other welfare schemes in all the 34 districts of the state. ICICI Bank   has announced the launch of a unique facility of linking a  UPI (Unified Payments Interface) ID   to its digital wallet  ’Pockets’,   marking a departure from the current practice that demands such IDs be linked with a savings bank account. Jagjit Pavadia,   the former Narcotics Commissioner of India and a retired officer of the Indian Revenue Service (Customs), has been elected   president   of the   International Narcotics Control Board (INCB). Indian economist and Nobel Laureate,  Amartya Kumar Sen   has

                               Amazon Daily Quiz Answer and Win Rs 30,000/- 1) INS Nireekshak, which was recently in news, is what type of vessel used by the Indian Navy?    Diving Support Vessel   2) Which country has announced that it would send rover 'Rashid' to the Moon in 2022?    UAE 3) In 2021, who fell from the Forbes list of the top 5 richest people in the world for the first time since 1993?        Warren Buffett 4) The last of this bird was seen in the 17th century in which country? Mauritius 5) In 1983, who left this company due to a diminishing interest in the day-day running of the company?   Steve Wozniak  

                                                        Current Affairs May- 27 Guillermo Lasso,   a conservative, assumed the presidency of Ecuador and has become the first right-wing leader in   14 years in Ecuador. India   will launch   ‘UNITE AWARE’,   a mobile tech platform for the   United Nations Peacekeepers   to improve their safety and security in the line of duty. Equitas Small Finance Bank   has now become the  first Small Finance Bank   to offer its   NRI customer segment   the ease of account opening online. Padma Bhushan awardee and noted gastroenterologist  Dr D Nageshwar Reddy,   who is also the chairman of  AIG Hospitals,   has won the   Rudolf V Schindler Award   from the   American Society of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy (ASGE). Banking technology startup,  Zeta   has raised   $250 million   from Japanese investment major SoftBank at a valuation of   $1.45 billion.   Zeta has become the   14th Indian startup   to cross the valuation of  $1 billion in 2021. V Karthikey

                                                    Current Affairs May- 26 The President of the Republic of  Congo,   Denis Sassou Nguesso  has appointed  Anatole Collinet Makosso  as the country’s  Prime Minister.  He replaced  Clement Mouamba,  in-office since 2016.  Israeli  Prime Minister  Benjamin Netanyahu  appointed  David Barnea  as the new head of the country’s spy agency, the  Mossad. Union Cabinet, chaired by Prime Minister  Narendra Modi  has approved the opening of a new Consulate General of India in Addu City, the  Maldives in 2021. The  Punjab Government   finally announced to rename the   Mohali International Hockey Stadium,  after triple Olympian and Padma Shri   Balbir Singh Sr. India’s GDP   is likely to have grown at   1.3%   in the   fourth quarter of 2020-21   and may have contracted by about   7.3%   for the full financial year, according to an SBI research report   ‘Ecowrap’. Foreign direct investments (FDI)   into the country grew   19 per cent   to  USD 59.64

                                                      Current Affairs May- 25 The  International Monetary Fund   has proposed a   $50 billion   global vaccination plan that would cover at least   40 per cent   of the global population by the end of  2021   and at least   60 per cent   by the first half of   2022. The  United Kingdom   will develop an advanced international pathogen surveillance network to identify   Covid-19 variants   and emerging diseases. Haryana government   has launched an anti-Covid   “Sanjeevani Pariyojana”,   which will provide supervised and quick medical care at home for people, with mild to moderate symptoms of Covid-19, residing in   rural areas. Maharashtra government  has launched the  “Mission Oxygen Self-Reliance”  scheme to meet the state’s oxygen needs. Uttarakhand   Chief Minister   Tirath Singh Rawat   has announced   Chief Minister Vatsalya Yojana   for orphaned children who have lost their parents due to  Covid-19. Shaji N.M.,   fondly called as  

                                 Amazon Daily Quiz Answer and Win Rs 15000/- 1) What does 'V' stand for in NEGVAC, a high level expert committee set up by the government of India?    Vaccine 2) Name the farthest Gamma-ray emitting active galaxy recently discovered by Indian scientists?  Narrow-Line Seyfert 1 3) According to a 2021 report by Swiss private banker Julius Baer, which Asian city is the most expensive place to live in the world?  Shanghai 4) Most of these animals weigh less than the tongue of which animal?    Blue whale 5) Identify the culivation technique.  Bonsai  

                                                  Current Affairs May- 24 The  Board of Reserve Bank Innovation Hub (RBIH)   has appointed   Rajesh Bansal   as the chief executive officer (CEO) of the RBIH with effect from May 17, 2021, the RBIH said in a statement. The  Badminton Association of India (BAI)   President   Himanta Biswa Sarma   has been elected as a Member   for the period 2021-25. Narinder Batra   has been re-elected as the President of the   International Hockey Federation (FIH)   for the second consecutive term. Kotak Mahindra Bank  has issued the first-ever  foreign portfolio investor (FPI)  licence to the  GIFT IFSC alternative investment fund (AIF)  of  True Beacon Global. Forbes  has unveiled its annual list of the  10 highest-paid athletes of the year.  UFC star  Conor McGregor  has topped the Forbes list by earning  $180 million  in the past year beating soccer superstars  Lionel Messi  and  Cristiano Ronaldo  to become the highest-paid athlete in the world. The

                                Amazon Daily Quiz Answer and Win Rs 10000/- Submit Correct answers in Amazon App to Win Amazon Quiz.  1) Tika Utsav,' a four day festival launched on the birth anniversary of Jyotiba Phule, is associated with which of the following?  Vaccination 2) Which of these 2021 tropical cyclones caused widespread damage in Western Australia?  Cyclone Seroja 3) Known as "Queen of the Nurburgring" Sabine Schmitz, who passed away recently, was a high-profile competitor in which sport?    Auto racing 4) To help them watch over broad, flat grazing areas, this animal's pupils come in what shape?  Rectangular 5) This picture is taken in which country?    France  

                                                       Current Affairs May- 22 Bihar government  has launched  ‘HIT (    home isolation tracks)  Covid App’  to ensure regular monitoring and tracking of those Covid-19 patients, who are in home isolation across the state.  Haryana and Gujarat   have become the first few states to announce   reimbursement of Goods and Services Tax (GST)   components paid for Covid-19 related medical supplies. India’s  Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO)   has developed a Covid-19 antibody detection kit. IDBI Bank   announced the launch of its fully digitized loan processing system, offering over 50 products to   MSME   and the agriculture sector. The  Reserve Bank of India   has increased the maximum amount outstanding in respect of full-KYC PPIs (KYC-compliant PPIs) from   Rs. 1 lakh to Rs. 2 lakh. The  Reserve Bank of India  will transfer  Rs 99,122 crore surplus  to the Central Government for the accounting period of nine months ended 

                                                  Current Affairs May- 21 Martha Karambu Koome   is Kenya’s first   woman chief justice.   She is the first woman to head any of the three branches of government. The  Union Culture Minister Prahlad Singh Patel   recently announced that around six cultural heritage sites have been added to the   UNESCO World Heritage Sites. Ganga Ghats of Varanasi, Temples of Kancheepuram in Tamil Nadu, Satpura Tiger Reserve in Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra Military Architecture Hire Benkal Megalithic site, Bhedaghat Lametaghat of Narmada Valley in Madhya Pradesh Jharkhand  has launched the  ‘Amrit Vahini’ App  for the online booking of hospital beds. Pinarayi Vijayan  was sworn as  Kerala Chief Minister for the second time  in the shadow of the Covid-19 crisis in the state. The  RBI   has imposed monetary penalty on   City Union Bank, Tamilnad Mercantile Bank and two other   lenders for contravention of certain directions issued by the central bank. The  I