Current Affairs

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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 March 31, 2021 (July 2020-March 2021).

• Star India hockey team goalkeeper PR Sreejesh was re-appointed as a member of the International Hockey Federation (FIH) Athletes’ Committee during the virtual meeting of the world body’s Executive Board.

• Barcelona Women beat Chelsea Women to win the Women’s Champions League trophy. 

• The United Nations celebrates International Day for Biological Diversity on 22 May every year.  This year 2021 the theme is “We’re part of the solution”.

• Well-known environmentalist and Gandhian, Sunderlal Bahuguna has passed away. He was 94.

• The Munjal family-led Hero Group has launched a new education technology startup ‘ Hero Vired’, which will offer an end-to-end learning ecosystem.