Current Affairs

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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 ‘Tuber Man’ of Kerala has been awarded the India Biodiversity Award 2021 in the individual category of ‘Conservation of domesticated species’.

• The United States National Aeronautics and Space Administration is planning to search for water and other resources on the moon in 2023.

• International Missing Children’s Day is observed globally on 25th May every year.

• European Space Agency (ESA) has confirmed using satellite images that the world’s largest iceberg has broken off Antarctica.