Current Affairs
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 Global G20 Health Summit was co-hosted by European Commission along with Italy as part of its G20 presidency amid the surge and spread of coronavirus cases.
- The naturalist Jane Goodall has been announced as the 2021 winner of the Templeton Prize in recognition of her life’s work on animal intelligence and humanity.
- Hockey India has won the prestigious Etienne Glichitch Award in recognition of its contribution to the growth and development of the sport in the country.
- Atletico Madrid pipped city rivals Real Madrid to the La Liga title on 22nd May Luis Suarez fired them to a 2-1 comeback win at Real Valladolid.
- Red Bull’s Max Verstappen has won the Monaco Grand Prix for the first time to take the Formula One championship lead from Lewis Hamilton.
- A book has titled ‘India and Asian Geopolitics: The Past, Present’ is authored by Shivshankar Menon.
- Indian boxing’s first Dronacharya awardee coach, O P Bhardwaj has passed away.
- The former Chairman of the Atomic Energy Commission of India, Dr. Srikumar Banerjee, has passed away.
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