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MH Newspaper Cuttings of the Day_ 21st May 2021_Friday

MHES -Daily Newspaper Quiz

               Questions and Answers-(21/5/2021)

  1. Who is the Governor of Kerala?

And.  Arif Mohammad Khan

  1. Expand ICMR

Ans. Indian Council of Medical Research

  1. Who is the Director General of ICMR?

Ans. Professor Balram Bhargava

  1. Which is known as the world’s largest iceberg?

Ans.  A-76

  1. Expand ESA.

Ans.  European Space Agent

  1. Who is appointed as the new Advocate General of Kerala?

Ans.  Gopalakrishna Kurup

  1. Who is the new Director General of Prosecution Kerala?

Ans.  TA Shaji

 

 

Here are the latest updates and the big news stories to follow today

1. PM Modi to interact with Varanasi doctors, paramedical staff today

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will interact with doctors, paramedical staff and other frontline health workers of Varanasi on Friday via video conferencing. His office said Modi will review the working of various COVID hospitals in Varanasi, including the Pandit Rajan Mishra Covid Hospital, which was recently started through the joint efforts of the DRDO and the Indian Army.

2. BJP president J.P. Nadda to inaugurate COVID help desks

BJP president J.P. Nadda will on Friday inaugurate COVID-19 help desks at 824 community centres across the country, party MP and its “Kisan Morcha” president Rajkumar Chahar said.

3. More than 150 COVID-19 vaccination centres in Delhi to be shut from Friday

Delhi’s stock of Covishield vaccine for the 18-44 age group will last less than a day and the city government will have to shut more than 150 vaccination centres on Friday, AAP MLA Atishi said on Thursday.

4. Vaccination for 45-plus to begin in Mumbai on Friday

The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) will begin vaccination for citizens above 45 years of age for two days (Friday and Saturday) for both the vaccines.

5. INS Rajput to be decommissioned on Friday after 41 years of service

The Kashin-class destroyer, built by the erstwhile USSR, was commissioned on May 4, 1980.

6. Global health summit in Rome on Friday

On the eve of a global health summit in Rome, WTO Director-General Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala calls for diversification of vaccine production.

7. Japan gives preliminary okay to two more COVID-19 vaccines

Formal approval of the two additional vaccines is expected on Friday by a broader vaccine policy panel, officials said.

8. Apollo Tyres gets nod to re-start production at Kerala plant

The operations of the plant shall be resumed from Friday by adhering to the standard operating procedures/guidelines for industrial units as prescribed by the authorities

9. Coronavirus | Latest numbers and developments

The number of positive coronavirus cases in India recorded in the last 24 hours stands at 2,59,135, taking the tally in the country to 2,60,30,674 at the time of publishing this newsletter. The death toll from the disease stands at 2,91,365.

 

 

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