MH Newspaper Cuttings of the day_29th May 2021_Saturday

MHES -Daily Newspaper Quiz

Questions and Answers-(29/5/2021)

Expand WHO.

Ans. World Health Organization

Expand GST.

Ans. Goods and Services Tax

Who is the Finance Minister of India?

Ans. Nirmala Sitharaman

Who is the Governor of Kerala?

Ans. Arif Mohammad Khan

Who is the External Affairs Minister of India?

Ans. S. Jaishankar

Expand DGCA

Ans. Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA)

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

1. SC directs district administrations to upload data on COVID-19-orphaned children by Saturday The Supreme Court Friday took note of children who have become orphans due to the COVID-19 pandemic and directed states to provide immediate relief to them. 2. Amarinder-Sidhu row: Sonia sets up three-member panel The panel will meet for the first time on Saturday morning at the party headquarters in New Delhi. 3. Held for making racial slur against Arunachal MLA, YouTuber gets police custody The 22-year-old will be again produced before the court virtually on Saturday. 4. BCCI SGM on Saturday; Board to officially lock in IPL window Ranji compensation could come up informally 5. Coronavirus in India \| Numbers and developments India’s average daily test positivity rate (positive cases identified for every 100 tests) continues to decline. It was 10.4% on May 27, compared to the 15.4% recorded a week before. Until May 28, about 17.3% of India’s adult population, 37.5% of the 45-plus population and 42.6% of those aged above 60 years, had been vaccinated with at least one dose. The number of positive coronavirus cases in India recorded in the last 24 hours stands at 1,65,186, taking the tally in the country to 2,77,18,503 at the time of publishing this newsletter. The death toll from the disease stands at 3,22,358.

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

1. SC directs district administrations to upload data on COVID-19-orphaned children by Saturday

The Supreme Court Friday took note of children who have become orphans due to the COVID-19 pandemic and directed states to provide immediate relief to them.

2. Amarinder-Sidhu row: Sonia sets up three-member panel

The panel will meet for the first time on Saturday morning at the party headquarters in New Delhi.

3. Held for making racial slur against Arunachal MLA, YouTuber gets police custody

The 22-year-old will be again produced before the court virtually on Saturday.

4. BCCI SGM on Saturday; Board to officially lock in IPL window

Ranji compensation could come up informally

5. Coronavirus in India | Numbers and developments

India’s average daily test positivity rate (positive cases identified for every 100 tests) continues to decline. It was 10.4% on May 27, compared to the 15.4% recorded a week before. Until May 28, about 17.3% of India’s adult population, 37.5% of the 45-plus population and 42.6% of those aged above 60 years, had been vaccinated with at least one dose.

The number of positive coronavirus cases in India recorded in the last 24 hours stands at 1,65,186, taking the tally in the country to 2,77,18,503 at the time of publishing this newsletter. The death toll from the disease stands at 3,22,358.