Current Affairs 2021: Today’s News Headlines: May 12, 2021

May 12, 2021

Here are Today’s News Headlines by GK Today for May 12, 2021:

World Health Organization declares Indian coronavirus variant, known as B1617, as a “variant of global concern”; earlier deemed a ‘variant of interest’
PM Modi speaks with Lotay Tshering; thanks Bhutan for support in wake of COVID pandemic
National Technology Day celebrated on May 11, marks Pokhran nuclear tests on May 11, 1998
15 organisations win awards given by Technology Development Board (TDB) for innovation and entrepreneurship under 3 categories — National Awards, MSME awards and Startup awards
IREDA (Indian Renewable Energy Development Agency Ltd) wins “Green Urja Award” from Indian Chamber of Commerce (ICC)
Covid-19: Haryana Government to provide Rs 5,000 to the families below the poverty line (BPL) in the state
Veteran Communist leader K.R. Gowri dies in Thiruvananthapuram at 102, was MLA till 2006
Maharashtra govt. appoints committee headed by former Chief Justice of the Allahabad High Court Dilip Bhosale to study Maratha quota judgement
1971 war veteran Squadron Leader Anil Bhalla (Retd) dies at 74
Rathnasree, Director of Nehru Planetarium, New Delhi, passes away

UN raises India’s growth forecast to 7.5% for calendar year 2021 in its World Economic Situation and Prospects report
Moody’s cuts India’s FY22 GDP forecast to 9.3% from 13.7% earlier; rules out rating upgrade
SBI’s Padmakumar Nair to take charge as first CEO of National Asset Reconstruction Company Ltd (NARCL)
₹76.67 cr. attached by Enforcement Directorate in Chinese loan Apps case

NASA’s OSIRIS-REx (Origins, Spectral Interpretation, Resource Identification, Security, Regolith Explorer) spacecraft begins 2-year trip home with samples from asteroid Bennu
Israeli police storm al-Aqsa mosque in Jerusalem, hundreds of Palestinians hurt