Current Affairs 2021: Today’s News Headlines: May 15, 2021

May 15, 2021

Here are Today’s News Headlines by GK Today for May 15, 2021:

Cyclone Tauktae warning: NDRF (National Disaster Response Force) deploys 24 teams in Kerala, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Gujarat & Maharashtra
Punjab CM Amarinder Singh announces Malerkotla as the state’s new district (23rd)
Times Group chairperson Indu Jain dies in New Delhi at 84, awarded Padma Bhushan in 2016

State-run Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd (PGCIL) raises Rs 2,736.02 crore through sale of 27.41 crore units in the PowerGrid Infrastructure Investment Trust (PGInvIT) offer for sale (OFS)
exempts procurement of supplies to contain Covid-19 from mandatory local content requirements
Foreign exchange reserves rise by USD 1.444 billion to USD 589.465 billion in the week ended May 7
PM-KISAN scheme: PM Modi releases 8th instalment of Rs 19,000 cr to 9.5 crore farmers
Under the PM-KISAN scheme, govt. giving Rs 6,000 in three equal installments to 10 crore farmers annually
Dr Reddy’s Laboratories (DRL) rolls out Russia’s Covid-19 vaccine Sputnik V at Rs 995 per dose

KP Sharma Oli re-appointed PM of Nepal as opposition parties failed to muster majority to form new govt
Pablo Picasso’s “Woman Sitting Near a Window” (1932) painting sold for USD 103.4 million at Christie’s in New York