Current Affairs 2021: Today’s News Headlines: May 11, 2021
Here are Today’s News Headlines by GK Today for May 11, 2021:
India
- No judicial interference needed in Covid-19 vaccine policy: Centre tells SC
- Puducherry becomes ‘Har Ghar Jal’ UT after every rural home provided tap connection; 4th State/UT after Goa, Telangana and Andaman & Nicobar Islands
- BJP’s Himanta Biswa Sarma sworn in as new Chief Minister of Assam by Governor Jagdish Mukhi
Economy & corporate
- Private banks allowed to undertake agency jobs for central and state govts without any fresh approval: RBI
- Portal launched for filing complaints for alleged violation of public procurement order
- NITI Aayog and Mastercard release report titled ‘Connected Commerce: Creating a Roadmap for a Digitally Inclusive Bharat’
- PESB selects Arun Kumar Singh for the post of next CMD at BPCL
World
- Nepal: PM K. P. Sharma Oli loses vote of confidence in House of Representatives (Pratinidhi Sabha)
- International Day of Argania observed by UN on May 10; Argania tree grows in sub-Saharan region of Morocco
- Prominent German architect Helmut Jahn dies in Chicago (US) at 81 in an accident; designed Illinois State government building
- Amazon blocked 10 billion listings in counterfeit crackdown
Sports
- Fortunato Franco, member of India’s last Asian Games football gold medal winning team in 1962, dies at 84
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