Current Affairs 2021: Today’s News Headlines: May 6, 2021

May 6, 2021

Here are Today’s News Headlines by GK Today for May 6, 2021:

Supreme Court strikes down Maharashtra law on grant of quota to Marathas; says no exceptional circumstances or the case was made out to breach the 50% cap on reservation.
Mamata Banerjee sworn-in as CM of West Bengal for 3rd consecutive term by Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar
Cabinet approves MoU between India and United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland on Migration and Mobility Partnership
Former head of the Malankara Mar Thoma Syrian Church Dr Philipose Mar Chrysostom dies at 103 in Kerala; awarded Padma Bhushan in 2018

RBI announces Covid-19 healthcare loan package of Rs 50,000 crore for vaccine makers, medical equipment suppliers, hospitals and patients in need of funds
RBI eases compliance norms for customer KYC verifications, advising banks against physical presence of customers
RBI extends scope of video KYC known as V-CIP (video-based customer identification process) for new categories of customers
Cabinet approves strategic disinvestment and transfer of management control in IDBI Bank Limited; Centre and LIC together own 94% equity of IDBI Bank
Cabinet approves allocation of additional foodgrain to NFSA beneficiaries under Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Anna Yojana (Phase III) for another period of two months – May and June, 2021
Labour and Employment Ministry authorised to collect Aadhaar details of beneficiaries for social security schemes
Citibank announces additional Rs 200 cr aid for COVID relief efforts in India
S&P Global Ratings slashes India’s GDP growth forecast for 2021-22 to 9.8% from 11% earlier
British Trade Secretary Liz Truss and Commerce Minister Piyush Goyal sign U.K.-India Enhanced Trade Partnership (ETP) agreement
20 entities granted permission to conduct Beyond Visual Line of Sight (BVLOS) experimental flights of drones

ADB President Masatsugu Asakawa outlines 5-point agenda for lasting recovery in Asia-Pacific region
UNESCO celebrates May 5 as “World Portuguese Language Day”
Oversight Board upholds Donald Trump’s suspension from Facebook and Instagram
Nepal: PM K. P. Sharma Oli’s govt. loses majority support after Maoist Center party withdraws support