DAILY CURRENT AFFAIRS (23-May-2021)

Hey The, Here are your Top 10 News for today 

•  Anti-Terrorism Day is observed on May 21 in India every year. It was on this day in the year 1991 that former Indian Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi was assassinated

• The objective behind observing Anti-Terrorism Day is to spread the message of peace, humanity, unity, and harmony among the people, and to make them aware of the anti-social acts of terrorism 

• The Public Enterprises Selection Board (PESB) has picked Arvind Kumar as MD of Chennai Petroleum Corporation Ltd, a unit of Indian Oil Corporation Ltd. He is currently an executive director at Indian Oil Corporation

• National Endangered Species Day was celebrated on May 21, 2021. Annually celebrated on the third Friday of May, this is a global event that is aimed at the protection of the endangered species of our planet. 2021 marks the 16th National Endangered Species Day

• The theme for National Endangered Species Day 2021 is Wildlife Without Borders. The 2020 theme was: Sustaining all life on Earth

• The International Monetary Fund has proposed a USD 50 billion global vaccination plan that would cover at least 40 percent of the global population by the end of 2021

• Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan has formally appointed Moeed Yusuf the country’s National Security Adviser. Since December 2019, Yusuf has served as a special assistant to the Prime Minister on national security and strategic policy planning

• SEBI has slapped a total fine of Rs 1.05 crore on Indiabulls Venture, its former non-executive director, her husband, and the firm's company secretary. They have been fined for contravening insider trading norms. Read the complete story

• Maharashtra government has launched the "Mission Oxygen Self-Reliance" scheme to meet the state's oxygen needs. Special incentives will be given to oxygen-producing industries under this scheme

•  The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has imposed a monetary penalty of ₹1 crore each on City Union Bank (CUB) and Tamilnad Mercantile Bank (TMB) for non-compliance with certain provisions of directions issued by it on Cyber Security Framework in Banks

• In a first, the UK has launched a new clinical trial that will assess the efficacy of a third ‘booster’ dose of seven different Covid-19 vaccines on patients’ immune responses. The trial will assess Covid-19 vaccines of Oxford-AstraZeneca, Pfizer-BioNTech, Moderna, Novavax, Valneva, Janssen and Curevac

•  The Athletics Federation of India has ruled out Bengaluru as the venue for June’s Indian Grand Prix IV and Inter-State Athletics Championships. It is the last domestic competition to achieve the Tokyo Olympic qualification mark for Indian athletes