PSC Current Affairs - May 29, 2021

  • Author of the the book ‘Indian and Asian Geopolitics : The Past, Present-Shivshankar Menon
  • Private Secretary to Chief Minister of Odisha who was recently awarded President’s Award 2021 by International Hockey Federation: V. Karthikeyan Pandiyan IAS
  •  Programme launched in Madhya Pradesh to encourage planting trees in the state Ankur
  • Indian Woman who was recently appointed as the President of International Narcotics Control Board (INCB) - Jagjit Pavadia.
  • Renowned Agriculture Scientist who was known as ‘Father of Hybrid Rice in China’ passed away recently  - Yuan Longping
  • Hong Kong Mountaineer who has recorded the world’s fastest ascent of  Mt. Everest by a woman: Tsang Yin-hung
  • Recently re elected President of Syria  - Bashar al-Assad
  • Hospital chain which recently announced the rollout of Sputnik V, Covid vaccine in India from June 2021-Apollo Hospitals.
  •  Newly appointed Commerce Secretary of India B.V.R. Subrahmanyam
  •  First woman flight test engineer of Indian Air Force - Aashritha V Olety
  • Theme of World Hunger Day (May 28) 2021  Access Ends Hunger
  •  New name of Indian Broadcasting Foundation (IBF) - Indian Broadcasting and Digital Foundation (IBDF)
  •  Indian Parliament member who was recently nominated as a member of Inter - Parliamentary Union (IPU) Standing Committee of United Nations Affairs - Diya Kumari
  • Theme of Menstrual Hygiene Day (May 28), 2021 : Action and Investment in Menstrual Hygiene and Health.
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