This article lists the current affairs of May 2021 in a consolidated form for the preparation of all upcoming Kerala PSC, UPSC, SSC, Banking, railways, and other competitive examinations.
Current Affairs May 2021
World No Tobacco Day – May 31.
Theme – Commit to Quit.
Anti-terrorism Day – May 21.
World Laughter Day – May 02.
World Red Cross & Red Crescent Day – May 08.
New Advocate General of Kerala – Gopalakrishna Kurup.
Newly appointed Private Secretary to Chief Minister of Kerala – K.K. Ragesh.
Newly appointed 4th Deputy Governor of RBI – T. Rabi Sankar.
Newly appointed Power Secretary of Kerala – Dr. B. Ashok.
India’s First Agriculture Export Facilitation Centre is in – Pune.
The Indian Navy initiative for faster transportation of medical oxygen and other supplies from foreign countries to India – Operation Samudra Setu II.
Largest Producer of Liquid Medical Oxygen (LMO) in India – Reliance.
First country to allow Driverless cars on public roads – United Kingdom.
Name the new chatbot introduced by CSC, HDFC banks – Eva.
First Drive in vaccination center in India - Mumbai.
Who was presented with Japan’s Order of the Rising Sun? Shyamala Ganesh.
No. of women soldiers inducted into the Indian Army's military police for the first time – 83.
RBI excluded which bank from the second schedule of RBI Act – Lakshmi Vilas Bank.
First BRICS Employment Working Group (EWG) meeting (virtually) was held under the chairmanship of – India.
Apurva Chandra, the Secretary of Labour & Employment chaired the meeting.
Which state stands first in executing the Ayushman Bharat program – Karnataka.
One of the oldest web browsers is being retired after 25 years of its service. Which is it? Internet Explorer of Microsoft.
Developed by – Thomas Reardon.
First Mobile robot to Moon – VIPER (Volatiles Investigating Polar Exploration Rover).
Expected launch date – late 2023.
Part of NASA's Artemis program for searching water on the moon.
India's first Mobile ATM was launched by – ICICI (2002).
Second Largest FDI in India – USA.
First Female Secretary of the Army (USA) – Christine Wormuth.
New Acting chairperson of National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) – Justice Prafulla Chandra Pant.
Which social media giant collaborated with Govt. of India to launched a vaccine finder tool on its mobile app to assist people in locating the nearest vaccination centers – Facebook.
First female IAS officer of Assam – Parul Debi Das (Passed away).
Athlete ambassadors for the International Olympic Committee’s (IOC) ‘Believe in Sport’ campaign – PV Sindhu & Michelle Li (Canada).
Aim – to prevent competition manipulation.
Name the sharpshooter who died lately and served as an inspiration for the award-winning Bollywood movie ‘Saand ki Aankh’ – Chandro Tomar.
also known as Shooter Dadi.
Mental Health Program for the COVID Patients launched by Armed forces – Operation “CO-JEET.”'
Winner of UNESCO World Press Freedom Prize of 2021 – Maria Ressa.
World’s largest airplane – Roc (USA, company: Stratolaunch).
Newly elected Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu – M.K. Stalin (DMK).
Director of Indian Institute of Rice Research – R.M. Sundaram.
Located at – Rajendranagar near Hyderabad, Telangana.
Famous Indian sitarist who died lately as a result of Covid-19 complications - Pandit Debu Chaudhuri.
First-ever India-France-Australia Trilateral Foreign Ministerial Dialogue was held in – London.
The state that is building 'Forest Ponds’ to harvest rainwater under Parvat Dhara scheme – Himachal Pradesh.
New Chief Minister of Puducherry – N. Rangasamy (All India NR Congress, AINRC).
Who won the best actor award at New York City International Film Festival 2021 – Anupam Kher (Film: Happy Birthday).
New Chief Minister of Assam – Himanta Biswa Sarma.
Author of 'Elephant In The Womb' – Kalki Koechlin (Actress).
14th NASA Administrator – Bill Nelson.
RBI recently appointed a Malayali as the Executive Director. Who is it? Jose J. Kattoor.
First Indian To Win 15th Sheikh Zayed Book Award – Dr. Tahera Qutbuddin.
Sheikh Zayed Book Award is known as the 'Nobel Prize of the Arab World.'
For her book "Arabic Oration – Art and Function."
First-ever commercial lunar payload paid entirely in the cryptocurrency Dogecoin – DOGE-1 Mission to the Moon (Company: SpaceX).
3 cost-effective ventilators and oxygen concentrators developed by ISRO – Prana, VaU & Svasta.
R. Sankar Award 2021 winner – Remesh Chennithala.
Newly appointed CEO of BAD Bank – Padmakumar Nair.
also known as National Asset Reconstruction Company.
a financial institution that takes over the bad assets of lenders and undertakes resolution.
The naval exercise conducted by India & Indonesia – Passage Exercise (PASSEX).
Second longest-serving MLA in Kerala Legislative Assembly – KR Gouri Amma.
First Revenue Minister of Kerala.
The largest recipient of remittances in 2020, according to World Bank – India. (Second: China)
India's First Electric tractor - Sonalika Tiger Electric.
World Food Award 2021 – Dr. Shakuntala Hark Singh Thilstad (Indian-origin).
Re-appointed Prime Minister of Nepal – K.P. Sharma Oli.
World’s first country to ban synthetic cannabinoids – China.
First Mars Rover of China – ZhuRong.
Famous Kerala Politician who passed away recently - R. Balakrishna Pillai.
New senior adviser of White House – Neera Tanden.
69th Miss Universe 2020 – Andrea Meza (Mexico).
Winner of Whitley Awards 2021 aka Green Oscar – Nuku Phom (Nagaland).
Winner of 10th Italian Open title – Rafael Nadal.
Author of 'Sikkim: A History of Intrigue and Alliance' which was released on Sikkim Day (May 16) – Preet Mohan Singh Malik (Former Diplomat).
Only Indian mathematician to receive the King Faisal International Prize – Professor MS Narasimhan.
Passed away on May 15, 2021.
Along with C. S. Seshadri, were known for their proof of the Narasimhan–Seshadri theorem.
Cyclone Taukate was named by – Mynamar.
New President of Tibetan exile government – Penpa Tsering.
Reappointed Prime Minister of Mali – Moctar Ouane.
New ocean observation satellite launched by China – Haiyang-2D.
2nd largest insurance-technology market in Asia-Pacific – India.
Newly formed 23rd district of Punjab – Malerkotla.
Six Heritage Sites added to India’s UNESCO World Heritage sites Tentative List
Ganga Ghats (Varanasi)
Hire Benkal Megalithic site,
Maharashtra Military Architecture,
Temples of Kancheepuram (Tamil Nadu),
Satpura Tiger Reserve (Madhya Pradesh),
Bhedaghat Lametaghat of Narmada Valley (Madhya Pradesh).
First woman chief justice of Kenya – Martha Koome.
Winner of Dublin Literary Award 2021 - Valeria Luiselli (Book: Lost Children Archive).
The first destroyer of the Indian Navy was decommissioned on May 21. What was its name? INS Rajput.
Commissioned on – 04 May 1980.
Original name – Nadezhny.
INS Rajput was built with Russian collaboration in the 61 Communards Shipyard.
It participated in many operations like Operation Aman, Operation Pawan, Operation Cactus, etc.
Which state ranked first in the country for implementation of Smart City Mission programs? Jharkhand.
First Woman Commercial Pilot Of Kerala - Jeni Jerome.
Indian freedom fighter and Mahatma Gandhi's personal secretary who passed away on May 4, 2021 - V. Kalyanam.
1st Indian to win annual ‘World Choreography Award 2020′ – Suresh Mukund.
The new book released by Ruskin Bond – All time favourites or children.
The Covid-19 antibody detection kit developed by DRDO – DIPCOVAN.
The Gandhian environmentalist who started the Chipko movement in 1973 – Sunderlal Bahuguna.
Passed away on May 21, 2021.
Chipko slogan – 'Ecology is the permanent economy.'
CEO of Reserve Bank Innovation Hub – Rajesh Bansal.
Re-elected FIH President (International Hockey Federation) – Narinder Batra.
First state in India to have an online flood reporting system - Assam.(Flood Reporting and Information Management System)
India’s first-ever foreign portfolio investor (FPI) license FPI license to GIFT IFSC alternative investment fund (AIF) of True Beacon Global was issued by – Kotak Mahindra Bank.
Host Country of the Global G20 Summit – Italy.
Recipient of 2021 Templeton prize – Jane Goodall (Naturalist; for life’s work).
Kerala's second biomedical Waste treatment facility under Kerala Enviro Infrastructure Limited (KEIL) is being set up at - Brahmapuram.
Host of FIFA U-17 women’s World Cup – India (October 2022).
The book titled “Nehru, Tibet and China” authored by – Avtar Singh Bhasin.
First Dronacharya winning coach of Indian boxing – O. P. Bhardwaj.
Cyclone Yaas was named by – Oman(Persian language, means jasmine-like fragrance).
Keralite who won the India Biodiversity Award 2021 – Shaji N.M.
Nickname – ‘Tuber Man’ of Kerala
In the individual category of ‘Conservation of domesticated species’.
‘UNITE AWARE’ – Mobile tech platform deployed by India for UN peacekeepers.
Amazon’s new CEO – Andy Jassy (July 5th).
First Indian to win Rudolf V. Schindler award – Dr. Nageshwar Reddy.
Autobiography of Neena Gupta – Sach Kahun Toh.
The famous Indian economist who was conferred with Spain’s top award 'The Princess of Asturias Award’ in the social sciences category – Amartya Sen.
Winner of International Eni Award 2020 (also called the Energy Frontier award) – C.N.R. Rao.
Noted Indian scientist & Bharat Ratna winner.
International Eni Award is considered to be the 'Nobel Prize in Energy Research.'
For his work on metal oxides, carbon nanotubes & other materials, and 2-D systems.
India’s 1st woman flight test engineer – Aashritha V. Olety.
The only Indian referee to officiate in wrestling in Tokyo Olympics – Ashok Kumar.
Re-Elected as Syrian President for 4th Term – Bashar Al-Assad.
Who is going to be the New Commerce Secretary of India? B.V.R. Subrahmanyam.
One-year extension for RAW chief Samant Goel, IB head Arvind Kumar.
PM's New Scheme For Mentoring Young Authors – YUVA (Young Upcoming and Versatile Authors).
The new book written by Salman Rushdie – Languages of Truth: Essays 2003-2020.
The Nepalese woman who set a record for climbing Mt. Everest 25 times - Kami Rita Sherpa.
The volcano that erupted in the Republic of Congo – Mount Nyiragongo.
First Woman Commanding Officer of Border Roads Organization – Vaishali S. Hiwase.
Formula One Portuguese Grand Prix 2021 Winner - Lewis Hamilton.
Portable Breathing Bank was first introduced by which state in India - Rajasthan (Jodhpur).
The new name of Mohali International Hockey Stadium - Balbir Singh Sr. International Hockey Stadium.
The Jury award for the Best Film at the 11th Dada Saheb Phalke International Film Festival 2021 was given to - Jungle Cry. (Director: Sagar Ballary)
Lightest form of Uranium - Uranium 214.
Half-life period - 0.52 ms.
Created - Heavy Ion Research Facility in Lanzhou, China.
First Female Chief Minister of West Bengal - Mamata Banerjee.
Founder of All India Trinamool Congress.
Author of 'BENGAL 2021: An Election Diary' - Deep Halder.
New Telemedicine app of Kerala police released in April 2021 -Blue Telemed.
World’s first Artificial Intelligence ship - Mayflower 400. (Company: ProMare in collaboration with IBM)
Second African Country to eliminate trachoma - Gambia.
First - Ghana (2018).
Caused by - Chlamydia trachomatis (bacteria).
World Press Freedom Day – May 03.
Recently the state of Odisha introduced a health insurance scheme of Rs 2 lakh for each Journalist. Name the scheme - Gopabandhu Sambadika Swasthya Bima Yojana.
First single dose Covid 19 vaccine in the world - Sputnik Light (Russia).
Author of the book titled ‘7 Lessons from Everest’ - Aditya Gupta.
Name of the Malayali nurse who was killed recently in Israel by the Palestinian militants from Gaza - Soumya Santhosh.
3 part multinational exercise series that is currently undergoing in Atlantic and Europe under NATO - Steadfast Defender 2021.
Hollywood movie giant MGM Studios (Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer) was acquired for $8.45 billion by - Amazon.
Laureus World Sportsman of the Year Award 2021 - Rafael Nadal.
Laureus World Sportswoman of the Year - Naomi Osaka.
Chinese rocket debris that crash-landed in the Indian Ocean - Long March 5B (Chang Zheng 5).
Author of ‘Stargazing: The Players in My Life’ - Ravi Shastri.
Anti-Covid 19 medicine developed by DRDO - 2-deoxy-D-glucose (2-DG).
Chinese vaccine recently approved by WHO - Sinopharm.
First in Kerala to deploy drones for public sanitation purposes - Thrissur.
Digital payments partner of the National Agriculture Market (eNAM) - Kotak Mahindra Bank.
Recipient of Shakti T.K Ramakrishnan Cultural Award - T. Padmanabhan.
Instituted by - Shakti Theatres.
First plastic surgeon of Kerala - Dr. P. A. Thomas. (Passed away)
Author of 'Life in the Clock Tower Valley' - Shakoor Rather.
Go Air Airlines is re-branded as - Go First.
The Malayali who received the coveted ‘Point of Light' award from British Prime Minister David Cameron - Prabhu Natarajan.
for the selfless service, he performed in offering food and other delights to individuals in need during the Covid 19 times.
Chairman of the Digital Media Content Regulatory Council (DMCRC) - Justice Vikramjit Sen.
a self-regulatory organization founded by the Indian Broadcasting and Digital Foundation for the complaints process of OTT platforms.
Father of Hybrid Rice in China - Yuan Longping. (Passed away)
Auto rickshaw Ambulance Service was launched in which part of Kerala? Kochi.
First BioHub facility of WHO is going to be launched in - Spiez (Switzerland).
India's first Yellow fungus case was reported in - Ghaziabad(Uttar Pradesh).
India's first Black fungus case in Kids was reported in - Gujarat.
What is the other name for Black fungus? Mucormycosis.
Who renounced the ONV Literary award 2021 because of #MeToo related controversies - Vairamuthu (Tamil poet).
Which decommissioned Indian Navy Fast Attack Craft recently was handed over to Alappuzha Port Museum - INFAC T-81.
Peoples Advocate for UN Climate Change Conference (COP 26) - Sir David Attenborough.
Winner of Khasakkinte Itihasam Golden Jubilee Novel Award - King Jones (Book: Chattambi Shastram).
instituted by - DC Books
The Taliban has captured the second-biggest dam in Afghanistan in recent times. What is its name? Dahla Dam (also known as Arghandab Dam; Kandahar Province).
RBI cancelled a Pune-based bank's licence on May 31, 2021 under the provisions of Banking Regulation Act, 1949. Name the bank - Shivajirao Bhosale Sahakari Bank.
First Blind Asian to climb Mount Everest - Zhang Hong (China).
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