DAILY GK: 25 MAY 2021
1. BLOOMBERG BILLIONAIRE INDEX
• Based on the data compiled by Bloomberg
Billionaire Index, Adani Group’s founder and chairman Gautam Adani became
Asia’s 2nd richest man.
Ranking of Asia’s Richest
Person:
Ranking Country Richest person Net
worth
1st India Reliance
Industries’ MukeshAmbani $76.5 billion
2nd India Adani
Group’s Gautam Adani $66.5
billion
3rd China Zhong
Shanshan $63.6
billion
2. NEW CEO OF RESERVE
BANK INNOVATION HUB
• The Board of Reserve Bank Innovation Hub
(RBIH) has appointed Rajesh Bansal as the chief executive officer (CEO) of the
RBIH with effect from May, 2021.
• Reserve Bank Innovation Hub (RBIH) is
headed by Infosys co-founder S (Kris) Gopalakrishnan.
• With aim to leveraging technology to
drive innovation across the financial sector.
3. NEW PRIME MINISTER OF
CONGO
• Anatole Makosso, was appointed as the
New Prime Minister of the Republic of the Congo.
• He was appointed by Denis SassouNguesso,
the President of Congo.
4. NARINDERBATRA
RE-ELECTED AS FIH PRESIDENT
• NarinderBatra, Indian Olympic
Association president was re-elected as president of the International Hockey
Federation(FHI) for a 2nd term at the virtual 47th Congress of the FHI held on
May22,2021.
• NarinderBatra is also the member of International
Olympic Committee (IOC)
• FIH is the international governing body
of field and indoor field hockey.
5. DRDO DEVELOPS
‘DIPCOVAN’
• The Defence Institute of Physiology and
Allied Sciences (DIPAS), a unit under the Defence Research and Development
Organisation (DRDO) has developed DIPCOVAN
(DIPAS-VDx COVID-19 lgG Antibody Microwell ELISA), an Indigenous
COVID-19 Antibody detection-based kit.
• The kit can detect the spike as well as
nucleocapsid (S&N) proteins of the SARS-CoV-2 virus with a high sensitivity
of 97% & specificity of 99%.
6. MICROSOFT ANNOUNCED
THE RETIREMENT OF INTERNET EXPLORER IN 2022
• Microsoft has announced that its
Internet Explorer 11 desktop application will retire and go out of support on
15th June 2022 for certain versions of Windows 10.
• At present, Internet Explorer, which was
launched in 1995, holds only a 3.8% share of the desktop browser space which is
dominated by Google’s Chrome with 70% share.
7. F1 MONACO GP
• Red Bull Racing Honda’s Max Verstappen
(Netherlands) won the 2021 F1 Monaco Grand Prix held at Circuit de Monaco,
Monte Carlo.
• The F1 Championships are organised by
Federation Internationale de l’Automobile (FIA).
8. WORLD TURTLE DAY 2021
• World Turtle Day is annually observed
across the globe on 23rd May to support the people to celebrate and protect the
tortoise and turtles and their habitats across the globe.
• The theme of World Turtle Day 2021 is
“Turtle Rocks!”.
9. UTTARAKHAND CM
ANNOUNCED VATSALYAYOJANA
• Uttarakhand Chief Minister Tirath Singh
Rawat announced a scheme named Chief Minister VatsalyaYojana for orphaned
children who have lost their parents due to Covid-19.
• The State Government proposed to make
arrangements for their maintenance, education and training for employment for
those orphaned children up to the age of 21 years.
• The state’s orphaned children will be
provided with a maintenance allowance of Rs 3000 per month.
