China successfully sent a new ocean-monitoring satellite into orbit as part of its effort to build an all-weather and round-the-clock dynamic ocean environment monitoring system which would provide early warning on marine disasters.
The satellite was launched by a Long March-4B rocket carrying the Haiyang-2D (HY-2D) satellite from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Centre.
The union government has decided to increase the fertilizer subsidy outlay for the year by 14,775 crore. This will take the fertilizer subsidy outlay for 2021-22 to Rs 94,305 crore from a budgeted outlay of Rs 79,530 crore.
The decision was taken to increase the subsidy for diammonium phosphate (DAP) fertilizer from Rs 500 to Rs 1200 per bag, an increase of 140 percent.
Star India hockey team goalkeeper Parattu Ravindran Sreejesh was appointed as a member of the FIH Athletes' Committee during the virtual meeting of the world body's Executive Board.
He was one of the four new members appointed by the EB which met two days before the 47th FIH Congress, which will also be held online.
Steve Horgan (USA), the new chair of the FIH Rules Committee, succeeding David Collier.
On the occasion of International Museum Day, May 18), the National Gallery of Modern Art (NGMA), New Delhi, has launched its first-ever audio-visual guide app.
This app will make it possible for museum viewers to listen to stories and anecdotes on their smartphones of several treasured Indian Modern artworks displayed at the museum anywhere at any time.
Director-General of the National Gallery of Modern Art (NGMA), Shri Adwaita Gadanayak.
Leicester won the FA Cup for the first time in the club's 137-year history as Youri Tielemans's sensational strike beat Chelsea 1-0. Four times they had previously lost the final, but the last of those was 52 years ago.
Chelsea conceded four goals in the first 36 minutes as Barcelona blew them away to win their first Women's Champions League in Gothenburg. Barcelona are the first Spanish side to win the Women's Champions League.
Barcelona become the first club to win both the men’s and women’s Champions League, and this was the biggest ever winning margin in a women’s final.
HyperVerge announced its partnership with SBI, with one of its flagship products, the Video Banking solution, which aims to achieve a 10x improvement in the number of account openings per day per agent. Last year, Reserve Bank of India allowed banks to adopt the Video Customer Identification Process (V-CIP).
HyperVerge is an AI company headquartered in Palo Alto (United States).
The Haryana became the first state in India to allow reimbursement of goods and service tax paid by companies, non-governmental organisations and individuals on purchase of 15 items including Covid vaccines, Remdesivir injections, ventilators and oxygen cylinders that they have donated free of cost to the state government or state-run hospitals.
The prime minister of Mali, Moctar Ouane, has been reappointed as prime minister by the transitional president after submitting his resignation. Upon the prime minister's resignation, transitional president Bah N'Daw "repealed the decrees" respectively appointing the prime minister and the members of the government.
Bihar government launched 'HIT Covid App' to ensure regular monitoring and tracking of those Covid-19 patients, who are in home isolation across the state. HIT stands for home isolation tracking.
Health workers will visit the patients at home every day and feed data in the app after measuring their temperature and oxygen level.
The Centre slashed subsidy on sugar exports from Rs 6,000 per tonne to Rs 4,000 per tonne with immediate effect in view of firm global prices.
Sugar production in India has reached more than 30 million tonne so far in the 2020-21 marketing year, higher than 27.42 million tonne achieved in the 2019-20 year, as per the industry data.
All India Sugar Trade Association (AISTA) Chairman Praful Vithalani.
IDBI Bank announced the launch of its fully digitized loan processing system, offering over 50 products to MSME and the agriculture sector.
The Loan Processing System (LPS) for MSME and agri products seamlessly integrate with data fintech, bureau validations, document storage, account management and customer notifications among others.