Daily Current Affairs – 31 May, 2021

Facts in News YUVA Scheme Recently, ‘YUVA- Prime Minister’s Scheme For Mentoring Young Authors’ has been launched. Key Points YUVA stands for ‘Young, Upcoming and Versatile Authors’. It is a part of India@75 Project Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav. Implementation by: National Book Trust, Ministry of Education Aim: To encourage young writers to write about India’s […]

The Philippines has protested China’s continuing illegal presence and activities near an island in the South China Sea held by it. About The South China Sea issue has been long prevailing between China and other countries surrounding the sea.  The immediate tension could be pointed to the presence of Chinese boats in the areas which […]

In News  Recently, the 74th World Health Assembly (WHA) has adopted a new resolution to accelerate efforts to end malaria. About  The resolution aims to urge Member States to step up progress on containing the disease, in line with WHO’s updated global malaria strategy and the WHO Guidelines for malaria. It called on countries to […]

In News Recently ,the Centre has enhanced the scope of the Emergency Credit Line Guarantee Scheme (now termed ECLGS 4.0) owing to disruptions caused by the second wave of the Coronavirus pandemic. Major Highlights of ECLGS 4.0 3-trillion ECLGS :  The government has expanded the Rs 3-trillion Emergency Credit Line Guarantee Scheme (ECLGS) to help […]

In News NASA is preparing to send around 5,000 tardigrades, also called “water bears” and 128 glow-in-the-dark baby squid into the International Space Station for research purposes. About The water animals will be launched aboard SpaceX’s 22nd cargo resupply mission to the ISS. They are part of experiments that could help scientists design improved protective […]

In News Under the Science, Technology, and Innovation track, the Fifth BRICS Working Group meeting on High Performance Computing (HPC) and Information Communication Technologies (ICT) was held recently. About All five BRICS countries Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa, participated. This meeting is part of BRICS Science, Technology and Innovation Calendar of Activities 2020-21 […]

In News Recently, the 74th World Health Assembly has declared 30th January as the World Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTD) Day. It was attended by the officials from the World Health Organization (WHO), the World Bank, the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation along with representatives from pharmaceutical industries and national governments, at London’s Royal College of […]