Current Affairs 21 & 22 May
• World Biodiversity Day - 22 May
Theme - Our Biodiversity, Our Food, Our Health.
• PM Modi paid tributes to late PM Rajiv Gandhi on his death anniversary
National Anti-Terrorism Day is celebrated every year on 21 May on which the former PM of India Rajiv Gandhi was assassinated by a suicide squad of LTTE while attending a rally in Sriperumbudur, Chennai.
• ISRO launches earth observation satellite RISAT-2B
Indian Space Research Organisation has successfully launched its earth observation satellite RISAT-2B from Sriharikota. ISRO's trusted workhorse PSLV-C46 carrying RISAT-2B blasted off from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre at 5:30 this morning. The 615 kg satellite was released into the orbit 15 minutes after the lift-off. RISAT-2B meant for application in fields such as surveillance, agriculture, forestry and disaster management support. It will replace the RISAT-2, which was launched in 2009.
Chairman - K Sivan
• IAF successfully fires BrahMos
Indian Air Force today successfully fired the BrahMos air version missile from its frontline Su-30 MKI fighter aircraft. Defence Ministry said in a release that the launch from the aircraft was smooth and the missile followed the desired trajectory before directly hitting the land target. AIR correspondent reports that, the air launched BrahMos missile is a 2.5 ton supersonic air to surface cruise missile.
• Bhawana Kanth becomes first Indian Fighter Pilot to qualify for combat missions
She completed her training for carrying out combat missions on MIG-21 Bison.
• Insurer Bharti AXA Claims Excellence Award
• An author from Oman Jokha Alharthi wins Booker International Prize
An author from Oman has won the prestigious Man Booker International Prize for "Celestial Bodies", the story of three sisters of a desert country confronting its slave-owning past and a complex modern world. Jokha Alharthi, the first Arabic-language writer to take the prize, will split the 50,000 pounds or 64,000 US dollar purse with her UK-based translator, Marilyn Booth.
• Bengluru doctor Hema Divakar honoured with the Global Asian of the year 2018-19 award in Dubai
• Anirudh and Niki wins ITF doubles
Anirudh Chandresekar and Niki Poonacha won the International Tennis Federation men's Futures tennis tournament title in Kampala, Uganda. They defeated Simon Carr and Ryan James
• Saray becomes first woman of color to scale Mt. Everest in her fourth attempt
• Former foreign secretary Shyam Saran to be conferred with Japan's second highest national award 'Order of the Rising Sun' (Established by Japanese Emperor Meiji in 1875)
• Taiwan Expo 2019 begins in New Delhi
Representative - Taipei Economic and Cultural Centre Tien Chung-Kwan and Chairman of Taiwan Trade Development Council (TAITRA) James CF Huang
• Anish Kapoor ranked first in Hurun Art list first edition
• WHO declares Algeria, Argentina malaria-free
• Documentary filmmaker Vijaya Mulay passed away at 98
She was honored with V Shantaram award. Her first film was 'The Tidal Bore'.
• Asian Development Bank to provide $750 million loan to India for railway track electrification project
• Jagan Mohan Reddy to be sworn in as CM of Andhra Pradesh on May 30
• Former Malaysia King Sultan Ahmad Shah passes away
Malaysia is a constitutional monarchy with nine sultans.
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