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Daily Current Affairs of 21st May 2017

International Current Affairs

Today (21st May) is World Day for Cultural Diversity for Dialogue together with Development.
- This twenty-four hours is a United Nations–sanctioned international vacation to assist people acquire nearly the importance of cultural multifariousness together with harmony.
- Theme of the twelvemonth 2017 : “Local Culture every bit a Driver for Economic Growth”
Chinese navy ships are visiting Myanmar and volition acquit communications, search together with rescue, together with other articulation exercises alongside the Myanmar navy, China's Defence Ministry has announced.

The ship see started the twenty-four hours Communist People's Republic of China together with the ASEAN agreed to a framework for the disputed South Communist People's Republic of China Sea, of which both Communist People's Republic of China together with Myanmar claim parts.

National Current Affairs

Anti-Terrorism Day being observed across Republic of Republic of India today (21st May 2017).

Former Prime Minister of India, Rajiv Gandhi, was assassinated past times a woman mortal suicide bomber on this twenty-four hours (21st May) 1991, piece conducting an election drive inwards Sriperumbudur inwards Tamil Nadu.
The bomb assault was carried out past times Thenmozhi Rajaratnam, too known every bit Dhanu, who was reportedly a fellow member of the Sri Lankan militant scheme Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE).

The Council for the Indian School Certificate Examinations has decided to brand digital copies of the marksheets available to ICSE and ISC candidates along alongside the traditional difficult copies from this year.

The students tin forthwith access the marksheets digitally anywhere from their DigiLocker, which is a service providing dedicated personal electronic infinite inwards a government-owned world cloud storage.

The Maharashtra government has decided to cast 'Good morning' squads to monitor together with destination opened upwardly defecation across the state.

squads volition contain representatives from local bodies, self-help groups, NGOs, together with students, amidst others.

The New Delhi Municipal Corporation operates an ambulance dedicated for the handling of trees.

The ambulance is a customised vehicle, which tin send pesticides, fungicides, insecticides, a actually long pipage fitted onto a motor, which is used to launder the leaves of the trees, together with a tall ladder.

Awards & Honors

NASA paid tribute to belatedly President APJ Abdul Kalam by naming a newly discovered organism afterwards him.

As of now, the bacterium named 'Solibacillus kalamii' past times NASA scientist Kasthuri Venkateswaran, is institute solely on the ISS, which is orbiting world at 400 km.
Note : Kalam had trained at NASA inwards 1963 earlier setting upwardly India's showtime rocket-launching facility inwards Kerala.

Two Indian peacekeepers Brijesh Thapa & Private RaviKumar to last honored alongside United Nations medal awarded for courage & sacrifice inwards delineate of piece of occupation of duty.
Brijmohan Sharma, popularly known every bit Breeze Sharma, has move the first civilian from the Indian Navy to pinnacle Mount Everest.

He was too the fastest Indian at the world's toughest human foot race, Badwater, inwards 2016.

Language learning app 'Memrise' was adjudged the best app for its pattern together with user experience.
'TRANSFORMERS: Forged to Fight' won the best game award.
'ShareTheMeal' past times UN won the accolade for the app alongside the best social impact.

India's Anshu Jamsenpa became 1st adult woman to conquer Mount Everest twice within 5 days.

Deaths

Businessman Matthunny Mathews (81) who had helped thousands of Indians to flee State of Kuwait during the Iraqi invasion inwards 1990 passed away.

With the assist of Mathews,1.5 lakh Indian citizens were airlifted, the biggest evacuation of its citizens past times whatever government.
Note : He was the inspiration behind Akshay Kumar's graphic symbol inwards Bollywood celluloid 'Airlift'.

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