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12 MAY 2021 CURRENT AFFAIRS MCQs
The Russia has successfully invented the single-dose vaccine for the Covid-19 virus, known as Sputnik Lite.
The RBI has excluded Lakshmi Vilas Bank from the Second Schedule of the Reserve Bank of India Act, 1934. The move was taken after the crisis-ridden Lakshmi Vilas Bank was merged with DBS Bank India Ltd.
The Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority of India has issued guidelines on Bharat Yatra Suraksha the standard domestic travel insurance product.
The China has launched a new remote sensing satellite Yaogan-34 into space from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China.
Due to India's rapidly increasing Covid-19 cases, the Rajasthan government has decided to impose a complete lockdown in the state from 10th May 2021 until 24th May 2021.
The theme for 2021 the WMBD is "Sing, Fly, Soar - Like a Bird!"
The Chennai-based Central Institute of Brackishwater Aquaculture has developed the country's first vaccine for deadly viral nervous necrosis disease which is currently affecting several species of fish.
Lewis Hamilton (Mercedes driver) has won the 2021 Spanish Grand Prix.
Two of the most revered hockey stars of India, Maharaj Krishan Kaushik and Ravinder Pal Singh have passed away.
The WMBD is officially celebrated twice in a year. Firstly it is held on Second Saturday of May and again on Second Saturday of October.