DAILY CURRENT
AFFAIRS: 21ST MAY 2017
(DAILY NEWS INDIA)
1.
JOINT HADR EXERCISE COMMENCES AT NAVAL STATION KARWAR
i.
The Annual Joint Humanitarian Assistance and Disaster Relief Exercise began on
18 May. The exercise is being conducted by Indian Navy’s Western Naval Command.
ii.
It is named as ‘Karavali Karunya’. It involves both professional exchange and
actual disaster response mechanisms which is set on a Tsunami disaster
scenario.
iii.
It will help in providing relief in a post-tsunami scenario and work together
with armed forces, central government agencies and state government
departments. There will also be a demonstration using aircraft, a pollution
control ship and survey ships.
2.
G20 LABOUR & EMPLOYMENT MINISTERS’ MEET HELD IN GERMANY
i.
G20 Labour and Employment Ministers’ Meet was held in Bad Neuenahr, Germany
from 18-19 May 2017. Germany chaired the G20 Labour and Employment Ministers’
Meet, as it currently holds the G20 presidency.
ii.
The meeting focused on the theme “Towards an Inclusive Future – Shaping the
World of Work”.
iii.
The Indian delegation to G20 Labour and Employment Ministers’ Meet in Germany
was led by Union Labour Minister Bandaru Dattatreya.
3.
INDIAN PRASHANT RANGANATHAN WINS TOP INTEL SCIENCE AWARD IN US
i.
An Indian boy Prashant Ranganathan has won the top Intel Science Award in US.
It is the world’s largest pre-college science competition in the US.
ii.
Prashant has won in the category of environmental engineering for his project
on bio-degradation of pesticides. Prashant Ranganathan along with 1700 students
from across the world has participated in the Intel International Science and
Engineering Fair.
4.
AIR MARSHAL PN PRADHAN APPOINTED AS DEPUTY CHIEF OF INTEGRATED DEFENCE STAFF
i.
Air Marshal PN Pradhan appointed as the Deputy Chief of Integrated Defence
Staff (Operations).
ii.
Pradhan was closely associated with the induction and operationalisation of
Embraer-135 and C-130 fleets in the Indian Air Force. He was awarded Ati
Vishisht Seva Medal in 2014.
iii.
PN Pradhan was commissioned as a pilot in Indian Air Force in 1981.