1. India administers over 190.81 crore COVID vaccine doses.
2. Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu and PM Modi greeted scientists on National Technology Day 11 May.
The day is celebrated to mark the successful nuclear tests conducted at Pokhran in May 1998. India conducted series of nuclear tests Pokhran test range in Rajasthan. National Technology Day is celebrated every year as a reminder of the anniversary of Pokhran — II tests.
3. Directorate of Revenue Intelligence, DRI has seized 62 kilograms of Heroin with estimated worth of 434 crore rupees at Air Cargo Complex of Indira Gandhi International Airport in New Delhi.
4. Railway has introduced separate seats for newly-born children in trains. The facility has been started by Northern Railways on a trial basis in Lucknow- New Delhi Mail.
The lower berths already reserved for women have been placed next to baby berths so that young children can travel with their mother without any inconvenience. A baby berth has been introduced along with two berths in the AC coach of the train. No extra charge will be levied for baby berth.
5. Govt issues guidelines regarding precautions to be observed by schools to combat ill-effects of heatwave.
6. Under cyclone Asani impact, Light and moderate rainfall likely at many places over coastal Andhra, Odisha, West Bengal.
The India Meteorological Department says that the Severe Cyclonic Storm ‘Asani’ weakened into a Cyclonic Storm and is likely to become a depression by Thursday morning.
7. *GUJARAT* : PM Modi will address Utkarsh Samaroh in Bharuch, Gujarat on Thursday at 10.30 A.M. through video conferencing.
The programme will mark the celebration of 100% saturation of four key schemes of the State Govt in the district, which will help provide timely financial assistance to those in need.
8. *HARYANA* announces Anti-Terror Squad after blast in Punjab’s Mohali
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9. *HIMACHAL* Pradesh CM Jai Ram Thakur has expressed deep grief over the sad demise of former Union Telecommunication Minister and senior Congress leader from the State Pt. Sukh Ram breathed his last at AIIMS New Delhi last night. He was 95.
10. *JHARKHAND* : IAS officer Pooja Singhal arrested in Jharkhand money laundering case, sent to ED custody for 5 days. The case involves the alleged embezzlement of crores of MGNREGA funds in Jharkhand.
11. *J & K:* Kashmiri separatist leader Yasin Malik on Tuesday pleaded guilty to all the charges, including those under the stringent Unlawful Activities Prevention Act (UAPA), before a Delhi court. The case is related to alleged terrorism and secessionist activities in the Kashmir valley in 2017.
The court will hear the matter again on May 19 and decide the quantum of sentence levelled against Malik. He was also charged with Section 18 (conspiracy to commit terrorist act), and 20 (being member of terrorist gang or organisation) of the UAPA and sections 120-B (criminal conspiracy) and 124-A (sedition) of the Indian Penal Code.
The chargesheet was also filed against Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) founder Hafiz Saeed and Hizbul Mujahideen chief Syed Salahuddin, who have been declared proclaimed offenders (PO) in the terror case.
12. *KARNATAKA* Minister Anand Singh said that special teams will conduct surprise visits to check violations of loudspeaker rules. ”
13. *TAMIL NADU’S* export share stands at $26 billion and this should be increased to $100 billion by 2030, Tamil Nadu CM MK Stalin said. He added that this would help meet the Centre’s target of achieving $1 trillion economy by 2030.
14. *PUNJAB* govt has revised the security cover of eight political leaders, including former CM Rajinder Kaur Bhattal, former Deputy CM OP Soni, SAD MP Harsimrat Kaur Badal and Congress leader Sunil Jakhar. In total, 127 police personnel and nine vehicles have been withdrawn from the eight leaders. The govt cited no specific threat to the leaders.
15. *UTTAR PRADESH* DGP Mukul Goel removed for disobeying orders, lacking interest in work: Uttar Pradesh DGP Mukul Goel has been removed from his post and transferred to Civil Security, according to reports. He was transferred after it was found that he was disregarding orders and was not taking interest in departmental work, the reports added. The name of new DGP of the state is yet to be announced.
16. *NEW APPOINTMENT* :. Alkesh Kumar Sharma, an IAS officer, has been named Secretary of the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY). He was previously the Cabinet Secretariat’s secretary (Coordination).
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1. India’s biggest-ever initial public offer (IPO) by Life Insurance Corporation (LIC) received a stellar response from all categories of investors.
The allotment of shares will be done on May 12, while shares will be listed on both BSE and NSE on May 17. The price band for the IPO was fixed at 902 to 949 rupees per equity share.
2. Indian state-owned lender Canara Bank is investigating fraud in its housing finance unit Can Fin Homes, after a whistleblower complaint highlighted irregularities in certain accounts.
3. Morgan Stanley has lowered its forecasts for India’s GDP growth to 7.6% for FY23 and 6.7% for FY24, 30 basis points lower than the previous estimates.
4. A four-day decline in stocks has wiped out over ₹13.32 lakh crore from the market capitalisation of BSE-listed firms. The BSE Sensex plummeted 276 points to close at 54,088 in its fourth-straight session of decline on Wednesday. Larsen & Toubro, Bajaj Finserv, Bajaj Finance, PowerGrid, NTPC, Infosys and Maruti were among the top losers in the Sensex pack on Wednesday.
ENTERTAINMENT:
1. Santoor maestro Pandit Shiv Kumar Sharma was cremated with full state honours in Mumbai on 11 May Wednesday afternoon.
2. Actors Akshay Kumar, Nawazuddin Siddiqui and R Madhavan are reportedly among the Indian celebrities who will walk on the red carpet at the 2022 Cannes Film Festival. Music composer AR Rahman and actress Pooja Hegde will also reportedly feature on the red carpet. The Indian delegation at the Cannes will be led by Information and Broadcasting Minister Anurag Thakur.
3. Veteran actor Dharmendra has shared a still with actress Shabana Azmi on Twitter from their upcoming film ‘Rocky Aur Rani Ki Prem Kahani’. Dharmendra wrote, “Ishq hai mujhe camera se…aur camera ko…Shaid mujh se (I am in love with the camera and I think the camera loves me).” The film also stars Ranveer Singh and Alia Bhatt.
DEFENCE:
1. Army Chief General Manoj Pande took over as the Honorary Colonel of the Sikh Light Infantry regiment.
2. According to Intelligence sources, Pakistan’s Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) is readying drone centres to smuggle arms and drugs into India.
3. Boeing is beefing up local MRO work in India for military aircraft such as the C-17 strategic transport, P-8I Neptune anti-submarine warfare aircraft, and VIP aircraft.
The announcements come under the auspices of the US company’s BIRDS – Boeing India Repair Development and Sustainment – initiative, which aims to increase MRO capabilities in India.
4. One terrorist was killed in an encounter which erupted on 11May afternoon between security forces and terrorists in Satinder forest area of North Kashmir’s Bandipora district, Jammu and Kashmir.
5. An aircraft carrier INS Vikramaditya will get operational next month and India will be a two carrier and two ballistic missile submarine Navy by 2022-end.
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