DAILY CURRENT AFFAIRS (26-May-2021)

Hey The, Here are your Top 10 News for today 

1. The National Health Authority has signed an MoU with the Telangana govt for the implementation of Ayushman Bharat Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana in the state. The scheme has been integrated with the existing state scheme ‘Aarogyasri’ and this converged scheme is being called Ayushman Bharat PM-JAY Aarogyasri

2. Six research scholars of Jamia Millia Islamia (JMI) have been awarded the coveted Prime Minister Research Fellowship (PMRF) under the Lateral Entry Scheme. The six researchers would be individually getting a per month fellowship of 70, 000 rupees for the first two years, 75,000 rupees for the third year, and 80,000 rupees for the fourth and fifth year respectively

3. Hallmarking of gold jewelry is set to begin from 15th June 2021. Earlier it was expected to be implemented from 1st June 2201. A committee was formed to ensure proper coordination and resolve the implementation issues

Hallmarking refers to a mark that is applied to pieces of precious metals (platinum, gold, palladium or silver), which shows that it has been independently tested and verified and therefore conforms to all legal standards of purity or fineness

4. Stefanos Tsitsipas claimed his seventh ATP title after beating Britain’s Cameron Norrie 6-3, 6-3 in the final of the Lyon Open on 23 May 2021. He won his first Masters 1000 crown at Monte Carlo in April 2021

5. Five players have been included in the Target Olympic Podium Scheme, TOPS. Tennis player Ankita Raina, Rowers Arjun Lal Jat, Arvind Singh, and wrestlers Seema Bisla and Sumit Malik have been included in the core group of TOPS

6. The Reserve Bank will consider merging District Central Co-operative Banks (DCCBs) with State Cooperative Banks (StCBs). RBI has come out with certain guidelines in this regard

7. Foreign direct equity investments (FDI) inflows grew by 19 percent year-on-year (YoY) in the financial year 2020-21 (FY21) to a record $59.64 billion. This was given in the data released by the Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade (DPIIT)

8. The Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority of India (IRDAI) has imposed a penalty of Rs24 lakh on the online insurance aggregator Policybazaar. It has been penalized for flouting advertisement norms about SMS sent to customers in 2020 about the increase in term insurance policy premiums.

9. Tata Communications has announced the launch of the ‘School of Hope and Empowerment (S.H.E.) at the 2021 UNESCO World Conference on Education for Sustainable Development. S.H.E., a multi-media, multi-stakeholder impact communications initiative is designed in collaboration with The Better India

10. The 1st lunar eclipse of 2021 will be on 26 May. This year a lunar eclipse, a blood moon, and a supermoon will be coinciding at once. t takes place only when there is a full moon and a total lunar eclipse occurs when the sun, earth, and the moon aligns in one line