Current Affairs - 27 May 2021 ============================== | UPSC Notes EPFO Labour Law
Current Affairs - 27 May 2021
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Dr Harsh Vardhan Chairs 74th World Health Assembly
The 74th session of World Health Assembly (WHA) has been organised virtually from 24 May to 1 June 2021. World Health Assembly is the decision-making body of World Health Organization (WHO). The 74th World Health Assembly elected Dechen Wangmo, Bhutan’s Minister of Health, as the President of WHA. Apart from this 5 vice president of WHA were also elected which includes Benin, Estonia, Guatemala, Mongolia, Qatar. Theme of WHA74: Ending this pandemic, preventing the next: building together a healthier, safer and fairer world.
NPCI Partners Turkish firm PayCore for RuPay SoftPoS
The National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI) has partnered with PayCore, a Turkish global payment solutions company, to develop SoftPoS solutions for its card network RuPay. The SoftPoS (Software Point of Sale) is a new technology which will allow merchants to accept payments from contactless card, digital wallets or/and wearables, directly on their smartphone or devices, enabled with NFC (near field communication) capability, without the need for any additional software. Using the RuPay SoftPoS, merchants can accept contactless payments of up to Rs. 5000, through a simple tap and pay mechanism on their smartphones, without any OTP or PIN.
IB and RAW chief get one year extension
The Appointments committee of the Cabinet has approved a one year extension to both Chief of the country’s premier intelligence agency - Intelligence Bureau ( IB) and Research & Analysis Wing ( R&AW). IB Director Arvinda Kumar’s tenure has been extended by one year till June 30 next year. Similarly, R&AW Secretary Samant Kumar Goel will also continue in office till June 30 next year. Both the officers had tenure till 30th June this year.
Anatole Collinet Makosso Takes Charge as Prime Minister of Republic of the Congo
The President of the Republic of the Congo, Denis Sassou-Nguesso, has appointed Anatole Collinet Makosso as the new prime minister of the country.
Guillermo Lasso sworn in as President of Ecuador
The former banker, businessman, writer and politician Guillermo Lasso , has been appointed as the President of Ecuador. The 65-year-old took over as the 47th president of Ecuador.
Achinta Sheuli bags silver medal (73 kg) at Junior World Weightlifting Championships 2021 in Tashkent
Indian weightlifter Achinta Sheuli ended with the silver medal in the men’s 73 kilogram category at the Junior World Weightlifting Championships 2021 in Tashkent, Uzbekistan yesterday. Achinta Sheuli, a national champion, lifted a total of 313 kg (141 kg snatch and 172 kg clean and jerk) to finish behind Indonesia’s Rizki Juniansyah, who lifted a world record 349 kg (155 kg snatch and 194 kg clean and jerk) for the gold medal.
