- BJP MP Locket Chhatterjee has asked the MHA to withdraw her security cover, citing post-poll violence in Bengal that has put her party members at risk.
- Pfizer and Moderna have declined to sell Covid vaccines to the Delhi government, saying they will deal with the central government, Arvind Kejriwal said on Monday
- Experts and veterinary doctors on Monday confirmed that the death of 18 wild elephants in Assam’s Nagaon district last week was due to lightning.
- The Nitish Kumar government in Bihar has extended the Covid-induced lockdown till June 1.
- Former Mumbai police commissioner Param Bir Singh has been granted protection from arrest in Thane case, provided he withdraws his statement from Supreme Court regarding the alleged non-hearing of the case by Bombay HC.
- The Delhi Police Special Cell sent notice to Twitter in connection with a probe over "manipulated media" tag used with some of the posts on an alleged Congress "toolkit" against the Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led government.
- The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) has proposed conducting the exams between July 15 and August 26 and the result to be declared in September.
- Justice Prashant Kumar Mishra will assume charge as the Chief Justice of Chhattisgarh High Court from June 1, said Ministry of Law and Justice on Monday.
- The Board of Control for Cricket in India has decided to donate 2000 Oxygen Concentrators to aid India’s fight against coronavirus pandemic. India has been hit hard by the second wave of Covid-19 as the country gasped with a shortage of oxygen supply, which led to many deaths.
- Institute of Medical Sciences and SUM Hospital, faculty of medicine of Siksha ‘O’ Anusandhan (SOA), has received the prestigious accreditation from National Accreditation Board for Hospitals and Healthcare Providers (NABH). The accreditation, which came into force with effect from May 13, 2021 will continue for four years.
- Cyclone Yaas to intensify into a “very severe cyclonic storm” and cross the Odisha and the West Bengal coasts on May 26: India Meteorological Department (IMD).
- Director General NDRF S.N. Pradhan has said that more than 100 teams of NDRF are being deployed in 5 states and 1 UT, Odisha, West Bengal, Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Jharkhand and Andaman & Nicobar Islands in view of Cyclone Yaas. He said, teams are being airlifted from different parts of the country.
- All India Institutes of Medical Sciences director Randeep Guleria on Monday said it is better to identify mucormycosis by its name rather than by the colour as labelling the same fungus with names of different colors can create confusion.
- The Tamil Nadu government on Monday requested the Centre to take immediate action either to stop or ban the release of 'The Family Man 2' webseries on Amazon Prime, saying it depicted the Eelam Tamils in a "highly objectionable manner. Earlier, Naam Tamilar Katchi top leader Seeman had alleged 'The Family Man 2' web series sought to portray the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam as terrorists and Tamils as vicious and demanded that its airing be cancelled.
- Aashritha V Olety is India’s 1st woman flight test engineer
- ; first for women in the Indian military, an officer of the Indian Air Force (IAF) has graduated from the Air Force Test Pilot School as the country’s first woman flight test engineer.
- Sputnik V production begins in India; 100mn jabs to be manufactured per year : Domestic pharma major Panacea Biotec in collaboration with Russian sovereign wealth fund Russian Direct Investment Fund (RDIF) has begun the production of 'Sputnik V' COVID-19 vaccine in India.
- External Affairs Minister (EAM) S Jaishankar on Monday landed in New York, as part of his US visit , to meet with senior United States officials, and discuss Covid-related cooperation between the two countries. Ambassador of India to the UN TS Tirumurti received EAM Jaishankar.
- Former State Counsellor of Myanmar Aung San Suu Kyi appeared in court in the capital city Naypyitaw on Monday in person for the first time since the military took over power from the civilian government on February 1. Suu Kyi is facing charges ranging from illegally procuring communication equipment to violating state secrets law punishable by 14 years in prison.
- Asian champion Vinesh Phogat will continue to train overseas till the Olympic Games in July this year. The Mission Olympic Cell yesterday approved her proposal to the Target Olympic Podium Scheme.
- World Championships bronze medallist Simranjeet Kaur and three other Indian pugilists will look to confirm medals for the country as they will fight in the quarter-finals on second day at the 2021 ASBC Asian Boxing Championships in Dubai on Tuesday. Sakshi (54kg), Jasmine (57kg) and Sanjeet (91) are the other Indians who will be in action in the last-8 stage of their respective categories at the prestigious event which is jointly hosted by the Boxing Federation of India (BFI) and UAE Boxing Federation.
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