There are so many upcoming exams like SSC CHSL, NTPC, Railway Group-D, and UPSI. This is important current affairs from May 2021. The various exam is in a queue of the states so the quick revision of current affairs will be helpful to you all.

One Liner Monthly Current Affairs May 2021

• Shakuntala Haraksingh Thilsted has won the prestigious 2021 World Food Prize.
• Indian Renewable Energy Development Agency has won the “Green Urja Award” 2021.
• Gita Mittal and Margarita Luna Ramos have won the Arline Pacht Global Vision Award for 2021.
• International Nurses Day is observed every year on 12 May.
• Puducherry has achieved 100% tap water connection in rural areas under “Jal Jeevan Mission”.
• Himanta Biswa Sarma has been sworn in as Assam’s 15th Chief Minister.
• CBSE has launched the “Dost for Life’ app.
• Chhattisgarh CM has inaugurated the ‘CGTeeka’ web portal to ease COVID-19 Vaccination Registration.
• Delhi has launched Vehicle Helpline ‘COVI Van’ for senior citizen.
• Assam becomes the 1st Indian State to adopt an Online Flood Reporting System.
• Mayflower 400 is the world’s 1st Unmanned Vessel to navigate across the Atlantic.
• Anupam Kher has won the best actor award at New York City International Film Festival.
• Kami Rita has scaled Mount Everest for the record 25th time.
• Dr Tahera Qutbuddin has become the first Indian person to Won Arab World Nobel Prize.
• Rafael Nadal has won the “World Sportsman of the Year” award at Laureus World Sports Awards 2021.
• Lewis Hamilton has won the Formula 1 Spanish Grand Prix 2021.
• Babar Azam has won the ICC Players of the Month award for April 2021.
• SpaceX will launch the ‘DOGE-1’ Satellite in 2022.
• In the Arabian sea, Indian and Indonesian navies have conducted Passage exercises on 9th May.
• Ruskin Bond is the author of the book titled ‘All Time Favourites for Children’.
• Kalki Koechlin has is the author of the book titled ‘Elephant in the Womb’.
• National Technology Day is observed on 11 May.
• Yaas Cyclonic had formed in the Bay of Bengal and affected the coastal parts of Odisha and West Bengal.
• Madhya Pradesh state government has launched the ‘Ankur Scheme’.
• Kerala state government has recently launched Smart Kitchen Scheme.
• Italy will host the Global G20 Summit 2021.
• India has signed a 3-year program for Cooperation in Agriculture with Israel.
• World Health Organization has set up the ‘One Health Panel’ to advise on animal disease risk.
• The Central Government has recently approved the opening of the first consulate in Addu City of Maldives.
• Shaji N M has been awarded the India Biodiversity Award 2021.
• Hockey India has won the Etienne Glichitch award in May 2021.
• Amartya Sen has been conferred with Spain’s Top Award in Social Science “Princess of Asturias Award”.
• Aashritha V Olety has become India’s 1st woman flight test engineer.
• Tsang Yin-hung has recorded the “world’s fastest ascent of Mount Everest by a woman” in just 26 hours. She is from Hong Kong.
• Subodh Kumar Jaiswal has been appointed as the director of CBI for two years.
• Rajesh Bansal has been appointed as the CEO of Reserve Bank Innovation Hub (RBIH).
• Andy Jassy has been appointed as the next CEO of Amazon.
• Samant Goel is the chief of the Research and Analysis Wing (RAW), and he has been given a one-year extension recently.
• Bashar Al-Assad has been re-elected for the 4th term as the President of Syria.
• B V R Subrahmanyam has been appointed as the Commerce Secretary.
• C N R Rao has been honoured with International ENI Award 2020.
• Guillermo Lasso has been elected as the President of Ecuador.
• Himant Biswa Sharma has been elected to the Badminton World Federation Council for the period of 2021-25.
• Prashant Kumar Mishra has been appointed as the Chief Justice Of Chhattisgarh High Court.
• Harsh Vardhan has chaired the 74th World Health Assembly.
• India will host the FIFA U-17 women’s World Cup which will be held in October 2022.
• Shammi Silva has been appointed as the President of the Sri Lanka Cricket Board.
• Max Verstappen has won the Monaco Grand Prix 2021.
• Mohali international hockey stadium has been renamed after Balbir Singh Senior.
• Atlético Madrid (football club) has won the La Liga title 2020-21.
• Casper Ruud has won the Men’s Singles title at the Geneva Open tennis tournament 2021.
• NASA is planning to send its first mobile robot to search water on Moon in 2023.
• Defence Minister has launched SeHAT OPD Portal.
• “Sach Kahun Toh” is the autobiography of Neena Gupta.
• Avtar Singh Bhasin is the author of the book titled “Nehru, Tibet and China”.
• According to Bloomberg, Gautam Adani became the second richest person in Asia.
• MS Narasimhan passes away recently. He was a/an Mathematician
• Srikumar Banerjee passed away recently. He was a/an Nuclear Scientist