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Current Affairs Daily Digest – May 28 & 29 2024
1. Poonawalla Fincorp and IndusInd Bank Launch Co-Branded RuPay Credit Card
The “IndusInd Bank Poonawalla Fincorp eLITE RuPay Platinum Credit Card” was made by Poonawalla Fincorp Limited and IndusInd Bank together.
There are no joining or annual fees for this new card, which is meant to improve the customer experience with rewards and perks.
Users can get prizes for every ₹100 they spend, which includes UPI transactions. When they buy something online, they get 2.5 times as many reward points.
There are also buy-one-get-one movie ticket deals through BookMyShow, a 1% fuel surcharge waiver, and milestone success rewards. Each reward point is worth ₹0.40 in cash.
Key Points and Advantages
Reward Points: For every ₹100 spent, you get one reward point. When you buy something online, you get 2.5 times as many points.
No Costs: No fees to join or every year.
Plus, you can buy one movie ticket and get another one for free, and you won’t have to pay the 1% fuel fee.
2. Legendary Disney Songwriter Richard M. Sherman Passes Away at 95
Richard M. Sherman, one half of the famous Sherman Brothers team that wrote some of Disney’s most famous and well-known songs, died at 95.
The music that Sherman and his late brother Robert wrote for movies like “Mary Poppins,” “The Jungle Book,” and “Chitty Chitty Bang Bang” will always be remembered by millions of kids.
The Sounds How Disney’s Musical Magic Works
Their song “Chim Chim Cher-ee” won them both an Academy Award for best song and best score for the 1964 hit “Mary Poppins.”
They also won a Grammy for best score for a movie or TV show. They worked with Disney for more than ten years and wrote more than 150 songs, including the famous “It’s a Small World (After All)”
3. Reliance Industries Partners with Norway’s Nel to Boost New Energy Investments
To speed up its move into new energy projects, Reliance Industries Ltd (RIL) has formed a major technology partnership with Norway’s Nel ASA.
This partnership is going to be very important for making it easier for RIL to switch to green energy, especially by making green hydrogen.
Agreement for Technology License
RIL and Nel ASA signed a technology licensing deal on May 21. This gave RIL the exclusive right to use Nel’s alkaline electrolysers in India.
In addition, RIL is given the power to make Nel’s alkaline electrolysers anywhere in the world for its own use.
4. Indian Peacekeeper Receives UN Military Gender Advocate of the Year Award
Big Radhika Sen, an Indian soldier who works as a peacekeeper for the UN Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUSCO), won the prestigious 2023 United Nations Military Gender Advocate of the Year Award.
This award shows how hard she has worked to promote the ideas in UN Security Council resolution 1325, which is about women, peace, and security.
A Leader in Peacekeeping That Takes Gender into Account
Major Sen was sent from March 2023 to April 2024 and was in charge of MONUSCO’s Engagement Platoon for the Indian Rapid Deployment Battalion.
In this job, she led searches and activities with people of different genders in a dangerous area, building trust with women, children, and other members of conflict-affected communities.
5. World Hunger Day 2024 – May 28
The whole world comes together on May 28 for World food Day, a day to bring attention to the serious problem of food around the world.
It’s time to recognize that millions of people are malnourished and that we need long-term answers to end hunger for good.
How World Hunger Day Came to Be
The food Project, a worldwide group working to end poverty and food, made World Hunger Day an annual event in 2011.
Today is a chance to push for long-term answers that get to the root causes of hunger, improve food security, and give communities more power.
In 2024, the theme will be “Thriving Mothers, Thriving World.”
“Thriving Mothers, Thriving World” is the theme for World Hunger Day 2024.
This theme emphasizes how important it is for women to make sure that their families and groups have enough food.
The United Nations says that more than a billion women and teenage girls are malnourished, which is very bad for both moms and their children.
6. Celebrating International Day of Action for Women’s Health 2024 – May 28
The 2024 International Day of Action for Women’s Health is very important because it gives people a chance to speak out for gender equality, women’s rights, and making sure that all women around the world can live a healthy, happy life.
Date and Topic: Getting People Together in Hard Times
The International Day of Action for Women’s Health is on May 28th this year.
“Mobilizing in Critical Times of Threats and Opportunities” is the theme for 2024. It focuses on giving women the freedom to make their own choices without being forced or discriminated against.
7. International Day of United Nations Peacekeepers 2024 Celebrated Annually on May 29th
On May 29, which is International Day of United Nations soldiers, we honour the amazing things that soldiers do to keep the peace and safety of the world.
In the 71 missions that have been set up since the first UN security mission in 1948, more than two million people have helped countries move from war to peace.
Current Missions to Keep the Peace and Their Effects
Over 76,000 peacekeepers from more than 120 countries are working in 11 world operations right now.
Their dedication and hard work help bring peace and security to millions of people who have been affected by conflict. Even though the problems they face change over time, peacekeepers continue to protect people, save and change lives, and work for peace.
8. GAIL (India) Ltd. Commissions India’s First Green Hydrogen Plant
With the opening of its first green hydrogen plant, GAIL (India) Ltd., the country’s largest natural gas transmission and delivery company, has reached a major milestone.
This plant in Vijaipur, Madhya Pradesh, is GAIL’s first step into the world of new and alternative energy sources.
Recognition and support from the government
Pankaj Jain, Secretary of the Ministry of Petroleum & Natural Gas, attended the opening ceremony. His appearance showed that the government supports and recognizes this innovative project.
9. Jetha Ahir Elected as NAFED Chairman
Jetha Ahir, a Shehra BJP MLA who has been called before as deputy speaker of the Gujarat Assembly, was chosen without any opposition as the head of the National Agricultural Cooperative Marketing Federation of India (NAFED).
Senior leaders said that Ahir got the backing of Mohan Kundariya, who is currently the MP for Rajkot, to become the NAFED chairman in the election that took place in Delhi on Tuesday.
Support from the whole board
Ahir was chosen as the new head of NAFED by all 21 directors on the board.
Two of the directors, Kundariya and Ahir, are from Gujarat. Ahir is also the head of Panchmahal’s Pancharmrut Dairy and the Panchmahal District Cooperative (PDC) Bank, which are both very important jobs.
10. Dipa Karmakar Etches History by Clinching Gold at Asian Gymnastics Championships
Dipa Karmakar, an Indian gymnast, made history when she became the first Indian to win a gold medal at any Asian Championships.
Dipa, who is from Tripura, did this amazing thing in the final of the women’s vault event at the Asian Women’s Artistic Gymnastics Championships 2024 in Tashkent, Uzbekistan, on May 26, 2024.
With an average score of 13.566 points, Dipa put on an amazing show and won the prized gold medal. Kim Son-hyang and Jo Kyong-byol.
Both from the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (North Korea), they won the silver and bronze medals with scores of 13.466 and 12.966 points, respectively.
Even though she did a great job, Dipa just missed getting a spot in the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris because she came in 16th in the all-around category.
