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May 2 , 2021 1247 days 1419 0
  • Vaishali S Hiwase will become the first woman officer to be appointed as Officer Commanding in the Border Roads Organisation (BRO), India.
    • She will be responsible for providing connectivity through an Indo-China border road.
  • Shivalik Small Finance Bank has commenced operations as a small finance bank with effect from April 26, 2021.
    • This became the first urban co-operative bank (UCB) in India to receive a licence from RBI to operate as a Small Finance Bank (SFB).
  • Dr. Krithi K Karanth, Chief Conservation Scientist at Bengaluru-based Centre for Wildlife Studies (CWS), has been chosen as the first Indian and Asian woman for the 2021 ‘WILD Innovator Award’.
    • This award given by the ‘‘WILD ELEMENTS Foundation”.
  • The United Kingdom has become the first country to announce regulation for the use of self-driving vehicles at low speeds.
    • The speed limit is to be set at 37 miles per hour and it shall drive itself in a single lane.
  • The Central Bureau of the United States recently announced that the population of the United States has increased by 7.4%.
    • This is the second slowest growth of US Population since the Great Depression.
  • The Tamil Nadu government has reconstituted the State Commission for Women with Gowri Ashokan as its Chairperson.
    • The Chairperson and the Members of the Commission will hold office for three years.

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