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- The World Vape Day is to be observed on May 30 all over the world, a day before World No Tobacco Day.
- It aims to increase awareness on e-cigarettes and help smokers that are unable to quit smoking.
- May 28 is marked as World Hunger Day.
- It is an initiative of the Hunger Project.
- The Karnataka State Government announced that it will launch a “State Health Register” to collect data of all its citizens.
- The register is first of its kind in the country.
- Under its Perspective Aviation Complex for Long Range Aviation (PAKDA) programme, Russia has constructed its first Stealth Bomber.
- The Operation Warp Speed is a public–private partnership, initiated by the Federal Government of the United States, to facilitate and accelerate the development of COVID-19 vaccines, therapeutics, and diagnostics.
- The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) is likely to allow banks to assign zero risk weight for loans that will be extended to the micro, medium and small enterprises (MSMEs) under the Atmanirbar Bharat package.
- Zero risk would mean that banks will not have to set aside additional capital for these loans.
- Montenegro is the first country in Europe to declare itself coronavirus-free.
- Montenegro is a Balkan country.
- The United States has declared that it no longer considers Hong Kong autonomous from China.
- This could result in loss of Hong Kong’s special trading status with the US and threaten its standing as an international financing hub.
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