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f The Great Khali has been inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame Class of 2021. The Great Khali went on to
battle many of WWE's most legendary Superstars, including John Cena, Batista, Shawn Michaels and
fellow 2021 Inductee Kane, whom he defeated to pick up his first win on The Grandest Stage of Them All,
WrestleMania.
f India has contributed an additional $500,000 to the United Nations Trust Fund for Counter-Terrorism,
taking the country's donation to the UN office set up to combat terrorism to over $1 million. With this
amount, India's total contribution to it so far is $1.05 million.
f Union Health Minister Dr. Harsh Vardhan has approved National Policy for Rare Diseases, 2021. The
policy aims to lower the high cost of treatment for rare diseases, with an increased focus on indigenous
research & local production of medicines. The Policy also focuses on early screening and prevention
through primary and secondary health care infrastructure such as Health and Wellness Centres and
District Early Intervention Centres.
f Tribal Co-operative Marketing Federation of India (TRIFED) has launched Sankalp Se Siddhi – Village &
Digital Connect Drive. It is a 100-day drive which was started on the 1st of April. The drive entails 150
teams visiting 10 villages each of which 10 in each region from TRIFED & State Implementation
Agencies, visiting 10 villages each.

f Indian Army's Lieutenant Colonel, Bharat Pannu has earned two Guinness World Records for his fastest
solo cycling feats from October 2020. The first record was created when Lt Col Pannu cycled from Leh to
Manali (472 km distance) on October 10, 2020, in just 35 hours and 25 minutes. Lt Col Pannu created a
second record when he cycled the 5,942-km-long 'Golden Quadrilateral' route, which connects Delhi,
Mumbai, Chennai and Kolkata, in 14 days, 23 hours and 52 minutes.

f 'Lost golden city of Luxor' discovered by archaeologists in Egypt. The 3,400-year-old royal city was built
by Amenhotep III, abandoned by his heretic son, Akhenaten, and contains stunningly preserved
remains.

f Union Minister for Communication & IT and Law & Justice Ravi Shankar Prasad launched the “Online
Grievance Management Portal of National Commission for Scheduled Castes (NCSC)”.
f India's mRNA-based covid-19 vaccine candidate-HGCO19, developed by Pune-based biotechnology
company Gennova Biopharmaceuticals Ltd has received additional government funding for its clinical
studies.
f The Central drug regulator, DCGA has approved emergency use authorisation of the Russian Vaccine,
Sputnik V. It has now become the third vaccine to get emergency use authorisation from the drug
regulator after Covishield and Covaxin. The Vaccine was developed by Gamaleya National Research
Institute of Epidemiology and Microbiology last year in Russia.
f Skymet has released its monsoon forecast for 2021. Skymet expects the upcoming monsoon to be
'healthy normal' to the tune of 103% (with an error margin of +/- 5%) of the long period average (LPA) of
880.6 mm for the 4-month period from June to September.
f Following a surge in the number of Covid-19 cases, the Indian Railways will run 'Oxygen Express' trains
transporting liquid medical oxygen and oxygen cylinders across the country via green corridors to meet
growing demand from states. Green corridors are being created to ensure fast movement of these trains.
f Priyanka Mohite from Satara in western Maharashtra has scaled Mt Annapurna, the 10th highest
mountain peak in the world, becoming the first Indian woman climber to achieve the feat. Mount
Annapurna is a massif in the Himalayas located in Nepal that includes one peak over 8,000 metres and is

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