Kharif crops are usually sown with the beginning of the first rains in July, during the southwest monsoon season. Tur/arhar (pigeon pea), urad (black mate), and moong (green gram) are the major pulses in this season.

The newly rehabilitated small hydropower plant at Chandannath Municipality in Nepal’s Jumla district was virtually inaugurated, said the Indian embassy in Kathmandu.

Commercial operations in Rupsi airport, northeast India’s 15th airport, and Assam’s 7th would have been started.

Kotak Mahindra Bank (KMBL) announced it has been selected as a digital payments partner by the National Agriculture Market (eNAM), a pan-India electronic trading portal for farm produce.

Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) and Rolls-Royce have signed an MoU to establish packaging, installation, marketing, and services support for Rolls-Royce MT30 marine engines in India.

Muthuvel Karunanidhi Stalin has been sworn in as Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu on May 07, 2021. Stalin was administered the oath of office and Secrecy by state Governor Banwarilal Purohit.

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has constituted an advisory group to assist the second Regulatory Review Authority (RRA 2.0), which was set by the central bank on May 01, 2021, to streamline regulations and reduce the compliance burden of regulated entities. The Advisory Group will be headed by SBI Managing Director S Janakiraman

The top Oil and Gas PSUs of India, including IndianOil, BPCL, HPCL, ONGC, and GAIL, have inked a Memoranda of Understanding (MOUs) with the Shri Badrinath Utthan Charitable Trust on May 06, 2021, for the Construction and Redevelopment of Shri Badrinath Dham in Uttarakhand as a Spiritual Smart hill Town. Under the MoUs, these PSUs will contribute Rs. 99.60 crore in the first phase of the project.

Arouca Bridge 516, the world’s longest pedestrian suspension bridge and was officially inaugurated on 02 May 2021 in northern Portugal.

Fitch Solution has estimated the GDP of the Indian economy to grow 9.5 percent in 2021-22 (April 2021 to March 2022).

A page from ‘The Bench’, the debut children’s book written by Meghan, the Duchess of Sussex, with illustrations by artist Christian Robinson. The book is one of several projects that Meghan and Harry have announced since stepping away from royal duties in early 2020.

Former Chief Justice of Jammu & Kashmir High Court, Justice Gita Mittal has been declared as one of the two recipients of the Arline Pacht Global Vision Award for 2021. The announcement was made by the International Association of Women Judges (IAWJ) which instituted the award in 2016.

Treating the current coronavirus wave like a war, the armed forces have launched operation “CO-JEET” to aid anti-COVID-19 efforts, like strengthening medical infrastructure and oxygen supply chains, as well as take measures to ensure the mental wellbeing of people.

Denmark has officially passed legislation, to prevent outside FDI and special economic agreements that may pose a threat to national security, through screening and potential interference. The new law was developed following security concerns over a bid by China’s Huawei to build Denmark’s 5G network.

A Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attack is an attempt to make an online service unavailable by overwhelming it with traffic from multiple sources. A massive DDoS attack affected the websites of over 200 organizations across Belgium, including the government, parliament, universities, and research institutes

NEW DELHI: American technology giant, IBM, has unveiled the world’s first 2nm process chip, providing a proof of concept for what chips running smartphones, autonomous cars and more will look like in the future. The 2nm here refers to the size of transistors on a chip

JSW Steel has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with JFE Steel Corporation to conduct a feasibility study and to establish a grain-oriented electrical steel sheet manufacturing and sales joint venture company in India.

Treating the current coronavirus wave like a war, the armed forces have launched operation “CO-JEET” to aid anti-COVID-19 efforts, like strengthening medical infrastructure and oxygen supply chains, as well as take measures to ensure the mental wellbeing of people.

World Athletics Day 2021 is being celebrated on Friday, May 7. The International Amateur Athletic Federation (IAAF) started celebrating World Athletics Day to promote participation in sports among the youngsters

Bengaluru has slipped four positions to rank 40th among 46 global cities in the ‘Prime Global Cities Index Q1 2021’ report, released by real estate consultant Knight Frank. Bengaluru saw a fall of 2.7 percent year-on-year (YoY) in prime residential prices during January-March 2021.

Singer Pink will be honored with the Icon Award at the 2021 Billboard Music Awards (BBMAs).

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) Governor Shaktikanta Das has announced a Covid-19 healthcare package of Rs 50,000 crore, for lending to entities such as vaccine makers, medical equipment suppliers, hospitals, and related sectors, besides the patients in need of funds for treatment.

Lewis Hamilton has won the Portuguese Grand Prix. He belongs to the Mercedes team. Red Bull’s Max Verstappen finished at the 2nd position.

Delhi Airport completes 1,000 movements of sustainable taxing of aircraft with Taxibot, a semi-robotic hybrid special purpose vehicle

Among other individual stocks, Steel Authority of India today regained market capitalization of Rs 50,000 crore after its stock climbed over 80 percent in the past one and half months. The state-owned steel major also entered into the league of the top 100 most valued companies in terms of market capitalization.

Archaeologists have discovered the oldest human burial in Africa that dates back to 78,000 years at a cave site called Panga ya Saidi near the Kenyan coast. The remains belong to a 2-3 years old toddler who looks to have been laid to rest with a pillow.

The entire Australian contingent in IPL 2021 including players, coaches, match officials and commentators are being safely transported to the Maldives, where they will remain till the travel ban is lifted on flights from India to Australia. Cricket Australia and the Australian Cricketers’ Association is not seeking an exemption from the Australian Government.

 Traders’ body Confederation of All India Traders (CAIT) has announced to launch a national e-commerce marketplace ‘bharatmarket’ soon for all retail traders in collaboration with several technology partners.

 THDC India Ltd said Vijay Goel has assumed the additional charge as its chairman and managing director from May 1, 2021.

 Motilal Oswal Private Equity (MOPE) has picked up a minority stake in Fincare Small Finance Bank for $25 million (about ₹185 crores) through a secondary acquisition.