India supports renewed global calls for a comprehensive investigation by the WHO into the origins of COVID-19
Centre to transfer Mid-Day Meal (MDM) cooking cost directly to students’ accounts
Actor Randeep Hooda removed as ambassador of Convention for the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals (CMS), United Nation’s environmental treaty
Mobile training app version 2.0 launched to assist in online training of NCC (National Cadet Corps) cadets
RBI imposes Rs 10 crore penalty on HDFC Bank for irregularities in auto loan book
Indian Broadcasting Foundation (IBF), the apex body of broadcasters, to cover streaming platforms
DGCA extends suspension of scheduled international passenger flights till 30th June in view of COVID pandemic
Tamil filmmaker Thamizh’s debut film ‘Seththumaan’ win Grand Jury Award for Best Feature film at the Indian Film Festival of Los Angeles (IFFLA)
Raytheon hands over 4 oxygen refilling trucks to Indian Red Cross Society for further distribution
WORLD
Delegates approve 16% increase to WHO budget for the next two years, setting it at about $6.1 billion.
UNHRC (UN Human Rights Council) votes to investigate violence in recent conflict between Israel & Hamas; India among 14 countries that abstained from voting
NATO organising Steadfast Defender 21 war games in Europe
International Day of UN Peacekeepers observed on May 27
Germany acknowledges it committed genocide during its colonial-era occupation of Namibia in the early 20th century
UN honours 124 fallen peacekeepers from 44 nations with the ‘Dag Hammarskjold Medal’
Bashar Al-Assad to continue to serve as President of Syria after winning election for 4th time
Amnesty International Day observed on May 28; Amnesty International founded in London by lawyer Peter Benenson on May 28, 1961
