Current Affairs, 24 May 2021

1) India to push for Covaxin recognition by WHO and EU
2) Aurovillian Christoph Pohl’s documentary Ever Slow Green, which tells the story of Auroville’s unique afforestation project that took root on an eroded desert plateau in Villupuram district, has been officially selected for screening at the prestigious ChangeNow summit in Paris.
3) Operation Samudra Setu II: In the largest consignment of liquid medical oxygen, Navy’s INS Jalashwa arrived in Visakhapatnam with 300 metric tonne of oxygen and more than 3,600 oxygen cylinders from Singapore and Brunei under the ongoing Operation Samudra Setu II.
4) Dent in 'China Cooperation Group' in Europe: Lithuania said on Saturday it was quitting China’s 17+1 cooperation forum with central and eastern European states that includes other EU members, calling it “divisive”.
5) Loophole in plan for Vaccine Procurement at state level: Moderna refuses Punjab vaccine request, says it deals with Centre alone
6) Without hyphens: Jaishankar signals that Delhi won’t abandon difficult dialogue with China, nor is it panicking into military alliance with US
7) Afghanistan 2.0: What continued US engagement means for the regionAs US withdraws troops from Afghanistan, developments in the country will raise security concerns beyond South Asia
8) RBI's new restructuring package for small borrowers: Will it work?
9) Judgment on Singing guarantees: The Supreme Court judgment upholding creditors’ right to proceed against personal guarantors to loans provided by them to a corporate borrower and also the individuals who had furnished personal guarantees to enable the flow of credit to the company they had stood surety for.
10) Environmental fiscal reforms will reduce pollution and generate resources for financing the health secto