Current Affairs May 2021: You might be looking for latest current affairs of May 2021. This post provides you all happenings (nationally & internationally) in May 2021 at one place. We are covering various sections including banking & finance, Indian and International affairs 2021, business & economy, environment current affairs, defense and many more.
Important Days in May 2021
Look at the important days & dates in May 2021:
| Days in May | Events |
| May 1 | International Labour Day or & Maharashtra Day |
| May 3 | Press Freedom Day |
| May 4 | International Firefighters Day |
| May 5 | World Laughter Day |
| May 7 | World Athletics Day, World Asthma Day & Rabindranath Tagore Jayanti |
| May 8 | World Thalassaemia Day & World Red Cross Day |
| May 10 | Mother’s Day |
| May 11 | National Technology Day |
| May 15 | International Day of Families & National Endangered Species Day |
| May 16 | Armed Forces Day |
| May 17 | World Hypertension Day, World Telecommunication Day & National Endangered Species Day |
| May 18 | International Museum Day & World AIDS Vaccine Day |
| May 21 | National Anti-Terrorism Day |
| May 22 | International Day for Biological Diversity |
| May 23 | Eid al-Fitr |
| May 24 | Eid |
| May 25 | National Memorial Day (USA) |
| May 31 | Anti-Tobacco Day |
Famous Cricketers’ Birthday in May
| Cricketer Name | Date of Birth | Place |
| Ravi Shastri | May 27, 1965 | Mumbai |
| Bob Woolmer | May 14, 1948 | Kanpur |
| Woorkeri Raman | May 23, 1965 | Chennai |
| Ramesh Powar | May 20, 1978 | Nagpur |
| Pranav Dhanawade | May 13, 2000 | Kalyan |
| B. S. Chandrasekhar | May 17, 1945 | Mysore |
| Anjum Chopra | May 20, 1977 | New Delhi |
| E. A. S. Prasanna | May 22, 1940 | Bangalore |
| Amay Khurasiya | May 18, 1972 | Jabalpur |
| Javed Burki | May 08, 1938 | Meerut |
| Laxmi Ratan Shukla | May 06, 1981 | Howrah |
| Pankaj Roy | May 31, 1928 | Kolkata |
| Siddarth Kaul | May 19, 1990 | Pathankot |
| Vijay Dahiya | May 10, 1973 | Delhi |
| Shreevats Goswami | May 18, 1989 | Kolkata |
May 2020 Current Affairs
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29th May 2020
Premier League is going to start from 17th June 2020.
Monsoon might hit Kerala in between 1st to 2nd June 2020.
28th May 2020
The FIA has approved Formula 1 cost cutting plan.
27th May 2020
Covid cases crosses 1.5 lakhs in India.
US company started vaccine trials on Human.
25th May 2020
US Government restricts travellers from Brazil.
India is set to resume domestic flights today.
23rd May 2020
Hana Kimura, a Japanese wrestler and Netfix fame is no more- dies at an age of 22.
22nd May 2020
Repo rate reduced to 4% where reverse repo rate reduced to 3.35% by RBI.
21st May 2020
IPL is likely to commence after monsoon.
Around 5 million Covid cases recorded globally till date.
20th May 2020
Total coronavirus cases in Russia is likely to hit 300,000.
19th May 2020
Benjamin Netanyahu is the new Israel Prime Minister (PM).
Cornoavirus cases cross 1 lakh in India.
18th May 2020
Spain and Italy ease out the lockdown due to fall in death across the country.
Lockdown 4.0 starts in India from today.
15th May 2020
Total death across world due to Corona exceeds 300,000.
Colleges and schools in the US will reopen- Says trump.
14th May 2020
Coronavirus infection may not end ever- WHO warns.
Lockdown 4.0 will start from 18th May 2021 in India.
13th May 2020
The Prime Minister of India announced $264bn relief packages for country.
IAS Manoj Ahuja has been apointed as CBSE new chairperson.
Twitter staffs are allowed to work from home forever- as per the official.
12th May 2020
Covid infection rate in increasing in Germany as it eases the lockdown.
Bihar CM Nitish Kumar urges Prime Minister Narendra Modi to increase lockdown till 31st May 2020.
11th May 2020
Lockdown in UK has been extended till June 1, 2021.
Indian Railway set to start pessenger train from 12th May 2021.
11th May is celebrated as National Technology Day in India.
9th May 2020
Magician Roy Horn welcomes death- dies aged 75 due to Covid contact.
Financial aids to 4000 underprivileged people have been provided by Sachin Tendulkar.
8th May 2020
e-token system has been launched by Kejriwal Government for the sale of liquor.
Germany’s Bundesliga is set to resume from 16th May 2020.
7th May 2020
Gas leakage in Visakhapatnam, India- 8 dead, many injured.
Germany’s Bundesliga is likely to resume this month.
6th May 2020
Lockdown in Telangana has been extended till 29th May 2020.
White House is planning to disband virus task force.
5th May 2020
Spain’s La Liga is likely to resort in June.
2900 Covid cases recorded in India on Monday.
4th May 2020
US Presidents thinks that the vaccine for Covid-19 will be formulated by end of this year.
Lockdown in India has been extended for two weeks till 17th May from today.
1st May 2020
A co-founder of the Afrobeat musical genre and renowned Nigerian drummer Tony Allen died on 30th April aged 79.
NASA selected the companies suppose to develop landers in order to send astronauts to the Moon’s surface. Names of such companies are- Elon Musk’s SpaceX, Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin, and Alabama-based Dynetics.
