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1)  International Workers’ Day: 1st May

•International Labour Day (also known as May Day or International Workers’ Day) is celebrated across the world on the 1st of May every year. The day celebrates the struggle, dedication and commitment of the working class and is an annual public holiday in several countries.

2)  Karnal Admin rolls out ‘Oxygen on wheels’ to tackle oxygen crisis

•In wake of the acute oxygen shortage across the country, the Karnal administration (Haryana) has rolled out ‘Oxygen on wheels’ to assist hospitals in the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic and oxygen crisis. The purpose is to ensure a smooth supply of medical oxygen to hospitals treating Covid patients.

•Under this initiative, a carrier vehicle called a Mobile oxygen bank loaded with 100 Oxygen Cylinders reaches out to any district hospital which requisitions its urgent supply. This Round clock service has been able to cater to the demands of various hospitals in the area. The initiative is functional 24*7 for all hospitals in the Karnal district.

3)  UK become the first country to allow Driverless cars on roads

•The United Kingdom has become the first country to announce regulation for the use of self-driving vehicles at low speeds. The UK wants to be at the forefront in rolling out autonomous driving technology. The Government of the UK forecasts that around 40% of UK cars will have self-driving capabilities by 2035. This will create 38,000 jobs in the country. The speed limit of the ALKS is to be set at 37 miles per hour. The ALKS shall drive itself in a single lane.

4)  Vaishali Hiwase becomes 1st woman to be appointed officer commanding in BRO

•Vaishali S Hiwase became the first woman officer to be appointed as officer commanding in the Border Roads Organisation (BRO) where she will be responsible for providing connectivity through an Indo-China border road. Vaishali is from Wardha, Maharashtra, and has completed a successful demanding tenure in Kargil.

•In a first, the Border Roads Organisation (BRO) has appointed a woman officer to command a Road Construction Company (RCC) tasked to provide connectivity in a high-altitude area along the India-China border.

5)  Indian Bank signs MoU with BSNL

•Indian Bank signed an MoU with Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited to provide seamless telecom services to the Indian Bank at competitive market rates. This means the telco might be availing its services to the bank for a lower market rate than usual.

•The bank is already using the services of BSNL and Mahanagar Telephone Nigam Limited for its Wide Area Network across the country Dr VK Sanjeevi, chief general manager of Chennai Telephones said that BSNL and its subsidiary MTNL is connecting 5,000 branches and ATMs of Indian Bank.

6)  LIC Among Top Ten Most-Valuable Insurance Brand Globally

•The state-owned insurance behemoth ‘Life Insurance Corporation (LIC)’ has emerged as the third strongest and the tenth most valuable insurance brand globally, in Brand Finance Insurance 100 report for 2021. The annual report is released by London-based brand valuation consultancy firm Brand Finance, to identify the most valuable and strongest insurance brands globally.

According to the report:

1.Most Valuable Indian Insurance Brand – LIC (10th)

2.Most Strongest Indian Insurance Brand – LIC (3rd)

3.Most Valuable Global Insurance Brand – Ping An Insurance, China

4.Most Strongest Global Insurance Brand – Poste Italiane, Italy

📰 DRDO hands over 75 large oxygen cylinders for use in Delhi

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 Why in news?

• Protests against the military coup in Myanmar have assumed new dimensions.
• Some “ethnic armed organisations” (EAOs) are mounting their own resistance against the junta (a military or political group that rules a country after taking power by force.)

What are the recent tensions?

• The generals are hitting back the EAOs with airstrikes, a sign that they are ready to use the most brutal means to crush opposition.
• The Myanmar military bombed villages on its border with Thailand.
• It carried this out in retaliation for the loss of one of its outposts in the southeastern Karen (now renamed Kayin) state that the Karen National Union (KNU) had seized earlier.
• The air strikes sent hundreds of Karen, one of Myanmar’s many ethnic minority groups, scattering across the border.
• Some 24,000 Karen people have been displaced in fighting in the past one month.
• Another area of tension is in the north, in Kachin state bordering China and forming a trijunction with India.
• Aerial bombardment has been going on here for days since the Kachin Independence Army (KIA) attacked two police outposts and a military base.
• Some 5,000 people are displaced with this.
• In Myanmar’s western Chin state, which borders Mizoram, 15 soldiers were killed in two separate incidents.
• This was claimed by a new ethnic armed militia called the Chinland Defence Force (CDF).
• Impact - The resistance by the EAOs seems to have taken the Myanmar army by surprise.
• In all, 21 EAOs, and several more militias, are active in the border states of Myanmar.
• Many of them have been waging armed resistance against the state for decades now.

What is the unfulfilled Federation dream of Myanmar?