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Current Affairs Monthly
Capsule and Quiz May 2018
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World Immunization Week: 24 April- 30 April
2018
World Immunization
Week 2018 is celebrated
from April 24 to April 30.
Immunization is
considered to be
one of the most cost-effective and successful
plans in the health industry.
World Immunization Week aims at
highlighting the collective effort which is
needed to ensure that every person gets
protection from diseases which can be
prevented from vaccines.
Theme for the year 2018 is “Protected
Together, Vaccines Work”.
International Buddhist Conference concluded in
Lumbini
International Buddhist Conference concluded in
Lumbini, Nepal, which is the birth place of Gautama
Buddha.
It was organised as part of 2562nd Buddha
Jayanti celebrations.
The basic objective of the conference was to
disseminate teachings of Gautam Buddha
and spread the messages of nonviolence,
brotherhood, co-existence, love and peace to
the international community.
First Ever Joint Army exercise on Malaysian Soil
Commences
Exercise Harimau Shakti 2018, between the Indian
Army and the Malaysian Army commenced on 30
April at Wardieburn Camp, Kuala Lumpur with a
brief and impressive handing over of troops
ceremony.
Lt Col Irwan Ibrahim, Commanding officer
of the 1st Royal Ranger Regiment of
Malaysian Army welcomed the Indian
contingent and wished the Indian and
Malaysian troops for a successful and
mutually beneficial joint exercise.
First phase of the two week long joint
military exercise begin with the formal
handing over of the Regimental Flag to the
Malaysian Army signifying merging of the
two contingents under one Commander.
World Asthma Day 2018: 1 May
World Asthma Day is an annual event organized by
the Global Initiative for Asthma (GINA) to
improve asthma awareness and care around the
world.
World Asthma Day takes place on the first
Tuesday of May. First World Asthma Day
was held in 1998.
The theme for the year 2018 is “Never too
early, never too late. It’s always the right
time to address airways disease”.
International Labour Day: May 1
The International Labour Day, also known as
International Worker’s Day or May Day is observed
every year on May 1.
The day aims to promote and encourage the
international labour associations, marks the
victory of workers’ movement for eight
hours of work and pay tribute to workers
sacrifices in achieving economic and social
rights all over the world.
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The theme of International Labour Day 2018
is “Uniting Workers for Social and
Economic Advancement”.
India- South Africa Business Summit Concludes
in Johannesburg
Minister of Commerce and Industry and Civil
Aviation, Suresh Prabhu, attended India- South
Africa business summit from April 29-30,2018 in
Johannesburg, South Africa.
The visit began with a series of bilateral
meetings: he met Dr. Rob Davies, Minister
of Trade and Industry of South Africa and
ministers from Swaziland, Botswana and
Lesotho.
The Minister highlighted the historical
relations between India and these countries
and pledged to take the economic partnership
forward.
The Minister also met members of India-
South Africa CEOs forum who expressed
confidence in the Government of India’s
efforts to strengthen India-Africa relations
and pledged their support in furthering these
relations.
India into world's top five defence spenders
India has joined the U.S. and China as one of the
world’s five biggest military spenders, reflecting
geopolitical tensions as well as the country’s
reliance on imported weapons and sprawling
personnel costs.
India’s defense spending rose by 5.5 percent
to $63.9 billion in 2017 and has now passed
France, the Stockholm International Peace
Research Institute said in a report
According to the arms watchdog, the five top
military spenders in 2017 were the US,
China, Saudi Arabia, Russia and India.
World Press Freedom Day: 3 May
World Press Freedom
Day was proclaimed by
the UN General
Assembly in December
1993, following the
recommendation of
UNESCO’s General Conference.
Since then, 3 May, the anniversary of
the Declaration of Windhoek, is celebrated
worldwide as World Press Freedom Day.
Theme for the year 2018 is ‘Keeping Power
in Check: Media, Justice and The Rule of
Law’.
Cartoonists’ day: 5 May
World Cartoonists’ day is celebrated every year on
5th May.
Cartoonists’ day is best celebrated by
picking up a comic you used to know and
love, and walking down memory lane on the
part it played in you growing up.
Nobel prize in literature 2018 cancelled after
sexual assault scandal
The Swedish Academy has said no Nobel prize for
literature will be awarded this year.
For the first time since 1949, the secretive
jury that hands out the world’s most
prestigious literary prize will not unveil a
winner this autumn, instead revealing two
laureates in 2019.
At the root of the institution’s unprecedented
crisis are a raft of wide-ranging allegations
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against Jean-Claude Arnault, a photographer
and leading cultural figure in Sweden, who
is married to Katarina Frostenson, an
academy member and author.
12th informal meeting of SAARC Finance
Ministers held in Manila
The twelfth informal meeting of SAARC Finance
Ministers was held in Manila, the capital of
Philippines on the sidelines of the 51st Annual
Meeting of Asian Development Bank (ADB).
The meeting was attended by the Finance
Ministers/Heads of Delegations from the
SAARC member states.
Finance Minister of Nepal Yuba Raj
Khatiwada chaired the meeting.
Khatiwada underscored the need of
concerted efforts to attain the objective of
South Asian Economic Union as desired by
the leaders of SAARC.
India ranks 11th in AT Kearney FDI Confidence
Index
India has slipped by three notches to 11th position in
the FDI Confidence Index 2018 of global
consultancy firm A T Kearney.
It said that India fell out of the top 10 for the
first time since 2015.
India was ranked 8th in 2017, while it was at
9th rank in 2016.
Vice President reaches Guatemala
Vice President M. Venkaiah Naidu on Sunday
reached Guatemala as part of his three-nation visit to
Latin America.
Naidu is on a five-day visit to Latin
America’s Guatemala, Peru and Panama
commencing from May 6. This is the Vice
President's first overseas visit after assuming
office last year.
A range of bilateral issues including the
strengthening of institutional mechanisms
for political interactions, multilateral
matters, trade and commerce, investments,
information technology, capacity building,
traditional medicines, space, defence, and
culture are expected to be discussed during
his visit.
NASA launches its latest mission to Mars
NASA has blasted off its
latest Mars lander,
InSight, designed to
perch on the surface and
listen for “Marsquakes”
ahead of eventual human
missions to explore the Red Planet.
The project aims to expand human
knowledge of interior conditions on Mars,
inform efforts to send human explorers there,
and reveal how rocky planets like the Earth
formed billions of years ago.
If all goes as planned, the lander should settle
on the Red Planet on November 26.
Its name, InSight, is short for Interior
Exploration using Seismic Investigations,
Geodesy and Heat Transport. NASA chief
scientist Jim Green said experts already
know that Mars has quakes, avalanches and
meteor strikes.
Putin sworn in for another six years in office
Russia
Vladimir Putin was sworn in for another six years as
Russian president. Putin swore to serve the Russian
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people, safeguard their rights and freedoms, and
defend Russian sovereignty.
Putin was inaugurated for his fourth term as
president
India ranks 4th in Asia-Pacific on power index
India has ranked fourth out of 25 nations in the Asia-
Pacific region on an index that measures their
overall power. The Lowy Institute Asia Power Index
measures power across 25 countries and territories
in the Asia-Pacific region.
Beijing to hold World Robot Conference
The 2018 World Robot Conference will be held in
Beijing from August 15 to 19.
The event will see over 12,000 competing
teams and 50,000 participants from more
than 10 countries and regions.
A robot competition will be held during the
conference where participants will compete
in five categories.
World Red Cross Day: 8 May
World Red Cross and Red Crescent Day is an annual
celebration of the principles of the International Red
Cross and Red Crescent Movement.
World Red Cross Red Crescent Day is
celebrated on 8 May each year.
This date is the anniversary of the birth of
Henry Dunant, who was born 8 May 1828.
He is the founder of International Committee
of the Red Cross (ICRC) and the recipient of
the first Nobel Peace Prize.
India slips to 6th spot in biz optimism index
With business sentiment at the "weakest" in four
years, India slipped to the 6th position globally in
the business optimism index for the first quarter of
this year.
Business optimism is however at an "all-time
high" globally with the index at net 61 per
cent, as per Grant Thornton's quarterly
global business survey.
With a score of 89, India is at the sixth place
in the index.
The top five nations are Austria, Finland,
Indonesia, the Netherlands and the US.
Narendra Modi ranked 9th among 75 most
powerful globally in Forbes list
Prime Minister
Narendra Modi figures
among the 10 most
powerful people in the
world in US magazine
Forbes' 2018 list that is
topped by Chinese President Xi Jinping, while
Reliance Industries (RIL) Chairman Mukesh
Ambani is the only Indian businessman to feature in
the list of 75.
Modi, who is ranked 9th and Ambani at 32,
are the only two Indians on the Forbes
World's Most Powerful People list.
Xi tops the list for the first time, replacing
Russian President Vladimir Putin, who drops
to second place after being named the most
powerful person in the world for four years
in succession.
VP Shri Venkaiah Naidu visits World Heritage
city of Old Guatemala
The Vice President of India, Shri M.Venkaiah Naidu
visited the historic Antigua (old) Guatemala city on
May 8, 2018 for understanding how it’s rich heritage
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is being maintained since it was declared as a World
Heritage City by the UNESCO in 1979.
Antigua Guatemala was the third capital
built by the Spanish rulers since their
invasion of Guatemala in 1524.
The first two capitals had to be abondoned
by 1541 on account of resistance from the
local warriors and natural calamities
respectively.
Old Guatemala witnessed series of
earthquakes since 1565 and was destroyed
by earthquake Santa Marta in 1773 forcing
the shifting of capital to the present
Guatamela City.
Those who stayed back and others who
returned started reconstruction of Old
Guatemala, restoring most of its mounments.
UNESCO declared it as a World Heritage
City in 1979.
Shanghai Cooperation Organization Tourism
Ministers’ conference in China
The Minister of State
(Independent Charge)
for Tourism and
Minister of State for
Electronics and
Information
Technology, Shri K. J. Alphons attended the
Tourism Ministers’ conference by Shanghai
Cooperation Organization (SCO) in Wuhan, China
held on 9th May 2018.
At the inaugural session, the Minister said
that India’s Tourism sector is fast growing
and has got an emerging market for
outbound travel and a tremendous potential
for tourism co-operation with the SCO
region.
India Pavilion Inaugurated at Cannes Film
Festival 2018
The inaugural session of the Indian Pavilion at the
Cannes Film Festival 2018 was held at Cannes,
France.
Hosted by noted actor Shri Sharad Kelkar,
the Indian delegation present consisted of
H.E. Vinay Mohan Kwatra, Ambassador of
India to France.
The agenda of the delegation from India this
year is to showcase diversity in films of our
country while furthering collaborations with
various other countries.
International Nurses Day: 12 May
International Nurses Day (IND) is an international
day celebrated around the world on 12 May (the
anniversary of Florence Nightingale's birth) of each
year, to mark the contributions nurses make to
society.
The International Council of Nurses (ICN)
has celebrated this day since 1965.
The theme for the year 2018 is Nurses A
Voice to Lead – Health is a Human right.
World Migratory Bird Day: 12 May
The World Migratory Bird Day was celebrated
throughout the world on 12th May 2018.
The World Migratory Bird Day is celebrated
from now on twice a year, on the Second
Saturday in May and in October. It will also
be observed on 13th October 2018.
The theme for World Migratory Bird Day
2018 is: “Unifying our Voices for Bird
Conservation”. Also 2018 is the “Year of the
Bird”.
Nepal to hold BIMSTEC 2018
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Nepal's Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli announced
to host the 2018 Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-
Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation
(BIMSTEC) summit.
During his meeting with Prime Minister
Narendra Modi, Nepali Prime Minister said
Nepal will hold the BIMSTEC summit,
while expressing commitment towards
building the Bangladesh-Bhutan-India-
Nepal initiative.
WHO launches 'REPLACE' to eliminate trans
fat in foods by 2023
The World Health Organization (WHO) has
launched ‘REPLACE’, a comprehensive plan to
eliminate industrially-produced artificial trans fats
from the global food supply by 2023.
The global health body estimates that every
year, trans fat intake leads to over 5,00,000
deaths worldwide from cardiovascular
diseases.
India to attend the SCO Culture Ministers’ meet
for the first time
The Minister of State for
Culture (I/c) and Minister
of state for Environment,
Forests and Climate
Change, Dr. Mahesh
Sharma will be attending
Shanghai Cooperation
Organization (SCO) Cultural Ministers Meeting at
Sanya in China on 17th of May, 2018.
It is the first time that India would be
attending the SCO Culture Ministers’
Meeting.
The meeting will showcase India’s
initiatives to actively pursue cultural
cooperation with other countries including
SCO countries.
It will also help to promote cultural relations
and people to people contacts with the
individual members of this organization
through cultural exchange programmes.
India became full member of the Shanghai
Cooperation Organization (SCO) on 9th
June, 2017 during the SCO Heads of State
Summit in Astana, Kazakhstan.
India 3rd largest solar market in world: Mercom
India emerged as the third largest solar market in the
world in 2017 behind China and the US, Mercom
Communications India said in a report.
As per the report, India set a new record with
9.6 GW of solar installations in 2017, which
was more than double the 4.3 GW installed
in 2016.
The robust growth boosted the country's total
solar installed capacity to 19.6 GW as of
December 2017, it added.
4th BRICS Ministerial Meeting held in Durban
The BRICS environment ministers have formed a
forum to focus on key strategic global issues such as
the global economy, trade, peace and security and
reform of multilateral institutions.
In a joint statement issued after 4th BRICS
Ministerial Meeting in Durban, BRICS
environment ministers urged developed
countries to continue taking the lead and
support developing countries, including the
transfer of needed technology, in combating
climate change.
The meeting was a part of preparations for
the forthcoming BRICS Summit scheduled
for July 25-27 in Johannesburg, themed:
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"Strengthening cooperation amongst BRICS
on a circular economy in the context of the
sustainable consumption and production”.
International Museum Day: 18 May
International Museum Day (IMD) is an international
day a celebration that held every year on or around
18 May, coordinated by the International Council of
Museums (ICOM).
The event highlights a specific theme that
changes every year and that is at the heart of
the international museum community’s
preoccupations.
The theme for the year 2018
‘Hyperconnected museum: New approaches,
new publics’
Guatemala opens embassy in Jerusalem after US
Guatemala officially moved its embassy from Tel
Aviv to Jerusale, becoming the second country to do
so after the U.S. inaugurated its embassy in
Jerusalem.
At the inaguration, which was attended by
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu,
Guatemalan President Jimmy Morales said
his country is bringing a message of "love,
peace and fraternity" to Israel.
Guatemala was one of seven countries to
vote with the Trump administration and
Israel on the Jerusalem embassy issue at the
United Nations.
The others were Honduras, the Marshall
Islands, Micronesia, Nauru, Palau and Togo.
World AIDS Vaccination Day: 18 May
World AIDS Vaccine Day, also known as HIV
Vaccine Awareness Day, is observed annually
on May 18 ever since it was first celebrated on May
18, 1998.
The day is marked to increase the awareness
of a continued need for a vaccine to fight
against HIV, the virus that causes AIDS.
Russia unveils world's first floating nuclear
power station
Russia has unveiled
the world's first
floating nuclear
power station in the
port of the city of
Murmansk, where it
will be loaded with nuclear fuel before heading to
eastern Siberia.
Constructed by the state nuclear power firm
Rosatom, the 144 by 30 metre holds two
reactors with two 35 megawatt nuclear
reactors that are similar to those used to
power icebreaker ships.
It will be primarily used to power oil rigs as
Russia pus hes further north into the Arctic
to drill for oil and gas and needs electricity
in far-flung locations.
Venezuela's Maduro wins re-election
Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro was
reelected for a second six-year term in presidential
elections, according to the National Electoral
Council (CNE).
Some 14,638 voting centers have been set up
nationwide for Venezuela's more than 20.5
million eligible voters.
India sixth wealthiest country with total wealth
of $8,230 billion
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India is the sixth wealthiest country in the world
with a total wealth of $8,230 billion, while the U.S.
is the richest nation globally, says a report.
According to the AfrAsia Bank Global
Wealth Migration Review, the US is the
wealthiest country in the world with a total
wealth of $62,584 billion, followed by China
($24,803 billion) in the second place and
Japan ($19,522 billion) in third.
Total wealth refers to the private wealth held
by all the individuals living in each country.
It includes all their assets (property, cash,
equities, business interests) minus any
liabilities.
Government funds are excluded from these
figures. Larger countries have an advantage
due to higher populations.
26th BASIC Ministerial meeting of Environment
Ministers in Durban
The 26th BASIC Ministerial Meeting of
Environment Ministers was held in Durban, South
Africa for co-operation to protect the climate for
present and future generations.
The BASIC grouping is a bloc of four
countries – Brazil, South Africa, India and
China – formed by an agreement on
November 28, 2009.
International Bio-diversity Day: 22 May
The International Bio-diversity Day is observed on
22nd May every year to increase understanding and
awareness of biodiversity issues.
The theme for this year is, ‘Celebrating 25
Years of Action for Biodiversity’.
2018 marks the 25th anniversary of the entry
into force of the Convention on Biological
Diversity and to highlight progress made in
the achievement of its objectives at the
national and global levels.
India to attend SCO meet in Pakistan
An Indian delegation
will be among those
attending an anti-
terrorism conference
being held here under
the banner of the
Shanghai Cooperation
Organisation (SCO), Pakistan’s Foreign Office said
on Tuesday.
Pakistan will be hosting its first SCO
meeting, since the country along with India
became a member of the organisation in June
2017.
Experts from the eight SCO member states -
China, Kazakhstan, India, Kyrgyzstan,
Russia, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan and Pakistan
- as well as representatives of the SCO-
Regional Anti-Terrorist Structure (SCO-
RATS) will participate in the three-day
meeting.
India 145th among 195 countries in healthcare
access, quality: Lancet
India ranks 145th among 195 countries in terms of
quality and accessibility of healthcare in 2016,
behind its neighbours like China, Bangladesh, Sri
Lanka and Bhutan, according to a Lancet study.
In 2016, India’s healthcare access and
quality scored at 41.2 (up from 24.7 in 1990).
It said that Goa and Kerala had the highest
scores in 2016, each exceeding 60 points,
whereas Assam and Uttar Pradesh had the
lowest, each below 40.
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The five countries with the highest levels of
healthcare access and quality in 2016 were
Iceland (97.1 points), Norway (96.6), the
Netherlands (96.1), Luxembourg (96.0), and
Finland and Australia (each with 95.9).
Dr. Harsh Vardhan leads Indian delegation in
Mission Innovation (MI) Ministerial
30 months ago on November 30th, 2015, leader of 20
countries came together to launch Mission
Innovation (MI), a landmark 5 year commitment to
accelerate the pace of innovation and make clean
energy widely affordable and accessible worldwide.
India is the founding member of this forum
and is a partner in the Steering Committee.
MI now comprises 23 economies and the
European Commission, representing the
European Union, and collectively accounts
for more than 80 percent of the world’s total
public financing of clean energy R&D.
This week Ministers and high level delegates
from these countries converged at Malmo,
Sweden for the 3rd Mission Innovation
Ministerial from 22-23 May, 2018.
Indian delegation was lead by Dr. Harsh
Vardhan, Union Minister for Science,
Technology and Earth Sciences.
India announced its plan for hosting MI
clean energy materials Workshop in
October-November, 2018 at New Delhi.
India moves one notch up to 44th rank in IMD's
competitiveness rankings
India has moved one notch higher, to the 44th place
in terms of competitiveness, in the annual rankings
compiled by International Institute for Management
Development (IMD) which placed the US in the top
slot.
The US became the most competitive
economy globally driven by its strength in
economic performance and infrastructure,
followed by Hong Kong and Singapore in
the second and third place, respectively.
India is ranked the 12th most competitive
economy out of the 14 Asian countries on the
list.
This year 63 countries are ranked with
Cyprus and Saudi Arabia making their first
appearance.
5th India CLMV Business Conclave held at
Phnom Penh, Cambodia
The Ministry of Commerce & Industry, Government
of India along with Ministry of Commerce of
Cambodia organized the 5th India-CLMV Business
Conclave in Phnom Penh on 21-22 May 2018.
After four rounds of the Business Conclave
in India, this initiative was brought by
Department of Commerce of Government of
India to Cambodia,for greater participation
from the region.
The Confederation of Indian Industry (CII)
is the institutional partner of the event.
CLMV is a group of Cambodia, Myanmar,
Vietnam and Lao PDR.
Nepal first country in south-east Asia to eliminate
trachoma
Nepal has become
the first country in
south-east Asia to
eliminate trachoma,
world's leading
cause of preventable
blindness of infectious origin, the World Health
Organisation (WHO) said.
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Trachoma was the second leading cause of
preventable blindness in the Himalayan
nation in the 1980s.
In 2002, the Government of Nepal had
stepped up the efforts to eliminate trachoma
with the establishment of a national
trachoma programme.
Columbia formally joins NATO
One year after reaching partnership deal through a
peace agreement with South America, Columbia has
has formally joined the North Atlantic Treaty
Organization.
The North Atlantic Treaty Organization is an
intergovernmental military alliance between
29 North American and European countries
based on the North Atlantic Treaty that was
signed on 4 April 1949.
Netherlands joins Solar Alliance
The Netherlands has become the 64th signatory
member of the International Solar Alliance (ISA).
The joint statement issued hailed the
Netherlands as India’s “Gateway to Europe”.
India also welcomed the Netherlands as the
Partner Country for the TechSummit in
2019.
India launches 2nd IT corridor in China
India has launched its second IT corridor in China to
cash in on the burgeoning Chinese software market.
The National Association of Software and
Services Companies (NASSCOM) has
established one more Digital Collaborative
Opportunities Plaza (SIDCOP) platform in
China in an effort to provide market access
to Indian IT firms in the huge Chinese
market.
Hamburg to host 2018 Global Wind Summit
The first edition of the Global Wind Summit will
be held in Hamburg from September 25-28, 2018.
The organisers of the four-day event are
expecting speakers from about 100
countries, including India, China, the US,
Spain and Denmark.
The conference on wind is the largest and
most important meeting of the wind
industry worldwide.
108th session of UNWTO Executive council in
San Sebastian
The Minister of
State
(Independent
Charge) for
Tourism, Shri K. J. Alphons along with a
delegation of senior officials attended the 108th
session of UNWTO Executive Council from 23rd to
25th May 2018 held in San Sebastian, Spain.
The Executive council decided that in order
to address new challenge and trends, the
organization will pay special attention to
scaling up innovation and digitization in the
sector.
During the three day Executive Council
meeting, Sh. K. J. Alphons chaired the
‘Programme and Budget Committee’
meeting of UNWTO.
Points to Remember
The World Tourism Organization
(UNWTO) is the United Nations agency
responsible for the promotion of
responsible, sustainable and universally
accessible tourism.
The UNWTO Executive Council represents
the Organization’s governing body whose
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task is to take all necessary measures in
consultation with the Secretary-General, for
implementation of its own decisions and
recommendations of the Assembly and
report thereupon to the Assembly.
The Council meets at least twice a year, the
next to be held in Bahrain.
The council consists of 30 Full Members.
Mr. Zurab Pololikashvili is the Secretary-
General of UNWTO.
International Conference on the TRIPS CBD
Linkage 7-8 June 2018 in Geneva
India has taken the lead in seeking to revive WTO
discussions on issues related to preventing theft of
traditional knowledge.
Government of India, along with the Centre
for WTO Studies, Indian Institute of Foreign
Trade and the South Centre (an inter-
governmental organisation based in
Geneva), are organising an International
Conference on TRIPS- CBD Linkage in
Geneva on 7-8 June 2018.
Brazil and South Africa are some of the other
countries that have joined hands with India
on this crucial initiative.
Swachh Bharat Summer Internship
Following the Prime Minister’s clarion call on 2nd
October 2014 for each individual to devote at least
100 hours to Swachhata through the year, Ministry
of Drinking Water and Sanitation (MDWS) in
association with Ministry of Human Resource
Development (MHRD) and Ministry of Youth
Affairs and Sports (MYAS) has launched the
Swachh Bharat Summer Internship – a novel and
first of it’s kind initiative.
The internship period commences from May
1, 2018 and ends on July 31, 2018.
The programme aims to engage millions of
youngsters across the country, to encourage
them to contribute to the Swachh Bharat
Mission in the spirit of a true janandolan.
Under the internship, all interns who
complete at least 100 hours of sanitation
related work in villages would be given a
Swachh Bharat certificate.
Those who complete the internship with
additional, specified outputs would also gain
2 curriculum credits specially allowed by
UGC.
Additionally, top performers would receive
awards at the College and University /
District (NYKS), State and National Level.
Pilot scheme Procurement of Aggregate Power of
2500 MW for three years
The Government kicks off a Pilot Scheme for
Procurement of Aggregate Power of 2500 MW on
competitive basis for 3 (three) years under medium
term i.e. from generators with commissioned
projects but without Power Purchase Agreement.
The Ministry of Power had recently issued
the model bid documents, model PAPP and
PPSA on 6th April, 2018. The Guidelines for
the said scheme were issued on 10th April,
2018.
PFC Consulting Limited (A wholly owned
subsidiary of PFC Ltd) has been appointed
as Nodal Agency and PTC India Limited as
the Aggregator.
PTC India would sign three-year (mid-term)
Agreement for Procurement of Power with
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successful bidders and Power Supply
Agreement with the Discoms.
Under the scheme a single entity can be
allotted maximum capacity of 600 MW. The
Scheme assures a minimum off-take of 55
per cent of contracted capacity.
The Tariff will be fixed for three years
without any escalation.
Swachh Bharat Mission launches GOBAR-
DHAN
Union Minister for
Drinking Water and
Sanitation, Sushri Uma
Bharti launched the
GOBAR (Galvanizing
Organic Bio-Agro Resources - DHAN scheme at the
National Dairy Research Institute (NDRI)
Auditorium, Karnal.
The scheme aims to positively impact village
cleanliness and generate wealth and energy
from cattle and organic waste.
The scheme also aims at creating new rural
livelihood opportunities and enhancing
income for farmers and other rural people.
The Swachh Bharat Mission (Gramin)
comprises two main components for creating
clean villages – creating open defecation free
(ODF) villages and managing solid and
liquid waste in villages.
Pravasi Bharatiya Divas 2019 to be held in
Varanasi
The 15th Pravasi Bharatiya Divas will be held in the
holy city of Varanasi in January 2019.
The event would be inaugurated by Prime
Minister Narendra Modi and his Mauritian
counterpart Pravind Jugnauth.
It would be held in Varanasi from January 21
to 23.
South Western Command’s Exercise Vijay
Prahar
South Western Command is carrying out Exercise
VIJAY PRAHAR employing more than 20000
troops in the Mahajan Field Firing Ranges close to
Suratgarh in Rajasthan.
The exercise is aimed to orchestrate wide
spectrum of threats which are planned to be
tackled through high tempo joint air and land
operation.
The month-long exercise is essentially to
practice the troops in penetrative
manoeuvres across the obstacle ridden
terrain under a nuclear umbrella.
9th India-Japan Energy Dialogue held in New
Delhi
The 9th India Japan
Energy Dialogue
was held in New
Delhi. Minister of
State(IC) for Power
and New
&Renewable Energy, Shri R.K Singh, and Minister
of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI) Mr.
Hiroshige Sekosigned a Joint Statement at the
conclusion of the meeting.
Both Japan and India, as the third and the
seventh largest economies respectively,
recognized that having access to reliable,
clean and economical energy is critical for
their economic growth and in achieving this,
both Ministers agreed on further
strengthening of bilateral energy cooperation
for energy development of both countries,
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while also contributing to worldwide energy
security, energy access and climate change
issues.
14 of world's 15 most polluted cities in India
The WHO global air pollution database reveals that
India has 14 out of the 15 most polluted cities in the
world in terms of PM 2.5 concentrations, with the
worst being Kanpur.
Kanpur topped the 2016 list with a PM 2.5
concentration of 173 micrograms per cubic
metre, followed by Faridabad, Varanasi and
Gaya.
14 out of top 15 cities are Indian. Ali Subah
Al Salem (Kuwait) ranked 15th.
Cabinet approves Doubling of Investment Limit
for Senior Citizens PMVVY
The Union Cabinet
chaired by chaired
by Prime Minister
Shri Narendra
Modi has given its
approval for
extending the investment limit from Rs 7.5 lakhs to
Rs 15 lakhs as well as extension of time limits for
subscription from 4thMay 2018 to 31stMarch, 2020
under the Pradhan Mantri Vaya Vandan Yojana
(PMVVY) as part of Government's commitment for
financial inclusion and social security.
Further, as a boost to the Social Security
initiatives for senior citizens, the investment
limit of Rs 7.5 lakh per family in the existing
scheme is enhanced to Rs 15 lakh per senior
citizen in the modified PMVVY, thereby
providing a larger social security cover to the
Senior citizens.
It will enable upto Rs.10000 Pension per
month for Senior Citizens.
The PMVVY is being implemented through
Life Insurance Corporation of India (LIC) to
provide social security during old age and
protect elderly persons aged 60 years and
above against a future fall in their interest
income due to uncertain market conditions.
The scheme provides an assured pension
based on a guaranteed rate of return of 8%
per annum for ten years, with an option to opt
for pension on a monthly / quarterly / half
yearly and annual basis.
The differential return, i.e. the difference
between the return generated by LIC and the
assured return of 8% per annum would be
borne by Government of India as subsidy on
an annual basis.
Biggest Airport, after Mumbai, to be developed
in Mopa, Goa
A joint team of the Airports Authority of India
(AAI) and Commerce Logistics Department will
visit Goa on 7th-8thMay 2018 to facilitate the
development of cargo hubs at the new airport to be
constructed at Mopa in Goa.
The four coastal states in the western part of
the country, Maharashtra, Karnataka, Kerala
and Goa, will benefit greatly from the
biggest airport, after Mumbai,to be
constructed in Mopa.
PMSSY approved beyond 12th Five Year Plan
The Union Cabinet chaired by the Prime Minister
Shri Narendra Modi has given its approval for
continuation of Pradhan Mantri Swasthya Suraksha
Yojana (PMSSY) beyond 12th Five Year Plan for a
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period 2017-18 to 2019-20 with a financial outlay of
Rs. 14,832 crores.
Expressing gratitude to the Prime Minister
for his constant support, Shri J P Nadda,
Union Minister of Health and Family
Welfare said that the Government is
consciously working towards improving
health infrastructure as well as health
manpower in the country.
Cabinet approves continuation of Umbrella
Scheme ‘Green Revolution
The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs,
chaired by the Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi
has given its approval for the Umbrella Scheme,
"Green Revolution – Krishonnati Yojana" in
agriculture sector beyond 12th Five Year Plan for the
period from 2017-18 to 2019-20 with the Central
Share of Rs. 33,269.976 crore.
The Umbrella scheme comprises of 11
Schemes/Missions.
These schemes look to develop the
agriculture and allied sector in a holistic and
scientific manner to increase the income of
farmers by enhancing production,
productivity andbetter returns on produce.
The Schemes will be continued with an
expenditure of Rs.33,269.976 crore for three
financial years, i.e., 2017-18, 2018-19 and
2019-20.
Vibrant Northeast in Guwahati from May 3
The ‘Vibrant North East 2018′, an event in which
people would be made aware of central
government’s schemes and programmes, will be
held in Guwahati from 3-5 May.
Players from the agriculture, food
processing, consumer affairs, civil supply,
drinking water and sanitation sectors will
participate in the three-day event.
Organised by Delhi-based NGO, Centre for
Agriculture and Rural Development
(CARD), the ‘Vibrant North East 2018′ is
supported by the North Eastern Council,
Department of Science and Technology,
Ministry of Home Affairs, Ministry of
Commerce and Industry and All India
Farmers Alliance.
Maharashtra first to issue land document online
Maharashtra has become
the first state to issue a
crucial land ownership
document online and
accept a digital signature
on it as valid.
The state government's plan of digitizing the
7/12 extract is thus complete.
It went a step ahead and generated eight lakh
documents with space for digital signatures.
The facility was inaugurated by the chief
minister.
EPFO Introduces ‘View Pension Passbook’
Service through Umang App
Employees’ Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO),
which is providing a host of e-services for its
stakeholders, has now introduced a new service
through ‘UMANG app’.
On clicking ‘View Passbook’ option, it
requires PPO Number and Date of Birth
information to be entered by the pensioner.
After successful validation of the
information fed, an OTP will be sent to the
registered mobile number of the pensioner.
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On entering OTP, ‘Pensioner Passbook’ will
display the details of the pensioner like
Name, DOB along with last pension credited
information.
The facility to download the financial year
wise complete pass book details is also
available.
HRD Ministry notifies 75 National Resource
Centres
The Ministry of Human Resource Development has
launched a major and unique initiative of online
professional development of 1.5 million higher
education faculty using the MOOCs platform
SWAYAM.
In the first phase, 75 discipline-specific
National Resource Centres have been
identified which are tasked to prepare online
training material with focus on latest
developments in the discipline, new &
emerging trends, pedagogical improvements
and methodologies for transacting revised
curriculum.
Under this initiative, all in-service teachers,
irrespective of their subject and seniority will
have an enabling opportunity to keep abreast
of the latest developments in their disciplines
through the technology based online
refresher course.
Exhibition -‘India and the world: a history in
nine stories’
First of its kind, mammoth exhibition on Indian
Civilisation, was inaugurated by, the President,
Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts,
(IGNCA), Shri. Raam Bahadur Rai, at National
Museum, New Delhi.
The Exhibition, marks an unprecedented
collaboration with the British Museum,
London; National Museum, New Delhi; and
Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Vastu
Sangrahalaya (CSMVS), Mumbai and is
actively supported by the Culture Ministry.
Delhi to host six-day Festival of Bharat
National capital Delhi will host a six-day-long
Festival of Bharat between May 9 and May 14 as a
21st century tribute to the majesty and depth of
India's civilization.
The event will be held at the Scheduled
between 9th May and 14th May at the Indira
Gandhi National Centre for the Arts
(IGNCA).
Scholars, Grammy award winning artistes,
rising new stars and prominent public figures
will also be in attendance.
National Conference of 244 selected Districts
under Beti Bachao Beti Padhao
The Ministry of Women and Child Development
organized National Conference with the Nodal
Officers of 244 Districts, State Nodal Officers and
Senior Officers.
Smt Maneka Sanjay Gandhi, the Union
Minister for Women and Child Development
inaugurated the event and interacted with
244 new districts with low Child Sex
Ratio(CSR), from 25 States/ UTs.
Addressing the Conference, the WCD
Minister highlighted the need to involve
various stakeholders and join hands for
achieving the goals of BBBP.
The Minister highlighted need for training of
women sarpanches in every district for
achieving goals of BBBP.
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Border Roads Organisation to celebrate Raising
Day
Border Roads Organisation (BRO), is celebrating its
Raising Day on 07 May 2018.
BRO, a leader in the arena of infrastructural
development in the border areas of the
country is celebrating its 58 years of glorious
service to the nation.
Since its inception in 1960, so far the
Organisation has grown from 02 to 19
projects. Its focus shall remain enhanced
productivity and quality construction.
First organised census for Indus dolphins to be
carried out in India
For the conservation of Indus dolphins - one of the
world’s rarest mammals - the Punjab government
along with WWF-India are conducting the first
organised census on their population.
Found only in India and Pakistan, the Indus
dolphins are confined to only a 185 km
stretch between Talwara and Harike Barrage
in India’s Beas river in Punjab.
Officials from the Department of Forests and
Wildlife Preservation, Punjab and WWF-
India are currently working in two teams and
will come to an estimate regarding the
dolphin population over the five-day
exercise.
GIS technology to strengthen Namami Gange
Programme
National Mission for Clean Ganga has brought on
board Survey of India, the oldest scientific
department in the country set up in 1767, to facilitate
the Ganga rejuvenation task by using Geographic
Information System (GIS) technology.
Through the project which has been
approved in the EC meeting at an estimated
cost of Rs. 86.84 crore, NMCG aims to
strengthen planning and implementation at
national/state/local levels.
The project includes use of Digital Elevation
Model (DEM) technology which ensures
accurate data collection, an important aspect
for river basin management planning.
DEM technology enables identification of
entire topography of an area making it easy
for policy makers to analyse the available
data thereby supporting the decision-making
process.
The Government of India signed a loan deal
worth $ 200 million with the World Bank
The Government of India signed a loan deal worth $
200 million with the World Bank for the National
Nutrition Mission (POSHAN Abhiyaan). The loan
would help the Government of India in achieving its
goal of reducing stunting in children 0-6 years of age
from 38.4% to 25% by the year 2022.
The POSHAN (PM’s Overarching Scheme
for Holistic Nourishment) Abhiyaan was
launched by the Prime Minister on 8th
March 2018 at Jhunjhunu, Rajasthan.
A large component of POSHAN Abhiyaan
involves gradual scaling-up of the
interventions supported by the ongoing
World Bank assisted Integrated Child
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Development Services (ICDS) Systems
Strengthening and Nutrition Improvement
Project (ISSNIP) to all districts in the
country over a 3-year period. The loan
approved today will support the first phase
scale up to 315 districts across all states and
union territories (UTs).
NITI Aayog and Google sign SoI to help grow AI
ecosystem in India
Aiming to foster growth for India’s nascent artificial
intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML)
ecosystem, NITI Aayog and Google have come
together to work on a range of initiatives to help
build the AI ecosystem across the country.
A Statement of Intent (SoI) was signed to
this effect by Ms. Anna Roy, Advisor, NITI
Aayog and Shri Rajan Anandan, Vice
President, India and South East Asia, Google
in the presence of the Shri Amitabh Kant,
CEO, NITI Aayog.
The NITI Aayog has been entrusted to setup
a national programme to conduct research
and development in frontier technologies
such as AI. In furtherance of this mandate,
NITI Aayog has been developing India’s
national strategy on AI along with the
National Data and Analytics Portal to enable
the wide deployment and use of AI.
Valedictory function of 30th NHCC held Panaji
Valedictory function
of the 30th Naval
Higher Command
Course (NHCC) was
held at the Naval War
College, INS
Mandovi, Verem.
The Naval War College is a premier training
institution of the Indian Navy and one of the
three War College of the Indian Armed
Forces.
China to organise film festival in Kolkata in July
China will organise a film festival at Kolkata's
Nandan in July this year. "A week-long film festival
will be organised at Nandan, the film and cultural
centre in Kolkata, in which seven Chinese films will
be screened".
Hyderabad Metro introduces exclusive coach for
women
The Hyderabad Metro Rail Limited (HMRL) has
introduced a special Coach exclusively for women
in Metro train.
The special coach was inaugurated by
HMRL Managing Director N V S Reddy and
L&T Metro Rail (Hyderabad) Limited MD
and CEO K V B Reddy.
18. 3rd Edition of UNPCAP Inaugurated in New
Delhi
The third edition of the United Nations
Peacekeeping Course for African Partners
(UNPCAP) was inaugurated in New Delhi to build
and enhance the capacity of the African Troop
Contributing Countries to the UN.
The UNPCAP sessions will be held from
May 7-25.
The course is conducted by the Centre for
United Nations Peacekeeping in India
(CUNPK) in partnership with the US.
The first and second editions of the course
were held in New Delhi in 2016 and 2017,
respectively.
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CEOs of Smart Cities conference inaugurated in
Bhopal
Shri Hardeep Puri, Minister of State (I/C) for
Housing & Urban Affairs has inaugurated the ‘First
Apex Conference for the CEOs of Smart Cities ‘in
Bhopal.
Since its launch on 25 June 2015, the Smart
Cities Mission (SCM), has been one of the
most transformational urban missions.
The two-day conference is being organised
for providing a platform for cross learning
and knowledge sharing among the Smart
City CEOs on 8-9 May 2018.
The conference will enable the CEOs to
learn from the experiences of all city leaders
to understand in greater details both
successes and failures.
15th Asia Media Summit to be hosted by India
The 15th Asia Media Summit (AMS) 2018 is being
hosted by the Ministry of Information and
Broadcasting, Government of India, jointly with the
Indian Institute of Mass Communication (IIMC),
New Delhi and Broadcast Engineering Consultants
India Limited (BECIL), from 10th -12th May, 2018
in New Delhi.
Union Minister for Information &
Broadcasting and Textiles, Smt. Smriti
Zubin Irani would be presiding as the Chief
Guest over the Inaugural ceremony of the
Summit on 10th May.
The AMS 2018, an annual summit of the
Asia-Pacific Institute for Broadcasting
Development (AIBD) Kuala Lumpur, is a
prestigious summit in the Asia Pacific
Region and India is hosting the event for the
first time.
The Summit, with the theme `Telling Our
Stories – Asia and More’, would be
organized in two parts Pre-summit workshop
(8th-9th) and Summit (10th-12th).
Army's 'Vijay Prahar' exercise in Rajasthan
culminates
The Indian Army's 'Vijay Prahar' exercise in which
over 25,000 troops of the Jaipur based South
Western command participated culminated in
Rajasthan's Suratgarh.
South Western Army Commander Lt Gen
Cherish Mathson witnessed the final
offensive of the forces achieving a decisive
victory.
Fighting equipments including tanks, attack
helicopters, drones and fighter aircraft were
used in the month-long exercise.
Signing of MoU between Artificial Limbs
Manufacturing Corporation of India APCPL
Artificial Limbs Manufacturing Corporation of
India(ALIMCO), under Ministry of Social Justice &
Empowerment and Aravali Power Company Pvt Ltd
(APCPL),Jhajjar signed a Memorandum of
Understanding (MoU) at Jhajjar, Haryana.
Rs. 2 Crores for Distribution of Aids and
Assistive Devices to Persons with
Disabilities at Charkhi Dadri District of
Haryana under the CSR initiative of APCPL
in the presence of Shri D.R. Sarin, CMD,
ALIMCO and ShriN.N.Mishra, CEO,
APCPL.
As per the MoU signed between ALIMCO
and APCPL, Distribution camps will be
organized at Charkhi Dadri District for an
estimated cost of Rs 2 Crores.
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In the Distribution Camps artificial limbs,
aids & appliances such as Motorized
Tricycles Tricycle, Wheel Chairs, BTE
Hearing Aids, Crutch Axilla Adjustable,
Braille Cane, MSIED Kit, Braille Kit, Smart
Cane, Smart Phones etc. to Persons with
Disabilities will be distributed.
ALIMCO is a “Not For Profit” Central
Public Sector Undertaking working under
the administrative control of Ministry of
Social Justice & Empowerment,
Government of India.
Fifteenth Finance Commission constitutes an
Advisory Council
The Fifteenth Finance Commission has constituted
an Advisory Council to advise and assist the
Commission. The role and functions of the Advisory
Council will be:
To advise the Commission on any issue or
subject related to the Terms of Reference
(ToR) of the Commission, which may be of
relevance;
To assist in the preparation of any paper or
research study which would enhance the
Commission's understanding on the issues
containing in its ToR; and
To help in broadening the Commission's
ambit and understanding to seek best
national and international practices on
matters pertaining to fiscal devolution and
improving the quality and reach and
enforcement of its recommendations.
Advisory Council will have following members:
Arvind Virmani, President, Forum for
Strategic Initiatives
Surjit S. Bhalla, Part-time Member of
PMEAC and Sr. Indian Analyst for the
Observatory Group and Chairman of Oxus
Research and Investments
Sanjeev Gupta, Ex-Deputy Director (Fiscal
Affairs Department), IMF
Pinaki Chakraborty, Professor (NIPFP)
Shri Sajjid Chinoy, Chief India Economist,
JP Morgan
Shri Neelkanth Mishra, Managing Director
and the Credit Suisse India Economist and
Strategist
Kovind becomes first President to visit Siachen in
14 years
The President of India, Shri Ram Nath Kovind,
visited Siachen Base Camp on May 10, 2018 and
addressed the soldiers posted there.
He also visited the Kumar Post. President
Kovind is the second President of India to
visit Siachen.
The previous visit was undertaken by
President A.P.J. Abdul Kalam in April 2004.
This makes President Kovind the first
President to travel to Siachen in 14 years.
Madhya Pradesh Gets India's First Smart Cities
Control Centre
In a major step towards realising the centre's smart
city mission (SCM), the Madhya Pradesh
government has launched the country's first
Integrated Control and Command Centre (ICCC) for
all seven smart cities of the state in Bhopal.
The ICCCwould enable the authorities to
monitor the status of various smart civic
amenities in real-time through the sensors
connected to it.
Bhopal, Indore, Ujjain, Gwalior, Jabalpur,
Satna, and Sagar are the seven smart cities
under SCM in Madhya Pradesh.
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Union Minister for Civil Aviation Suresh Prabhu
inaugurates 6th US-India Aviation Summit
The 6th US-India Aviation Summit was formally
inaugurated by Union Minister for Civil Aviation,
Suresh Prabhu in Mumbai.
The biennial Summit is jointly organised by
Ministry of Civil Aviation and US Trade and
Development Agency (USTDA).
The summit is a technical, policy and
commercial forum by the Indian Ministry of
Civil Aviation and the US Trade and
Development Agency.
Joint Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ)
Surveillance of Maldives
Indian Naval (IN) ship Sumedha, a Naval Offshore
Patrol Vessel (NOPV), has been deployed to
undertake joint EEZ surveillance of Maldives from
09 to 17 May 18, as part of Indian Navy’s ‘Mission
Based Deployments’.
The ship would undertake an Operational
Turnaround (OTR) at Male from 11 to 12
May 2018, during which the ship would
interact and impart training to Maldives’
National Defence Forces (MNDF)
personnel.
Sumedha would also embark MNDF
personnel onboard and undertake joint EEZ
surveillance of Maldives from 12 to 15 May
2018.
The MNDF personnel would be
disembarked at Male, on completion of the
EEZ surveillance.
RBSM-India 2018 to commence on May 15
Commerce Secretary of the Government of India,
Rita A Teaotia, will inaugurate the two-day second
Reverse Buyers Sellers Meet (RBSM) commencing
from May 15 in Mumbai for promoting export of
mangoes and other tropical fruits and products.
The Meet is being organized by the APEDA
Ministry of Commerce and Industry,
Government of India, in association with the
PHD Chamber of Commerce and Industry.
Its objective is to promote and give a fillip to
exports of Indian mangos and other tropical
fruits like pomegranate, pinesapple, banana
and jackfruits from the country and to
develop new markets for promotion of these
fruits and processed products.
National Technology Day: 11 May
National Technology
Day is observed every
year on 11th of May in
India, acting as a
reminder of the
anniversary of Shakti.
Shakti is the Pokhran nuclear test which was
held on 11th of May, 1998.
The day highlights the important role of
Science in our daily lives and encourages
students to embrace Science as a career
option.
Modi, Oli jointly inaugurate Janakpur-Ayodhya
direct bus service
Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Nepalese
counterpart K P Sharma Oli jointly inaugurated a
direct bus service between Janakpur and Ayodhya -
the two sacred cities for Hindus.
Modi flagged off the bus after visiting the
famed 20th century Janaki temple, dedicated
to the Hindu goddess Sita, where he offered
special prayers.
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Janakpur is known as the birth place of Sita,
the wife of Lord Rama. Janaki temple was
built in memory of Sita in 1910.
Frozen Semen Station being set up in
Maranga,Purnea
Laying the foundation stone of the frozen semen
station in Maranga, Purnea Union Minister of
Agriculture & Farmers’ Welfare Shri Radha Mohan
Singh said that the frozen semen station is being set
up at a cost of Rs 64 crore under the Rashtriya Gokul
Mission with 100% contribution from the Central
Government.
Out of this, Rs 20 crore has already been
released.
Currently, the artificial insemination is being
done by CMOFED (Sudha) in Bihar. For
artificial insemination, semen from high
genetic merit bulls is needed.
Shri Singh elaborated that the frozen semen
station in Purnea will be the first state-of-the-
art semen production center of the country.
The Minister said the RashtriyaGokul
Mission was initiated in December 2014
with an aim to conserve and develop
indigenous breeds.
Punjab signs MoU with UK for setting up bio-
gas, bio CNG plants
The Punjab government has signed a pact with the
UK for setting up of bio-gas and bio-CNG plants in
the state.
A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU)
was signed in the presence of Punjab Finance
Minister Manpreet Singh Badal and Andrew
Ayre, deputy high commissioner, British
High Commission.
Punjab Infrastructure Development Board
(PIDB) will facilitate regulatory clearances
and incentives by the state government.
Chhattisgarh CM to launch Vikas Yatra
Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Raman Singh has
launched Vikas Yatra from Dantewada.
Addressing the media, the Chief Minister
said, "This yatra is to tell people about the
development the state has witnessed. We
will also work to further increase the growth
of the state in coming days.
The chief minister, during his Vikas Yatra,
will distribute free pesticides to 5.5 lakh
labourers.
Also, 50 lakh families will be given
smartphones as part of the Chief Minister's
dream project Sanchar Kranti Yojna.
President launches several schemes in Rajasthan
The President of India, Shri Ram Nath Kovind,
addressed a civic reception hosted for him in Jaipur,
Rajasthan, by the state government on May 13,
2018.
The President appreciated the Government
of Rajasthan for launching the ‘Bhairon
Singh Shekhawat Antyodaya Employment
Scheme’ and the ‘Sunder Singh Bhandari
EBC Self-Employment Scheme’, named
after two illustrious public figures from
Rajasthan.
He stated that the loan waiver for SCs, STs
and other deprived communities – a third
scheme launched today – too is a tribute to
the principles and ideals of these
personalities.
The President was happy to note that four
cities of Rajasthan - Jaipur, Udaipur, Kota
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and Ajmer – are part of the Smart Cities
initiative of the Government of India.
Madhya Pradesh to be declared ODF by October
this year
The Chief Minister of
Madhya Pradesh, Shri
Shivraj Singh Chouhan
has announced that the
State will be declared as
open defecation free
(ODF) by Gandhi
Jayanti this year.
This will mean that the State will become
ODF one year before the national timeline of
October 2nd, 2019, the 150th birth
anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi.
Customs and Postal Department hold First ever
Joint Conference
Indian Customs and Department of India Posts held
a First ever Joint Conference at Vigyan Bhavan in
New Delhi to deliberate on streamlining of imports
and exports by post.
Commissioners of Customs from all the
States having Foreign Post Offices (FPOs)
were present along with their counterpart
Post Master Generals.
Imports and exports by post are the
6th highest cited citizen grievances under
CPGRAMs.
Customs and Directorate General of Foreign
Trade (DGFT) have worked together since a
year to liberalise, reform and align laws
relating to imports by Post.
Indian Army Women Officers’ Mountaineering
Expedition to Mt. Bhagirathi-II
Indian Army Women Officers’ Mountaineering
Expedition to Mt. Bhagirathi-II (6512 metres)
consisting of nine women officers, was flagged off
by Director General of Military Training on 14 May
2018.
The expedition will be conducted from 14
May to 11 Jun 18.
The team also plans to set a new world
record of practicing Yoga at 21000 ft on the
occasion of Yoga Day 2018.
The expedition aims at encouraging women
in the field of adventure where dauntless
courage, will-power and determination is put
to test.
Regional Conference on “Physical and Social
Infrastructure for Regional Development”
The Governor of Assam, Prof. Jagdish Mukhi
inaugurated the two day Seminar being organized by
the Ministry of Finance on the theme of “Physical
and Social Infrastructure for Regional
Development” in Guwahati, Assam.
The Seminar is organized by the Ministry of
Finance, Government of India in
collaboration with the Asian Infrastructure
Investment Bank (AIIB), Research and
Information System for Developing
Countries (RIS) and the Federation of Indian
Chamber of Commerce and Industries
(FICCI).
Central assistance to Assam, HP, Sikkim and Raj
and UT of Lakshadweep
The Union Home Minister Shri Rajnath Singh
chaired a meeting of the High Level Committee
(HLC) for Central Assistance to the States/ UT of
Assam (affected by floods during 2017-18),
Himachal Pradesh (affected by floods/ landslides
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during 2017-18), Sikkim (affected by floods/
landslides during 2017-18), Lakshadweep (affected
by cyclone Ockhi during 2017) and Rajasthan
(affected by kharif drought during 2017).
The HLC approved assistance of Rs 480.87
crore in respect of state of Assam.
The HLC also approved assistance from
NDRF amounting to Rs 84.60 crore for the
state of Himachal Pradesh, Rs 67.40 crore
for the state of Sikkim, Rs 2.16 crore for the
UT of Lakshadweep and Rs 526.14 crore for
the state of Rajasthan.
The total assistance approved was Rs
1,161.17 crores.
UNDP to set up skill development centre in
Hyderabad
United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)
will soon set up a skill development centre at
'Bharosa,' an integrated support centre for distressed
women and children in Hyderabad.
Last year, the Hyderabad Police had signed
an agreement with UNDP under the 'Disha'
project to build capacities and skills of
women affected by violence to help make
them economically self-sufficient.
'Bharosa,' an initiative of Hyderabad City
Police, is a state-of-the-art centre to support
women and children who are victims of
violence.
14. President of India Inaugurates 4th Global
Exhibition on Services in Maharashtra
The President of India, Shri Ram Nath Kovind,
inaugurated the 4th Global Exhibition on Services
and launched a portal on 12 Champion Sectors in
Services in Mumbai on May 15, 2018.
Speaking on the occasion, the President
welcomed around 500 international
delegates who are participating in this Global
Exhibition from about 100 countries.
He commended the Ministry of Commerce
and Industry of the Government of India, as
well as the Government of Maharashtra, the
Confederation of Indian Industry and the
Services Export Promotion Council, for this
initiative.
J.P. Nadda inaugurates two-day risk
communication workshop
Shri J P Nadda, Union
Minister of Health and
Family Welfare
inaugurated a two-day
workshop on ‘Risk
Communication during
Public Health
Emergencies’ at Shimla.
During his inaugural address, Shri Nadda
urged the public health functionaries for
keeping their communication simple and
effective during the delivery of healthcare
services.
Cabinet approves setting up of a Central
University in Andhra Pradesh
The Union Cabinet chaired by Prime Minister Shri
Narendra Modi has given its in-principle approval
for establishing a Central University by the name of
“Central University of Andhra Pradesh” in
Janthaluru Village of Ananthapur District, Andhra
Pradesh.
A provision of funds worth Rs. 450 crore has
been approved for meeting the first phase
expenditure towards establishment of the
said University.
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The approval would increase access and
quality of higher education and help in
minimizing the regional imbalances in
education facilities, and give effect to the
Andhra Pradesh Reorganization Act, 2014.
Establishment of National Institute of Mental
Health Rehabilitation at Bhopal
The Union Cabinet Chaired by Prime Minister Shri
Narendra Modi has approved the establishment of
National Institute of Mental Health Rehabilitation
(NIMHR) at Bhopal as a Society under the Societies
Registration Act, 1860 under the aegis of the
Department of Empowerment of Persons with
Disabilities.
The estimated cumulative cost of the project
is Rs. 179.54 crore in first three years. This
includes non-recurring expenditure of Rs.
128.54 crore and recurring expenditure of
Rs. 51 crore.
The main objectives of the NIMHR are to
provide rehabilitation services to the persons
with mental illness, capacity development in
the area of mental health rehabilitation,
policy framing and advanced research in
mental health rehabilitation.
Suresh Prabhu launches Intellectual Property
mascot – IP Nani
The Minister of Commerce and Industry Shri Suresh
Prabhu launched the Intellectual Property (IP)
mascot – IP Nani – at the conference on National
Intellectual Property Rights Policy in New Delhi.
An anti-piracy video featuring Mr. Amitabh
Bachchan was also launched by the Minister
at the event.
Mascot IP Nani is a tech-savvy grandmother
who helps the government and enforcement
agencies in combating IP crimes with the
help of her grandson “Chhotu” aka Aditya.
The IP mascot will spread awareness about
the importance of Intellectual Property
Rights (IPRs) among people, especially
children, in an interesting manner.
International Rail Coach Expo to be hosted by
Integral Coach Factory Chennai
For the first time an
International Rail
Coach Expo (IRCE)
to focus on Rail
Coaches and train
sets, is being held in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, from 17th
to 19th May, 2018, in the ICF RPF Parade Grounds,
Chennai.
Many reputed rail car and equipment
builders will be showcasing their technology
and products. It will be a unique platform to
bring different suppliers under one roof and
create synergy for “Make in India”.
The expo is being hosted by Integral Coach
Factory, popularly known as ICF, under the
Ministry of Railways, in coordination with
CII (Confederation of Indian Industries) and
RITES Ltd. a PSU under Ministry of
Railways.
Delhi projected to become world's most populous
city around 2028: UN report
Delhi is projected to become the most populous city
in the world around 2028, according to new United
Nations estimates, which said India is expected to
add the largest number of urban dwellers by 2050.
The 2018 Revision of World Urbanisation
Prospects produced by the Population
Division of the UN Department of Economic
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and Social Affairs (UN DESA) said that 68
per cent of the world population is projected
to live in urban areas by 2050.
Currently, 55 per cent of the world's
population lives in urban areas.
Guwahati now has India's first solar powered
railway station
Guwahati now has India's first railway station run by
solar power. The project of installing solar panels
was commissioned last year in April 2017.
Around 2352 solar modules with a capacity
of generating 700 kwp has been set up over
the roof of the Guwahati railway station.
Solar panels have been installed at the roof-
top solar power plant.
The solar-powered station is aimed at
reducing carbon-footprint as well as cut
down power costs drastically.
Environment Ministry Forms 19 Teams for
Cleaning of Beaches, River Fronts and Lakes
In the build-up to the World Environment Day 2018,
the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate
Change, has formed 19 teams to take up cleaning of
beaches, river fronts and lakes in the country.
Cleaning up of around 24 beaches in nine (9)
coastal states (list attached) and cleaning of
river fronts in 24 identified polluted stretches
in 19 states (list attached) will be
undertaken.
Besides the listed rivers, a special cleanliness
drives will be carried out at Yamuna
riverfront in Delhi. Certain lakes and water
bodies have also been identified for
cleaning.
An amount of Rs. 10 lakh has been
earmarked for each stretch of beach, river
front and lake.
Creation of Directorate General of Trade
Remedies (DGTR) in Department of Commerce
Department of Commerce formally issued
notification for creation of Directorate General of
Trade Remedies (DGTR) in the Ministry of
Commerce and Industry.
Hon’ble Commerce and Industry Minister
Sh. Suresh Prabhu has given his approval for
creation of DGTR in Department of
Commerce, consequent upon amendment
carried out by Government of India to the
Government of India (Allocation of
Business) Rules, 1961 on May 7, 2018 in this
regard.
DGTR will be the apex National Authority
for administering all trade remedial
measures including anti-dumping,
countervailing duties and safeguard
measures.
The DGTR will bring Directorate General of
Anti-dumping and Allied duties (DGAD),
Directorate General of Safeguards (DGS)
and Safeguards (QR) functions of DGFT
into its fold by merging them into one single
national entity.
It will also provide trade defence support to
our domestic industry and exporters in
dealing with increasing instances of trade
remedy investigations instituted against
them by other countries.
Radha Mohan Singh addresses National
Conference of Fisheries Ministers of Coastal
states
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During the last decade, India has attained first
position with around 14% average annual growth in
the export of fish & fishery products. Fish
production in India has also grown by 27% in 2014-
18 as compared to 2010-14.
This was stated by the Union Minister of
Agriculture and Farmers’ Welfare Shri
Radha Mohan Singh while addressing the
Fisheries Ministers of Coastal states and
Union Territories.
Shri Singh further added that owing to low
prospects of fisheries production along the
coast, the government has decided to
promote deep sea fishing and has introduced
a sub-component 'Assistance for Deep Sea
Fishing' under the Blue Revolution.
Advanced and modern deep sea fishing
vessels will be built in the country by
indigenous technology.
He informed that in the first year, central
funds amounting to more than Rs 312 crore
have been released for the implementation of
this scheme benefitting fishermen from
states like Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh and
Gujarat.
Cabinet approves setting up of a new AIIMS in
Deoghar, Jharkhand
The Union Cabinet chaired by Prime Minister Shri
Narendra Modi has approved setting up of a new All
India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) in
Deoghar, Jharkhand.
A provision of funds worth Rs. 1103 crore
has been approved for the project and the
said AIIMS will be set up under the Pradhan
MantriSwasthya Suraksha Yojana
(PMSSY).
Cabinet approves MoU between India and
Suriname in the field of electoral management
The Union Cabinet
chaired by Prime Minister
Shri Narendra Modi has
approved the
Memorandum of
Understanding (MoU) between India and Suriname
on cooperation in the field of electoral management
and administration
It includes exchange of knowledge and
experience in the field of organizational and
technical development of electoral process;
support in exchanging information,
institutional strengthening and capacity
building, training of personnel, holding
regular consultations etc.
The MoU will promote bilateral cooperation,
aimed at building technical assistance /
capacity support for Suriname envisaging
cooperation in the field of electoral
management and administration.
Shivangi Pathak becomes youngest Indian
woman to scale Mount Everest
India's Shivangi Pathak has become youngest
women of the country to scale Mt Everest from
Nepal side.
Born in Hisar of Haryana Shivangi climbed
Mt Everest to spread the message that
women could overcome any obstacle to
achieve their goals.
In 2014, 13 year old Malavath Poorna from
India had climbed Mt Everest from Tibet
side and became youngest girl in the world
to summit at Everest.
“AYUSH” finds a place in English Language
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The Commission for Scientific and Technical
Terminology has decided to adopt the word
‘AYUSH’ in Hindi and English languages for
scientific and technical purposes.
The “AYUSH” became popular as the
acronym for five traditional and
complementary systems of medicine,
namely Ayurveda, Yoga & Naturopathy,
Unani, Siddha and Homoeopathy and
successfully adopted and used in all
Government communications.
The decision follows a proposal from the
Ministry of AYUSH in this regards.
NITI Aayog’s three day Venture Capital
Symposium 2018 begins
NITI Aayog, in association with Vision India
Foundation, is organising the Venture Capital
Symposium 2018 to deepen the economic
relationships between France and India. Following
the visit of French President Emmanuel Macron, 20
of the biggest French venture capital and private
equity funds are coming to India to explore
investment opportunities.
The Venture Capital Symposium 2018 is a
three day event where the French investors
will be interacting with 100 early to mid-
stage Indian start-ups.
Four investor groups - Eren Group,
Claranova, Olymp Capital and TNP - made
announcements of setting up offices in India
and commitments to invest in various sectors
such as energy, aerospace, blockchain and
Internet of Things.
Modi inaugurates hydro project in Kashmir
Prime Minister Narendra Modi has inaugurated a
hydroelectric power plant in the state of Jammu and
Kashmir, amid protests from neighbour Pakistan
which says the project on a river flowing into
Pakistan will disrupt water supplies.
The 330 megawatt Kishanganga hydropower
station, work on which started in 2009, is one
of the projects that India has fast-tracked in
the volatile state amid frosty ties between the
nuclear-armed countries.
Modi, who is on a day-long visit to the state,
also flagged off the construction of the 14 km
(9 mile)-long Zojila tunnel to provide all-
weather connectivity between the cities of
Srinagar, Kargil and Leh.
The government said it would be the longest
road tunnel in India and Asia's longest two-
way tunnel, to be constructed at a cost of $1
billion.
‘Green Good Deeds’ Movement Launched by Dr
Harsh Vardhan Gets Global Recognition
Green Good Deeds, the societal movement launched
by the Union Minister for Environment, Forest &
Climate Change, Dr Harsh Vardhan, to protect
environment and promote good living in the country,
has found acceptance by the global community.
The ongoing BRICS Ministerial on
Environment at Durban, South Africa, has
agreed to include “Green Good Deeds” in its
official agenda in the next Ministerial in
Brazil and another meeting in Russia”.
NABARD sanctions Solar street lighting system
in Arunachal
The National Bank for Agriculture and Rural
Development (NABARD) has sanctioned LED
Solar Street Lighting system for Arunachal Pradesh
under its Rural Infrastructure Development Fund
with a total grant of Rs 87.83 lakh.
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The project would be implemented in the
four districts of the state Tirap, Longding,
Namsai and Tawang.
Chief Minister Pema Khandu launched the
scheme in presence of NABARD Chairman
Harsh Kumar Bhanwala.
Railways to use AI to control air circulation in
Manipur tunnel
For the first time, the railways will use artifical
intelligence to control air circulation, signages and
even supervision and maintenance work in the 10.28
km-long tunnel in Imphal as part of its 110 km
railway line from Jiribam to Manipur's capital city.
While the national transporter is already
using this technique to detect flaws or
problems in the signalling system, this is the
first time that such a technology will be used
in a tunnel in the country.
The system will control air circulation in the
system, along with other aspects.
It will alert the passenger in case of fire and
help us in quick evacuation in case of any
issue.
May 21st is observed as Anti Terrorism Day
All over India, May 21st is observed as Anti
Terrorism Day in the memory of former Indian PM
Mr Rajiv Gandhi who passed away on this day.
On this day in the year 1991, former India’s
PM Rajiv Gandhi was killed brutally by
terrorist attacks.
On this day Anti- terrorism pledge is taken
in all government offices, PSU and in other
public organisations.
Nipah virus outbreak in Kerala
As the death toll in the virus-induced fever in north
Kerala rises to nine, the National Virology Institute
in Pune has confirmed that the deceased were
infected with Nipah virus (NiV).
This is the first time the virus, which has high
fatality rate and spreads mainly through bats,
pigs and other animals, has been detected in
the state.
Nipah virus (NiV) infection is a newly-
emerging zoonosis (a disease which can be
transmitted to humans from animals) that
causes severe disease in both animals and
humans. The natural host of the virus are
fruit bats of the Pteropodidae Family,
Pteropus genus.
NiV was first identified during an outbreak
of disease that took place in Kampung
Sungai Nipah, Malaysia in 1998. On this
occasion, pigs were the intermediate hosts.
Regional Conference on “Clean and Renewable
Energy” held in Bhopal
The Minister of New
and Renewable
Energy, Govt. of
Madhya Pradesh (MP),
Shri Narayan Singh
Kushwah inaugurated
the one day Regional
Conference on the theme of “New and Renewable
Energy” in Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh.
This was sixth such Regional Conference in
the series in a lead-up to 3rd Annual Meeting
of the Board of Governors of Asian
Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB)
which is being hosted by the Ministry of
Finance, Government of India in
collaboration with AIIB, Government of
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Maharashtra, RIS and CII among others in
Mumbai on 25th and 26th June, 2018.
The one day Seminar in Bhopal was also
organized by the Ministry of Finance,
Government of India in collaboration with
the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank
(AIIB), Research and Information System
for Developing Countries (RIS) and the
Federation of Indian Chamber of Commerce
and Industries (FICCI).
Workshop on “Ganga and its Biodiversity
Union Minister for Water Resources, River
Development and Ganga Rejuvenation Shri Nitin
Gadkari released the report on “Status of
Conservation of Select Aquatic Species” in river
Ganga in New Delhi.
He also inaugurated a day-long workshop
organized by World Wildlife Fund (WWF)
on the theme “Ganga and its Biodiversity:
Developing a Road Map for Habitat and
Species Conservation”.
A database of Ganga Praharis’, a self-
motivated cadre, being created by Wildlife
Institute of India (WII) was also launched by
the Minister.
India to host the ASEAN India Film Festival
In association with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs,
the Directorate of Film Festival is organizing the
ASEAN India Film Festival in Delhi from 25th to
30th May 2018, celebrating completion of 25 years
of ASEAN India Relations.
Minister of State (I/C) for Information &
Broadcasting and Sports & Youth Affairs,
Col Rajyavardhan Rathore will inaugurate
the Film Festival in Siri Fort Auditorium on
25th May 2018.
The Film Festival will be non-competitive.
The tagline of the Festival is proposed to be
‘Friendship through Films’.
Jassari Movie Sinjar will be the opening film
for the festival.
During the festival, 32 films from 11
countries will be displayed.
Points to Remember
The Association of Southeast Asian Nations
(ASEAN) is a regional intergovernmental
organization comprising ten Southeast Asian
countries (Indonesia, Malaysia, the
Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, Brunei,
Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar and Vietnam).
ASEAN is an official United Nations
observer, as well as an active global partner.
Cabinet nod to ordinance to set up country's first
sports university in Manipur
The Union Cabinet approved an ordinance to set up
the country's first national sports university in
Manipur.
Law Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad said a bill
to set up the university in Imphal (west) is
already pending in Parliament.
The proposal to set up the national sports
university in Manipur was initially
announced by Prime Minister Narendra
Modi, while Rs 100 crore funds for it were
allocated in the 2014-15 budget.
PM Modi to inaugurate Kundli-Ghaziabad-
Palwal expressway on May 27
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will inaugurate the
Kundli-Ghaziabad-Palwal (KGP) Expressway
(Eastern Peripheral Expressway) project, intended
to relieve Delhi from traffic congestion, on May 27.
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The inaugural ceremony of the expressway
will held at the district sports stadium in
Uttar Pradesh's Baghpat.
Kundli and Palwal are both in Haryana.
While Kundli is in Haryana's Sonipat
district, bordering Delhi, Palwal is south of
Faridabad district, about 80 km from Delhi.
Rajasthan launches ‘Nidaan’ software for disease
monitoring
A new software, ‘Nidaan’, has been launched in
Rajasthan for presumptive diagnosis and monitoring
of seasonal and non-communicable diseases as well
as the trends of ailments found in specific areas.
It is expected to help in formulation of
specific action plans for control of diseases.
“Nidaan” will facilitate online entries of as
many as 46 diseases and healthcare services
available for their treatment in different
institutions.
India-Nepal Joint Battalion Level Exercise
SURYA KIRAN-XIII
Joint Military Exercise SURYA KIRAN-XIII
between India and Nepal will be conducted at
Pithoragarh from 30 May to 12 June 2018.
The exercise will comprise of nearly 300
soldiers from both Indian and Nepal Army
who would be sharing their experiences.
Exercise SURYA KIRAN is a biannual
event which is conducted alternatively in
Nepal and India.
Ministry of HRD launches ‘Samagra Siksha’
scheme
The Union Minister for Human Resource
Development,Shri Prakash Javadekar launched the
‘Samagra Shiksha’ - an integrated Scheme for
school education extending support to States from
pre-school to senior secondary levels for the first
time in New Delhi.
The Scheme is a paradigm shift in the
conceptual design of school education by
treating ‘school’ holistically as a continuum
from pre-school, primary, upper primary,
secondary and senior secondary levels
He further said every school will get sports
equipment under the SamagraShiksha, at the
cost of Rs. 5000 for Primary, Rs. 10,000 for
Upper Primary & up to Rs. 25,000 for SSC
& HSC schools to inculcate & emphasize
relevance of sports to realise the dream of
“Khelega India Khilega India”.
Shri Javadekar said Kasturba Gandhi Balika
Vidyalaya (KGBV) to be expanded from
Class 6-8 to Class 6-12 with allocation of Rs.
4385.60 crores in 2018-19 & Rs. 4553.10
crores in 2019-20 to fulfil Prime Minister
Shri Narendra Modi’s commitment to Beti
Bachao Beti Padhao.
PM Modi, Sheikh Hasina inaugurate Bangladesh
Bhavan
Prime Minister
Narendra Modi and
his Bangladeshi
counterpart Sheikh
Hasina arrived at
Santiniketan to attend the convocation of Visva
Bharati University.
Hasina, who is on a two-day visit on the
invitation of Prime Minister Modi to India,
was received by West Bengal Chief Minister
Mamata Banerjee.
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The two leaders inaugurated the Bangladesh
Bhavan within the campus here, as a symbol
of the cultural ties between the two countries.
Yogi govt to change name of Allahabad to Prayag
Allahabad is set to be rechristened as ‘Prayag’, a
long pending demand of sadhus and saints of the
Sangam City.
The new name is likely to be approved by the
state cabinet soon, sources in the government
said in Lucknow.
During his recent visit to Allahabad to
release dates of Shahi Snan (royal bathing),
Akhil Bharatiya Akhara Parishad has urged
Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath to rename
Allahabad as Prayag before the coming
Kumbh Mela in 2019.
Kalyan, Kurla, and Thane feature in list of
dirtiest railway stations in country
Three most busy stations
of Mumbai’s suburban
railways, Kalyan,
Kurla, and Thane are
among the ten dirtiest
stations in the country.
Kanpur Central station tops this list.
Indian Railways conducted a survey between
May 11 and May 17, assessing railway
stations of the country, according to which,
Mumbai is the only city with three stations
in the list—Kalyan at 3, Kurla's Lokmanya
Tilak Terminus (LTT) at 5 and Thane at 8.
Passenger feedback is taken via Indian
Railways' Interactive Voice Response
System.
Prime Minister lays foundation stone for Patratu
Super Thermal Power Project
Prime Minister Narendra Modi laid the foundation
stone for the 2400MW first phase of NTPC's Patratu
Super Thermal Power Project in Jharkhand.
The project is a 74: 26 Joint Venture between
Government of Jharkhand (GoJ) and Patratu
Vidyut Utpadan Nigam Ltd. (PVUN), a
subsidiary company of NTPC establishing a
total capacity expansion of 4,000MW.
Envisioning the brighter future for India's
19th State, NTPC’s PVUNL is set to develop
the project in two phases: 2,400 MW
(3x800MW) in Phase-I and 1,600 MW
(2x800 MW) in Phase-II.
Ravi Shankar Prasad to inaugurates cloud
enabled Data Centre at Bhubaneswar
National Informatics Centre has set up a new state-
of-the-art cloud enabled National Data Centre at
Bhubaneswar.
The data center was inaugurated by Union
Minister of Electronics & IT and Law &
Justice, Sh. Ravi Shankar Prasad in
Bhubaneswar.
It will offer 24*7 operations with secure
hosting for e-Governance applications of the
Government and its departments.
Manipur Becomes First State in Northeast to
Have Solar Toilet
Manipur has become the first state in the Northeast
and the third state in India to have solar toilets.
The solar panel, connected to the toilets,
absorb the heat to generate power and are
also efficient to transform waste material.
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PM inaugurates Eastern Peripheral Expressway
and Phase-I of Delhi-Meerut Expressway
The Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi dedicated
to the nation, two newly built expressways in the
Delhi NCR Region.
The first of these is the 14 lane, access
controlled, Phase-I of the Delhi-Meerut
Expressway, stretching from Nizamuddin
Bridge to Delhi UP Border.
The second project to be dedicated to the
nation is the 135 km long Eastern Peripheral
Expressway (EPE), stretching from Kundli
on NH 1 to Palwal on NH 2.
The Delhi Meerut Expressway, once
completed, will significantly reduce travel
times from the National Capital to Meerut,
and to several other parts of Western Uttar
Pradesh and Uttarakhand.
The Eastern Peripheral Expressway (EPE),
will contribute towards the twin objectives
of decongesting and de-polluting the
national capital by diverting traffic not
destined for Delhi.
Himachal Pradesh launches three welfare
schemes
Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Jai Ram Thakur
has launched three welfare schemes to mark
completion of four years of the Narendra Modi
government at the Centre.
These schemes are:
"Jan Manch" for redressal of public
grievances.
"Mukhya Mantri Swavlamban Yojana"
aimed at providing assistance to the
unemployed youth.
"Himachal Grihini Suvidha Yojana" for
offering gas cylinder security and gas stoves
to those not covered under the Ujjwala
Yojana.
9th edition of ‘Rashtriya Sanskriti Mahotsav’
inaugurated in Tehri , Uttarakhand
Ministry of Culture has organised 3 day long
diversified cultural festival ‘Rashtriya Sanskriti
Mahotsav’ festival which was inaugurated by Chief
Minister of Uttarakhand, Shri Trivendra Singh
Rawat Near Tehri Lake, Uttrakhand.
The North Zone Cultural Centre (NZCC),
Patiala has been entrusted with the
responsibility as the nodal agency to carry
forward the execution of the National
Cultural Festival under the banner of the
slogan “EK BHARAT SHRESHTHA
BHARAT”.
4th International Yoga Day Celebrations Main
Event to be Organized in Dehradun
The main event of 4th International Yoga Day
celebrations (IDY-2018) will be held on 21st June
2018 at Dehradun in Uttrakhand.
Shri Vaidya Rajesh Kotecha, Secretary,
Ministry of AYUSH announced that
Dehradun (Uttarakhand) has been selected
as the venue for Main Event of 4th
International Day of Yoga on 21st June,
2018.
Lok Sabha MP Baijayant Panda resigns from
Biju Janata Dal
Lok Sabha MP from
Odisha’s Kendrapara
constituency,
Baijayant Panda,
resigned from the
Biju Janata Dal.
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Mr. Panda, who is the vice-president of
IMFA, a ferro alloy producer, was
suspended from the primary membership of
the BJD for “anti-party” activities on
January 24.
Dr Jitendra Singh announces Rs 28 crore for
'Brahmaputra Study Centre' at Gauhati
University
The Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) of
the Ministry of Development of North Eastern
Region (DoNER), MoS PMO, Personnel, Public
Grievances & Pensions, Atomic Energy and Space,
Dr Jitendra Singh has said the Government has
approved setting up of an exclusive “Brahmaputra
Study Centre” at Gauhati University, Guwahati, for
which a fund of about Rs. 28 crore will be provided
by the Ministry of DoNER.
The Vice-Chancellor of Gauhati University,
Dr Mridul Hazarika, who called on Dr
Jitendra Singh, said that the University has
decided to provide land within the campus
for a separate block for the Brahmaputra
Study Centre / Department.
Ministry of WCD signs an MoU with
Government of Uttar Pradesh
The Ministry of Women and Child and
Development, Government of India has signed a
Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with
Department of Women and Child Development,
Government of Uttar Pradesh. for management of
Home of Widows at Sunrakh Bangar, Vrindavan.
The Ministry of Women and Child
Development has constructed this shelter
home for widows with a capacity of 1000
inmates.
The MoU shall be in force for a period of 2
years which may be renewed for further
period on satisfactory running of the Home.
PRAAPTI App launched by Minister of State (I/C)
for Power, Shri R.K. Singh
A Web portal and an
App namely PRAAPTI
(Payment Ratification
And Analysis in Power
procurement for bringing
Transparency in
Invoicing of generators),
www.praapti.in, has been officially launched by
Hon’ble Minister of State (I/C) for Power, Shri R.K.
Singh.
PRAAPTI App and web portal has been
developedto bring transparency in power
purchase transactions between Generators
and Discoms.
The App and Web Portal will capture the
Invoicing and payment datafor various long
term PPAs from the Generators.
This will help the stakeholders in getting
month-wise and legacy data on outstanding
amounts of Discoms against power
purchase.
Jual Oram launches ‘the Pankha’ (Hand-Fans)
through TRIFED and TRIBES India
Union Tribal Affairs Minister, Shri Jual
Oram launched an exhibition cum sale event, ‘the
PANKHA’ (Hand-fans), created by TRIFED through
its artisans from all over the country at its showroom
Tribes India, 9 Mahadevan Road , New Delhi.
The Pankhas, a range of exotic hand fans
draws inspiration from the eminent Artist,
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Shri Jatin Das and from his collection of
10000 handmade Pankhas.
These are on display at Indira Gandhi
Naitonal Auditorium (IGNA), New Delhi
from 26.05.2018 to 24.06.2018.
TRIFED and the J.D.Centre for Arts (JDCA)
are collaborating to promote the Pankha all
over the country.
TRIFED is showcasing and marketing these
through its 97 retail outlets and e-portals.
3rd Meeting of India– U.K. Home Affairs’
Dialogue
The Third Home Affairs’ Dialogue between India
and U.K. was held in Mumbai on May 30.
The Government of India Delegation was led
by Shri Rajiv Gauba, Union Home Secretary
and the Delegation from Home Office of the
U.K. was led by its Second Permanent
Secretary, Ms. Patsy Wilkinson.
The Dialogue covered a wide range of issues
including cyber security, women safety,
organized crime, terror financing etc. and a
need to put in place a mechanism for timely
exchange of information and intelligence
inputs on such issues.
Ministry of Railways organizes a one day
workshop ‘Mission Raftar’
Ministry of Railways conducted a one day workshop
“Mission Raftaar” aimed at raising the average
speed of freight trains and coaching trains in New
Delhi.
The workshop was inaugurated by Shri
Rajen Gohain, Minister of State for Railways
& Shri Ashwani Lohani, Chairman,Railway
Board.
All the members of Railway Board along
with General Managers of Zonal Railways &
Senior Railway officers were present on the
occasion.
Maharashtra government signs MoU with
British Council
The government of Maharashtra
has signed a memorandum of
understanding (MoU) with the
British Council to strengthen
educational and cultural
cooperation between the two
nations.
Under this new agreement, British Council
would be training 30,000 teachers in the
English language in the state.
The training will be funded by Tata Trusts,
the Tata group's philanthropic organisation.
GAIL signs Rs 2,000-cr loan agreement with SBI
GAIL (India) Limited and State Bank of India have
signed a Rupee Term Loan Agreement of Rs 2,000
crores for a door to door tenure of 15 years.
A statement from the company said that the
purpose of the loan is for general capital
expenditure of GAIL, mainly in the gas
pipeline projects, in the forthcoming years.
4th Regional Conference on Futuristic, Resilient
and Digital Infrastructure of AIIB
The Ministry of Finance, Government of India in
collaboration with the Confederation of Indian
Industry (CII), and Research and Information
System for Developing Countries (RIS) organized
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the 4th Regional Conference on Futuristic, Resilient
and Digital Infrastructure in Bengaluru.
The 2-day Conference is a lead-up to the 3rd
Annual Meeting of the Asian Infrastructure
Investment Bank (AIIB) to be hosted by the
Government of India on 25th and 26th June
2018 in Mumbai.
The Conference saw eminent delegates
representing partner institutions, academia,
civil society organizations and experts from
various fields expressing their views on how
to bring about institutional approaches for
futuristic and digital infrastructure in India.
51st Annual Meeting of Asian Development Bank
An Indian delegation headed by Shri Subhash
Chandra Garg, Secretary, Department of Economic
Affairs, Ministry of Finance is currently on a tour to
Manila to attend the 51st Annual Meeting of Asian
Development Bank.
Shri Garg held bilateral meeting with the
Premier of Niue, Sir Toke Talagi on the
sidelines of the 51st Annual Meeting of
Asian Development Bank (ADB) in Manila.
The Premier of Niue sought India’s support
for its bid for membership of ADB.
The Indian delegation also held bilateral
meetings with the official delegations of
NORDIC countries, OPEC Fund for
International Development (OFID), French,
British, US and EIB delegations.
NITI Aayog to Collaborate with IBM to develop
Precision Agriculture
NITI Aayog and IBM signed a Statement of Intent
(SoI) to develop a crop yield prediction model using
Artificial Intelligence (AI) to provide real time
advisory to farmers in Aspirational Districts.
The SoI was signed in the presence of Shri
Amitabh Kant, CEO, NITI Aayog and Shri
Karan Bajwa, MD, IBM India.
The partnership aims to work together
towards use of technology to provide
insights to farmers to improve crop
productivity, soil yield, control agricultural
inputs with the overarching goal of
improving farmers’ incomes.
ADB projects India’s growth at 7.3% in 2018
Asian Development Bank (ADB) President
Takehiko Nakao said India’s growth in 2018 would
pick up to 7.3%.
China is expected to grow by 6.6% in 2018,
even as its growth continues to gradually
moderate.
The Association of Southeast Asian Nations
region, with a large population of 650
million, is continuing to grow at 5.2%.
Patanjali ranked as most trusted FMCG brand
in India
Patanjali Ayurved Limited has been ranked as
India's most trusted Fast Moving Consumer Goods
(FMCG) brand in the TRA's Brand Trust Report
2018.
The Patanjali Ayurved Limited was
established in 2006 by Ramdev, along with
Acharya Balkrishna.
Patanjali Ayurveda had tied-up with
Amazon, Flipkart, ShopClues,
bigbasket_com, 1mgOfficial, Grofers and
NetMeds.
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India will be world’s fastest growing economy in
coming decade
India tops the list of the fastest growing economies
in the world for the coming decade and is projected
to grow at 7.9 per cent annually, ahead of China and
the US, according to a Harvard University report.
The Centre for International Development at
Harvard University (CID) said in new
growth projections that countries that have
diversified their economies into more
complex sectors, such as India and Vietnam,
are those that will grow the fastest in the
coming decade.
GST Council approves turning GSTN into a
government entity
The GST Council has approved making GST
Network (GSTN) a government entity by taking
over stakes held by private entities, Finance Minister
Arun Jaitley said at the end of the 27th meeting of
the council.
Jaitley said the GST Network or GSTN
currently is 24.5 per cent owned by the
central government and a similar percentage
is held by state governments collectively.
The remaining 51 per cent is with five
private financial institutions -- HDFC Ltd,
HDFC Bank Ltd, ICICI Bank Ltd, NSE
Strategic Investment Co and LIC Housing
Finance Ltd.
The council has agreed to a proposal of
buying out the stake of private entities to
make GSTN a government-owned entity, he
said adding the central government will own
50 per cent and the remaining would be
collectively held by state governments.
SWIFT India Regional Conference 2018 –
The event currently underway in Mumbai.
The SWIFT India and Subcontinents
Regional Conference 2018 aims to explore
key issues in the nation’s financial market
development, with a specific focus on
innovation, digitisation, and minimizing the
digital gap
NSIC Inks MoU with MSME Ministry for FY
2018-19
The National Small Industries Corporation Limited
(NSIC) signed a Memorandum of Understanding
(MOU) with Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium
Enterprises (MSME) for the year 2018-19.
The said MoU envisages provision of
enhanced services by NSIC under its
marketing, financial, technology and other
support services schemes, for MSMEs in the
country.
The corporation projects to increase its total
business by 21.30 percent from Rs. 22,258
crore in the year 2017-18 to Rs. 27,000 crore
in the year 2018-19.
Walmart acquires 77% stake in Flipkart
The world’s largest retailer Walmart will acquire a
77 percent holding in Flipkart Group for $16 billion,
the companies said in a statement.
Flipkart co-founder Binny Bansal and other
shareholders will hold the remainder.
Japan's Softbank to exit Flipkart by selling
entire 20 per cent stake to Walmart.
Flipkart co-founder Sachin Bansal to exit
company by selling his 5.5 pc stake to
Walmart.
IMF expects India to grow at 7.4% in FY 2018/19
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The Indian economy is expected to grow at 7.4 per
cent in the current fiscal and accelerate further to 7.8
per cent as it recovers from the impact of
demonetisation and Goods and Services Tax (GST)
rollout, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) said.
Asia continues to be the main engine of the
world’s economy, accounting for more than
60 per cent of global growth as per IMF’s
Regional Economic Outlook: Asia and
Pacific (REO).
New monetary limits for public sector banks to
report frauds to CBI
The monetary threshold
for public sector banks to
report frauds to different
departments of the CBI for
a probe has been revised, according to the Central
Vigilance Commission (CVC).
Frauds of minimum Rs 3 crore to Rs 25
crore, up from Rs 15 crore, have to be
reported to either the CBI's Anti-Corruption
Branch (in case staff involvement is prima
facie evident) or to the Economic Offences
Wing (if employees involvement is prima
facie not evident) respectively.
Cases of frauds involving more than Rs 25
crore and up to Rs 50 crore should be given
to the CBI's Banking Security and Fraud Cell
(BSFC).
The cases of more than Rs 50 crore should
be lodged with the Joint Director (Policy),
CBI.
YES Bank to launch water-security programme
YES Bank is all set to roll out a capacity building
project with farmers in Haryana and Rajasthan under
its ‘Livelihood and Water Security’ CSR initiative.
This initiative is aimed at improving
farmers’ access to finance, ensuring
effective use of digital banking resources,
and imparting good agricultural practices.
India's growth to accelerate to 7.3% in FY19,
says Fitch
India's economic growth will accelerate to 7.3 per
cent in the current fiscal and 7.5 per cent in the next
fiscal.
Fitch said that the money supply has
recovered to its pre-demonetisation level and
disruptions related to the rollout of GST have
diminished.
The Indian economy continued to bounce
back in the final quarter of 2017, growing 7.2
per cent.
RBI puts Dena Bank under prompt corrective
action
Reserve Bank has initiated prompt corrective action
against public sector lender Dena Bank in view of
high non-performing loans, restricting the bank from
giving fresh credit and new hiring.
The public sector lender reported widening
of its net loss to Rs 1,225.42 crore in the
March quarter on mounting bad loans and
higher provisioning to cover them.
The RBI has initiated similar action against
other public sector banks, including IDBI
Bank, Indian Overseas Bank and UCO Bank
before this.
India largest remittance-receiving country in the
world
India was the largest remittance- receiving country
in the world, with migrant workers from the country
sending home USD 69 billion in 2017.
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According to the report, remittances to the
Asia-Pacific region amounted to USD 256
billion last year.
The report 'Remit SCOPE - Remittance
markets and opportunities - Asia and the
Pacific' said India (USD 69 billion), China
(USD 64 billion) and the Philippines (USD
33 billion) are the three largest remittance-
receiving countries in the world in 2017.
DoT approves Bharti Airtel and Telenor India
merger
The telecom department has approved the merger of
Norwegian telecom major's India arm - Telenor
India - with India's leading carrier Bharti Airtel.
The telecom department has transferred all
licenses belonging to Telenor India, and its
liabilities to Bharti Airtel as well. The
Competition Commission of India,
Securities & Exchange Board of India, the
stock exchanges and National Company Law
Tribunal have already approved the
acquisition.
RBI puts deposit, lending restrictions on
Allahabad Bank
State-run Allahabad Bank said that the Reserve
Bank has imposed restrictions on its lending to risky
assets and raising high-cost deposits in vie w of
deteriorating financial health.
The directive has come within days of the
RBI imposing similar restrictions on another
state-run lender Dena Bank, which is under
the Prompt Corrective Action (PCA) of the
central bank.
The central bank asked Allahabad Bank,
which is already under the PCA mechanism,
to restrict expansion of risk weighted
average and reduce exposure to un-rated and
high-risk advances, the filing said.
As many as 11 of 21 state-owned banks are
under the PCA of the Reserve Bank due to
their weak financials.
NTPC signs MoU with Government of Bihar
With an aim to improve
the performance of
Power Sector in Bihar, a
Memorandum of
Understanding (MoU)
was signed between the Government of Bihar (GoB)
and NTPC Limited at Patna in the presence of the
Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) for
Power and New & Renewable Energy, Shri R. K.
Singh and Chief Minister of Bihar, Shri Nitish
Kumar.
The MoU envisages transfer of Barauni
Thermal Power Station (720 MW) to NTPC.
In addition to this, Bihar State Power
Generation Company’s (BSPGCL) equities
in Kanti Bijlee Utpadan Nigam Limited
(KBUN) & Nabinagar Power Generating
Company (Pvt.) Limited (NPGC) will also
be transferred to NTPC.
All the three power generation facilities are
envisaged to be transferred to NTPC from
the effective date to be notified by
Government of Bihar through a Statutory
Transfer Scheme.
The transfer of these power stations to NTPC
will result in their optimal & efficient
utilization, bring the tariff down and benefit
the people of Bihar at large.
NALCO inks MoU with Government of India for
FY 2018-19
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Aluminium major &Navratna CPSE National
Aluminium Company Limited (NALCO) has signed
MoU with the Ministry of Mines, Govt. of India,
setting highest ever target of Rs 9350 crore revenue
from operations for FY 2018-19 which is 15%
higher than last year.
The MoU has also set a target of 2.1 million
tons for production of Alumina with 100%
capacity utilisation & an optimum
Aluminium production target of 4.15 lakh
tonnes.
It sets a target of reduction in net carbon
consumption as part of improvement in
production efficiency, apart from giving
thrust to commercialisation of new R&D
products.
PNB posts biggest ever quarterly loss of 13,417 cr
in Q4
Scam-hit Punjab National Bank (PNB) has posted
largest ever quarterly loss of Rs 13,416.91 crore for
January-March period, mainly on account of high
provisioning for bad loans.
The bank had reported a staggering
standalone profit of Rs 261.90 crore in the
fourth quarter of 2016-17.
The total income for the fourth quarter also
declined to Rs 12,945.68 crore from ₹
14,989.33 crore in the year-ago period.
RBI imposes penalty on Cooperative bank
The Reserve Bank of India has imposed a penalty of
₹50,000 on Universal Co-operative Urban Bank
Ltd, Mancherial, Telangana with respect to
violations on loans and advances.
The apex bank in a release said the
Cooperative Bank had violated its directive
and guidelines on loans and advances to
directors and their relatives.
Cabinet approves Corpus for Micro Irrigation
Fund with NABARD
The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs
chaired by the Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi
today has approved an initial Corpus of Rs.5,000
crore for setting up of a dedicated “Micro Irrigation
Fund” (MIF) with NABARD under Pradhan
MantriKrishiSinchayeeYojana (PMKSY).
The allocation of Rs. 2,000 crore and Rs.
3,000 crore will be utilised during 2018-19
and 2019-20 respectively.
NABARD will extend the loan to State
Governments during this period. B
orrowings from NABARD shall be paid
back in 7 years including the grace period of
two years.
The lending rate under MIF has been
proposed at 3% lower than the cost of raising
the fund by NABARD.
Reserve Bank of India slaps Rs 5 cr. fine on South
Indian Bank
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has slapped a
penalty of Rs 50 million on South Indian Bank
Limited for non-compliance with the directions
issued by it.
The non-compliance pertains to Income
Recognition and Asset Classification
(IRAC) norms, Know Your Customer
(KYC) norms and treasury function.
Further, the bank is also pulled up for
deficiencies in its compliance function and
compliance culture.
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Indian economy projected to grow 7.6% in 2018-
19: UN
India's economy is projected to grow 7.6 per cent in
fiscal year 2018-19, remaining the fastest growing
economy in the world, according to a UN report.
The UN World Economic Situation and
Prospects (WESP) as of mid-2018, said GDP
growth in India is expected to climb to 7.5
and 7.6 per cent in fiscal years 2017-18 and
2018-19 respectively.
This is a substantial recovery from the 6.7
per cent growth India registered in fiscal year
2017.
India drags US to WTO over steel, aluminium
duties
India has dragged
the US to the World
Trade Organisation's
dispute settlement
mechanism over the
imposition of import duties on steel and aluminium,
an official said.
India has stated that the decision will impact
exports of these products to the US and it is
not in compliance with global trade norms.
The country has sought consultations with
the US under the WTO's dispute settlement
mechanism.
GDP growth in Q4 of FY18 seen at 7.4%: Icra
Rating agency Icra expects GDP growth in January-
March 2017-18 at 7.4 per cent on account of good
rabi crop harvest and improved corporate earnings,
up from 7.2 per cent in the third quarter.
The Central Statistics Office (CSO) is
scheduled to come out with GDP estimate
for the fourth quarter (Q4) of fiscal 2017-18
and provisional annual estimates for the year
2017-18 on May 31.
As per Icra, the growth of the Indian gross
value added (GVA) at basic prices in year-
on-year (YoY) terms is likely to record a
considerable recovery to 7.3 per cent in Q4
FY2018.
Moody’s downgrades PNB’s deposit ratings
Moody’s Investors Service has downgraded the
local and foreign currency deposit ratings of fraud-
hit Punjab National Bank to Ba1/NP from Baa3/P-3.
The global credit rating agency has also
downgraded the bank’s baseline credit
assessment (BCA) and Adjusted BCA to B1
from Ba3.
SBI net loss widens to Rs 7,718 cr in Q4
State Bank of India's net loss widened to Rs 7,718
crore in the fourth quarter ended March 31, 2018
against Rs 3,442 crore in the year-ago quarter.
Total provisions, including towards loan
loss, rose to Rs 23,601 crore from Rs 20,751
crore in the year-ago quarter.
Gross non-performing assets rose to Rs
2,23,427 crore as at March-end 2018 against
Rs 1,77,866 crore as at March end 2017.
Indo-Dutch Startup Initiative: #StartUpLink to
be Launched
With the upcoming visit of the Netherlands’ Prime
Minister Mark Rutte to India, Indo-Dutch ties across
sectors are all set to get a major boost.
The Dutch Prime Minister will be
accompanied by the Dutch Ministers for
Foreign Trade & Development Cooperation,
Healthcare, Infrastructure & Water, and
Agriculture & Food and a trade delegation
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comprising 220 participants, making this the
biggest trade mission to India ever.
In an endeavour to further the spirit of
innovation and entrepreneurship, Invest
India (host to the Govt. of India’s initiative,
‘Startup India’ under the Ministry of
Commerce and Industry) and the Dutch
Government are jointly launching the Indo-
Dutch #StartUpLink initiative.
The official launch will take place on 25th
May, 2018 at Taj West End Hotel,
Bengaluru.
The initiative will fulfill the twin objective
of facilitating market expansion for startups
in the two countries alongside fostering a
joint sense of innovation and
entrepreneurship.
NITI Aayog and ABB India Sign Statement of
Intent
NITI Aayog and ABB India signed a Statement of
Intent (SoI) to support the Indian government realize
its ambitious vision of ‘Make in India’ through
advanced manufacturing technologies that
incorporate the latest developments in robotics and
artificial intelligence.
NITI Aayog will work with ABB across
various sectors of the economy, such as the
power and water utilities, industries like food
as well as the heavy industries and the
transport (rail and metro) and infrastructure.
Fifteenth Finance Commission constitutes a High
Level Group
The Fifteenth Finance Commission has constituted
a high level group consisting of eminent experts
from across the country in Health Sector.
Dr. Randeep Guleria, Director, AIIMS, New
Delhi will be its Convenor.
It will evaluate the existing regulatory
framework in the Health sector and examine
its strength and weaknesses for enabling a
balanced yet faster expansion of the health
sector keeping in view India’s demographic
profile;
TCS becomes first company to achieve Rs 7 lakh
crore m-cap milestone
IT bellwether Tata Consultancy Services' market
valuation briefly crossed the Rs 7-lakh crore mark,
making it the first company to achieve this
milestone.
The market valuation of TCS jumped to Rs
7,03,309 crore during the intra-day session
on the BSE.
The Mumbai-headquartered TCS had last
month become the first Indian company to
close the trading session with over USD 100
billion market valuation.
HDFC Bank launches digital loans against
mutual funds
In a first in India, HDFC
Bank has launched its
Digital Loan against
Mutual Funds (LAMF).
Customers can
now pledge mutual fund assets online and
get overdraft limit set in their account in
under 3 minutes.
Customers can now avail of this product
through the HDFC Bank website in 3 easy
steps.
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The bank has collaborated with CAMS, a
transfer agent for mutual funds to create a
seamless customer experience.
Yes Bank empaneled as ‘Settlement Bank’ by
National Stock Exchange
Yes Bank, India’s fourth largest private sector bank,
has received approval from National Stock
Exchange (NSE), India’s largest stock exchange to
be empaneled as ‘Settlement Bank’ for National
Securities Clearing Corporation Limited (NSCCL),
a wholly owned subsidiary of NSE.
Yes Bank will provide comprehensive
settlement and clearing services suitable to
the members by leveraging its technology
platform.
The services will include electronic funds
transfer facilities and 'anywhere' banking.
Yes Bank is already an empaneled ‘Clearing
Bank’ for the BSE, NCDEX and MCX.
Prime Minister of Netherlands Inaugurates Indo-
Dutch Ganga Forum
Prime Minister of Netherlands Mr. Mark Rutte
inaugurated the Indo-Dutch Ganga Forum to take
forward the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU)
signed between the Ministry of Water Resources,
River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation,
Government of India and the Ministry of
Infrastructure & Environment of the Netherlands in
June last year.
The inauguration of the Indo-Dutch Ganga
Forum was followed by a technical session
on “Innovative Financing Models for Indo-
Dutch PPP Projects” during which a detailed
discussion on Hybrid Annuity based PPP
mode took place.
Ramdev's Patanjali ties up with BSNL
After becoming
India's most trusted
Fast Moving
Consumer Goods
brand, Ramdev's
Patanjali entered the
telecom sector.
Ramdev launched Swadeshi Samriddhi SIM
cards, in alliance with Bharat Sanchar
Nigam Limited (BSNL).
Initially, only the employees and office
bearers of Patanjali will be able to avail the
benefits of the SIM card.
After its full-fledged launch, people will get
discount of 10 per cent on Patanjali
products with this card.
India signs Loan Agreement with the World
Bank for USD 21.7 Million for Rajasthan
An Agreement for IBRD Credit of USD 21.7
Million from World Bank for the Strengthening of
Public Financial Management in Rajasthan Project
was signed in New Delhi by Shri Sameer Kumar
Khare, Joint Secretary (FB and ADB), Department
of Economic Affairs, Ministry of Finance on behalf
of the Government of India and Mr. Hisham Abdo,
Acting Country Director, World Bank (India) on
behalf of the World Bank.
The Implementing Entity Agreement was
signed by the Secretary, Finance (Budget) on
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behalf of the Government of Rajasthan, and
the Acting Country Director (India) on
behalf of the World Bank.
The Project size is approximately USD 31
million, of which USD 21.7 million will be
financed by the World Bank, and the
remaining amount will be funded-out of the
State Budget. The Project duration is 5 years.
The Project objective is to contribute to
improved Budget execution, enhanced
accountability and greater efficiency in
Revenue Administration in Rajasthan.
Microsoft Is Now Third Most Valuable Firm
Globally
Microsoft has surpassed Alphabet, the parent
company of Google, in the market capitalisation for
the first time in three years, becoming the third most
valuable firm after Apple and Amazon globally.
Microsoft had a market cap of $753 billion
at the close of trading, almost $14 billion
ahead of Alphabet.
Aditya Puri in Barron’s list of top 30 CEOs
HDFC Bank MD Aditya
Puri has been named in
Barron’s list of top 30
Global CEOs, for the
fourth consecutive year.
Jeff Bezos of Amazon, Warren Buffett of
Berkshire Hathaway, Jamie Dimon of JP
Morgan Chase, Satya Nadella of Microsoft
and Mark Zuckerberg of Facebook figure in
the list.
Mr. Puri was featured as a ‘Growth Leader’.
The other categories are ‘Visionary
Founders’ and ‘Turnaround Experts’.
Uday Kotak redesignated as MD & CEO of
Kotak Mahindra Bank
The board of directors of Kotak Mahindra Bank has
redesignated Uday Kotak as Managing Director and
Chief Executive Officer with effect from 1 May,
2018.
Mr. Kotak was earlier executive Vice
Chairman and Managing Director.
Mr. Kotak was the only official among
private banks to have a Vice Chairman
designation.
All others have MD & CEO designation.
Kotak Mahindra Bank also said Shankar
Acharya, part-time Chairman, will retire on
19th July 2018 and he is not seeking
reappointment as he has completed 70-years-
of-age.
He has been director of the Bank since May
2003 and part-time Chairman since July
2006.
The bank's board had appointed Prakash
Apte, 63 , as part-time Chairman of the
Bank.
Shri Sitanshu Kar takes over as DG, PIB
Mr Sitanshu Ranjan Kar, a 1983 batch officer of
Indian Information Service, took over as the 27th
Principal Spokesperson of the Government of India
and Director General of Press Information Bureau
in New Delhi.
He succeeds Mr Frank Noronha, who
superannuated yesterday.
In a career spanning nearly 35 years, Mr Kar
has worked in key positions in various Media
Units of the Ministry of Information and
Broadcasting.
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Radhakrishnan Nair appointed ICICI Bank
independent director
Former IRDAI member Radhakrishnan Nair has
been appointed to ICICI Bank’s board as an
Additional (Independent) Director.
His appointment will be for a period of five
years and is subject to shareholders’
approval.
Nair has around 40 years of experience in the
banking industry and in the field of securities
and insurance regulation.
Subhash Chandra Khuntia is new IRDAI
chairman
Former IAS officer Subhash Chandra Khuntia is the
new chairman of the Insurance Regulatory and
Development Authority of India (IRDAI).
The Appointments Committee of Cabinet
(ACC) approved the appointment of
Mr.Khuntia to the post of chairperson of the
insurance regulator.
His appointment will be for a period of three
years or till the age of 65 years, whichever is
the earliest.
He will replace TS Vijayan.
Ashok Lahiri appointed full-time member of
15th Finance Commission
Former chief economic adviser Ashok Lahiri has
been appointed as full-time member of the 15th
Finance Commission, according to an order issued
by the Personnel Ministry.
The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet
has approved Lahiri's appointment as the
full-time member, the order said.
He will be accorded the status of the Minister
of State, it said.
Justin Langer Appointed Australia's Head
Coach In All Formats
Cricket Australia has appointed former Test opener
Justin Langer as the new coach of the national
cricket team.
He replaced Darren Lehmann who resigned
in the wake of the ball-tampering scandal
that rocked Australian cricket team in
March.
The 47-year-old Langer, who is currently in-
charge of Western Australia and Perth
Scorchers, has signed a four-year deal with
Australian Board.
Two Group of Ministers Constituted
Subsequent to the
decisions taken in the
27th GST Council
meeting held on
04.05.2018), two Group of
Ministers (GoMs) have been constituted.
The first GoM shall consider the issues
relating to “Incentivizing digital payments in
the GST regime”. Shri Sushil Kumar Modi,
Deputy Chief Minister, Bihar is convenor of
this GoM.
The Second GoM shall consider issues
relating to “Imposition of Cess on Sugar
under GST”. Shri Himanta Biswa Sarma,
Finance Minister of Assam is convenor of
this GoM.
Both the GoMs shall submit their reports
within a period of 15 days.
Govt. Appoints Justice AK Mittal As Acting
Chief Justice Of Punjab & Haryana HC
The Centre appointed Justice A.K. Mittal as Acting
Chief Justice of Punjab & Haryana High Court,
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The post is vacant due to Justice S.J.
Vazifdar’s retirement.
The Collegium had, on 19 April,
recommended appointment of Justice
Krishna Murari as the Chief Justice of the
High Court.
The Centre has, however, not acted on this
recommendation yet.
Jagdish Mukhi sworn-in as acting Manipur
Governor
Jagdish Mukhi has sworn in as the acting governor
of Manipur by the Acting Chief Justice of Manipur
High Court, Justice N Kotiswar Singh.
Mukhi, who is the governor of Assam and
Meghalaya, will hold office in the absence of
Governor Najma Heptullah.
Putin appoints Medvedev as Russian prime
minister
Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a decree to
appoint Dmitry Medvedev as head of the
government following a parliamentary approval.
Earlier in the day, out of 430 deputies present
at the State Duma, Russia's lower house of
the parliament, 374 voted for Medvedev's
post as prime minister and 56 voted against
it.
Medvedev, 52, who is also the chairman of
the United Russia party, took office in 2012.
Nikol Pashinyan elected as new prime minister of
Armenia
Armenia's parliament has elected opposition
leader Nikol Pashinyan as the new prime minister.
The move comes two weeks after Serzh
Sargsyan resigned following widespread
anti-government demonstrations.
His protest movement began with a non-
violent march on March 31, demanding that
Sargsyan step down.
Carlos Alvarado sworn in as Costa Rican
president
Journalist Carlos Alvarado was sworn in as Costa
Rica's president through 2022, promising a "plural"
and inclusive government.
During an inauguration ceremony at
Democracy Square in the capital, San Jose,
Alvarado accepted the sash of office from his
predecessor and ally, Luis Guillermo Solis.
In his first speech as president, Alvarado said
he intends to improve employment,
education and health and fight poverty as the
Central American nation nears the 200th
anniversary of its independence in 2021.
Pawan Kumar Agarwal gets extension as CEO
FSSAI
Pawan Kumar Agarwal
was has given three
months extension as
Chief Executive
Officer (CEO) of the
Food Safety and
Standards Authority of India (FSSAI).
The tenure of Agarwal, a 1985-batch IAS
officer of West Bengal cadre, has been given
three-month extension beyond May 15,
2018.
He was appointed as the CEO of the FSSAI
in December 2015.
Mahathir Mohamad becomes Prime Minister of
Malaysia
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Mahathir Mohamad has been sworn in as prime
minister of Malaysia again after a shock election
victory, 15 years after he stood down.
The former strongman who governed for
more than two decades has become, at 92,
the world's oldest elected leader.
He came out of retirement and defected to
the opposition to take on and beat former
protege Najib Razak.
Mohit Chauhan nominated as Green
Ambassador of Sikkim
The Sikkim government has nominated Bollywood
singer Mohit Chauhan as the Green Ambassador of
the state, an official notification said.
The state government had earlier this year
roped in AR Rahman as its ambassador to
promote tourism in Sikkim.
Sikkim is known for its rich biodiversity and
abundant natural resources due to
environment-friendly policies being
followed by the state government for more
than two decades.
Nirmal Singh elected JK Assembly speaker
BJP legislator and former deputy chief minister
Nirmal Singh was elected as the speaker of the
Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly.
Singh, who is an MLA from Billawar
constituency in Jammu region, was elected
as the speaker by a voice vote in a one day
special session of the Assembly.
The motion to elect Singh was moved by
Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs
Minister Basharat Bukhari and seconded by
Deputy Chief Minister Kavinder Gupta.
Singh defeated Congress MLA from
Bandipora, Usman Majeed.
Smriti Irani removed from I&B ministry
Prime Minister
Narendra Modi has
temporarily assigned
charge of the ministries
of finance and
corporate affairs to
railway minister Piyush
Goyal till Arun Jaitley recovers from a kidney
transplant, while removing the controversy-scarred
Smriti Irani from the high-profile I&B ministry.
The Olympic medalist sports minister
Rajyavardhan Rathore will now hold full
scale charge of I&B ministry.
SS Ahluwalia would be the junior minister
for electronics and information technology
instead of KJ Alphons, the MoS
(independent charge) for tourism.
Mukul Rohatgi appointed eminent jurist in
Lokpal panel
Senior advocate Mukul Rohatgi has been appointed
as an eminent jurist in the selection committee for
appointment of anti-graft ombudsman Lokpal, the
Centre told the Supreme Court.
Selection committee is chaired by the Prime
Minister.
Rohatgi was appointed the Attorney General
of India after the Narendra Modi government
assumed power in May 2014. He resigned
from the post in June 2017.
The post of eminent jurist in the Lokpal
selection panel was lying vacant since the
death of senior advocate P P Rao on
September 11, 2017.
Shashank Manohar elected unopposed to serve
2nd term as ICC chairman
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Former BCCI president Shashank Manohar will
serve a second term as the independent chairman of
the International Cricket Council after he was
elected unopposed by the governing body's Board.
Manohar, who became the first independent
ICC Chairman in 2016, will continue for a
second two-year term following his
unopposed election.
Uttam Pacharne appointed regular Chairman of
Lalit Kala Akademi
The President of
India has appointed
Shri Uttam
Pacharne, as regular
Chairman of Lalit
Kala Akademi. Shri
Pacharne is an
eminent artist and sculptor.
He is a widely respected person in the field
of art and has held various important
positions.
Currently, he is Member of Advisory
Committee, Kala Academy, Goa and
Member of Advisory Committee, P.L.
Deshpande State Lalit Kala Academy and
Director, Janseva Sahakari Bank Borivali.
He is the recipient of National Lalit Kala
Award 1985, Maharashtra Gaurav Puraska
1985 from Government of Maharashtra,
Junior National Award 1986 and Jeevan
Gaurav Puraskar 2017 from Prafulla
Dahanukar Foundation.
Shri Pacharne will hold office for a term of
three years from the date on which he
assumes the charge of his office.
Previously in March 2018, Shri M.L.
Srivastava, Joint Secretary (Akademies),
Ministry of Culture was appointed Protem
Chairman of the Lalit Kala Akademi ,
pending appointment of a regular Chairman.
Yudhvir Singh Malik given additional charge as
NHAI chairman
Deepak Kumar, the chairman of National Highway
Authority of India (NHAI), was sent back to his
cadre state Bihar before completion of his tenure.
Yudhvir Singh Malik, the Secretary of
Ministry of Road, Transport and Highways,
has been given additional charge of the post
of NHAI chairman.
Kumar, a 1984 IAS officer of Bihar cadre,
had taken over as the NHAI chief on June 28
last year.
Ambika Sharma to head USIBC India office
The U.S India Business Council named Ambika
Sharma as its head for India.
Ms. Sharma was Director General for
International at the Federation of Indian
Chambers of Commerce and Industry
(FICCI).
As Director General of FICCI, Sharma is the
highest ranked female executive of an Indian
industry body, the USIBC said in a
statement.
Kumaraswamy to take oath as Karnataka CM
Just two days after taking oath as the Chief Minister,
Karnataka BJP leader BS Yeddyurappa resigned
ahead of the crucial vote of confidence on the floor
of the house.
With Yeddyurappa's departure, all eyes are
on HD Kumaraswamy, the CM choice for
the Congress-JD(S) combine.
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Gujarat Governor to hold additional charge of
MP
Gujarat Governor Om Prakash Kohli was given the
additional charge of Madhya Pradesh as the
incumbent Governor, Anandiben Patel is on leave.
This was informed by the Rashtrapati
Bhavan through a communique.
Anandiben, became the Governor of
Madhya Pradesh in January 2018, replacing
Kohli, who even at that time held the same
position.
Rajinder Singh named Hockey India president
Rajinder Singh was named president of Hockey
India (HI), following Mariamma Koshy's
resignation from the post.
Singh, who is the Senior Vice President of
Hockey India, has take charge as President.
He was earlier the Treasurer of HI and
currently serves as the Treasurer of Hockey
Jammu & Kashmir.
Anil Kumar Jha appointed CMD of Coal India
Anil Kumar Jha has been appointed as the chairman-
cum-managing director (CMD) of Coal India
Limited.
Jha, at present the CMD of Mahanadi
Coalfields Ltd, has been appointed to the
post till his superannuation i.e. 31 January
2020.
CIL is a state-owned coal mining company
headquartered in Kolkata.
Kumaraswamy sworn-in as 24th CM of
Karnataka
Janata Dal (Secular)'s H D Kumaraswamy took oath
in Bengaluru's Vidhan Soudha as the 24th Chief
Minister of Karnataka.
Congress' G Parameshwara took oath as
Deputy Chief Minister.
The oath ceremony was administered by
Governor Vajubhai Bala.
Airtel Payments Bank appoints Anubrata Biswas
as MD, CEO
Airtel Payments Bank said that it has appointed
former ICICI Bank senior executive Anubrata
Biswas as its Managing Director and CEO.
In his new role, Biswas will be responsible
for driving Airtel Payments Bank's mission
of taking convenient and innovative digital
banking services to the doorstep of every
Indian.
Prior to joining Airtel Payments Bank,
Biswas was the joint general manager and
retail business head - South India, for ICICI
Bank.
Dena Bank, Punjab & Sindh Bank, Central Bank
of India get new chairpersons
The finance ministry has appointed non-executive
chairpersons at Punjab and Sindh Bank, Dena Bank
and Central Bank of India, as part of its agenda to
reform public sector banks.
The government appoints Charan Singh,
Anjali Bansal, and Tapan Ray as non
executive chairperson of Punjab & Sind
Bank, Dena Bank and Central Bank of India,
respectively.
Charan Singh has served at IMF as senior
economist and at Reserve Bank of India as
director.
Anjali Bansal is founder of Spencer Stuart's
India and had worked with McKinsey and
Company.
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Tapan Ray has served as Secretary in the
Ministry of Corporate Affairs.
New governors appointed for Odisha, Mizoram
Ganeshi Lal and Kummanam Rajasekharan have
been appointed as Governors of Odisha and
Mizoram respectively.
Prof. Ganeshi Lal will take over from veteran
Naga leader S C Jamir, who has completed
his tenure.
Kummanam Rajasekharan will replace Lt.
General (Retd.) Nirbhay Sharma.
Justice C K Prasad appointed PCI chief for
second term
Former Supreme Court judge C K Prasad has been
appointed the chairman of the Press Council of India
(PCI) for a second term.
Prasad headed the media watchdog for three
years from November 2014. He had
succeeded Justice Markanday Katju.
CBDT Chairman Sushil Chandra gets one-year
extension
Sushil Chandra will continue to be Chairman of the
Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) for one more
year as he gets one-year extension.
CBDT is the top policy-making body for
personal income tax and corporate tax and is
part of the Finance Ministry.
NITI Aayog signs on Sushant Singh Rajput to
promote the WEP
NITI Aayog announced the signing of a Statement
of Intent (SoI) with noted media personality and
entrepreneur Shri Sushant Singh Rajput, to
collaborate and support NITI’s flagship initiative,
the Women Entrepreneurship Platform (WEP).
The agreement was signed in the presence of
Shri Amitabh Kant, CEO, NITI Aayog by
Ms Anna Roy, Adviser (Industry), NITI
Aayog and Shri Sushant Singh Rajput.
He would also be supporting NITI Aayog in
promoting the Women Transforming India
Awards 2018, the theme for which is
‘Women and Entrepreneurship’ and whose
nominations are currently ongoing.
TRIFED elects new Board of Directors
The General Body meeting of
Tribal Cooperative
Marketing Development
Federation of India Ltd.
(TRIFED) was held on 25th
May 2018 in which the 11th
Board of Directors was
reconstituted and the Office
Bearers were elected
unanimously.
Shri Ramesh Chand Meena was elected as
the Chairperson and Smt. Pratibha Brahma
was elected as the Vice Chairperson of
TRIFED.
Barbados elects Mia Mottley as first woman PM
The Caribbean island of Barbados has elected its
first woman prime minister since gaining
independence from Britain in 1966.
Mia Mottley led her Barbados Labour Party
(BLP) to a crushing victory over the
Democratic Labour Party (DLP).
The BLP won all 30 seats up for grabs in the
House of Assembly.
Saad Hariri appointed as Lebanon's prime
minister for third time
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Lebanese MPs elected Saad Hariri as prime
minister for a third time, with the Future Movement
leader vowing to keep his country out of regional
conflicts.
Hariri will assume the premiership after
winning the backing of 111 out of 128 MPs
in official consultations.
The post of prime minister is reserved for a
Sunni Muslim in Lebanon's sectarian
power-sharing system.
Another Hezbollah ally, Elie Ferzli, was
elected as his deputy.
Former IMF official Carlo Cottarelli nominated
as Italian Prime Minister
The Italian President nominated Carlo Cottarelli, a
former official at the International Monetary Fund,
to form an interim government.
President Sergio Mattarella called Cottarelli
to the Quirinale, the Italian presidential
palace, after previous attempts by Italy's
populist parties to form a government
failed.
Defence Secretary gets additional charge as
DRDO chief
The government has asked Defence Secretary
Sanjay Mitra to hold additional charge of the
Defence Research and Development Organisation
(DRDO) after its head S. Christopher's tenure
ended on 28 May.
Christopher was given one year's extension
beyond the prescribed age last year.
Christopher took over as the head of DRDO
in May 2015.
Sudha Balakrishnan appointed first CFO of
Reserve Bank of India
NSDL executive Sudha Balakrishnan has been
appointed the first ever chief financial officer
(CFO) of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) effective
May 15.
Balakrishnan, a chartered accountant, was
till recently vice president with the National
Securities Depository Ltd (NSDL), India’s
first and largest depository.
She will be the 12th executive director of
the RBI, and will have a three year term.
Former chief justice Nasirul Mulk named
Pakistan's caretaker PM
Pakistan's former
chief justice
Nasirul Mulk was
named as the
country's
caretaker prime minister for a two-month period,
ending the political wrangling between ruling
PML-N and the Opposition ahead of the general
elections on July 25.
The present government will complete the
tenure on May 31 and the caretaker
government will remain in office until a
new government is set up through elections.
Indian ambassador to Russia, Pankaj Saran
appointed deputy NSA
The current ambassador to Russia Pankaj Saran was
appointed deputy National Security Advisor by the
Appointment Committee of the Cabinet (ACC) for a
period of two years.
Saran, 1982 IFS, was appointed Indian
ambassador to Russia in January last year.
Prior to his deputation in Moscow, he was
the Indian High Commissioner to
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Bangladesh from March 2012 to December
2015.
Justice R K Agrawal to be next NCDRC
President
Former Supreme Court judge Justice R K Agrawal
has been appointed the President of the National
Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission
(NCDRC).
The NCDRC, which deals with consumer
rights and addresses their disputes and
grievances, is a quasi-judicial commission
set up in 1988 under the Consumer
Protection Act of 1986.
Justice Agrawal, who hails from Uttar
Pradesh, was sworn in as a judge of the top
court on February 17, 2014.
Alicia Pucheta to be the first woman president of
Paraguay
Paraguay will have a woman president for the first
time in its history, at least temporarily, after
outgoing leader Horacio Cartes stepped down ahead
of schedule.
Vice President Alicia Pucheta, 68, will
complete Cartes's mandate after he resigned
to become a senator.
Dadasaheb Phalke Film Foundation Awards
2018
Dadasaheb Phalke Film Foundation Awards 2018
were held on April 29 in Mumbai.
Best Actor: Akshay Kumar, for Padman
(Jury) and for Toilet: Ek Prem Katha
Best Actress: Bhumi Pednekar, for Toilet:
Ek Prem Katha
Best Actress in a leading role: Sonam
Kapoor, for Padman
Lifetime Achievement Award: Rakesh
Roshan
Most Versatile Actress: Manisha Koirala
Saraswatibai Dadasaheb Phalke Best Actress
(Lifetime) award: Farida Jalal
Best Debut Director award : Konkona
Sensharma
Best Playback Singer Male: Armaan Malik
The Best Playback Singer Female: Neeti
Mohan
Asha Bhosle Honored with PC Chandra
Puraskaar
Legendary singer Asha
Bhosle was honoured
with 26th PC Chandra
Puraskaar for her
contribution in the field of
Indian music.
Sharmila Tagore was the Chief Guest at the
event who also presented the prestigious
award to Asha Bhosle.
Asha Bhosle made her singing debut in 1943
and she has sung in a great variety of musical
genres.
Ministry of Railways announces Awards for
beautification of Station premises
In order to promote cleanliness with creativity, the
Ministry of Railways had invited nominations
across all Zonal Railways for stations where
beautification has been done with participation of
local artists.
Balharshah and Chandrapur stations
(Nagpur Division) of Central Railway have
been awarded first prize for depicting the
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best art & refurbishing itself as the most
beautiful station across Indian Railways.
Madhubani Railway station under
Samastipur Division of East Central Railway
in Bihar has been declared the second best
along with Madurai Railway Station
(Southern Railway).
Kota Station (West Central Railway),
Gandhidham Station (Western Railway) &
Secunderabad Station (South Central
Railway) were adjudged as the Third Prize
winning Stations.
M.T Vasudevan Nair Wins ONV Literary Prize
Jnanpith laureate M T Vasudevan Nair has won this
year's annual ONV Literary Prize, instituted in
memory of iconic poet late O N V Kurup, for his
overall contributions to Malayalam literature.
The award, comprising a cash prize of Rs
three lakh, citation and a plaque, was
instituted by the ONV Cultural Academy.
Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan would
present the award to Nair, popularly known
as M T among his admirers.
Nisha Bhalla conferred with 'WEF 2018' award
Nisha Bhalla, a 46-year-old holistic coach and
consultant from Mumbai was felicitated at the
recently concluded Annual Women Economic
Forum 2018 Awards,
The event was held at Vivanta by Taj,
Dwarka in Delhi from April 26 to May 1.
Nisha was presented the 'Excellent Woman
of Excellence' award for her spiritual service
at the event.
Women Economic Forum is the largest
global gathering of women entrepreneurs
and leaders worldwide.
South Western Railway bags Safety Shield
pertaining to Train Operations
During the year 2017-18, South Western Railway
(SWR) has registered best figures & tremendous
improvements in key areas of Safety pertaining to
train operations among all Zonal Railways.
Recognizing the efforts of SWR undertaken for
improving Safety, Shri Piyush Goyal, Minister of
Railways & Coal awarded the Railway Minister’s
Safety Shield for 2017-18 to South Western Railway
in an annual award event.
The number of accidents has come down in
SWR from 11 in 2014-15 to 8 in 2015-16, 3
in 2016-17 to 01 in 2017-18.
Bharat Biotech receives National Technology
Award for Rotavac
Leading vaccine maker Bharat Biotech has received
the National Technology Award for 2018 from the
Central government's Technology Development
Board for its Rotavac vaccine.
This prestigious award for innovative
technologies, successfully developed and
commercialized from India, was presented
by President Ram Nath Kovind at the
Technology Day ceremony held at Vigyan in
New Delhi.
Launched in 2015 Rotavac was introduced
into the Universal Immunization Programme
(UIP) in India during 2016, with initial
implementation in 9 states.
Prof Muhammad Yunus conferred KISS
Humanitarian Award 2018
Nobel laureate and noted economist Muhammad
Yunus has been honoured with the 11th Kalinga
Institute of Social Sciences (KISS) Humanitarian
Award 2018 at a function held in Bhubaneswar.
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Yunus, who is the founder of Grameen Bank
and known as the Father of Microfinance,
said that 99 per cent of world's population
owns only one per cent of the wealth.
Points to Remember
Prof Yunus is the second Nobel laureate to
be conferred the award. Last year it was
presented to the 14th Dalai Lama.
Yunus was awarded the Nobel Prize in 2006
for his Microfinance model.
Lata Mangeshkar conferred 'Swara Mauli'
award
Legendary
singer Lata
Mangeshkar was
honoured with
"Swara Mauli"
title by spiritual guru Vidya Narsimha Bharati
Swami.
Her sister singer Asha Bhosle, Usha
Mangeshkar and brother Hridaynath
Mangeshkar were present at the occasion.
Sulabh International founder awarded Nikkei
Asia Prize
The founder of Sulabh International, Dr Bindeshwar
Pathak, has been honoured with the Nikkei Asia
Prize in Japan for his contribution to Asia's
development.
Pathak is among the three who have been
conferred with the award.
He has been described as "an Indian social
reformer tackling two of his country's
biggest challenges — poor hygiene and
discrimination".
Indore is the cleanest city: cleanliness survey
The Swachh Survekshan 2018 assessed 4203 Urban
Local Bodies and was organized by the Ministry of
Housing and Urban Affairs (MoHUA), under the
aegis of the Swachh Bharat Mission (Urban).
The exercise undertaken between 4th January
2018 to 10th March, 2018 enhanced
the scope to cover a record number of
Urban Local Bodies impacting around 40
crore urban citizens across length and
breadth of the country by 2700 assessors.
As compared to 2017 where Swachh
Survekshan was conducted in 434 cities, this
year the scope was enhanced manifold.
At the national level, the Top 3 cleanest cities are:
Indore
Bhopal
Chandigarh
Jharkhand is the best performing State.
The awardees under various categories
(Population above 10 lakh) are:
India's Cleanest City - Indore (Madhya
Pradesh)
India's 'Cleanest Big City': Vijaywada
(Andhra Pradesh)
India's 'Fastest Mover' big city: Ghaziabad
(Uttar Pradesh)
India's Best City in 'Citizens Feedback': Kota
(Rajasthan)
India's Best City in 'Innovation & Best
Practices': Nagpur (Maharashtra)
India's Best City in 'Solid Waste
Management: Navi Mumbai (Maharashtra)
The awardees under various categories
(Population of 3-10 lakh) are:
India's Cleanest Medium City: Mysuru
(Karnataka)
India's 'Fastest Mover' Medium City:
Bhivandi (Maharashtra)
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India's Best City in 'Citizens Feedback':
Parbhani (Maharashtra)
India's Best City in 'Innovation & Best
Practices': Aligarh (Uttar Pradesh)
India's Best City in 'Solid Waste
Management: Mangalore (Karnataka)
India's Cleanest Small City: Delhi Municipal
Council
The awardees under various categories
(Population of 1-3 lakh) are:
India's 'Fastest Mover' Small City: Bhusawal
(Maharashtra)
India's Best City in 'Citizens Feedback':
Giridih (Jharkhand)
India's Best City in 'Innovation & Best
Practices': Ambikapur (Jharkhand)
India's Best City in 'Solid Waste
Management: Tirupati (Andhra Pradesh)
Cleanest State Capital / UT Capital Cities /
Uts: Greater Mumbai (Maharashtra)
Fastest Mover State Capital / UT: Jaipur
(Rajasthan)
Best State Capital / UT in Citizens
Feedback: Ranchi (Jharkhand)
Best State Capital / UT in 'Innovation & Best
Practices: Panaji (Goa)
Best State Capital / UT in 'Solid Waste
Management' : Greater Hyderabad
(Telangana)
'Raaya' becomes India's official entry for Cannes
A short film, 'Raaya', about an autistic girl has been
chosen as India's official entry into the Cannes Film
Festival 2018.
The film is scheduled to exhibit at the 71st
Cannes Festival on May 18, second to last
day of the festival.
'Raaya' has already bagged the 'Special
Festival Mention Award' at Dada Saheb
Phalke Film Festival 2018. Also, it has been
shortlisted for other International film
festivals in Los Angeles and Romania.
The film is produced by Rakesh Gupta and
written by hypnotherapist Richa Agarwal.
Sridevi honoured at the Cannes Film Festival
Veteran Bollywood actor
Sridevi was honoured with
the TITAN Reginald F
Lewis Film Icon Award at
the ongoing Cannes Film
Festival.
The award traditionally celebrates women of
the film industry all over the world and also
salute the multi-cultural impact on the world
of cinema.
Veteran filmmaker Subhash Ghai and
producer Namrata Goyal received the award
on behalf of Sridevi's family.
India’s Jagriti Yatra wins charity award in UK
An Indian charity that organises 15-day train
journeys around India to understand and build the
India of smaller towns and villages through
enterprise has won an award in London.
Jagriti Yatra was among a series of
worldwide charities and individuals
recognised for their impact within their
communities at the Asian Voice Charity
Awards, powered by due diligence platform
Charity Clarity.
Jagriti Yatra organises 15-day train journeys,
covering 800 km for 400 young change-
makers across India every year.
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West Bengal Government to honour Asha Bhosle
Veteran singer Asha Bhosle will be honoured by the
West Bengal government on May 21.
Asha Bhosle has been a part of the Hindi film
industry for over six decades and has sung
numerous songs.
Asha thanked West Bengal Government for
bestowing their highest civilian award on
her.
NMDC bags S&P Platts Global Metals Award in
CSR category
Iron ore mining
major NMDC Ltd
has bagged the S&P
Global Platts Global
Metals Award 2018
in the corporate
social responsibility category.
At an event held at London Grosvenor
Square Marriott Hotel in the UK, N.
Baijendra Kumar, Chairman-cum-Managing
Director, and Sandeep Tula, Director
(Personnel), NMDC Ltd, received the
coveted award.
The 12 shortlisted nominations were of
renowned companies from across the world.
This is the first time since inception of the
awards that an Indian company has bagged
an award in this category.
T.K. Ramanathan award for Prajnesh
Prajnesh Gunneswaran won the prestigious T.K.
Ramanathan award for the year 2017-18 at the Tamil
Nadu Tennis Association (TNTA) annual day
function.
He received a cash prize of Rs. 30,000.
TNTA president M.A. Alagappan gave away
the prizes.
Poland's Olga Tokarczuk Is This Year's Man
Booker International Prize Winner
Polish novelist Olga Tokarczuk won the prestigious
Man Booker International Prize for fiction for her
novel Flights.
Flights beat five other finalists, including
Iraqi writer Ahmed Saadawi’s horror story
Frankenstein in Baghdad and South Korean
author Han Kang’s meditative novel The
White Book.
The prize is a counterpart to the Man Booker
Prize for English-language novels and is
open to books in any language that have been
translated into English.
The 50,000-pound ($67,000) award is split
evenly between the writer and her translator,
Jennifer Croft.
BRICS forum presents award to late actress
Sridevi
Late veteran actress Sridevi was posthumously
conferred with the BRICS Business Forum
Leadership Award for Lifetime Achievement in
Indian Cinema.
Reena Marwah, sister of actor-producer
Boney Kapoor, received the award and
memento.
The veteran actress was earlier
posthumously honoured with the 'Best
Actress' award for her performance in her
last movie 'Mom', at 65th National Film
Awards held in New Delhi.
'Shoplifters' wins Palme d'Or at Cannes
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A tumultuous Cannes Film Festival concluded with
the Palme d’Or awarded to Japanese director
Hirokazu Kore-eda’s “Shoplifters.
Spike Lee’s “BlacKkKlansman,” the highest
profile American film in competition at
Cannes, was awarded the grand prize.
CSIR bags the Clarivate Analytics India
Innovation Award 2018
Council of Scientific
& Industrial
Research has been
awarded the
Clarivate Analytics
India Innovation Award 2018 in the Government
Research Organizations Category. This award yet
again recognizes CSIR as the top innovator.
The Council of Scientific & Industrial
Research (CSIR), a contemporary R&D
organization, is known for its cutting edge
R&D knowledge base in diverse science &
technology areas.
Nari Shakti Puraskar 2017 presented to the INSV
Tarini Team
Hon’ble Minister for Women and Child
Development, Smt. Maneka Sanjay Gandhi
presented the prestigious Nari Shakti Puraskar 2017
to the members of the INSV Tarini team in New
Delhi.
The Six-member all-women team
comprising of Lt Commander Vartika
Joshi,Lt Commander Pratibha Jamwal, Lt
Commander Swathi Patarpalli ,Lt Aishwarya
Bodapatti, Lt SH Vijaya Devi and Lt Payal
Gupta have received the Puraskar from the
Minister.
Julia Louis-Dreyfus to Be Awarded Mark Twain
Prize for Humor
Julia Louis-Dreyfus is this year’s recipient of the
annual Mark Twain Prize for American Humor from
the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts.
Ms. Louis-Dreyfus will receive the award on
Oct. 21 in a ceremony in Washington.
Past winners of the award include Richard
Pryor, Tina Fey, Will Ferrell, Lily Tomlin
and Eddie Murphy.
CEAT Awards: Virat Kohli Named
International Cricketer of the Year
India skipper Virat Kohli won the International
Cricketer of the Year Award at the CEAT Cricket
Ratings awards.
Here is the list of the award winners:
CEAT International Cricketer of the Year:
Virat Kohli
CEAT International Batsman of the Year:
Shikhar Dhawan
CEAT International Bowler of the Year:
Trent Boult
CEAT T20 Bowler of the Year: Rashid
Khan
CEAT T20 Batsman of the Year: Colin
Munro
CEAT Outstanding Innings of the Year:
Harmanpreet Kaur
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CEAT Domestic Player of The Year:
Mayank Agarwal
CEAT U 19 Player of The Year: Shubhman
Gill
CEAT Popular Choice Award: Chris Gayle
CEAT Lifetime Achievement Award:
Farokh Engineer
Kamaljit Bawa first Indian to receive Linnean
Medal
Indian botanist Kamaljit S. Bawa, president of
Bengaluru-based non-profit Ashoka Trust for
Research in Ecology and the Environment
(ATREE), received the prestigious Linnean Medal
in Botany from the Linnean Society of London on
May 24.
Dr. Bawa is the first Indian to win the award
ever since it was first constituted in 1888.
The scientist is being recognised for his
pioneering research on the evolution of
tropical plants, tropical deforestation, non-
timber forest products.
Yuvraj Singh Awarded 'Most Inspiring Icon Of
The Year For Social Welfare'
Indian star cricketer Yuvraj Singh has been awarded
the 'most inspiring icon of the year for Social
Welfare" award by the Dadasaheb Phalke
International Film Festival (DPIFF) for his
exemplary contribution in the field of social welfare.
Yuvraj, who was a member of India's 2011
World Cup winning squad, was diagnosed
with cancer (mediastinal seminoma) shortly
after the World Cup.
Yuvraj opened his foundation 'YouWe Can'
that focuses on creating cancer awareness
and helping educate the cancer survivors
kids.
India's Neeraj Goyat is WBC Asia Boxer of the
Year
Indian pugilist Neeraj
Goyat has been
conferred with the
WBC Asia Boxer of
the Year Award.
Neeraj is the current
WBC Asia champion
in welter weight category.
Since turning pro in 2011, Neeraj has won
nine fights including two knockouts.
Neerav Tomar was bestowed with WBC
Asia honorary Promoter of the year 2017
Award.
Marshal Arjan Singh Memorial All India Hockey
Tournament
Late Marshal of the Indian Air Force Arjan Singh
DFC was the first and the only ‘Five Star’ rank
officer of the IAF and was a keen lover of the game
of Hockey.
To propel the awareness of Hockey and also
to reinstate its prominence, a national level
tournament uniting 16 teams is being held at
Chandigarh from 07 to 12 May 18.
The matches will be conducted at 3 Base
Repair Depot (Air Force) and Sector 42
Astro Turf Hockey Grounds at Chandigarh.
Neeraj Chopra shatters own record, finishes 4th
at IAAF Diamond League in Doha
Indian javelin thrower and the Commonwealth
games gold medalist Neeraj Chopra has shattered his
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own national record at the IAAF Diamond League,
being held in Doha.
He cleared a distance of 87.43m to finish
fourth in the season opening League series.
Chopra had recently won the gold medal in
XXI Commonwealth Games at the Gold
Coast with a throw of 86.47m.
FIFA to hold eClub World Cup in Paris
This year’s FIFA eClub World Cup will be held at
the AMP Studios in Paris, France from May 19 to
20. FIFA eWorld Cup, virtual football's equivalent
of the FIFA World Cup.
Under-16 Indian football team wins title in
Serbia
Indian colts pumped in as many as three goals in the
first 10 minutes of the match to outplay Tajikistan 4-
2 and emerge champions in the four-nation Under-
16 Tournament held in Serbia.
Putting up an impressive show, the Indian
drew 0-0 with the hosts, defeated Jordan 2-1
before beating Tajikistan in the final.
Lewis Hamilton wins Spanish Grand Prix
Lewis Hamilton won
for the second race in
succession by
dominating an eventful
Spanish Grand Prix.
The Mercedes driver was supreme at the
front in a race that featured a heavy first-lap
crash.
Hamilton's win moves him into a 17-point
championship lead.
Kvitova wins third Madrid Open title
Czech 10th seed Petra Kvitova won the Madrid
Open title for the third time with a marathon 7-6
(8/6), 4-6, 6-3 victory over Kiki Bertens of the
Netherlands.
Kvitova, who was also the champion in
Madrid in 2011 and 2015, has now claimed
four titles in 2018 after triumphs in St
Petersburg, Doha and Prague.
In a big-hitting, roller-coaster of a final,
Kvitova claimed her 24th career title.
S Korea beat India to win Asian Champions
Trophy
South Korea pipped India 1-0 to win the fifth
Women’s Asian Champions Trophy at the Sunrise
Stadium in Donghae city.
South Korea, thus, won the title for the third
time after 2010 and 2011.
India finished runners-up for the second time
after having lost in the final to Japan in 2013.
Nadal edges Zverev to win Italian Open
Rafa Nadal come from behind in the deciding set
and beat defending champion Alexander Zverev 6-1
1-6 6-3 in the Italian Open final.
The win gave the Spaniard his 56th title on
clay and he will reclaim the world number
one ranking from Roger Federer.
Lionel Messi Wins European Golden Shoe for
The 5th Time
Barcelona forward Lionel Messi has won the
European Golden Shoe for a fifth time.
The Argentina international claimed the
prize after scoring 34 goals in La Liga this
season, helping his club to a 25th league
triumph.
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Messi also won the award last year, as well
as in 2010, 2012 and 2013.
Iraq to host first international football
tournament
Iraq is to host a West Asia Football Federation
championship in the southern city of Basra in
November, the first international tournament to be
staged in the country since the 1990s.
World football's governing body FIFA has
lifted a three-decade ban on Iraq hosting
international football, this March.
AB de Villiers retires from international cricket
South Africa batsman
AB de Villiers has
announced his
decision to retire from
international cricket
with immediate effect.
De Villiers finishes his career with a
staggering 20,014 international runs (8765 in
Tests, 9577 in ODIs and 1672 in T20Is) and
signs off with a batting average over 50 in
both Tests (50.66) and ODIs (53.50).
Japan end 37-year drought with Uber Cup win
Japan's women clinched the Uber Cup, breezing by
surprise finalists Thailand 3-0 in Bangkok to end a
37-year wait to regain the title.
It ends an Uber Cup drought for Japan that
stretches back to 1981 and is a major
confidence boost ahead of the Olympics
which they will host in two years' time.
The Uber Cup is second in prestige only to
the Olympics as a national team event.
Shane Watson century powers Chennai Super
Kings to third IPL title
Shane Watson put up an exhibition of power-hitting
in front of a packed Wankhede crowd as he struck a
memorable unbeaten century to power Chennai
Super Kings to their third Indian Premier League
title.
Chasing 179, CSK overhauled the target in
18.3 overs, scoring 181/2, winning by eight
wickets.
This was the 11th season of Indian Premier
League.
Points to Remember
Sun risers Hyderabad: Runner Up
Sunil Narine: Most Valuable Player
Kane Williamson: Orange cap with 735 runs
Andrew Tye: Purple cap with 24 Wickets
Rishabh Pant: Stylish Player of the Season
Mumbai Indians: IPL Fairplay award
Rishabh Pant: Emerging player of the season
China wins its 10th Thomas Cup title
Li Junhui and Liu Yuchen beat Japanese pair of
Keigo Sonoda and Yuta Watanabe 17-21, 21-19, 22-
20 to give China its 10th Thomas Cup men's
badminton title.
Li and Liu fought back from trailing 18-20
in the decider to beat the Japanese duo in a
70-minute encounter.
China last won the tournament in 2012.
CWG gold medallist discus thrower Vikas
Gowda retires
Top discus thrower Vikas Gowda has retired from
the sport after competing at the highest level for
more than 15 years.
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He became the first and only Indian male to
win a Commonwealth Games medal in
discus throw.
He is a four-time Olympian, who will turn 35
on July 5.
He was awarded the Padma Shri in 2017.
Renowned artist Ravinder Sharma passes away
Ravinder Sharma, fondly called Guruji, the founder
of Adilabad's Kala Ashram died at his house at the
age of 65 years.
Guruji was suffering from cancer since the
last three years and died in his sleep.
A trained artist, Guruji had been awarded
with Kala Ratna by the Andhra Pradesh State
government in 2014.
After bifurcation of the State, the Telangana
government awarded him the Ugadi
Puraskaram in 2015.
Former Test cricketer Rajinder Pal passes away Former Delhi cricketer Rajinder Pal, who had
represented the country in one Test match, passed
away at his Dehradun residence.
A right-arm medium pacer, Rajinder Pal
played his only Test match against England
(then known as MCC) during the 1963-64
series at the Brabourne Stadium in Mumbai.
Renowned storyteller Ankit Chadha passes away Ankit Chadha, a renowned storyteller associated
with the tradition of Dastangoi, died in a tragic
accident near Pune.
Quoting police officials, the reports said that
the accident occurred at Uksan Lake near
Kamshet, 60 kilometers away from Pune.
Chadha was known for his unique style of
storytelling in Urdu.
Over the past few years, he had performed at
various national and international stages,
including universities like Harvard, Yale and
Toronto.
Pak hockey legend Mansoor Ahmed passes away Pakistan's World Cup-winning hockey goalkeeper
Mansoor Ahmed passed away at a city hospital in
Karachi after battling a prolonged heart ailment.
The hockey legend, who was known as the
1994 World Cup hero for Pakistan, had been
suffering from heart ailment for the past
three years and was under treatment.
Former Rajya Sabha MP Balkavi Bairagi Dies Former Rajya Sabha MP and country's famous
litterateur and poet Balkavi Bairagi passed away. He
was 87 years old.
Bairagi was born on 10 February 1931 in
Rampur village of Manasa tehsil of
Mandsaur district.
He was also active in literature and poetry as
well as in the field of politics.
He was food minister in the Arjun Singh
government in Madhya Pradesh.
Geet, Dard diwani, do took, bhaavi9
Rakshak Desh ke, Come Children, Aao
Bacho Gao Bacho are some of his
compositions.
Odia actress Anita Das passes away Popular Odia film and TV actress Anita Das passed
away at her residence due to a cardiac stroke. She
was 62.
Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik expressed
grief over the untimely death of the veteran
actress.
In a career spanning over three decades,
Anita Das won the hearts of many with her
powerful roles in films like Suna Chadhei
and Naga Phasa to name a few.
Eminent physicist Sudarshan passes away
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Ennackal Chandy George Sudarshan, popularly
known as E.C.G. Sudarshan, who made path-
breaking discoveries in the realm of quantum optics
died aged 86 in Texas.
Professor Sudarshan was a faculty at the
University of Texas for the past 40 years.
A globally-recognised theoretical physicist,
Professor Sudarshan had often pointed out
that Physics meant everything to him.
He was recommended for the Nobel Prize for
Physics nine times, but never awarded.
Eminent Tamil writer Balakumaran passes away Writer Balakumaran, whose works were a link
between serious and popular writing in Tamil, died.
He was 71.
His novel Thaymumanavan was translated
into a tele-serial and he directed the film Idhu
Namma Aalu, starring Bhagyaraj in the lead
role.
Telugu writer Yaddanapudi Sulochana Rani dies The famous pulp fiction writer Yaddanapudi
Sulochana Rani passed away after suffering massive
heart stroke in US.
She was popular for her romantic novels. She
was a rage from 60s to 80s.
Many Telugu hit films were based on her
novels.
Bollywood actor Geeta Kapoor passes away Veteran Bollywood actor Geeta Kapoor, had her last
breath in an old age home in Mumbai. She was 67.
Geeta acted in around 100 films such as in
Kamal Amrohi’s "Pakeezah" and "Razia
Sultan".
Ex-Himachal Pradesh governor Urmila Singh
passes away Former Himachal Pradesh governor and Congress
leader Urmila Singh died due to prolonged illness at
a private hospital in Indore. She was 71.
Singh was appointed as the governor of
Himachal Pradesh in 2010.
Prior to that, she had served as the chairman
of the National Scheduled Tribes
Commission (NCTC).
Book Release By Chief of Army Staff Gen Bipin Rawat,
Chief of Army the
Staff released the
book 'Across the
Bench - Insight into
the Indian Military
Judicial System' by Lt Gen Gyan Bhushan, former
Army Commander and Member 'A', Armed Forces
Tribunal, Lucknow Bench.
The book deals with military judicial system
vis-a-vis command and management issues
within the military establishments besides
the whole gamut of issues relating to
veterans, their families and dependents.
Vice President Releases Book ‘Straight Talk’
The Vice President, Shri M. Venkaiah Naidu has
released the book ‘Straight Talk’ authored by the
Member of Rajya Sabha, Shri Abhishek Manu
Singhv.
The former Prime Minister, Dr. Manmohan
Singh and other dignitaries were present on
the occasion.
The Vice President said that law makers
should be elected based on four Cs--
Capacity, Caliber, Character and Conduct
and not on the basis of the other four Cs--
Caste, Community, Cash and Criminal
Prowess.
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1 International Buddhist Conference concluded in
which of the following city?
Kashi
Rajgir
Lumbini
Patna
Paris
2 Exercise Harimau Shakti 2018, between the Indian
Army and the Malaysian Army is being held in which of
the following place?
Kualalumpur
Assam
Jodhpur
Ipoh
Kangar
3 The government of Maharashtra has signed a
memorandum of understanding (MoU) with which
country to strengthen educational and cultural
cooperation between the two nations?
USA
Germany
France
Britain
Japan 4 Who is the MD & CEO of Kotak Mahindra Bank?
Shankar Acharya
Prakash Apte
Uday Kotak
Shikha Sharma
Shyam Srinivasan
5 Dadasaheb Phalke Film Foundation Awards 2018 for
Best Actor has been given to whom?
Salman Khan
Akshay Kumar
Ranveer Kapoor
Shahrukh Khan
Rajkumar Rao 6 What is the theme of World Immunization Week
2018?
Vaccine for each
Protected Together, Vaccines Work
Vaccines to protect life
Save life with Vaccine
None of these
7 Dadasaheb Phalke Film Foundation Awards 2018 for
Best Actress has been given to whom?
Priyanka Chopra
Deepika Padukone
Konkona Sensharma
Bhumi Pednekar
Manisha Koirala 8 Dadasaheb Phalke Film Foundation Lifetime
Achievement Award 2018 has been given to whom?
Karan Johar
Sridevi
Rakesh Roshan
Manish Malhotra
Shashi Kapoor 9 Who has been appointed as part-time Chairman of
Kotak Mahindra Bank?
Shankar Acharya
Prakash Apte
Uday Kotak
Current Affairs Quiz
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Rakesh Sethi
Aditya Puri 10 Who is the Union Minister for Drinking Water and
Sanitation?
Uma Bharti
Narendra Singh Tomar
Kalraj Mishra
Ananth Kumar
Manoj Sinha 11 International Labour Day is observed on which of
the following date?
10 April
30 April
1 May
5 May
18 March 12 Pravasi Bharatiya Divas 2019 to be held in which of
the following city?
Bhopal
Varanasi
New Delhi
Pune
Surat
13 South Western Command’s Exercise Vijay Prahar is
being held at which place?
Jaipur
Pune
Suratgarh
Ahmedabad
Chennai 14 9th India-Japan Energy Dialogue held in which of
the following city?
Mumbai
Pune
Surat
Bhopal
New Delhi 15 Who has been appointed as Director General of
Press Information Bureau of India?
Sitanshu Kar
Frank Noronha
Neeraj Goyat
Raveesh Kumar
Nupur Sharma 16 Who has been honoured with 26th PC Chandra
Puraskaar for her contribution in the field of Indian
music?
Lata Mangeshkar
Asha Bhosle
A. R. Rahman
Sonu Nigam
Arijit Singh 17 Who has been conferred with the WBC Asian
Boxer of the Year Award?
Mark Magnifico
Daigo Higa
Iwan Zoda
Neeraj Goyat
Sachin Siwach 18 When World Asthma Day is observed every year?
The first Monday of May
The first Tuesday of May
The first Tuesday of April
The last Tuesday of April
The last Monday of June
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19 What is the theme of International Labour Day
2018?
Uniting Workers for Elimination of Poverty
Uniting Workers for Social and Economic
Advancement
Unite to Work for Welfare of Workers
Uniting Workers for Economic Development
None of these 20 Who is the Prime Minister of Mauritius?
Anerood Jugnauth
Navin Ramgoolam
Ameenah Gurib
Roshi Bhadain
Pravind Jugnauth 21 Recently India- South Africa Business Summit has
concluded in which city?
New Delhi
Johannesburg
Mumbai
Cape Town
Surat 22 Which of the following country is not included in
world’s five biggest military spenders?
India
China
France
Saudi Arabia
Russia 23 How many Indian cities are included in world’s 15
most polluted cities?
5
10
9
14
8 24 What is the new Investment Limit for Senior
Citizens in Pradhan Mantri Vaya Vandan Yojana?
Rs 7.5 lakh
Rs 10.5 lakh
Rs 5 lakh
Rs 12.5 lakh
Rs 15 lakh 25 Who is the Union Minister of Health and Family
Welfare?
J P Nadda
Dr. Harsh Vardhan
Chaudhary Birender Singh
Prakash Javadekar
Dr. Mahesh Sharma 26 Who has been appointed as ICICI Bank independent
director?
Kishor Kharat
Pawan Kumar Bajaj
Radhakrishnan Nair
Rajiv Lall
Rana Kapoor 27 Who is the new chairman of Insurance Regulatory
and Development Authority of India?
Subhash Chandra Khuntia
T S Vijayan
Upendra Kamath
Parvez Ahmed
Ramesh Sharma 28 Biggest Airport, after Mumbai will be developed in
which state?
Rajasthan
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Gujarat
Tamilnadu
Kerala
Goa 29 Which country was the top military spender in
2017?
USA
China
Saudi Arabia
Russia
India 30 Where is the headquarters of ICICI Bank?
New Delhi
Mumbai
Hyderabad
Bangalore
Chennai 31 World Press Freedom Day is observed on which of
the following date?
13 May
28 March
30 April
18 May
3 May 32 Which state has become the first state to issue a
crucial land ownership document online and accept a
digital signature on it as valid?
Punjab
Kerala
Tamilnadu
Assam
Maharashtra
33 4th Regional Conference on Futuristic, Resilient
and Digital Infrastructure of AIIB has been organised in
which city?
Mumbai
New Delhi
une
Bangalore
Ahmedabad 34 51st Annual Meeting of Asian Development Bank
held in which city?
Manila
Mumbai
Tokyo
Beijing
London 35 Among the following who has been appointed full-
time member of 15th Finance Commission?
Amartya Sen
Ashok Lahiri
Arvind Subramanian
Shankar Acharya
Avinash Dixit 36 Who has been Appointed Cricket Australia's Head
Coach in All Formats?
Tom Moody
Mark Waugh
Justin Langer
Mark Taylor
Tim May 37 Renowned artist Ravinder Sharma passed away. In
which year he was awarded the Ugadi Puraskaram by
Telangana government?
2012
2015
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2017
2016
2013 38 The ‘Vibrant North East 2018′, an event in which
people would be made aware of central government’s
schemes and programmes is being held in which city?
Shillong
Gangtok
Guwahati
Agartala
Dispur 39 Who is the chairman of 15th Finance Commission?
N. K. Singh
Dr. Y. V Reddy
Dr. Vijay L. Kelkar
C. Rangarajan
A. M. Khusro 40 Where is the headquarters of Asian Development
Bank?
Tokyo
Geneva
Manila
Beijing
Shanghai 41 World Cartoonists’ day is celebrated on which date?
12 June
8 April
15 March
5 May
15 May 42 12th informal meeting of SAARC Finance
Ministers held in which of the following city?
New Delhi
Dhaka
Male
Manila
Mumbai 43 With which company NITI Aayog has signed a
Statement of Intent (SoI) to develop a crop yield
prediction model using Artificial Intelligence (AI) to
provide real time advisory to farmers in Aspirational
Districts?
IBM
HCL
Infosys
TCS 44 Who has been appointed as Acting Chief Justice of
Punjab & Haryana High Court?
A.K. Mittal
T. B. Radhakrishnan
Gita Mittal
Dinesh Maheshwari
Satish K. Agnihotri 45 Who has sworn in as the acting governor of
Manipur?
N Kotiswar Singh
Satya Pal Malik
Jagdish Mukhi
Farooq Khan
Banwarilal Purohit 46 Which stations have been awarded first prize for
depicting the best art & refurbishing itself as the most
beautiful station across Indian Railways?
Balharshah and Chandrapur station
Madhubani and Madurai Railway Station
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Kota and Gandhidham Station
Secunderabad and Madurai Railway Station
Madhubani and Chandrapur station 47 Who is the CEO of NITI Aayog?
Karan Bajwa
Dr. Rajiv Kumar
Bibek Debroy
V.K. Saraswat
Amitabh Kant 48 Manila is the capital of which country?
Norway
Finland
Philippines
Denmark
Sweden 49 Who has been awarded Nobel Prize in literature
2017?
Bob Dylan
Kazuo Ishiguro
Patrick Modiano
Alice Munro
V. S. Naipaul 50 Who is the convener of Group of ministers that will
consider the issues relating to “Incentivizing digital
payments in the GST regime"?
Himanta Biswa Sarma
Sushil Kumar Modi
Arun Jaitely
Amitab Kant
None of these 51 What is India’s rank in AT Kearney FDI
Confidence Index, 2018?
8
11
17
28
4 52 Where is the Indira Gandhi National Centre for the
Arts situated?
Kanpur
New Delhi
Jodhpur
Shimla
Dehradun 53 Which city will host a six-day-long Festival of
Bharat for giving a tribute to the majesty and depth of
India's civilization?
New Delhi
Bangalore
Hyderabad
Nagpur
Gurgaon 54 Which Ministry is conducting National Conference
of 244 selected Districts under Beti Bachao Beti
Padhao?
Ministry of Human Resource Development
Ministry of Home Affairs
Ministry of Health and Family Welfare
Ministry of Women and Child Development
Ministry of Skill Development and
Entrepreneurship 55 In which city the National Conference of 244
selected Districts under Beti Bachao Beti Padhao is
being conducted?
New Delhi
Bhopal
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Alwar
Rewari
Raipur 56 What will be India’s growth rate in 2018 according
to ADB projection?
6.9
7.1
7.5
7.3
8.2 57 Where is the headquarters of Association of
Southeast Asian Nations?
Beijing
Shanghai
Jakarta
Manila
Singapore 58 Which of the following has been ranked as most
trusted FMCG brand in India according to TRA's Brand
Trust Report 2018?
Patanjali Ayurved Limited
Aashirvaad
Paytm
Dabur
Amul 59 Recently, who has won the ONV Literary Prize for
contribution to Malayalam literature?
Manoj Kuroor
Ranjith
U. K. Kumaran
M T Vasudevan Nair
None of the above
60 Marshal Arjan Singh Memorial All India Hockey
Tournament is being held in which city?
Lucknow
Chandigarh
Hyderabad
New Delhi
Jaipur 61 Border Roads Organisation had been established in
which of the following year?
1958
1960
1975
1965
1975 62 At which of the following place Vice President has
reached first overseas visit after assuming office last
year?
Guatemala
Peru
Panama
Norway
Germany 63 IAAF Diamond League 2018 has been held in
which of the city?
Moscow
Beijing
Doha
Paris
Dubai 64 What is the name of NASA's latest Mars lander?
InMars
MarsSighter
InSight
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GeoMars
None of the above 65 GST Council approves turning GSTN into a
government entity. What will be the share of central
government in it?
100%
50%
75%
84%
51% 66 Indus dolphins are found in which of the following
country except India?
Bangladesh
USA
England
Pakistan
Sri Lanka 67 Who is the Chairman of GST Council?
RBI Governor
Prime Minister
President
Finance Minister
Finance Secretary 68 Neeraj Chopra is belongs to which of the following
sports?
Basketball
Tennis
Javelin Throw
Shootings
Weightlifting 69 Who is the President of Guatemala?
Roxana Baldetti
Jafeth Cabrera
Jimmy Morales
Alfonso Portillo
Zury Ríos 70 XXI Commonwealth Games held in which city?
Geneva
Gold Coast
Tokyo
Beijing
New Delhi 71 Recently Vladimir Putin has sworn in as President
of which country?
France
Russia
Germany
Britain
Spain 72 Where is the headquarters of the Society for
Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunication
(SWIFT)?
Spain
Netherland
Belgium
Australia
Canada 73 Recently, the Government of India has signed a loan
deal worth $ 200 million with which institute for the
National Nutrition Mission (POSHAN Abhiyaan)?
UNICEF
World Bank
Asian Development Bank
New Development Bank
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None of the above 74 With which has NITI Aayog signed a Statement of
Intent (SoI) to help grow Artificial Intelligence in India?
Yahoo
TCS 75 Recently Valedictory function of 30th Naval Higher
Command Course (NHCC) was held in which state?
Maharashtra
Goa
Kerala
Karnataka
Telangana 76 In which city of India will China organize a film
festival in July?
Hyderabad
Kolkata
Jaipur
Lucknow
Kota 77 Recently which city’s Metro has introduced
exclusive coach for women?
Lucknow metro
Jaipur metro
Bangalore metro
Hyderabad metro
None of the above 78 What is the rank of India in Asia-Pacific on Power
Index out of 25 countries?
4
11
22
09
19 79 FIFA eClub World Cup, 2018 will be held in which
city?
London
Paris
Geneva
Chicago
Cincinnati 80 In which city SWIFT India Regional Conference
2018 is being conducted?
Mumbai
Hyderabad
Kolkata
New Delhi
Chennai 81 The 2018 World Robot Conference will be held in
which of the following city?
Beijing
Moscow
Paris
Tokyo
Seoul
82 World Red Cross Day is observed on which date?
18 March
28 April
15 April
5 May
8 May 83 What is the rank of India in business optimism
index for the first quarter of this year?
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5th
8th
3rd
6th
15th 84 First Apex Conference for the CEOs of Smart Cities
has been held in which of the following city?
New Delhi
Pune
Bhopal
Jaipur
Chennai 85 15th Asia Media Summit will be hosted by which of
the following country?
Japan
India
China
Malaysia
Russia 86 Who has been appointed as prime minister of
Russia?
Vladimir Putin
Benjamin Netanyahu
Dmitry Medvedev
Dmitry Peskov
Vladislav Surkov 87 Who has been elected as new prime minister of
Armenia?
Hovik Abrahamyan
Nikol Pashinyan
Serzh Sargsyan
Gaston Browne
Abdul Hamid 88 Who has been conferred with Women Economic
Forum 2018 Awards?
Nisha Bhalla
Priyanka Mittal
Abha Dalmia
Salma Abdulai
Ira Singhal 89 Who is the Minister of State (I/C) for Housing &
Urban Affairs?
Harsimrat Kaur Badal
Hardeep Puri
Giriraj Singh
Vijay Goel
Jayant Sinha
90 Who is the recipient of the first Nobel Peace Prize?
William Randal Cremer
Theodore Roosevelt
Henry Dunant
Fredrik Bajer
Arthur Henderson 91 Who is the most powerful person globally according
to recent Forbes list, 2018?
Narendra Modi
Xi Jinping
Vladimir Putin
Mukesh Ambani
Donald Trump 92 What is the rank of Indian Prime Minister Narendra
Modi in Forbes globally powerful person list, 2018?
9th
4th
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1st
7th
32nd 93 Recently Indian Army's 'Vijay Prahar' exercise was
culminated in which state?
Rajasthan
Gujarat
Madhya Pradesh
Maharashtra
Goa 94 Recently the Artificial Limbs Manufacturing
Corporation of India(ALIMCO) signed a Memorandum
of Understanding (MoU) with Aravali Power Company
Pvt Ltd (APCPL) for Distribution of Aids and Assistive
Devices to Persons with Disabilities. The Artificial
Limbs Manufacturing Corporation of India (ALIMCO)
works under which Ministry?
Ministry of Human Resource Development
Ministry of AYUSH
Ministry of Health and Family Welfare
Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment
Ministry of Minority Affairs 95 Recently Fifteenth Finance Commission has
constituted an Advisory Council to advise and assist the
Commission. Which of the following are member of
Advisory Council? 1. Sanjeev Gupta 2. Sajjid Chinoy 3. Surjit S Bhalla
Only 1 and 2
Only 2 and 3
Only 3
Only 1 and 3
1, 2 and 3 96 Recently Walmart has decided to acquire 77% stake
in Flipkart. Walmart is a-
Retail Company
Electronic Commerce Company
Petroleum refining Company
Healthcare Company
None of the above 97 Recently Carlos Alvarado sworn in as Costa Rican
president. Costa Rica is a –
African country
North American country
Asian country
Central American country
European country 98 Consider the following statement about Food Safety
and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI)? 1. It is a constitutional body 2. It is a statutory body established under Food Safety
and Standards Act, 2006 3. It works under the Ministry of Health & Family
Welfare Which one of the following is\are correct statement?
Only 1 and 2
Only 2 and 3
Only 1 and 3
Only 2
1, 2 and 3 99 Consider the following statement about
International Monetary Fund? 1. Its headquarters is in Geneva 2. It was established in 1948 3. International Monetary Fund (IMF) is an organization
of 189 countries Which of the following statement is\are correct?
Only 1 and 2
Only 2 and 3
Only 3
Only 1 and 3
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None of these 100 Who is the chairman of the 15th Finance
Commission?
N K Singh
B N Sharma
Pawan Kumar Agarwal
Subhash Chandra Khuntia
Rajesh Ranjan 101 Shanghai Cooperation Organization Tourism
Ministers’ conference has been held in which of the
following city?
Astana
Moscow
Wuhan
Tashkent
Dushanbe 102 India's First Smart Cities Control Centre has been
launched in which state?
Kerala
Madhya Pradesh
Rajasthan
Assam
Maharashtra 103 Who has become the Prime Minister of Malaysia?
Mahathir Mohamad
Najib Razak
Anwar Ibrahim
Justin Trudeau
Hassan Rouhani 104 Who has been nominated as Green Ambassador of
Sikkim?
A R Rahman
Mohit Chauhan
Sonu Nigam
Asha Bhosle
Priyanka Chopra 105 Who has been elected Jammu and Kashmir
Assembly speaker?
Kavinder Gupta
Usman Majeed
Mehbooba Mufti
Omar Abdullah
Nirmal Singh 106 Which Zonal Railway has been awarded the
Railway Minister’s Safety Shield for 2017-18?
Central Railway
North Central Railway
South Central Railway
South Western Railway
Western Railway 107 Recently Rajinder Pal passed away. He was
belonged to which of the following sports?
Basketball
Hockey
Cricket
Badminton
Football 108 6th US-India Aviation Summit has been held in
which city?
New Delhi
Mumbai
New York City
Chicago
San Francisco 109 Where is the headquarters of South Western
Railway?
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Hubli
Mumbai
Bilaspur
Secunderabad
Chennai 110 Who is the Union Minister for Civil Aviation?
Dharmendra Pradhan
Suresh Prabhu
Inderjit Singh Rao
Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi
Ananthkumar 111 The Cannes Film Festival 2018 was held in which
country?
Spain
France
Germany
Bolivia
Finland 112 The Reverse Buyers Sellers Meet (RBSM) is
going to be held in Mumbai. What is the objective of
this meeting?
To promote export of electronics items
To promote export of meets
To promote export of mangoes and other tropical
fruits and products
To promote export of raw agro material
All of the above 113 In India National Technology Day is celebrated on
which date?
10 May
11 May
12 May
13 May
09 May 114 Recently Prime Minister Narendra Modi
inaugurated a direct bus service between Janakpur and
Ayodhya. Janakpur is a sacred city for Hindus which is
located in?
Bhutan
Nepal
Bangladesh
Myanmar
Maldives 115 Which Bank is all set to roll out a capacity
building project with farmers in Haryana and Rajasthan
under its ‘Livelihood and Water Security’ CSR
initiative?
HDFC Bank
YES Bank
SBI
PNB
ICICI 116 Which of the following is\are the International
Rating Agency? 1. Fitch 2. Moody's 3. Standard & Poor's
Only 1
Only 2
Only 1 and 2
Only 2 and 3
1, 2 and 3 117 Which of the following disease is caused by
Rotavirus?
Malaria
Dengue
Diarrhoea
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Japanese Encephalitis
AIDS 118 The vaccine maker company Bharat Biotech
received the National Technology Award for 2018 from
the Central government's Technology Development
Board for its Rotavac vaccine. Where is the
headquarters of this company?
New Delhi
Hyderabad
Chennai
Bhopal
Kanpur 119 Which of the following Naval Offshore Patrol
Vessel (NOPV), has been deployed to undertake joint
EEZ surveillance of Maldives as part of Indian Navy’s
‘Mission Based Deployments’?
INS Saryu
INS Sumitra
INS Sumedha
INS Sunayna
None of the above 120 Which of the following is\are correctly matched? 1. Pokhran- I ------ smiling Krishna 2. Pokhran- II------operation Shakti 3. Pokhran- I --------smiling Buddha
Only 1 and 2
Only 2 and 3
Only 2
Only 1 and 3
1, 2 and 3 121 How many cities of Rajasthan are part of the
Smart Cities initiative of the Government of India?
6
5
4
3
8 122 Which is the largest remittance-receiving country
in the world?
China
India
Japan
Philippines
England 123 Who has been honoured with the 11th Kalinga
Institute of Social Sciences (KISS) Humanitarian Award
2018?
Muhammad Yunus
Usha Mangeshkar
Dalai Lama
Amartya Sen
Raj Chetty 124 Who was honoured with "Swara Mauli" title by
spiritual guru Vidya Narsimha Bharati Swami?
Asha Bhosle
A. R. Rahman
Hariprasad Chaurasia
Lata Mangeshkar
Amjad Ali Khan 125 Who won the Spanish Grand Prix 2018?
Lewis Hamilton
Valtteri Bottas
Sebastian Vettel
Daniel Ricciardo
Max Verstappen 126 Who won Madrid Open title 2018?
Kiki Bertens
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Maria Sharapova
Angelique Kerber
Simona Halep
Petra Kvitova 127 Former Rajya Sabha MP and country's famous
litterateur and poet Balkavi Bairagi passed away.Which
of the following one is not his composition?
Dard diwani
Do took
Bhaavi Rakshak Desh ke
Aao Bacho Gao Bacho
The Guide 128 Tennis Player Petra Kvitova is belong to which of
the following country?
Spain
Russia
Czech Republic
USA
Switzerland 129 Lewis Hamilton is belong to which of the
following team?
Ferrari
Red Bull
Mercedes
Force India
Renault 130 Muhammad Yunus was awarded the Nobel Prize
in which year for his Microfinance model?
2004
2000
2006
2002
2001 131 International Nurses Day is celebrated on which
date?
06 May
08 May
10 May
12 May
14 May 132 What is the theme for International Nurses Day,
2018?
Nurses A Voice to Lead – Health is a Human right
Nurses: A Force for Change
Better Health through Nursing Research
Mental Health – Nurses in Action
None of the above 133 What is the theme for World Migratory Bird Day
2018?
Unifying our Voices for Bird Conservation
Their Future is our Future - A healthy planet for
migratory birds and people
Sustainable Development for Wildlife and People
Stop the Illegal Killing of Migratory Birds
Energy – make it bird-friendly 134 Recently Union Minister Radha Mohan Singh has
laid the foundation stone of the frozen semen station in
which state?
Rajasthan
Bihar
Goa
Kerala
Uttar Pradesh 135 Recently which state government has signed
Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with United
Kingdom UK for setting up bio-gas, bio CNG plants?
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Rajasthan
Punjab
Telangana
Kerala
Assam 136 Raman Singh is the chief minister of which state?
Chhattisgarh
Jharkhand
Odisha
Tripura
Nagaland 137 Recently Reserve Bank has initiated prompt
corrective action against which Bank in view of high
non-performing loans, restricting the bank from giving
fresh credit and new hiring?
SBI
PNB
Dena Bank
HDFC
ICICI 138 Recently Renowned storyteller Ankit Chadha
passed away. Chadha was known for his unique style of
storytelling in which language?
Hindi
English
Urdu
Gujarati
Konkani 139 Recently a hockey legend Mansoor Ahmed passed
away. Which country does he belong to?
Afghanistan
Pakistan
Bangladesh
Myanmar
Sri Lanka 140 Rashtriya Gokul Mission is an initiative of which
ministry?
Ministry of Finance
Ministry of Human Resource Development
Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate
Change
Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare
Ministry of Drinking Water and Sanitation 141 Which of the following country will host Bengal
Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic
Cooperation (BIMSTEC) summit 2018?
India
Nepal
Sri Lanka
Thailand
Myanmar 142 The telecom department has approved the merger
of Norwegian telecom major's India arm - Telenor India
- with which of the following company?
Vodafone
Reliance Jio
Aircel
BSNL
Bharti Airtel 143 Recently RBI has put deposit, lending restrictions
on which of the following bank?
Andhra Bank
Allahabad Bank
Bank of Baroda
Punjab National Bank
Vijaya Bank
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144 Who is the Information and Broadcasting
Minister?
Smriti Irani
Piyush Goyal
Rajyavardhan Rathore
S S Ahluwalia
K J Alphons 145 Recently Anita Das passed away. She was
belonged to which of the following field?
Literature
Science
Acting
Music
Spors 146 How many countries are there in BIMSTEC
Group?
6
8
5
7
10 India, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Nepal, Myanmar, Sri Lanka,
and Thailand 147 How many officers are there in Indian Army
Women Officers’ Mountaineering Expedition to Mt.
Bhagirathi-II (6512 metres) flagged off by Director
General of Military Training?
5
12
9
6
10 148 Who is the Governor of Assam?
Satya Pal Malik
Om Prakash Kohli
Jagdish Mukhi
Acharya Dev Vrat
Najma Heptulla 149 How much Central assistance has been approved
for Rajasthan affected by kharif drought during 2017?
Rs 1986.14 crore
Rs 526.14 crore
Rs 3252.14 crore
Rs 1852.14 crore
Rs 2526.14 crore 150 'Bharosa' is an initiative of which city Police to
support women and children who are victims of
violence?
Pune
Mumbai
Hyderabad
Jaipur
Surat 151 ‘REPLACE’ a comprehensive plan to eliminate
industrially-produced artificial Trans fats from the
global food supply by 2023 has been launched by which
of the following organization?
UNESCO
WHO
WTO
World Bank
UNICEF 152 Recently who has been appointed as an eminent
jurist in the selection committee for appointment of anti-
graft ombudsman Lokpal?
Ashok Desai
Ram Jethmalani
Soli Sorabjee
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Mukul Rohatgi
Fali Sam Nariman 153 Who has been elected as the independent chairman
of the International Cricket Council?
Anurag Thakur
Shashank Manohar
C K Khanna
Amitabh Chaudhary
N. Srinivasan 154 Who is the founder of Sulabh International?
Bill Gates
Kailash Satyarthi
Dr Bindeshwar Pathak
Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw
Gopal Venu 155 Recently E.C.G. Sudarshan has passed away. Who
was he?
Actor
Cricketer
Physicist
Politician
Economist 156 Who among the following has been awarded the
23rd Nikkei Asia Prize 2018?
Dr Bindeshwar Pathak
Nandan Nilekani
Dr. Devi Prasad Shetty
Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw
Gopal Venu 157 In which of the following state the President of
India, Shri Ram Nath Kovind, has inaugurated the 4th
Global Exhibition on Services?
Goa
Gujarat
Rajasthan
Maharashtra
Kerala
158 Recently a two-day workshop on ‘Risk
Communication during Public Health Emergencies’ has
been held in which of the following city?
Kanpur
Pune
Surat
Jaipur
Shimla 159 Scam-hit Punjab National Bank has posted largest
ever quarterly loss of how much amount for January-
March 2018 period?
Rs 17,445.91 crore
Rs 13,416.91 crore
Rs 10,526.91 crore
Rs 8,556.91 crore
Rs 15,696.91 crore 160 Barauni Thermal Power Station is located in which
of the following state?
Assam
Bihar
Uttar Pradesh
Gujarat
Maharashtra 161 Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO)
Cultural Ministers Meeting is being held in which of the
following city?
Sanya
Shanghai
Astana
Moscow
New Delhi
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162 According to Mercom Communications India,
Which country has emerged as the third largest solar
market in the world in 2017?
China
USA
Russia
India
Canada 163 Central University of Andhra Pradesh will be set
up in which of the following District?
Ananthapur
Guntur
Kurnool
Visakhapatnam
Kadapa
164 National Institute of Mental Health Rehabilitation
will be established in which of the following districtof
Madhya Pradesh?
Indore
Bhopal
Gwalior
Jabalpur
Ujjain 165 International Rail Coach Expo 2018 is being
hosted by which of the following city?
Mumbai
Pune
Ajmer
New Delhi
Chennai 166 According to UN report which city is projected to
become world's most populous city around 2028?
Tokyo
Dubai
Delhi
Shanghai
Paris
167 Which is the cleanest city according to the Swachh
Survekshan 2018?
Mumbai
Indore
Bhopal
Chandigarh
Vijaywada
168 Which is the best performing State according to
the Swachh Survekshan 2018?
Madhya Pradesh
Andhra Pradesh
Maharashtra
Jharkhand
Goa
169 What is the name of Intellectual Property (IP)
mascot launched by the Minister of Commerce and
Industry Suresh Prabhu?
IP Chhotu
IP Dadi
IP Nani
IP Brain
IP Gyan
170 According to Mercom Communications India,
Which country has emerged as the largest solar market
in the world in 2017?
China
USA
Russia
India
Canada 171 Which of the following has become India's first
solar powered railway station?
Jodhpur
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Bikaner
Pune
Mumbai
Guwahati
172 Which of the following ministry has formed 19
teams to take up cleaning of beaches, river fronts and
lakes in the country?
Ministry of Water Resources, River Development
and Ganga Rejuvenation
Ministry of Drinking Water & Sanitation
Ministry of Science and Technology
Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate
Change
Ministry of Health and Family Welfare
173 Cabinet has approved setting up of a new All India
Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) in which district
of Jharkhand?
Bokaro
Deoghar
Hazaribagh
Gumla
Ranchi 174 Recently the Union Cabinet has approved the
Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between India
and which of the following country on cooperation in
the field of electoral management and administration?
Suriname
Bhutan
Sri Lanka
Iran
Iraq
175 Who sworn in as chief minister of Karnataka?
B. S. Yeddyurappa
H. D. Kumaraswamy
Siddaramaiah
Mallikarjun Kharge
H. D. Deve Gowda 176 Who has been appointed Chairman of Lalit Kala
Akademi?
Jatin Das
Satish Gujral
Uttam Pacharne
Sudarshan Sahoo
Mallikarjuna Reddy 177 Which of the following film has been chosen as
India's official entry into the Cannes Film Festival
2018?
Raaya
Pari
Nirdosh
The Window
Newton 178 Where is the headquarters of NABARD?
New Delhi
Mumbai
Chennai
Bangalore
Jaipur
179 Who is the Union Minister of Agriculture and
Farmers’ Welfare?
Ramvilas Paswan
Narendra Singh Tomar
Thaawar Chand Gehlot
Radha Mohan Singh
Ravi Shankar Prasad
180 Where is the capital of suriname?
Lima
Salvador
Paramaribo
Cuenca
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Rosario 181 NITI Aayog, in association with which is
organising the Venture Capital Symposium 2018 to
deepen the economic relationships between France and
India?
Global India Foundation
India International Foundation
Vision India Foundation
Disha Foundationss
None of these 182 4th BRICS Ministerial Meeting held in which of
the following city?
Moscow
Shanghai
New Delhi
Mumbai
Durban
183 International Museum Day is celebrated on which
of the following date?
28 March
18 May
13 April
20 June
10 February
184 Who has become youngest women of the country
to scale Mt Everest from Nepal side?
Malavath Poorna
Shivangi Pathak
Krushnaa Patil
udipta Sengupta
Santosh Yadav
185 The Commission for Scientific and Technical
Terminology has decided to adopt which word in Hindi
and English languages for scientific and technical
purposes?
Aadhar
Umang
Ayush
Bhim
Setu
186 The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has slapped a
penalty of how much amount on South Indian Bank
Limited for non-compliance with the directions issued
by it?
Rs 10 million
Rs 60 million
Rs 70 million
Rs 20 million
Rs 50 million 187 Whom has been given additional charge of the
post of NHAI chairman?
Prasanth Nair
Yudhvir Singh Malik
Surendra Kumar Solanki
aurabh Kumar
Ronald Rose 188 Who has been named head of the U.S India
Business Council for India?
Ambika Sharma
Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw
Rajiv Lall
Karan Bajwa
Pallavi Goel 189 Who has been honoured with the TITAN Reginald
F Lewis Film Icon Award at the ongoing Cannes Film
Festival?
Priyanka Chopra
Hema Malini
Juhi Chawla
Deepika Padukone
Sridevi
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190 Who is the President of France?
Edouard Philippe
Emmanuel Macron
Charles Michel
David Johnston
George Konrote 191 Which country has moved its embassy from Tel
Aviv to Jerusalem, becoming the second country to do
so after the U.S. inaugurated its embassy in Jerusalem?
Honduras
Micronesia
Togo
Nauru
Guatemala
192 World AIDS Vaccination Day is observed on
which of the following date?
1 December
18 March
1 May
12 April
18 May 193 Kishanganga hydropower station is located in
which of the following state?
Maharashtra
Gujarat
Rajasthan
Jammu-Kashmir
Kerala 194 What is the projection of Indian Economy growth
rate in fiscal year 2018-19 according to the UN World
Economic Situation and Prospects (WESP) report?
9.2
8.6
8.0
7.2
7.6
195 HD Kumaraswamy to take oath as Karnataka Chief
Minister. He is a member of which political party?
Congress
Bharatiya Janata Party
Janata Dal (Secular)
Independent
None of the above
196 Recently an eminent personality, Balakumaran
passed away. He was –
A Hindi writer
A Urdu writer
A Tamil writer
A English writer
A Gujrati writer
197 Recently which Indian programme has got Global
Recognition to protect environment and promote good
living in the country?
National River Conservation Programme
Vanbandhu Kalyan Yojana
National Action Plan on Climate Change
Namami Gange Project
‘Green Good Deeds’
198 Kishanganga hydro project is located on river
Kishanganga. Kishanganga river is a tributary of which
of the following?
Satluj
Jhelum
Chenab
Beas
Godavari
199 World AIDS Vaccine Day was firstly celebrated in
which year?
1978
1986
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1990
1998
2001
200 World Economic Outlook report is released by---
OECD
ADB
IMF
IBRD
WTO
201 Recently which country has unveiled world's first
floating nuclear power station?
China
Russia
France
USA
Britain
202 Recently NABARD has sanctioned Solar street
lighting system in which state under its Rural
Infrastructure Development Fund?
Arunachal Pradesh
Andhra Pradesh
Kerala
Goa
Karnataka
203 Recently Gujarat Governor Om Prakash Kohli has
given the additional charge of which state?
Madhya Pradesh
Punjab
Karnataka
Odisha
Kerala
204 Recently who has been appointed as president of
Hockey India?
Rajinder Singh
Anil Kumar Jha
Subhash Chandra Khuntia
Balram Bhargava
Rajesh Ranjan
205 Recently which state government has decide to
honour Veteran singer Asha Bhosle?
Maharashtra
West Bengal
Uttar Pradesh
Karnataka
Punjab
206 Recently NMDC Ltd has bagged the S&P Global
Platts Global Metals Award 2018 in the corporate social
responsibility category. NMDC Ltd is a—
Iron Ore Company
Coal Mining Company
Electric power Distribution Company
Natural Gas Transmission Company
Hydroelectric Power Generation Company
207 Recently which country has won the Women’s
Asian Champions Trophy, Hockey 2018?
Japan
Brazil
South Korea
Pakistan
Malaysia
208 Recently who has won the Italian Open Final
tournament?
Rafael Nadal
Alexander Zverev
Roger Federer
Novak Djokovic
None of the above
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209 In which state’s tunnel the railways will use
artifical intelligence first time to control air circulation,
signages and even supervision and maintenance work?
Mizoram
Manipur
Meghalaya
Assam
Sikkim
210 Pema Khandu is the chief minister of which state?
Odisha
Nagaland
Mizoram
Manipur
Arunachal Pradesh
211 Who has been elected as Venezuela's President?
Leopoldo Lopez
Michel Temer
Nicolas Maduro
Mamnoon Hussain
Abdulla Yameen
212 Anti-Terrorism Day is observed on which of the
following date?
21 May
28 March
1 June
12 April
18 May
213 Recently In which of the following Indian state
Nipah virus has outbroken?
Tamilnadu
Kerala
Assam
Maharashtra
Andhra Pradesh
214 Who has been appointed as the chairman-cum-
managing director (CMD) of Coal India Limited?
Ashwani Lohani
Rajiv Gauba
Anil Kumar Jha
Pramod Kumar Misra
Ranjit Kumar
215 Who won the prestigious T.K. Ramanathan award
for the year 2017-18 at the Tamil Nadu Tennis
Association annual day function?
Prajnesh Gunneswaran
Yuki Bhambri
Somdev Devvarman
Sumit Nagal
Prakash Amritraj
216 Who Won the European Golden Shoe award for
2017-2018?
Edinson Cavani
Cristiano Ronaldo
Luis Suarez
Neymar
Lionel Messi
217 Recently Yaddanapudi Sulochana Rani passed
away. She was belonged to which of the following
field?
Sports
Science
Journalism
Writing
Direction
218 Lionel Messi is belongs to which of the following
country?
Spain
Argentina
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Brazil
Germany
USA
219 Recently USA has imposed import duty on which
of the following items' import from India?
Spices and tea
Basmati Rice
Steel and aluminum
Orthopedic Devices
Handicrafts
220 According to the AfrAsia Bank Global Wealth
Migration Review, Which is the wealthiest country in
the world?
China
England
India
USA
Germany
221 The International Bio-diversity Day is observed on
which of the following date?
18 May
15 June
8 June
18 March
22 May
222 Which of the following country is not a member of
the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation?
Kazakhstan
Iraq
Kyrgyzstan
Tajikistan
China
223 26th BASIC Ministerial meeting of Environment
Ministers held in which of the following city?
New Delhi
Moscow
Durban
Beijing
Paris
224 In which country an anti-terrorism conference will
be held under the banner of the Shanghai Cooperation
Organisation?
China
India
Pakistan
Russia
Uzbekistan
225 Regional Conference on “Clean and Renewable
Energy” held in which of the following city?
Bhopal
Mumbai
Pune
Chennai
Jaipur
226 Who is the Union Minister for Water Resources,
River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation?
Uma Bharati
Dr. Harsh Vardhan
Ananthkumar
Nitin Jairam Gadkari
Radha Mohan Singh
227 Moody’s Investors Service has downgraded the
local and foreign currency deposit ratings of which of
the following bank to Ba1/NP from Baa3/P-3?
SBI
PNB
HDFC Bank
ICICI Bank
Axis Bank
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228 State Bank of India's net loss widened to how much
amount in the fourth quarter ended March 31, 2018?
Rs 13,718 crore
Rs 4,728 crore
Rs 7,718 crore
Rs 3,248 crore
Rs 5,456 crore
229 Which of the following country will host its’ first
international football tournament since 1990?
Iraq
Iran
Israel
Poland
Russia
230 Who is the chairman of SBI?
Usha Ananthasubramanian
Rajnish Kumar
Rajeev Rishi
Ashwani Kumar
Pawan Kumar Bajaj
231 What is the rank of India in terms of
competitiveness in the annual rankings compiled by
International Institute for Management Development?
8th
34th
44th
28th
7th
232 5th India CLMV Business Conclave held in which
of the following country?
Myanmar
Vietnam
India
Cambodia
Sweden
233 Joint Military Exercise SURYA KIRAN-XIII
between India and Nepal will be conducted at which of
the following place?
Suratgarh
Pithoragarh
Punglwa
Sambalpur
Pokhran
234 The Fifteenth Finance Commission has constituted
a high level group to evaluate the existing regulatory
framework in the Health sector and examine its strength
and weaknesses for enabling a balanced yet faster
expansion of the health sector keeping in view India’s
demographic profile. Who is the convenor of this
group?
Dr. Randeep Guleria
Amitabh Kant
Dr A. G. K. Gokhale
Ajmal Ameer
Prof. Anoop Singh
235 Who has been appointed as MD, CEO of Airtel
Payments Bank?
Rajiv Lall
Anubrata Biswas
Sanjay Agarwal
Rajeev Rishi
Ravi Krishan Takkar
236 Who has won the prestigious Man Booker
International Prize 2018 for fiction?
Olga Tokarczuk
David Grossman
Han Kang
Lydia Davis
Philip Roth
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237 Who has been conferred with the BRICS Business
Forum Leadership Award for Lifetime Achievement in
Indian Cinema?
Shahrukh Khan
Priyanka Chopra
Ranbir Kapoor
Anil Kapoor
Sridevi
238 Which film has won Palme d'Or prize at Cannes
film festival 2018?
Shoplifters
The House That Jack Built
Burning
Cold War
Girls of the Sun
239 Which institution has been awarded the Clarivate
Analytics India Innovation Award 2018 in the
Government Research Organizations Category?
C-DAC
NABARD
CSIR
ISRO
AIIMS
240 Nari Shakti Puraskar 2017 has been given to which
of the following?
INSV Tarini Team
Chhanv Foundation
Sadhana Mahila Sangha
Jagori
None of these
241 Which of the following country has become the
first country in south-east Asia to eliminate trachoma?
India
Sri Lanka
Pakistan
Nepal
Bhutan
242 Which of the following railway station is the
dirtiest railway station in country?
Kalyan
Kurla
Thane
Patna
Kanpur Central
243 Which of the following company has become the
first company to achieve Rs 7 lakh crore m-cap
milestone?
TCS
Infosys
Indian Oil Corporation
SAIL
Coal India Limited
244 Who has been appointed the chairman of the Press
Council of India?
H L Dattu
C K Prasad
Amitava Roy
Rajesh Agrawal
K M Joseph
245 Who has been appointed as Governor of Odisha?
Kummanam Rajasekharan
Jagdish Mukhi
Ganga Prasad
Ganeshi Lal
Tathagata Roy
246 Who is the Chairman of the Central Board of
Direct Taxes?
P.K. Mishra
Pradeep Kumar Sinha
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Sushil Chandra
Bhaskar Khulbe
Anita Karwal 247 Who will be Awarded with Mark Twain Prize for
Humor 2018?
David Letterman
Jay Leno
Neil Simon
Julia Louis-Dreyfus
Gary Oldman
248 Who has been appointed as Governor of
Mizoram?
Kummanam Rajasekharan
Jagdish Mukhi
Ganga Prasad
Ganeshi Lal
Tathagata Roy
249 Which of the following city will be renamed as
Prayag?
Kanpur
Banaras
Mathura
Allahabad
Ujjain
250 Recently Bangladesh Bhavan has been inaugurated
in which of the following university's campus?
University of Calcutta
Vidyasagar University
Visva Bharati University
Rabindra Bharati University
Amity University
251 Which country has become the 64th signatory
member of the International Solar Alliance (ISA)?
New Zealand
Germany
Netherlands
Thailand
India
252 In Which country has India recently launched
its second IT corridor to cash in on the burgeoning
software market?
Japan
China
Singapore
Dubai
Bangladesh
253 Chief Minister of Himachal Pradesh ‘Jai Ram
Thakur’ has launched which scheme for offering
gas cylinder security and gas stoves to those not
covered under the Ujjwala Yojana ?
Himachal Grihini Suvidha Yojana
Himachal indhan Suvidha Yojana
Himachal Ujjwala Suvidha Yojana
Himachal Gharelu Suvidha Yojana
None of the above
254 In which state of India ‘Ministry of Culture’
has organised 3 day’s long diversified cultural
festival ‘Rashtriya Sanskriti Mahotsav’ festival?
Jharkhand
Chhattisgarh
Uttarakhand
Bihar
Tripura
255 Who has become the first woman prime
minister of ‘The Caribbean island of Barbados’
since gaining independence from Britain in 1966?
Mia Mottley
Lesia caprine
Marissa kim
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Raeni motley
Mia nikoli
256 Which country has won ‘Uber cup 2018’ after
37 years?
Japan
China
India
Maldives
Britain
257 Which Team has won the ‘IPL 2018’?
Sun risers Hyderabad
Rajasthan Royals
Chennai Super kings
Kings Eleven Punjab
Mumbai Indians
258 Which country has recently won its ‘10th Thomas
Cup title’ beating Japan?
Malaysia
Australia
Sri Lanka
China
Zimbabwe
259 Which veteran Bollywood actor has recently
passed who has worked in films like ‘Pakiza’ and
‘Razia Sultan’?
Nargis Rabadi
Sri devi
Geeta Kapoor
Reema Lagoo
Sonika Simone
260 Who inaugurated Eastern Peripheral Expressway
and Phase-I of Delhi-Meerut Expressway?
Nitin gadkari
Rajnath singh
Arun Jaitley
Narendra Modi
Sushma Swraj
261 Which of the following country has recently joined
North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)?
Columbia
Canada
Spain
India
Bhutan 262 Prime Minister Narendra Modi laid the
foundation stone for the 2400MW first phase of
NTPC's Patratu Super Thermal Power Project in
which of the following state?
Bihar
Madhya Pradesh
Jharkhand
Gujarat
Kerala
263 Recently National Informatics Centre has set up a
new state-of-the-art cloud enabled National Data Centre
in which of the following city?
Pune
Mumbai
Surat
Jaipur
Bhubaneswar
264 Which of the following state has become the first
state in the Northeast in India to have solar toilets?
Assam
Meghalaya
Mizoram
Manipur
Arunachal Pradesh
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265 In a first in India, Which of the following bank has
launched its Digital Loan against Mutual Funds?
HDFC Bank
ICICI Bank
SBI
Axis Bank
Bank of Baroda
266 Which of the following bank has recently received
approval from National Stock Exchange (NSE) to be
empaneled as ‘Settlement Bank’ for National Securities
Clearing Corporation Limited (NSCCL), a wholly
owned subsidiary of NSE?
HDFC
ICICI
SBI
PNB
Yes Bank
267 NITI Aayog announced the signing of a Statement
of Intent (SoI) with whom to collaborate and support
NITI’s flagship initiative, the Women Entrepreneurship
Platform (WEP)?
Aamir Khan
Deepika Padukone
Sushant Singh Rajput
Farhan Akhtar
Shah Rukh Khan
268 Who has been elected as the Chairperson of
TRIFED?
Pratibha Brahma
Ramesh Chand Meena
Anil Goswami
R. K. Singh
Sharad Kumar
269 Who is the CEO of NITI Aayog?
Amitabh Kant
Ms Anna Roy
R K Singh
A K Khanna
Hasmukh Adhia
270 Who is the Union Minister of Electronics & IT and
Law & Justice?
Dr. Harsh Vardhan
Dr. Mahesh Sharma
Radhakrishnan P
Ravi Shankar Prasad
Vijay Goel
271 The first edition of the Global Wind Summit will
be held in which of the following city?
New York
Hamburg
Beijing
Madrid
New Delhi
272 108th session of UNWTO Executive council held
in which of the following city?
London
Paris
Barcelona
Tokyo
San Sebastian
273 The main event of 4th International Yoga Day
celebrations (IDY-2018) will be held on 21st June 2018
in which of the following city?
Bhopal
Dehradun
Chandigarh
Jaipur
Ahmedabad
274 Who has been appointed as prime minister of
Lebanon?
Hassan Nasrallah
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Najib Mikati
Saad Hariri
Francisco Guterres
Fuad Masum
275 Who has been appointed as the first chief financial
officer of the Reserve Bank of India?
Sudha Balakrishnan
Sanjay Mitra
N. S. Vishwanathan
Nachiket M. Mor
B.P. Kanungo
276 Who has been named as the Pakistan’s caretaker
prime minister for a two-month period?
Asif Ali Zardari
Imran Khan
Muhammad Tahir-ul-Qadri
Nasirul Mulk
Mamnoon Hussain
277 Who has won the CEAT International Cricketer of
the Year award 2018?
Shikhar Dhawan
Trent Boult
Rashid Khan
Virat Kohli
Chris Gayle
278 Who has won the CEAT International Bowler of
the Year award 2018?
Trent Boult
Rashid Khan
Bhuneshwar Kumar
Mustafizur Rahman
Mitchell Starc
279 Who is the President of Italy?
Carlo Cottarelli
Sergio Mattarella
Silvio Berlusconi
Paolo Gentiloni
Romano Prodi
280 Patanjali has tie up with which of the following
telecom company?
Idea
BSNL
Vodafone
Airtel
Reliance Jio
281 The Government has approved setting up of an
exclusive "Brahmaputra Study Centre" at which of the
following place?
Guwahati
Kanpur
Lucknow
Agra
Raipur
282 Which of the following app has been developed to
bring transparency in power purchase transactions
between Generators and Discoms?
PRAAPTI App
POWER App
DISCOM App
BIJALI App
None of these
283 Recently India has signed Loan Agreement with
the World Bank for USD 21.7 Million for the
Strengthening of Public Financial Management for
which of the following state?
Assam
Kerala
Madhya Pradesh
Rajasthan
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Gujarat
284 Who has been appointed as deputy National
Security Advisor of India?
Pankaj Saran
Nirupama Menon Rao
Shivshankar Menon
Syed Akbaruddin
Ajit Doval
285 Who has been appointed the President of the
National Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission?
Justice Prafulla Chandra Pant
Justice Amitava Roy
Justice Vikramajit Sen
Justice Dalveer Bhandari
Justice R K Agrawal
286 Who will be the first woman president of
Paraguay?
Blanca Ovelar
Alicia Pucheta
Sheila Abed
Aida Robles
Marta Lafuente
287 Ministry of Women & Child Development has
signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with
which of the following state for management of Home
of Widows at Sunrakh Bangar, Vrindavan?
Gujarat
Madhya Pradesh
Uttar Pradesh
Rajasthan
Kerala
288 Who is the Union Tribal Affairs Minister?
R.K. Singh
Dr Jitendra Singh
Jual Oram
Inderjit Singh Rao
Giriraj Singh
289 Where is the capital of Paraguay?
Minsk
Sofia
Santiago
Asunción
Havana
290 Where is the headquarters of World Bank?
Jakarta
New York
Washington D C
Paris
Bern
291 According to a Lancet study what is the rank of
India among 195 countries in terms of quality and
accessibility of healthcare in 2016?
118
145
132
110
125
292 Which of the following country will host the
ASEAN Film Festival 2018?
Philippines
Singapore
Cambodia
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India
Laos
293 The Union Cabinet approved an ordinance to set up
the country's first national sports university in which of
the following state?
Kerala
Punjab
Manipur
Maharashtra
Rajasthan
294 A new software, ‘Nidaan’, has been launched in
which of the following state for presumptive diagnosis
and monitoring of seasonal and non-communicable
diseases as well as the trends of ailments found in
specific areas?
Rajasthan
Kerala
Tamilnadu
Maharashtra
Gujarat
295 Who is the Prime Minister of Netherlands?
Charles Michel
Jacinda Ardern
Ewa Kopacz
Mark Rutte
Willy Telavi
296 AB de Villiers has announced his decision to retire
from international cricket. He belongs to which of the
following country?
England
Australia
South Africa
Sri Lanka
Ireland
297 Who has sworn-in as 24th CM of Karnataka?
B. S. Yeddyurappa
H. D. Deve Gowda
H. D. Kumaraswamy
Siddaramaiah
G Parameshwara
298 3rd Mission Innovation Ministerial meeting held in
which of the following country?
Vietnam
Malaysia
Brunei
Singapore
Sweden
299 According to a Lancet study which of the following
country has topped among 195 countries in terms of
quality and accessibility of healthcare in 2016?
Iceland
Norway
Netherlands
Luxembourg
Finland
300 How many member countries are there in the
Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN)?
8
12
7
10
6
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