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Important Current Affairs 25th May 2017

Important Current Affairs 25th May 2017

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Important Current Affairs 25th May 2017 in English and Hindi, which will update you with latest headlines, news from various domains i.e: National News, Sports, Business, Awards & recognition. It is useful for the preparation of competitive exams like: SSC, SBI, IBPS PO, Clerk, Railways & Various other Entrance examinations.

Current Affairs 25th May 2017: NATIONAL NEWS

Mountaineering expedition by Indian Air Force team to Mount Dhaulagiri 

An Indian Air Force mountaineering team comprising of 12 members including a lady climber was launched on a mountaineering expedition to Mt Dhaulagiri in Nepal on 15 Apr 2017.
●    Standing at 8167 M (26795 Ft) Mt Dhaulagiri is the seventh highest mountain in the world. 
●    The mountain's name Dhaulagiri comes from the Sanskrit word ‘dhawal’ meaning dazzling, white and beautiful and ‘giri’ meaning mountain.
●    The IAF team of mountaineers is led by Group Captain RC Tripathi who was the first 1AF air warrior to summit Mt Everest in 2005. 
●    The team reached the base camp after an arduous trek of eight days. At the base camp the team trained hard for a week to acclimatise and prepare itself for the challenge ahead. 
●    As the team was all set to start its summit attempt, a spell of bad weather forced it to literally cool its heels for almost one week.
●    Finally when the weather gods smiled on 18 May 17, the team set out on its summit attempt in two groups. 
●    The first group of three climbers led by Squadron Leader Kevin Nishant after an extremely challenging climb successfully summited the peak and hoisted the Indian and IAF flag on the summit of Mt Dhaulagiri on 20 May 17 at 1730 h. 
●    Other summiteers were Corporal Ravinder and Corporal JPS Raina along with three sherpas.

Current Affairs 25th May 2017: DEFENSE

Sanjay Mitra took charge as Defense Secretary

Sanjay Mitra took charge as the Defence Secretary on 25 May 2017. Mitra succeeds G Mohan Kumar. He is a 1982 batch IAS officer of the West Bengal cadre.
●    His appointment as the new Defence Secretary was approved by the Appointments Committee of the Cabinet (ACC) on 10 May 2017. He will have a fixed two-year tenure.
●    Earlier, he served as the Road and Transport Secretary.
●    Mitra has served as the Chief Secretary in West Bengal.
●    He also served as Joint Secretary in the Prime Minister's Office of Manmohan Singh from November 2004 to July 2011.
●    He is a post-graduate in Physics and Economics. 

Current Affairs 25th May 2017: INTERNATIONAL NEWS

Kiren Rijiju presents Country Statement at Global Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction at Cancun, Mexico 


A high level Indian delegation headed by Union Minister of State for Home Affairs Shri Kiren Rijiju is participating in the Global Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction (GPDRR) at Cancun, Mexico from May 22-26, 2017.
●    While presenting the Country Statement yesterday, Shri Kiren Rijiju briefed about the steps taken by India, after the adoption of the Sendai Framework. 
●    He said that in June 2016, Prime Minister of India launched the National Disaster Management Plan which aligns with the Sendai priorities. 
●    He said that, at Regional level, India had hosted the first Asian Ministerial Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction after the adoption of Sendai Framework in November 2016, which brought together more than 50 countries from the Asia-Pacific and adopted the Asia Regional Plan for the implementation of Sendai Framework.
●    The Minister said that, through strengthening statistical capacity, India is putting in place systems for monitoring progress and taking practical steps towards achievement of Sendai targets. 
●    He said that, with regards to Target A, India is analyzing the patterns of disaster mortality, both spatially and temporally, for different hazards and taking focused, urgent steps to reduce preventable deaths. 

Current Affairs 25th May 2017: DISCOVERY

Cobra lily rediscovered in Nilgiris after 84 years

The rare Arisaema translucens, more commonly known as the cobra lily, was recently rediscovered in the western Nilgiris after 84 years.
●    The discovery was made by nature enthusiasts K M Prabhu Kumar and Tarun Chhabra.
●    News of the discovery was published in a journal on botanical taxonomy Phytotaxa in May 2017.
●    Only a few hundred cobra lily plants are left in the wild and they can be found only in a small area measuring less than 10 square kilometres in the Nilgiris.
●    The plant features a distinctive translucent spathe. The species is probably the only member of the Arisaema family to have a translucent spathe.
●    It was last collected by E. Barnes in 1932 and described by C.E.C Fischer in 1933.
●    Prized for their beauty around the world, cobra lilies are at even greater risk of extinction from the commercial trade in exotic plants.
●    Of the handful cobra lily species found in the Nilgiris, only two are endemic.
●    Cobra lilies have vanished in the past decades along with the disappearance of the shola tree patches in which they were found.
●    The rediscovery of the plant highlights the importance of preserving whatever is left of shola tree patches, even inside plantations and tea fields.

Current Affairs 25th May 2017: SPORTS

P V Sindhu elected to Badminton World Federation Athletes’ Commission

Olympics silver medallist P V Sindhu on 24 May 2017 became the second Indian to be inducted in the Badminton World Federation (BWF) Athletes' Commission.
●    Before Sindhu, Saina Nehwal was inducted to the Commission.
●    Sindhu emerged the highest voted player in the BWF Athletes' Commission election that took place on the sidelines of the Sudirman Cup in Gold Coast, Australia. She topped the ballot with 129 votes and will be joined by Marc Zweibler of Germany and Kristy Gilmour of Scotland for a four-year term.
●    The trio will be joined by Lithuania's Akvile Stapusaityte, who will be serving a two-year tenure after replacing China's Tan Yuanting, who retired after serving just two years on the panel.
●    Born on 5 July 1995, Pusarla Venkata Sindhu is an Indian professional badminton player.
●    At present, she ranks world no 4 in the BWF World Ranking.
●    She is one of the two Indian badminton players to ever win an Olympic medal, the other being Saina Nehwal.
●    The Badminton World Federation is the international governing body for the sport of badminton.
 

Current Affairs 25th May 2017: ECONOMY

Union Cabinet approves abolition of Foreign Investment Promotion Board

The Union Cabinet, chaired by the Prime Minister Narendra Modi, on 24 May 2017 approved the proposal to phase out the Foreign Investment Promotion Board (FIPB). 
●    The proposal approved entails abolishing the FIPB and allowing administrative Ministries and Departments to process applications for Foreign direct investment (FDI) requiring government approval.
●    Hereafter, the work related to the processing of applications for FDI and approval of the Government thereon under the FDI Policy and FEMA, shall now be handled by the concerned Ministries in consultation with the Department of Industrial Policy & Promotion(DIPP), Ministry of Commerce.
●    DIPP will also issue the Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) for processing of applications and decision of the Government under the extant FDI policy.
●    Presently, applications are considered by FIPB in Department of Economic Affairs (DEA) for making recommendation on FDI applications. But after this decision of Union Cabinet, the applications would now be handled independently by Administrative Ministries as per Sector.
 

Current Affairs 25th May 2017: SPACE

Neil Armstrong’s Moon Dust Bag to be sold at an auction


Neil Armstrong’s Moon Dust Bag will be sold at an auction at Sotheby’s auction house in New York on 20 July 2017. The announcement of the auction was made by Sotheby’s Auction House on 23 May 2017.
●    It will be up for auction along with a signed photograph of Armstrong’s companion Buzz Aldrin on the Moon and other noteworthy objects. 
●    The auction will coincide with 48th Anniversary of Apollo 11 landing on the Moon.
●    The bag is expected to fetch up to  USD 4 million.
●    The bag is labelled as 'Lunar Sample Return'.
●    It is an extremely rare bag which was used by NASA astronaut Neil Armstrong to collect the first dust samples from the Moon. It contains remnants of moon dust.
●    The bag was brought back to Earth 48 years ago and is an exceptionally rare relic of humanity’s greatest achievement.
●    The bag is a collection pouch used by astronaut Neil Armstrong, the first man to walk on the moon during the Apollo 11 mission.
●    During the Apollo 11 mission, Armstrong collected nearly 500 grams of material finer than 1 cm, as well as 12 rock fragments larger than one cm from five different locations on the lunar surface in the region known as the Sea of Tranquillity.
 

Current Affairs 25th May 2017: SCIENCE

World's largest aircraft Airlander 10 completes successful test flight

The world's largest aircraft, Airlander 10, on in the third week of May 2017 successfully completed a test flight. This brings the helium-filled behemoth one step closer to commercial use.
●    The hybrid aircraft dubbed the Airlander 10 merges technology from airplanes, helicopters and airships. 
●    The aircraft is designed to stay aloft at altitudes of up to 20000 feet for up to five days when manned. At a massive 302 feet long, it is the largest aircraft currently flying.
●    On 10 May 2017, the behemoth flew for a total of 180 minutes to test its handling, improved landing technology, among other things. It was only the third flight of the Airlander 10.
●    The manufacturer of the behemoth, Hybrid Air Vehicles (HAV), stated that the latest flight had two main objectives beyond safely completing a takeoff, flight and landing.
●    The first objective was to determine how the Airlander handles, including the aircraft's new, additional "landing feet" that make up the Auxiliary Landing System (ALS).
●    The second goal was to collect data on the flight's performance, such as airspeed.

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