Important Current Affairs 17th May 2018

Current Affairs 17th May 2018: NATIONAL NEWS

Union Minister of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare Shri Radha Mohan Singh addressed the National Conference of Fisheries Ministers of the coastal states.

●  Hon'ble Union Agriculture and Farmer Welfare Minister, Shri Radha Mohan Singh addressed them in the meeting of the Honorable Fisheries Ministers of the coastal states to discuss the topic "Marine Fisheries".

●   India's average export rate in fish has been the highest in the world in the last decade with an increase of 14%.

●   Fish production in the country has increased 27% in 2014-18 compared to 2010-14.

Environment Ministry constituted 19 parties for cleaning coastal coasts, river banks and lakes in 9 coastal states

●   Given the World Environment Day, 2018, the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change has formed 19 parties for cleaning the coastal areas, river banks and lakes in the country.

●   There will be cleaning of 24 river banks of 9 coastal states (list enclosed) and 24 river banks of 19 states (list enclosed).

'Green Skill Development Program' to train 5.5 lakh youth by 2021

●   Dr. Harshvardhan, Union Forest, Environment and Climate Change, launched the Green Skills Development Program on 14th May 2018.

●   The objective of this program is to meet the increasing demand of skilled workforce for conservation of the environment.

Suresh Prabhu launches 'IP Nani' of intellectual property Muscat

●   Union Minister of Commerce and Industry, Suresh Prabhu launched the symbol (Muscat) - IP Nani of National Property in a conference on National Intellectual Property Rights Act in New Delhi on May 16, 2018.

●   During the function, Suresh Prabhu also launched anti piracy video.

●   Amitabh Bachchan plays the role in this video.

B. S. Yeddyurappa sworn in as chief minister of Karnataka for the third time

●  BJP Legislature Party leader BS Krishna in Karnataka Yeddyurappa took oath as Chief Minister on May 17, 2018.

● Governor Vajubhai Vala had a strong presence in the Raj Bhawan between BS and BS. Yeddyurappa swore the oath B. S. Yeddyurappa has been the chief minister of Karnataka for the third time.

Clean survey 2018 report: Indore is the cleanest city in the second year

●  Results declared under the Swachh Bharat Abhiyan under the survey conducted on May 16, 2018.

●  Indore was declared the cleanest city for the second time in this year's survey results, while in the category of capital, Mumbai got first place in the country in terms of sanitation.

killing of 2,39,000 girls every year in India: Lancet Report

●  According to the report released by the international research institute The Lancet on May 15, 2018, there are 2,39,000 newborn girls killed every year due to gender discrimination in India.

●   According to the report of Lancet, girls are being killed due to neglect as a result of priorities of society for the children in India.

●   This report was published by the researchers in The Lancet Medical Journal.

Formation of Directorate General of Trade Measures (DGTR) in the Department of Commerce

●   Department of Commerce has formally issued notification for the formation of Directorate General of Trade Measures in the Ministry of Commerce and Industry.

●   Hon'ble Minister of Commerce and Industry, Mr. Suresh Prabhu has given its approval to the proposal for the formation of DGTR in the Department of Commerce after the amendment in the Indian Government (Business Allocation) Rules, 1961, in this context on May 7.

Current Affairs 17th May 2018: INTERNATIONAL NEWS

Killing of 2,39,000 girls every year in India: Lancet Report

●        According to the report released by the international research institute The Lancet on May 15, 2018, there are 2,39,000 newborn girls killed every year due to gender discrimination in India.

●        According to the report of Lancet, girls are being killed due to neglect as a result of priorities of society for the children in India.

●        This report was published by the researchers in The Lancet Medical Journal.

World Telecommunication and Information Society Day was celebrated all over the world

●   World Telecommunication and Information Society Day was celebrated on May 17, 2018 all over the world.

●   Awareness is created in the public about the benefits of information and communication technology on this day.

●   Theme of 2018 is - Enabling the positive use of Artificial Intelligence for everyone.

WHO released Replacement Guide to End Trance Fat Acid from Foods by 2023

●   World Health Organization released the Replace Guide on May 15, 2018.

●   Its aim is to eliminate trans fat acids from food items by 2023.

●  According to the World Health Organization, more than 5,00,000 people die every year from heart diseases caused by trans fat.

China launches first investment fund dedicated to India

●  A government bank in China has launched the country's first public-funded investment fund dedicated to India.

●   Due to the possibility of developing at the rate of tenth digit, the Indian market offers the best investment opportunities for China's investors.

●   The name of the new investment fund is - Industrial and Commercial Bank of China (ICBC) Credit Suisse India Market Fund.

By 2028 Delhi will be the world's most populous city: UN report

●   According to the new UN estimates, around 2028, Delhi is likely to be the world's most populous city.

●   According to the United Nations, by 2050, India's contribution to the world's urban population is expected to be the highest.

Current Affairs 17th May 2018: INTERNATIONAL RELATION

10 agreements signed between Haryana and UK

●   During the UK tour of Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar, 10 MoUs (MoUs) were signed during the visit.

●   These MoUs are estimated to invest about 1500 crore in the state and direct employment to one thousand people.

●   MOU has been signed with Birmingham University for research and collaborative activities in the agriculture sector, including Cold Energy.

Current Affairs 17th May 2018: APPOINTMENT

Famous artist and sculptor Shri Uttam Pacharan appointed regular chairman of Lalit Kala Akademi

●   The President has appointed a regular chairman of the Lalit Kala Akademi to repel Mr. Uttam Pushing.

●   Wreaths are famous artists and sculptors.

●   He is respected far and wide in the field of art and has lived in various important positions.

Current Affairs 17th May 2018: SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Scientists claim to transplant memory

●   A recent research by a group of scientists has claimed that they have taken Yadshast from an organism and implanted in another organism.

●   This team of scientists has said that the yardstick present in our brain is kept in the genetic code which can also be called memory soup.

●   It was removed from a snail and successfully implanted in other snails.

Current Affairs 17th May 2018: SPORTS

Shashank Manohar again elected Chairman of International Cricket Council

●   Shashank Manohar has again been elected the independent chairman of the International Cricket Council (ICC).

●   He was elected unopposed for the second term.

●   Shashank Manohar was elected the independent chairman of the ICC for the first time in 2016.

● In the last two years Manohar made several important improvements in the game. They overturned the 2014 resolution.

Important Current Affairs 16th May 2018

Current Affairs 16th May 2018: NATIONAL NEWS

For obtaining pension, Aadhar is not mandatory: Central Government

●    The central government has clarified that it is not mandatory for central government employees to get Aadhaar card for getting pension.

●    In the 30th meeting of the Standing Committee of Voluntary Agencies, Minister of State for Personnel, Jitendra Singh shared the information.

Clean survey 2018 report: Indore is the cleanest city for second year

●    Results declared under the Swachh Bharat Abhiyan under the survey conducted on May 16, 2018.

●    Indore was declared the cleanest city for the second time in this year's survey results, while in the category of capital, Mumbai got first place in the country in terms of sanitation.

●    A cleanliness survey was conducted in more than 4,000 cities across the country.

President gave National Geophysical Prizes

●    President Shri Ramnath Kovind presented the National Geophysical Prize in New Delhi today (May 16, 2018).

●    On this occasion the President said that India is one of the fastest growing major economies in the world. Our gross domestic product (GDP) and macro-development processes will increase in the coming decades.

●    This increase in the economy will result in the development of mining and mineral sector.

Approval of the constitution of Central University in Andhra Pradesh

●    The central cabinet approved the formation of the central university to be built in Janathaluru village in Anantapur district of Andhra Pradesh.

●    This University will be known as Central University, Andhra Pradesh.

●    For the first phase of construction of world school, a provision of Rs. 450 crore has been made.

Cabinet approves setting up of new AIIMS in Jharkhand’s Deoghar

●    Under the chairmanship of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the Union Cabinet has approved the setting up of a new All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) at Deoghar in Jharkhand.

●    An amount of Rs.1103 crores has been approved for the project and it will be set up under the AIIMS Prime Minister's Health Protection Scheme (PMSAY).

●    In AIIMS Devgarh, there will be a 750-bed hospital and Trauma Center facilities.

Approval of opening of National Mental Health Rehabilitation Institute in Bhopal

●    The Union Cabinet has approved the opening of the National Mental Health Rehabilitation Institute (NIMHR) in Bhopal.

●    This institution will be set up under the Societies Registration Act, 1860 as a society under the Disabled Public Empowerment Department.

●    In the first three years, this project is estimated to cost 179.5 million rupees.

●    It includes non-recurring expenditure of 128.54 crores and recurring expenditure of Rs. 51 crores.

CIPAM-DIPP organized a conference on national intellectual property policy

●    Under the Industrial Policy and Promotion Department (DIPP) of the Ministry of Commerce and Industry, IPR Promotion and Management Cell (CIPAM) is organizing a conference in New Delhi today to commemorate two years of national intellectual property law (IPR).

●    National intellectual property law was accepted by the Indian government in May 2016.

Current Affairs 16th May 2018: INTERNATIONAL NEWS

India is the third largest solar market in the world: report

●    India has emerged as the third largest market in solar energy in 2017.

●    India is behind China and America in terms of solar energy.

●    Marcom Communications India said this in a report.

International Rail Coach Expo organized by Integral Coach Factory Chennai

●    For the first time, the International Rail Coach Expo (IRCE) is being organized in ICF, RPF, Parade Ground, Chennai from 17th to 19th May, 2018 to focus on the set of rail coaches and trains.

●    Expo will introduce Rail Coach and equipment manufacturers to offer their own technology and products.

●    Under this roof, it will be a unique platform to bring different suppliers to one place and make coordination for Make in India.

Current Affairs 16th May 2018: INTERNATIONAL RELATION

Oman India Joint Business Council members met the Prime Minister

●    A group of around 30 young businessmen from Oman called on Prime Minister Narendra Modi today.

●    These businessmen are members of Oman India Joint Business Council.

●    These members shared their views on long history as well as mutual maritime relations between the two countries.

India and Morocco granted Memorandum of Understanding in the field of law

●    Between India and Morocco, has given its ex-approval for signing the Memorandum of Understanding for the purpose of exchanging their experiences and expertise in the field of law and lawmaking.

●    From the Memorandum, the lawyers, legal officers and law students will get an opportunity to discuss the issues related to law and justice in the seminars, seminars and workshops organized by officials of India and Morocco.

Cabinet approves MOU between India and Equatorial Guinea for cooperation in the field of medicinal plants

●    The Union Cabinet has approved the MoU between India and Equatorial Guinea with prior approval for cooperation in the field of medicinal plants.

●    Memorandum will give further boost to the field of medicinal plants between the two countries.

Approval of MoU on cooperation in the field of Health and Medicine between India and Swaziland

●    The Union Cabinet has approved its retrospective approval for the MoU between India and Swaziland for cooperation in the fields of health and medicine.

●    The Memorandum of Understanding was signed on April 9, 2018.

Memorandum of Understanding on cooperation in the field of conventional drug systems between

India and Colombia

●    The Union Cabinet has given its approval for the signing of the Memorandum of Understanding between India and Colombia to establish cooperation on traditional medicine systems of India.

●    This will propagate and spread the traditional medicines of India in Colombia.

Current Affairs 16th May 2018: ECONOMY

Approval of agreement for information exchange and assistance in collection of taxes related to taxes between India and Brunei Darussalam

●    Under the chairmanship of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the Union Cabinet has approved the signing of the agreement and confirmation of the agreement for the exchange of information and assistance in the collection of taxes between India and Brunei Darussalam.

●    This agreement enables the competent authorities of India and Brunei Darussalam to provide assistance through the exchange of information and the implementation of domestic laws of both countries in relation to taxes and taxes.

Current Affairs 16th May 2018: OBITUARIES

Indian origin scientist E.C. George Sudarshan passes away

●    Senior physicist E.C. of Indian origin George Sudarshan passed away on May 13, 2018.

●    He was 86 years old.

●    In his family there are two children besides his wife Bhamati Sudarshan.

●    He was nominated nine times for the Nobel Prize for Physics.

Important Current Affairs 15th May 2018

Current Affairs 15th May 2018: NATIONAL NEWS

President inaugurates 'Fourth Global Exhibition on Services' held in Maharashtra

●   President Shri Ramnath Kovind inaugurated the 'Fourth Global Exhibition on Services' organized in Mumbai today (May 15, 2018) and launched a portal on 12 top (Champion) areas of service sector.

●   On this occasion, the President welcomed nearly 500 international representatives from nearly 100 countries participating in this global exhibition.

Central Government will add 200 additional markets to e-comm.

●        The Government of India is working on the plan to include 200 other wholesale markets in the country.

●        In a statement issued by Agriculture Secretary SK Pattankar, it was stated that in the current session, these wholesale markets will be linked to online trade by joining e-NAAM.

'State Startup Ranking Framework 2018'

●   In order to increase competitiveness, the State and Union Territories will be encouraged to work actively towards promoting their start-up ecosystems by the Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion (DIPP) on February 6, 2018. The 'State Startup Ranking Framework' was launched.

●   Under this, motivating states / UTs to motivate them to learn good practices or methods from each other was also an important objective.

The number of members in Atal Pension Scheme crossed the 10 million mark

●   The completion of 3 years of the Atal Pension Scheme (APY) has exceeded the number of members of this scheme of 1 crore.

●   APY was inaugurated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on 9th May, 2015 at a function held in Kolkata.

●   At present, the total number of members of the scheme is 1.10 crore.

JP Nadda inaugurated two day risk communication workshop

●   Union Minister for Health and Family Welfare, Shri J.P. Nadda inaugurated a two-day workshop on "Risk Dialogue During Public Health Emergencies" at Shimla.

●   In his inaugural address, Nadda urged public health officials to keep their dialogs simple and effective during the health care delivery.

Another search circular has been issued regarding the NRI marital disputes by the Ministry of Women and Child Development.

●   The Integrated Nodal Agency (INA) decided to release another find circular (LOC) in its meeting organized today under the chairmanship of Secretary of the Ministry of Women and Child Development.

●   The INA also recommended that the passport of the person concerned should also be seized / canceled under the provisions of Passport Act.

Ministry of Renewable Energy released National Wind-Solar Hybrid Policy

●   The Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE) released the National Wind-Solar Hybrid Policy on May 14, 2018 in New Delhi.

●   Policy provides alternate source (AC) as well as for the integration of both energy sources, namely wind and solar at the Direct Current (DC) level.

India has the highest ban in the Internet on 2017-18: UNESCO report

●   The South Asia Press Freedom Report of the UNESCO International Federation of Journalists, 2017-18 was released.

●   This report said that incidents of closure of internet services around the world are increasing.

●   There was concern that such incidents were a threat to freedom of expression and press.

Bus service starts in Janakpur-Ayodhya under Ramayana Circuit

●   Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Prime Minister of Nepal KP Sharma Oli inaugurated direct bus service between Janakpur and Ayodhya to promote pilgrimage in Nepal and India on May 11, 2018.

●   Between Ayodhya and Janakpur, about 493 km Is the distance.

Current Affairs 15th May 2018: INTENATIONAL NEWS

America transferred its embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem

●   According to the pre-declaration, the US moved its embassy in Israel from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem.

●   On this occasion, the inauguration ceremony of the American Embassy was held in Jerusalem.

●   Donald Trump's daughter Ivanka and son-in-law Jared Kushner also joined the inaugural ceremony.

Turkey calls back ambassador to America, Israel

●   Turkey has called back its ambassadors from the US and Israel as opposed to the Donald Trump Administration's decision to move the US Embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem.

●   Israeli security forces had killed 59 Palestinians during heavy protests on Monday on the Gaza border.

Current Affairs 15th May 2018: ECONOMY

Foreign Trade of India: April 2018

●   During April, 2018, exports in dollar terms reached an impressive level of US $ 25.91 billion, registering an increase of 5.17 percent compared to April, 2017.

●   Similarly, during April-2018, exports in rupee terms reached an increase of 7.01 per cent to Rs 17,0052.96 crore compared to April, 2017.

Google India will pay ad income tax : Income Tax Appellate Tribunal

●   Income tax Appellate Tribunal (ITAT) has paid the company's advertising income to Google Ireland Ltd. In the case of sending, the income tax department's notice of tax demand has been right.

●   The Bengaluru bench of ITAT upheld the tax department's order in the order of 331 pages that such payment is royalty and hence it becomes a matter of cancellation of tax on the under-tax (source tax deduction).

NALCO signed MoU with the Indian government for the financial year 2018-19

●   National Aluminum Company Limited (NALCO), the flagship and public sector Navratna company of Aluminum sector, has signed an MoU with the Government of India, setting a revenue target of Rs 9,350 crore for the financial year 2018-19.

●   This revenue target is 15 percent higher than the previous year.

Current Affairs 15th May 2018: DEFENSE

Announcement of the annual mental health examination of the jawans by the BSF

●   BSF (Border Security Force) announced the annual mental health examination of the jawans.

●   So far only the annual physical test was taken to detect the health of the jawans.

●   BSF has prepared a set of guidelines in which the timing of their entertainment has been ensured.

Army Hospital (R & R) celebrates International Nurses Day

●   Army Hospital (R&R) Delhi Cantt celebrates International Nurses Day today.

●   Chief guest, Commandant Army Hospital (R & R), Lieutenant General U.K. Sharma said that Nurse is a very important member of the health service team and she has a significant contribution in the patient's recovery process.

Summer adventure camp in Air Force Station Hindon

●   Summer courage camp was organized from 12 to 15 May, 2018 for children and their families in Air Force Station, Hindon.

●   The camp was organized to fill the spirit of courage, companionship and self-discipline among the participants.

●   A total of 600 personnel, including Air Force warriors and their families, were organized such as Microlite Flying, Power Hand Gliding, Parasailing, Rapalging, Jorbing, Go Karting and Swimming.

Current Affairs 15th May 2018: SPORTS

Roberto Mancini will be Italian's new coach

●   Roberto Mancini has agreed to be the head coach of Italy's football team and according to the reports, he will sign an agreement with the Italian Football Federation on Tuesday.

●   Manchester City's 53-year-old Manchini resigned as coach of Zenit St. Petersburg on Sunday.

●   He said that he is now free to talk with Italy.

Important Current Affairs 14th May 2018

Current Affairs 14th May 2018: NATIONAL NEWS

Human and Disaster Relief Seminars: Western Air Command Headquarters

●  On 14th May 2018, the headquarters of the Western Air Command located in Subroto Park, Delhi, organized a seminar on humanitarian and disaster relief.

●  This seminar was organized to focus on effective measures to deal with the situation of human and disaster relief in the northern region of India.

●  Besides the Indian Air Force in the seminar, the Secretary-level delegation from Himachal Pradesh, Rajasthan, Uttarakhand, Haryana, Punjab and Jammu and Kashmir is participating.

J.P. Nadda chaired the MOU signing ceremony with states to implement PMRSSM

● Union Minister of Health and Family Welfare, Shri J.P. Nadda presided over the Memorandum of Understanding signed by the four states-Himachal Pradesh, Haryana, Jammu and Kashmir, Uttarakhand and Union Territory of Chandigarh to implement the Ayushman Indo-Prime Minister National Health Security Mission in the northern state regional workshop located in Shimla today.

Approval of central assistance of Rs 1,161.17 crore for Assam, Himachal Pradesh, Sikkim and Rajasthan and Union Territory Lakshadweep

●  In the meeting of the High Level Committee, under the chairmanship of the Union Home Minister, Shri Rajnath Singh, approved central assistance of Rs 1,161.17 crore for Assam Himachal Pradesh, Sikkim and Rajasthan and Union Territory of Lakshadweep.

Sexual harassment prevention committees should be constituted in all the courts of the country: Supreme Court

●  The Supreme Court has directed all courts in the country to constitute sexual harassment prevention committees within two months.

●  The Supreme Court has said that the High Court should ensure setting up of sexual harassment prevention committees in the courts and subordinate courts within the stipulated period.

Telecom Department approves merger of Telenor India and Bharti Airtel

●  On 14th May 2018, the Department of Telecommunications approved the merger of Telenor India and Bharti Airtel.

●  This is a big and important merger in the Indian telecom industry.

●  The Department of Telecom wanted that these companies should deposit approximately Rs. 1700 crores as security deposit.

Cabinet shuffle

●  The present government has made major changes in the Cabinet Ministers Department on May 4, 2018.

●   Among these ministers are prominent names like Smriti Irani, Piyush Goyal, Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore.

●   Smriti Irani has been released from the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting.

●   Railway Minister Piyush Goyal has been given additional charge of the Finance Ministry.

●  Rajyavardhan Rathore has been given the responsibility of the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting.

Women can complain of domestic violence even after divorce: Supreme Court

●  The Supreme Court recently said that even after breaking the marital relationship and divorce, a woman can register a complaint under the domestic violence law against the excesses being made by her ex-husband.

●  The Supreme Court refused to intervene in this order by an order of the Rajasthan High Court, commenting on this.

Rape And acid attack victims will get compensation: Supreme Court

●  The Supreme Court has approved the plan to compensate rap and acid attack victims.

●  The National Legal Services Authority has fixed the amount of compensation to provide financial assistance to women suffering from heinous incidents like sexual harassment and acid attack.

●  After consultation with the Central Government, the Authority has prepared a plan to provide minimum compensation of 5 to 7 lakh rupees.

Current Affairs 14th May 2018: INTERNATIONAL NEWS

China launches first indigenous aircraft carrier 'Type 001A' test

●  China has lifted its first indigenous aircraft carrier 'Type 001A' from Dalian Port in the sea for testing on May 13, 2018.

●  It is considered to be a big step for China to strengthen the army and build on the disputed maritime terrain.

●  This battleship will have to undergo various tests and tests for about six months, after which it will be included in the navy.

Current Affairs 14th May 2018: INTERNATIONAL RELATION

Vice President signed five agreements

●  Vice President said that during the visit, five MoUs and MoUs were signed during the visit.

●  These are the training of diplomats and teachers of English in Guatemala; Apart from exemption of visa for diplomatic, official and embassy-related passport holders of India and Panama, work plan for cooperation in agricultural research and cooperation with Peru were in cooperation in the field of innovative and innovative energy.

Current Affairs 14th May 2018: DEFENSE

Indian Army Approves Weapon Production Project of Rs. 15,000 Crore

●  A project of Rs.15, 000 crores has been approved for the production of ammunition of arms and tanks at the domestic level by the Indian Army.

●  Now the production of ammunition will be made in India and it can be made available according to the army's requirement.

Current Affairs 14th May 2018: Economy

Punjab National Bank to list PNB MetLife for fundraising

●  Punjab National Bank has started working on the plan to get the PNB MetLife Insurance Company to be listed on the stock exchanges.

●  The move to sell the stake to the badly affected PNB company in this scam may help to raise the capital.

Indians in the forefront of sending money from abroad

●  India is the world's leading nation in terms of receiving money from abroad.

●  Migrant workers in the country sent 69 billion US dollars in foreign countries to India in 2017

●  According to the report, $ 256 billion was sent from abroad in the Asia Pacific region.

RBI bans Dena Bank from issuing loans and giving jobs

●  Reserve Bank of India has directed the public sector Due Bank to stop providing new loans and new jobs to the debt wraps.

●  This decision was taken by the RBI under 'Quick Corrective Action'.

Current Affairs 14th May 2018: OBITUARIES

Famous Hindi Literary Balkavi Bairagi dies

●  One of the senior and popular literary figures of India, Balkavi Bairagi passed away on May 13, 2018 in Madhya Pradesh.

●  He was 87 years old.

●  They were quite popular on Hindi poetry forums.

●  He breathed his last in his native place in Manasa, Madhya Pradesh.

Current Affairs 14th May 2018: SPORTS

Roberto Mancini will be Italian's new coach

●  Roberto Mancini has agreed to be the head coach of Italy's football team and he will sign an agreement with the Italian Football Federation on Tuesday.

●  Manchester City's 53-year-old Manchini resigned as coach of Zenit St. Petersburg on Sunday.

●  He said that he is now free to talk with Italy.

Important Current Affairs 13th May April 2018

Current Affairs 13th May 2018: NATIONAL NEWS

ICAI issued notice to Multinational Auditing Companies

●   The Institute of Chartered Accountants of India has issued notices to many units of multinational auditing companies of Indian units.

● The institute has sought information from companies such as Deloitte, PricewaterhouseCoopers, Ernst & Young, KPMG, Grant Thornton and BDO about their corporate structures, investments and revenues.

The President paid tribute to Mr. Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed on his birth anniversary

●   President Shri Ram Nath Kovind today paid tribute to Mr. Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed on his birth anniversary (May 13, 2018) in the Rashtrapati Bhavan.

●   The President and President of Rashtrapati Bhavan offered floral tributes to the statue of Mr. Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed.

Madhya Pradesh will be declared as ODF by October this year: CM

●   Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shri Shivraj Singh Chauhan has announced that the state will be declared as open defecation state (ODF) in open till the Gandhi Jayanti this year.

●   This means that the state will become ODF one year before the national deadline of Mahatma Gandhi's 150th birth anniversary, 2 October, 2019.

Gadkari to inaugurate two national highways in Punjab tomorrow

●   Union Road Transport, Highways, Shipping, Water Resources and Ganga Conservation Minister, Shri Nitin Gadkari will inaugurate the 4 lane National Highway -15 Amritsar in Bathinda, Bathinda and National Highway 64 from Zirakpur from Amritsar, and the National Highway-144B Project. Two-lane Munak-Jhalkal-Budalana will lay the foundation of the block.

●   The National Highway-175 of 175 kilometers is completed in 24 months with a cost of Rs 2893 crore.

Government preparing for a firm definition for effective action on mask companies

●   To regulate the companies running only paper, the government wants to set a definition of 'mask companies' so that such companies can be found guilty in the courts.

●   In the recent months many 'mask companies' involved in money laundering and other financial irregularities have challenged the action against themselves.

RBI's 'prompt corrective action' against Dena Bank

●   Reserve Bank of India has initiated "prompt corrective action" against the public sector Dena Bank in view of the large debt trapped position.

●   Under this, he has banned the bank from offering new loans and giving new jobs.

●   On Friday, the bank had informed that due to non-performing assets, its loss in the March quarter increased to Rs 1,225.42 crore.

Current Affairs 13th May 2018: INTERNATIONAL RELATION

Army Chief will visit Sri Lanka

●   Indian Army Chief General Bipin Rawat will be on an official visit to Sri Lanka from May 14 to May 17, 2018

●   General Bipin Rawat will be the first visit to Sri Lanka.

●  During the visit, he will meet with Sri Lanka's most senior political leaders and military officials.

Current Affairs 13th May 2018: SPORTS

Petra Kvitova won third Madrid Open title

●   Czech Republic's Petra Kvitova captured the Madrid Open title for the third time in a record

●   Kvitova has become the first woman player to win this title three times.

●   World number-10 Kvitova defeated Kiki Bertens of the Netherlands in the women's singles category final.

Current Affairs 13th May 2018: ECONOMY

Vijaya Bank announces Reliance Naval loan as NPA

●   Public sector Vijaya Bank has declared the loan account of Reliance Naval and Engineering, led by Anil Ambani Group, for the March quarter.

●   Earlier this company was named Pipavav Defense and Offshore Engineering.

●   Anil Ambani Group acquired it in 2016 and named it Reliance Defense and Engineering.

Air India revenues up by 20 per cent in March-April

●   Air India's Revenue was 20 per cent in March-April 2018, and a Root Review has begun to increase the flight hours of each aircraft for the new trip.

●   This information was given by the airline chairman and managing director Pradeep Singh Kharola.

●   He said that the focus of the airline is on increasing the operational efficiency in the domestic and international sectors.

Walmart could invest $ 3 billion in Flipkart

●   Within a year of buying 77 percent stake in the country's largest e-commerce company, Wal-Mart can invest up to $ 3 billion ($ 2 trillion) and invest in it.

●   In Flipkart, he wants to increase the stake to 85 percent.

Current Affairs 13th May 2018: INTERNATIONAL NEWS

Donald Trump instructed to increase prices of drugs exported to other countries

●   President Donald Trump has instructed to fix the price of medicines given to other countries.

●   Explaining the reasons, he said that these medicines are made at the expense of US research and development, but other countries are given at a very low price which is not good.

●   The impact of the trump policy on reducing the cost of drugs in the US may also be on the Indo-US bilateral relations, as the US industry was against reducing the cost of drugs in India.

Jio complaint against Airtel for Apple Watch service

●   Reliance Jio has filed complaints against Bharti Airtel in the Department of Telecommunications.

●   It has been alleged that Airtel is offering e-SIM services at Apple Watch Series 3 which is a violation of the license rules.

●   Jio has demanded immediate closure of this service.

Walmart can bring Flipkart's IPO

●   Wal-Mart Inc., the leading American company of retail chains, can launch Flipkart 's Initial Public Offerings (IPO), after which the investors will open the way.

●   Walmart can do such a deal only after four years of completion. In the previous week, Walmart had announced to buy 77% stake in Flipkart.

In the first quarter of 2018, Samsung overtook Apple

●   In the first quarter of the year 2018, smartphones sales have declined by 6.3% over the year-on-year basis, which is the biggest drop in any quarter now.

●   At the same time, Samsung has topped the European market by selling more than 1.5 million smartphones, while Apple is at second place.

Facebook preparing to launch cryptocurrency

●   Facebook is considering issuing its crypto captions.

●   Facebook has more than two billion users worldwide and launching a crypto can allow users to pay using virtual currency like bitcoin.

Important Current Affairs 12th May April 2018

Current Affairs 12th May 2018: NATIONAL NEWS

Artificial Intelligence module will show the flaws in the kitchen of the rail

●  Indian Railway Tourism and Catering Corporation (IRCTC) has developed a unique technique to save the taste of the passengers .

●  It has been named Artificial Intelligence module, which will provide information about food shortcomings through CCTV footage.

South-west monsoon will knock on 28 May in Kerala: SkyMet

●   South-West Monsoon will knock Kerala on May 28, four days before its scheduled time.

●   Weather agency SkyMate, forecasting the weather, told Saturday that the monsoon will reach the Andaman and Nicobar Islands on May 20, and on May 24 it will grow towards Sri Lanka and then further east-Bay of Bengal.

Modi will lay the foundation stone of Zojila tunnel on May 19

●   Prime Minister Narendra Modi on May 19, the founder of Zojila Pass, built to go to Ladakh in all seasons of the year from the Kashmir Valley.

●   Due to bad weather, the contact with the valley ends in Ladakh, this problem will end after the nearby construction.

●   Along with this, Zojila pass strategically is very important in terms of border security.

Collegium agreed on the name of Joseph

●   The Supreme Court Collegium meeting was held and the Chief Justice of the Uttarakhand High Court, KM Joseph, was re-sent to the government for the Supreme Court Judge, unanimously agreed to the judges.

●   Theoretically the members of all the Collegium are unanimous about sending Justice Joseph again.

● The Central Government had referred their names to the Collegium for a second consideration.

Customs and postal department organized the first joint conference to rationalize imports and consider export by post

●  Indian Customs and Indian Postal Department organized the first joint conference to rationalize imports and discuss export by post in New Delhi's Vigyan Bhawan yesterday.

●   Customs Commissioners of all the States having Foreign Post Offices (FPOs) were present on this occasion with their equivalent postmaster generals.

Under the Smart City Scheme, BSNL gets Rs 150 crore work

●   Union Telecom Minister Manoj Sinha has said that BSNL has got the work of Rs 150 crore under Smart City project and also has many big and better opportunities in the near future.

●   Sinha said that apart from this, he has also a network of Fiber to the Home (FTTH) project of delivering Optical Fiber to Network for Spectrum (NFS) and households. It will also benefit him.

Under the National Gokul Mission, a Himmat Semen Center is being set up in Muranga of Purnea

●   The Minister of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare, Shri Radha Mohan Singh laid the foundation stone of the Himmat Semen Center in Purnea. He said that the establishment of the Himit semen center should be done at the cost of Rs. 64 crores under National Gokul Mission with 100% contribution from the Central Government.

●   In this 20 million rupees have already been released.

●   At present, artificial fertilization is being done by COMFED (Sudha) in Bihar.

JP Nadda organized a high level meeting on mosquito-borne diseases in Delhi

●  After a high level review meeting on the condition of mosquito-borne diseases with 20 local states in the country, Union Health and Family Welfare Minister, Shri J. P. Nadda made preparations for various agencies to protect and manage mosquito-borne diseases in the national capital here today. Presided over a meeting to review.

Ministry of Information & Broadcasting will set up a dedicated web portal to promote audio visual services in India.

●   The Film Sugarization Office is in the process of setting up a dedicated web portal which will disseminate information on services available in India for filming locations and post-production / post-production services.

●   Accordingly, the portal will prove to be helpful for the companies that seek permission to shoot in India, the expected production companies, the potential benefits and the overview of various locations in India.

Current Affairs 12th May 2018: INTERNATIONAL RELATION

Peru sign MoU for cooperation in renewable energy sector

●   Peru's top leadership has acknowledged that their country needs to learn a lot and benefit from the successful saga in different regions of India.

●   At Lima, on May 11, 2018, on completion of 55 years of diplomatic relations between the two countries, it resolved to significantly increase trade relations with India.

Current Affairs 12th May 2018: SPORTS

Rafael Nadal broke John McEnroe's 34-year-old record

●   World number one tennis player Rafael Nadal has continued his best performance and broke the 34-year-old record in the Madrid Open.

●   Rafael Nadal defeated Argentina's Diego Schwartzman in the pre-quarterfinals to enter the final-8.

●   Spain's 31-year-old tennis player Nadal defeated Diego in straight sets 6-3, 6-4.

Current Affairs 12th May 2018: Reports and Ranking

India at sixth position in the trade optimism index

●   In the first quarter of 2018, India remained sixth in the Global Business Optimism Index released as part of Grant Thornton's International Trade Report.

●   India has been at the top of the list for four years, but this figure stands at sixth place this year.

●   This report has been prepared based on the results of survey of 2,500 businesses in 37 economies.

●   The top five states in the report are Austria, Finland, Indonesia, Netherlands and the US.

Current Affairs 12th May 2018: INTERNATIONAL NEWS

Former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif accepted Pakistan’s hand in Mumbai attack

●  Nawaz Sharif, facing Pakistan's former PM and currently allegations of corruption, has admitted that Pakistani terrorists had a hand in the Mumbai attack.

●   This acceptance of Nawaz Sharif has also ended the claim of Pakistan that he has been subjected to accusations of raising terrorists.

●   Nawaz has admitted in an interview that terror organization in his country is active.

Walmart can bring Flipkart's IPO

●   Wal-Mart Inc., the leading American company of retail chains, can launch Flipkart's Initial Public Offerings (IPO), after which the investors will open the way.

●   Walmart can do such a deal only after four years of completion.

●   In the previous week, Walmart had announced to buy 77% stake in Flipkart.

Current Affairs 12th May 2018: APPOINTMENT

Keshav Yadav of Uttar Pradesh will be next Chief of Youth Congress

●   Keshav Chand Yadav, the OBC face coming from Deoria of UP, has been given the command of Youth Congress while Srinivasa B. Venkatesh, who came from Karnataka, has been made the national vice president.

●   Yadav Punjab MLA Amarinder Singh will replace Raja Barar.

●   On Thursday, Gandhi gave him the command of Youth Congress.

Current Affairs 12th May 2018: DAYS AND DATES

President addresses international nurse day celebrations

●   President Shri Ram Nath Kovind participated in the International Nurses Day celebrations organized by the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare in New Delhi today (May 12, 2018) and addressed them.

●   On this occasion the President said that International Nurses Day is an opportunity for the entire nursing community to recall Florence Nightingale and renewing its commitment to their ideals.

●   Florence Nightingale established nursing as a service to humanity.

Important Current Affairs 11th May April 2018

Current Affairs 11th May 2018: NATIONAL NEWS

Coal India has created a transfer-posting policy to enhance the skill of the officers.

●    Coal India has decided to transfer nearly 20,000 executives every five years.

●    The company believes that this will increase the efficiency of the officers and also the fear of their collusion with outsiders.

●    Under this policy of Coal India, on an average, 4000 officers will be transferred each year.

41.6% of newborns in India breastfeed within one hour of birth: UNICEF

●    According to a report released by UNICEF on May 10, 2018, only 41.6% of children in India are able to drink mother's milk in one hour of birth.

●    This report says that in the past years, 95% of India's children used to breastfeed.

●    UNICEF cited India's National Family Health Survey (NFHS) data, saying that 54.9% of children breastfeed for about 2.9 months from birth in India.

ICF gave new look to LHB air-conditioned coaches

●   As part of the Rail Coach Design Innovation Plan, the production unit Integral Coach Factory (ICF), under the Ministry of Railways, has arranged an unbroken window by placing extra glass on vertical columns in the LACCN (LHB3 Tier AC) coach.

●    This will make the air-conditioned coach look attractive and look beautiful from outside.

●   Provision of uninterrupted window will be made in all air-conditioned sections in phase bound manner.

Center launches Digital India internship scheme

●    The Central Government has started the 'Digital India Internship' program for young people studying in technical studies.

●    The purpose of this program is to give them the opportunity to experience the transition through digital India and the process of government functioning.

●    Information and Technology Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad inaugurated a portal for digital India internship on May 09, 2018.

Government announces measures to help sugar cane farmers

●    The Central Government has announced several measures for the payment of arrears of sugarcane farmers.

●    The Government has announced the assistance of Rs 5.50 per quintal for the Perai Season 2017-18 for the assistance of sugar mills.

●    Keeping in mind the interests of farmers, the government increased the import duty on sugar from 50 percent to 100 percent.

Munjal-Burman hits the race for the acquisition of Fortis Healthcare

●    After a tough fight, the board of Fortis Healthcare approved the proposal for joint acquisition by Sunil Kant Munjal of Hero Enterprises and the Barman family of Dabur Group.

●    TPG Supported Manipal Hospitals, IIH Healthcare and Radiant Lifecare - KKR were also in the race for the acquisition of Fortis Healthcare.

Naval Commanders Conference concludes

●    First Biennial Naval Commanders Conference concludes 2018 today

●    Discussion on wide topics was discussed at this four-day conference.

●    The conference was inaugurated by the Defense Minister Smt. Nirmala Sitharaman.

●    In his address, Mrs. Sitharaman said that Indian Navy is a power in the India-Pacific region.

Current Affairs 11th May 2018: INTERNATIONAL NEWS

US announces new sanctions on Iran

●    The US Treasury Department on May 10, 2018, prohibited six Iranian people from being allegedly linked to the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC).

●    Along with this, three commercial companies have also been announced to impose economic sanctions.

●    One day earlier, the US had separated themselves from the nuclear deal in 2015.

Current Affairs 11th May 2018: INTERNATIONAL RELATION

Policy Commission welcomes Walmart-Flipkart deal of $ 16 billion

●    Policy Commission Deputy Chairman Rajiv Kumar today said that the Walmart-Flipkart deal of 16 billion US dollars (1.05 lakh crores) will have a good effect on foreign investment in India.

●    He also said that this deal is in line with India's Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) norms.

●    Wal-Mart Corporation has announced the acquisition of 77 percent stake in Flipkart, which is the biggest deal in e-commerce.

India and Panama signed two agreements

●    India and Panama signed a Memorandum of Agreement on Visa for diplomatic and official passport holders on May 09, 2018.

●    In addition, the two countries have also signed the agreement for cooperation in the field of agriculture.

●   These agreements were signed in the presence of Vice President M. Venkaiah Naidu in Panama City and President Juan Carlos Varela Rodriguez of Panama.

Signing 7 agreements between India and Myanmar

●    Indian Foreign Minister Sushma Swaraj met Myanmar State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi during her visit to Myanmar on May 11, 2018.

●    In this meeting, seven agreements signed between India and Myanmar were signed.

●    During this visit Prime Minister Modi's review of the decisions taken during the visit of September, 2017 was reviewed.

●    Here he also meets the Commander-in-Chief of the Army Force and Senior General Min Aung Hyang.

Current Affairs 11th May 2018: GLOBAL NEWS

Inauguration of Indian Pavilion at Cannes Film Festival 2018

●   Inauguration session of Indian Pavilion was organized in Cannes Film Festival in 2018 in France.

●    This year the agenda of India's delegation is to showcase the diversity in our country's films and to increase cooperation with various other countries.

Current Affairs 11th May 2018: ECONOMY

India's growth rate will be 7.3% this year: Fitch

●   Rating agency Fitch has said that India's economy will grow at 7.3 percent growth in this fiscal year.

●   This year it will increase to 7.5 percent next year.

●  According to Fitch, India's economy will achieve this momentum of development after reaching the pre-natal ban on money supply and the problems arising from GST have ended.

Maldives Special Economic Zone (EEZ) joint monitoring

●   Indian Navy's Offshore Monitoring Ship (NOPV) Sumedha has been deployed for joint monitoring of the EEZ of the Maldives from 9th to 17th May, 2018.

●    This deployment has been done as part of the Navy's mission based deployment.

●    This surveillance vessel will operate the mall from 11th to 12th May 2018, during which this ship will train the personnel of the Maldives National Defense Forces (MNDF) personnel.

Current Affairs 11th May 2018: DAYS AND DATES

President addresses National Technology Day celebrations

●   President Shri Ram Nath Kovind addressed National Technology Day celebration in New Delhi today (May 11, 2018).

●   On this occasion, the President said that after independence, India is moving forward in technology and knowledge production in areas of space and nuclear energy. Today, we have expanded the capabilities of best-in-class technologies, IT, pharmaceuticals and biotechnology.

National Technology Day 2018 was celebrated

●    National Technology Day was celebrated in India on May 11, 2018. This day started from the Pokhran Atomic Test in 1998.

●    This day reflects the efficiency of technology in science and technology in India.

●   This day is considered a symbol of technical creativity, scientific investigation and effort made in the integration of society, industry and science.

Important Current Affairs 10th May April 2018

Current Affairs 10th May  2018: NATIONAL  NEWS

Government announces measures to help sugar cane farmers

●   The Central Government has announced several measures for the payment of arrears of sugarcane farmers.

●   The Government has announced the assistance of Rs 5.50 per quintal for the Perai Season 2017-18 for the assistance of sugar mills.

Railway will be given compensation if there is an accident at the time of boarding or De-boarding in the train: Supreme Court

●  The Supreme Court said on May 09, 2018 that the passenger's death or injury to him while landing or climbing a train is 'unpleasant incident' and in such a situation the passenger is entitled to compensation and this situation can not be considered as negligent.

●  This decision has been given by the bench of Justice Adarsh Kumar Goyal and Justice R. F. Nariman.

Yogi government need 12 thousand crore loan for Purvanchal Expressway

●    UP Yogi Adityanath Government needs a loan of Rs 12,000 crore to make the country's longest expressway.

●    The 341-kilometer long expressway between Lucknow and Ghazipur is named after Purvanchal Expressway .

●   Next month, Prime Minister Narendra Modi can do the foundation stone, after which the construction work will begin.

Tata Steel reached NCLAT against Liberty House bid

●   Tata Steel has filed an appeal in the National Company Law Appellate Tribunal against the order of the National Company Law Tribunal (NCLT), to consider the lenders on UK's Liberty House Group bid for the bankrupt company Bhushan Power and Steel.

●   Liberty House gave the bid on February 20 after the deadline for Bhushan Power and Steel ended.

●   Therefore, the banks had earlier rejected it.

Airtel will buy Telenor India without bank guarantee

●   Telecom Department (DOT) had betrayed the bank guarantee of Rs 1,499 crore in front of Bharti Airtel to buy Telenor India , which has been rejected by the Supreme Court .

●   This has cleared the path of this deal.

●   The Supreme Court dismissed the DOT's plea against the interim order of the Telecom Disputes Settlement and Appellate Tribunal on April 12.

●   The Tribunal had given Airtel permission to buy the Indian unit of Telenor, a Norwegian company without bank guarantee.

Current Affairs 10th May 2018: INTERNATIONAL NEWS

Mahathir Mohamad will become the oldest prime minister of the world at the age of 92

●   In the Malaysian general election, 92-year-old senior leader Mahathir Mohamad won a historic victory on 09 May 2018.

●   Mahathir will be the oldest prime minister of the world after the swearing-in.

●   After winning the election of Mahathir Mohamad, for more than six decades, defeating Najib, he also established a record in the country. 

India's billionaire Mukesh Ambani joins Forbes list of world's most powerful people

●  Indian businessman Mukesh Ambani has been ranked 32nd in the 2018 Forbes list.

●  Forbes has released the list of the world's most powerful 75 people.

●  In this list, where China's President Xi Chunfing is on top, PM Modi is at 9th place.

Current Affairs 10th May 2018: GLOBAL NEWS

India will host the 15^th Asia Media Summit

●    India will host the three-day 15th Asia Media Summit (AMS -2018) in New Delhi starting on May 10, 2018.

●    It will be organized jointly by the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, Indian Institute of Mass Communication and Basil till May 12.

●    It is being organized for the first time in India.

Current Affairs 10th May 2018: ECONOMY

Special green number plate approved for electric vehicles

●   In order to promote electric vehicles, the government has approved the special green license number plate on Wednesday.

●   In these plates the number will be written in white words and digits for private e vehicles, but for the taxi, their color will be yellow.

●   Simultaneously, the government is considering allowing the people of 16-18 age group to run electric vehicles.

Indian economy to grow at 7.4 percent this year

●  The IMF has said that in the current financial year the Indian economy will grow at a rate of 7.4 per cent.

●  For the next financial year, the IMF 's assessment is also good for the Indian economy.

●  According to the international organization, the Indian economy, which is overcome by the ban on bonding and GST, will move ahead with growth rate of 7.8 percent next year.

Current Affairs 10th May 2018: SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

IIT Campus preparing to make Unicorn

●  Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) founder Ramagopal Rao, the founder of two startups companies in Bombay, has seen the academic entrepreneurship very closely.

●  He has a strong perspective on this and also has Ideas about starting startups in IIT.

●  When Rao came to IIT-Delhi as director, he decided to work on some of his special ideas here.

Industry will take three years to get satellite technology: ISRO

●  Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) has increased the industry's participation in the production of rockets and satellites.

●  The Space Agency is engaged to complete this change completely but it has to face some internal challenges.

●  Due to a technical issue, he lost his hands on a rocket and a satellite and had to withdraw a Satellite from the launch site for investigation.

Current Affairs 10th May 2018: SCHEMES

Center launches Digital India internship scheme

●   The Central Government has started the 'Digital India Internship' program for young people studying in technical studies.

●   The purpose of this program is to give them the opportunity to experience the transition through digital India and the process of government functioning.

●   Information and Technology Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad inaugurated a portal for digital India internship on May 09, 2018.

Current Affairs 10th May 2018: SPORTS

Sergio Roberto of Barcelona is restricted for 4 matches

●   Sergio Roberto of Barcelona has been suspended for four matches for Real Madrid defender Marcelo injury during the La Liga match on Sunday.

●   The disciplinary unit of the Spanish Football Federation has punished the behavior of the Spanish player as aggressive and treated him as aggressive.

●   Federation's competition committee said in a statement issued on Wednesday that Roberto has violated rule 98 of the Code of Discipline in which aggression is considered 'malicious'.

French Cup: PSG won the fourth consecutive title

●   Paris St. Germain (PSG) defeated Les Herbiers 2-0 on Tuesday night and won the French Cup title for the fourth consecutive time.

●   Les Herbis Club, located in the town of 16,000, plays in the third division of the French league.

●   In this match played in Stade de France, PSG performed according to its name and maintained aggressive goals throughout the match.

●   PSG midfielder Lee Selso scored a magnificent goal from outside the box in the 26th minute to give the team a 1-0 lead.

FIFA fined 20 million on Russia for racial comments on French players

●  Five weeks before the start of the World Cup, FIFA has imposed a fine of 30,000 Swiss francs (about 20 million) on the Russian Football Federation for racially annoying comments on French players during a match played in St. Petersburg.

●   During the 3-1 victory in the Friendship match against France in Russia in March, racial remarks were made against black players, including Paul Pogba.

Important Current Affairs 9th May April 2018

Current Affairs 9th May  2018: NATIONAL  NEWS

President of India will visit Siachen Base Camp tomorrow
●         Indian President Shri Ram Nath Kovind will visit tomorrow (10 May 2018) Siachen Base Camp and interact with the deployed troops there.
●         The President will visit this camp for the first time after the visit of President Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam to this base camp in 2004.
●         The President will also visit Shri Ram Nath Kovind, Kumar Post.
 
 
Generation of Directorate General of Trade Measures (DGTR) in the Department of Commerce
●         The Government of India has amended the Government of India (Allocation of Business) Rules, 1961, on 7th May, 2018, replacing the 'Directorate of Anti-Dumpers and Allied Duties' in the Department of Commerce by creating an 'Directorate of Business Measures' in place of the Directorate General of Trade Measures.
●         This has led to the creation of an integrated single-umbrella (umbrella) national authority, which will be known as Directorate General of Trade Measures (DGTR).
 
Ravi Shankar Prasad addressed the CXO Forum organized on 'Standardizing Digital Sector'
●         The Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) organized the CXO Forum on "Standardizing Digital Space" on May 8, 2018 in New Delhi to consider the important issues and challenges related to the digital space (space).
●         The Forum has called on Union Law and Justice, Minister of Electronics and Information Technology, Shri Ravi Shankar Prasad and Minister of State for Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution, Shri C.R. In the presence of Chaudhary and CEOs / CXO of various top IT companies, explore the opportunities, developments and challenges contained in standardizing the digital sector.

Agreement between Indian Artificial Limb Production Corporation and Aravali Power Company Private Limited (APCPL), Jhajjar
●         The Indian Artificial Limb Building Corporation, under the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment, and Aravali Power Company Private Limited (APCPL) located in Jhajjar, signed a Memorandum of Understanding in Jhajjar in Haryana yesterday.
●         Under the APCPL's CSR initiative, in the presence of Mr. D.R.Russison, President and Managing Director of Elmico in Charkhi Dadri district of Haryana and in the presence of Mr. N.N. Mishra, CEO of APCPL, in the presence of 2 million rupees for the distribution of subsidiary equipments and assistive devices. Given the amount of
 
Atal Tinkering Marathon's Top 30 Innovations Exhibit
●         As part of efforts to identify the best inventors among the students of India, Atal Tinkering Labs (ATL) of the Atal Innovation Mission (AIM) of the Policy Commission organized the Atal Tinkering Marathon.
●         Six-month-long nationwide challenge competition was organized in six different thematic areas such as Clean Energy, Water Resources, Waste Management, Health Services, Smart Mobility and Agriculture Technology.

Parliamentary committees can not be challenged in court: SC
●         The Constitution Bench of five judges of the Supreme Court on May 09, 2018 has said in its judgment that the report of Parliamentary committees can not be challenged nor their validity can be questioned in the courts.
●         This decision was taken by a five judge bench comprising Chief Justice Deepak Mishra and Justice AK Sikri, AM Khanvilkar, DC Chandrapur and Ashok Bhushan.
 
President Ram Nath Kovind approves minimum wage (Delhi) Amendment Bill
●         The President has approved the amendment law by Ram Nath Kovind in the minimum wage passed by the Delhi Assembly.
●         After the President's approval to the Minimum Wage (Delhi) Amendment Bill passed from the Assembly, now the lawmakers will not take the minimum wages fixed in Delhi in Delhi.
●         This bill was passed by the Delhi Assembly on August 10, 2017.
●         This bill was first introduced in 2015.

India's longest road-rail bridge in Assam
●         The construction of the longest road and rail bridge in the country connecting Dibrugarh of Assam with Pasighat of Arunachal Pradesh will be completed this year.
●         This bridge is considered to be very important for sending defense equipment to the border with China.
●         Chief Engineer (Construction) of Bogibeel Project Mahendra Singh said that the construction of this bridge will be completed by July this year, 4.94 km.
 

Railway Ministry launches new Humsafar train Allahabad-Anand Vihar (Terminal)
●         Indian Railways launches new Hamsafar Train, 22437/22438 Allahabad-Anand Vihar-Terminal (three days a week)
●         Central Communications (Independent Charge) and Minister of State for Railways, Shri Manoj Sinha inaugurated this train service from Allahabad Station in Central Railway today.

Current Affairs 9th May  2018: ECONOMY 

15th Finance Commission constituted an Advisory Council to give advice on topics related to their consideration
●         The 15th Finance Commission has constituted an Advisory Council which would give advice to the Commission as well as provide necessary assistance.
●         The role of the Advisory Council and its functions are as follows:
Consulting the Commission on topics related to the consideration of the Commission (TOR) or on any issue which may be relevant.
Provide help in formulating a paper or research that will enhance the understanding of the Commission on the issues involved in its TOR.
●        Help in expanding the scope and understanding of the Commission to find out the best national and international practices on topics related to financial transactions and to improve the quality and accessibility of its recommendations and improve the implementation.

WalMart Acquires Flipkart for $ 16 Billion
●         As the biggest deal in India's e-commerce sector, American retail company Walmart has decided to buy the e-commerce company Flipkart.
●         Flipkart's investor Softbank will sell its 20 percent stake to Walmart.
●         Softbank is the biggest investor of Flipkart. The share of Softbank is 26.4 thousand crores, which was bought by Sun for 16.5 thousand crores.
 

Current Affairs 9th May  2018: RANKING

Modi ranked 9th in the world's most powerful list: Forbes list
 
●         A list of the most powerful people of the year 2018 was released by American Business Magazine Forbes.
●         In this list, Narendra Modi is among the Top-10 figures, he is ranked ninth.
●         In the list released by Forbes, Chinese President Xi Chunfing is at number one, while Russia's President Vladimir Putin is second.

India at fourth place in Asia Pacific Power Index
●         India is fourth in the Asia-Pacific region's most powerful countries.
●         Australia's Think Tank Lobby Institute, Asia Power Index, has been assessed in 25 countries of Asia-Pacific, in which India is at fourth place.
●         Russia, Australia, South Korea, Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia, Thailand, New Zealand, Vietnam, Pakistan, Taiwan, the Philippines and North Korea are given the status of moderate power in the report.

Current Affairs 9th May  2018: GLOBAL NEWS

UBER signed a deal with NASA to develop a flying taxi
●         Taxi Service Provider Company Uber has entered into an agreement with NASA, the US headspace organization to explore the evolution of flying taxis.
●         After the agreement, NASA issued a statement saying that he will start testing the formats of capable vehicles capable of flying in the air.
●         These vehicles will also include delivery drones.
 
US announces separation from Iran nuclear deal
 
●         US President Donald Trump announced the separation of the US from May 8, 2018 with the historic nuclear deal with Iran.
●         Donald Trump has criticized this deal over Barack Obama several times before.
●         After assuming the presidency, the decision about national security in the last 15 months was considered to be the most important decision.

Current Affairs 9th May  2018: SCHEMES

India Launches Largest City Gas Distribution Program
●         The ninth phase of the city gas distribution program was started by the Central Government on 08 May 2018.
●         Gas distribution program will be started in 86 geographical areas by the Minister of Petroleum and Natural Gas Dharmendra Pradhan.
●         In the ninth phase, city-network will be started in 86 geographical areas.
 

Important Current Affairs 8th May 2018

Current Affairs 8th May 2018: NATIONAL  NEWS

CIM addresses First Inter-Ministerial meeting on Sectoral Export Promotion Strategy
●    Minister of Commerce & Industry and Civil Aviation Minister, Suresh Prabhu, today addressed secretaries and senior officers in the first inter-ministerial meeting on Sectoral Export Promotion Strategy. 
●    The meeting was attended by Secretaries to Government of India from Department of Commerce, DIPP, Electronics and IT, Animal Husbandry and Dairying and MSME.

Exhibition to commemorate the birth anniversary of Rabindranath Tagore, inaugurated at NGMA, New Delhi
●    Exhibition titled ‘Gurudev: The Journey of the Maestro’, to commemorate the birth anniversary of Rabindranath Tagore was inaugurated at The National Gallery of Modern Art (NGMA), New Delhi, Ministry of Culture, Government of India, yesterday, the 7th May 2018.  
●    The exhibition was inaugurated by H.E. Mr. Daniel Chuburu, Ambassador of the Embassy of the Argentine Republic to India.

TRIFED goes digital for Inventory Management and Sales
●    Tribal Cooperative Marketing Development Federation (TRIFED) of Ministry of Tribal Affairs has operationalised Retail Inventory Software (RIS) in all its Tribes India Outlets, Regional Offices and Head Office for inventory control. 
●    The electronic mode of system has been made available at all Regional Offices and Outlets, streamlining the entire retail operations from purchases upto sales by automating the transaction process and tracking important purchase, stocks and sales data. 

Committee for change in the rules of Rajya Sabha

●    Rajya Sabha Speaker M. Venkaiah Naidu has constituted a two-member committee to make changes in the rules and procedures of the House on 07 May 2018 and specifically for the suspension of member who deliberately hindered the proceedings of the House.
●    It has been decided to change the rules and procedures for the purpose of running the work of the Upper House better.
●    This committee will give its recommendations by talking to MPs and experts and studying the rules of the Houses of different countries.

Walmart to sell out full stake in Flipkart, Sachin Bansal
●    Flipkart will sell Walmart to its entire 5.5% stake in Co-Founder Company.
●    Sachin has decided to completely leave Flipkart.
●    Wal-Mart is investing $ 2 billion with $ 2 billion investment in India's largest e-commerce company for 60 percent of its current stake in the company for about $ 14 billion.
●    Flipkart has 20.8 percent of Softbank, 6.1 percent for eBay and 5.55 percent for Sachin Bansal.

Current Affairs 8th May 2018: INTERNATIONAL RELATION

India and Guatemala agree to support each other for Non-permanent membership of UNSC
●    Agreeing to push the ‘complementary’ and ‘not competitive’ nature of bilateral relations to a new level for mutual benefit from the emerging opportunities in both the countries, India and Guatemala today agreed to support each other’s candidature for Non-Permanent Membership in the United Nations Security Council.
●    Guatemala will support India’s candidature for UNSC membership for 2021-22 while New Delhi will do so for 2031-32 for Guatemala.

CBDT clears amendments to India and Kuwait tax agreement
●    The Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) has notified the modified Double Taxation Rescue Treaty (DTAA) between India and Kuwait on 07 May 2018.
●     According to the CBDT, protocol was signed to amend the existing agreement between India and Kuwait to avoid double taxation in June 2006.
●    This protocol was implemented by the CBDT on March 26, 2018, and has been duly notified in the Official Gazette.

Current Affairs 8th May 2018: ECONOMY

India signed a $ 200 million loan letter with the World Bank for National Nutrition Campaign
●    India signed a $ 200 million loan letter with the World Bank on 08 May 2018 for the National Nutrition Campaign.
●    This fund will help reduce the dwarfism in the age group of 0-6 years by helping the Indian government reduce the 38.4 percent to 20 percent by 2022.

Paytm will spend Rs 5000 crore in financial services business

●    The mobile payment service company Paytm Growth is betting big on financial services.
●    The company will invest Rs 5,000 crore in its core business this year.
●    Now there are 1 billion transactions in the three months through PetiM, which has been targeted to increase to 2 billion by the end of this year. PettyM will bring new products in the Financial Services Segment.

The country's favorite digital platform making the Paytm
●    Paytm has emerged as the country's favorite digital platform in April. 
●    In the last month, there were a total of 19 crore Unified Payments Interface (UPI) based transactions in the country, out of which one third was through Paytm.
●    A banker said on condition of anonymity that in April, the highest number of e-commerce and digital payments company, Paytam, was 6.29 million in UPA transactions.

Income Tax Department's raid on crude converting workers, black money worth Rs 100 crore was detected

●    The Income Tax Department raided some big business houses in the National Capital Region, which had arranged pandals and food in which the black money and undeclared income of Rs. 100 crore was detected.
●    Giving this information, the officials said that since 3 May, the search and investigations were done on 43 premises of three major pandals and catering operators.
●    So far they have seized cash worth Rs 1.82 crore and jewelry worth Rs 2.4 crore were seized.

Vijay Mallya loses Rs.10,000 crores in UK
●    Indian businessman Vijay Mallya, who ran from the country by taking loan from banks, was hit by a UK court.
●    He lost a $ 1.55 billion or Rs 10,000-crore suit filed by Indian banks in the UK.
●    A group of 13 banks of India had filed a case here for recovery of over $ 1.55 billion from Mallya.

Current Affairs 8th May 2018: DEFENSE

Raksha Mantri Addresses Naval Commanders’ at New Delhi
●    Raksha Mantri Smt Nirmala Sitharaman inaugurated the first edition of the bi-annual Naval Commanders’ Conference today. 
●    Addressing Senior Leadership of the Navy, the Raksha Mantri commended the men and women of Indian Navy for their professionalism and dedication in performing the duties of safeguarding the maritime interest of the nation.

Special cadre will be made for permanent commission of women in the army

●    The construction of a special cadre for women in the army is being finalized to give them permanent commission in many areas.
●    Leaving the fighter role, women will be given permanent commission in the remaining roles.
●    The information released by the Army said that it is being considered that permanent commissions to women in various areas, including various posts in cyber and information technology, military police corps and service selection board, are being considered.

Current Affairs 8th May 2018: GLOBAL NEWS

15th Asia Media Summit to be hosted by India from May 10-12, 2018 in New Delhi
●    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.

Microsoft will spend 2.5 million dollars for disabled people
●    Software company Microsoft has announced to spend 25 million dollars to develop artificial understanding based solutions for the disabled in the 'Understanding for Accessibility' program.
●    Microsoft said in a blog post that under this five-year program developers will have access to artificial understanding tools.
●    So that they can speed up the development of easy solutions for the winners who benefit them.