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Important Current Affairs 28th May 2018

Current Affairs 28th May 2018: NATIONAL  NEWS

The main event of the Fourth International Yoga Day Festival will be held in Dehradun.
●        The main event of the Fourth International Yoga Day Festival (IDY-2018) will be held in Dehradun, Uttarakhand on June 21, 2018.
●        Secretary, AYUSH, Shri Vaidya Rajesh Kotecha announced today that Dehradun (Uttarakhand) has been selected as the venue of the collective yoga demonstration of the fourth International Yoga Day (main event) on June 21, 2018.

Mount Devitiba campaign -2018
●        Mountaineering campaign of a group of women climbers for Mount Devtibba Peak Fateh, located at an elevation of 6001 meters in Himachal Pradesh, is being organized from May 28 to June 15, 2018 by the Indian Navy.
●        Vice Admiral A.K. Chawla, AVSM, NM, VSM, Chief of Person will flag off the Mountaineering team from New Delhi on May 28, 2018.
 
 
NIC launches new data center in Bhubaneswar, within a year will recruit 800 people across the country
●        Bhubaneswar has now become the fourth national data center of National Informatics Center (NIC) after Delhi, Hyderabad and Pune.
●        This cloud-enabled new National Data Center aims to provide its services round the clock with secure hosting for various e-governance applications of the Central and State Governments.
●        This data center is capable of continuing the operation of 35,000 virtual servers smoothly.
 
 
Tourism Minister attended the 108th meeting of the UNWTO Executive Council
●        Minister of State for Tourism (Independent Charge) Shri K.J. Alfonso joined the UNWTO Executive Council 108th Meeting held in San Sebastian, Spain from 23 to 25 May 2018, with a delegation of senior officials.
●        The Executive Council decided that the organization will pay special attention to increasing innovation and digitization in the tourism sector to deal with new challenges and trends.

Ramdev launches SIM card
 
●        Yam Guru Baba Ramdev has now hit the entry in the telecom sector after making a fuss about FMCG sector .
●        He launched Patanjali's SIM card in Haridwar on Sunday. It has been named the Swadeshi Prosperity Sim Card.
●        For this, Patanjali, the company of Baba Ramdev, has entered into an agreement with the government telecom company BSNL.
 
Companies with good track can only invest abroad, RBI will change rules
●        Only foreign companies and joint ventures will be allowed to invest, whose track record will be excellent.
●        Indian companies are allowed to invest up to four times their net worth abroad, but it has been misused.
●        Many people have been using this route to send money out of the country and divert the debt amount.

Current Affairs 28th May 2018: INTERNATIONAL RELATION 

Prime Minister met queen of Netherlands met his Majesty Maxima
●        Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi today meets the Emperor of the Netherlands Empire, Her Majesty.
●        Queen Maxima is on a trip to India as the special envoy of United Nations Secretary for Inclusive Finance for Development.

Agreement for purchase of state-of-the-art S-400 systems between India and Russia
 
●        India has fulfilled the price negotiations for the purchase of S-400 Triumf Air Defense System from Russia for the needs of Air Force.
●        This purchase agreement has been settled in approximately Rs 40,000 crore.
 

Current Affairs 28th May 2018: DEFENSE

DAC sanctioned purchase of equipment for defense forces

●        A meeting of the Defense Acquisition Council (DAC) was held today under the chairmanship of Defense Minister Smt. Nirmala Sitharaman.
●        DAC has approved the purchase of equipment worth more than 6900 crores for defense forces.
●        By offering huge encouragement to indigenization and accepting the growing technical power of India, the purchase of thermal imaging (TI) nightsitets for Rocket Launcher will be done through Indian Vendors established under 'Baid (Indian) IDDEN category'.

Current Affairs 28th May 2018: ECONOMY

Bank of India's net loss widens to about Rs 4,000 crore
 
●        Net loss of public sector banks of India was Rs 3969.27 crore in the March quarter.
●        The bank says that the effect of more provision for the trapped loan was affected by its performance in the quarter.
●        The bank had a net loss of Rs 1,045.54 crore in January-March 2016-17.

ED fined for Rs 14 crores on Videocon
 
●        ED, Venugopal Dhoot of Videocon and group penalties of Rs 14 crore in case of violation of Foreign Exchange Law 6 companies.
●        Apart from this, the penalty of Rs 45 lakh has also been imposed separately on the directors of Dhoot, Videocon and 6 companies.
●        Of these, a fine of Rs 30 lakh was asked to repay Dhoot alone. The ED gave this direction on 26th May.

Current Affairs 28th May 2018: APPOINTMENT

Sudha Balakrishnan became the first CFO of Reserve Bank of India
 
●        Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has decided to appoint Sudha Balakrishnan as its first Chief Financial Officer (CFO).
●        Chartered accountant Sudha Abtak was the Vice President of National Security Depository Limited (NSDL).
●        Sudha will be the 12th Executive Director of RBI and her tenure will be three years.

Current Affairs 28th May 2018: SPORTS

Chennai Super Kings wins IPL title for the third time
●        Chennai Super Kings (CSK) has won the IPL 2018 title, thanks to Shane Watson's impressive century innings.
●        CSK defeated Sunrisers Hyderabad by 8 wickets in the final.
●        With this win, Chennai Super Kings were successful in winning the IPL title for the third time.

Current Affairs 28th May 2018: GLOBAL NEWS

The ban on 'abortion' abolished in Ireland
●        In Ireland, the ban on abortion has been abolished by a referendum.
●        This referendum was done to remove the ban on abortion.
●        Irish people have won a historic victory by voting against the Prevention of Abortion Bill for 35 years by referendum.
●        In order to encourage voting in favor of abolition of abortion, the campaign was being run in Ireland for a long time.
 
Global Wind Energy Summit will be held in Hamburg
●        The first edition of the Global Wind Energy Conference will be held in Hamburg, Germany on 25-28 September 2018.
●        First Wind Energy Summit-2011 can be beneficial for the wind energy industry in terms of business, networking and information.
●        The summit includes two conference 'Windenergy Hamburg' and 'Windup'.
 

Colombia's first Latin American country to join NATO
 
●        Colombia's President Juan Manuel Santos announced on May 25, 2018 that Colombia would formally join the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) soon.
●        With this initiative, Colombia will become the first Latin American nation to become part of the coalition.

Important Current Affairs 27th May 2018

Current Affairs 27th May 2018: NATIONAL NEWS

Prime Minister Launches Phase I of Eastern Peripheral Expressway and Delhi-Meerut Expressway
●        Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday dedicated two new Expressway country names to Delhi National Capital Region.
●        First of these, the first phase of the 14-lane access controlled Delhi-Meerut Expressway, from Nizamuddin Setu to Delhi-Uttar Pradesh border.
●        The second project dedicated to the nation's name is the 135-km long Eastern Peripheral Expressway (EPE), from NH-Kundali to National Highway No. 2 at Palwal on National Highway No. 1.
 
 
Famous actor Akshay Kumar launches ad campaign for 'Swachh Bharat'
●        Renowned film actor Shri Akshay Kumar today launched an advertisement campaign for Clean India Mission (Rural) in the capital.
●        This campaign was started in the 'Collector's Convention for Toilet Technology' organized in the capital.
●        This campaign focuses on promoting double-decked toilet technology in rural India and this advertisement includes Mr Kumar along with actress Ms. Land Pednekar.

Gobind Singh Dev becomes the first Sikh to join the Malaysian Cabinet
●        Indian-origin politician Gobind Singh Dev has been made Cabinet Minister in Malaysia.
●        He is the first person in the minority community to be appointed as minister in the history of the country.
●        45-year-old Gobind Singh Dev has been appointed Minister of Communication and Multimedia.

21 government banks into 25,775 crores banking fraud in the financial year 2017-18
●        Due to large scale fraud in the banking sector of the country, the financial year 2017-18 has been extremely difficult on 21 banks in the public sector.
●        In the past financial year, due to different cases of banking fraud, the banks had to suffer a loss of about Rs 25,775 crore.
 
Indigo and Air India among the world's 5 most affordable airlines
●        IndiGo and Air India Express , which offer cheap air services at affordable rates, are among the five cheapest airlines in the world to provide international connectivity .
●        According to the Global Flight Pricing Report, the government company is second in the Air India Express list and Air India Express is ranked 5th in the Air India Express list.
 
Reliance Communications to start Bankruptcy Proceeding
●        The Insolvency Tribunal has ordered ordering bankership pricing against Reliance Communications (RCom).
●        From this, the deal to sell Anil Ambani's ownership rights to the telecom company's own wireless assets, Big Brother Mukesh Ambani's Reliance Jio Infocomm for Rs 18,000 crore could be a shock.

Asif Ali Zardari will contest the elections after 24 years
 
●        Asif Ali Zardari , the former president and co-chairman of the Pakistan People's Party , has said that he will fight for his National Assembly from Nawabshah for the National Assembly seat.
●        He is returning to electoral and parliamentary politics after 24 years.
●        He was elected to the National Assembly seat in 1990 from Karachi's preparatory sector and from Nawabshah in 1993.

Current Affairs 27th May 2018: GLOBAL NEWS

New data protection laws in Europe apply to GDPR
●        The European Union's General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) has come into effect from May 25, 2018.
●        Under this, the customer or the user will be the owner of their online data.
●        This law will affect not only 28 EU member states but also affect the companies worldwide which process the users and users of European countries by collecting data.

11 people killed in Mekunu storm in Oman
 
●        11 people, including three Indians, died in the Mekunu hurricane that occurred on the Yemeni island of southern Oman and Socotra.
●        On Friday in the Khofar and Oman regions of Oman, the Hurricane Mekunu knocked on.
●        This storm changed from one class to the other as the storm of class two reached here.
 
Growing heat in Norway, 14 degrees Celsius breaks 71 years record
 
●        The rising heat in Norway has broken records of past 71 years.
●        At that time mercury is only 14.4 degree Celsius, but it is much more there accordingly.
 

China gives relief to Pakistan in $ 500 million loan case
 
●        China has agreed to grant a rebate of five million dollar loan terms to Pakistan.
●        It has happened at a time when Pakistan's foreign exchange reserves are in a trance despite borrowing $ 44 billion in the last 5 years.
 
 
India launches second IT corridor for market expansion in China, 
●        India started the second information technology corridor on Sunday to take advantage of China's software market.
●        The organization of IT companies, NASSCOM, informed about this.
●        He has set up another Digital Collaborative Facility Plaza in China.
●        This has been done in an effort to ensure the reach of domestic IT companies in China's huge market.

Announcement of general election in Pakistan on 25th July
●        The date of the general election has been announced in Pakistan.
●        President Mamun Hussain on Saturday put his stamp on the Election Commission's proposal.
●        The President has approved the EC's recommendation to hold general elections on July 25.
●        According to Radio Pakistan, elections will be organized simultaneously for the National and Provincial Assembly.

Current Affairs 27th May 2018: DEFENSE

Fourth ship of Landing Craft Utility Mk-IV was included in Naval Fleet
 
●        AVSM, VSM, Chief of Material Vice Admiral G.S. Pubby added the IN LCU L-54 ship to Indian Navy fleet in Port Blair on May 25, 2018.
●        IN LCU L 54 Fourth Landing Craft Utility (LCU) incorporated in the Indian Navy is the ship of the MK-IV category.

Current Affairs 27th May 2018: ECONOMY

Arcelormittal repaid 7,500 million rupees in Essar Steel case
 
●        Billionaire Lakshmi Mittal of Arcelormittal has donated Rs 7,000 crore dues of its associate companies.
●        With this step, he will get the legal entitlement to bid for the bankruptcy company Essar Steel .

5,500 bunkers and 200 community hall will be built on LoC
 
●        Officials of Rajouri district of Jammu and Kashmir have started work on preparing more than 5,500 bunkers and 200 community hall to help the people who have faced Pakistani firing .
●        In this district adjacent to the LoC, Pakistan's ceasefire violations often cause people to flee and many times people have died due to the bullet injuries.

Important Current Affairs 26th May 2018

Current Affairs 26th May 2018: NATIONAL  NEWS

Inauguration of the first phase of Eastern Peripheral Expressway and Delhi-Meerut Expressway
●        Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi on Sunday dedicated the two newly built Expressway Nation to Delhi National Capital Region.
●        Of these, the first 14-lane of Delhi-Meerut Expressway is accessed first phase, which stretches from Nizamuddin bridge to Delhi sub-boundary.
●        This part of 8.360 km of national highway has been prepared in record time of 18 months compared to the expected construction period of 30 months at a cost of approximately Rs 841.50 crore.

Only 4 percent of the users left LPG subsidies
 
●        On the appeal of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, almost 4 percent of cooking gas users have left the LPG subsidy.
●        If you talk about states, then this figure shows a lot of fluctuation.
●        In fact, in the case of abandoning LPG subsidy, the North-East states have been in the forefront.
●        14% in Mizoram, 12% in Nagaland and 10% in Manipur left LPG subsidy.
 
Baba Ramdev got approval for 3 new channels

●        Vedic Broadcast Limited (VBL), the company of Patanjali Group, has finally got approval to launch 3 channels.
●        These channels will be launched in Tamil, Telugu and Kannada languages next month.
●        Due to shortcomings in the application a few months ago, these channels were not approved.
●        VBL is under the control of Acharya Balkrishna, a close associate of Baba Ramdev, founder of Yoga Guru and Patanjali.
 
SEBI issues notice to Chanda Kochhar
●        Market regulator SEBI has issued notice to ICICI Bank CEO Chanda Kochhar .
●        This notice has been issued in relation to the deals between ICICI Bank's Videocon Group and Nippower.
●        This private sector bank gave this information to the stock exchanges. In Nipavar, the financial interest of Chanda's husband Deepak Kochhar has been linked.
 

Peer firm can buy supermarket chain
 
●        Samara Capital is in the last round of talks to buy Aditya Birla Retail (ABRL) supermarket chain 'More' for Rs 2,500 crore.
●        The private equity company has almost completed the peer's Du Delligens. After the Future Group, Reliance Retail and D'Mart, Mor is the country's fourth largest supermarket chain.
●        ABRL had 493 peacock brand supermarkets and 20 hypermarkets from the previous financial year.
●        In this way the company had a total of 20 million square feet of retail space.
 

Approval for Online Courses
●        University Grants Commission (UGC) approved the degree, diploma and certificate courses for online courses in the field of higher education on May 24, 2018.
●        According to the official release of UGC, online courses will be applicable from this academic session.
 

Kanpur India's Dirty Railway Station: Ministry of Railways survey
 
●        Ministry of Railways released a list of the most dirty railway stations in the country on 25th May 2018.
●        The most dirty railway stations in this list are located in Uttar Pradesh.
●        The Ministry of Railways had surveyed the country on cleanliness, train and railway stations, cleaning, catering and eating.

Current Affairs 26th May 2018: GLOBAL  NEWS

Ireland has changed decades old laws related to abortion
●        In Ireland the ban on abortion has ended. People in the referendum voted in favor of ending it.
●        According to the findings, 66.4 percent of the people voted to abolish the ban.
●        While 33.6 percent of people wanted to ban abortion.

Demand for Vedanta to be excluded from London Stock Exchange
 
●        UK opposition party Labor Party has demanded to expel Vedanta from the London Stock Exchange , in view of the death of 13 people during a protest against Sterlite Industries Plant in Tuticorin in Tamilnadu .
●        Opposition leader John McDonald said in the UK that the cancellation of the listing of Vedanta Limited from the London Stock Exchange will stop losses to the reputation of the market as this company has been engaged in illegal mining activities for years.

Lifetime ban for the Amazon user returning products
 
●        Big e-commerce sites around the world have offered a variety of offers to attract people to themselves.
●        Amazon USA has started banning customers who return 'too much' stuff.

Current Affairs 26th May 2018: AWARDS

Polish novelist wins 'Man Booker International Prize'
 
●        English translation of novel 'flights' has won the prestigious 'Man Booker International Prize'.
●        Jennifer Croft translated Olga Tokarczuk 's novel into English.
●        They will be given $ 67,000 as prize money with this honor.
●        The prize money will be shared between the author and the translator.

Current Affairs 26th May 2018: SPORTS

Hockey India selects 48 players for National camp
●        Hockey India has announced the names of 48 players for the National Camp for senior women from Bengal, from June 28 to June 9, before the FII World Cup and the FIH World Cup.
●        The Indian team, who won silver medal in the fifth Women Asian Champions Trophy, will participate in the practice camp under the guidance of coach Shard Marin from Monday.

Current Affairs 26th May 2018: ECONOMY

8.55% interest on PF for 2017-18
●        The Employees Provident Fund Organization has asked its Regional Offices to add 8.55% interest to the accounts of 50 million shareholders for the financial year 2017-18.
●        This is the lowest after the financial year 2012-13.
●        According to a letter written to more than 120 Regional Offices of EPFO , the Labor Ministry has said that the Central Government has approved the interest rate of 8.55 per cent in the provident fund accounts of the shareholders for 2017-18.
 

 Railway wants to raise Rs 1,100 crore by selling land
 
●        Indian Railways wants to raise Rs.1100 crore by selling 15 hectares of land in Sarai Rohilla, Delhi.
●        Officials of Ministry of Railways told that two Builders, Eldeca of Noida and RNA Builders of Mumbai have bid for the land.
●        This land is 5 kms from Connaught Place. is far.
 
Estimated ₹ 50,000 crore loss in government banks
 
●        Public sector banks' losses (PSBs) are going to touch the figure of Rs 50,000 crore in the January-March 2018 quarter.
●        It is more than twice the record in itself and the loss of 19,000 crore rupees in January-March 2017.
●        The huge losses to banks have been due to the strictness of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI).

Current Affairs 26th May 2018: SCHEMES

Inauguration of various development schemes in Jharkhand
 
●        Prime Minister Narendra Modi laid the foundation stone for several development projects of the Government of India and the Jharkhand government in a function organized in Sindri, Jharkhand on May 25, 2018.
●        The Prime Minister laid the foundation stone for projects worth Rs 27,000 crore.

Important Current Affairs 25th May 2018

Current Affairs 25th May 2018: NATIONAL NEWS

Prime Minister laid foundation stone of various development projects in Jharkhand
●        Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi laid the foundation stone of several development projects of the Government of India and the Jharkhand Government in a function held in Sindri today.
●        In the presence of the Prime Minister, the MoUs were also exchanged for the people's Phosphoric Centers.
●        The Prime Minister, while addressing a public meeting, paid tribute to Lord Birsa Munda.
 
Under the Ministry of Culture, 9th National Culture Festival was inaugurated in Tehri, Uttarakhand.
●        In order to encourage the country's rich cultural heritage, the Ministry of Culture organized a three-day cultural festival "National Culture Festival" near Tehri Lake, in the Colony Colony, Uttarakhand, which was inaugurated today by Chief Minister of Uttarakhand, Mr. Trivandrum Singh Rawat.
●        As the nodal agency, Northern Zone Cultural Center (NZCC), Patiala has been entrusted with the responsibility of implementing the National Cultural Festival under the slogan "Ek Bharat, Bharat Bharat".
 
Inclusion of the Fourth Ship of Landing Craft Utility Mk-IV
●        AVSM, VSM, Chief of Material Vice Admiral G.S. Pabbi today inducted the IN LCU L-54 ship in the Indian Navy fleet in Port Blair.
●        IN LCU L 54 Fourth Landing Craft Utility (LCU) incorporated in the Indian Navy is the ship of the MK-IV category.
●        The design of the ship has been prepared in the country itself and it has been constructed by Garden Reach Shipbuilder and Engineers, Kolkata. 
 
Ravi Shankar Prasad to inaugurate Cloud enabled data center in Bhubaneswar
●        National Informatics Center (NIC) has established a new state-of-the-art cloud enabled national data center in Bhubaneswar.
●        This data center will be inaugurated by Central Electronics and IT and Law and Justice Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad and on this occasion, Union Petroleum and Natural Gas and Minister of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship Shri Dharmendra Pradhan will be present.
 
 Union Minister Smt. Harsimrat Kaur Badal inaugurated the Incubation Center and Food Testing Laboratory at NFEM
●        Union Minister for Food Processing Industries, Smt. Harsimrat Kaur Badal said today that the Ministry will cooperate with many international laboratories testing various food products so that food products approved by the National Food Technology Entrepreneurship and Management Institute (NFTEM) Gain global acceptance
 
 
Women's Security Division in Home Ministry
●        The Home Ministry has created a new division to deal with the issue of women's security in a big way.
●        This division will be coordinated with all the departments of women safety by coordinating with the respective Ministries / Departments and State Governments.
●        To lead this division, Mrs. Punya Salila Srivastava, Officer-in-Charge, AGMUT cadre of 1993 batch has been posted as Joint Secretary.
 
Prime Minister Narendra Modi laid the foundation stone of Patratu Super Thermal Power Project
●        Prime Minister Narendra Modi today laid the foundation stone for the first phase of NTPC's Patratu Super Thermal Power Project of 2400 MW in Jharkhand.
●        It is a 74:26 percent joint venture between Jharkhand Government and Patratu Power Generation Corporation Limited (PVUNL), a subsidiary of NTPC.
●        Under this, total capacity expansion of 4000 MW will be established.
 
TRIFED elected new board of directors
●        The Tribal Cooperative Marketing Development Federation of India Limited (TRIFED) was organized on May 25, 2018, in which 11th Board of Directors was reconstituted and elected unanimously office bearers.
●        Ramesh Chand Meena Trifed President and Mrs. Pratibha Brahma elected for the post of Vice President.
 
Policy Commission signs MoU with Sushant Singh Rajput for promotion of Women Entrepreneurship Platform (WEP)
 
●        The Policy Commission today announced the signing of the letter of intent to support and support the Women Entrepreneurship Platform (WEP), with its prominent initiative, along with renowned actor and entrepreneur Mr. Sushant Singh Rajput.
●        In the presence of Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Policy Commission, Mr. Abhishek Kant, the adviser (industry) of the Policy Commission, Ms. Anna Roy and Mr. Sushant Singh Rajput signed this agreement.

UGC Approved Online Courses
 
●        University Grants Commission (UGC) approved the degree, diploma and certificate courses for online courses in the field of higher education on May 24, 2018.
●        According to the official release of UGC, online courses will be applicable from this academic session.
●        The online regulation 2018 was approved in the UGC meeting under which those higher educational institutions will get the right to start online course along with regular courses.
 

Holistic Education Campaign launched by HRD Ministry
 
●        HRD Minister Prakash Javadekar launched the government's ambitious 'Composite Education Scheme' on May 24, 2018.
●        Through this, the students and teachers will be strengthened by improving the level of education and enhancing technical use.
●        The purpose of this scheme is to provide quality education as well as to move the children towards development as a whole.
 
4% shortfall in HPCL's profit
 
●        Net profit refining margin of government-owned Hindustan Petroleum and reduced inventory gains reduced by 4% in the March quarter.
●        The company had a net profit of Rs 1,748 crore in the fourth quarter of 2017-18, compared to Rs 1,819 crore in the year-ago period.

Current Affairs 25th May 2018: RANKING

India ranked 145th in health related services: Lancet Report
●        As per the survey report recently released by Lancet, India is ranked number 145 in relation to health services.
●        In the survey conducted by Lancet in 195 countries, India is ranked 145th.
●        India is far behind China, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka and Bhutan in this survey.

Current Affairs 25th May 2018: SCHEMES

Under the Ayushman Bharat Scheme, rates of 1354 types of surgery and medical examination were decided.

●        In the world's largest health insurance scheme, the rates of 1354 types of surgery and medical examination have been fixed under the Ayushmann Bharat Scheme.
●        This scheme has been launched by the Prime Minister National Health Security Mission.

Current Affairs 25th May 2018: INTERNATIONAL RELATION

50 agreements signed between India and Netherlands
●        The Prime Minister of India, the then Prime Minister of India, Narendra Modi, who came to India on a two-day visit, took part in the CEO conference in Hyderabad House, New Delhi on May 24, 2018.
●        Netherlands is by far the fifth largest source of foreign direct investment in India.
●        After the CEO conference, various agreements were signed to strengthen economic and bilateral relations between the two countries.

Current Affairs 25th May 2018: GLOBAL NEWS

U.S. President Donald Trump adjourned the proposed Singapore meeting with North Korea
 
●        US President Donald Trump has canceled the summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong, on May 24, 2018.
●        Donald Trump said that this meeting is not right at this time.
●        The summit was to be held on June 12 in Singapore.

Important Current Affairs 24th May 2018

Current Affairs 24th May 2018: NATIONAL  NEWS

Commerce Minister released Strategy Letter on Computer Software and Electronics Export
 
●        Electronics and Computer Software Export Promotion Council (ESC) has prepared a strategy letter to increase software exports to the level of US $ 178 billion by 2022.
●        Union Minister of Commerce & Industry and Civil Aviation Shri Suresh Prabhu released this strategy letter in New Delhi yesterday.

Ministry of Culture will organize National Culture Festival in Tehri, Uttarakhand from May 25 to May 27, 2018
●        Ministry of Culture is organizing 9th edition of National Culture Festival under India, Best India, from 25th to 27th May in Tehri, Uttarakhand.
●        Every year, the Tehri Lake Festival organized by Uttarakhand Tourism will be included in the National Culture Festival, where people can also enjoy water sports.
 
15th Finance Commission constituted a high-level committee to examine strengths and weaknesses to enable balanced expansion in health sector
●        The 15th Finance Commission has constituted a high level committee comprising experts from the country related to health sector.
●        Dr. Randeep Guleria, Director, AIIMS, New Delhi, will be its convener.

Inauguration of photo exhibition on dynamic plans and projects on May 25
●        The Ministry of Statistics and Program Implementation will organize a photo exhibition on various projects and major projects of the Center and large cultural programs at Ambedkar International Center in New Delhi on May 25-26, 2018.
●        The exhibition will be inaugurated on May 25, 2018 at 5 pm.

Sushant Singh Rajput  will encourage two major steps of policy commission
●        Policy Commission and Sushant Singh Rajput will encourage two major steps of the Policy Commission - Promoting Bhima and Women Entrepreneurship Platform.
●        The Policy Commission is bringing a big change in the industrial sector with the Women Entrepreneurship Platform (WEP).
●        WAP was launched this year to set up a vibrant and competent system for women entrepreneurs across the country.

Under the Ayushman Bharat Scheme, rates of 1354 types of surgery and medical examination were decided.
●        In the world's largest health insurance scheme, the rates of 1354 types of surgery and medical examination have been fixed under the Ayushmann Bharat Scheme.
●        This scheme has been launched by the Prime Minister National Health Security Mission.
●        Under this scheme, about 50 crore people of the country will get health insurance of Rs 5 lakh.
 
Policy Commission and ABB joined hands for promotion of Artificial Intelligence
 
●        Policy Commission and ABB India have signed an agreement for development in the field of Robotic and Artificial Intelligence on May 23, 2018 under Make in India.
●        This agreement was aimed at promoting robotics in India and ensuring more space in the country for artificial intelligence.

Central Cabinet Approves Bankruptcy Amendment Ordinance
 
●        The Union Cabinet announced the amendment to the bankruptcy and bankruptcy code (IBC) Ordinance on May 23, 2018.
●        Changes in the Ordinance Bill will give the common people the right and big relief.
●        Under this law, so far only financial institutions such as banks and other lenders had the right to withdraw their dues, but the common people did not have any such right.

Current Affairs 24th May 2018: INTERNATIONAL  RELATIONSHIP

5th India-CLMV Business Conference held on May 21-22, 2018 in Phnom Penh, Cambodia
●        The Ministry of Commerce and Industry of India organized a 5th India-CLMV Business Conference in Phnom Penh, Cambodia on 21-22 May, 2018, along with the Ministry of Commerce of Cambodia.
●        After four sessions of business conferences in India for better participation from this region, the initiative was taken by the Department of Commerce of the Government of India in Cambodia.
●        The Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) is an institutional partner in this program.
 
India and Netherlands negotiate on strengthening mutual partnership in agriculture and related sectors
●        Hon'ble Agriculture and Farmer Welfare Minister, Shri Radha Mohan Singh held a meeting with the Deputy Prime Minister of the Netherlands and Agriculture, Nature and Food Quality Minister Ms. Karola Shutane on 24 May, 2018.
●        The first successful saga of technology transfer is reflected on 02.11.2017 from the inauguration of the Center for Excellence related to Vegetables in Baramati, Maharashtra. The second floral excellence center is being built in Talegaon Maharashtra, which will be completed shortly.

Current Affairs 24th May 2018: ECONOMY

Central Tax, Eastern Delhi Commissionerate arrested two people in connection with theft of GST of Rs 28 crore
●        Central Tax, GST East Delhi Commissionerate arrested the father-son in Shahdara on May 22, 2018 in connection with the issue of Input Tax Credit Invoice fraud under theft of about 28 crore rupees belonging to the copper industry.
●        This is the first case of arrest in Delhi under the new tax regime which took effect from 1st July, 2017.

Current Affairs 24th May 2018: AWARDS

CSIR achieved Clerit Analytics India Innovation Award-2012 in the Government Research Organization category
●        Scientific and Industrial Research Council (CSIR) has been awarded the Clerit Analytics Innovation Award-2012 in the Government Research Organization category.
●        This award has once again honored CSIR as the Top Innovator.
 
INSV Tarini team was awarded the Women Power Award 2017
●        Central Women and Child Development Minister, Mrs. Maneka Sanjay Gandhi presented the prestigious Women's Power Award 2017 to the team of INSV Tarini in New Delhi today.
●        All the members of the Tarini team are women.

Current Affairs 24th May 2018: GLOBAL NEWS

America removed China from the world's largest naval exercise
 
●        On May 23, 2018, the United States withdrew the invitations to the world's largest shipping parade Rampack, which is due to China's continuous military action in the Pacific Ocean.
●        In this parade, more than 20 countries around the world take part in India, Australia, Japan and Britain.
●        This sanyang is to be the next month.

For the first time in 226 years, the New York Stock Exchange appointed a woman as Chief Officer
●        For the first time in the history of 226 years by the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE), Stacey Cunningham has been selected as the Chief Officer of any woman.
●        Cunningham is the first woman to reach the president position, after 226 years have passed since the existence of the New York Stock Exchange in 1792.
 
Memorandum of Understanding between India and Singapore in the field of Personnel Management and Public Administration
●        The Union Cabinet gave its approval for signing the Memorandum of Understanding between India and Singapore for cooperation in the field of Personnel Management and Public Administration on May 23, 2018.
●        This meeting took place under the chairmanship of Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
●        The purpose of the MoU is to improve the current system of governance, especially in the workforce, workplace and job, public service delivery, human resources management, public sector reform, leadership / talent development and e-governance and digital government.

Important Current Affairs 23rd May 2018

Current Affairs 23rd May 2018: NATIONAL NEWS

Ministry of Railways and BCL signed an agreement for the year 2018-19
●        The CPSE Braithwaite and Company Limited, which came under the Ministry of Railways and its administrative control, signed an agreement.
●        BCL works to build new wagon, repair wagon, steel structural fabrication and crane.
●        On May 23, the agreement was signed by Mr. Ranjnesh Sahai, Secretary, Railway Board and Chairman and Managing Director of BCL and Mr. PP Bose, Director.
 
 Agreement signed between the Department of Divyangjan empowerment and Indian Artificial Limb Production Corporation for the financial year 2018-19
●        The Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment, Ministry of Health, signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the Indian Artificial Limb Production Corporation for the financial year 2018-19.
●        This includes major targets to be achieved this year for the empowerment of the people in the country.

HD Kumaraswamy sworn in as Chief Minister of Karnataka
●        HD Kumaraswamy took oath as Chief Minister of Karnataka on May 23, 2018.
●        Karnataka Governor Vajubhai Va gave him oath of CM post.
●        The God of Congress also took the oath of office of Deputy Chief Minister.
●        HD Kumaraswamy was born on December 16, 1959.
●        HD Kumaraswamy became the Chief Minister of Karnataka for the second time.

UP cabinet decision, NCERT courses will be implemented in madrasas
 
●        A Cabinet meeting chaired by Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath has approved the change in seminary education on May 22, 2018.
●        Under this, the NCERT curriculum will also be implemented in the madrasas as well as with Dini Talim.
●        Now the children of the madrasas will be able to study Urdu, Hindi, Science, English, Math etc. as well.
●        Uttar Pradesh Government spokesman and energy minister Shrikant Sharma informed about the decision of the cabinet.

Central Government released model contract farming act-2012
 
●        Union Agriculture Minister Radha Mohan Singh released the last model of 'Agricultural Product and Livestock Contract Farming and Services Act 2018' on May 22, 2018.
●        The main purpose behind designing model contract farming act is to integrate the farmers with wholesale buyers for better value acquisition.

Current Affairs 23rd May 2018: INTERNATIONAL RELATIONSHIP

Approval of Memorandum of Understanding between India and Singapore in the field of Personnel Management and Public Administration
●        Under the chairmanship of Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi, the Union Cabinet has given its approval for the signing of MoU between India and Singapore for cooperation in the field of personnel management and public administration.
●        The objective of the MoU is to improve the current system of governance, especially in the workforce, workplace and job, public service delivery, human resources management, public sector reform, leadership / talent development and e-governance / digital government.

Approval of MoU between India and Turkey on Poppy grain business
●        Under the chairmanship of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the Union Cabinet has approved the signing of Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between India and Turkey on the Poppy grain business.
●        Its aim is to ensure faster and transparent processing for import of poppy seeds from Turkey.
●        Turkey Grain Board (TMO) will operate an online system for the export of poppy seeds from Turkey to India.
 
 
Approval of MoU between India and Denmark for Food Security and Cooperation 
●        Under the chairmanship of Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi, the Union Cabinet has approved the grant of ex post facto to the Memorandum of Understanding of Food Security and Cooperation between India and Denmark.
●        The MoU between India and Denmark was signed on April 16, 2018.
 
 
Approval of Memorandum of Understanding signed between India and France for renewable energy sector
●        Under the chairmanship of Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi, the Union Cabinet has accorded its executive approval to the Memorandum of Understanding signed between India and France in New Delhi on March 10, 2018, in New Delhi.
●        The objective of both countries is to identify research / demonstration / pilot project in areas selected between the National Solar Energy Institute (NISE), India and the I-Energy Atomic at Ox Energy's Alternative France.
 
Approval of Memorandum of Understanding in the field of renewable energy between India and Morocco
●        Under the chairmanship of Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi, the Union Cabinet has given approval to the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between India and Morocco in the renewable energy sector.
●        The MoU was signed on April 10, 2018 in New Delhi.
●        The objective of both sides is to establish collaborative institutional relations for encouraging and promoting the technical bilateral agreement on the basis of mutual benefit, equality and interests on subjects of innovative and renewable energy.

Current Affairs 23rd May 2018: SCHEMES

Under the Detailed Telecom Development Scheme for North Eastern Region, centre approved USOF plan for provision of mobile services in Meghalaya
●        Under the chairmanship of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the Union Cabinet has approved an amount of Rs 8120.81 crores for implementing the Detailed Telecom Development Scheme for the North-Eastern Region in Meghalaya at an estimated cost of 3911 crores and for the CTDP project of the North-East.
●        The funds will be provided by the Universal Service Grace Fund.

Current Affairs 23rd May 2018: GLOBAL NEWS

Indo-Dutch Startup Initiative
●        With the upcoming visit of India's Prime Minister Mark Route to India, relations between India and the Netherlands are expected to be strengthened in all areas.
●        With the Netherlands Prime Minister, the Netherlands Foreign Trade and Development Cooperation, Healthcare, Infrastructure and Water and Agriculture and Food Minister, along with a 220-member business delegation will also be the largest business mission in India so far.

Venezuela expels U.S. officials from protesting against sanctions
●        Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro ordered the removal of two top US diplomats on 22 May 2018 on Venezuela's widely condemned elections.
●        The President of Venezuela has ordered the Chief of Mission of the US Embassy in Caracas to leave the country within 48 hours.
●        14 countries, including Argentina, Brazil and Canada, have withdrawn their ambassadors from the embassies in Caracas in protest of Nicolas Maduro's victory.

Current Affairs 23rd May 2018: AWARDS

Olga Tokarczuk of Poland received the Man Booker International Award
●        Poland's litterateur Olga Tokkzuk won the prestigious Man Booker International Award on May 22, 2018.
●        He was given this award for his fiction novel 'Fleets'.
●        Some other novels with 'flights' were also included in the race for the prize but Olga won the award, leaving behind all.

Current Affairs 23rd May 2018: SPORTS

AB de Villiers announces retirement from international cricket
 
●        South African legend AB de Villiers announced his retirement from international cricket on May 23, 2018.
●        De Villiers has played 114 Test matches, 228 ODIs and 78 T20 matches so far.
●        De Villiers, on his official Twitter handle, announced this through a video saying that I have made a big decision.

Current Affairs 23rd May 2018: RANKING

India ranked 145th in health related services: Lancet Report
●        As per the survey report recently released by Lancet, India is ranked number 145 in relation to health services.
●        In the survey conducted by Lancet in 195 countries, India is ranked 145th.
●        India is far behind China, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka and Bhutan in this survey.
 

Important Current Affairs 22nd May 2018

Current Affairs 22nd May 2018: NATIONAL  NEWS

Formation of 'Black Panther' squad in Chhattisgarh

●        The 'Black Panther' squad was formed in Chhattisgarh. Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh informed about the formation of 'Black Panther' on May 21, 2018.
●        This will be the specially trained commando force of Chhattisgarh police on the lines of Andhra Pradesh's famous greyhounds.
●        The 'Black Panther' squad has been formed to combat the Maoists.
 
 
NSE to cancel registration of 16 companies including Kingfisher
●        National Stock Exchange (NSE) has decided to cancel the registration of Vijay Mallya's company Kingfisher Airlines and Plethico Pharmaceuticals and 16 other companies by May 30.
●        NSE has decided this decision after the cancellation of registration of more than 200 companies by BSE on May 11, as the trading of their shares was suspended for more than six months.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated Kishanganga hydropower project in Kashmir
●        On May 19, 2018, Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated the 330 MW Kishanganga hydroelectric project in Bandipora district of Kashmir Valley.
●        Progress of this project was monitored by the Prime Minister's Office.
●        He inaugurated it from the Sher-E-Kashmir Convention Center at Dal Lake.
 

Nipah virus in Kerala
 
●        Recently Kerala State Health Department has confirmed the spread of Nipah virus in the state.
●        This virus has been confirmed by a team of doctors conducted by the blood and physical fluids of the victims.
●        Nipah virus was registered in Kerala Kozhikode district where both of the victims died.

MoU with 40 companies to promote mudra scheme
●        The Ministry of Finance has entered into an agreement with 40 big companies of the country to promote the mudra scheme and to increase the debt allocation to small entrepreneurs.
●        According to the finance ministry, all these units, including Flipkart, Swiggy, Patanjali and Amul, provide jobs to the people on a large scale.
 

ED crooks former director of Dabur property worth Rs 20 crores
●        Pradeep Barman, former director of the Dabur Group, has properties worth Rs 20.87 crores in the HSBC bank list, which was introduced in the list of black money abroad, hidden in abroad abroad.
●        The Enforcement Directorate said that he took the property while taking action under the Foreign Exchange Management Act.
●        It includes 50,000 tax-free bonds of HUDCO and IRSFC.

Central Government Announces Big Reforms In Aviation Sector
 
●        The central government has announced big reforms in the aviation sector to eliminate the arbitrariness of aviation companies .
●        Minister of State for Civil Aviation Jayant Sinha on Tuesday announced several hundred crores for air travelers.
●        With the introduction of Digitra for paperless travel, there is great relief on the cancellation charges.
●        Government has issued a draft passenger charter.
●        After approval from the cabinet they will be implemented.

 
50 well-known restaurants and burgers joints closed throughout the year
 
●        The past one year has been a trouble for the Restaurants industry.
●        For this reason, despite the increase in Consumer Sentiment and Consumption in Low Base, in the last 12 months, 50 well-known casual dining restaurants and hamburger joints have been closed in the country.

Current Affairs 22nd May 2018: DAYS AND DATES

International Biodiversity Day was celebrated all over the world
●        International Biodiversity Day was celebrated by United Nations on May 22, 2018.
●        The theme of the year 2018 is - Celebrating 25 Years of Action for Biodiversity
●        Considering the importance of biodiversity in maintaining the natural and environmental balance, it was decided to celebrate Biodiversity Day as International Day.

Current Affairs 22nd May 2018: INTERNATIONAL RELATION

The informal summit between Prime Minister Modi and Vladimir Putin
●        Prime Minister Narendra Modi organized an informal summit with Russian President Vladimir Putin on May 21, 2018 in Sochi City, Russia.
●        During this, Putin said that the relationship between India and Russia is very strong.
●        Prime Minister Narendra Modi said that his talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin will further strengthen relations between the two countries.

Current Affairs 22nd May 2018: SCHEMES

Madhya Pradesh launches 'My MP Employment Portal'
●        Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chauhan launched the 'My MP Employment Portal' on May 21, 2018 at Model School, Bhopal.
●        This Portal has been prepared by Madhya Pradesh Skill Development and Employment Generation Board under the Youth Empowerment Mission.
●        Through match-making, efforts have been made to bring employer companies and young people interested in employment, through the 'My MP Employment Portal'.

Current Affairs 22nd May 2018: GLOBAL NEWS

100 Indian Exporter in China's First Import Fair
 
●        At least 100 Indian Exporter will participate in China's first Import Fair in November this year .
●        These include Leather, Auto Components and Exporter of the Pharmaceuticals Sector .
●        China's import duty is aimed at increasing purchasing from overseas so that due to keeping trade surplus with many countries, there will be a slight reduction in criticisms of her.

Current Affairs 22nd May 2018: ECONOMY

SBI under deficit of Rs 7718 cr in December-March 2018 quarter
●        State Bank of India (SBI) , the country's largest public sector bank, had a net loss of Rs 7,718 crore in the fourth quarter of the last financial year.
●        SBI today announced its quarterly results
●        According to this, the non-performing assets ( NPA ) of the bank has also increased from Rs 177866 crore and 9.11 percent of the financial year 2016-17 to Rs 2,23,427 crore and 10.91 percent in the financial year 2017-18.
 

Food Safety's Central License not necessary up to 75 million turnover
 
●        Soon, food businessmen doing annual business up to Rs 20 lakh will be freed from the Food Safety License , while the state government will issue a license for those who make up to Rs 75 crore turnover .
●        Food Safety and Standards Authority of India has given theoretical clearance to fix rules of registration and licensing under the Food Security Act and the formalities will be completed soon.
 
Partners Group and Kedar Capital to buy vishal Mega Mart for 5500 crores
 
●        Private Equity Consortium of several entities, including Partners Group and Kedar Capital , agreed to buy Vishal Mega Mart, a veteran American private equity company, TPG Capital and Shriram Group of Chennai for Rs 5300-5500 crores.
 

Current Affairs 22nd May 2018: SPORTS

Lionel Messi won the fifth 'Golden Shoe'

●    Barcelona striker Lionel Messi won the European 'Golden Shoe' for the fifth time.
●    Messi's team Barcelona defeated Real Sociedad team 1-0 in the Spanish league match on Sunday night.
●    After winning this, Messi was awarded the 'Golden Shoe' award.

Important Current Affairs 21st May 2018

Current Affairs 21st May 2018: NATIONAL NEWS

I.G.N.C.A. Organizing the seventh series of "Sanjari: one India-great India"

●    The Indira Gandhi National Center for the Art of Culture is organizing a successful "Sanjari: One India-great India Bharat" series starting from its 30th Foundation Day every month.

●    The Center has endeavored to provide the folk music of different parts of the country every month in its original form for the general audience in Delhi so that these folk music can maintain its existence and reach its original form till the new generation.

Vice President will lay the foundation stone of NIDM's Southern Campus building in Kondapavuluru village of Andhra Pradesh

●   Vice-President Shri Venkaiah Naidu will lay the foundation stone of Southern Campus Building of National Disaster Management Institute (NIDM) in Kondapavuluru village of Gannavaram Mandal in Krishna district of Andhra Pradesh on Tuesday (May 22, 2018).

●   Minister of State for Home, Mr. Kiren Rijiju and other officials of the Central and State Government will be present in the function.

India Receives First Cargo of Adnoc Crude Oil for its Mangalore Strategic Petroleum Reserve

●    India received the first cargo of UAE's crude oil to fill one of the two safari cavities from the two strategic petroleum reserves (SPR) Kandra (Cavern) built in Mangalore by Indian Strategic Petroleum Reserve Limited (ISPRL).

●   Earlier on May 12, Hon'ble Dr. Sultan Al Jaber, Petroleum and Natural Gas and Minister of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship, Mr. Dharmendra Pradhan and the Minister of State (United States) of UAE and Abu Jaber, Dr. Sultan Al Jaber, Adnoc Group's Chief Engineer, M. Inspiration 'To 2 million barrels of crude oil, which was from Dubai's Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (Adnoc).

Indian Railway's grand station, Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj 130 years of terminus building

●   Chatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus (formerly Victoria Terminus) has completed 130 years of its construction on May 20, 2018.

●    The headquarters building of the Central Railway, whose folk name is Victoria Terminus (now Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus), is an excellent example of architectural art.

●    Initially, there was a plan to establish GIP (Great Indian Peniculular) Railway Office in this grand house.

Railway Ministry and Rail Vikas Nigam Limited signed MOU for the financial year 2018-19

●   Railway Ministry and Rail Vikas Nigam Limited (RVNL) signed the annual consent letter (MoU).

●    It has been done about the financial and non-financial goals of the MOU company.

●   Shri Rajnish Sahai, Secretary, Railway Board and Mr. S.C., Chairman and Managing Director, RVNL. Agnihotri today signed MoU at Rail Bhawan.

Notified general guidelines on quality assurance for official data

●    Keeping in view the need to ensure the high quality of the official data being created at all levels of the government, to maintain the faith of the general public in official or government data, the Ministry of Statistics and Program Implementation has given the Government of India the Gazette of 6th April, 2018 Notified in 'General Guidelines on Quality Assurance for Official Statistics' in Number 124 Are.

Current Affairs 21st May 2018: INTERNATIONAL NEWS

Gurusoch Kaur becomes the first turban female Sikh officer of New York Police

●   Gurusoch Kaur has been included as the first turbaned woman Sikh Assistant Police Officer in the US Department of the New York Police Department.

●    She is the first Indian woman to be appointed to this position.

●    The goal of recruiting them is to inspire others to include in the police and to develop a better understanding of Sikhism.

●    He graduated from New York City Police Academy this year.

Nicolas Maduro won the Venezuelan presidential election

●    Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro has won the presidential election again on May 21, 2018.

●   His opponents have rejected this election and demanded that elections be held again later this year.

●   National Election Council chief T. Lucena said 46.1 percent of the vote was cast in Venezuela's presidential election, which was much less than 80 percent of the last presidential election in 2013.

India is the sixth richest country in the world: report

●   India is the sixth richest country in the world according to a report released by the African Wealth Migration Review.

●    According to the report, India has got this position due to assets of US $ 8,230 billion.

●   According to the Asia Bank Global Wealth Migration Review, the US is at number one with assets of US $ 62,584 billion.

Current Affairs 21st May 2018: SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Successful test of BrahMos missile for validity of service life extension

●   Today, at 10:40 a.m. successfully tested the BrahMos cruise missile from Integrated Testing Center (ATR) at Chandipur, Odisha.

●    This test was done to increase the service period of the BrahMos Cruise missile.

●  The tests of the missile were seen by the Defense Research and Development Organization (DRDO) and Brahmos scientists.

Dr. Harshavardhan will lead the Indian delegation at the mission-level Innovation Ministerial meeting.

●    Dr. Harshvardhan, Union Science and Technology, Earth Sciences, Environment, Forest and Climate Change, will lead the Indian delegation in the Ministry of Innovation Ministerial Meeting that will be held in Malmo on 22-23 May, 2018.

●    Mission Innovation is a global platform for 23 countries and the European Union, which is designed to accelerate clean energy innovation through more government assistance, large public-private partnership and more global cooperation.

Russia launches nuclear power plant floating on water

●   Russia launches the world's first floating nuclear power plant on May 19, 2018

●   So far no country had such a technique.

●   Russia introduced it to sea in a port of Murmansk city. Its name is 'Academic Lomonosov'.

China launches satellite to study the second part of the moon

●    China recently launched a satellite for the purpose of establishing contacts between the Earth and the Chinese lunar exploration mission.

●    The purpose of this mission is to get as much information about the second part of the Moon.

●    The launch of this satellite was done with the help of the Long March-4C Rocket from the Shichang launch center present in the southwest area of the country.

Current Affairs 21st May 2018: DEFENSE

Home Minister attended the passing out parade of CRPF's 241 Bastariya battalion in Chhattisgarh

●   The Union Home Minister, Shri Rajnath Singh today joined the passing out parade of CRPF's 241 Bastariya battalion in Ambikapur, Chhattisgarh.

●    Addressing the gathering on this occasion, the Home Minister appreciated the efforts of the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) and the State Police to counter the Left extremism.

Bastaria Battalion built from local tribals included in CRPF

●    Awaited Bstria battalion of recruits Maoist-affected districts of chhattisgarh that went into service of the Central Reserve Police Force May 21 2018.

●    Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh joined the passing out parade in Ambikapur district.

●    The specialty of the Bastaria battalion is that it includes the local tribals of this area.

Current Affairs 21st May 2018: SCHEME

Haryana Chief Minister announced the launch of Student Transportation Scheme

●   Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar announced that in order to bring and bring more than five girl students from educational institutions in the state, a student transport security scheme will be started.

●     A nodal officer related to transportation in each school and college will be appointed.

Important Current Affairs 20th May 2018

Current Affairs 20th May 2018: NATIONAL NEWS

Now the cosmetic products will have red and green signs as on foods
●        As the food items, the accessories used in cosmetics and toilets , such as face wash, soap, shampoo, and toothpaste will have symbol of brown / red or green dot.
●        This product will show a vegetarian or non-vegetarian source used in the manufacture .

India will go to WTO for import duty on steel and aluminum
 
●        On the issue of import duty on aluminum and steel, India has dragged Amorica into the WTO (World Trade Organization).
●        India has said that the US decision to impose import duty on these products will affect its exports.
●        This move of US is not in compliance with global business rules.

Government looking into proposals for clearing foreign chartered planes in one day
●        The government is considering a proposal of the Directorate General of Civil Aviation to reduce the time for allowing chartered planes to enter the country or leave the country for less than a day.
 
Harish Manwani appointed as independent director in Tata Sons
●        Hindustan Unilever Limited Non Executive Chairman Harish Manwani has been appointed as an independent director in Tata Sons.
●        Manwani, 64, has been the Global Chief Operating Officer of Unilever.
 
Rich Indians leaving country
●        By surrendering Indian passports,, the business of getting citizenship of places like Dominica, St. Lucia, Antigua, Grenada, St. Kitts, Malta or Cyprus is gaining ground.
●        Companies working in Dubai and other financial centers are engaged in this work.
●        These companies are looking for potential clients among India's wealth managers, tax practitioners and lawyers.
 
 
Times Bridge and The Weather Company of IBM comes together for special weather information for Indians.
●        Providing weather information based on relevant and scientific origin data in terms of locality in different climatic zones, adequate farming and multi-pronged seasons in India is a big deal.
●        The Weather Company is coordinating with the Times Group's resources to deal with this challenge.
 
Railway to run trains in North-Eastern
●        Indian Railways will work with five North Eastern states to connect the border areas of China, Myanmar and Bangladesh with a project of at least 40,000 crore rupees.
●        Railways is planning to connect the capitals of Manipur, Mizoram, Meghalaya, Sikkim and Nagaland in the next two years with the railways.
●        Under these projects, more than 1500 km long rail lines will be laid.
 
 
Tata Motors eyes 50% market share in CV segment
●        Tata Motors wants to acquire 50% market share again in the commercial vehicle category.
●        At the same time , the company wants to acquire at least 10% market share in Passenger Vehicle Segment .

Prime Minister Narendra Modi has laid the foundation of Asia's largest 'Zojila' tunnel
●        Prime Minister Narendra Modi laid the foundation stone of Asia's longest Zojila tunnel in Jammu and Kashmir on May 19, 2018.
●        These tunnels will be built at a cost of approximately Rs 6,800 crore, which will be the longest two-way traffic facility in Asia.

Government will provide 2.5 lakh rupees for buying electric cars and bikes
●        The Central government will help up to 2.5 lakh rupees to buy electric cars by scrapping petrol or diesel cars.
●        At the same time, those who purchase electric two wheelers up to Rs 1.5 lakh will get subsidy of up to 30 thousand rupees.
 
Supreme Court Approves Central Government's draft plan in Cauvery Water Dispute Case
●        The Supreme Court approved the Central Government's draft on Cauvery Management Plan to ensure the smooth sharing of water sharing between the four states of South India situated on the banks of Kaveri on May 18, 2018.
●        The decision was passed by the Bench of Chief Justice Deepak Mishra, Justice AM Khanwilkar and Justice DY Chandrachud.

Current Affairs 20th May 2018: GLOBAL NEWS

India can increase import duty on 20 US products
●        In the matter of raising the fee on steel and aluminum import of US, India has made preparations for the counter reply.
●        India has told the World Trade Organization that if the US does not take back the high fees imposed on steel and aluminum products, then India would increase the duty on 20 products including almonds, apples and special motorcycles from next month. 
●        India has said that the fee for these items is proposed to increase from 5 to 100 percent.
 

China to buy worth 200 billion dollars to eliminate business losses from USA
●        This attempt of China will probably end its business dispute with the US.
●        China has decided to buy  $ 200 billion to reduce trade deficit with the United States.

Current Affairs 20th May 2018: SPORTS

South Korea wins Women's Hockey Asian Champions Trophy
●        Indian women's hockey team defeated South Korea 0-1 in the Asian Champions Trophy final on Sunday.
●        South Korea, however, won the final as well as the first Asian Champions Trophies to name it.

Current Affairs 20th May 2018: ECONOMY

PNB denies giving details of Rs 13,000 crore scam
●        Public sector Punjab National Bank has refused to give information about the audit, which revealed the fraud of more than Rs 13,000 crore in the bank.
●        The bank says that giving this information may affect further investigation.

Lupine losses to 783 crore in March quarter
 
●        Giant pharmaceutical company Lupine has reported a net loss of Rs 783.54 crore for the fourth quarter ended March 31.
●        The losses in the acquisition of this loss to the company and the liabilities associated with the company's second work in the US.
●        In the same quarter of the financial year 2016-17, the company had a net profit of Rs. 380.21.

Important Current Affairs 19th May 2018

Current Affairs 19th May 2018: NATIONAL  NEWS

Vice President appeals to increase investment in agriculture

●        Vice President Shri M. Venkaiah Naidu has suggested to the Center and various State Governments to increase the investment in agriculture and allied sectors so that the agriculture can become viable and attractive.
●        He was speaking to scientists, faculty members and research fellow at the National Agricultural Extension Management Institute (MAANGE) in Hyderabad today.
●        On this occasion Deputy Chief Minister of Telangana Mr. Muhammad Mahmood Ali and other dignitaries were also present.
 
Prime Minister dedicates Kishanganga hydroelectric power to the nation

●        Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi today dedicated Kishanganga hydroelectric power to the nation at a ceremony in Srinagar.
●        He also laid the foundation stone of Srinagar Ring Road.
●        While addressing the masses, the Prime Minister recalled the various occasions during the last four years when he visited the state of Jammu and Kashmir.
 
IGNCA will organize Child Drama Workshop from 21st May to 21st of June.

●        The Indira Gandhi National Center for the Arts (IGNCA) will organize a Children's Drama and Personality Development Workshop in partnership with Flight Drama Arts and Child Development Center from 21st May to 21st June 2018.
●        In this workshop, the children will be trained to increase their basic skills and dramatic skills.

'Green Good Deeds' started by Dr Harshwardhan received global recognition

●        Green Good Deeds has got the approval of the global community by the Union Environment, Forest and Climate Change Minister, Dr. Harsh Vardhan, to promote the environment and to promote good living.
●        At present, in the 4th BRICS Ministerial Meeting held in Durban, South Africa, Dr. Harshavardhan urged BRICS countries to jointly help in the development of a social movement to fight for the protection and protection of the environment.
 
'Rail Neer' Bottle banned in Rail Bhavan

●        In order to cut costs, the Railway Board has stopped bottled water ' Rail Neer ' at Rail Bhawan headquarters .
●        Officials have been told to clarify whether they have either recently taken water from the RO plant planted here or brought water from the bottle in the house.

Now Hindustan Petroleum Pumps will be able to lend petrol and diesel
●        Shriram Transport Finance Company (STFC) will now provide loans to the customers of petrol and diesel at the petrol pumps of Hindustan Petroleum.
●        It will be given on a digital basis.
●        In this regard, the two companies have signed an agreement.
 

New railway website will now refund counter ticket
●        If you have applied for a railway ticket refund , you will not need to go to the railway counters for the updated status.
●        You can get the latest refund information from the PNR number of the ticket.
●        This will show whether the refund is approved or not, and if it is done, the check or draft is ready or not, or it has been sent to your address.
 

Legal rights will be given to investors to bring foreign capital
●        India is working on such a framework, which will give a legal support to the Stable Foreign Investment Regime in the country.
●   This step will help in bringing more capital to the country.
●  The government believes that more foreign capital will be helpful in increasing employment opportunities and accelerating economic growth.
 
Government will help 11 public banks held in RBI's monitoring list
●        Finance Minister Piyush Goyal on Thursday assured all possible assistance for the strengthening of 11 public banks held under the immediate remedial action mechanism (PCA) of the Reserve Bank of India.
●        The central bank has kept them in the surveillance list to check the worsening financial health.
●        Under the PCA arrangement, banks have to face the restriction of distributing dividends and sending profit out of the bank.
 
IRCTC launches Agra tour in 540 rupees
●        IRCTC has offered an offer of Rs 540 for the Agra tour.
●        IRCTC has given information about these offers on their website, which can be taken as per their requirement.
●        According to IRCTC, if you take package of three people, then it will be 1620 rupees.
●        Not only this, in the name of the Half De Agra Tour, you will also get the facility of cab to take and leave from the railway station.
●        If you take a package of 2 people, then the price will be Rs 810 per person.
●        If you take the package alone, then you have to give only 1620 rupees.
 
 
BS Yeddyurappa resigns as Chief Minister of Karnataka
●        BS Yeddyurappa resigned from his post on May 19, 2018, two days after taking oath as Karnataka Chief Minister.
●        In the House, BJP did not have enough number of votes for the majority.
●        He left the post of CM for the third time.
●        This time his tenure remained only two and a half days.
●        The total period of his two previous tenures was three years and 71 days.
 
 
Tata Steel acquires Bhushan Steel
●        Bamnipal Steel Ltd, a wholly owned subsidiary of Tata Steel, has completed the acquisition of 72.65 per cent stake of Bhushan Steel Limited in May 18, 2018, under the bankruptcy act.
●        Tata Steel Limited had successfully billed the auction held for the Bhushan Steel Limited, trapped in debt.
 
 
Environment Ministry constitutes 19 teams for cleaning beaches and river banks
●        Keeping in mind the World Environment Day, 2018, the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change has formed 19 teams for cleaning the coastal areas, river banks and lakes.
●        Under this, 24 coastal coasts of 9 coastal states and 24 river banks of 19 states will be cleared.
●        In addition to the rivers listed, a special cleaning campaign will be run in Delhi to clean Yamuna river banks.
●        Some lakes and water bodies have also been identified for cleaning.

Current Affairs 19th May 2018: SCHEMES

300 million LED bulbs distributed under Ujala plan
●        Public Sector Energy Efficiency Services Ltd (EESL) has distributed more than 300 million LED bulbs under the Ujala (Advanced Jyoti Bai Affordable LED Bulb For All) program.
●        Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched this scheme in January 2015 and it is currently the world's largest LED distribution program.

Current Affairs 19th May 2018: ECONOMY

Patanjali Ayurveda targets 20,000 crores profit
 
●        Yoga Guru Ramdev, the brand ambassador of Patanjali Ayurveda, has targeted the company's annual earnings of 20,000 crores.
●        Patanjali, who started with a small pharmacy company, has now overturned FMCG well-known brands.
●        In 2016-17, its revenues crossed 10,000, while it was 500 million 6 years ago.
 

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