| 1. Diplomat Vipul took up the charge as the new Consul General of Dubai. Mr. Vipul has succeeded Anurag Bhushan. Before joining the Consulate at Dubai, he was working in the office of External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj. He had earlier served at India’s diplomatic missions in Sri Lanka and Egypt. Dubai is recognized as the commercial capital and tourism center of the United Arab Emirates (UAE). | |
| 2. seven agreements have been signed between India-Malaysia Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak is on a 6-day visit to India. Two countries sign seven agreements including air services agreement and MoUs in education and sports. The pacts were signed after delegation-level talks between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Malaysian Prime Minister Mohammed Najib Razak at Hyderabad House in New Delhi. | |
| 3. Indira Banerjee appointed as new Chief Justice of Madras High Court She succeeded Sanjay Kishan Kaushal, who was transformed to the Supreme court in February, 2017. With this, Justice Banerjee became the second woman to head the Madras High Court. Justice Kumari Bhatnagar was the first lady to head the Charted court in 1992. | |
| 4. IISc, Bangalore and Miranda House, Delhi have ranked best educational institution TOP UNIVERSITIES IISc, Bangalore ; JNU, New Delhi ; BHU, Varanasi are the top three universities respectively. Miranda House, Delhi ; Loyola College, Chennai ; Shri Ram College of Commerce, Delhi are the top three colleges respectively. | |
| 5. Rajiv Kumar Chander appointed as India's Ambassador and permanent representative to the UN Mr. Chander belongs to the Indian Foreign Services batch of 1983. He is currently the consul general of India in Vancouver since August 2015. He was the deputy permanent representative with the Permanent Mission of India to the United Nations, Geneva, between 2006 and 2009. He is expected to take up his assignment shortly. | |
| 6. Ola integrated with UPI to simplify digital payment options for its customers. The integration will allow Ola customers to use their unique UPI IDs to pay for all their rides on the Ola platform, the company said in a release. While making payments for their Ola rides, the customer will now have an option called ‘Pay by UPI’ along with cash, debit/credit card and Ola Money wallet option. | |
| 7. 'MP e-nagarpalika' app launched Madhya Pradesh government The mobile app was launched by state Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan. This app would offer 378 services like online payment of property tax, seeking building permission, birth/ marriage/death certificates etc. It will also register complaints related to garbage, water, streetlights etc. | |
| 8.State Bank Of India (SBI) Offers VRS To Rationalise Headcount . The more than 200-year-old bank has also begun a voluntary retirement scheme to rationalise its headcount. The banks aim to merge all their databases by May 27, while a complete integration will happen in the June quarter | |
| 9. Commonwealth forestry conference begun in Uttarakhand The 5-day conference is being organized on the theme ‘Forests for Prosperity and Posterity’. The participants from 49 Commonwealth member countries will participate in the conference. The conference is being organized in coordination with the Union Ministry of Environment, Forest, and Climate Change along with Commonwealth Forestry Association of United Kingdom. | |
| 10 .Roger Federer won Miami Open 2017 Singles title. Miami Open 2017 was held in Florida, USA. A fourth straight win over Nadal was his longest winning streak in their 13-year professional rivalry which makes Federer the oldest winner of the Miami Open. The victory was Federer’s 26th ATP Masters 1000 title, only Novak Djokovic with 30 and Rafael Nadal with 28 have won more titles than Federer. | |
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