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1. First time happenings and records

  1. World’s Largest International Maritime Exercise - RIMPAC
  2. Paraguay first interim woman President - Alicia Pucheta
  3. first Indian to be honoured with the Linnean Medal in Botany - Kamaljit S. Bawa
  4. country has launched first ever guidelines for Adventure Tourism - India
  5. PM Narendra Modi has inaugurated India's first highway to be lit by solar power in - Uttar Pradesh
  6. According to UNEP, world's first fully solar energy-powered airport - Cochin International Airport
  7. Oldest Indian woman to scale Mount Everest - Sangeeta Bahl
  8. first chief financial officer (CFO) of the RBI - Sudha Balakrishnan
  9. first edition of the Global Wind Summit will be held in - Germany
  10. first female Prime Minister of Caribbean island - Mia Mottley
  11. country has hosted its first SCO anti-terrorism meeting - Pakistan
  12. first female UN political chief - Rosemary DiCarlo
  13. Inida's first national sports university will be setup in - Manipur
  14. first country to eliminate Trachoma - Nepal
  15. first female president of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) - Stacey Cunningham
  16. world record by scaling three highest mountains in a single climbing season - Nima Jangmu Sherpa
  17. India’s first copper options contracts - MCX
  18. first Polish writer to win the Man Booker International Prize - Olga Tokarczuk
  19. country will host first international tournament Since 1991 - Iraq
  20. India’s first Centre for Energy Regulation (CER) has setup in - IIT-Kanpur
  21. world’s first floating nuclear power station has unveiled in - Russia
  22. youngest women of india to scale Mt Everest - Shivangi Pathak
  23. first female director of Central Intelligence Agency - Gina Haspel
  24. first Para-National Games will be Held Under Khelo India Scheme in - Bengaluru
  25. India's first solar powered railway station - Guwahati
  26. first All-Woman Post Office Passport Seva Kendra has started its operations in - Punjab
  27. SAWEN has held its first ever meeting in india at - Kolkata
  28. country's first domestically developed aircraft carrier began sea trials - China
  29. largest remittance-receiving country in the world - India
  30. first-ever Joint Conference between Indian Customs and Department of India Posts has held in - New Delhi
  31. country has begun voting for its 1st parliamentary election - Iraq
  32. state has launched the country's first Integrated Control & Command Centre (ICCC) for all its smart cities - Madhya Pradesh
  33. India’s longest rail-cum-road bridge will be opened on - Brahmaputra
  34. city to host the first apex conference for the CEOs of Smart Cities - Bhopal
  35. first state organized census on Indus dolphins in - Punjab
  36. First state to provide digitally-signed land record receipts - Maharastra

2. Appointments

  1. Prime Minister of Guinea - Ibrahima Kassory Fofana
  2. interim Prime Minister of Pakistan - Nasir Ul Mulk
  3. New chairman of Odisha Tourism - Dilip Tirkey
  4. Chairman of the Press Council of India - C K Prasad
  5. Managing Director & CEO of Airtel Payments Bank - Anubrata Biswas
  6. Governor of Mizoram - Kummanam Rajasekharan
  7. Governor of Odisha - Ganeshi Lal
  8. Director of BHEL - Pravin L. Agrawal
  9. Chief Minister of Karnataka - H.D. Kumaraswamy
  10. Venezula's President - Nicolas Maduro
  11. president of Hockey India - Rajinder Singh
  12. chairman of Coal India - Anil Kumar Jha
  13. Chief Justice of the High Court of Manipur - Ramalingam Sudhakar
  14. Additional charge Governer of Madhya Pradesh - Om Prakash Kohli
  15. chairman of the Lalit Kala Akademi - Uttam Pacharne
  16. Vice-President of Badminton Asia Confederation - Himanta Biswa
  17. ICC chairman - Shashank Manohar
  18. new Information and Broadcasting Minister - Rajyavardhan Rathore
  19. PM of Nepal - KP Oli
  20. Head the Fifteenth Finance Commission advisory council - Arvind Virmani
  21. Sikkim Green Ambassador - Mohit Chauhan
  22. Prime Minister of Malaysia - Mahathir Mohamad
  23. Head of Google India's cloud business - Nitin Bawankule
  24. current Cabinet secretary of India - Pradeep Kumar Sinha
  25. Prime Minister of Russia - Dmitry Medvedev
  26. President of Costa Rica - Carlos Alvarado
  27. Prime Minister of Armenia - Nikol Pashinyan
  28. Russia's president for fourth term - Vladimir Putin
  29. Full-time member of the 15th Finance Commission - Ashok Lahiri
  30. Australian cricket team's head coach - Justin Langer
  31. ICICI Bank’s board as an Additional (Independent) Director - Radhakrishnan Nair
  32. Acting Governor of Manipur - Jagdish Mukhi
  33. chief coach of the Indian men's Hockey team - Harendra Singh
  34. Director General of Press Information Bureau - Sitanshu Kar
  35. Chairman of IRDAI - Subhash Chandra

3.Important Tie ups ,Agreements , acquisitions & MOU's

  1. Uttar Pradesh tied up with Ministry Of Women And Child Development - for management of Home of Widows at Sunrakh Bangar, Vrindavan
  2. IMD is teaming up with BSNL - to send extreme weather warnings to people.
  3. BCCI and UN Environment have signed - an agreement to promote ‘green' Cricket in India.
  4. NITI Aayog has signed pact with ABB - to help the country derive the benefits of latest technologies including robotics and artificial intelligence.
  5. Bharathi Airtel acquired Telenor India - clearing the last hurdle for the deal to go through.
  6. Maharashtra govt has signed a MoU with Centres Green Rating for Integrated Habitat Assessment (GRIHA) - Council to train state PWD officials to rate govt buildings.
  7. Nasa and Uber - have signed an agreement to explore putting flying taxis in the skies over US cities. Nasa will begin simulations for so-called 'urban air mobility' vehicles that also include delivery drones.
  8. Kerala signed MOU with NTPC - for increasing solar power generation
  9. India and Peru - have signed an agreement in the field of Renewable Energy at Lima, Peru.
  10. e-commerce company has purchased leading Pakistani online retailer 'Daraz' - Alibaba
  11. Google India has partnered with Andhra Pradesh State FiberNet - Limited to set up Wi-Fi stations in all the Gram Panchayats of the state. It will install 25,000 Wi-Fi hotspots by December 2018
  12. India and Guatemala - signed an agreement to boost cooperation in education sector
  13. India and Sri Lanka agreed - on cooperation on exchange of information and other aspects to tackle smuggling of drugs in both countries
  14. NITI Aayog and IBM - have signed a Statement of Intent (SoI) to develop a crop yield prediction model using Artificial Intelligence to provide real-time advisory to farmers in Aspirational Districts
  15. Cognizant acquired privately-held Belgium based Hedera Consulting - will strengthen the former's consulting and digital transformation capabilities for clients in Belgium and the Netherlands

4. Recent summits/inaugurations/ festivals/melas

  1. state has launched 'Paree Pain Katha Tiye' child sexual abuse awareness campaign - Odisha
  2. third Home Affairs Dialogue between India and U.K. has held in - New Delhi
  3. company has launched Swadeshi Samriddhi SIM cards in alliance with BSNL - Patanjali
  4. film actor Akshay Kumar launched the twin pit toilet technology campaign in - New Delhi
  5. 4th International Yoga Day celebrations will be held in - Uttarakhand
  6. NIC has launched its fourth data center in - Bhubaneswar
  7. india has launched its second IT corridor in - China
  8. country will host World Environment Day 2018 celebrations - India
  9. 3rd Mission Innovation Ministerial Meeting has held in - Sweden
  10. six-day ASEAN India Film Festival has begun in - New Delhi
  11. the Rashtriya Sanskriti Mahotsav has held in - Uttarakhand
  12. country will host the ASEAN India Film Festival - India
  13. 13th meeting of the standing committee of Inter State Council is being held in - New Delhi
  14. 5th India-CLMV Business Conclave has held in - Cambodia
  15. Narendra Modi laid the foundation stone for overhauling the closed Sindri Fertilizer plant in - Jharkhand
  16. Emergency summit of Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) has held in - Turkey
  17. country has held 26th BASIC Ministerial Meeting on Climate Change - South Africa
  18. World Health Assembly 2018 has held in - Geneva
  19. Narendra Modi has started 330 megawatt Kishanganga hydropower station in - Jammu & Kashmir
  20. 15th Meeting of the Cultural Ministers of the SCO Member States has held in - China
  21. Workshop on Challenges and Opportunities of Arbitration in SAARC region has held in - New Delhi
  22. Prime Minister has laid the foundation stone of 'Zojila Tunnel' in - Jammu & Kashmir
  23. international rail coach expo has held in - Chennai
  24. 2-day regional conference on "Physical and Social Infrastructure for Regional Development" has inaugurated in - Guwahati
  25. meeting of stakeholders on 'Samarth' – Scheme for Capacity Building in Textile Sector has held in - New Delhi
  26. Ram Nath Kovind has inaugurated the Global Exhibition on Services-2018 in - Mumbai
  27. UNDP will set up a skill development centre in - Hyderabad
  28. city will be held 2019 Climate Summit - New York
  29. inaugural session of the Indian Pavilion at the Cannes Film Festival 2018 has held in - France
  30. state has inaugurated the it’s biggest solar power plant - Arunachal Pradesh
  31. U.S.- India Aviation Summit has Held in - Mumbai
  32. 6th US-India Aviation Summit has inaugurated by Suresh Prabhu in - Mumbai
  33. 2018 World Robot Conference (WRC) will be held in - Beijing
  34. 15th Asia Media Summit (AMS) has begun in - New Delhi
  35. country will host 2021 Champions Trophy - India
  36. 3rd edition of UNPCAP has inaugurated in - New Delhi
  37. country will host the 15th Asia Media Summit in - India
  38. International Children’s Theatre Festival held in - Kolkata
  39. the Skill India has Organized 'Ajeevika And Kaushal Vikas Mela' in - Bhubaneswar
  40. the HPCL has launched home-delivery of diesel in - Mumbai
  41. Union Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment organised a Cochlear Implant Awareness Programme has held in - Haryana
  42. 4th Regional Conference on 'Futuristic, Resilient and Digital Infrastructure' has held in - Bengaluru
  43. 9th India Japan Energy Dialogue has held in - New Delhi
  44. 12th informal meeting of SAARC Finance Ministers has held in - Manila
  45. 65th National Film Awards 2018 ceremony has begun in - New Delhi
  46. ‘Vibrant North East 2018' has held in - Guwahati
  47. India is organising a five-day cultural festival to commemorate the 157th birth anniversary of Rabindranath Tagore in - Egypt
  48. 4th Regional Conference of AIIB has held in - Bengaluru
  49. Pakyong airport will become 100th functional airport, it situated in - Sikkim
  50. India- South Africa Business Summit has concluded in - Johannesburg
  51. 9th India Japan Energy Dialogue has held in - New delhi

5. Prestigious Award winners

  1. international award, in the best caricature category - Thomas Antony
  2. most valuable firm in the world - Apple
  3. International Cricketer of the Year Award in Ceat Cricket Rating awards for 2017-18 - Virat Kohli
  4. According to UNEP, world's first fully solar energy-powered airport - Cochin International Airport
  5. indian cricker has awarded most inspiring icon of the year for Social Welfare - Yuvraj Singh
  6. Formula Junior Racing Series (FJRS) 2018 Championship winner - Bala Prasath
  7. Maneka Gandhi has conferred Nari Shakti Puraskar to all the six members of - INSV Tarini
  8. first Polish writer to win the Man Booker International Prize - Olga Tokarczuk
  9. Highest civilian award of West Bengal, the Banga Bibhushan 2018 Winner - Asha Bhosle
  10. European Golden Shoe for the fifth time winner - Lionel Messi
  11. best director award at the 2018 Cannes film festival - Pawel Pawlikowski
  12. Bollywood actor honoured by European Union for strengthening Europe-India cultural ties - Amitabh Bachchan
  13. Company has won S&P Platts Global Metals Award in CSR category - National Mineral Development Corporation
  14. Word popular as the acronym for five traditional and complementary systems of medicine - AYUSH
  15. TITAN Reginald F Lewis Film Icon Award winner - Sridevi
  16. France's player of the year - Neymar
  17. Shri Jayadev Rastriya Yuva Pratibha Puraskar 2018 Winner - Anindita Anaam
  18. Swachh Bharat scheme, city emerged as the cleanliest city in India - Indore
  19. Swara Mauli award winner - Lata Mangeshkar
  20. state's Agricultural University has bagged an award for excellence in research on seed technology - Tamil Nadu
  21. prestigious KISS Humanitarian Award 2018 winner - Muhammad Yunus
  22. Forbes 2018, list of the world's most powerful people topper - Xi Jinping
  23. WBC Asia Boxer of the Year Award winner - Neeraj Goyat
  24. According to World Leaders on Facebook, most liked world leader on Facebook - Narendra Modi
  25. 26th PC Chandra Puraskaar Award winner - Asha Bhosle

6. Missiles & Exercises launched by various countries

  1. Organization has launched two new Earth science satellites for NASA and five Iridium Next communications satellites into orbit - SpaceX
  2. Indian Navy has Commissioned 4th Ship Of Landing Craft Utility MK-IV in - Port Blair
  3. joint military exercise between India and Nepal - SURYA KIRAN-13
  4. Country has launched Queqiao satellite to explore dark side of Moon - China
  5. Organization has launched its OS-X rocket recently - OneSpace
  6. 3 Indian warships namely - INS Sahyadri, INS Shakti & INS Kamorta entered into Tien Sa Port, Vietnam on May 21
  7. India has test- fired BrahMos successfully from - Odisha
  8. organization's latest planet-hunting satellite has successfully completed a lunar flyby - NASA
  9. Army has finalised a mega 15,000 crore rupees project under which a range of ammunition for its critical weapons and tanks will be produced indigenously.
  10. First defence ship by private company ICGS Vikram under 'Make in India' has docked in - Mangalore Port
  11. Harimau Shakti 2018 - between Indian and Malaysian Armies concluded with a closing ceremony at the rainforests of Hulu Langat
  12. Organization has launched most powerful Falcon 9 rocket - SpaceX
  13. Vijay Prahar Exercise Of Indian Army has concluded in - Rajasthan
  14. Country has launched a hyperspectral imaging satellite for comprehensive observation of the atmosphere - China
  15. ISRO - has developed an atomic clock that will be used in navigation satellites to measure precise location data.
  16. country has has launched a new communication satellite “APSTAR-6C” - China
  17. India and the US held their third maritime security dialogue in - Goa
  18. India and Pakistan will be part of a multi-nation counter-terror exercise in - Russia

7. Financial Affairs

  1. World Bank has signed a $500 million loan agreement with india for additional financing for PMGSY
  2. World Bank has signed USD 21.7 Million Loan for the Strengthening of Public Financial Management in Rajasthan Project
  3. first chief financial officer (CFO) of the RBI - Sudha Balakrishnan
  4. SIDBI inked pact with CSC - for financial support to village level entrepreneurs
  5. Non executive chairperson of Dena Bank - Anjali Bansal
  6. Non executive chairperson of Central Bank of India - Tapan Ray
  7. Non executive chairperson of Punjab & Sind Bank - Charan Singh
  8. Managing Director & CEO of Airtel Payments Bank - Anubrata Biswas
  9. Bank of Baroda has launched its first integrated SME Loan Factory in - Gurgaon
  10. The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has slapped a penalty of ₹ 50 million on South Indian Bank Limited for non-compliance with the directions issued by it
  11. Himachal Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir, Haryana and Uttarakhand agreed to implement the ambitious national health protection mission (NHPM).NHPM aims to provide an annual coverage of Rs 5 lakh per family.
  12. The World Bank (WB) is going to provide Bangladesh with a grant to meet the basic needs of around one million Rohingyas who fled from Myanmar.
  13. Govt has initiated action for removal of Allahabad Bank CEO Usha Ananthasubramanian & 2 executive directors of Punjab National Bank following CBI’s first charge sheet in the $2 billion fraud at PNB.Ananthasubramanian was the MD & CEO of Punjab National Bank from 2015 to 2017.
  14. Paytm - introduced automatic recurring payments
  15. Payments Bank has launched a suite of digital products - Fino Payments Bank
  16. largest remittance-receiving country in the world - India
  17. A parliamentary panel headed by Murali Manohar Joshi will study the recovery of black money & performance of public sector banks.30-member Estimates Committee has decided to study a host of subjects related to various ministries in the year 2018-19.
  18. US-based retail giant Walmart has confirmed that it will buy 77% stake in India's largest e-commerce startup Flipkart for $16 billion.
  19. Reserve Bank of India (RBI) - announced that it would buy Rs. 10,000 crore ($1.50 billion) of government bonds via open market operation (OMO), after failing to sell all the debt it had offered to bidders.
  20. World Bank & India - signed $200million loan agreement for POSHAN Abhiyaan
  21. India has requested Asian Development Bank - to expand its sovereign and non-sovereign operations in the country by providing financial assistance worth $4 billion a year.
  22. government will provide over 1 lakh shallow tubewells to farmers to double their income - Assam

8. Recent Obituaries

Urmila Singh Former governor of Himachal Pradesh
Pandurang Phundkar Maharashtra Agriculture Minister
Philip Roth novelist
Madala Ranga Rao film Producer
Yaddanapudi Sulochana Rani Telugu Novelist
Reggie Lucas Musician
Nandram Das Bairagi Hindi film lyricist
B. N. Vijay Kumar Bharatiya Janata Party MLA from Jayanagar
Arun Date Marathi singer
Kottayam Pushpanath novelist

9. G.D.P forecast of India by various organisations

Moody's Investors (May 2018 )
  • 2018-19 : 7.3 PERCENT
  • 2019-20 : 7.5 PERCENT
FITCH RATINGS (May 2018)
  • 2017-18 : 6.7 PERCENT
  • 2018-19 : 7.3 PERCENT
NITI Aayog (May 2018)
  • 2017-18 : 6.6 PERCENT
  • 2018-19 : 7.5 PERCENT
ASIAN DEVELOPMENT BANK (May 2018)
  • 2016-17 : 7.1 PERCENT
  • 2017-18 : 6.7 PERCENT
  • 2018-19 : 7.3 PERCENT
  • 2019-20 : 7.6 PERCENT
UNITED NATION (May 2018 )
  • 2017-18 : 7.1 PERCENT
  • 2018-19 : 7.6 PERCENT

10. India rank in different global indexes

  1. Largest solar market in the world (May 2018) - 3 rd rank
  2. rank of india in Asia-Pacific On Power Index (May 2018) - 4 th rank
  3. World's largest military spender index (May 2018) - 5 th rank
  4. World's wealthiest countries index (May 2018)- 6 th rank
  5. Business optimism index (May 2018) - 6th rank
  6. Global FDI Confidence Index (May 2018) - 11 th rank
  7. World Economic Forum's global Competitiveness index (May 2018) - 44 th rank
  8. healthcare access quality Index 2018(May 2018) - 145 th rank

11. Recently released Books

1. Karma Yatri

Written by : Ameya Latkar
Details : Karma Yatri is a biography of former Gujarat Chief Minister Anandiben Patel. The book is written by Ameya Latkar

12. Important Committies

1 B N Srikrishna Committee It is for framing new data protection norms for India
2 Randeep Guleria Committee Fifteenth Finance Commission has constituted a High-Level Group consisting of eminent experts from across the country to examine the strengths and weaknesses for enabling balanced expansion of Health Sector headed by AIIMS ,New Delhi Director Dr. Randeep Guleria .

13. Recently Released Apps & Schemes

1. Free Intraday Trading facility

Launched by : Kotak Securities
Purpose : Kotak Securities has unveiled 'Free Intraday Trading' facility, allowing investors to trade intra-day without paying brokerage charges

2. Livelihood and Water Security’ CSR initiative.

Launched by : YES Bank
Purpose : YES Bank is all set to roll out a capacity building project with farmers in Haryana and Rajasthan under its ‘Livelihood and Water Security’ CSR initiative.

3. Agenda 25×25

Launched by : Yes Bank
Purpose : YES Bank and YES Global Institute have launched Agenda 25×25, which pledges to create a synergetic startup environment for budding women entrepreneurs in India.

4. Kimbho App

Launched by : Patanjali
Purpose : Yoga guru Baba Ramdev's Patanjali launched a new swadeshi messaging application called 'Kimbho' to compete with WhatsApp. Kimbho caters to private and group chats with free phone and video calling.

5. PRAAPTI

Launched by : RK Singh, Minister of State for Power
Purpose : PRAAPTI that stands for Payment ratification and analysis in power procurement for bringing transparency in invoicing of generators .

6. Prakritik Kheti Khushhaal Kisaan Yojana

Launched by : Himachal pradesh
Purpose : Prakritik Kheti Khushhaal Kisaan Yojana is to promote organic farming in a big way and plans to adopt an integrated approach for promoting organic and zero budget natural farming system.

7. unique life insurance scheme for farmers

Launched by : Telengana
Purpose : Telangana government has announced a unique life insurance scheme for farmers. Under the scheme, the government will provide life insurance facility of five lakh rupees to the nominee, after the death of the insured farmer. farmers in the age group of 18 to 60 are eligible to enrol their names to get benefit from it.

8. scheme to help the landless laborers

Launched by : Maharastra
Purpose : Maharashtra Govt. has introduced a new scheme to help the landless laborers among the Scheduled Castes (SC) to acquire agricultural land.

9.Samagra Shiksha scheme

Launched by : Prakash Javadekar
Purpose : The scheme focuses on improving quality of education, enhancing the Learning outcomes and using technology to empower children and teachers.

10. VIKALP Scheme

Launched by : Indian Railways
Purpose : Indian Railways Catering and Tourism Corporation has introduced VIKALP scheme for passengers in wait-listing to provide berth in another train.Under the scheme, passengers from all classes & trains can select 5 trains, however, the scheme does not guarantee a confirmed berth.

11. My MP Rojgar Portal

Launched by : Madhya Pradesh
Purpose : It is to provide jobs to youths as per their educational qualification, skills and interest and ensure availability of able candidates to employers as per the need of their business.

12. Chatra Parivahan Suraksha Yojana

Launched by : Haryana
Purpose : State Government of Haryana is planning on launching the Haryana Chatra Parivahan Suraksha Yojana 2018-2019. And through this, the Government is hoping to take Care of the Women in the State. all the girls in the Haryana State will get Free Travelling Facility

13. FurniSure

Launched by : Flipkart
Purpose : FurniSure, a certification that assures customers quality and durability of furniture available on the e-tailer’s website.It added that this was a first-of-its-kind certification for furniture in Indian retail industry. The products that get certified would be available at the FurniSure store on Flipkart.

14. IP Nani

Launched by : Suresh Prabhu
Purpose : Union Minister of Commerce and Industry Suresh Prabhu has launched the Intellectual Property (IP) mascot 'IP Nani'.

15. Free treatment scheme

Launched by : Gujarat
Purpose : Gujarat government will today launch free treatment scheme for the road accident victims. Under this scheme, Gujarat government will bear medical expenses of up to 50,000 rupees for each victim of road accident in the state for the first 48 hours.

16. Rythu Bandhu Scheme

Launched by : Telengana
Purpose : Under the scheme, the farmers will get ?4,000 each an acre in the Kharif and Rabi seasons to take care of the credit needs ahead of the farm seasons.

17. Digital India Internship Scheme

Launched by : Union Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad
Purpose : Under this scheme, 25 interns will be inducted for a period of three months. Briefing media, the minister said, these interns will be paid a stipend of 10 thousand rupees per month.

18. Go to Village mission

Launched by : Manipur
Purpose : Manipur Chief Minister N. Biren Singh launched 'Go to Village' mission throughout the state of Manipur. The mission was launched on May 2 in 60 villages of all the 60 Assembly constituencies.

19. MahaVedh’ App

Launched by : Maharastra
Purpose : to provide weather-related information to farmers

20. eOffice System

Launched by : Hyderabad city police
Purpose : Hyderabad city police launched the ‘eOffice’ System in the city Police Commissionerate office as a citizen-friendly initiative.

14. Miscellaneous & Sports affairs

. Union minister Harsh Vardhan said that Centre is making efforts to ensure that all vehicles in the country run on electricity by 2030.
. 31 May is observed as the World No Tobacco Day 2018, World Health Organization and partners mark World No Tobacco Day (WNTD). The theme of World No Tobacco Day 2018 is Tobacco and heart disease.
. Top Indian discus thrower Vikas Gowda today retired after competing at the highest level for more than 15 years
. Haryana Government has constituted the State Animal Welfare Board for Animal Welfare.
.Ireland has voted overwhelmingly in a referendum to overturn the abortion ban.Result was a landslide 66.4% 'yes' vote against 33.6% who voted 'no' .
.International Day of UN Peacekeepers is observed across the world on May 29, with an aim to honour more than 3700 peacekeepers who have lost their lives while serving the United Nations since 1948, including 129 who died in 2017.The theme of the International Day of UN Peacekeepers 2018 is UN Peacekeepers: 70 Years of Service and Sacrifice.
. Daniel Ricciardo keeps cool in stricken car to win Monaco Grand Prix.ebastian Vettel finishes second, with Lewis Hamilton third
.Chennai Super Kings has won Vivo IPL 2018 trophy . CSK become the first team to beat a side four times in a single season
. Real Madrid has lifted Champions Trophy defeating Liverpool 3-1 in Kiev, Ukraine.
.The Telangana government has enhanced the retirement age limit for teaching professors of state health department from 58 to 65.
.The nation is remembering first Prime Minister Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru on his 54th death anniversary
.Netherlands has become the 64th signatory member of the International Solar Alliance. PM Modi noted that the first Indo-Dutch Centre of Excellence CoE in Vegetables had started in Baramati, Maharashtra
. United Arab Emirates Cabinet has approved a plan to allow foreign investors to own 100% of UAE-based businesses by end of 2018
. Star South African batsman AB de Villiers has announced his decision to retire from international cricket with immediate effect. In his 14-year career, he played 114 Tests, 228 One-Day Internationals (ODI) and 78 T20 Internationals.
. The Indian women's hockey team failed in a bid to defend it's Asian Champions Trophy title, narrowly going down to hosts South Korea 0-1 in the final at the Sunrise Stadium
. The International Day for Biological Diversity is observed across the world on May 22, with an aim to raise awareness about the conservation of biodiversity.
. Karma Yatri is a biography of former Gujarat Chief Minister Anandiben Patel. The book is written by Ameya Latkar
. Rafael Nadal will head to Roland Garros as the new world No. 1 after he claimed a record-extending eighth Italian Open title
.Thomas cup Badminton tournament is starting in Thailand, Bangkok from Sunday. India has been clubbed with Australia, France and heavyweights China in Group A.
. Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath today announced the Shahi Snan days of Akharas during next year’s Allahabad Kumbh
. Guatemala has opened an embassy in Jerusalem two days after the U.S. moved its embassy to the contested capital city.
. The Union Environment Ministry launched the Green Skill Development Programme (GSDP) with an aim to train over 5.5 lakh workers in environment and forest sectors in the country.
. The World Health Organization (WHO) has launched a comprehensive plan to eliminate industrially-produced artificial trans fats from the global food supply by 2023.
. The International Day of Families is observed on the 15th of May every year.This year (2018), the theme for the event is ‘Families and inclusive societies’.
. Indian Shooter Heena Sidhu clinched the gold medal while compatriot P Shri Nivetha settled for bronze in the women's 10m air pistol at the International Shooting Competitions of Hannover, Germany.
. Mercedes’ Lewis Hamilton has extended his lead at the summit of the Formula One championship after a crushing win at the Spanish Grand Prix.
. Australia unveiled a US$34-million plan to help bring its koala population back from the brink, following a rapid decline in the furry marsupial's fortunes
. India will establish a Marine Observation System Along the Indian Coast (Mosaic). At least six observatories - three along the east coast and and an equal number along the west coast - will be established
. The Indian Army has tested in the desert terrain of Rajasthan the military concept of Air Cavalry.The Air Cavalry concept was used by the US Army to locate and assault enemy ground forces during the Vietnam War.
. International Nurses Day is celebrated every year on May 12 with a view to create awareness among the public about the role and responsibilities of nurses.This year the theme of the day is Nurses: A voice to lead – Health is a Human Right
. National Technology Day is being celebrated in the country today. On this day in 1998, India successfully tested its nuclear bombs in Pokhran, Rajasthan.
. The birth anniversary of the Nobel laureate Rabindra Nath Tagore is being celebrated on 9th May . Rabindra Jayanti is popularly called Poncheeshe Boishakh and being celebrated ceremoniously and jauntiness all across West Bengal and Bangladesh.
. The Swedish Academy has postponed the 2018 Nobel Prize in Literature following sex-abuse allegations and other issues within its ranks that have tarnished the body's reputation.
. Indian Athletes have won 11 gold, 10 silver and 3 bronze medals in the South Asian Junior Athletics Championships in Colombo. Arshdeep Singh provided India the first gold medal of the day in the junior men's javelin throw event.
.Government has doubled the investment limit to Rs 15 lakh under the Pradhan Mantri Vaya Vandan Yojana (PMVVY) pension scheme and extended the subscription period by two years till March 31, 2020
.Every year, 3 May is a date which celebrated as the World Press Freedom Day to evaluate press freedom around the world.. This year’s global theme for WPFD is ‘Keeping Power in Check: Media, Justice and The Rule of Law’.
.Delhi and Varanasi are among the 14 Indian cities that figured in a list of 20 most polluted cities in the world in terms of PM 2.5 levels in 2016, according to the data released by the WHO.
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