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1. All electric cars to have green

number plates

The Union Government has asked state

transport departments to ensure that all battery-operated vehicles (both existing

and new) have green number plates

immediately.

In August 2018, the road transport ministry

had introduced the new number plate for all

battery-operated or electric vehicles (EVs).

The transport ministry‟s missive to states is

aimed at indicating that the government is

serious about pushing green mobility across

the country.

The government has done away with permits

for vehicles running on battery and other

alternative sources of fuel like methanol and

bio-fuel.

2. India Ratings & Research Lowers

Growth Forecast For 2019-20 To

7.3%

India Ratings & Research (A Fitch Group

Company) has lowered the country‟s growth

forecast for the current fiscal to 7.3%,

(earlier projection of 7.5 %).

The agency has listed three key reasons for

lowering its projection.

Prediction of lower-than-normal monsoon for

2019 and the continued agrarian distress.

The loss of momentum in the industrial

output growth, especially manufacturing and

electricity, is likely to hurt growth.

The slow progress in cases referred to the

National Company Law Tribunal under the

Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016, for

resolution of the non-performing assets of

the banking sector becoming a long-drawn-

out process.

3. Meghalaya: GSI North Eastern

Region installed geological

display boards at Mawmluh

cave, Therriaghat

In Meghalaya, the Geological Survey of

India (GSI) North Eastern Region (NER)

installed two geological display boards at

two important geological sites in the State


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with geo-scientific information which will

help in creating awareness among visiting

tourists, students and the general public.

The boards are unveiled at Mawmluh cave

and Therriaghat, Sobhar in East Khasi Hill

District.

Mawmluh cave made headlines earlier as

high resolution stable isotopic studies of

the stalagmites from the cave have shown

that there was a major climatic event about

4200 years ago.

4. India 4th Biggest Military

Spender in 2018: SIPRI report

According to the latest report from

the Stockholm International Peace

Research Institute(SIPRI), India was the

world‟s fourth biggest military spender in

the year 2018 behind the United States,

China, and Saudi Arabia.

The global military spending is 2.1% of the

world GDP.

The US spending went up by 4.6% to reach

USD 649 billion in 2018.

China went 5% more to reach USD 250

billion, which is 10 times higher than the

amount spent by Beijing in 1994.

India accounts for 3.7% of the global

defence spending.

5. Former ISRO Chairman awarded

France‟s highest civilian honour

Mr. A S Kiran Kumar (Former ISRO

chairman) was conferred with France‟s

highest civilian honour, Chevalier de

l‟Ordre national de la Legion d‟Honneur.

He was awarded for his contribution to

India-France space cooperation.

Kumar was the chairman of the Indian Space

Research Organisation (ISRO) from 2015 to

2018.

Currently, He holds the Chair of the ISRO

Committee on Earth Observation Satellites.

6. Government and IIT-Delhi to set

up a Centre of Excellence for

waste to wealth technologies

The Govt of India and Indian Institute of

Technology Delhi (IIT) Delhi have signed a

Memorandum of Understanding in New

Delhi for setting up a Centre of Excellence

for Waste to Wealth Technologies, to

commemorate the 150th birth anniversary of

Mahatma Gandhi.

The partnership will provide an effective

platform for stakeholders to bring together

integrated approaches for effective

recycling, reuse and resource recovery of

waste.


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7. The Netherlands becomes the

third largest foreign direct

investor in India

The Netherlands has emerged as the third

largest foreign direct investor in India

during 2017-18, with investments pegged at

about USD 2.67 billion across sectors.

The Netherlands was also the second largest

destination for foreign investment by Indian

companies, after Singapore, with

investments worth USD 12.8 billion in 2017.

The objective of the dialogue was to

strengthen the business partnership

between India and the Netherlands in times

of rapid technological changes.

The Indian School of Business (ISB),

Hyderabad, and the Netherlands Business

Support Office in Hyderabad jointly

organised the „Dutch-India Dialogue on

Trade & Technology‟ in connection with the

National Day celebrations of the

Netherlands.

8. Environment Ministry Constitutes

Committee to implement National

Clean Air Programme

The Union Environment Ministry has

constituted a committee to implement the

National Clean Air Programme (NCAP),

which aims to reduce particulate matter (PM)

pollution by 20%-30% in at least 102 cities

by 2024.

The committee will be chaired by the

Secretary, Union Environment Ministry. It

would be headquartered in New Delhi.

9. Foreign exchange reserves rise by

4.3 Billion

According to RBI data, the country's foreign

exchange reserves soared by USD 4.368

billion to USD 418.515 billion in the week to

April 26.

Foreign currency assets rose by USD 4.387

billion to USD 390.421 billion.

According to the data Gold reserves

remained unchanged at USD 23.303 billion.

The special drawing rights with the

International Monetary Fund was down by

USD 5.9 million to USD 1.449 billion.


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The country's reserve position with the Fund

also declined USD 13.6 million to USD 3.341

billion.

Foreign exchange reserves (FX reserves) are

the foreign currencies held by a country's

central bank.

They are also called foreign currency reserves

or foreign reserves.

Reserves are held in one or more reserve

currencies, mostly the United States dollar and

to a lesser extent the Euro.

10. Indian Navy launches fourth

Scorpene class submarine

Indian Navy‟s fourth stealth Scorpene class

Submarine Vela of Project 75 has been

launched at the Kanhoji Angre Wet Basin of

Mazagon Dock Limited (MDL) in Mumbai,

Maharashtra.

The submarines are being built at Mazagon

Dock Limited, with the main collaborator

being M/s Naval group, France.

The submarine has been named „Vela‟ after

an earlier submarine, which was the lead

submarine, of the erstwhile Vela class, the

second batch of the Foxtrot class

submarines acquired from erstwhile USSR.

INS Vela was first commissioned on

31st August 1973 in the Indian Naval service

and continued to serve for 37 years.

11. Chandrayaan-2 to be launched

in July this year

According to ISRO (Indian Space Research

Organisation), India's second lunar mission

Chandrayaan-2 will be launched on a day

between 9 and 16 July this year.

Chandrayaan-2‟s lander will touch down

near the Moon's south pole on 6th

September.

The National space agency said

Chandrayaan-2 will have three modules in

it, an orbiter, a lander named Vikram and a

rover known as Pragyan.

Chandrayaan-2 will be launched using

India's most powerful rocket GSLV-Mark-3

12. 158th birth anniversary of Tagore

being celebrated

The158th birth anniversary of Gurudev

Rabindra Nath Tagore is celebrated all

over West Bengal


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Rabindra Nath Tagore reshaped Bengali

literature and music, as well as Indian

art with Contextual Modernism in the

late 19th and early 20th centuries.

The West Bengal Government has

organised a special musical programme in Kolkata to pay tributes to Gurudev

Tagore.

Rabindranath Tagore was the Author of

the "profoundly sensitive, fresh and

beautiful verse" of Gitanjali.

He became in 1913 the first non-European

to win the Nobel Prize in Literature.

His compositions were chosen by two

nations as national anthems: India's Jana

Gana Mana and Bangladesh's Amar Shonar

Bangla. Tagore is sometimes referred to as "the

Bard of Bengal".

13. IIT-B researchers develop

„Made in India‟ microprocessor

Engineers from the Indian Institute of

Technology Bombay (IIT Bombay) have

developed a microprocessor called AJIT, the

first to be conceptualised, designed,

developed and manufactured in India.

It can be used inside a set-top box, as a

control panel for automation systems, in a

traffic light controller or even robotic

systems.

The project was funded by the Ministry of

Electronics and Information Technology

(MeitY) and IIT Bombay.

14. National Technology Day being

celebrated in India

The „National Technology Day‟ is

observed every year on the 11th of May in

India, acting as a reminder of the

anniversary of Shakti.

On May 11, 1998, India successfully test fired the Shakti-I nuclear missile at the Indian

Army's Pokhran Test Range (in Rajasthan) in

an operation led by aerospace engineer and late President Dr APJ Abdul Kalam.

India conducted five underground nuclear

tests at Pokhran test range in Rajasthan, on

11th and 13th of May in 1998.

The first nuclear test Pokhran with a

codenamed as „Smiling Buddha‟ was carried

out in May 1974.

15. DRDO conducts a successful

flight test of ABHYAS

Defence Research and Development

Organisation (DRDO) conducted a successful

flight test of ABHYAS - High-speed Expendable

Aerial Target (HEAT) from Interim Test Range,

Chandipur in Odisha.


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The flight test was tracked by various RADARS

and Electro Optic Systems and proved its

performance in a fully autonomous waypoint

navigation mode..

The performance of the system was as per

simulations carried out and demonstrated the

capability of ABHYAS to meet the mission

requirement for a cost-effective High-speed

Expendable Aerial Target.

16. Young Scientist Programme

'Yuvika2019' inaugurated

The Young Scientist Programme

„Yuvika2019‟ was inaugurated by Indian

Space Research Organisation (ISRO)

Chairman Dr K Sivan, through video mode

in Bengaluru.

The two-week residential summer vacation

programme spread over four ISRO centres

in Bengaluru, Thiruvananthapuram,

Ahmedabad and Shillong are attended by

110 students.

The participants will be visiting the

spaceport of India, Satish Dhawan Space

Centre in Shri harikota during this

programme.

17. India to co-chair Consultative

Group (CG) of Global Facility for

disaster reduction & recovery

India has been unanimously chosen as co-chair of the Consultative Group (CG)

of Global Facility for Disaster Reduction

and Recovery (GFDRR) for the fiscal year

2020.

It is a grant-funding mechanism, managed

by the World Bank, that supports disaster

risk management projects worldwide.

India‟s candidature was backed by its

consistent progress in disaster risk

reduction in the country and its initiative to

form a coalition on disaster resilient

infrastructure.

GFDRR is a global partnership that helps

developing countries better understand

and reduce their vulnerability to natural

hazards and climate change.

India became a member of CG of GFDRR in

2015 and expressed its interest to co-chair

during the last meeting of the group held in

October 2018.


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18. Election Commission curtails

campaigning in West Bengal

Election Commission curtailed the

campaigning in the West Bengal

state following Kolkata violence.

Campaigning for the seventh and last phase

of Lok Sabha elections in West Bengal will

end at 10 PM tonight.

According to Deputy Election

Commissioner Chandra Bhushan Kuma, for

the first time, such an action (Article 324)

has been taken using constitutional powers

of the poll panel.

Nine Lok Sabha seats in West Bengal will go

to polls in the last phase on Sunday.

The Commission also ordered the removal

of State's Principal Secretary (Home) Atri

Bhattacharya and Additional Director

General, CID, Rajeev Kumar from their

posts.

19. MoU signed for plantation of

Rudraksha Trees in Uttarakhand

As a part of CSR initiative under

the Namami Gange Programme,

Memorandum of Understanding (MoU was

signed between National Mission for Clean

Ganga, HCL Foundation and INTACH for

taking up a project of Plantation of

Rudraksha Trees in Uttarakhand

The project aims at planting 10 thousand

Rudraksha trees in the catchment area of

river Ganga in Uttarakhand in association

with the local community and other

stakeholders.

It will also help in generating income for

people residing in those areas.

Namami Gange Mission aims at providing

comprehensive and sustainable solutions

for a cleaner ecosystem along the stretch of

97 towns and over 4 thousand 4 hundred

villages on the Ganga stem.

20. Sikkim celebrates its

foundation day

On 16th May 1975, Sikkim became a part of

Indian state after the 36th Constitutional

Amendment.

During the British rule in India, the kingdom

of Sikkim enjoyed a sovereign status with

British protectorate against the neighbouring countries Nepal and China.

This „subordinate alliance‟ with the British

was carried on by the newly formed Indian

government after 1947.

21. 16th May: National Dengue

Day


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The Government of India (GoI) has

declared 16th May as National Dengue

Day to mark the toll from the deadly

disease „Dengue‟ (transmitted by the bite of

Aedes mosquito).

The day has been taking in terms of lives

and to reaffirm nationwide efforts to tackle

the scourge by using both education and

medical intervention.

Dengue is a viral disease which includes

symptoms such as high-grade fever 2 to 7

days and headache, vomiting, muscle and

joint pains, and a characteristic skin rash.

22. Paytm launches Credit Card in

partnership with Citi Bank with

Universal Unlimited Cashback

Indian digital wallet company Paytm has

tied up with American card company

Citibank to launch a credit card called

„Paytm First Card‟.

The card will offer minimum assured one

per cent “universal unlimited cashback” on

all transactions to customers along with no

restrictions on earning categories.

Paytm First Card will have an annual fee of

Rs. 500, with the facility of a full waiver of

annual fee on spends exceeding Rs 50,000

per year.

It is the first card of its kind card launched

in India by Citi as well as the first white-

label credit card to offer unlimited one per

cent cash-back.

23. NSG commandos summit Mt

Everest in maiden attempt

Commandos of the premier counter-terror

force National Security Guard (NSG) scaled

the Mount Everest (world‟s highest peak) in

their maiden attempt.

A seven-member team of NSG, led by Lt Col

J P Kumar, successfully unfurled the Indian

flag at the 8,848-metre tall peak. The NSG commando team was flagged off

by Home Secretary Rajiv Gauba on March

29 from New Delhi.

This is the first expedition of the NSG to the

Mount Everest and the force has been

preparing for it since 2017.


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24. International Army Games to

be held in India for the first time

in Rajasthan

India will host a part of the International

Army Games at Jaisalmer to promote

cordial relations with the participating

countries (from 24 July to 17 August 2019).

The event will witness the participation of

the Mechanised Infantry Scout Teams of

eight countries including Russia who is the

founding member of this format of

International Army Games.

International Army Games is an

international military sports event

organised by the Ministry of Defense of the

Russian Federation since 2015 and is

participated by around 32 countries.

The 2019 event will be held in 32 disciplines

and hosted by 10 countries including

Russia, India, China, Azerbaijan, Armenia,

Belarus, Iran, Mongolia, Uzbekistan and

Kazakhstan.

25. Govt plans introducing

artificial intelligence system in

MCA 21 portal

The Union government has planned to

introduce artificial intelligence system in the MCA 21 portal as it seeks to make the

compliance process easier as well as ensure

routine enforcement activities are done

round-the-clock on autopilot basis.

MCA 21 is the electronic backbone for the

dissemination of information to all

stakeholders, including the regulator,

corporates and investors.

All filings under the company‟s law are

submitted to the ministry through this portal.

According to the Ministry of Corporate Affairs Secretary Injeti Srinivas, the

ministry would like to introduce Artificial

Intelligence in MCA 21 when version 3 of the

portal is rolled out in about a year's time.

26. India-Singapore Naval drill

begins in the South China Sea

The Navies of India and Singapore are

participating in the annual maritime

bilateral exercise „SIMBEX-19‟ in the South

China Sea.

According to the Indian Navy, Various

maritime combat exercises such as firing on

aerial or surface targets, advanced aerial

tracking, coordinated targeting exercises

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and tactical exercises on the surface or air

scenarios is being conducted during the

exercise.

Naval ships INS Kolkata and INS Shakti

taking part in the bilateral naval exercise,

along with long-range maritime patrol

aircraft Poseidon-8I.

The Singapore side is being represented by

RSN ships Steadfast and Valiant, maritime

patrol aircraft Fokker-50 and F-16 fighter

aircraft.

27. Sushma Swaraj attends

SCO foreign ministers meet in

Bishkek

External Affairs Minister Sushma

Swaraj attended a two-day meeting of the

Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO)

Bishkek, in Kyrgyzstan.

During the meeting, several pressing issues

including a thread of terrorism are expected

to be discussed.

The Council of Foreign Ministers (CFM) will

exchange views on topical issues of

international and regional importance,

besides reviewing the preparation for the

SCO Summit in Bishkek from June 13-14

28. Anti-Terrorism Day observed

The nation is paying homage to former

Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi on his 28th

death anniversary.

The Anti -Terrorism Day is observed on 21st

May every year in our country to make the

people aware of the anti-social act of

terrorism and its impact on human suffering

and lives.

0n 21st May 1991 the seventh Prime

Minister Rajiv Gandhi was killed in Tamil

Nadu in a campaign by the terrorist and

then, V.P. Singh government has decided to

observe 21st May as Anti-Terrorism Day.

29. Kerala first Indian state to tap

into masala bond market

The Kerala Infrastructure Investment Fund

Board‟s (KIIFB) celebrated its debut Masala

Bond listing on the London Stock Exchange

with a special market open ceremony.

Kerala is the first Indian state to tap into the

market for masala bonds.

KIIFB (a state government agency) had

raised Rs 2,150 crore through its debut

masala bond issue.


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KIIFB plans to raise Rs 5,000 crore through

masala bonds to fund large and critical

infrastructure projects in Kerala.

Indian Rupee denominated overseas bonds

are popularly known as masala bonds

30. Indian peacekeeper to be

honoured posthumously by UN

Indian peacekeeper Police Officer Jitender

Kumar is among the 119 military, police and

civilian personnel who will be honoured

with a prestigious UN medal 2019 for

courage and sacrifice in the line of duty.

Mr. Kumar made the supreme sacrifice

while serving in the United Nations

Organisation Stabilisation Mission in the

Central African country of Congo.

He will be honoured posthumously with the

Dag Hammarskjold Medal as the world

organisation observes the International Day

of UN Peacekeepers.

31. ISRO launches earth

observation satellite RISAT-2B

Indian Space Research

Organisation (ISRO) has successfully

launched its earth observation

satellite RISAT-2B (latest radar imaging

satellite) from Satish Dhawan Space

Centre Sriharikota (90 km north of

Chennai). It will replace the RISAT-2, which was

launched in 2009.

The 615 kg satellite was released into the

orbit 15 minutes after the lift-off. RISAT-2B meant for application in fields

such as surveillance, agriculture, forestry

and disaster management support.

RISAT-2B expanded Synthetic Aperture

Radar (SAR) making it an advanced earth

observation satellite, operating in spotlight

mode, mode and mosaic mode.

32. 8th Indo- Myanmar

Coordinated Patrol begins at Port

Blair

The 8th edition of the Indo-Myanmar

Coordinated Patrol (IMCOR) is being held

at Port Blair in Andaman & Nicobar

Command (from 20-28 May 2019).

Under the program, Myanmar ships UMS

King TabinShweHtee (773) and UMS Inlay

(OPV-54) are participating in the

coordinated patrol (CORPAT) along with

Indian Naval Ship Saryu.

The ships will patrol along the International

Maritime Boundary Line (IMBL) between the


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two countries covering distance of roughly

725 kilometres in four days, augmented by

patrol aircraft from both navies.

33. Narendra Modi set to

become Prime Minister for the

second term

Narendra Modi is set to become Prime

Minister of India for the second term as

Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP) on its own has

crossed the majority figure.

The results of the Lok Sabha election 2019

will be revealed today late at night.

It is clear from the initial trends that Modi

magic remains still in the country.

Congress-led opposition crushed by the

Saffron wave.

BJP creates history, becomes the first party

to win two successive parliamentary

elections with an absolute majority.

34. 2019 Lok Sabha polls record

highest-ever voter turnout in

history

According to tentative data released by the

Election Commission (EC), the 2019 Lok

Sabha elections clocked a record turnout of 67.11%, beating the previous turnout of

65.95% notched up in 2014.

However, the over turnout in the 2009

election, which stood at 58.19 per cent.

The highest voter turnout was recorded in

the first phase when 69.61 per cent of the

electorate voted. Among the states, Himachal Pradesh

registered a turnout of 72.25 per cent,

which is 7.8 per cent higher than the 2014

polls.

35. Jagan Mohan Reddy to be

sworn in as CM of AP on May 30

In Andhra Pradesh, YSR Congress Chief

Jagan Mohan Reddy will be sworn in as

chief minister of Andhra Pradesh on 30th of

this month at Vijayawada.

Mr Jagan Mohan Reddy has announced this

following his party achieving inching

towards a landslide victory in the legislative

elections for Andhra Pradesh Legislative

assembly held on April 11th.


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36. NHA to collaborate with cancer

grid

In the first such move to bring in uniform

standards of patient care to battle cancer,

the National Health Authority (NHA) and

National Cancer Grid (NCG) have signed an

MoU under the Ayushman Bharat-Pradhan

Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana (AB-PMJAY).

The NHA and NCG will now jointly review

existing cancer treatment packages, pricing

of services, and standard treatment

workflows covered under the AB-PMJAY,

and plug-in necessary gaps to ensure

enhanced quality of cancer care.

Indu Bhushan is a Chief Executive Officer

(CEO), Ayushman Bharat PM-JAY and the

National Health Authority.

37. ADB to provide USD 750 million

loans to India for railway track

electrification project

Asian Development Bank (ADB) has signed

an agreement to provide USD 750

million equivalent in Indian rupee long-

term financing to electrify railway tracks in

India.

It is the largest single non-sovereign loan

ever committed by ADB to Indian Railway

Finance Corporation (IRFC) to fund the

railways track electrification project.

IRFC will use the proceeds from the loan to

install electric traction equipment along

about 3,378 kilometres of existing railway

lines to enable migration of passenger and

freight traffic from diesel to electric traction.

38. DRDO test fires guided bomb

from Sukhoi combat jet


Organisation (DRDO) has successfully test-

fired an indigenously developed 500 kg class guided bomb from a Sukhoi combat

jet at Pokhran in Rajasthan.

The test firing of the guided bomb came two

days after the Indian Air Force successfully

test fired the aerial version of the

supersonic BrahMos cruise missile from a

Sukhoi jet at the Andaman and Nicobar

Islands.


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39. Isro's new commercial arm

NewSpace India officially

inaugurated

NewSpace India Limited (NSIL), the

commercial arm of Indian Space Research

Organisation (Isro), was officially

inaugurated in Bengaluru on 23 May 2019.

It was inaugurated by Isro's honorary

adviser, Dr K Kasturirangan in the

presence of chairman Dr K Sivan.

Capital - NISL is provided with an

authorised share capital of Rs 100 crore

and initially paid-up capital of Rs 10 crore.

NSIL's main objective is to scale up industry

participation in Indian space programmes.

40. India on US watch list for

currency practices

The US has added India to its monitoring list

for currency practices and macroeconomic

policies, alleging undervaluation in its

currency.

The semi-annual report on the US‟ trade

partners‟ macroeconomic and foreign

exchange policies, monitors any unfair

currency practices.

The monitoring list comprises China, Japan,

Korea, Germany and Switzerland. India is

the latest addition in the report published

last month

41. India‟s economy to grow 7.5%

by 2020: OECD

According to the Organisation for

Economic Co-operation and Development

(OECD) Economic Outlook report, India's

economic growth will regain strength and

approach 7.5% by 2020 buoyed by rural

consumption and subdued inflation.

“Gross domestic product (GDP) growth in

India is projected to strengthen to close to

7.25% in FY19 and close to 7.5% in FY20,”.

The report suggested that an improved

collection of the Goods and Services Tax

(GST) and a wider base of personal income

tax will help reduce the high public debt-

to-GDP ratio

42. India stopped importing oil

from Iran after US waivers

expired: Envoy

India has stopped importing oil from Iran

after American waivers granted to eight

buyers expired early this month.

This was stated by Indian Ambassador to the

US Harsh Vardhan Shringla at a news

conference in Washington.


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With this India became the latest country to

comply with the US sanctions on Tehran over

its nuclear programme.

Indian Ambassador to the US Harsh Vardhan

Shringla said India has stopped importing oil

from Iran after the United States refused to

extend the exemption from sanctions earlier

this month.

43. Prem Singh Golay sworn in as

Sikkim Chief Minister

Sikkim Krantikari Morcha (SKM)

President Prem Singh Golay (51-years)

has sworn-in as the new Chief Minister of

Sikkim. Governor Ganga Prasad administrated

the oath of office and secrecy to Mr

Golay and his cabinet colleagues at

Palzor Stadium in Gangtok. Mr. Golay is not a member of the State

Assembly at present as he did not contest

the polls. The SKM unseated the SDF government

led by five-time chief minister Pawan

Kumar Chamling (country‟s longest-

serving Chief Minister).

44. Arunachal CM Pema Khandu

tender‟s resignation to Governor

Arunachal Pradesh Chief Minister Pema

Khandu and his Council of

Ministers resigned to Governor Dr B D

Mishra in Itanagar.

The Governor accepted the resignation and

asked Mr Khandu and the Council of

Ministers to continue until the new

government is sworn in.

BJP for the first time in the state has won 41

seats, JD(U) -7, NPP- 5, IND- 2, INC - 4 and

PPA -1 in the 60-member Arunachal Pradesh

State Assembly.

45. DRDO successfully test fires Akash-1S

surface to air defence missile system


Organisation (DRDO) successfully test fired the Akash-1S surface to air defence missile

system.

Akash-1S is a new version of the missile

which is fitted with an indigenous seeker.

The Akash surface-to-air missile was

designed to intercept enemy aircraft and

missiles from a distance of 18 to 30 km.

The Akash missile system has the capability

to neutralise aerial targets such as fighter

jets, cruise missiles and air-to-surface

missiles as well as ballistic missiles.


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46. BIMSTEC leaders invited to PM

designate Modi‟s oath-taking

ceremony

India has invited the leaders of

the BIMSTEC Member States for the

swearing-in ceremony of Prime Minister Narendra Modi on 30th May 2019 (Thursday)

evening. According to Minister of External

Affairs (MEA), Invitations have also been

sent to the current Chair of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization, Sooronbay

Jeenbekov (President of Kyrgyzstan)

and Pravind Jugnauth (Mauritius Prime

Minister). President Ram Nath Kovind will administer

the Oath of Office and Secrecy to Mr Modi

and other members of Union Council of

Ministers at a function in Rashtrapati Bhavan.

The BIMSTEC, or the Bay of Bengal Initiative

for Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic

Cooperation, member states are

Bangladesh, Myanmar, Sri Lanka, Thailand,

Nepal and Bhutan including India.

47. Saurabh Chaudhary wins 10m

Air Pistol gold in ISSF World Cup

India's Saurabh Chaudhary (17-year) has

won 10m Air Pistol Gold beating his own

World Record in ISSF shooting World Cup,

in Munich, Germany.

Mr. Chaudhary scored 246.3 bettering his

previous best of 245 points that were set in

New Delhi World Cup Shooting in February

2019.

Chaudhury has already secured a berth for

the Tokyo Olympics

48. Justice Ajay Kumar Mittal

sworn in as Chief Justice of

Meghalaya HC

Justice Ajay Kumar Mittal has been sworn

in as the Chief Justice of Meghalaya High

Court.

Governor Tathagata Roy administered him

the oath of office in a ceremony at Raj

Bhavan, Shillong.


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The Office of the Chief Justice of Meghalaya

High Court fell vacant upon the retirement

of Justice Mohammad Yaqoob Mir.

49. Goa celebrates its

statehood day

Goa celebrates its Statehood Day.

On 30th May 1987, Goa became India's 25th

state and Daman & Diu were separated from

Goa and continue to be administered as a

union territory.

Earlier, Goa was a union territory (namely,

Goa, Daman, and Diu) for all administrative

and governance considerations

50. PM Narendra Modi takes oath

for the 2nd consecutive term

Narendra Damodardas Modi was sworn-

in as the Prime Minister for the second

time at a grand and star-studded ceremony in the sprawling forecourt of Rashtrapati

Bhawan.

During the ceremony, Apart from PM Modi, 57 ministers administered the oath of

office and secrecyby President Ram Nath

Kovind

There are 24 cabinet ministers including

Rajnath Singh, BJP President Amit Shah,

Nitin Gadkari, D V Sadanand Gowda, an,

Ram Vilas Paswan,, Narendra Singh Tomar,

Ravi Shankar Prasad, Harsimrat Kaur Badal,

Thanwar Chand Gehlot, Ramesh Pokhriyal,

Arjun Munda, Smriti Irani, Harsh Vardhan,

Prakash Javadekar, Piyush Goyal,

Dharmendra Pradhan, Mukhtar Abbas

Naqvi, Prahlad Joshi, Mahendra Nath

Pandey, Arvind Sawant, Giriraj Singh and

Gajendra Shekhawat.

51. Govt making all its payments

through digital means, says

Finance Secretary

According to Finance Secretary Subhash Chandra Garg, digital technology has

enabled the people by making payments

more convenient, effective and less costly.

The government is making all its payments

through digital means and transferring the

amount to the bank account of beneficiaries.

The government is moving towards another

level of financing using new technology as

the traditional model was costlier.


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52. Song 'Hawa Aane De' launched

to spread awareness about Air

pollution

Union Environment Ministry has launched

the song 'Hawa Aane De' to spread

awareness about Air pollution.

The song was launched by Secretary,

Ministry of Environment C K Mishra ahead

of the World Environment Day on 5th of

June.

This year the theme of Environment Day is

„Air Pollution‟.

53. The United States removes

India from its Currency

Monitoring List

The US Treasury Department has removed

India as well as Switzerland from its

currency monitoring list of countries having

potentially questionable foreign exchange

policies.

Removal of India from the currency watch

list radar is a positive development, which

otherwise could have ultimately led to a tag

of being a currency manipulator.

54. Saudi Arabia lifts the export

ban on fruits and vegetable from

Kerala

Kerala's fruits and vegetable exporters

have heaved a sigh of relief following the

lifting of the export ban by Saudi Arabia

after the Nipah virus attack last year.

Kerala has received a communication in

this regard from the Saudi Arabian

authorities that has led to the

commencement of direct exports from the

state.

With the lifting of the embargo, Kozhikode

airport was alone handling 20 tonnes of

fruits and vegetables per day valued at

$50,000 to various destinations in Saudi.


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55. International Labour Day

being observed

The 'International Labour Day' is a

celebration of labourers and the working

classes, promoted by the international

labour movement, anarchists, socialists, and

communists. It takes place every year on 1st May which

also matches with the Celtic spring festival.

The day marks the victory of the workers'

movement for eight hours of work. It also

aims to pay tribute to workers sacrifices in

achieving economic and social rights all

over the world.

The theme of International Labour Day 2019 is “Sustainable Pension for all: The Role

of Social Partners".

The date was chosen for International

Workers' Day by the Second International to

commemorate the Haymarket affair, which

occurred in Chicago on 4th May 1886.

56. Japan's new Emperor Naruhito

ascends the throne

Japan's new emperor Naruhito has formally

ascended the Chrysanthemum Throne

(replacing his father) Akihito, who had

abdicated a day earlier.

Today, In a morning ceremony at the

Imperial Palace in Tokyo, today, Naruhito

became the 126th Emperor of Japan.

A new imperial era called Reiwa, which

means order and harmony, has now begun.

The emperor in Japan holds no political

power but serves as a national symbol.

57. European Union extends a ban

on selling arms to Myanmar

The European Union (EU) has extended a

ban on selling arms to Myanmar and

prolonged sanctions against high-ranking

officials till 30th April 2020 (due to

Rohingya crisis).

The sanctions include an embargo on arms

and equipment that can be used for

internal repression, an export ban on dual-

use goods for use by the military and

border guard police, and export

restrictions on equipment for monitoring

communications that might be used for

internal repression.

About 14 top military and border officials

are under individual EU sanctions - barring

them from travelling to or through the

European bloc and freezing any assets they

hold in Europe - over alleged human rights


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violations, including killings and sexual

violence.

58. The UK becomes the first

parliament to declare a climate

emergency

The UK is the first national government to

declare an environmental and climate

emergency.

The decision marks a renewed sense of

urgency in tackling climate change.

Eleven days of protests by the Extinction

Rebellion activist group caused major

disruptions in central London in recent

weeks.

There is no single definition of what that

means climate emergency but many local

areas say they want to be carbon-neutral by

2030.

59. Goldman Environmental Prize

2019

It is also known as Green Nobel Prize and

awards a Cash prize of USD 200,000.

It is an annual award established in 1989 by

U.S. philanthropists Richard and Rhoda

Goldman.

The Goldman Environmental Prize is a

prize awarded annually to grassroots

environmental activists, one from each of

the world's six geographic regions: Africa,

Asia, Europe, Islands and Island Nations,

North America, and South and Central

America.

The award is given by the Goldman

Environmental Foundation headquartered

in San Francisco, California.

60. World Bank gives 545 million

dollars for cyclone-hit southern

Africa

The World Bank will extend more than half-

a-billion dollars in grants for cyclone-

ravaged southern African countries.

A total of up to 545 million US dollar will be

disbursed to Mozambique, Zimbabwe and

Malawi - the three countries hit by Cyclone

Idai in March.

Cyclone Idai devastated the port city of

Beira and its surrounding areas when it hit

on March 14, killing more than 600 people.

Weeks later a fresh massive storm,

Cyclone Kenneth, lashed the northern

coastal regions of Mozambique which

killed 41 people.

Mozambique, which received 350 million

US dollar from the total aid, will use the

funds to rebuild water supply systems and

damaged public infrastructure.

Malawi will get 120 million US dollar while

Zimbabwe will receive 75 million US dollar


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for social welfare programmes for cyclone

victims

61. Israel honours 1971

Bangladesh Liberation War Hero

Lt. Gen JFR Jacob

Israel honoured Lt. Gen. (retd) Jack Farj

Rafael (JFR) Jacob, with a plaque on

the Wall of Honourat the Ammunition Hill.

Lt. Gen. (retd) JFR Jacob negotiated the historic surrender of Pakistani troops in

Dhaka after the 1971 Bangladesh‟s

liberation war.

Ammunition Hill was a fortified Jordanian

military post in the northern part of

Jordanian ruled East Jerusalem.

Lt. Gen. Jacob (died in 2016 at the age of 92

years) served as a Lieutenant General in

the Indian Army and later as a Governor of

two Indian states-Goa and Punjab. The Wall of Honour at the Ammunition Hill

pays tributes to the heroism and courage of

Jewish soldiers who fought in the defence

of their countries they lived in

“implementing values of bravery, loyalty,

commitment and dedication to a mission,

leadership, creativity, camaraderie and

sanctity of life”.

62. Laurentino Cortizo wins

Presidential elections of Panama

Businessman & politician Laurentino

Cortizo (66-year) has won Panama's

presidential election with 33.27% of the

vote in support.

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Cortizo was also a member of the National

Assembly between 1994 and 2004, serving

a year as chamber president.

Due to constitutional term limits, Outgoing

President Juan Carlos Varela is ineligible

for a second consecutive term.

As the presidential election in Panama

does not have run-off criteria, so the

candidate with the maximum number of

votes wins the election even he does not

have 50% of the vote.

63. Stevo Pendarovski elected new

President of North Macedonia

Stevo Pendarovski (56 years) has won the

2019 Macedonian presidential elections with

51.66% vote to become the President-elect

of North Macedonia.

The president must be a citizen of North

Macedonia, be over 40 years of age and

have lived in North Macedonia for at least

ten of the previous fifteen years.


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64. Microsoft unveils tool

“ElectionGuard” for secure,

verifiable voting

Microsoft has launched a software named

“ElectionGuard” to help countries ensure

secure and verifiable voting.

The tool “ElectionGuard” will enable end-

to-end verification of elections, open results

to third-party organisations for secure

validation, and allow individual voters to

confirm their votes were correctly counted.

However, it should be noted that

“ElectionGuard” is not designed to support

internet voting and is aimed at

supplementing and improving the paper

ballot systems.

"ElectionGuard" provides each voter a

tracker with a unique code that can be used

to follow an encrypted version of the vote

through the entire election process via a

web portal provided by election authorities.

65. USAF Successfully tests Laser

System „SHiELD‟ to shoot down

missiles

The United States Air Force (USAF) has

successfully conducted the test of a laser

weapons system called the Self-Protect

High Energy Laser Demonstrator (SHiELD)

at the US Army‟s White Sands Missile range

in New Mexico.

It successfully shot down multiple air-

launched missiles while in flight.

The SHiELD is an Advanced Technology

Demonstration (ATD) Program which is

capable of shooting down multiple missiles

in flight.

It would be mounted on aircraft to

demonstrate self-defence of aircraft and

protect the fighter jets against surface-to-

air (SAM) and air-to-air (AAM) missiles

attack.

66. 5th United Nations Global Road

Safety Week

The Fifth United Nations (UN) Global Road

Safety Week is being held from 6 to 12

May 2019.

The theme for the weekly event in 2019 is

“Leadership for road safety”.

The UN Global Road Safety Weeks and its‟

campaigns are coordinated by United

Nations Road Safety Collaboration, chaired

by the World Health Organization (WHO).

67. Australian flight Carrier

Qantas operates the 'world's

first' zero waste flight


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The Australian flight carrier „Qantas‟ has

operated the world‟s first zero-waste

commercial flight from Sydney to Adelaide.

„Qantas‟ disposed of all waste through

compost, reuse or recycle.

The Australian airline Qantas has planned

to eliminate 100 million single-use plastics

by the end of 2020 and reduce 75% of

airline‟s waste by the end of 2021

68. NASA to crash spacecraft into

an asteroid in 2022

The US space agency „NASA‟ revealed its

plan to hit a small moonlet target in a

double asteroid system with a spacecraft in

2022.

It is its first mission to demonstrate a

planetary defence technique. The Double Asteroid Redirection

Test (DART) will get one chance to hit its

target.

The asteroid, called Didymoon or Didymos

B, is a moon asteroid around 150 meters tall

orbiting a larger body Didymos A.

69. Novak Djokovic wins 2019

Madrid Open title

Top seed Novak Djokovic of Serbia has

won the 2019 Madrid Open title at the Park

Manzanares in Madrid, Spain.

He defeated Tsitsipas (Greece) 6–3, 6–4 in

the final.

Djokovic tied Nadal's record with 33

Masters 1000 singles titles.

Dutch Kiki Bertens beat two-time Madrid

Open champion Simona Halep (Romania)

6-4, 6-4 to take the women's title.

The 2019 Madrid Open is a professional

tennis tournament (sponsored by Mutua)

played on outdoor clay courts at the Park

Manzanares in Madrid, Spain (from 3 May–

12 May 2019).

It is classified as an ATP World Tour

Masters 1000 event on the 2019 ATP World

Tour and a Premier Mandatory event on the

2019 WTA Tour.

70. 12th May: World Migratory

Bird Day

The World Migratory Bird Day (WMBD) is

being observed across the world on the

second weekend in May to raise awareness

and highlight the need for the protection of

migratory birds and their habitats.


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This year, WMBD is being observed on

12th May.

It has a global outreach and is an effective

tool to help raise global awareness of the

threats faced by migratory birds, their

ecological importance, and the need for

international cooperation to conserve

them.

71. 12th May: International Nurse

day

International Nurses Day (IND) is an

international day celebrated around the

world on 12th of May every year to mark

the birth anniversary of Florence

Nightingale.

Florence Nightingale (the foundational

philosopher of the modern nursing) was

born on 12th of May in 1820.

The theme of 2019 is “Nurses – A Voice to

Lead – Health for All."

72. WTO ministerial meeting of

developing countries begins in

Delhi

The World Trade Organisation (WTO)

ministerial meeting of developing

countries has begun in New Delhi.

The Two-day meeting will provide an

opportunity for the Ministers to discuss

various issues and the way forward.

Sixteen developing countries and six Least

Developed Countries (LDCs) are

participating in the meeting.

The Director-General of WTO Roberto

Azevedo is also participating in the

meeting.

The meeting is an effort to bring together

the developing and the Least Developed

Countries on one platform to share

common concerns on various issues

affecting the WTO and work together to

address the issues.

73. World‟s 1st complete parent-

wise genome for buffaloes

developed

The National Dairy Development

Board (NDDB) has developed the world‟s

first complete parent-wise genome assembly called “NDDB_ABRO_Murrah”

of riverine buffaloes.

This comes after the successful launch of

INDUSCHIP, a customized genotyping chip

for indigenous cattle and their crosses.

Buffaloes contribute more than 50% to the

total milk production in India which is the

world‟s largest milk producer.

The development of genome assembly will

help in improving the genetics of the

buffaloes and enhancing their productivity

further.


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74. Actress Dia Mirza appointed as

SDGs advocate by UN

Indian actress Dia Mirza (38-years) has

been named as one of the 17 advocates for

the ambitious Sustainable Development

Goals (SDGs) by United Nations.

The new group of „SDG Advocates‟

appointed by UN Secretary-General

Antonio Guterres.

It will be committed to raising awareness,

inspiring greater ambition and pushing for

faster action on the SDGs, which were

adopted by world leaders on September 25,

2015.

The SDG Advocates will be co-chaired by

Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo (President

of Ghana) and Erna Solberg (Prime Minister

of Norway).

Jack Ma (Alibaba Group founder and

Executive Chairman) has been an SDG

Advocate since 2016.

75. World‟s 1st Exclusive Women‟s

cricket magazine „Criczone‟

released

The world‟s first exclusive women‟s cricket

magazine „Criczone‟ was released with

Indian team vice-captain Smriti Mandhana

featuring as the cover story.

It is a one-stop solution, exclusively

dedicated to providing updates, articles,

news, interviews, etc. from the world of

women‟s cricket. Publisher of the magazine „Criczone‟ is

Yash Lahoti.

76. 17 developing countries call

for strengthening WTO

Seventeen developing countries have

stressed on working collectively to

strengthen the World Trade Organisation

(WTO) to promote development and

inclusivity for the benefits of all members.

The countries include Egypt, Barbados,

Jamaica, Malaysia, India, Indonesia and

South Africa.

According to the document, the process of

WTO reform must keep development at its

core, promote inclusive growth and fully

take account the interests and concerns of

developing members.

The member nations who signed the

document also pitched for filling vacancies

in WTO's appellate body saying that the

current impasse could completely paralyse

the dispute settlement mechanism.

The developing nations also agreed to

consult with developing members on

various issues of common interest.

77. 17 May: World

Telecommunication and

Information Society Day


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The World Telecommunication and

Information Society Day (WTISD) is

observed every year on 17th May to mark

the anniversary of the signing of the first

International Telegraph Convention (ITC)

and the creation of the International

Telecommunication Union (ITU).

The WTISD raise awareness of the

possibilities that the use of the Internet and

other information and communication

technologies (ICT) can bring to societies

and economies, as well as of ways to

bridge the digital divide. The 2019 theme of WTISD is “Bridging the

standardization gap”.

78. China blocks all language

editions of Wikipedia

China has broadened its block of online

encyclopedia Wikipedia to include all

language editions.

According to a report by the Open

Observatory of Network Interference

(OONI), China has started blocking all

language editions of Wikipedia last month.

China's online censorship apparatus 'Great

Firewall' blocks a large number of foreign

sites in the country, such as Google,

Facebook and The New York Times.

Wikipedia is a multilingual online

encyclopedia with exclusively free content

based on open collaboration through a

model of content editing using web-based

applications such as web browsers, called

wiki.

79. 2020 United Nations Ocean

Conference to be held in Lisbon

The second edition of the United Nations

Ocean Conference will be held in Lisbon,

Portugal in early June 2020.

United Nations Ocean Conference will

support the sustainable use of the oceans,

seas and marine resources,

The first edition was held in the United

States in 2017.

The theme of the 2020 conference will be-

Scaling up ocean action based on science

and innovation for the implementation of

Goal 14: stocktaking, partnerships and

solutions.


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80. Taiwan becomes the first

country in Asia to legalise same-

sex marriage

Taiwan has approved a bill legalizing same-

sex marriage, a landmark decision that

makes the self-ruled island the first place in

Asia to pass gay marriage legislation.

The successful bill includes limited

adoption rights for same-sex couples.

81. Cricket World Cup 2019 teams

to have dedicated anti-corruption

Officer

The International Cricket Council has

appointed a dedicated anti-corruption officer

attached with all the 10 participating teams to

deliver a corruption-free tournament.

The officials will be assigned to a team from

the warm-up matches to the end of the

competition, staying in the same hotel as the

players and travelling with them to training

and matches.

Prior to this, ICC‟s Anti-Corruption Unit had

anti-corruption personnel deployed at each

venue.

82. Rafael Nadal clinches Italian

Open 2019 Tennis title

Spain‟s Rafael Nadal (defending

Champion) has clinched the Italian Open

2019 Tennis titleafter beating

Serbian Novak Djokovic 6-0, 4-6, 6-1 in the

final in Rome. This is Nadal's ninth Italian Open title

and 81st title in his career.

Nadal also broke a tie with Djokovic by

claiming a record 34th ATP Masters 1000

crown. In Women's single, Czech's Karolina

Pliskova registered two straight-set

victories against Britain's Johanna Konta 6-3,

6-4 to claim the Italian Open title.

83. Saudi Arabia approves

permanent residency for the first

time

The Saudi government has approved for

the first time a scheme that gives permanent


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residency to certain expatriates, allowing

them to own real estate in the kingdom and

reside with their families without a Saudi

sponsor.

The decision aimed at attracting long-term

investments as the government tries to

diversify the economy and boost domestic

spending. The "Privileged Iqama" system will offer a

permanent residence scheme and one that

can be renewed annually to highly skilled

expatriates and owners of capital funds.

The decision will attract more investors and

entrepreneurs to Saudi Arabia to help drive

private sector growth and expand

employment opportunities for Saudis.

84. Volodymyr Zelenskiy takes

oath as Ukraine's new President

In Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelenskiy (41-years)

took oath as the country's new President.

Mr. Zelenskiy announced the dissolution of

the parliament in his speech.

The election was expected to take place in

October 2019.

Zelinskiy became Ukraine's youngest post-

Soviet President after he scored a landslide

election victory against incumbent Petro

Poroshenko.

Mr Zelensky a former television star, acted

the part of the Ukrainian president in a

popular comedy series. He scored a

landslide victory in last month's presidential

election.

85. 22 May: International

Day for Biological Diversity

The United Nations (UN) has proclaimed

22nd May „The International Day for

Biological Diversity‟ (IDB) to increase

understanding and awareness of

biodiversity issues.

The theme of 2019 is „Our Biodiversity, Our

Food, Our Health‟.

The International Day for Biological

Diversity falls within the scope of the UN

Post-2015 Development Agenda's

Sustainable Development Goals.

86. Kids Right Index 2019: India

Ranks 117

India ranks at low at 117th position out of

181 countries in the KidsRight Index.

India has a score of 0.64 out of 1 in the

overall category.

Around 45 per cent of children in our

country are malnourished and India spends


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only 1.2 per cent of its GDP on health and

3.7 per cent on education, when the

international standard on education is 6 per

cent.

Iceland secured the top position in the

index with a score of 0.967, followed by

Portugal with a score of 94.8.

KidsRight Index is an annual global index

which ranks how countries adhere to and

are equipped to improve child rights.

Countries are judged on five indicators: the

right to life, right to education, right to

health, right to protection and enabling

environment for child rights.

87. South Africa: Cyril Ramaphosa

re-elected as president

South African lawmakers have re-elected

Cyril Ramaphosa as the president of the

country.

Members of Parliament from the African

National Congress have chosen the head of

state in the parliament's first post-election

sitting.

The party won 230 out of 400 seats in the

election on May 8.

The African National Congress party won

the ballot with 57.5 per cent of the vote, its

thinnest majority since the end of apartheid.

Cyril Ramaphosa will be sworn in on

26th May 2019.

88. British PM Theresa May

announces resignation, to step

down on 7 June

British Prime Minister Theresa May

announces resignation from her post. She

will resign on 7 June.

Her announcement triggers the start of a

contest to replace her as Conservative

leader and Prime Minister.

Ms May failed to win over her ministers with

a revised strategy to withdraw Britain from

the European Union.

May's departure will deepen the Brexit

crisis as a new leader is likely to want a

more decisive split, raising the chances of a

confrontation with the European Union and

a snap parliamentary election.

89. WHO declares Algeria,

Argentina malaria-free

The World Health Organization (WHO)

declared Algeria and Argentina as malaria-

free, with no recorded cases of indigenous

transmission of the disease since 2013 and

2010 respectively.


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Contracted through the bite of an infected

mosquito, malaria remains one of the

world‟s leading killers. It accounted for an

estimated 219 million cases from 87

countries and over 400,000 related deaths

in 2017.

Over 60 per cent of fatalities were among

children under five years, and caused

266,000 of all malaria deaths worldwide,

according to WHO's World malaria report

2018.

Malaria parasite was first discovered in

Algeria by French physician Charles Louis

Alphonse Laveran in 1880

90. ICC launches criiio campaign

on eve of men's World Cup

ICC (International Cricket Council) has

launched the criiio campaign on the eve of

the men‟s World Cup.

According to ICC, fans to join the social

cricket tribe by sharing pictures and videos

of where and how they play cricket across

the world using the newly launched hashtag #criiio and visiting the site criiio.com.

ICC Men's Cricket World Cup brings

together the best ten teams and players in

the world

91. World No-Tobacco Day is

being observed

World No-Tobacco Day (WNTD) is

observed every year across the world on

31st May.

This day highlights the health risks

associated with consumption of all forms of

tobacco and advocating for effective

policies to reduce tobacco consumption.

The focus of World No Tobacco Day 2019 is on "tobacco and lung health."

http://criiio.com/

KNOV SHE

SERUICE Introducing all the 26 services one gets

on qualifying UPSC Civil Service

Examination


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Indian P&T Accounts & Finance Service (IP&TAFS)

The Indian Post &

Telecommunication Accounts and

Finance Service (IP&TAFS) is a

Group „A‟ service which was

constituted in 1973. This service

provides accounting and financial

services to the Indian posts and

telecommunications departments.

This is one of the services that a candidate who clears the UPSC civil services can

be recruited into. This article talks about the functions, training and career

prospects/hierarchy of the IP&TAFS officers.

https://byjus.com/ias/upsc-syllabus/


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Functions

1. Assessing and collecting the License Fee and the Spectrum usage charges

from the telecom licensors.

2. Conducting spectrum auction.

3. Making of policies in the departments of telecom and posts.

4. Managing finances in the departments of telecom and posts.

5. Conducting internal audits in the departments of telecom and posts.

6. Accounting in the departments of telecom and posts.

7. Managing pensions in the departments of telecom and posts, MTNL and BSNL.

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