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The Most Important Current Affairs May 2019

Madrid Open 2019: Complete List of Winners Australia Demi Schuurs
The 2019 Madrid Open (sponsored by Mutua) is a Ashleigh Barty (Netherlands)
professional tennis tournament played on outdoor
clay courts at the Park Manzanares in Madrid, Spain.
CEAT Cricket Rating Awards 2019 Announced:
Winners of 2019 Madrid Open:
Complete List of Winners
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Event Winner Runner-Up CEAT Cricket Rating (CCR) Awards 2019 were
No
announced in Mumbai. Here is the complete list of
Men’s Novak Djokovic Stefanos Tsitsipas winners of CEAT Cricket Rating Awards 2019:
1.
singles (Serbia) (Greece)
Sl.
Wome Category Winner
Kiki Bertens Simona Halep No.
2. n’s
(Netherlands) (Romania) International Cricketer
singles 1. Virat Kohli
and Batsman of the Year
Diego
Jean-Julien Rojer International Bowler of the
Men’s Schwartzman 2. Jasprit Bumrah
(Netherlands) Year
3. doubl (Argentina) and
and Horia Tecau
es Dominic Thiem International Test Cricketer Cheteshwar
(Romania) 3.
(Austria) of the Year Pujara
Hsieh Su-wei International ODI
Wome Gabriela 4. Rohit Sharma
(Chinese Taipei) Cricketer of the Year
n’s Dabrowski (Can
4. and Barbora
doubl ada) and Xu International T20 Player of
Strýcová (Czech 5. Aaron Finch
es Yifan (China) the Year
Republic)
Outstanding Performance Kuldeep
6.
Italian Open 2019: Complete List of Winners of the Year Yadav
The 2019 Italian Open was a professional tennis International T20 Bowler of
7. Rashid Khan
tournament played on outdoor clay courts in Rome, the Year
Italy. It was the 76th edition of the Italian Open. Lifetime Achievement Mohinder
Winners of 2019 Italian Open: 8.
Award Amarnath
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Event Winner Runner-Up Domestic Player of the Ashutosh
No 9.
Year Aman
Men’s Rafael Novak Djokovic
1. International Woman Smriti
singles Nadal(Spain) (Serbia) 10.
Cricketer of the Year Mandhana
Karolina
Johanna Junior Cricketer of the Yashasvi
Women’s Pliskova 11.
2. Konta (United Year Jaiswal
singles (Czech
Kingdom)
Republic)
Juan Sebastián Raven Klaasen Oman Author Jokha Alharthi Wins Booker
Cabal and (South Africa) International Prize
Men’s
3. Colombia and Michael An author from Oman, Jokha Alharthi has won
doubles
Robert Farah Venus (New the prestigious Man Booker International
(Colombia) Zealand) Prize for “Celestial Bodies”, the story of three sisters of a
Victoria Anna-Lena desert country confronting its slave-owning past and a
Women’s
4. Azarenka Grönefeld complex modern world. Jokha Alharthi, the first
doubles
(Belarus) and (Germany) and Arabic-language writer to take the prize, will split the
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50,000 pounds or 64,000 US dollar purse with her UK- • Arvind Sawant – Heavy Industries and Public
based translator, Marilyn Booth. Enterprise
• Giriraj Singh – Animal Husbandry, Dairying,
and Fisheries
Union Cabinet Ministers Portfolio 2019: Complete • Gajendra Singh Shekhawat – Jal Shakti
List MINISTERS OF STATE (INDEPENDENT CHARGE)
Here’s the full list of the Union Council of Ministers and • Santosh Kumar Gangwar – Labour and
their portfolios, under the Modi Government 2.0. Employment
Narendra Modi – Personnel, Public Grievances and • Rao Inderjit Singh – Statistics and Programme
Pensions; Department of Atomic Energy; Department Implementation; Planning
• Shripad Yesso Naik – Ayurveda, Yoga and
of Space; all important policy issues; and all other
Naturopathy, Unani, Siddha and
portfolios not allocated to any minister Homoeopathy (AYUSH); MoS Defence
CABINET MINISTERS • Dr. Jitendra Singh – Ministry of Development of
• Rajnath Singh – Defence North Eastern Region; MoS PMO; Personnel,
• Amit Shah – Home Affairs Public Grievances, and Pensions; Department
• Nirmala Sitharaman – Finance; Corporate of Atomic Energy; Department of Space
Affairs • Kiren Rijiju – Youth Affairs and Sports; MoS
• Subrahmanyam Jaishankar – External Affairs Minority Affairs
• Nitin Gadkari – Road Transport and Highways; • Prahalad Singh Patel – Culture; Tourism
Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises • Raj Kumar Singh – Power; New and
• DV Sadananda Gowda – Chemical and Renewable Energy; MoS Skill Development
Fertilizers and Entrepreneurship
• Ram Vilas Paswan – Consumer Affairs, Food • Hardeep Singh Puri – Housing and Urban
and Public Distribution Affairs; Civil Aviation; MoS Commerce and
• Narendra Singh Tomar – Agriculture and Industry
Farmers Welfare; Rural Development; • Mansukh L Mandaviya – Shipping; MoS
Panchayati Raj Chemicals and Fertilizers
• Ravi Shankar Prasad – Law and Justice; MINISTERS OF STATE
Communications; Electronics and Information • Faggansingh Kulaste- Steel
Technology • Ashwini Kumar Choubey – Health and Family
• Harsimrat Kaur Badal – Food Processing Welfare
Industries • Arjun Ram Meghwal – Parliamentary Affairs;
• Thawarchand Gehlot – Social Justice and Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises
Empowerment • General (Retd) VK Singh – Road Transport and
• Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank – Human Resource Highways
Development • Krishan Pal – Social Justice and Empowerment
• Arjun Munda – Tribal Affairs • Danve Raosaheb Dadarao – Consumer
• Smriti Irani – Women and Child Development; Affairs, Food, and Public Distribution
Textiles • G Kishan Reddy – Home Affairs
• Dr. Harsh Vardhan – Health and Family • Parshottam Rupala – Agriculture and Farmers
Welfare; Science and Technology; Earth Welfare
Sciences • Ramdas Athawale – Social Justice and
• Prakash Javdekar – Environment, Forest and Empowerment
Climate Change; Information and • Sadhvi Niranjan Jyoti – Rural Development
Broadcasting • Babul Supriyo – Environment, Forest and
• Piyush Goyal – Railways; Commerce and Climate Change
Industries • Sanjeev Kumar Balyan – Animal Husbandry,
• Dharmendra Pradhan – Petroleum and Dairying, and Fisheries
Natural Gas; Steel • Dhotre Sanjay Shamrao – Human Resource
• Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi – Minority Affairs Development; Communications; Electronics
• Prahlad Joshi – Parliamentary Affairs; Coal; and Information Technology
Mines • Anurag Singh Thakur – Finance; Corporate
• Mahendra Nath Pandey – Skill Development Affairs
and Entrepreneurship • Angadi Suresh Channabasappa – Railways

• Nityanand Rai – Home Affairs • Pratap Chandra Sarangi – Micro, Small and
• Rattan Lal Kataria – Jal Shakti; Social Justice Medium Enterprises; Animal Husbandry,
and Empowerment Dairying and Fisheries
• V Muraleedharan – External Affairs; • Kailash Choudhary – Agriculture and Farmers
Parliamentary Affairs Welfare
• Renuka Singh Saruta – Tribal Affairs • Debasree Chaudhuri – Women and Child
• Som Parkash – Commerce and Industry Development
• Rameswar Teli – Food Processing Industries
Banking/Insurance Current Affairs first time that the rural development bank
Bharti AXA General Insurance tied up with launched a fund of its own.
financial marketplace Wishfin’s insurance arm Bank credit grew by 13.2% in the financial year
Wishpolicy, to offer two-wheeler insurance to 2018-19 as compared to 10.3% in the previous
customers via WhatsApp. This service option is an financial year, mainly aided by loans to services
instant and additional customer service option for and retail sector. Deposit growth also gained
policyholders. momentum, growing by 10% as compared to 6.7%
SBI moved to a new interest rate regime on large a year ago.
savings account deposits as well as short-term ICICI Bank announced the launch of a co-
loans. SBI linked its interest rate on savings account branded multi-currency card with online travel
with a balance above Rs1 lakh and short-term booking portal Goibibo. The card also includes
loans like overdraft and cash credit facility to RBI’s benefits of up to Rs20,000, including gift vouchers
repo rate, effective 1 May 2019. of Rs15,000 from Goibibo.
LIC Housing Finance (LIC HFL) launched ‘Udyam’, RBI imposed a monetary penalty of Rs1 crore on
a skilling center in Bengaluru. It was launched in Nainital Bank for its failure to fully automate
association with Lok Bharti Education Society, the the non-performing asset (NPA)identification
implementing partner. process, despite specific directions issued in this
RBI slapped a monetary penalty on five pre-paid regard.
payment instrument issuers including Vodafone m- RBI released a vision document ‘Payment and
pesa and Phonepe, for violating regulatory Settlement Systems in India: Vision 2019 – 2021’,
guidelines. A penalty of INR 3.05 crore imposed on with its core theme of ‘Empowering Exceptional E-
Vodafone m-pesa and INR 1 crore each on Mobile payment Experience’ for ensuring a safe, secure,
Payments, PhonePe, and G.I. Technology Private convenient, quick and affordable e-payment
Ltd. system.
RBI decided to enhance the housing loan limits for Small Industries Development Bank of India (SIDBI)
Regional Rural Banks (RRBs) and Small Finance put together a pilot scheme to extend financial
Banks (SFBs) for eligibility under priority sector assistance of up to Rs10 crore to new-age fintech
lending. Henceforth, housing loans given by RRBs non-banking finance companies
and SFBs to individuals up to INR 35 lakh in (NBFCs) engaged in financing small businesses
metropolitan centers (with population of 10 lakh and other income-generating activities.
and above) and INR 25 lakh in other centers, The SBI announced a strategic partnership with the
provided the overall cost of the dwelling unit in the FMCG arm of The Art of Living – Sri Sri Tattva. Under
metropolitan centers and at other centres does this partnership, YONO users can avail a discount
not exceed INR 45 lakh and INR 30 of 15% on the entire range of products offered by
lakh, respectively, will be eligible for classification Sri Sri Tattva
under priority sector lending. RBI announced that it will allow large modern
India Ratings downgraded the YES bank’s long- currency chests to increase the service charges on
term rating to ‘IND AA-’ with a negative outlook, cash deposited by non-chest bank branches from
while reaffirming short-term rating. ICRA also the existing rate of Rs5 per packet of 100 pieces to
downgraded the long-term ratings of the lender. a higher rate subject to a maximum of Rs8 per
The National Bank for Agriculture and Rural packet.
Development (NABARD) announced Rs 700-crore Corporation Bank launched ‘Corp SME Suvidha’, a
venture capital fund for equity investments in product for GST-registered MSMEs. The product
agriculture and rural-focused startups. NABARD is designed as part of the bank’s efforts to provide
contributing to other funds till now and this is the the best products to the MSME sector.

RBI stated that all non-deposit-taking non-banking 2018. The latest WPI print was also lower than 3.18%
financial companies (NBFCs) with an asset size recorded in March this year. Build up inflation for
of Rs 5,000 crore and above, and all deposit-taking the financial year so far was 0.75%, lower than
NBFCs irrespective of their asset size, have to 0.86% in the corresponding period of the previous
maintain a liquidity buffer in terms of a Liquidity year.
Coverage Ratio (LCR). According to the Ministry of Commerce &
Indian Overseas Bank (IOB) announced that it has Industry data, India’s overall exports, combining
launched ‘Bank on Wheels’ facility in 14 of its lead Merchandise and Services, in April 2019 is
districts in Tamil Nadu and Kerala, besides estimated to be around 44 billion US dollars with a
Vijayawada. The mobile van facility enable the positive growth of 1.34% over April 2018. Overall
public, especially senior citizens, conveniently get imports in April 2019 is estimated to be around 53
door-step banking facility available at identified billion dollars with a positive growth of 4.5% over
locations of the lead districts. the corresponding period of 2018.
RBI extended timings for customer transactions in The Trump administration removed India from its
the Real Time Gross Settlement (RTGS) system currency monitoring list of major trading partners,
to 6:00 pm from 4:30 pm. The new time window for citing certain developments and steps being
RTGS come into effect from 01st June 2019. The taken by New Delhi addressing some of its major
customer is charged a ‘time-varying charge’ on concerns. Switzerland is the other nation that
each outward transaction in addition to the flat removed from the list.
processing charge. The fee for transfers between 8 The country’s median GDP is forecast at 7.1% for
am to 11 am is nil, from 11 am to 1 pm is Rs 2, and Financial Year 2020 and 7.2% for Financial Year
from 1 pm to 6 pm is Rs 5. 2021. The industry body FICCI’s economic outlook
Corporation Bank launched ‘SMESuvidha’ survey stated that the minimum and maximum
scheme to provide loans to the GST-registered growth estimate stood at 6.80% and 7.3% for 2019-
MSMEs at affordable interest rates. The product is 20.
designed as a part of the lender’s efforts to
improve service and provide the best products to
the MSME sector.
RBI constituted a six-member committee headed
by TN Manoharan, Chairman, Canara Bank on the
Development of Secondary Market for Corporate
Loans to come up with recommendations to
increase the efficiencies of the debt market and
aid in the resolution of stressed assets.
Economy Current Affairs

India Ratings & Research (A Fitch Group
Company) lowered the country’s growth forecast
for the current fiscal to 7.3%, from the earlier
projection of 7.5 %. Business Current Affairs
Netherlands emerged as the third largest foreign Markets regulator SEBI directed National Stock
direct investor in India during 2017-18, with Exchange to pay more than Rs625 crore in the
investments pegged at about $2.67 billion across case of misuse of its co-location facility. The
sectors. The Netherlands was also amount, if considered with simple interest, would
the second largest destination for foreign come to little less than Rs1,000 crore. If it involves a
investment by Indian companies, after Singapore, compound interest, the fine could amount to
with investments worth $12.8 billion in 2017. around Rs1,300 crore.
The Asia-Pacific region s expected to grow Paytm launched a recurring payment service for
at 5.7% in 2019. According to the bank’s Asian merchants that are working on a digital
Development Outlook 2019 report released in subscription model. The move allow the
April, developing Asia which comprises 45nations subscription-based businesses to collect payments
ranging from China to Tuvalu is projected to grow from their subscribers effortlessly.
by 5.7% in 2019. Facilities management provider UDS acquired
Wholesale Price Index (WPI)-based inflation a majority stake in Matrix Business Services, which
for April eased to 3.07%, from 3.62% in April operates in the business assurance and

background verification segment. This acquisition help the customers to use BSNL high-speed internet
includes buying out the entire 19.77% stake of services on WiFi.
Kotak Mahindra Investments and 2.67% of Reliance Industries toppled state-owned Indian Oil
Mahindra & Mahindra Contech. Corporation (IOC) to become the country’s
Iraq becomes India’s top crude oil supplier for the biggest company by revenue. The Mukesh
second consecutive year, meeting more Ambani-led conglomerate, in the 2018-19 fiscal
than one-fifth of the country’s oil needs in the 2018- year that ended March 31, reported a turnover of
19 fiscal year. According to data collected by Rs 6.23 lakh crore.
the Directorate General of Commercial Social media giant Facebook apparently formed
Intelligence and Statistics, Iraq sold 46.61 million a new financial tech firm, Libra Networks LLC,
tonnes of crude oil to India during April 2018 and in Geneva, Switzerland. Libra Networks was
March 2019. registered in Geneva by Facebook Global
Huawei Technologies Co overtook Apple Inc to Holdings II LLC.
claim the No. 2 spot in smartphones making in the Ride-hailing company Ola launched Ola Money
first quarter, moving a step closer to its avowed SBI Credit Card in partnership with SBI Card, one of
ambition of displacing Samsung at the top of the India’s largest credit card issuers.
market. HDFC group overtaken the 151-year-old Tata
Global card payments group to emerge as India’s most valuable by way
brand Mastercard announced its plan of of market capitalization (m-cap). The combined
investing $1 billion in India operations over the market value of the five listed companies of
period of next 5 years. About $350 million of the the HDFC group – HDFC, HDFC Bank, HDFC Life,
total amount would be invested in setting up HDFC Asset Management and Gruh Finance stood
a localpayments processing center as per the at Rs 11.66 lakh crore.
RBI’s mandate to store all payments data locally.
Sunil Mittal led telecom major Bharti Schemes/Committees/ Portals/ Apps/ Missions
Airtel and Hughes Communications India Launched by the Union & State Govt.
(HCIL) have decided to combine their VSAT (Very The Union Environment Ministry constituted a
Small Aperture Terminal) satellite communications committee to implement the National Clean Air
operations in India. Programme (NCAP), which aims to reduce
Reliance Industries Ltd. (RIL) acquired British toy particulate matter (PM) pollution by 20%-30% in at
retailer ‘Hamleys’ in an all cash deal. RIL acquired least 102 cities by 2024. The committee will be
Hamleys in 67.96 million pounds (about Rs. 620 cr). chaired by the Secretary, Union Environment
Facebook chosen London as the centre for the Ministry.
global roll-out of WhatsApp pay, before the social In a report submitted to the oil ministry, a high-level
media giant launches its digital payments service committee (HLC) of companies recommended
on the mobile messaging platform in India. strategies to reduce import dependency. The
BharatPe – India’s first Fintech start-up enabling committee was formed to discuss research-related
payments for merchants through interoperable UPI synergies and tax issues for state-run oil
QR codes, announced its foray into merchant companies.
services with a new app. The government constituted the Unlawful Activities
Digital payments company Paytm, in association (Prevention) Tribunal to adjudicate whether or not
with Citibank, launched its first credit card there is sufficient cause for declaring the Liberation
called Paytm First Card. Paytm First Card comes Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) as an unlawful
with unlimited cash back and will be accepted in association. The Tribunal is comprised of sitting
India as well globally. Judge of Delhi High Court Justice Sangita Dhingra
Bharti Airtel and HDFC Life Insurance have tied up Sehgal.
to offer life cover for customers who get a prepaid The website of the
recharge done. Lokpal www.lokpal.gov.in launched. It was
IT services firm Tech Mahindra and French digital inaugurated by Chairperson Justice Pinaki
content publishing firm Rakuten Aquafadas signed Chandra Ghose in presence of all the Members of
an MoU to collaborate on building enhanced Lokpal in New Delhi.
customer experience offerings.
BSNL announced that it will joined hands
with internet major Google to expand its WiFi
footprint across the country. The new initiative will

Dr. BD Mishra administered the oath of office and
secrecy to the council of ministers.
Goa celebrates its statehood day on 30th May. It
was on this day in 1987 Goa became the 25th
state of the Indian Union.2 It was a Union Territory
along with Daman and Diu from December
1961 onwards when Goa was liberated from the
colonial rule.
YSR Congress party president YS Jagan Mohan
Reddy taken oath as Chief Minister of Andhra
Pradesh. Governor ESL Narasimhan administered
him the oath of office and secrecy at Indira
Gandhi Municipal Stadium in Vijayawada.
States Current Affairs Appointments/Resignations (National & International)

Gujarat Shops and Establishments (Regulation of Senior IAS officer Dilip Kumar was appointed as
Employment and Conditions of Service) Act, the Officer on Special Duty (OSD) in the office of
2019 passed by Gujarat Assembly which came into Lokpal. Kumar, a 1995-batch IAS officer
force from May 1, 2019. The Act allow the shops of Punjab cadre, is at present joint
and other businesses in the state to operate 24×7. secretary, National Human Rights Commission.
The Chhattisgarh police for the first Former Sri Lanka captain Kumar
time inducted women commandos in the District Sangakkara named as the next President of
Reserve Guard (DRG), its frontline anti-Naxal force. Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC), becoming
Comprising 30 women led by Deputy the first non-British President of the club.
Superintendent of Police (DSP) Dineshwari Nand, BSE, formerly known as the Bombay Stock
have received extensive training in jungle combat. Exchange appointed its first independent woman
President Ram Nath Kovind greeted the people director Jayshree Vyas. BSE already has two non-
of Sikkim on their statehood day.It was on 16th executive women directors namely Usha Sangwan
May 1975 that Sikkim officially merged with the and Rajeshree Sabnavis on its Board.
Indian union and became the 22nd state of the Bhushan Patil, president at Paytm quit the
country. company. Patil, who joined Paytm after a five-year
Kerala became the first state to tap into masala stint with Alibaba, had initially joined the Noida-
bond market by listing the Kerala Infrastructure based company to look after its cross border
Investment Fund Board (KIIFB)’s masala bond commerce business.
worth of USD 312 million (Rs 2,150 crore) in London The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation hired Sanjay
Stock Exchange (LSE)’s International Securities Ubale, head of the infrastructure and urban
Market (ISM). solutions at Tata Sons, as its policy director
Meghalaya government approved setting up of a for India.
commission to look into the problem faced by Flipkart-owned fashion e-commerce
farmers. The proposal was made by the Agriculture platform Myntra announced that it had appointed
Department to set up the Farmers’ Commission in celebrity couple Virat Kohli and Anushka
line with the resolution passed at the ‘farmers’ Sharma as its first brand ambassadors.
parliament’. The Volleyball Federation of
Naveen Patnaik took oath as the Chief Minister of India appointed Serbian Dragan Mihailovic as
Odisha for the fifth time after a decisive victory in head coach of the men’s national team in a move
the state elections that were held along with linked to the long term goal of Olympic Games
national elections. The 72-year-old is the longest- qualification.
serving chief minister of the coastal state. India’s Jagjit Pavadia re-elected with the highest
Sikkim Krantikari Morcha (SKM) president Prem number of votes by the UN Economic and Social
Singh Tamang, popularly known as PS Golay took Council to a five-year term on International
oath as the Chief Minister of Sikkim. He was Narcotics Control Board (INCB), while China’s
administered the oath by Governor Ganga candidate Hao Wei lost.
Prasad at Paljor Stadium in Gangtok. Indian actress Dia Mirza and Alibaba chief Jack
Pema Khandu sworn-in as the Chief Minister of Ma are among the 17 global public figures
Arunachal Pradesh for the second time. Governor appointed by UN Secretary-General Antonio

Guterres as the new advocates to drive action announced that he is dissolving the Verkhovna
and solidify global political for the Rada, the country’s parliament.
ambitious Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). UN Secretary, General Antonio Guterres
Subh Chand, presently Deputy High Commissioner appointed Indian Army officer, Lieutenant General
in the High Commission of India, Abuja appointed Shailesh Tinaikar, as the new Force Commander of
as the next Ambassador of India to the State of the United Nations Mission in South
Eritrea. Sudan (UNMISS).
Professor Tijjani Mohammad Bande appointed as The former Maldives president Mohamed
the new President of the United Nations General Nasheed nominated as the country’s
Assembly. His appointment was announced parliamentary speaker.
by María Fernanda Espinosa Garcés, outgoing US-based retail chain Walmart appointed Suresh
president of UNGA. Kumar, an IIT Madras graduateand former Google
Mumbai municipal commissioner Ajoy executive, as chief technology officer and chief
Mehta appointed as Maharashtra’s new chief
development officer.
secretary. Ajoy Mehta succeeds UPS Madan.
LIC Mutual Fund appointed Dinesh Pangtey as The Supreme Court extended the tenure of Justice
the company’s Chief Executive Officer (CEO). VK Jain, a judicial member of the National
Pangtey was Director and CEO at LIC Group’s Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission
private equity division LIC HFL AMC. (NCDRC), which was expiring on 30th May 2019.
Merchant service and UPI payments app BharatPe The Armed Forces Tribunal cleared the way
roped in Bollywood actor Salman Khan as its brand for Vice Admiral Karambir Singh to become
ambassador.
the next Navy Chief, while it deferred for four
RBI appointed its former Deputy Governor, R
Gandhi, on the board of private sector lender YES weeks the matter of Vice Admiral Bimal
Bank as an additional director. The appointment Verma which seeks to quash Singh’s appointment.
done in exercise of powers conferred under sub-
section (1) of Section 36AB of the Banking
Regulation Act, 1949.
Ace Special Forces operative and Sri Lanka war
veteran Major General AK Dhingra appointed as
the first head of country’s first tri-services Special
Operations Division comprising commandos from
all three services.
ITC Managing Director Sanjiv Puri appointed as
the chairman by the Board of Directors. His new
designation now be chairman and managing
director.
Ujjivan Small Finance Bank Limited appointed Nitin
Chugh as its next Managing Director and Chief Sports Current Affairs
Executive Officer (CEO) from December 1, 2019. Indian shooting ace Apurvi Chandela ranked the
Jeffrey Rosen was confirmed as the United States’ world number one in the women’s 10 metres air
latest deputy attorney general by the US rifle event while compatriot Anjum Moudgil rose to
Senate after his predecessor, Rod Rosenstein, left number two after consistent performances.
the department. World number one Bajrang Punia becomes
Indonesia’s Joko Widodo re-elected as president the first Indian to win gold at the Ali Aliev wrestling
of the country, beating rival Prabowo Subianto, a tournament after defeating Viktor Rassadin
retired general. of Russia in the 65 kg freestyle in Kapiisk. He had
Centre cleared four names recommended by the also won a gold at the Asian Championships in
Supreme Court Collegium for elevation as judges Xi’an, China.
of the apex court. The four appointed judges Jaipur host the 8th Asian Youth Women Handball
are Justice Aniruddha Bose, Justice A S Bopanna, Championship in which 10 teams will be
Justice B R Gavai and Justice Surya Kant. participating. It will be played in August 2019.
Volodymyr Zelenskiy took the oath of office as Earlier Delhi had hosted it in 2015 where the hosts
the president of Ukraine and immediately India had finished 7th.

Spain and Barcelona legend Xavi Mercedes’ Lewis Hamilton won the Spanish Grand
Hernandez announced that he will retire from Prix in Barcelona, Spain and rose to the top of the
professional football at the end of the current Formula One world championship.
season. Xavi Hernandez spent 14 years in India’s Rahil Gangjee finished tied 39th while Viraj
Barcelona, where he won 35 trophies, including 8 Madappa ended tied 53rd at the Asia-Pacific
La Liga titles, before moving to Qatari club Al- Diamond Cup held in Japan. Japan’s Yosuke
Sadd. Asaji won the Asia-Pacific Diamond Cup 2019 at
Ace Indian squash players Saurav the Sobu Country Club.
Ghoshal and Joshna Chinappa won their India’s GS Lakshmi become the first ever woman to
respective Asian Individual Squash Championship be appointed to the ICC International Panel of
titles in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Saurav Ghoshal Match Referees and will be eligible to referee
defeated Leo Au Chun Ming of Hong Kong. international games with immediate effect.
Indian boxers finished with a rich haul of six China becomes the sole contender to host Asian
medals, including two gold at the 36th Feliks Cup Football tournament in 2023 after South Korea
Stamm International Boxing Tournament in announced to withdraw its bid to host the game.
Warsaw, Poland. Gaurav Solanki and Manish Ten million US Dollars or a little more than 70 crore
Kaushik bagged one gold each. Indian boxers also rupees are on offer in the upcoming ICC men’s
clinched a silver and three bronze. cricket World Cup 2019. Besides a trophy, the
Amul announced as the principal sponsor of World Cup winner earns a cash award of 4 million
the Afghanistan cricket team for the US dollars (about 28 crore rupees) which is
upcoming World Cup, slated to be held in England the highest prize money on offer in the history of
and Wales from May 30. the tournament.
Mumbai Indians became IPL champions for 2nd India Open International Boxing
the fourth time after defeating Chennai Super Tournament started in Guwahati. India field a
Kings by one run in a thrilling final in strong contingent of 38 men and 37 women in the
Hyderabad. Let’s have a look at some tournament including Mary Kom in 51-kilogram
interesting Statistics of IPL 2019: category.
1. Orange Cap- David Warner of Sunrisers The world body governing Badminton, BFA
Hyderabad scored most runs: 692 Runs in 12 launched two new formats of the
Matches. game AirBadminton and Triples with new
2. Purple Cap- Imran Tahir of Chennai Super Kings dimensions of the court and an innovative
took most wickets: 26 Wickets in 17 Matches. shuttlecock called Airshuttle. Traditional
3. Jonny Bairstow of Sunrisers Hyderabad Highest competitive badminton an indoor game.
Individual Score: 114 Runs. Germany’s double Olympic biathlon champion
4. IPL 2019’s Emerging Player of the Year Laura Dahlmeier announced her retirement at the
award: KKR’s Shubman Gill. age of just 25 after struggling with health issues. She
Former Croatia international and manager Igor won seven world championship gold medals, and
Stimac appointed as the Indian men’s team in 2018 in Pyeongchang, she became the first
coach after the All India Football Federation’s female biathlete to win both the sprint and the
(AIFF) technical committee recommended him for pursuit at the same Olympics.
the post. Brooks Koepka (of USA) returned to the top of the
Former Manchester City and Barcelona midfielder world rankings after his nerve-jangling second
Yaya Toure officially announced his retirement straight US PGA Championship victory at Bethpage
from football. Black.
Pakistan off-spinner Sana Mir becomes the most Sethu FC turned around a first-half deficit to clinch
successful women’s ODI spinner in history after she their first ever Indian Women’s League
took her 147th wicket, highest ever by any spinner trophy after defeating Manipur Police at the Guru
in One-day International (ODI) cricket. Nanak Stadium, in Ludhiana, Punjab.
Manchester City clinched their fourth Premier India bags a total of 57 medals including 12 Gold,
League title (football) after winning the 2018-19 18 Silver and 27 Bronze at India Open International
season. Manchester City registered a 4-1 victory Boxing tournament in Guwahati. MC Mary Kom,
against Brighton to accumulate 98 points, Shiva Thapa, L Sarita Devi, and Naman Tanwar won
while Liverpool, who were also in the title race, gold in their respective finals.
finished second with 97 points. China won the badminton world mixed-team
championship, Sudirman Cup 2019 in Nanning,

China. They beat Japan in men’s doubles, Mumbai. Key issues raised by RBI Governor,
women’s singles and men’s singles to clinch the Shaktikanta Das and Finance Commission
title for the 11th time. Chairman, N.K. Singh were discussed in detail at
Indians had a good day at the year’s the meeting.
third International Shooting Sport Federation Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs
(ISSF) World Cup Rifle and Pistol tournament in (CBIC) organised a 2-Day meeting of the Regional
Munich, Germany. Apurvi Chandela grabbed a Heads of Customs Administration of Asia Pacific
gold, winning the women’s 10m Air Rifle Region of the World Customs Organisation (WCO)
competition after a closely-fought contest. in Kochi. This meeting was chaired by Mr Pranab
Lewis Hamilton won the Monaco Grand Prix to Kumar Das, Chairman, CBIC.
extend his championship lead over Mercedes A WTO Ministerial meeting of developing
teammate Valtteri Bottas. Hamilton struggled with countries is being hosted by India in New
grip in the latter stages and was under constant Delhi. Sixteen developing countries, Six Least
pressure from Red Bull’s Max Verstappen. Developed Countries (LDC) (Argentina,
The ICC launched the criiio campaign on the eve Bangladesh, Barbados, Benin, Brazil, Central
of the men’s World Cup, bringing together 460 African Republic, Chad, China, Egypt,
million people playing cricket globally to Guatemala, Guyana, Indonesia, Jamaica,
celebrate the magnificent diversity of cricket. Kazakhstan, Malawi, Malaysia, Nigeria, Oman,
Chelsea got the better of its English Premier Saudi Arabia, South Africa, Turkey, Uganda) and
League rivals to win the Europa League DG, WTO participated in the meeting.
final, beating Arsenal 4-1 in the Baku Olympic United Nations General Assembly
(UNGA) decided to hold its 5-day long 2020 high-
Stadium, Azerbaijan. Chelsea won their fifth major
level conference early June in Portugal’s Lisbon
Uefa European competition final, with only to Support the Implementation of Sustainable
Liverpool winning more among eight English clubs. Development Goal 14: Conserve and sustainably
The ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup 2019 started on use the oceans, seas and marine resources for
30th May 2019. England opened the tournament sustainable development in Lisbon.
at The Oval in London when they took on South The 11th Joint Consular Committee Meeting
Africa. The World Cup span 48 matches in all, of between India and Iran took place in New
Delhi. Mr. Amit Narang, Joint Secretary (CPV) led
which 45 make up the group stage.
the Indian side, while the Iran delegation was led
by H.E. Mr. Ali Asghar Mohammadi, Director
Summits And Conferences General for Consular Affairs, Ministry of Foreign
The 16th Ministerial Meeting of Asia Cooperation Affairs of Iran.
Dialogue (ACD) was held in Doha, Qatar. Gen. (Dr) The third round of Foreign Office Consultations
V.K. Singh (Retd), Minister of State for External between India and Botswana was held in New
Affairs led the Indian delegation. The theme of the Delhi. The Indian side was led by Joint Secretary,
meeting was “Partners in Progress”. East and Southern Africa in the Ministry of External
The G7’s (Group of Seven) Environment Affairs Dr. Neena Malhotra.
Ministers gathered for a 2-day meeting External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj attended
in Metz, France to discuss on steps required to the foreign ministers’ meet of the Shanghai
handle deforestation, plastic pollution, depletion Cooperation Organization (SCO) in Bishkek, Kyrgyz
of coral reefs and ways to build pacts between the Republic. Swaraj’s Pakistani counterpart Shah
countries in order to achieve the target. Mehmood Qureshi also attended the meeting.
The IBSA (India, Brazil & South Africa) Sherpas’ The Turkmenistan-Afghanistan-Pakistan-India
Meeting, following the 9th IBSA Trilateral Ministerial (TAPI) gas pipeline meeting was held in Ashgabat,
Meeting, was held in Cochin. Secretary (Economic Turkmenistan. The groundbreaking of the TAPI gas
Relations) in the Ministry of External Affairs, Mr. T.S. pipeline will be held in Pakistan in October 2019.
Tirumurti led the Indian delegation. National Security Advisor Ajit Doval stated that
Ministry of New & Renewable Energy (MNRE) held technology play a pivotal role in guarding the
a ‘Chintan Baithak’ with the stakeholders of the borders in days to come as security challenges are
Renewable Energy sector. The ‘Baithak’ (meet) increasing day by day. Doval was addressing 17th
was chaired by Secretary, MNRE, Anand Kumar. Investiture Ceremony of Border Security Force, BSF
The 15th Finance Commission headed by in New Delhi.
Chairman, N.K. Singh held a detailed meeting with
the Governor and Deputy Governors of RBI in

Kovind administered the oath of Office and
Secrecy to him and a team of 57 ministers at a
glittering ceremony on the forecourts of
the Rashtrapati Bhawan, New Delhi.
International Current Affairs

Akihito became the first Japanese Emperor to step
down from the throne in more than 200 years. His
son, Crown Prince Naruhito ascend the
Chrysanthemum throne today, beginning a new
era. 30 April was the last day of the Heisei imperial
era.
In a huge diplomatic win for India, the United
Nations Security Council designated Pakistan-
National News based Jaish-e-Mohammed chief Masood Azhar as
India was re-elected as Observer to the Arctic a global terrorist after China lifted its hold on a
Council, an intergovernmental forum. The decision proposal to blacklist him under the Security
was taken during the 11th Arctic Council Council’s Sanctions Committee.
ministerial meeting at Rovaniemi, Finland. The UK parliament became the first national
India is unanimously chosen as co-chair of legislative body in the world to declare a climate
change emergency. The motion was approved
the Consultative Group (CG) of Global Facility for
Disaster Reduction and Recovery (GFDRR) for the without a vote and registers the views of the House
fiscal year 2020. The decision was taken during of Commons without compelling the government
the CG meeting of GFDRR held in Geneva, to act on any particular policy proposal.
Switzerland, on the margins of the 6th Session of the Russian President Vladimir Putin signed into law a
GPDRR 2019. new measure that aims to expand government
control over the Internet. It would enable the
As per Election Commission of India, the 2019 Lok
Sabha elections witnessed a voter turnout of creation of a national network, able to operate
67.10% (interim), which is the highest ever voter separately from the rest of the world.
turnout in the history of general elections. The Asian Development Bank (ADB) launched a $5
India elected to the Executive Board of the first UN- Billion Action Plan for Healthy Oceans and
Habitat Assembly, announced by Ministry of Sustainable Blue Economies for the Asia and
Pacific region at the 52nd Annual Meeting of
Housing and Urban Affairs. India elected to the
Executive Board of the first UN-Habitat ADB’s Board of Governors in Fiji.
Assembly at the Plenary Session of the Assembly A Japanese aerospace start-up Interstellar
being held in Nairobi. Technology Inc. successfully launched a first
Two women IAF officers from Punjab were part of privately developed rocket ‘Momo-3’ into space.
the country’s first all-women crew to fly a medium- The unmanned Momo-3 was launched from its test
lift helicopter Mi-17 V5. Flight Lieutenant Parul site in Hokkaido and reached about 110
Bhardwaj (Captain), Flying Officer Aman Nidhi kilometers (68 miles) in altitude before falling into
(co-pilot) and Flight Lieutenant Hina Jaiswal (Flight the Pacific Ocean after 10 minutes of flight time.
Engineer) flew the chopper, which took off from a India will be attending the Group of 7 industrialised
forward air base in South Western air command. nations meet organised by France in Biarritz in
Leaders of the Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi- August 2019 along with Australia, Chile, and South
Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation Africa.
(BIMSTEC) were invited for PM Modi’s swearing-in Vice President of India Venkaiah Naidu embarked
ceremony held on 30th May. on a four-day official visit to Vietnam to
Record 78 women candidates elected to the Lok participate in 16th United Nations Day of Vesak.
Sabha in the recently held general elections. The US Air Force Research Laboratory tested a
laser system called Self-Protect High Energy Laser
According to the Election Commission, the number
grown from the previous 62 women who were Demonstrator (SHiELD) at the US Army’s White
elected to the 16th Lok Sabha in 2014. Sands Missile range in New Mexico.
National Democratic Alliance leader Narendra Singapore’s Parliament passed a law to curb the
Modi was sworn in as Prime Minister for the second spread of fake news under which offenders may
consecutive term. President Ram Nath

face up to 10-year jail or fines of up to S$1 as South Africa’s president after being elected
million (over Rs5.12 crore). unopposed by Parliament following the sixth
The Australian flight carrier, Qantas operated the general elections.
world’s first zero-waste commercial flight from Austrian Parliament removed Chancellor
Sydney to Adelaide which disposed of all waste Sebastian Kurz from office as he lost the no
through compost, reuse or recycle. confidence in a special Parliamentary session. His
Ireland declared a climate emergency in their previous coalition ally, the far-right Freedom Party
country, to be the second country after Britain to (FPO) and the opposition Social Democrats
do so. Britain’s parliament became the first in the (SPO) backed the no-confidence motions.
world to declare a climate emergency, passing Russia launched a nuclear-powered icebreaker,
the largely symbolic motion on May 1. part of an ambitious programme to renew and
Japan started testing its fastest-ever bullet expand its fleet of the vessels in order to improve its
train capable of reaching 400 kilometers per hour ability to tap the Arctic’s commercial potential.
(249 mph) as it continues to develop the The ship, dubbed the Ural and which was floated
revolutionary mode of travel. The ALFA-X out from a dockyard in St Petersburg, is one of a
version of the Shinkansen train began three years’ trio that when completed the largest and most
worth of test runs. powerful icebreakers in the world.
The UN imposed sanctions on terror group ISIS- Scott Morrison sworn in as Australia’s Prime
Khorasan (ISIS-K) for its links with Al-Qaeda Minister, 11 days after retaining the position in the
and involvement in several attacks in Afghanistan country’s general election. Along with Deputy
and Pakistan. It is now subject to the assets freeze, Prime Minister Michael McCormack, Morrison was
travel ban and arms embargo. sworn in by Queen Elizabeth’s official
US President Donald Trump rolled out a merit- representative in Australia, Governor-General Sir
based immigration system from which foreigners, Peter Cosgrove, in the capital, Canberra.
including hundreds and thousands of Indian James Marape, a former finance minister and critic
professionals and skilled workers, waiting to get of a major global gas development deal elected
Green Cards or permanent legal residency stand by parliament as the prime minister of Papua New
to benefit. Guinea.
Taiwan approved a bill legalizing same-sex Muhammadu Buhari sworn in for a second term
marriage, a landmark decision that makes the self- as Nigeria’s president, following a campaign that
ruled island the first place in Asia to pass gay focused on tackling security threats and rooting
marriage legislation. The successful bill includes out corruption.
limited adoption rights for same-sex couples. US President Donald Trump announced tariffs on all
The Saudi government approved for the first time goods coming from Mexico in a bid to curb illegal
a scheme that gives permanent residency to immigration. From 10th June 2019, a five percent
certain expatriates, allowing them to own real tariff would be imposed and slowly raised until
estate in the kingdom and reside with their families the Illegal Immigration problem is remedied.
without a Saudi sponsor.
The World Bank and the Commonwealth Bank of
Australia (CommBank) have teamed up to enable
recording of secondary market bond trading using
blockchain tech.
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.
British Prime Minister Theresa May announces
resignation from her post. She resign on 7 June.
US President Donald Trump got the red carpet
treatment at Japan’s Imperial Palace where he
made history, becoming the first world leader to
meet with the new emperor of Japan Naruhito.
Cyril Ramaphosa, the head of the African National
Congress, was sworn in for a five-year term

capacity to screen 5,000 officer-candidates
annually. This is the fifth SSB of the Indian Navy.
The Indian Coast Guard ship (ICGS) Vigraha was
decommissioned at Visakhapatnam, Andhra
Pradesh. It is a frontline offshore patrol vessel
(OPV). It was commissioned into service on April 12,
1990.
The Indian Navy successfully test-fired a Medium
Range Surface to Air Missile (MRSAM), achieving a
significant milestone to enhance its anti-air warfare
capability.
The 26th Edition of Singapore India Maritime
Bilateral Exercise (SIMBEX)-19 commenced in
Defence Current Affairs the South China Sea. In addition to IN
The first part of the Indo-French joint naval Ships Kolkata and Shakti, Long Range Maritime
exercise, Varuna 19.1 was kicked off the Goa Patrol Aircraft P8I also participate in the exercise.
coast. The second part, Varuna 19.2 was held at Indian Air Force successfully fired the BrahMos air
the end of May in Djibouti. version missile from its frontline Su-30 MKI
Defence ministry approved the procurement of 10 fighter aircraft. The launch from the aircraft was
Kamov Ka-31 Airborne Early Warning and smooth and the missile followed the desired
Control helicopters for the Indian Navy. The cost of trajectory before directly hitting the land target.
the deal would be around Rs 3,600 crore. Flight Lieutenant Bhawana Kanth became the first
INS Ranjit, an Indian navy destroyer built by woman pilot of the Indian Air Force to qualify to
erstwhile USSR, is set to be decommissioned. The
undertake missions by day on a fighter aircraft. She
third of the five Kashin-class destroyers, it was
commissioned in 1983 and rendered service to the completed the Day Operational syllabus on MiG-
Navy for over 36 years. 21 Bison.
The fourth of Indian Navy’s stealth Scorpene class U.S. Navy ships conducted joint drills with warships
Submarines of Project 75, INS Vela was launched from allies Japan, Australia and South Korea in their
at the Kanhoji Angre Wet Basin of Mazagon Dock first combined exercise in the Western Pacific.
Limited at Mumbai in Maharashtra. DRDO successfully test-fired the new version of
The Indian Army is commemorating this year as
the Akash surface-to-air defence missile
the ‘Year of Next of Kin’ and plans to reach out to
the next of kin of battle casualties, ex-servicemen system with a new indigenously-developed seeker
and serving soldiers to inform them of entitled in Balasore off the Odisha coast. The medium
financial benefits, welfare schemes and help range multi-target engagement capable missile
resolve pension-related problems. was developed as part of the Integrated Guided-
First AH-64E (I) – Apache Guardian helicopter was Missile Development Programme (IGMDP) other
formally handed over to the Indian Air Force at than Nag, Agni, Trishul, and Prithvi missiles.
Boeing production facility in Arizona, USA. Air
Marshal AS Butola, represented the Indian Air
Ranks/ Indexes Released
Force and accepted the first Apache. IAF had
Global air passengers right expert Airhelp came
signed a contract with US Government and M/s
out with the list of world’s best airports
Boeing Ltd in Sep 2015 for 22 Apache helicopters.
and Hyderabad Rajiv Gandhi International airport
India successfully conducted the flight test of
was ranked the world’s eighth best airport. Qatar’s
ABHYAS – High-speed Expendable Aerial Target
Hamad International Airport topped the list.
(HEAT) from a test range in Odisha. The trial, carried
The Geological Survey of India (GSI) in its report
out by the Defence Research and Development
revealed that about 35 % of India’s total Graphite
Organisation (DRDO) from the Integrated Test
reserves are found in Arunachal Pradesh. This is the
Range (ITR) at Chandipur in Balasore, was tracked
highest found in the country.
by various radars and electro-optic systems.
According to the RBI data, in Mar 2019, the total
Indian Navy’s first full-fledged Services Selection
number of financial transactions done by people
Board (SSB) was inaugurated by Navy Chief
using their debit cards increased by 15%. Also, the
Admiral Sunil Lanba at Diamond Harbour
financial transactions done by the debit cards at
near Kolkata, West Bengal. Spread over 27 acres
on the banks of Hooghly, the SSB (Kolkata) has the

POS terminals increased by 27% compared to awareness about laughter and its many healing
March 2018. benefits.
As per the report by the United Nations, India’s World Asthma Day is an annual event organized by
economy is projected to grow at 7.1% in the fiscal the Global Initiative for Asthma (GINA) on the first
year 2020 on the back of strong domestic Tuesday in May to improve asthma awareness and
consumption and investment. Indian economy control around the world. This year it was observed
expanded by 7.2% in 2018. across the globe on May 7, 2019. The theme of
India stands in a lowly 117th position out of 181 World Asthma Day 2019 was ‘STOP for Asthma’.
countries in the KidsRight Index, the annual global World Red Cross Day (also known as Red Crescent
index which ranks how countries adhere to and Day) is observed every year on May 8. The 2019
are equipped to improve child rights. Iceland theme chosen by them is, ‘#Love’.
secured the top position in the index followed by National Technology Day is observed every year
Portugal. on 11th of May in India, acting as a reminder of
As per the Organisation for Economic Co- the anniversary of Shakti. Shakti is the Pokhran
operation and Development’s (OECD) Economic nuclear test which was held on the 11th of May
Outlook, India’s economic growth regain strength 1998.
and approach 7.5% by 2020 buoyed by rural International Nurses Day is celebrated around the
consumption and subdued inflation. As per the world on 12 May. It celebrates the birth anniversary
report, Gross domestic product (GDP) growth in of Florence Nightingale. The theme for 2019
India is projected to strengthen to close to 7.25% in International Nurses Day 2019 is “Nurses – A Voice
FY19. to Lead – Health for All”.
India moved up one place to rank 43rd most In 2019, World Migratory Bird Day is celebrated
competitive economy in the world on the back of on May 11 and October 12. The theme for World
its robust economic growth, a large labour force Migratory Bird Day 2019 is ‘Protect Birds: Be the
and its huge market size, while Singapore Solution to Plastic Pollution.’
toppled the US to grab the top position, a global In 1993, the General Assembly decided in a
study showed. Singapore moved up to the top, resolution that 15 May of every year should be
from the third position last year, while the US observed as The International Day of Families. The
slipped to the third place in the 2019 edition of Theme for 2019 International Day of Families
the IMD World Competitiveness Rankings. is “Families and Climate Action: Focus on SDG 13″.
May 16th is celebrated globally as
Important Days the International Day of Light. 2019 marks the
International Labour Day (also known as May Day global celebration of the second edition of the
or International Workers’ Day) is celebrated across event.
the world on 1st of May every year. The theme of World Telecommunication & Information Society
International Labour Day 2019 is “Sustainable Day is observed all over the world on 17th May. The
Pension for all: The Role of Social Partners”. theme for World Telecommunication & Information
May 1 is celebrated as ‘Maharashtra Society Day 2019 is ‘Bridging the Standardization
Day’ and ‘Gujarat Day’. In 1960, the Bombay Gap’.
Reorganization Act was passed by India’s To raise awareness of the importance of pollinators
Parliament to divide the multilingual state of (such as bees, butterflies, bats and hummingbirds),
Bombay into Gujarat and Maharashtra. The the threats they face and their contribution to
legislation came into effect on May 1, 1960. sustainable development, the UN designated 20
The United Nations (UN) established World Tuna May as World Bee Day.
Day on May 2 to raise awareness about the
World Metrology Day is observed every year on 20
importance of tuna and to promote more
sustainable fishing practices. It was observed for May. The theme for World Metrology Day 2019
the first time in 2017. is The International System of Units – Fundamentally
World Press Freedom Day (WPFD) is celebrated all better.
over the world on the 3rd of May. The theme for On 21st May, the UAE celebrated World Day for
WPFD 2019 is “Media for Democracy: Journalism Cultural Diversity for Dialogue and Development
and Elections in Times of Disinformation”. to highlight its efforts in promoting tolerance and
World Laughter Day is celebrated on the first
cultural diversity. The event coincides with the
Sunday of May every year. It is a day to raise

country’s declaration of 2019 as the Year for Common Service Centre’s (CSC) e-Governance
Tolerance. Services India Limited, a special purpose vehicle
May 21 is chosen as Anti-terrorism day in India to under the Ministry of Electronics & IT tied up with
Indian Institute of Technology (IIT)-Kanpur to
commemorate the death Anniversary of former
upscale ‘Unnat Bharat Abhiyan’. ‘Unnat Bharat
Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi died in a terrorist Abhiyan’ is an initiative of the Ministry of HRD.
attack. India’s largest telecom operator Vodafone Idea
The UN General Assembly proclaimed 22 May, the Ltd announced a five-year multi-million-dollar IT
date of the adoption of its text, as the International outsourcing deal with tech giant IBM. The
Day for Biological Diversity on 20 December 2000. company did not divulge the size of the deal but
The theme for International Day for Biological some reports pegged it at about $700 million.
The National Institute of Open Schooling Ministry of
Diversity 2019 is ‘Our Biodiversity, Our Food, Our
Human Resources Development (NIOS)
Health’. and National Health Mission of Public Health
Nepal celebrated its 12th Republic Day on 29th Department (NHMPH) of Government of
May 2019. Maharashtra signed a Memorandum of
International Everest Day is being observed on 29th Understanding in Mumbai.
May. Nepalese Tenzing Norgay and New Tractor-manufacturer Tractors and Farm
Zealand’s Edmund Hillary had climbed the Mt. Equipment (TAFE) Ltd signed an MoU
Everest on this day (29th May) in 1953, as the first with Petroleum Conservation Research Association
humans to achieve the feat. (PCRA) to aid conservation of resources. Under the
MoU, the association plans to jointly conduct
Every year, on 31st May, the World Health
agricultural workshops by involving TAFE’s
Organization (WHO) and global partners dealership network.
celebrate World No Tobacco Day (WNTD). The Commerce Secretary, Anup Wadhawan and Vice
focus of World No Tobacco Day 2019 is Minister, General Administration of Customs of
on “tobacco and lung health.” China (GACC), Li Guo, held a meeting in New Delhi
to discuss trade related issues of pending Indian
request for clearance of agricultural products.
Konkan Railways Corporation Ltd signed a
contract agreement with Nepal’s Department of
Railways to supply two 1600 HP DEMU train sets.
These trains be used to operationalise railway link
between Jayanagar in India and Kurtha in
Nepal. The train sets be manufactured by
the Integrated Coach Factory, Chennai.
India and the United Kingdom agreed to increase
their collaboration in the fields of Indo-Pacific
cooperation, climate change, disaster resilience,
development in third world countries amongst
other areas.
A tripartite MoU was signed between National
Mission for Clean Ganga, HCL Foundation and
Agreement Signed/ MoU Approved INTACH for taking up a project of ‘Plantation of
Office of the Principal Scientific Adviser (PSA) to Rudraksh Trees in Uttarakhand’ as a part of CSR
the Government of India and Indian Institute of initiative under the ‘Namami Gange’ Programme.
Technology Delhi (IIT Delhi) signed an MoU in New India signed the ‘Christchurch Call to
Delhi for setting up a Centre of Excellence (CoE) Action’ in Paris. The agreement came in the
for Waste to Wealth Technologies for backdrop of the attacks on mosques in March and
implementation of sustainable, scientific and is aimed at stopping the abuse of the Internet
technological solutions for waste management. by extremists.
To nab tax evaders and reduce black money
generation, the Central Board of Direct Taxes IBM India tied-up with HDFC ERGO General
(CBDT) and Goods and Services Tax Network Insurance Company, India’s third-largest non-life
(GSTN) signed an agreement to facilitate the insurance provider in the private sector, to co-
exchange of data between the two.

create new Artificial Intelligence (AI)-based
solutions.
Tech Mahindra announced its biggest defence
order worth over Rs 300 crore with the Indian
Navy. As part of the ‘Armed Forces Secure Access
Card’ (AFSAC) Project, Tech Mahindra
implement RFID (Radio Frequency
Identification) based Access Control System
across all naval bases and ships.
Multilateral funding agency Asian Development
Bank (ADB) announced that it 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.
The Department of Biotechnology
(DBT) under Ministry of Science and Technology
and Department of Atomic Energy (DAE), under
Prime Minister of India signed an MoU for
supporting joint collaborative research
programmes in the area of Cancer. Awards & Recognition
The National Small Industries Corporation Limited Six grassroots environmental activists received the
(NSIC) signed an MoU with Ministry of Micro, Small prestigious Goldman Environmental Prize. Known
and Medium Enterprises (MSME) for the year 2019- as the Green Nobel Prize, the Goldman Prize
20. The MoU envisages provision of enhanced honors environmental activists from each of the six
services by NSIC under its marketing, financial, continental regions: Europe, Asia, North America,
technology, and other support services Central America and South America, Africa and
schemes for MSMEs in the country. islands and island nations. The winners of the
Sri Lanka signed a tripartite agreement with India award are-
and Japan for development of eastern terminal of 1. Alfred Brownell, Liberia
Colombo port. The Memorandum of Cooperation 2. Bayarjargal Agvaantseren, Mongolia
(MoC) was signed in Colombo by Sri Lankan ports 3. Ana Colovic Lesoska, North Macedonia
minister Sagala Ratnayake, Indian high 4. Jacqueline Evans, Cook Islands
commissioner to Sri Lanka Taranjit Singh Sandhu 5. Alberto Curamil, Chile
and a Japanese representative. 6. Linda Garcia, United States
The United States and the United Arab Rapper Drake set a record with the most wins ever,
Emirates have announced that mutual defense taking home 12 honours at the Billboard Music
cooperation agreement had come into force, Awards. Drake surpassed singer Taylor Swift to
amid increasing tensions between Washington become the top award recipient in the Billboard
and Tehran. Music Awards history.
Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Guwahati Former ISRO chairman A S Kiran Kumar was
signed an MoU with The Indian Space Research conferred with France’s highest civilian
Organisation (ISRO) to set up an IITG-ISRO Space honour, Chevalier de l’Ordre national de la Legion
Technology Cell (STC) at the institute where Assam d’Honneur, for his contribution to India-France
Governor Jagdish Mukhi inaugurated a new space cooperation.
academic complex and research and GD ‘Robert’ Govender, an Indian-origin journalist in
development building. South Africa, honoured in the UK with 2019 V K
Krishna Menon award for his outstanding
contribution as a pioneer of decolonised
journalism.
Israel honoured Lt. Gen. (retd) Jack Farj Rafael
(JFR) Jacob, who negotiated the historic surrender
of Pakistani troops in Dhaka after
the 1971 Bangladesh’s liberation war, with a

plaque on the Wall of Honour at the Ammunition a prestigious book prize created to award
Hill. Lt. Gen. Jacob was one of the most prominent innovative thinking that addresses contemporary
members of India’s relatively small Jewish issues around the world.
community, serving as a Lieutenant General in the
Indian Army Books & Authors
Oscar-winning actress Anne Hathaway was Pakistan’s former captain and star all-
honoured with a star on the Hollywood Walk Of rounder Shahid Afridi released his autobiography,
Fame in Los Angeles, US. titled ‘Game Changer’. The book is co-authored by
IPS officer Chhaya Sharma, who led the Afridi and journalist Wajahat S Khan. Afridi stated
investigation team of the infamous Nirbhaya that he was born in 1975 and not 1980 as stated in
gang-rape and murder case, awarded the 2019 the official records.
McCain Institute Award for Courage and
Leadership.
United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction
(UNDRR) conferred Sasakawa Award 2019 for
Disaster Risk Reduction to Dr. Pramod Kumar
Mishra, Additional Principal Secretary to Prime
Minister of India.
Indian filmmaker, Achyutanand Dwivedi’s
film, “Seed Mother”, won the third prize in the
international section of Nespresso Talents 2019 in
Cannes. This year’s theme was ‘We Are What We
Eat’, aimed at exploring the world, experiencing
diversity, and sharing experiences and knowledge
through food.
Miscellaneous Current Affairs
Anil Kapoor was felicitated by Council of European
The Central government asked the state transport
Chambers of Commerce in Indiaand a European
departments to make it mandatory for all EVs to
Union delegation in Mumbai. He was awarded
use the green number plates, irrespective of the
because of his continuous support in promoting
year in which they were bought.
the cause of children’s rights.
State-owned telecom firm BSNL become
Comedian-actor Kapil Sharma acknowledged as
the first operator to start optical fiber-based high-
the most viewed stand-up comedian in India and
speed broadband service in Pulwama with the
abroad by the World Book of Records London.
launch of ‘Bharat Fibre’. This is the first such FTTH
Police Officer Jitender Kumar, an Indian
(fiber-to-the-home) service deployment in the
peacekeeper is among the 119 military, police
(Kashmir) Valley.
and civilian personnel who was honoured with a
Mangaluru City Police launched an all-women
prestigious UN medal 2019 for courage and
police patrol unit ‘Rani Abbakka Force’. All-
sacrifice in the line of duty.
women police patrol force named after the 16th-
Former foreign secretary Shyam Saran was
century warrior of coastal Karnataka, Queen
conferred with Japan’s second highest national
Abbakka of Ullal near Mangaluru, who fought the
award, ‘Order of the Rising Sun, Gold and Silver
Portuguese in the 16th century.
Star’. He was conferred with this award for his
Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu released a
contributions to strengthen the strategic ties and
postage stamp to commemorate the 750th birth
enhancing mutual understanding between India
anniversary of Sri Vedanta Desikan in New Delhi.
and Japan.
The stamp released by Indian postal department.
Bharti AXA Life Insurance, a private life insurer
Stockholm International Peace Research
conferred with the FICCI Claims Excellence
Institute (SIPRI) launched new initiative
Award. The recognition comes for its customer-
named Global Registry of Violent Deaths
friendly claims services in the life insurance sector.
(GReVD) to count deaths caused by all forms of
N Kumar, Vice-Chancellor of Tamil Nadu
violence across the world and display these in
Agricultural University conferred the lifetime
open-source database.
recognition award by the Confederation of
18-year-old Nepali girl, Bandana danced
Horticulture Association of India.
continuously for 126 hours to set a Guinness World
Indian writer Annie Zaidi was announced as
Records on ‘Longest Dancing Marathon by an
the 2019 winner of the USD 100,000 Nine Dots Prize,
Individual’, a feat previously held by an Indian.

The 5th United Nations Global Road Safety Week is institutes. This is part of the policy think tank’s
being observed from May 6 to 12, 2019. It is proposal to create an institutional framework for
celebrated once in two years. The theme of the artificial intelligence (AI) in the country.
Road Safety Week is ‘Leadership for Road Safety’. Taiwan Expo 2019 began in Pragati Maidan, New
Pune-based Indian Institute of Science Education Delhi. The representative of Taipei Economic and
and Research (IISER) team found a new species of Cultural Centre Tien Chung-Kwang and Chairman
reddish-brown pit viper snake with a unique heat- of Taiwan External Trade Development Council,
sensing system, the first in past 70 years in India. The TAITRA James CF Huang inaugurated the three-
species is named ‘Trimeresurus day event in the presence of Joint Secretary
arunachalensis’ after Arunachal Pradesh, where it Praveen Bonigala and ITPO Chairman LC Goyal.
was discovered. South African Saray Khumalo reached the highest
Inaugural issue of world’s first exclusive women’s point on the planet becoming the first black
cricket magazine ‘Criczone’ was released African woman to scale Mount Everest. This was
with Indian team vice-captain Smriti her fourth attempt at climbing Mount Everest.
Mandhana featuring as the cover story. The 5th Smart Cities India 2019 expo, including
One of the most prestigious international events Transport India, Solar India, Buildings India and
from the world of cinema, the Cannes Film Festival Water India expos, was inaugurated by Durga
begun in France. Information and Broadcasting Shanker Mishra, Secretary, Ministry of Housing and
Secretary Amit Khare is leading the Indian Urban Affairs (MoUHUA) at the Pragati Maidan,
delegation at Cannes and inaugurate India New Delhi.
Pavilion. After the RBI released a draft framework for setting
Doordarshan launched an online souvenir store for up a regulatory sandbox (RS) for fintech players in
its viewers on Amazon India so that one can easily the counter, the market and insurance
access it. A. Surya Prakash Chairman, Prasar regulators SEBI and IRDAI have also launched
Bharati launched DD souvenir store on Amazon similar initiatives.
India. The Jamaat-ul-Mujahideen Bangladesh also
The Home Ministry cancelled the registration of called as Jamaat-ul-Mujahideen India or Jamaat-
Bengaluru-based NGO Infosys Foundation for ul-Mujahideen Hindustan declared as a banned
alleged violation of norms in receiving foreign terrorist organization by the government of India.
grants. All non-government organizations (NGOs) Facebook is planning to launch its
are mandatorily required to be registered under own cryptocurrency in early 2020, allowing users
the Foreign Contribution (Regulation) to make digital payments in a dozen countries. The
Act or FCRA to receive foreign funding. currency, dubbed GlobalCoin, would
Nepalese Sherpa climber Kami Rita scaled Mount enable Facebook’s 2.4 billion monthly users to
Everest for a 23rd time, breaking his own record for change dollars and other international currencies
the most successful ascents of the world’s highest into its digital coins.
peak. He first scaled Everest in 1994. Swatantryaveer Vinayak Damodar Savarkar’s birth
Captain Aarohi Pandit, a 23-year-old pilot from anniversary is being celebrated on 28th May. Born
Mumbai became the world’s first woman to cross on 28th May in 1883 near Nasik in
the Atlantic Ocean solo in a Light Sports Aircraft Maharashtra, Savarkar was popularly called Veer
(LSA). Savarkar.
Commandos of the premier counter-terror Orchha town in Madhya Pradesh has a plethora of
force National Security Guard (NSG) created historical sites with the Bundela dynasty
history as they scaled the Mount Everest (world’s architectural style. The Archaeological Survey of
highest peak) in their maiden attempt. India included that heritage town of Orchha in a
HDFC Capital Advisors, a wholly-owned subsidiary tentative list of UNESCO world heritage sites. It was
of HDFC Ltd, launched a new initiative called included in the proposal sent by the ASI to the UN
‘HDFC Affordable Real Estate and Technology body in April 2019.
Program (HeART). Kerala’s fruits and vegetable exporters have
Leading stock exchange BSE launched ‘BSE StAR heaved a sigh of relief following the lifting of the
MF’ app to enable more participation and help export ban by Saudi Arabia after the Nipah virus
mutual fund distributors process transactions faster. attack last year. With the lifting of the embargo, he
Niti Aayog circulated a cabinet note to provide Rs said Kozhikode airport was alone handling 20
7,500 crore for the establishment of AIRAWAT, a tonnes of fruits and vegetables per day valued
cloud computing platform along with research at $50,000 to various destinations in Saudi.

A 41-year-old orangutan at Odisha’s Reclining Chair), released in 1995, bagged him the
Nandankanan Zoological Park died following a prestigious Sahitya Akademi Award in 1997.
prolonged illness. ”Binny”, the country’s lone The Padma Bhushan awardee and ITC’s Non-
orangutan passed away around 9:40 pm due to Executive Chairman YC Deveshwar passed away
old-age related ailments followed by respiratory at the age of 72. He spearheaded the
tract infection. diversification of ITC to an FMCG company.
As the World Environment Day is Padma Shri awardee Bhojpuri vocal artist Hiralal
approaching, Ministry of Environment, Forest and Yadav passed away in Varanasi at the age of 93.
Climate Change launched a theme song ‘Hawa Shri Yadav was a well-known Bhojpuri folk singer
Aane De’ on air pollution. The song was launched from the ‘Birha’ genre, which revolves around the
in the national capital. The aim is to spread separation of a lover from his beloved. He received
awareness regarding protecting the environment. a Padma Shri award, the country’s fourth highest
civilian award, in January 2019.
Veteran Telugu actor Rallapalli Venkata
Narasimha Rao passed away in Hyderabad
following a cardiac arrest. He was 74.
I M Pei, a dominant figure in
American architecture for more than three
decades who designed the Louvre’s crystal
pyramid passed away. He was 102.
The former Formula One driver and three-time
world champion Niki Lauda passed away at the
age of 70. He hailed from Austria.
Sammy Shore, an actor and stand-up comedian
who co-founded the Comedy Store, passed away.
He was 92.
Renowned filmmaker, film historian, researcher
Obituaries and educationist Vijaya Mulay passed away at the
Noted Kannada theatre personality, satirist and TV age of 98 in New Delhi. In 1959, she founded
actor Master Hirannaiah passed away. He was 85 the Delhi Film Societyand was later appointed a
years old. joint secretary of the Federation of Film Societies.
Peter Mayhew, the actor behind the character Bollywood’s most famous stunt and action
of Chewbacca passed away. He was 74. Mayhew choreographer, Veeru Devgn passes away in
is most widely known for his portrayal of the more- Mumbai. Born in Amritsar, Devgan was behind the
than-200-year-old Wookie Chewbacca in the Star fight and action scenes for over 80 Hindi films
Wars franchise. including ‘Phool Aur Kaante’ (1991), ‘Mr. India’
Prominent writer and academician, Maramraju (1987), and ‘Himmatwala’ (1983) among various
Satyanarayana Rao passed away following a others.
cardiac arrest. He was 84. Carmine Caridi, known for roles in The Godfather
Prof. Kirpal Singh, the first chronicler of franchise died at the age of 85. The veteran actor
Partition, who started building an archive in 1954, also appeared in the final part of “The Godfather”
passed away at 95 in Chandigarh. trilogy.
Former Indian Cue sports Player, Coach and
administrator Derek Sippy passed away in Mumbai
Countries| Capital| Currencies
due to a massive heart attack.
State of Eritrea Capital: Asmara, Currency: Eritrean
Prof N.R. Madhava Menon, an educationist,
nakfa.
scholar, and the pioneering spirit behind
Capital of Nigeria: Abuja, Currency: Nigerian naira.
modern legal education in India, passed away. He
Indonesia Capital- Jakarta, Currency- Indonesian
was 84 years old.
rupiah.
Renowned economist Baidyanath Mishra passed
Ukraine Capital: Kyiv, Currency: Ukrainian hryvnia.
away due to old-age related problems. He was 99.
Ibrahim Mohamed Solih is the current President of
Mishra had started his career as a lecturer in
the Maldives.
Ravenshaw University in Cuttack in 1949.
Male is the capital of the Maldives.
Noted Tamil novelist and Sahitya Akademi
The Maldivian rufiyaa is the currency of the
awardee Thoppil Mohamed Meeran, passed away
Maldives.
in Pettai, Tamil Nadu. Saaivu Naarkkaali (The

Poland Capital: Warsaw, Currency: Polish zloty. Takehiko Nakao is the President of the Asian
Japan Capital- Tokyo, Currency- Japanese yen, Development Bank.
PM- Shinzo Abe. Headquarters: Mandaluyong, Metro Manila,
UK Capital: London, Currency: Pound sterling. Philippines.
Japan Capital- Tokyo, Currency– Japanese yen, The SCO was founded at a summit in Shanghai in
PM– Shinzo Abe. 2001 by the presidents of Russia, China, Kyrgyz
USA Capital: Washington D.C., Currency: United Republic, Kazakhstan, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan.
States Dollar. India became a full member of the China-
Vietnam Capital: Hanoi, Currency: Vietnamese dominated grouping in 2017.
dong, Vice President: Dang Thi Ngoc Thinh. Along with India, Pakistan was also granted the
Australia Capital: Canberra, Currency: Australian SCO membership in 2017.
Dollar. The Arctic Council, a high level intergovernmental
Dublin is the capital city of Ireland.
organisation set up in 1996 to promote
Washington DC was formerly known as District of
Columbia. cooperation, coordination and interaction among
Algeria Capital: Algiers, Currency: Algerian dinar. the Arctic States and protect the Arctic
Argentina Capital: Buenos Aires, Currency: environment.
Argentine peso. The Arctic Council is formed of eight circumploar
Abuja is the capital city of Nigeria. countries- Norway, Sweden, Finland, Iceland,
The naira is the currency of Nigeria. Denmark, Canada, US and Russia.
President of Mexico is Andres Manuel Lopez
India has its Arctic research station ‘Himadri’ in
Obrador.
Capital of Mexico is Mexico City. Svalbard, Norway since 2008.
The Mexican peso is the currency of Mexico. GFDRR is a global partnership that helps
France Capital: Paris, Currency: CFP franc, euro. developing countries better understand and
China Capital: Beijing, Currency: Renminbi, reduce their vulnerability to natural hazards and
President: Xi Xinping. climate change.
Iran Capital: Tehran, Currency: Iranian rial. India became a member of CG of GFDRR in 2015
Botswana Capital: Gaborone, Currency:
and expressed its interest to co-chair in last
Botswana pula.
meeting of CG held in October 2018.
International Organizations / Companies in News WHO Headquarters: Geneva, Switzerland,
The UN Security Council, primary responsibility for Director-General: Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus.
the maintenance of international peace and
security.
Takehiko Nakao is the President of the Asian
Development Bank.
Headquarters: Mandaluyong, Metro Manila,
Philippines.
The G-7 groups together the US, Britain, France,
Italy, Canada, Japan, and Germany.
The grouping had included Russia but it was left out
following tensions with Western nations over the
annexation of Crimea in 2015.
ISIS-K is known as ‘ISIS’ South Asia Branch, ISIL
Khorasan, Islamic State’s Khorasan Province’ and
‘South Asian Chapter of ISIL’.
United Nations Headquarters in New York, USA.
It was founded on 24 October 1945.
Mr Antonio Guterres of Portugal is the Secretary-
General of the United Nations.
International Labour Organization was founded in
1919.
It Headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland.

Financial Organizations in News Pramod Sawant is the 13th and current Chief
NABARD Chairman- Harsh Kumar Bhanwala, Minister of Goa.
Headquarters- Mumbai, Established on- 12 July Panaji is the state capital of Goa.
1982. Mridula Sinha is present Governor of Goa.
NABARD is now 100% owned by the government. Maharashtra CM: Devendra Fadnavis, Governor:
Sanjeev Srinivasan is the MD and CEO of Bharti AXA CH Vidyasagar Rao. Capital: Mumbai
General Insurance. It Headquarters in Mumbai. Karnataka Capital: Bengaluru, CM: H.D
SBI Chairperson: Rajnish Kumar, Headquarters: Kumaraswamy, Governor: Vajubhai Vala.
Mumbai, Founded: 1 July 1955.
LIC HFL MD and CEO: Vinay Sah. Other Static General Awareness Current Affairs
RBI 25th Governor: Shaktikant Das, Headquarters: Amar Nagaram is the present head of Myntra-
Mumbai, Founded: 1 April 1935, Kolkata. Jabong.
SIDBI was set up in 1990 under an Act of Indian INCB consists of 13 members who are elected by
Parliament. the ECOSOC and who serve in their personal
Mohammad Mustafa is the Chairman & Managing capacity.
Director of SIDBI. Established in 1968, the INCB is an independent
R Subramaniakumar is MD & CEO of IOB. and quasi-judicial monitoring body for the
The headquarters of IOB is in Chennai. implementation of the UN’s international drug
FICCI stands for Federation of Indian Chambers of control conventions.
Commerce and Industry. CJ Ranjan Gogoi is the present Chief Justice of
Headquarters of FICCI is in New Delhi. India.
ICICI established in 1927. NCDRC is a quasi-judicial commission in India
Paytm Founder: Vijay Shekhar Sharma. which was set up in 1988 under the Consumer
Parent Organization: One97 Communications. Protection Act, 1986.
Aditya Puri is the MD of HDFC Bank, Headquarters The head office of NCDRC is in New Delhi.
in Mumbai, Maharashtra. Bond-i was first issued in August 2018 by the World
Hardayal Prasad is the MD & CEO of SBI Card. Bank, with the CommBank being a sole arranger.
SBI Card was launched in October 1998 by the SBI DRDO Chairman: G Satheesh Reddy, Estd. in: 1958,
and GE Capital. Headquarters in: New Delhi.
SBI Card is headquartered in Gurgaon, Haryana. Geological Survey of India (GSI) was founded in
BSE MD & CEO: Ashishkumar Chauhan. 1851 with primarily goal of finding coal deposits for
LIC Mutual Fund was established on 20th April 1989 the Railways.
by LIC of India. It is an attached office to the Ministry of Mines and
Yes Bank Headquarters: Mumbai, Founder: Rana it is Headquartered in Kolkata.
Kapoor. Graphite is the most stable allotrope of Carbon,
PC Modi is the present Chairperson of CBDT. with standard entropy being zero.
NSIC Limited is established by the Government of The ISRO is the space agency of the Government
India in 1955. of India headquartered in Bengaluru.
NSIC falls under Ministry of Micro, Small & Medium Kailasavadivoo Sivan is the chairperson of ISRO.
Enterprises of India. The United Nations Sasakawa Award is the most
Headquarters of NSIC is in New Delhi. prestigious international award in the area of
Disaster Risk Management.
States| CMs| Governors| Capital| Ministers| Static India’s Permanent Representative to the UN
General Awareness Ambassador Syed Akbaruddin.
Gujarat Capital: Gandhinagar, Governor: Om
India is the fourth largest contributor of uniformed
Prakash Kohli, CM: Vijay Rupani.
Meghalaya CM: Conrad K Sangma, Governor: personnel to the UN peacekeeping.
Tathagata Roy. It was the 17th General Elections that was
Bhubaneswar is the capital city of Odisha. conducted in India.
Professor Ganeshi Lal is the present Governor of Sunil Arora is the Chief Election Commissioner of
Odisha. India.
Gangtok is the capital of Sikkim. Ashok Lavasa and Sushil Chandra are 2 Election
The Sikkim Krantikari Morcha (SKM) was founded in Commissioner of India.
2013.

SIPRI is an international institute dedicated to Sudeep Lakhtakia is the Director General of NSG.
research into conflict, armaments, arms control NITI Aayog: National Institution for Transforming
and disarmament. India.
It was established in 1966 and is based in NITI Aayog CEO: Amitabh Kant, Vice Chairman:
Stockholm, Sweden. Rajiv Kumar.
A bill for the creation of NSG was introduced in the Mount Everest is the world’s highest mountain at its
parliament in August 1986. official elevation of 8 848m above sea level.
It received the assent of the President on Sir Edmund Hillary and Nepalese Sherpa
September 22, 1986, and it formally came into mountaineer Tenzing Norgay were the first people
being from that date. to reach the mountain’s summit on May 29, 1953


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