DAYS & THEME -
* International Labour Day - 1st MAY
* Maharashtra State Day - 1st May
* 86th Armoured Corps Day - 1st May
* PRESS FREEDOM DAY - 3RD May ( Theme 2024 - A Press For The Planet : Journalism In The Face Of The Environment Crisis )
* World Leopard Day - 3rd May
* World Red Cross Day - 8th May ( Theme 2024 - I Give With Joy And The Joy I Give Is a Reward.)
* World Thalassemia Day - 8th May ( Theme 2024 - Empowering Lives, Embracing Progress: Equitable And Accessible Thalassemia Treatment For All )
* 65th Raising Day Of BRO- 7TH MAY ( Border Road Organisation)
* National Technology Day - 11th MAY (Theme 2024 - From Schools To Start-ups: Igniting Young Minds To Innovate )
* International Nurses Day - 12th May (Theme 2024 - Our Nurses Our Future, The Economic Power Of Care )
* International Day On Plant Health- 12th May (Theme 2024 - Plant Health, Safe Trade, & Digital Technology)
* Indian Council Of Social Science Research (ICSSR) Celebrated 56th Foundation Year On 12th May.
* Center For Airborne System (CABS) Bengaluru Celebrated 33rd Foundation Years.
* International Days Of Families - 15th May (Theme 2024 - Embracing Diversity, Strengthening Families)
* 49th States Day SIKKIM - 16TH May
* National Dengue Day - 16th May(Theme 2024 - Dengue Prevention: Our Responsibility For a Safer Tomorrow )
* World Telecommunication Day - 17th May (Theme 2024 - Digital Innovation For Sustainable Development)
* World Hypertension Day - 17th May(Theme 2024 - Measure Your Blood Pressure Accurately, Control It, Live Longer)
* International Museum Day - 18th May (Theme 2024 - Museums For Education And Research )
* World Bee Day - 20th May (Theme 2024 - Bee Engaged With Youth )
* International Biodiversity Day - 22nd May (Theme 2024 - Be Part Of The Plan )
* The Competition Commission Of India (CCI) Has Completed 15th Years.
* World Turtle Day - 23rd May
* The United Nations General Assembly Has Decided To Celebrate 11th July As The International Day Of Reflection And Commemoration Of The 1995 Genocide In Srebrenica.
* For The First Time On 24th May International Day Of Markhor Celebrated As UNEP Declare
* World Menstrual Health Hygiene Day - 28th May
Theme 2024 - Together We Can Create a World Where Every Woman And Girl Can Reach Her Full Potential, Regardless Of Her Menstrual Cycle
* International Everest Day - 29th MAY
* International Day Of United Nations Peacekeeper Day - 29th May (Theme 2024 - Fit For The Future, Building Better Together )
* Hindi Journalism Day - 30th May
* World No Tobacco Day - 31st May(Theme 2024 - Protecting Children From Tobacco Industry Interference )
ISRO/SPACE CA -
MOU SIGNED -
* Small Industries Development Bank Of India (SIDBI) Has Signed MoU With T-Hub Hyderabad For Seed Funding Working In Defense And Space Technologies.
* IIT Gandhinagar Signed A MoU With Adani Defense And Aerospace To Collaborate In Technology, AI Learning, Machine Learning.
* ISRO In Collaboration With IIT KANPUR, IIT Dhanbad And NASA And University Of Southern California Discovered That The Moon's Polar Region Have underground Ice Reserves 5 To 8 Times Larger Than Ice Surface.
* ISRO Has Successfully Conducted The Ignition Test On Semi Cryogenic Pre Burner Ignition Test Article (PITA) At The Semi Cryo Integrated Engine Test Facility ( SIET) At Mahendra Giri.
* ISRO Has Successfully Hot Tested a New PS4 Liquid Rocket Engine Manufactured Through Additive Manufacturing Technology.
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* Bangalore Watch Company Apogee Karman Line Wrist Watch Has Recently Completed a Stratospheric Flight, Covering 114,000 Feet (35 km) From Earth Atmosphere.
( The First Ever Controlled Flight Of a Semi-Cryogenic Liquid Engine Through Additive 3D Manufacturing)
BANKING & FINANCIAL CA -
APPOINTMENTS -
* Aviv Kumar Roy Has Been Appointed As The MD & CEO Of Exide Industries.
* Mold Tech Appoints Donti Reddy Sarveswar Reddy As Its CFO.
* Kamlesh Bhadani Has Been Appointed As The MD Of Suzlon Energy.
* Raul Reballo Has Been Assumed As The MD & CEO Of Mahindra Finance.
* Ambareesh Mandelia Has Been Appointed As Head Of M & A And Business Development At Bharti Airtel.
* Vipul Mathur Has Been Appointed As The Executive Director Of HUL.
* Atanu Chakroborthy Has Been Reappoint As The Part Time Chairman Of HDFC Bank For Next 3 Years.
* Nik Jhangiani Has Been Appointed As The New CFO Of Diageo.
* Sanjeev Nautiyal Has Been Appointed As The MD & CEO Of UJJIVAN SMALL FINANCE BANK.
* Varun Sridhar Has Been Appointed As The New CEO Of Paytm Service Limited.
* Rakesh Singh Has Become The New CEO Of Paytm Money.
* Sushil Kumar Sharma Has Assumed As CMD Of SJVN Limited.
* Gautam Singhania Has Been Appointed As The MD Of Raymond.
* Sanjay Panicker Has Been Appointed As The Executive Director Of IDBI Bank.
* Jayesh Shah Has Been Re- Appointed As The Director And Group CFO Of Arvind From October 2024.
* Susheel Kaul Has Been Appointed As The Md And President Of Arvind Textiles.
* Daya Shankar Patel Has Been Appointed As The CFO Of Bajaj Health Care.
* Reshu Madan Has Been Appointed As The CEO Of Sterlite Power ( Global Products And Service Business)
* Nitin Agarwal Has Been Appointed As The. CEO Of Welspun Corp (Steel Business).
* M V Narasimham Will Take Charge As CFO Of Dr Reddy's From 1st August 2024.
* VISA Appoints Sujai Raina As India Country Manager.
* Hrushit Shah Has Been Appointed As The CFO Of Westlife Food World.
* Keki M Mistry Has Been Appointed As The Chairman Of The Board Of HDFC Life Insurance.
* Surya Prakash Kanodiya Has Been Appointed As The CFO Nucleus Software.
* R Shankar Raman Has Been Appointed As The President, Whole Time Director And CFO Of L & T.
* Bharat Puri Has Been Appointed As The Additional Independent Director Of Tata Motors For Next Five Years From 15th May 2024.
* Wipro Appoints Vinay Firake As CEO For APMEA Strategic Market Unit.
* R Lakshmi Kanth Rao Has Been Appointed As The Executive Chairman Of RBI.
* Nisha Dutta Has Been Appointed As MD & CEO Of SUBEX For Next 3 Years.
* Dileep Sanghani Has Been Elected As The Chairman Of IFFCO.
* Zomato Appoints Deloitte As Blinkit Hyperpure Auditor.
* Rajesh Chawla Has Been Appointed As The CFO Of Varun Beverages.
* Ashok Kumar Tyagi Has Been Appointed As The CFO Of DLF
* N Chandrasekhran, Has Been Given Additional Role As Chairman Of Tata Electronics.
* Pooja Bajaj Has Been Appointed As The Executive Director Of Bajaj Electricals.
* Harsh Baweja Has Been Appointed As The Director (Finance) At REC LIMITED.
* IRDAI Approved Appointments Of Rajesh Jha As Chairperson Of ICICI Lombard GIC For 5 Years.
* Executive Director Sandeep Kumar Has Been Appointed As CFO Of Power Finance Corporation.
* Raghavpat Singhania Has Been Reappointed As The MD ,Of JK Cement For 5 Years.
* Madhav Krishna Singhania Has Been Reappointed As Joint MD & CEO Of JK Cement For 5 Years.
* Sandeep Daga Has Been Appointed As The CFO of Medi Assist Health Care.
* Apurva Sahijwani Has Been Appointed As The New CEO Of Avendus Group.
* Instagram Co Founder Mike Krieger Join As first CPO Of AI Firm Anthropic.
* Pradeep Natarajan Has Been Appointed As The Whole Time Director Of IDFC First Bank.
* * Sanjeev Jain Has Been Appointed As The COO Of Wipro.
* Kailash B Gupta Has Been Appointed As The CFO Of Phoenix Mills.
* Sanjiv Puri Has Been Assumed As The President Of CII.
* Venketeswaran Krishna Murthy Has Been Appointed As Chief Revenue Officer Of Secure Cloud.
* Shilpa Urhekar Has Been Appointed As CEO Of Solar EPC ( India)
* GR Arun Kumar Has Been Appointed As Group CFO Of Welspun World.
* John Slaven Has Been Appointed As The Vice President of The International Aluminium Institute.
* Surbhi Garg Has Been Reappointed As The Executive Director Of Action Construction.
* Saloma Yomdo Has Been Given Charge As Next Director, Exploration And Development Of Oil India Limited (OIL)
* Rushabh Gandhi Has Been Appointed As The MD & CEO Of India First Life Insurance.
* Sanjay Sharma Has Been Appointed As The Chief Financial Officer (CFO) Of Air INDIA.
* Pradeep Kumar Sinha Has Been Appointed As The Part Time Chairman Of ICICI BANK.
* Ajay Kumar Sharma Has Been Recommend For The Post Of Director (Personnel) Of Sjvn Limited.
* Nykaa Board Appoints Santosh Desai As Independent Director.
* Prathap Reddy Has Been Reappointed As Executive Chairman Of Apollo Hospital For Next 2 Years.
* Ravindra Singh Negi Has Been Appointed As The New Managing Director Of Orient Electric.
* Sandeep Batra Has Been Appointed As The Chairman Of ICICI Prudential Life.
MERGING -
* NCLT Approved The Merger Of Mahindra Heavy Engines And Trringo.com (Two Wheeler)
* Pirmal Enterprises Board Approves Merger Of Pirmal Enterprises With Subsidiary Pirmal Capital And Housing Finance.
RESIGNED -
* Bhavesh Gupta, President And COO Of Paytm Resigned.
* Mihir Nanavati Has Resigned CFO From Nuvuma Wealth.
* Melinda French Gates Steps Down As Co Chair Of Bill And Melinda Gates Foundation.
* Open AI Co Founder llya Sutskever Quit The Company.
* Ola Mobility CFO Kartik Gupta Has Steps Down.
* Amit Choudhary Has Resigned From COO Of Wipro.
PERSON PASSED AWAY -
* Former Chairman Of EXIM Bank Yadhuvendra Mathur passed Away.
* Former Executive Vice Chairman Of Tech Mahindra Vineet Nayyar Passes Away.
* Manjjushree Khaitan (65), Chairperson Of Kesoram Industries Passed Away.
* Narayanan Vaghul, Former Chairman Of ICICI Bank Passed Away.
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LAUNCHED -
* Razor Pay In Collaboration With Airtel Payment Bank Has Launched UPI SWITCH.
* Google Launched GOOGLE WALLET App For Android In India.
* Zomato Launched India's First Crowd Supported Weather Infrastructure ( Website - Weatherunion,com)
* TCS Has Unveiled It's Global AI Center Of Excellence In France.
* HDFC Bank Launched Its First Indian Virtual Credit Card With VISA.
* Poonawalla Fincorp Has Launched Co-Branded Indusland Bank Poonawalla Fincorp eLiTE Rupay Platinum Credit Card.
* RBI Governor Shri Shaktikanta Das Launched The PRAVAAH Portal, The Retail Direct Mobile App, And A Fintech Repository.
* Jio Financial Service Limited Launched Their Jio Finance Application.
* REC Limited, a Maharatna Company Has Get NOC From RBI For Setting Up A wholly owned Subsidiary In International Financial Services Center ( IFSC) At Gujarat International Finance Tec City ( GIFT).
FINANCE -
* India Government Has Collected Rs 2.10 Lakh Crores GST In APRIL 2024.
* OCED ( Organisation For Economic Co-operation And Development) Raised India's GDP FOR FY- 2024/25 6.6%.
* REC Limited Has Earned Profit Of Rs 14.145 Crores in Financial Year 2024.
* ICICI Bank Has Enabled Instant Payment Facility UPI For NRI Customers In India Through Their International Numbers.
* India Becomes The First Country To Receive Over $111 Billion Remittance According To UN.
* IIT MADRAS Secured Record Breaking Funding Of Rs 513 Crores In Financial Year 2023/24.
* India Exports To 115 Countries In Financial Year 2023/24.
* India Registered Record $ 27.8 Billion Pharma Exports In 2024.
* India's Forex Reserves Rise USD 3.7 Billion In First Week Of May 2024.
* China Has Emerged As The Largest Trading Partner Of India With $ 118.4 billion.
* State Bank Of India (SBI) Has Become The Trading Member Of IIBX.
( IIBX - India International Bullion Exchange)
* The Retail Inflation Reached To 4.83% in April 2024.
* India's Merchandise Trade Deficit Increases To 19.1 Billion In April 2024.
* Bharat Electronics Limited (BEL) Has Achieved Growth Of 14.35% in Financial Year 2023/24 Received A Turn over Of 19,819.33 Crores.
* * LIC Overtakes SBI As The Most Valuable PSU Firm In The Market Valuation.
* India's Stock Market Hits $ 5 Trillion Milestone For The First Time.
* Mahindra And Mahindra Gets Certificate Of Registration From IRDAI To Act As A Corporate Agent.
* Reserve Bank Of India (RBI) Has Announce Highest Ever Annual Dividend Of 2.11 Crores For INDIA Government.\
* Nikesh Arora, CEO Of Palo Alto Networks Ranked 2ND On The Wall Street Journal's 2023 List Of Highest Paid US CEO's.
* India's Coffee Exports Rose By 12.22% To $ 1.28 billion In Financial Year 2023-24.
* Google Set To Invest $ 350 million In Flipkart.
* The Cost Inflation Index For Financial Year 2024/25 Is Set At 363 From 348.
* Aditya Birla GROUP Surpassed $100 Billion In Market Capitalization.
( Fourth Indian Company Have $100 Billion Market Capitalization After Tata Group, Adani Group, Reliance Industries).
* India's Forex Reserves Touches A New Record Of 648.7 Billion Dollars
* Mundra Port, Gujarat The Flagship Of Adani Ports And Special Economic Zone ( APSEZ) Has Created a Record By Welcoming The Largest Container Ship. ( Largest Container Ship MSC ANNA) 19200 TEUs.
* The Government Of India Has Sanctioned Rs. 21,253 Crores To Tackle Kerala's Economic Crisis.
* Life Insurance Corporation Of India (LIC) Has Posted Rs 13,673 Crores Net Profit And 1.52 Lakh Crores Net Premium Income in Quarter 4 .
* According To Morgan Stanley Report India's Projected GDP 6.8% in 2024.
* According To RBI Annual Reports Projected GDP Is 7% For 2024/25.
* Google Set To Invest $2 Billion For Data Center And Cloud Services In Malaysia.
* National Stock Exchange (NSE) Has Launched India's FIRST EV Index.
MOU SIGNED -
* National Payment Corporation In India ( NPCI) Has Partnership With Bank Of Namibia To Develop UPI Real Time Payment System In African Nation.
* India And Ghana Inked MoU For The UPI Payment Settlement.
* ) Hcl Tech Has Joined Hands With Amazon Web Service To Accelerate GenAI Adoption.
* Bharti Airtel Signed MoU With Google Cloud For Collaboration On Cloud Adoption And genAI Solution.
* Phone Pe Ties Up With Lanka Pay To Enable UPI Payment Services in Srilanka.
* FICCI And IESA Have Signed MoU To Strengthen And Supports India's Semiconductor Industry.
( FICCI - Federation Of Indian Chambers Of Commerce And Industry)
( IESA - Indian Electronics And Semiconductor Association)
* Air Bus Has Signed MoU With SIDBI ( Small Industries Development bank of India) For Helicopter Financing In INDIA.
* The National Skill Development Corporation (NSDC) Has Partnerships With The International Labour Organization (ILO) For Globally Youth Can Get Opportunity.
* SJVN Limited Has Signed Pact With INDIAN Oil For Renewables And New Tech Project's.
MIXED -
* Recently Axis Bank Has Overtaken Kotak Mahindra Bank To Become The 4th Largest Bank in India As Market Value.
* Reserve Bank Of India ( RBI) Lifts Ban On Bajaj Finance's eCOM And Insta EMI Card.
* * Philip Morris International (PMI) Has Been Recognized As a Top Employer For The 5th Consecutive Year.
HOST -
* The CII Annual Business Summit 2024 (theme- Co Creating The Future Responsibility)
* The ONDC StartUp Mahostav Kicked Off In New Delhi.
( incorporating With StartUp India)
PRODUCTION -
* India's Coal Production For APRIL 2024 Reached To 78.69 MT (Increases 7.41% As Compared To April 2023)
* India's Fossils Fuel Based Power Generation Capacity Increases 2.44% (Produced 243.44 gig watts In FY 2024)
AWARDS -
* NTPC LIMITED Has Claimed Champion Title At 6th Edition Of AIMA Corporate Management Olympiad 2024.
NTPC Has Been Conferred With The Prestigious ATD Best Award 2024.
( For The Excellence In HR & L & D Practices)
( national Hydroelectric Power Corporation)
* Timezone India Wins The Most Admiral Retailer of The Year At Images Retail Award 2024.
* Hindustan Shipyard Limited (HSL) Has Received PSU Samarpan Award.
* Bharat Electronics Limited (BEL) Has Wins Climate Action Champion Award At Outlook Planet Sustainability Summit And Awards 2024.
* REC Limited Has Been Awarded With The Prestigious Sustainability Champion - Editors Choice AWARD At The Outlook Planet Sustainability Summit And Awards 2024
APPOINTMENTS -
INTERNATIONAL -
Dr. Mallika Nadda, President Of Special Olympic Bharat, Has Been Appointed As The Chairperson Of The Special Olympics Asia Pacific Advisory Council For 3 Years.
* Ayesha Hazarika, British Indian Of Assamese Has Become The First To Be Appointed To The House Of Lords, The Upper Chamber Of The British Parliament.
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* Indian Origin Murali Pillai To Be Appointed As Minister Of State For Law And Transport In Singapore.
* Professor Sarat Chandra Become The Member Of The World Federation Of Neurological Surgeons Journal ( WFNS) Editorial Board.
* Jaya Badiga Has Been Appointed As The Judge Of The Sacramento County Superior Court In California.
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* Indian Union Health Secretary Apurva Chandra Has Been Appointed As The Chairperson Of Committee A At The 77th World Health Assembly (WHA77).
INTERNATIONAL OFFICIAL -
* Marko Djuric Has Been Appointed As The Foreign Minister Of Serbia.
* Maris Sangiampongsa Has Been Appointed As The Minister Of Foreign Affairs Of Thailand.
* Sadiq Khan Has Been Won For The Third Consecutive time As London Mayor. ( Labour Party)
* Russian President Appoints Andrei Belousov As Defense Minister.
* Anton Siluanov Has Been Appointed As Finance Minister Of Russia.
BRAND AMBASSADOR -
* Actress Kareena Kapoor Khan Has Been Appointed As The National Brand Ambassador Of UNICEF INDIA.
* Actor Vikrant Massey Has Been Appointed As The Brand Ambassador Of IN DRIVE.
* Indian Cricketer SURYA Kumar Yadav Has Been Appointed As The Brand Ambassador Of Ayurvedic Wellness Brand MOHA.
* INDIAN Cricketer Yuzivendra Chahal Has Been Appointed As The Brand Ambassador Of Gurugram Administration.
PRIME MINISTER -
* Jeremiah Manele Has Been Elected As The New Prime Minister Of Solomon Island.
* Russian President Vlamdir Puttin Has Reappointed Mikhail Mishustin As Russian Prime Minister.
* Lawrence Wong Has Been Appointed As The New Prime Minister Of Singapore.
* Ali Bagheri Has Been Appointed As The Acting Foreign Minister Of Iran
* John Swinney Has Been Sworn In As First Minister Of Scotland.
PRESIDENT -
* Jose Raul Mulino Has Been Elected As The President Of Panama.
* Chad's Military Ruler Mahamat Deby Has Been Elected Presidential Election.
* Lai Ching Te Has Been Appointed As The President of Taiwan.
* Luis Abinader Has Been Re-elected As The President Of Dominican Republic For Another 4 Years.
* Mohammed Mokhber Has Been Appointed As Interim President Of Iran.
* To Lam Has Been Elected As The President Of Vietnam.
* Gitanas Nauseda Has Won The Presidential Election In Lithuania.
AMBASSADOR -
* Senior Diplomat Xu Feihong Has Been Appointed As The China's Ambassador To India.
* Vijay Khanduja Has Been Appointed As The Next High Commissioner Of India To The Republic Of Cameroon.
* Manish Chuahan Has Been Appointed As The India's Next Ambassador To Jordan.
* Ravi Shankar Has Been Appointed As The INDIAN Ambassador To Ukraine.
* Harsh Kumar Jain Has Been Appointed As The INDIAN Ambassador To Philippines.
NATIONAL -
* Retired Justice Dinesh Kumar Has Took Charge As Presiding Officer Of The Securities Appellate Tribunal (SAT) For Next 4 Years.
* Saurabh Garg, Secretary Social Justice, And Empowerment Has Been Appointed As The Secretary, Ministry Of Statistics And Programme Implementation.
* Professor Avinash Kumar Agarwal Has Been Appointed As The Director Of IIT JODHPUR.
* Professor Shyam Sundar Pattnaik Has Been Appointed As The New Vice Chancellor Of Odisha State Open University, Sambalpur, Odisha.
* Professor Pushpak Bhattacharya IIT Bombay Has Been Appointed As The Chairman Of The National Committee On Indian Language Standards By The Ministry Of Electronics And IT.
* IRS Pratima Singh Has Been Appointed As The Director Of Department Of Promotion Of Industry And International Trade (DPIT).
* IAS Pradip Kumar Tripathi Has Been Appointed As The Secretary To Lokpal Till 30th June.
* Dr Saranjit Singh Has Been Appointed As The Vice Chancellor Of KIIT. Bhubaneswar.
* Jetha Ahir Has Been Appointed As The Chairman Of NAFED
( National Agricultural Cooperative Marketing Federation of India)
* Professor Mohammed Rihan Has Been Appointed As The Director General Of The National Institute Of Solar Energy (NISE).
* IIT Madras Appoints Dr Ramakrishna Srinivasan As CEO Of IIT Madras Mobility And Intelligent Transportation Collaborative.
* Ramesh Babu V Has Been Appointed As The Member In Central Electricity Regulatory Commission.
* IAS Biju Prabhakar Has Been Appointed As The New Chairman And Managing Director Of Kerala State Electricity Board.
* The Center Has Extended The Service Of Delhi Chief Secretary Naresh Kumar, For A Period Of 3 Months.
* Sashi Bhusan Singh Has Been Appointed As The Secretary Of National Jute Board.
* Senior Journalist Jyoti Malhotra Has Been Appointed As The New Editor In Chief Of The Chandigarh Based Tribune GROUP ( 143 Years Old ). First Woman To Hold This Post.
* IAS Subodh Kumar Has Been Appointed As The Director In The Ministry Of AYUSH.
* Senior Advocate Kapil Sibal Has Been Elected As The President Of Supreme Court Bar Association ( SCBA). ( 4TH Time)
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* Senior Indian Information service Officer Maushami Chakroborthy Has Assumed Charge As The Director General Of The News Service Division At Akashvani.
WORLD CURRENT AFFAIRS
HOST -
* Maldives Host The 6th Asian Carrom Championship 2024.
* 31st World Press Freedom Day Conference Will Host Chile And UNESCO At Santiago.
* The 10th Edition Of World Art Dubai Opened At The World Trade Centre In Dubai.
* 19th Interpol Heads Of NCB Conference Held At Lyon From 23rd To 25th April 2024
* The 31st Edition Of The Arabian Travel Market Started In Dubai.
* Dubai Host The Food Innovation Conference 2024.
( Theme 2024 - Reimagining Future Food Systems).
* 19th Session Of United Nations Forum On Forests (UNFF) Held At UN Headquarters.
* Bali, Indonesia To Host 10th World Water Forum.
( THEME 2024 - Water For Shared Prosperity)
* 3rd Edition Of The Electric Vehicle Innovation Summit (EVIS) Held At Abu Dhabi, UAE.
* The Riyadh Airport Company To Host The World Annual General Assembly Conference And Exhibition ( WAGA 2024) From 21st To 23rd May.
* The Two Day International Dialogue On Mountains, People And Climate Change Is Held At Kathmandu, Nepal.
* First Trilateral Summit Between South Korea, China And Japan Held In Seoul.
LAUNCHED -
* World Health Organisation (WHO) Has Launched A New Investment Round, Aiming To Raise 7 Billion Dollars Of Funds To Support Countries To Tackle Challenge Like Climate Challenges, Displacement, Poverty And Equality.
WORLD RECORD -
* Nepal's Purnima Shrestha Set Records By Climbing Mount Everest 3 Times In Two Weeks
MISS PINK NEPAL 2024
* Anmol Rai, Transwoman, Crowned As Miss Pink Nepal 2024, Kathmandu, Nepal.
INDIA - INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS -
* The Srilanka Government Has Approved India To Renovate The Kankesanthurai Port.
* India To Train 1500 Bangladeshi Civil Servants In Next Five Years.
* The 8th Month Long Lecture series MANDAVI TO MUSCAT, INDIAN Community And The Shared History Of India And Oman Held At Muscat Concluded On 1st May 2024.
* The Center Has Granted Permission For The Export Of 14000 MT Of Non Basmati White Rice To Mauritius.
* India And Dominican Republic Have Completed 25 Years On Diplomatic Relations.
* India Contributed $ 500, 000 To The United Nations Counter Terrorism Trust Fund.
* The Government Of India Has Provided A Budget Support Of USD 50 Million To The Maldives.
* Indian Community In Jamaica Celebrated 179 Years Of Indian Arrival In Jamaica.
* India Send USD 1 Million Flood Relief Assistance To Kenya.
* Madras Curry powder, Sambhar Mixed Masala Powder, MDH And Everest Masala Has Been Banned In Nepal.
* Indian Spiritual Guru Shri Ravi Shankar Has Recived The First Stamp Released Commemorating The Completion Of 200 Years Of Indian Origin Tamils In Srilanka.
* India Government Has Announced Relief Assistance Worth Rs USD & 1 million To Papua And New Guinea (PNG), As Landslide Recently Caused More Loss To Country.
* India Assumed Charge Chair Of Colombo Process For 2024-26.
FIRST IN WORLD -
* Victoria Shi, The World's First AI Diplomat Developed By Ukraine.
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* Hong Kong Has Launched Its FIRST Hydrogen Powered Buses.
* John Swinney Has Been Sworn In As First Minister Of Scotland.
* Nepal's Kami Rita Sherpa Climbed Mount Everest For a Record Of 30th Time.
SPACE -
* China Launched Chang'e-6 Lunar Probe Mission To Collect Sample From Moon.
* FIRST Ever Atmospheric Rainbow Has Been Detected On An Exoplanet 637 Light Years From Earth.
* Indian Origin Sunita Williams Set To Fly Into Space For The Third Time
* China Has Launched a Long MARCH-4C Rocket, Launched a New Satellite Shiyan-23 For Space Environment Monitoring.
* Astronomers From NASA Have Discovered New Planet In Binary Star System Kepler-47. ( Name Given - Kepler-47d) ( Discovered By San Diego State University)
* Starlink, The Space Startup Owner Elon Musk Has Launched In Indonesia.
* Scientists Have Discovered An Earth Sized Exoplanet SPECULOOS-3b Approximately 55 Years Light Years From Earth.
* Elon Musk's Starlink Has Launched In Fiji.
* The University Of Tokyo Has Inaugurated The World's Highest Observatory At Chile
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* NASA Successfully Launched The First Of A Pair Of Small Climate Satellites From The Rocket Labs Launch Complex In Mahia, New Zealand.
* The World's First Wooden Satellite Has Been Built By Japanese Researchers At Kyto University.
( Satellite Named- Ligno Sat)
* The Euclid Space Telescope Has Discovered 7 More Rouge Planets.
DEFENSE -
* Pakistan Army Conducted a Successful Training Launch Of FATAH-II Rocket System, Which Is Capable Of Engaging Targets Upto 400 Kilometres.
MIXED -
* Ukraine Is The New Member Of NATO.
* Colombia Recently Declared They Break The Diplomatic Relation With Israel.
* Hidaya Cyclone Hits Tanzania.
* Afghanistan Consul General Zakia Wardak Has Resigned After Caught Unusual Smuggling At Mumbai Airport.
* Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's Cabinet Has Banned The Qatar Based News Channel Aljazeera.
* Dr Reddy's Announced The Launch Of Doxycycline Capsules In The US.
* Nepal Prime Minister Pushpa Kumar Dahal Has Declared Newari And Tamang Adopted As The Official Language In Bagmati Province Of Nepal.
( PM Launched The Bagmati Province Official Language Act 2080)
* World's Deepest Blue Hole Discovered In Mexico.
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* Former Fiji Prime Minister Frank Bainimarama Was Sentenced To One Year Prison For Perverting The Course Of Justice.
( WE HAIL THEE Used Instead Of ARISE O Compatriots)
HOST/SUMMIT-
HOST -
* INDIA and Croatia Attend The 11th Foreign Office Consultation At New Delhi.
* IIT Delhi To Conduct Robotics For Good Youth Challenge Competition.
* 12th Meeting Of The Board Of Directors Of KARMYOGI Held At Mumbai.
* 5th Meeting Of The Task Force Of The Development Of The Tourism In North East State Was Held in New Delhi.
* 3rd Edition Of The Lecture Series On Nepal- India Relations At Kathmandu, Nepal.
* 55th International Film Festival Of India (IFFI) Set To Commence From 24th To 28th November 2024 In Goa. ( POSTER RELEASED BY MR Jiju At BHARAT PARV)
* 2nd Edition Of Lt General PS Bhagat Memorial Lecture Was Organized By Indian Army And United Services Institution Of India (USI)
THEME- Armed Forces Contributed To Realise The Vision Of Rising INDIA)
* The New Indo-Bangla Baul Music Festival Was Inaugurated To Mark The 250th Birth Anniversary Of Fakir Lalon Shah (9 Days)
* The 2nd Edition of The International Museum Expo Started In Science City, Kolkata.
FESTIVALS -
* The Theppa Thiruvizha Float Festival Observes In Tamilnadu.
SUMMIT -
* India Set To Host The 46th Antarctic Treaty Consultative Meeting (ATCM 46)
&
26th Meeting Of The Committee For Environmental Protection ( CEP 26) From 20th May To 30th May 2024 At Kochi, Kerala.
* 7th INDIA- Indonesia Joint Defense Cooperation Committee Meeting At New Delhi.
* 11th INDIA- New Zealand Joint Trade Committee Held In New Zealand.
* Chief Justice Of India D Y Chandrachud Has Participated At The J20 Summit In Brazil.
* 5th Meeting Of India And UAE Joint Committee On Consular Affairs Held In New Delhi.
* 11th Army To Army Staff Talk Held Between India And Bangaldesh Held At Secunderabad.
* The 2nd Round Of Foreign Office Consultation Meeting Between India And Eritrea Held in New Delhi.
* 2nd India- Myanmar Joint Working GROUP Health Was Held Successfully In New Delhi.
* INDIA And UAE Held The First Inter-Ministerial Meet For The INDIA-Middle East Europe Corridor (IMEEC) With DP World And AD Ports.
* 7th India-Myanmar Joint Working GROUP on Science And Technology Was Held in Myanmar.
* India-UK Defense Equipment Sub Group & Industry Oversight Working Group Meeting Held New Delhi.
* The 16th Meeting Of India-Uk Joint Working GROUP On Counter Terrorism Meeting Held in New Delhi.
* 15th Indian Navy Republic Of Singapore Navy Staff Talks Hosted At Singapore From 23-25th May 2024.
* 5th Joint Working Group ( JWG) Meeting Between Indian Coast Guard And Assam Riffle Held At Shilong.
* The 2nd India- Republic Of Korea Cyber Dialogue Was Held In Seoul, South Korea.
* Interesting Conference On Steel (ICONS-2024) Organised In Ranchi, Jharkhand.
* The 6th Meeting Of India-Japan Joint Working GROUP On Counter Terrorism Held In New Delhi.
SCHEMES LAUNCHED -
STATES -
* Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Dhami Launched PIRUL LAO- PAISE PAO Campaign To Prevent Forest Fires In State.
( Under This Scheme Bring Pine Leaves And Get Money Initiated By State Government ) Leaves Will Collected 50 Per Kg)
* Manipur State Government Has Launched The School On Wheel Scheme At Imphal.
* Assam Riffles Has Launched MERI LIFE INITIATIVE IN Nagaland.
NATION -
* Central Council For Research In Ayurvedic Sciences Launched PRAGATI-2024 An Initiative To Shape The Future Of Ayurveda.
(PRAGATI - PHARMA RESEARCH IN AYURGYAN AND TECHNO INNOVATION)
* Government Of India Has Launched BIMReN ( BIMSTEC- INDIA Marine Research Network) Enable PhD Students From BIMSTEC Countries T0 Conduct Doctoral Research In India.
* The National Highway Authority Of India (NHAI) Has Launched An Initiative To Monetize Its Infrastructure Seeking investment From The UAE.
NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL MOU SIGNED -
INTERNATIONAL -
* Railtel Has Signed MoU With Quadrant Future For KAVACH Implementation In India And Other Countries.
* Comptroller Auditor General Of India- (CAG) Girish Chandra Murmu, Is on Official Visit To Nepal Signed MoU On Cooperation In The Field Of Public Sector Audit.
* 4th Session Of India-Ghana Joint Trade Committee Held At Accra.
( Agreed On Payment Settlement, UPI)
* Adani Green Energy Limited And The Srilankan Government Has Inked To Develop A Wind Power Station In Mannar, And Punarin In Srilanka, To Install 350 Megawatt Grid By Investing $ 442 million.
* UAE-INDIA CEPA Council (UICC) Has Signed A MoU With Indian Chamber Of Commerce (ICC) At Kolkata, To Bolster Economic And Tied Trade Between India And UAE.
* Pavan Kapoor ( Secretary (West) Ministry Of External Affairs Republic Of India And H E Ms Ana Taban Ambassador Extraordinary And Plenipotentiary Of The Republic Of Maldives Signed An Agreement On Visa Waiver For Diplomatic And Official Passport
* India And Iran Signed The 10 Years Long Contract For Operating The Shahid-Beheshti Port Terminal In Presence Of Indian Ports and Shipping Minister Sarbananda Sonowal.
* India And Myanmar Have Signed MoU On Training And Building For Myanmar Judicial Officer's At National Judicial Academy Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh.
* NHPC Signed MoU With Rasthriya Prasaran Grid Company Limited ( RPGCL/ Nepal For Grid Connectivity For 750 MW West Seti HE Project
* AIIMS Delhi Has Signed MoU With The University Of Bolton Institute Of Medicine To Collaborate In The Fields Of Medical Research, Innovation And Education.
* India And Zimbabwe Have Agreed To Explore Cooperation In Digital Transformation Solutions, Telemedicine, Rough Diamonds, Fast Payment Systems And Traditional Medicine During The 3rd Session Of India- Zimbabwe Joint Trade Committee Held At New Delhi.
* Department Of Animal Husbandry & Dairying (DAHD) Signed MoU With UNDP For Digitization Of Vaccines Cold Chain Management, Capacity Building And Communication Planning.
* Reliance Industries Has Signed a One Year Deal With Russian Energy Company ROSNEFT.
NATIONAL -
* Tata Power Renewable Energy Has Inked With SJVN To Set Up 460 MW Renewable Energy Project.
* NTPC Green Energy Signed MoU With Mahatma Phule Renewable Energy & Infra Technology.
( For Development Of Renewable Energy Projects Of Up To 10 GW Capacity In Maharashtra)
* Ministry Of Skill Development And Entrepreneurship Signed MoU With Mahindra And Mahindra Limited To Conduct 2 Pilot Projects Under The Drone Didi Yojana.
* SAIL Bhilai Steel Plant Signed MoU With Chhattisgarh Renewable Energy Development Agency (CREDA) To Install Solar Panels On Rooftop For Generating 2MW POWER.
* Indian Army And INDIAN Oil Corporation Has Signed MoU For Green And Sustainable Transport Solution, INDIAN Army Inducted Hydrogen Buses.
* Oil INDIA Signed MoU With HPCL To Collaborate On Conventional And Alternative Energy Portfolio.
* Ministry Of External Affairs, Ministry Of Electronics And IT And CSC e-governance Service India Limited Signed MoU To Provide eMigrate Service Through Common Service Centre.
* A MoU Signed Between AFMS Delhi And IIT Hyderabad To Collaborate In There Field Of Medical Devices And Drone Based Patient Transport.
RANKING & INDEX -
* India Ranked Third Largest Country Globally For Phishing Attack After US And UK.
* INDIA Ranked 159 In World Press Freedom Index 2024
(1st - Norway, 2nd - Denmark, 3rd - Sweden)
* India's Basmati Rice Has Been Named The Best Rice In The World By Taste Atlas.
* India Overtook Japan Became The Third Largest Solar Power Generator in 2023.
* India Overtakes Australia, Japan And Singapore, Hong Kong In Data Center Installed Capacity, With The 950 MW Of Installed Capacity.
* India Ranked 2nd In The World in Saffron Production.
( In Urban Areas Shows Increasing From 48.5%/ To 50.2% For Age Above 15
* India Ranked 39th In WEF's Travel And Tourism Development Index 2024 (Previous Was 54)
* Odisha Has Registered Highest Percentage Of Inflation Rate of 7.11% in April 2024.
* Reliance Industries Has Included In The Prestigious TIMES List Of 100 World's Most Influential Company's Of 2024 Under The Titans Category.
EDUCATION -
* IISc Bangalore Has Ranked Top Indian Institution In The TIMES Higher Education (THE) Asia Ranking 2024.
WILDLIFE & ENVIRONMENT CA -
AWARDS -
* Dr, Purnima Devi Barman, Assam Has Been Awarded The Prestigious Whitley Gold Award For 2024, For The Exceptional Work On Conservation. ( GREEN OSCAR)
* Sikkim Has Been Awarded With The Prestigious Title Of The Best State For Excellence In Implementing The Environment Education Programme For 2023/24.
NEW SPECIES -
* Scientists From Catholicate College's Department Of Botany Kerala Have Discovered A New Species Of Algae In Western Ghat. In Kollam District
( Named - Oedocladium Sahyadricum)
* Scientists Have Discovered a New Plant Species Named Emblica Chakrabarthy In The Edamalayar Forest Range, Kerala.
( Family- Phyllanthaceae)
The Plant Has Named After Former Scientist Of Botanical Survey Of India (BSI) Tapas Chakroborthy )
* Researchers From Kerala And Tamil Nadu Have Discovered Two New Species Of Jumping Spiders In The Lush Landscapes Of The Shendurney Wildlife Sanctuary In The Southern Western Ghats At Kulathupuzha.
a) HABROCESTRUM SHAYADRI
b) IRURA SHENDURNEY
* A New Species Of Marine Tardigrade Discovered From The South East Coast Of Tamilnadu, By Researchers From Cochin University Of Science And Technology.
* The INDIAN Council Of Agricultural Research - National Bureau Of Fish Genetic Resources (ICAR-NBFGR) Has Discovered A New Cat Fish Species - Glyptothorax Punyabratai In Arunachal Pradesh. ( Found In Brahmaputra River)
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SPORTS CURRENT AFFAIRS -
WINNERS -
* Velavan Senthil Kumar Wins The 8th Professional Squash Association Tour Tile In Paris.
* The Indian Men's Recurve Team Has Won Gold Medal After 14 Years In Archery World Cup Shanghai.
* Real Madrid Wins The 36th La Liga Title.
* China Won The 16th Uber Cup & Thomas Cup After Beating Indonesia.
* Both Indian Men And Women's Team 4X400M Relay Have Qualified For The Paris Olympic 2024.
* INDIAN Boxers Wins 43 Medals At The ASBC ASIAN Under 22 & Youth Boxing Championship 2024.
* Japan Wins The Under 23 Men's AFC Cup Title 2024 Beat Uzbekistan.
* Neeraj Chopra Secured Second Position In Diamond League 2024 Held In Doha. ( 88.36 m)
( Czech Republic Jakub Vadlejch Secured First Position)
* Japan Has Beaten Pakistan To Clinched The Azlan Shah Hockey Cup Final 2024.
* India's Shakina Khatun Has Won Two Bronze Medals At The Para Powerlifting World Cup 224 In Pattaya, Thailand.
* Shristhi Khandagale Has Won Silver Medal At 6th Asian Gymnastics Championship, Hong Kong.
* Abha Khatua Has Won Gold Medal In The Women's Shot put ( Throw Of 18.41 m) At The National Federation Athletics Competition, Bhubaneswar. ( National Record)
* Rupa Bayor Made History As The First Indian To Win a Medal ( Bronze) At The 8th ASIAN TAEKWONDO POOMSAE Championship In Vietnam.
* The Manipur Women's Football Team Has Win The 28th Senior Women's National Football Championship For The Rajmata Jijabai Trophy.
Odisha's Jyotsna Sabar Gets Silver)
* Jyothi Yarraji Has Won Gold In Women's 100m Hurdles With 12.78 Seconds At Motonet GP, Jyvaskylan, Finland.
* Atlanta Became First Italian To Europa League Since 1999.
* Tamo Moko, Arunachal Pradesh Has Became The Youngest Fighter To Secured A Gold At 4th MMA State Championship, Kerala.
* 17 Years Old Student Mannat Brar Has Won Indian Golf Union Championship, Kolkata.
* Jharkhand State Sports Promotion Society ( JSSPS) Cadet Secured Two Bronze At IWF World Youth Weightlifting Championship, Lima, Peru
* India's Praveen Has Won Silver In Men's Triple Jump Category At World Athletics Continental Tour
* Bedabrat Bharali Has Won Gold Medal In 73 kg Category At The IWF World Youth Championship.
* Sanjana Clinched Bronze Medal At Women's 76 Kg Category At IWF YOUTH Weightlifting Championship.
* Manchester United Win FA Cup After Beating Manchester City By 2-1 in The Final Of 2024.
* Annu Rani Clinched The Silver Medal In Women's Javelin Throw At World Athletic Continental Tour in Germany.
* Jeswin Aldrin Has Won Silver Medal in Men's Long Jump At World Athletic Continental Tour, Germany.
* Arunachal Pradesh Lbi Lollen Clinched Double Bronze In Asian Para Arm Wresting Competition 2024.
* Dipa Karmakar Has Became The First Indian Gymnast To Win Gold In ASIAN Championship. Uzbekistan.
* Srihari Nataraj Has Won Silver Medal In Both 50m & 100m Backstroke At The 30th Mare Nostrum Swimming Tour, France
* Indian Para Shuttler Have Won 11 Medals Including 2 Gold, 3 Silver And 6 Bronze Medals At Baharain Para Badminton International 2024.
* Indian Arm Wrestlers Contingents Wins 7 Medals Including One Gold, Six Bronzes At Asian Championship 2024 In Tashkent, Uzbekistan.
* Indian Women's Volleyball Team Finishes At 5th Position At ACC Challenge Cup.
IPL 2024 -
17TH EDITION OF IPL -
* WINNER - Kolkata Knight Riders ( Captain - Shreyas Iyer)
* Runners Up - Sun Risers Hyderabad ( Captain - Pat Cummins)
* Third - Rajasthan Royals ( Captain - Sanju Samson)
* Fourth - Royal Challengers Bangalore ( Captain - Faf Duplesis)
* PLAYER OF THE MATCH - Mitchell StaRC
* PLAYER OF THE TOURNAMENT - Sunil Narine ( 478 runs & 17 Wickets)
* MOST Runs - Virat Kohli ( 741 Runs PURPLE CAP) RCB
* MOST WICKETS - Harshal Patel ( 24 Wickets PUNJAB)
* MOST DOT BALLS - Jasprit Bumrah ( 150 DOT BALLS For MI)
* KKR WINNING IP TROPHY IN 2012, 2014, 2024 ( 3RD TIME)
* SRH WON BEFORE IN 2016 IPL
* HIGHEST SCORE - SRH Vs RCB ( 287 In Bengaluru)
* HIGHEST POWERPLAY SCORE - 125 ( SRH Vs RCB)
* MOST SIXES HIT - Abhishek Sharma ( 42 in IPL 2024)
* MOST FOURS HIT - Travis Head ( 64)
* 5 Wicket HAUL - Bumrah(MUMBAI) Sandeep Sharma ( Rajasthan) And Yash Thakur ( LUCKNOW)
* LOWEST SCORE - 113 ( SRH Vs KKR)
* IP TROPHY LIFTED HISTROY -
CSK - 2010, 2011, , 2018, 202, 2023
MI - 2013, 2015, 2017,2019, 2020
KKR - 2012, 2014, 2024
* Virat Kohli Completed 8000 IPL Runs, Became The First To Get In IPL History.
* Virat Kohli Became The Only Indian To Hold Orange Cap For The Second Time ( 2016, 2024)
* Virat Kohli Completed 4000 Runs While Open The Innings For RCB.
( Jyothi, Aditi And Parneet)
* Indian Archery Mixed Team Of Jyothi Surekha And Priyansh Have Won Silver Medal At Archery World Cup.
* Kasish Lakra Has Won Silver Medal In Women's Club Throw F51 At The World Para Athletic Championship Kobe, Japan.
* Mariyappan Thangavelu Has Won Gold Medal In Men's High Jump Category At The World Para Athletic Championship, Kobe, Japan.
* Sumit Antil Has Win Gold Medal In Men's Javelin Throw T64 At World Para Athletic Championship, kobe Japan.
* Sachin Khilari Won Gold Medal In Men's Shot Put F46 Category At World Para Athletic Championship Kobe, Japan.
* Dharambir Has Won Bronze Medal In Men's Club Throw F51 Category In WORLD Para Athletic Championship Kobe, Japan.
* Rinku Hooda Has Won Bronze Medal In Men's Javelin Throw F46 At World Para Athletic Championship Kobe, Japan.
* Simran Singh Has Won Gold Medal In Women's 200 meter T12 At World Para Athletic Championship, Kobe Japan.
* Navdeep Has Won Bronze Medal In The Men's Javelin F41 Category At World Para Athletic Championship, Kobe, Japan.
* India Ranked 19th In Asia Volley ball Ranking. (Japan Ranked 1)
* Aman Sherawat Has Become First Indian Male Wrestler To Qualified For 2024 Paris Olympic.
* Manika Batra Became The Only Indian Table Tennis Player To Ranked Number 24.
* Indian Veteran Football Star Sunil Chhhetri Announced International Retirement, He Will Play His Last Match Against Kuwait In Kolkata On June 2024.
* PUMA Is The Official Sponsor Kit Of Athletic Federation Of India.
* Goa Chief Minister Dr Pramod Sawant Has Inaugurated The 6th National Ranking Roller Skating Championship.
ANTHEM -
* Shakira New Song Punteria Named The Official Anthem For Copa America 2024.
ASIAN TAEKWONDO CHAMPIONSHIP -
* Rodali Barua Has Won Bronze Medal In Women's 73kg At Asian Taekwondo Championship.
FIRST IN TAMPOLINE -
* Srusthi Khandgale Wins The FIRST Ever Medal (Silver) For India At Asian Trampoline Championship.
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F1 GRAND PRIX TITLE -
* Mc Laren's Lando Norris Won The F1 Miami Grand Prix Title.
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INDIAN SUPER LEAGUE SEASON 10 -
* Mumbai City FC Are The Winners Of The Indian Super League Season 10 By Beating Mohun Bagun In Final.
HOCKEY -
* Salima Tete Has Replace Savita Punia As Hockey Women's Team Captain & Navneet Kaur As Vice Captain.
HOST -
* India To Host The 2025 BWF World Junior Badminton WORLD Championship.
* The Punjab Sindh Bank Declared As Winner At The 5th Marshal Of The Air Force Arjan Singh Memorial Hockey Tournament, Chandigarh.
* Bangladesh To Host The 9th Edition Women's T20I World Cup From 3rd To 20th October 2024.
* 2024 Edition Of Grand Chess Tour (GCT) To Start At Warsaw, Poland.
* Arunachal Pradesh Football Association ( APFA) And North East United FC, The Blue Cubs Set To Host The BLUE CUBS FOOTBALL Tournament From 8th June 2024.
* World Athletic Championship Unveiled it's Logo, As 2025 Tokyo Host.
* Australia And Uzbekistan Are Set To Host The 2026 & 2029 AFC Women's Asia Cup Respectively.
* 27th Senior National Federation Athletic Championship 2024 To Host Odisha.
* Brazil To Host 2027 Women's World Cup FIFA.
* The Inaugural Edition Of Legend Inter Continental T20 League To Take Place From 15th To 29th August At Moosa Stadium, Texas, USA.
CRICKET -
* Amul To Sponsor For USA And South Africa For T20i World Cup 2024.
* International Cricket Council (ICC) Has Banned West Indies Cricketer Devon Thomas For 5 Years.
* Two INDIAN Umpires Will Join As Umpire Panel At ICC T20 World Cup USA, West Indies (Nitin Menon And Madan Gopal ).
* Virat Kohli Became The First Cricketer To Scored 4000 IPL Runs In Winning Cause For RCB.
* Scotland Women's Cricket Team For The First Time Qualify For The Women's T20i World Cup.
* Yuzivendra Chahal Became The First Indian Bowler To Take 350 T20 Wickets.
* Mahendra Singh Dhoni Became The First To Take 150 Catches In IPL History.
* Amul Is The Official Sponsor Of Srilanka Men's Team For ICC T20 World Cup 2024.
* New Zealand Batsman Collin Munro Has Announced Retirement From International Cricket.
* Virat Kohli Became The First Cricketer To Reach 8000 IPL Runs.
* Sally Barton Became The Oldest Women Cricketer ( 66 Years 334 Days) To Make International Debut For Gibraltar.
* Dinesh Kartik Has Announced Retirement From Indian Premier League.
* Pakistan Former Cricketer Shahid Afridi Has Been Appointed As The Brand Ambassador Of T20 World Cup 2024.
TENNIS -
* The Indian 50+ TEAM Created History, Wins Silver Medal At The ITF Tennis Master World Championship.
* Sriram Balaji And Andre Begemann Are The Champions Of ATP 175 Sardegna Open. (Indo- German Pair).
* Rethin Pranav & Kriish Tyagi Have Won The Men's Double At J300 Asia/ Oceania Regional Championship In Nothaburi, Thailand.
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* MADRID OPEN 2024 ( TENNIS)
MEN'S SINGLE - Andre Rublev
WOMEN'S SINGLE - Iga Swiatek
MEN'S DOUBLE - Sebastian Korda & Jordan Thompson
WOMEN'S DOUBLE - Cristina Bucsa & Sara Sorribes
THAILAND OPEN ( BADMINTON) -
MEN'S SINGLE - Lee Zii Jia
WOMEN'S SINGLE - SupanIda Katehong
MEN'S DOUBLE - Satwik Sai Raj & Chirag Shetty
WOMEN'S DOUBLE - Jongkolphan Kititharakul & Rawinda Prajongjai
MIXED DOUBLES - Guo Xinwa & Chen Fanghui
ITALIAN OPEN 2024 ( TENNIS) -
MEN'S SINGLE - Alexander Zverev
WOMEN'S SINGLE - Iga Swiatek
MEN'S DOUBLE - Marcel Granollers & Horaciop Zeballos
WOMEN'S DOUBLE - Sara Errani & Jasmine Paolini
MALAYSIAN MASTERS S500 2024 ( BADMINTON)
MEN'S SINGLE - Viktor Axelsen
WOMEN'S SINGLE - Z Y Wang (China) Beat P V Sindhu +India)
MEN'S DOUBLE - A Rasmussen & A Astrup
WOMEN'S DOUBLE - K Nakanishi & R Iwanaga
MIXED DOUBLES - S J Lai & S H Goh
MIXED -
* Wrestler Bajrang Punia Has Been Provisionally Suspended By NADA.
* PV Sindhu Became The 6th Player To Win 450th Single Matches. ( Women's Single)
* PV Sindhu Has Won Most BWF Women's Single Matches ( 452) Surpassed Saina Nehwal (451).
APPOINTMENTS -
* Varun Sanyal Has Been Recognized As a Global Ambassador Of Indian MMA By IMA.
* Ms lbi Lollen Has Been Selected As First Female Referee For The 22nd Asian Arm Wresting Championship 2024 & 21st ASIAN Para Arm Wresting Championship 2024.
( SHE is From Arunachal Pradesh)
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CHESS -
* R Shyam Nikhil Became India's 85th Grand Master.
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* Pranav V, Aravindh C, Pranesh M Won 1,2,3, Respectively At The Dubai Police Global Chess Challenge 2024 Masters.
* Ryosuke Nanjo Clinched The Japan Chess Championship 2024.
* Vaishali Rameshbabu Has Became The FIRST New FIDE GRAND MASTER. ( 3RD Indian Women After Koneru Humpy And Harika Dronavalli)
BOOKS & AUTHOR -
* UNFORGETTABLE CHAPTER: Memoirs Of A Top Cop Book Author - Prakash Singh
* DAIVA: Discovering The Extraordinary World Of Spirit Worship Book Author - K Hari Kumar ( With Amish Tripathi)
* A NAWAB And a Begum Book Author - Sudipta Mitra
* The Marathi Version Of Blaze Book Author - Nidhi Poddar & Sushil Poddar
* LIFE, DEATH AND THE ASTHAVAKRA GITA Book Author - Bibek Debroy And Hindol Sengupta
* IF THEN ELSE Book Author - Sandhya Ranganathan
* INDIA BEYOND THE PANDEMIC: A Sustainable Path Towards Global Quality Health Care Book Author- Ambassador Pradeep K Kapur And Professor M D Nalapat.
( RAJGAN PURIK Book Was Unveiled) Author - Historian Mohammed Sadqi Hardassi.
* HAMARA RAHUL: A Tribute To Rahul Bajaj ( Owner Of Bajaj) Book Will Release on 10th June 2024.
DEFENSE CURRENT AFFAIRS -
LAUNCHED -
* M/S Suryadipta Projects Limited, Has Launched The 6th Ammunition Cum Torpedo Cum Missile Barge LSAM 20 From Thane, Maharashtra.
* Flying Wedge Defense And Aerospace Technologies Unveiled India's First Indigenous Bomber UAV FLYING WEDGE DEFENSE 200B.
* Indian Air Force Has Tested BHISM - Portable Cubes At Agra, From The Aircraft, For The First Time.
( BHISM- Bharat Health Initiative For Sahyog Hita And Maitri)
* Indian Army Along With Punit Balan GROUP Have Developed Constitution Park In Pune.
* Indian Navy Has Begun Trials For P-75I Submarine Worth Rs 60,000 Crores.
* YD-1280 Build By GSL For INDIAN Navy ,Keel Laid For First Next Generation Offshore Patrol Vessel At Goa Shipyard Limited (GSL).
* GRSE Laid The Keel Of 8th ASW SWC For Indian Navy At Kolkata.
* Giridhar Aramane, Defense Secretary Has Launched AROWANA, The Midget Submarine Designed And Constructed by Mazagaon Ship Builders Limited (MDL)
* Mazagaon Dock Shipbuilders Limited Celebrated 250th Anniversary.
30) Defense Secretary Giridhar Aramane Has Commissioned A Solar Electric Hybrid Boat SAURSHAKTI & a Fuel Cell Electric Ferry SUCHI Designed By MDL.
* IAF C-130J Aircraft Carried Out a Successful Night Vision Goggles Aided Landing At An Advanced Landing Ground In The Eastern Sector.
* IIT KANPUR Has Inaugurated A New DRDO Industry Acadmia Center Of Excellence In it's Campus. ( In Collaboration With DRDO()
* Hindustan Shipyard Limited (HSL) Has Successfully Conducted Maiden Sea Trails Of NISTAR DSV For Indian Army.
* 6th Barge Of Ammunition Cum Torpedo Cum Missile Barge LSAM 20 Delivered Built By MSME Shipyard , M/S Suryadipta Projects Private Limited For Indian Navy At Thane, Mumbai.
INTERNATIONAL APPOINTMENT -
* INDIAN Navy's Lt Commander N Dinesh Anand Joined The Britannia Royal Naval College, (Dartmouth) As The First Ever INDIAN Instructor At This Premier British Training Establishment.
CYCLONE -
* Indian Coast Guard Takes a Preparatory Measures For CYCLONE STORM REMAL, Originating From Central Bay Of Bengal.
RETIRE -
* Indian Army's K-9 Warrior MERU ( DOG) Retires After 9 Glorious Service To The Nation.
OPERATION -
* Indian Air Force Conducted The Operation BAMBI BUCKET To The Douse Forest Fires At Nainital, Uttarakhand.
* Department Of Urology And GI Surgery Teams Have Performed First Ever Combined Liver Kidney Transplant In Armed Forces.
* The Inter Service Organisation (Command, Control And Discipline) Act Enforced From 10th May 2024.
BRO -
* Border Road Organisation (BRO) Has Achieved Another Milestone By Inaugurated Of 2.79 Km Sungal Tunnel On NH 144A Bridging Aknoor To Poonch In Jammu and Kashmir.
SUMMIT -
* The Royal Sultanate Of Oman And The Indian Air Force ( IAF) Have Successfully Conducted The 10th Edition Of Indian Air Force- Royal Air Force Of OMAN ( RAFO) Air Staff Talk From 24th To 30th April 2024.
* 6th Edition Of Commandant Conclave Held At Military Institute Of Technology, Pune.
* 16th India-Australia Navy Staff Talk Held in Kochi.
* The 12th Joint Working Group (JWG) Meeting Between The Defense Ministers Of India And Mongolia Took Place In Ulaanbaatar.
* The 2nd Edition Of India-Australia-Indonesia Trilateral Maritime Security Workshop (TMSW) Conducted From 15th To 17th May 2024 ( Theme Of Work Shop - Indian Ocean Region: Collaborative EFFORTS To Enhance Regional Maritime Security Challenges And Opportunities At Kochi, Kerala.
* Indian Army is Organizing A Seminar On Historical Patterns Of Indian Strategic Culture UDHBHAV.
AWARDS -
* Inspector General Donny Michael, TM Coast Guard Commander Eastern Command Sea Board Awarded The Most Spirited Establishment Award.
And ICGS Anmol Awarded The Most Spirited Ship Award ( Andhra Pradesh).
* Major Radhika Sen, An Indian Women Peacekeeper Who Served With The UN Mission In Congo, Will Be Honored With Prestigious 2023 UN Military Gender Advocate Award.
PERSON PASSED AWAY -
* Former Indian Army Officer Col Waibhav Anil Kale Was Killed In Gaza.
MOU SIGNED -
* Indian Coast Guard ( ICG) Hq Delhi Has Signed MoU With Central Bank Of India To Offer Competitive Concessional Loans And Benefitted To ICG Personnel.
* Indian Coast Guard (ICG) Has Signed MoU With Armoured Vehicle Nigam Limited (AVNI) For The Procurement Of 10 30 mm CRN-91 Guns.
* Maiden Visit Of Jordan Armed Forces (JAF) Training Delegation To Southern Naval Command And Indian Naval Academy.
( talked On Defense Cooperation, Military Exercise)
* INDIAN Coast Guard Aligned With Digital INDIA Launched Automation Of Service Health Care Administration (ASHA 2.0) An Application For Conduct Of Medical Examination And E- Health Records.
* MoU Signed Between Indian Coast Guard And Jindal Steel & Power (JSP)For The Supply Of Indigenous Marine Grade Steel For Shipbuilding.
* Indian Coast Guard (ICG) Has Signed MoU With Hindalco Industries For Supplying Of Indigenous Aluminium To Public/Private Shipyard.
* INDIAN Navy Had Signed MoU With National Council For Vocational Education And Training (NCVET) For Skill Certification Courses.
* The Indian Navy And M/S Times Pro Have Signed a MoU To Establish An Education And Training Portal For Naval Civilians.
* Indian Army Has Signed A MoU With Center For Development Of Advanced Computing (CDAC) To Promote R & D And Innovation In Defense.
* Indian Naval Ships Delhi, Shakti And Kiltan Departed To Singapore As A Part Of The Operational Deployment Of The Indian Navys Eastern Fleet To The South China Sea.
* Indian Naval Ship INS DELHI, INS SHAKTI Reaches Kota Kinabalu In Malaysia, Took Part Of The Operational Deployment Of The Eastern Fleet.
* INS KILTAN Has Arrived At Cam Ranh Bay In Vietnam As a Part Of The Operational Deployment In South China Sea.
* Director General Defense Intelligence Agency ( DIA) Lt. General D S Rana Will Gift Additional Bullet Proof Jackets To The Tanzania People's Defense Force ( TPDF)
UNVEILED -
* Shri Nitin Agarwal, IPS DG BSF Has Unveiled The Tallest BSF Flag ( 350 Feet Tall) At The Shahi Qila Complex In Attari, Amritsar Punjab.
APPOINTMENTS -
* Zoya Mirza, From Durg, Chhattisgarh District Became First Woman Commissioned As Lieutenant Doctor In The Indian Army At AFMC.
* Air Marshal Nagesh Kapoor Has Assumed As AOC-In C Training Command At Bengaluru. Brigadier DS Basera VSM Has Assumed As The Secretary Of Kendriya Sainik Board.
* Air Marshal Hardeep Bains Assumed As The 36th Commandant Of The National Defense College, New Delhi.
* Lieutenant General Pawan Chaddha Has Been Assumed As Commandant Of Maharastra And Goa.
* Air Marshal SK Vidhate Has Been Assumed As Air Officer Vice Admiral Gurucharan Singh Has Takes Charge As Commandant Of National Defense Academy Charge Personnel.
* Vice Admiral Sanjay Bhalla Has Been Appointed As Chief Of Personnel At Human Resources Development At Navy Headquarters.
* Vice Admiral Ajay Kochhar Has Been Assumed As Chief Of Staff Western Naval Command.
* Air Marshal M S Sridhar Has Been Assumed As The Deputy Chief Of Integrated Defense Staff ( Medical).
* Captain Rajan Kapoor Has Been Assumed As The Command Of Naval Air Station INS GARUDA.
* Mrs Shashi Tripathy Has Been Appointed As The President Of Navy Welfare And Wellness Association (NWWA).
SUMMIT - FIRST IN IDIA/ FIRST IN WORLD -
FIRST FEMALE IN INDIA -
* Zoya Mirza, From Durg, Chhattisgarh District Became First Woman Commissioned As Lieutenant Doctor In The Indian Army At AFMC.
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* 8 Years Old Yazhini Ramkumar From Coimbatore And A Preethika Yashini From Chennai, a Transwoman Climbed Mt Everest Successfully.
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* Indian Well Known Fashion designer Sabyasachi Mukherjee Became The First Indian To Walk At The Met Gala Carpet 2024.
* Kamya Karthikeyan, a 16 Years Of Mumbai And Her Father Cdr S Karthikeyan Have Successfully Submitted Mt Everest.
* Lenka Polackova First Slovakian Woman On The Summit Of Mt Everest.
* The World's First Wooden Satellite Has Been Built By Japanese Researchers At Kyto University.
( Satellite Named- Ligno Sat)
RENAME -
* 8 Railway Stations Of Amethi In Uttar Pradesh Have Been Renamed As -
* Kasimpur Railway Station - Jais City
* Jais Railway Station - Guru Gorakhnath Dham
* Wani Railway Station - Swami Paramahansh
* Mishrauli Railway Station - Maa Kalika Dham Railway Station
* Nihalgarh Railway Station - Maharaja Bijli Pashi Railway Station
* Akbarganj Railway Station - Maa Ahoroba Bhawani Dham
* Warisganj Hault - Amar Saheed Bhale Sultan
* Fursatganj Railway Station - Tapeswar Dham
* The Sacred Thangjing Hill, Manipur Has Been Renamed As Kuki Army Camp.
* The Cyclone Remal Was Actually Named By Oman, Which Is Originating From Bay Of Bengal.
( REMAL Means- Sand In Arabic)
EMBLEM -
* Telengana State New Emblem Denotes Adivasi Culture And Will Have Images Of MEDARAM SAMMAKKA SARALAMMA And NAGOBA Goddesses.
DRDO -
* DRDO Has Successfully Tested Supersonic Missile Assisted Release Of Torpedo Anti Submarine Missile (SMART - ) From Abdul Kalam Island, Odisha.
* DRDO Handed Over 9 Defense Projects To IIT BHUBANESWAR.
* DRDO Successfully Flight Tested Indigenously Developed Air To Surface RudraM-II From Su-30 MK - 1 From Odisha Coast.
HOST -
* The 8th Technology Council Meeting Was Organized By Defense Research And Development Organization ( DRDO) In New Delhi
MOU SIGNED -
* DRDO And Center For Air Power Studies (CAPS) Signed MoU For The Studies, Academic Benefits, For Armed Forces.
APPOINTMENT -
* Government Of India Has Extended The Term Of DRDO Secretary, Samir V Kamat For One Year Till May 2025.
INAUGURATION -
* DRDO Chairman Dr Samir V Kamat Has Inaugurated An R & D Center At The Defense Research Laboratory In Changbu, In Tawang District In Arunachal Pradesh.
DEVELOPED -
* DMRDE In Collaboration With DRDO Has Developed The Liquid Ramjet Fuel For Advanced Air Breathing Engine.
* DRDO Has Developed Maritime Patrol Radar KSHITIJ And Nano Satellite For Hyper Spectral Imaging ( Manufactured By DATA PATTERNS)
INAUGURATION -
STATE -
* Dr Kiran Bedi Inaugurated The Kiran Bedi Hall At Woxsen University.
* Ambassador Of Japan To India Hiroshi Suzuki And Chief Minister Of Nagaland Neiphiu Rio Inaugurated The Kohima Peace Memorial And Laid The Foundation Stone Of ECO Park At Kohima.
* Justice Tashi Rabstan, Senior Most Judge, High Court Of Jammu & Kashmir & Ladakh Inaugurated The Reading Retreat Book Bank Cum Reading Room, Kargil Near Old District Hospital.
* NATION -
* Secretary Of The Ministry Of Mines V L Kantha Rao Has Inaugurated The Registered Office Of Khanji Bidesh India Limited In New Delhi.
* External Affairs Minister Dr. S Jaishankar Has Inaugurated The Arbitration Bar Of India At Bharat Mandapam, New Delhi.
* Atul Kumar Tiwari, Secretary Ministry Of Skill Development And Entrepreneurship Inaugurated The India Skills 2024 Competition.
* Australian Prime Minister Mr Albanese Has Launched The Australia India Center HQ In Parramatta.
INTERNATIONAL -
* Sanjay Jaju, Secretary Of Ministry Of Information And Broadcasting, Along With Ambassador Of India To France Jawed Ashraf Have Inaugurated The BHARAT PARV Pavilion At 77th Cannes Film Festival.
* The Indian High Commissioner Inaugurated A New Indian Investment In Bangladesh.
SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY -
APP/AI MODEL DEVELOPED -
* Microsoft Recently Launched The Small Language Model Phi-3-Mini.
* IIT Patna Has Rewarded A Patent For Indigenously Developed light Weight And Compact Easy To Carry Inverter.
* IIT Guwahati Has Unveiled The Innovative 3D Printed Dummy Ballot.
* Chennai Based Semiconductor Company MINDGROVE Launched India's First Commercial MCU Chip.
* Microsoft Is Developing AI Language Model Called MAI-1.
* PINE Labs Owned Fintech SETU Unveiled India's First Large Language Model Application SESAME.
* Google Deepmind Has Unveiled The 3rd Version Of ALPHA Fold AI.
* IIT Gandhinagar Students Developed Fully Autonomous Driverless Vehicle.
* Made In India BALI Unmanned Surface Vessel ( USV) Has Developed By Mumbai Based Sagar Defense Engineering.
* IIT Madras Has Built India's First Electric Flying Taxi, Prototype The ePlane e200.
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* Delhi Based Saurabh H Mehta Has Introduced India's First Biodegradable Pen Named NOTE ( No Offence To Earth)
AWARDS -
* NMAM Institute Of Karkala In Karnataka State Has Won The 9th Annual Boeing National Aeromodeling Competition.
* iDEx Wins The 3rd Itech Award At Sanfransico.
* IIT MADRAS Has Been Awarded With STEM IMPACT Award 2024.
MOU SIGNED -
* IIT BOMBAY Has Signed MoU With Adani Green Energy Limited ( AGEL) For Innovation And Sustainable Development.
* Google Has Join Hands With Foxconn To Manufacture Pixel Smartphones, Drones In Tamilnadu.
* BHARAT HEAVY ELECTRICALS LIMITED (BHEL) Has Inked Technology Transfer Agreement (TTA) With Bhaba Atomic Research Center (BARC) For 50KW Alkaline Electrolyser System.
* The Indian Institute Of Technology Bombay ( IIT-Bombay) Has Entered a Strategic Partnership With The Tata Consultancy Services ( TCS) To Develop India's First Quantum Diamond Microchip Imager.
NEW DISEASE -
* Primary Amoebic Meningoencephalitis ( PAM) a Rare Infection Of Brain Caused By Naegleria Fowleri Commonly Known As Brain Eating Amoeba Has Been Detected in a 5 Years Old Girl In Malappuram, Kerala.
INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPED -
* Scientists Led By Physical Chemist Rodney Ruoff At The Institute For Basic Science In South Korea Has Developed a Technique To Synthesize Diamonds At a Normal Atmospheric Pressure.
NEW MEDICINE -
* JNU Scientists Led By Shailaja Singh And Anand Ranganathan Have Developed a New Vaccine For Malaria. ( R21/Matrix-M Vaccines For Children)
PORTAL/APP LAUNCHED -
* Ola Founder Bhavish Agarwal Led Krutrim Has Launched Android App At Bengaluru.
* Google Launched GOOGLE WALLET App In India.
* National Green Hydrogen Mission Portal Has Been Launched.
* Ministry Of Information And Broadcasting Sanjay Jiju Has Launched A Online Portal The Film Facilitation Office (FFO) At 77th Cannes Bharat Parv.
* NIT WARANGAL Has Unveiled AMMA App To Aid Children With Hearing Impairment And Speech Delay.
* Sanjay Murthy, Secretary Higher Education Along With T G Sitharam Chairman, AICTE Has Launched The Portal For Nomination For National Awards To Teachers 2024.
* IIT ROORKEE And Uttarakhand Government Has Launched BhuDev, An Earthquake Early Warning Application
* Doordarshan Kisan Is Going To Become The First Government TV Channel To Be Artificial Intelligence Mode.
( To Launch Two AI Anchors AI KRISH And AI B HOOMI On 26th May) Which Can Speaks 50 Languages)
* RBI Governor Shri Shaktikanta Das Launched The PRAVAAH Portal, The Retail Direct Mobile App, And A Fintech Repository.
INTERNATIONAL/NATIONAL AWARD -
INTERNATIONAL AWARD -
* Indian Forest Activist Alok Shukla Has Awarded With GOLDMAN Prize, In Effort To Protection Of Environment
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* Palestine Journalists Have Won The 2024 Guillermo Cano World Press Prize (On The Occasion Of WORLD Press Freedom Day).
* Bhavi Mehta Won The Oxford Book Store Book Cover Prize 2024.
* Dr. Geoffrey Hawtin And Cary Fowler Have Won The 2023 World Food Prize Laureate.
* Dr. Soumya Swaminathan To Receive The Honorary Doctorate From Canada's McGill University.
* Chandrakant Satija Has Been Honoured With Global Excellence Award 2024. For Outstanding In Education.
* Arunachal Pradesh's Sela Tunnel Has Been Recognised As Country's Highest Tunnel By International Book Of Honour, England.
* Social Worker Pawan Sindhi Honored With Prestigious Global Pride Of Sindhi Award 2024.
* Ruskin Bond Has Been Awarded The Sahitya Akademi Fellowship.
* Kumar Tuhin, Director General ICCR Has Given Bharat-Mitra Samman-Indology Award 2023 On Lopen Lungtaen Gyatso, President College Of Language And Cultural Studies , Royal University Of Bhutan For His Contribution in The Field of INDIAN Philosophy And Language.
* Tibetan Spiritual Leader The 14th Dalai Lama Has Recived The Prestigious PV Narasimha Rao Memorial Award.
* 2 Teams Lead By Professor Rajiv Dusane And Professor Amartya Mukhopadhya From IIT BOMBAY Has Received The BPCL Innovation Award.
* Border Road Organisation (BRO)'S Brangza Bridge, On Shyok River Has Been Recognized By World Book Of Records, London As The Highest Multi Span Bridge In The World. (Constructed over 14900 Feet Altitude). Completed in 174 Days.
* Bollywood Veteran Actress Shabana Azmi Has Recived The Prestigious Freedom Of The City Of London ACCOLADE.
* Hyderabad's Photographer Hari K Patibanda Has Won International Wildlife Photography Prize.
* Professor Deblina Sarkar Has Received The Nano Research Young Innovators Awards In Bio Inspired Nano Materials
* Secretary General Antonio Gutters Will Posthumously Honour Indian Peacekeeper Naik Dhananjay Kumar Singh Who Served With The UN Stabilization Mission In Democratic Republic Of Congo (MONUSCO) With The Dag Hammarskjold Medal.
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SHAW AWARD 2024
* Mathematical Science - Peter Sarnak
( Development Of Arithmetic Theory Of Thin Group And The Affine Sieve)
* LIFE SCIENCE & MEDICINE - Swee Lay Thein & Stuart Orkin
( discovery Of The Genetic And Molecular Mechanism Underlying The Fetal To Adult Haemoglobin Switch)
* ASTRONOMY - Srinivas R Kulkarni
( Discoveries About Millisecond Pulsars, Gamma Rays Bursts, Supernovae, )
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ENTERTAINMENT AWARDS -
* Veteran Bollywood Actress And Politician Hema Malini & Actress Saira Banu Have Received The Pandit Lachuchu Maharaj Award.
* Bollywood Lyricist Javed Akhtar Has Been Received The Prestigious PADMAPANI Lifetime Achievement Award At Ajanta Ellora Film Festival.
* Meryl Streep Set To Recive The Cannes Honorary Palme D'Or.
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* Aattam Has Been Chosen As The Best Film In The 47th Kerala Film Critics Awards.
EDUCATION -
* Mr K V Kamath Has Been Honoured With Doctorate By Manipal University.
* Professor Uma Shankar, Department Of Geophysics BHU University Has Been Awarded The Prestigious ANNI TALWANI Memorial Prize From The Indian Geophysical Union ( IGU), Hyderabad.
* WOXSEN University Presented Kiran Bedi To The Woxsen Award For Timeless Societal Contribution.
* Dr Prajjaval Pratap Singh, Research Scientist AT The Department Of Zoology, Science Department Has Been Awarded Dr M K Bhan Young Researcher Fellowship By Department Of Biotechnology.
JOURNALISM -
* India Today Anchor Sana Won The 2024 GLOBAL Media Award For AI Lead Newsroom Transformation.
PULTIZER AWARD 2024 -
PUBLIC SERVICE -
* Joshua Kaplan
* Justin Elliot
* Brett Murphy
* Alex Mierjeski
* Kirsten Berg
INVESTIGATE REPORTING -
* Hannah Dreier (The New York Times)
International REPORTING -
* New York Times
EDITORIAL -
* David E Hoffman (The Washington Post)
PHOTOGRAPHY
* Reuters
FEATURE PHOTOGRAPHY -
* Staff Associated Press
AUDIO REPORTING -
* USG Audio
BOOK - CATEGORY
* Fiction - Night Watch ( J Anne Phillips)
* Drama - Primary Trust ( Eboni Booth )
* History - No Right To An Honest Living : The Struggles Of Boston's Black Workers in The Civil War Era ( Jacqueline Jones)
* Biography - King A Life ( Jonathan )
Master Slave Husband Wife: An Epic Journey From Slavery To Freedom ( iiyon Woo)
* Memoir And Autobiography - Lilianas Invincible Summer: A Sister's Search For Justice ( Cristina Rivera Garza)
* Poetry- Tripas: Brandon Som
* Music- Adagio (Tyshawn Sorey)
* General Non Fiction- A Day In The Life Of Abed Salama: Anatomy Of Jerusalem Tragedy ( Nathan Thrall).
NATIONAL -
* Nitu Joshi (MIAMI NGO) Has Received The Best Social Worker Award At Newsmakers Achievers Award.
* Eminent Journalist Ravi Prakash Has Been Selected For The Patient Advocacy Educational Award 2024 ( For Lung Cancer Awareness Journal)
* Amjad Ali Khan Has Received Honorary Doctorate From Shiv Nadar University.
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* Dr, Vatsal Kothari, Director Critical Care Medicine And Consulting Physician At Mumbai Has Been Felicitated With The Title Of Inspiring Intensivists At The Esteemed Times Network Intensivists Conclave 2024.
* Sikkim Has Been Awarded With The Prestigious Title Of The Best State For Excellence In Implementing The Environment Education Programme For 2023/24.
* The Kerala Governor Appreciation Award Has Been Given To Defense Security Corps Centre At Kunnur
* West Bengal Kiriteshwari Village Has Awarded Best Tourism Village Of India 2023.
* Literary Luminary Prabha Rai, Sikkim Has Received The Chiya Kavita Purashkar 2024 On World Tea Day
PERSON PASSED AWAY -
* US Novelist And Screenwriter Paul Auster Passed Away At The Age Of 77.
* Veteran Playback Singer Uma Ramanan ( Classical Singer) Passed Away In Chennai.
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* Prominent Journalist Vinay Vir Passed Away.
* Senior Communist Party Of India Leader Atul Kumar Anjaan Passed Away.
* British American Author Lesley Hazleton Passed Away.
* ISKON GBC Srila Gopal Krishna Goswami Passes Away.
* Former Chairman Of EXIM Bank Yadhuvendra Mathur passed Away.
* Hollywood Actor Bernard Hill Passed Away. ( Known For Titanic, Lord Of The Rings)
* Malayalam Actor Kanakalatha Passed Away.
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* Hollywood Actor Ian Gelder Passed Away.
* Thiru C Velayutham, FIRST BJP MLA From Tamilnadu Passes Away.
* Indian Filmmaker Sangeeth Sivan Passed Away.
* Athanasius Yohan ( Known As K P Yohannan) Metropolitan Bishop Of Eastern Church Passed Away.
* Eminent Punjabi Poet And Writer Padmashri Surjit Patar Passed Away.
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* International Chess Master Varugeese Koshy Passed Away.
* Kannada Actress Pavhitra Jayram Died In An Road Accident.
* Assam's Padmshri Awardee And Human Rights Activist Birubala Rabha Passed Away.
* Mark Damon, Actor, Producer Of Hollywood Passed Away.
*) Assam, Former Tezpur MP Iswar Prasanna Hazarika Passed Away.
* Senior BJP Leader And Former Bihar Deputy Chief Minister Sushil Kumar Modi Passed Away.
* Former Indian Army Officer Col Waibhav Anil Kale Was Killed In Gaza.
* 2013 Nobel Prize Awardee, 2009 International Booker Prize Awardee Alice Munro Passed Away At The Age Of 92.
( HER BODY OF WORK IN 2009 For Recived Booker Prize in 2009)
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* Former Odisha Minister Damrudhar Ulaka Passed Away.
* Madhavan Raje Scindia, Mother Of Union Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia Passed Away.
* Former Governor Of Tripura, Gujarat And Mizoram And Former Deputy Chief Minister Of Rajasthan Dr Kamala Beniwal Passed Away.
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* Veteran Author ( Hindi & Marathi) And Story Teller Malti Joshi Passed Away At The Age Of 90.
( Padmashri - 2018)
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* Former Executive Vice Chairman Of Tech Mahindra Vineet Nayyar Passes Away.
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* Bangaldesh MP Anwarul Azim Anar Died In Kolkata.
* Social Leader And Life Worker CAPTAIN K K Venkataraman Passed Away.
* NBA Hall Of Fame Bill Walton Passed Away.
77TH CANNES FILM FESTIVAL -
* IRUVAM, An Tamil-English Film Has Been Selected For The LETS SPOOK CANNES Event At 2024 At Cannes Film Festival.
* Payal Kapadia's ALL WE IMAGINE AS LIGHT Is An Indian Film Is To Take Part At Cannes Film Festival After 30 Years.
* TARA THE LOST STAR - A Film From Sikkim Set To Debut At 77th Cannes Film Festival.
* Kooki, A Hindi film From Assam Has Been Selected For The Screening in 77th Cannes Film Festival.
* Filmmaker Payal Kapadia Becomes The First Indian Filmmaker To Win Grand Prix Award At Cannes Film Festival For Her Film ALL WE IMAGINE AS LIGHT
GI TAG -
* Ajrakh Of Kutch, Gujarat Gets Thee GI Tag.
* Wooden Lacquerware And Toys Of Varanasi Gets The GI TAG.
MILITARY EXERCISES -
* 7TH Edition Of Joint Military Exercise Between India And France EXERCISE SHAKTI Will Be Starts From 13th May To 26th May 2024 At Umroi, Meghalaya.
* The Three Weeks Joint Exercise TARKASH 2024 Between National Security Guard ( NSG) And US ( SOF) Culminated At Kolkata.
* Indian Navy's INS Shakti And INS Delhi Conducted Exercise PASSEX With Royal Malaysian Navy's KD Kelantan And KD Keris.
* Indian Army Conducted Exercise AIRAVAT PRAHAR With Its Aviation Brigade In North East India.
* The 42nd Edition Of Coordinate Patrol ( IND-INDO CORPAT) Between Indian Navy And Indonesia Navy Conducted From 16th To 25th May 2024 )
INS KULISH Took Part
* Chief Of Defense Staff Anil Chauhan Attend The Exercise CYBER SURAKSHYA.
ARCHAEOLOGY SITES FOUND -
* 35 Millions Years Old Rare Cetacean Fossils Discovered In South Garo Hills In Meghalaya.
* Rudraprayag Police Uttarakhand Has Launched OPERATION MARYADA To Maintain Decency And Purity in Journey.
NEW UNESCO ADDED -
* RAMACHARITMANAS, PANCHATANTRA And SAHRDAYALOK-LOCHANA Enter UNESCO's Memory Of The World Asia Pacific Regional Register. At The 10th Meeting Of The Memory Of The World Committee For Asia And The Pacific ( MOWCAP) In Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia.
* Kerala's Two Major Temples Boards Travancore Devaswom Board ( TDB) And Malabar Devaswom Board ( MDB) Banned The Use Of Oleander ( Arali) Flowers In Sacred Rituals ( Due To Toxic Contents Present In Flower).
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