DAILY CURRENT AFFAIRS 11TH MAY 2024

National Technology Day - 11th MAY 

Theme 2024 - From Schools To Start-ups: Igniting Young Minds To Innovate 

75 Years Completed UNICEF WITH INDIA 

1) India Overtook Japan Became The Third Largest Solar Power Generator in 2023.

a) China 584.15 TWh 

b) United State America 238.12 TWh 

c) India 113. TWh 

2) John Swinney Has Been Sworn In As First Minister Of Scotland.

3) Dr. Geoffrey Hawtin And Cary Fowler Have Won The 2023 World Food Prize Laureate.

4) A Training Fighter Jet Of Bangladesh Air Force (BAF) Crashed Into The Karnaphuli River, At Chhotogram.

5) Assam Riffles Has Launched MERI LIFE INITIATIVE IN Nagaland.

6) The Annual India-UK Strategic Dialogue Held In New Delhi.

7) The 14th Counter Terrorism Dialogue Between INDIA And European Union Held On 7th May In Delhi.

8) Actor Vikrant Massey Has Been Appointed As The Brand Ambassador Of IN DRIVE.

9) 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.

10) New Zealand Batsman Collin Munro Has Announced Retirement From International Cricket.

11) India Exports To 115 Countries In Financial Year  2023/24.

12) IRUVAM, An Tamil-English Film Has Been Selected For The LETS SPOOK CANNES Event At 2024 At Cannes Film Festival.

13) INDIA BEYOND THE PANDEMIC: A Sustainable Path Towards Global Quality Health Care Book Author- Ambassador Pradeep K Kapur And Professor M D Nalapat.

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14) IAS Subodh Kumar Has Been Appointed As The Director In The Ministry Of AYUSH.

15) Saniyaa Kadree Has Been Appointed As The Chairperson Of The Grappling Committee Of India For Jammu and Kashmir.

16) Indian Coast Guard (ICG) Has Signed MoU With Hindalco Industries For Supplying Of Indigenous Aluminium To Public/Private Shipyard.

17) IIT Gandhinagar Students Developed Fully Autonomous Driverless Vehicle.

18) The First Ever Potato Festival Starts In Nagaland At Jakhma Village Of Kohima District.

19) Vice Admiral Sanjay Bhalla Has Been Appointed As Chief Of Personnel At Human Resources Development At Navy Headquarters.

20) Lieutenant Governor General Of Puducherry C P Radhakrishnan Has Released The Kambaramayanam ( The Epic Of Ramayan) Written In Tamil By Poet Kamban) At The 57th Edition Of Kamban Literary Festival.

21) Russian President Vlamdir Puttin Has Reappointed Mikhail Mishustin As Russian Prime Minister.

22) 1992 Batch IPS OFFICER Of Assam Idashisha Nongrang Has Been Appointed As The Acting DGP Of Meghalaya.

23) India Registered Record $ 27.8 Billion Pharma Exports In 2024.

24) Amitabh Kant Has Released The Book WORK MADE EASY Book Author- Parth Jeet Sarma, John Hoffmire And Raj Krishnamurthy.

25) 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 

26) Chad's Military Ruler Mahamat Deby Has Been Elected Presidential Election.

27) Bharat Puri Has Been Appointed As The Additional Independent Director Of Tata Motors For Next Five Years From 15th May 2024.

28) Wipro Appoints Vinay Firake As CEO For APMEA Strategic Market Unit.

29) LYRICS BY SAMEER Launched By Former President Ramnath Kovind, Author - Shuja Ali (Co-author).

30) 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) 

( ( The Fish Is Named After Dr. Punyabrata Das, Founder, Director Of ICAR-NBFGR ( Fisheries Research) 

31) IIT Guwahati And NSDC Academy Have Jointly Launched DAKSH GURUKUL INITIATIVE.

32) The Inter Service Organisation (Command, Control And Discipline) Act Enforced From 10th May 2024. 

33) Ministry Of Skill Development And Entrepreneurship Signed MoU With Mahindra And Mahindra Limited To Conduct 2 Pilot Projects Under The Drone Didi Yojana.

34) A Rare, Rusty Spotted Cat Spotted In Kishanpur Wildlife Sanctuary.

35) National Green Hydrogen Mission Portal Has Been Launched.

36) 5th Meeting Of The Task Force Of The Development Of The Tourism In North East State Was Held in New Delhi.

37) ISRO Has Successfully Hot Tested a New PS4 Liquid Rocket Engine Manufactured Through Additive Manufacturing Technology.

38) R Lakshmi Kanth Rao Has Been Appointed As The Executive Chairman Of RBI.

39) INDIAN Navy Had Signed MoU With National Council For Vocational Education And Training (NCVET) For Skill Certification Courses.

40) Mihir Nanavati Has Resigned CFO From Nuvuma Wealth.