DAILY CURRENT AFFAIRS 8TH MAY 2024

World Asthma Day - 7th May 

Theme 2024 - Asthma Education Empowers 

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) 

1) Nitin Agarwal Has Been Appointed As The. CEO Of Welspun Corp (Steel Business).

2) ICICI Bank Has Enabled Instant Payment Facility UPI For NRI Customers In India Through Their International Numbers.

3) 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) 

4) The 31st Edition Of The Arabian Travel Market Started In Dubai.

5) NMAM Institute Of Karkala In Karnataka State Has Won The 9th Annual Boeing National Aeromodeling Competition.

6) 1992 BATCH IPS OFFICER Harish Kumar Gupta Has Been Appointed As The New DGP Of Andhra Pradesh.

7) Malayalam Actor Kanakalatha Passed Away.

8) 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.

9) 12th Meeting Of The Board Of Directors Of KARMYOGI Held At Mumbai.

10) Indian Well Known Fashion designer Sabyasachi Mukherjee Became The First Indian To Walk At The Met Gala Carpet 2024.

11) Microsoft Is Developing AI Language Model Called MAI-1.

12) 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.

13) The Center Has Granted Permission For The Export Of 14000 MT Of Non Basmati White Rice To Mauritius.

14) Palestine Journalists Have Won The 2024 Guillermo Cano World Press Prize (On The Occasion Of WORLD Press Freedom Day).

15) 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.

16) 6th Edition Of Commandant Conclave Held At Military Institute Of Technology, Pune.

17) M V Narasimham Will Take Charge As CFO Of Dr Reddy's From 1st August 2024.

18) 2 Teams Lead By Professor Rajiv Dusane And Professor Amartya Mukhopadhya From IIT BOMBAY Has Received The BPCL Innovation Award.

19) iDEx Wins The 3rd Itech Award At Sanfransico.

20) VISA Appoints Sujai Raina As India Country Manager.

21) NCLT Approved The Merger Of Mahindra Heavy Engines And Trringo.com (Two Wheeler) 

22) LIFE, DEATH AND THE ASTHAVAKRA GITA Book Author - Bibek Debroy And Hindol Sengupta 

23) Senior Diplomat Xu Feihong Has Been Appointed As The China's Ambassador To India.

24) MoU Signed Between Indian Coast Guard And Jindal Steel & Power (JSP)For The Supply Of Indigenous Marine Grade Steel For Shipbuilding.