WEEKLY CURRENT AFFAIRS 6TH TO 12TH MAY 2024

World Laughter Day - 5th May 

1) Iga Swiatek Wins The Women's Single Title At Madrid Open 2024.

2) Hidaya Cyclone Hits Tanzania. 

3) Ola Founder Bhavish Agarwal Led Krutrim Has Launched Android App At Bengaluru. 

4) India's Basmati Rice Has Been Named The Best Rice In The World By Taste Atlas. 

5) British American Author Lesley Hazleton Passed Away. 

6) Afghanistan Consul General Zakia Wardak Has Resigned After Caught Unusual Smuggling At Mumbai Airport. 

7) IIT Delhi To Conduct Robotics For Good Youth Challenge Competition. 

8) Virat Kohli Became The First Cricketer To Scored 4000 IPL Runs In Winning Cause For RCB.

9) Bangladesh To Host The 9th Edition Women's T20I World Cup From 3rd To 20th October 2024.

10) The Indian 50+ TEAM Created History, Wins Silver Medal At The ITF Tennis Master World Championship.

11) Wrestler Bajrang Punia Has Been Provisionally Suspended By NADA.

12) Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's Cabinet Has Banned The Qatar Based News Channel Aljazeera.

13) ISKON GBC Srila Gopal Krishna Goswami Passes Away.

14) Real Madrid Wins The 36th La Liga Title.

15) China Won The 16th Uber Cup & Thomas Cup  After Beating Indonesia.

16) Scotland Women's Cricket Team For The First Time Qualify For The Women's T20i World Cup.

17) Former Chairman Of EXIM Bank Yadhuvendra Mathur passed Away.

18) Sriram Balaji And Andre Begemann Are The Champions Of ATP 175 Sardegna Open. (Indo- German Pair).

World Athletics Day - 7th May 

Theme 2024 - World Mile Challenge 

1) Both Indian Men And Women's Team 4X400M Relay Have Qualified For The Paris Olympic 2024. 

2) Dr Reddy's Announced The Launch Of Doxycycline Capsules In The US. 

3) India And Ghana Inked MoU For The UPI Payment Settlement. 

4) Sushil Kumar Sharma Has Assumed As CMD Of SJVN Limited. 

5) Hollywood Actor Bernard Hill Passed Away. ( Known For Titanic, Lord Of The Rings) 

6) Mc Laren's Lando Norris Won The F1 Miami Grand Prix Title. 

7) OCED ( Organisation For Economic Co-operation And Development) Raised India's GDP FOR FY-  2024/25 6.6%. 

8) 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). 

9) Gautam Singhania Has Been Appointed As The MD Of Raymond.

10) Jose Raul Mulino Has Been Elected As The President Of Panama.

11) The Marathi Version Of Blaze Book Author - Nidhi Poddar & Sushil Poddar 

12) Sanjay Panicker Has Been Appointed As The Executive Director Of IDBI Bank.

13) Dr. Mohammad Abbas, Surgeon At Kargil Has Successfully Conducted A Paediatric Open Gastric Surgery, The 8 Years Old Boy Suffering From Unique Disease Called Trichobezoar.

14) Hcl Tech Has Joined Hands With Amazon Web Service To Accelerate GenAI Adoption.

15) Jayesh Shah Has Been Re- Appointed As The Director And Group CFO Of Arvind From October 2024.

16) Susheel Kaul Has Been Appointed As The Md And President Of Arvind Textiles.

17) Rakshita Lohani Of Aliganj Has Topped The ICSE 12TH Grade With 98.75%.

18) Rashmita Jha Has Been Appointed As The Chief Vigilance Officer (CVO) Of NTPC Limited.

19) India Today Anchor Sana Won The 2024 GLOBAL Media Award For AI Lead Newsroom Transformation.

20) Vizhinjam Port Has Been Approved As The First Trans Shipment Port By The Ministry Of Shipping.

21) 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.

22) 4th Session Of India-Ghana Joint Trade Committee Held At Accra.

( Agreed On Payment Settlement, UPI) 

23) Indian Origin Sunita Williams Set To Fly Into Space For The Third Time 

24) Indian Coast Guard (ICG) Has Signed MoU With Armoured Vehicle Nigam Limited (AVNI) For The Procurement Of 10 30 mm CRN-91 Guns.

25) Daya Shankar Patel Has Been Appointed As The CFO Of Bajaj Health Care.

26) Reshu Madan Has Been Appointed As The CEO Of Sterlite Power ( Global Products And Service Business)

27) REC Limited Has Earned Profit Of Rs 14.145 Crores in Financial Year 2024.

28) Maiden Visit Of Jordan Armed Forces (JAF) Training Delegation To Southern Naval Command And Indian Naval Academy.

( talked On Defense Cooperation, Military Exercise)

29) INDIAN Boxers Wins 43 Medals At The ASBC ASIAN Under 22 & Youth Boxing Championship 2024.

30) Chennai Based Semiconductor Company MINDGROVE Launched  India's First Commercial MCU Chip.

31) 2nd India European Union Security & Defense Consultation Held at New Delhi.

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.

1) 5th Joint Group Of Customs ( JGC) Meeting Between India And Bhutan Held On 6th-7th May At Leh, Ladakh. 

2) IF THEN ELSE Book Author - Sandhya Ranganathan 

3) Inox Air Products Is To Set Up Its First Green Hydrogen Project At Chittorgarh, Rajasthan. 

4) PINE Labs Owned Fintech SETU Unveiled India's First Large Language Model Application SESAME. 

5) Gaurav Gupta Has Resigned Head Of Finance From Devyani International. 

6) India And Dominican Republic Have Completed 25 Years On Diplomatic Relations. 

7) Debrigarh Wildlife Sanctuary, Bargarh Odisha Is Set To Initiate Astro Tourism After Uttarakhand In India. 

8) Yuzivendra Chahal Became The First Indian Bowler To Take 350 T20 Wickets. 

9) Mahendra Singh Dhoni Became The First To Take 150 Catches In IPL History. 

10) West Nile Fever Alert In Kerala. 

11) 2024 Edition Of Grand Chess Tour (GCT) To Start At Warsaw, Poland.

12) DRDO Handed Over 9 Defense Projects To IIT BHUBANESWAR.

13) WOXSEN University Presented Kiran Bedi To The Woxsen Award For Timeless Societal Contribution.

14) Amul Is The Official Sponsor Of Srilanka Men's Team For ICC T20 World Cup 2024.

15) Tenzing Yangki Became The First Female IPS Officer Of  Arunachal Pradesh.

16) India Becomes The First Country To Receive Over $111  Billion Remittance According To UN.

17) Hrushit Shah Has Been Appointed As The CFO Of Westlife Food World.

18) Google Launched GOOGLE WALLET App In India.

19) Hollywood Actor Ian Gelder Passed Away.

20) Ajrakh Of Kutch, Gujarat Gets Thee GI Tag.

21) Japan Wins The Under 23 Men's AFC Cup Title 2024 Beat Uzbekistan.

22) World's Deepest Blue Hole Discovered In Mexico.

23) Thiru C Velayutham, FIRST BJP MLA From Tamilnadu Passes Away.

24) India Contributed $ 500, 000 To The United Nations Counter Terrorism Trust Fund.

25) Keki M Mistry Has Been Appointed As The Chairman Of The Board Of HDFC Life Insurance.

26) Surya Prakash Kanodiya Has Been Appointed As The CFO Nucleus Software.

27) India Ranked 19th In Asia Volley ball Ranking. (Japan Ranked 1) 

28) Dr Kiran Bedi Inaugurated The Kiran Bedi Hall At Woxsen University.

1) 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) 

2) Maldives Foreign Minister Moosa Zameer First Visit To India. 

3) Zomato Launched India's First Crowd Supported Weather Infrastructure ( Website - Weatherunion,com) 

4) Sam Pitroda Has Stepped Down As Chairman Of Indian Overseas Congress. 

5) 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) 

6) Pirmal Enterprises Board Approves Merger Of Pirmal Enterprises With Subsidiary Pirmal Capital And Housing Finance. 

7) Indian Filmmaker Sangeeth Sivan Passed Away. 

8) 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. 

9) Tibetan Spiritual Leader The 14th Dalai Lama Has Recived The Prestigious PV Narasimha Rao Memorial Award. 

10) Former Fiji Prime Minister Frank Bainimarama Was Sentenced To One Year Prison For Perverting The Course Of Justice. 

11) India Surpassed Japan Ranked Third In World In Solar Projects. 

12) Philip Morris International (PMI) Has Been Recognized As a Top Employer For The 5th Consecutive Year. 

13) IIT MADRAS Secured Record Breaking Funding Of Rs 513 Crores In Financial Year 2023/24.

14) NTPC LIMITED Has Claimed Champion Title At 6th Edition Of AIMA Corporate Management Olympiad 2024.

15) R Shankar Raman Has Been Appointed As The President, Whole Time Director And CFO Of L & T.

16) Google Deepmind Has Unveiled The 3rd Version Of ALPHA Fold AI.

17) April 2024 Has Registered As The Warmest April Globally Since 1940

18) Athanasius Yohan ( Known As K P Yohannan) Metropolitan Bishop Of Eastern Church Passed Away.

19) 5th Meeting Of India-Denmark Joint Working Group On Shipping Held.

20) Manipur State Government Has Launched The School On Wheel Scheme At Imphal.

21) Air Marshal M S Sridhar Has Been Assumed As The Deputy Chief Of Integrated Defense Staff ( Medical).

22) DMRDE In Collaboration With DRDO Has Developed The Liquid Ramjet Fuel For Advanced Air Breathing Engine. 

23) 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.

24) Bhavi Mehta Won The Oxford Book Store Book Cover Prize 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.

World Endemic Bird Day - 11th May 

Theme 2024 - Protect Insects, Protects Bird 

International Nurses Day - 12th May 

Theme 2024 - Our Nurses Our Future, The Economic Power Of Care 

1) Arunachal Pradesh's Sela Tunnel Has Been Recognised As Country's Highest Tunnel By International Book Of Honour, England. 

2) 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). 

3) Neeraj Chopra Secured Second Position In Diamond League 2024 Held In Doha. ( 88.36 m) 

( Czech Republic  Jakub Vadlejch Secured First Position) 

4) Payal Kapadia's ALL WE IMAGINE AS LIGHT Is An Indian Film Is To Take Part At Cannes Film Festival After 30 Years. 

5) 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. 

6) The 8th Technology Council Meeting Was Organized By Defense Research And Development Organization ( DRDO) In New Delhi. 

7) GRSE Laid The Keel Of 8th ASW SWC For Indian Navy At Kolkata. 

8) 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. 

9) Nisha Dutta Has Been Appointed As MD & CEO Of SUBEX For Next 3 Years. 

10) Rethin Pranav & Kriish Tyagi Have Won The Men's Double At J300 Asia/ Oceania Regional Championship In Nothaburi, Thailand. 

11) TARA THE LOST STAR - A Film From Sikkim Set To Debut At 77th Cannes Film Festival. 

12) Nandini Satpathy: The Iron Lady Of Orissa Book Author - Pallavi Rebbapragada 

13) Eminent Punjabi Poet And Writer Padmashri Surjit Patar Passed Away.

14) Professor Mohammed Rihan Has Been Appointed As The Director General Of The National Institute Of Solar Energy (NISE).

15) Secretary Of The Ministry Of Mines V L Kantha Rao Has Inaugurated The Registered Office Of Khanji Bidesh India Limited In New Delhi.

16) 3rd Edition Of Kukumber Festival Celebrated At Aliba Village In Mokokchung District Nagaland.

17) Kooki, A Hindi film From Assam Has Been Selected For The Screening in 77th Cannes Film Festival.

18) India Ranked 2nd In The World in Saffron Production.

19) Dileep Sanghani Has Been Elected As The Chairman Of IFFCO.

20) International Chess Master Varugeese Koshy Passed Away.

21) Social Worker Pawan Sindhi Honored With Prestigious Global Pride Of Sindhi Award 2024.

22) Rutuja Bhoshle And Paige Hourigan Have Won The W75 FUKUOKA.

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