APRIL - MAY WORLD CURRENT AFFAIRS 2024 FOR OSSC CGL EXAM

APRIL - 

*  The Niti Anusandhan Pratisthan Nepal Has Been Designated As The Head Office Of Nepal-India Sanskrit Study Center.

* Israeli Parliament Passes The Law The Paving Way For Shutting The Al Zajeera Media GROUP.

* Taiwan Recorded 7.4 Magnitude Earthquake In The Eastern Taiwan, Strongest In 25 Years.

*  Japan's Fukushima Recorded The 6.0 Magnitude Earthquake.

* NATO Completed 75 Years On 4th April 2024.

( NORTH ATLANTIC TREATY ORGANIZATION) 

ESTD - 4TH APRIL 1949 

HEADQUARTER - Brussels, Belgium) 

* United States America Faces Cyclone IISA Recently.

* United Nations Celebrates India's Food Security Achievement And Milestone Of Akshay Patra Foundation Four Billion Meals Served.

* Zimbabwe Launched New Gold Backed Currency Called The ZiG (Zimbabwe Gold).

* India Approved The Highest Ever Export Quotas For Essential Commodities To Maldives For 2024/25.

* Romania Has Developed World's Most Powerful Laser.

* Mexico Suspends The Diplomatic Ties With Ecuador Due To Embassy Raid.

* Japan Introduced e-VISA For The Indian Tourists. 

*  India Has Secured Rights To Operate Sittwe Port In Myanmar On The Kaladan River. 

* Indonesia Recorded 6.6 Magnitude Earthquake.

* Microsoft Has Announced, It Is Investing 2.9 Billion $ Over Next Two Years In Japan For AI Development.

* India Gifted 35 Ambulances And 66 School Buses To Nepal.

* Papua New Guinea Recorded A 6.5 Magnitude Earthquake.

* Ruang Volcano Of Indonesia Has Erupted.

* Nigeria Became The First Country To Roll Out Meningitis Vaccine 

* Kenya's Chief Of Defense Forces General Francis Ogolla, Killed In An Crashed.

* Sweden Became The 38th Country To Join The Artemis Accord.

*  After Singapore, Now Hong Kong Center For Food Safety Has Banned The Sale And Buying Of Everest Masala (Due To Carcinogen Finds) 

*  First Ever Hindi Radio Broadcast Started In Kuwait.

* India Became The 2nd Largest Source Country For United States.

* Laxman Nagar Wins The Mister Gay Nepal Contest.

* Head Of Israeli Military Intelligence, Major General Aharon Haliva, Has Resigned.

* The World Health Organisation (WHO) Has Pre Qualified a New Oral Vaccine For Cholera ( EUVICHOL-S).

* Srilanka Cabinet Has Approved Handing Over The Management Of MATTALA RAJAPAKSHA International Airport (MRIA) To India-Russia Company For 30 Years.

* China Has Launched The First Type 039B Submarine For Pakistan Navy ( $ 5 Billion ) 

* Iraq's Parliament Has Passed A Bill Criminalising Same Sex Marriage, Relationship, 

* Volcano Erupts In Mount Ibu Island Of Eastern Indonesia.

*  Nigeria Became The First Country To Roll Out That Protects People Against 5 Strains Of Meningococcus Bacteria. (Men5CV Vaccine).

EXERCISE - 

* The US Navy, Japanese Navy, South Korean Navy Jointly Conducted A Trilateral Maritime Exercise At Indo Pacific Sea.

REPORTS - 

* 1.3 Millions Deaths Reports By World Health Organisation Due to Hepatitis In World. (2022 Report) 

SPACE - 

* International Scientists Have Discovered A Ozone Presence On Jupiter's Moon Callisto

*  Space X Falcon 9 Launched BANDWAGON-1 Mission, 11 Space crafts including Korea's 425Sat, HawkEye 360's Clusters 8 &9, Tyvak International CENTAURI-6, iQPS QPS-SAR7 TSUKUYOMI-II, Capella Space's CAPELLA-14, And Tata Advanced System Limited TSAT-1A.

COURTESY - SPACE X 

*  European Astronomer Have Uncovered The Largest Stellar Black Hole In Galaxy Named BH-3. 

*  VOYAGER 1, The Satellite Send By NASA In Year Back In 1977, Signalling After 46 Years.

*  Falcon-9 Launched 23 Star link Satellites To Low Earth Orbits From Florida. 

( Completed 300 Launched By Space X) 

HOST - 

* UAE's MasDar To Host The World Future Energy Summit.

* Indo-Pacific Economic Framework For Prosperity (IPEF) To Organise Clean Economy Investor Forum In Singapore.

*  MAIDEN US-Japan- Philippines Trilateral Leaders Summit Held For Cooperation.

* 16th World Future Energy Summit Held At Abu Dhabi.

* Kathmandu, Nepal Host The 3rd Investment Summit.

FIRST IN - 

* British Marathon Runner Russ Cook Became The First Person To Completed His Run Across The Entire Length Of Africa In Tunisia, After Traveling 16 Countries.

MOU SIGNED - 

* Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co Has Signed MoU With The US To Make Advanced Semiconductor In Arizona, From 2028.

* Ukraine And Latvia Have Signed A 10 Years Agreement For Annual Latvian Military Support For Ukraine At 0.25 % of GDP.

* Bangladesh And Thailand Have Signed 5 Bilateral Documents Of VISA Exemptions, Cooperation On Energy, Tourism And Customs Matters And Negotiations Of Free Trade Agreement Between Two Countries. 

APPOINTMENTS - 

* Andrew NG JOINS As Board Of Directors In Amazon.

* Kristalina Georgieva Has Been Re Appointed As The Managing Director Of IMF.

* Papua New Guinea Has Appointed Col Edision Napyo As Defense Advisor To INDIA For The First Time In History.

* The Baking Hall Of Fame Inducted Dr Borlaug .

* UK Prime Minister Rishi Shunak Has Appoints New National Secretary Adviser (NSA) General GWYN Jenkins.

TESTED - 

* Russia Has Successfully Test Fired The Intercontinental Ballistic Missile (ICBM) From The Kapustin Yar Range In Astrakhan Region.

ARCHAEOLOGY - 

* Archaeologist Have Found Evidence Of Human Habitation Within Lava Tubes In The Deserts Of Northern Saudi Arabia.

MAY - 

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.

* Hong Kong Has Launched Its FIRST Hydrogen Powered Buses.

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

* UNGA Proclaimed May 25th As World Football Day, In 2024 Football Completed 100 Years.

* China Has Inaugurated The Next Generation ( High Energy Photon Source HEPS) SYNCHROTON Boasting World's Brightest X-Rays

* Nepal's Kami Rita Sherpa Climbed Mount Everest For a Record Of 30th Time. 

* 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.

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 

* 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.

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

* April 2024 Has Registered As The Warmest April Globally Since 1940

* Nepali Sherpa Climber Kami Rita Sherpa Has Climbed Everest For The Record 29th Time. 

* Switzerland Wins The Eurovision Song Contest. ( Swiss Singer Nemo Has Won The 68th Eurovision Song Contest.) 

* Nigeria Suffered 150 Deaths Due To Lassa Fever Since January 2024.

* Switzerland Has Banned The Burqa On Its Street, And Reject Islam As Official Religion.

*  Melinda French Gates Steps Down As Co Chair Of Bill And Melinda Gates Foundation.

* Georgian Parliament Has Passed The Foreign Agent Bill.

* Slovakia's Prime Minister Robert Fico Injured In Shooting. 

* Russian President Vlamdir Puttin And Chinese President XI Jinping Have Signed  A Statement To Deepen The Comprehensive Partnerships And Strategic Cooperation Between two Nations.

* Bangladesh Observes The 125th Birth Anniversary Of The National Poet Kazi Nazrul Islam On 25th May. 

* Vanuatu Faced An Earthquake Of Magnitude At 6.5. 

*  Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelwnskyy And Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez Have Signed MoU, That Spain Will Support Ukraine 1 Billion Euros.

* Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula Da Silva Removed His Ambassador To Israel From His Post Due To Diplomatic Spat Between Countries.

* Nigerian President Bola Tinubu Signed a Bill To Switching  a National Anthem Composed By a British Expatriate.

( WE HAIL THEE Used Instead Of ARISE O Compatriots) 

PERSON DIED - 

*  Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi Died In A Helicopter Crash.

* Hossein Amir Abdollahian, Foreign Minister Of Iran Died In Plane Crash.

* Ireland, Norway And Spain Officially Recognized As Palestine State.

*  Spain Became The 99th Member Of International Solar Alliance.

*  For The First Time On 24th May International Day Of Markhor Celebrated As UNEP Declare

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