Sunday, 11 May 2025

WEEKLY CURRENT AFFAIRS 5TH TO 11TH MAY 2025

WORLD Hand Hygiene Day - 5th May 

1) Air Marshal Nagesh Kapoor Has Been Appointed As Chief Of South Western Air Command.


2) India Ranked 151 out Of 180 In The World' Press Freedom INDEX 2025.

( Norway Topped The Table) 

3) Google, Meta, And Microsoft Signed MoU With The Indian Institute Of Creative Technology ( IICT) At WAVES.

4) Odisha's Mountaineer Madhumita Patra Successfully Scaled The Mount Meera ( 6476 m) In Nepal.


5) China Has Won The Record 14th Time SUDIRAMAN Cup Title 2025.

6) Delhi Chief Minister Rekha Gupta Has Launched The Advanced Digital Platform MedLEaPR To Make Medico Legal System More Transparent.
( Medico Legal Testing And Post Mortem) 



7) Lawrence Wong Win The Prime Minister' Election In Singapore For Second Time.



8) Anarghya Abhishek Clinched Gold Medal At 11th Budokan International Karate Championships Held At Dubai.

9) Washington DC Set To Host The World Bank Land Conference 2025 From 5th To 8th May 2025..

10) Union Agriculture Minister Shivaraj Singh Chouhan Has Launched The India's First Two Genome Edited Rice Varieties.

* DRR Dhan 100 ( Kamla)
Developed Using SDN1 Genome Editing In Popular Sambha Mahauri 

(* Developed By Dr Satendra K Mangrouthia, Dr R M Sundaram, ICAR Hyderabad.) 

* PUSA RICE DST 1 
( Drought And Salt Tolerant Rice Varieties) 
( Developed Using CRISPR - CAS9) 
* Developed By ICAR New Delhi ) 



11) A New Species Of Flowering Plant BEGONIA Has Been Named After Journalist DORIS BIGORNIA ( ABS-CBN) 


12) Scrolls Journalist Vaishnavi Rathore Wins The Danish Siddiqui Journalism Award 2025. ( For Her Report on Great Nicobar Project) 


13) Abhay Singh Has Won The Hyder Cup 2025 ( Squash).



14) Padma Shri Awardee KV Rabiya Passed away.



15) Milan, Italy To Host The 58th ADB Annual Meeting 2025.

16) Casper Rudd Wins The Men's Single Title At MADRID OPEN 2025.

17) DRDO Chairman Inaugurated The Centre For Electromagnetic Launch Technology (CEMaLT) 


18) Australia Launched The World's Largest Electric Ship Hull 096 With 2100 Passengers Capacity.


19) The 72nd Miss World' Pageant Will Held At Telengana From 10th MAY 2025.

World Asthama Day - 6th May 

1) DRDO & Indian Navy Conducted A Combat Firing ( With Reduced Explosives) Of Indigenous Multi Influence Ground Mine (MIGM) 


2) Centre Approves Puri Airport, Odisha First Greenfield Airport.

3) INS SHARADA Arrived At Maldives For The Maiden HADR Exercise.

4) Mr Sagar Kanta Senapati Has Been Elected As The New Vice President Of Indian Deaf Cricket Association (IDCA).

5) Dr Ajit Kumar Mishra Has Been Appointed As The Additional Political Secretary of BJD.

6) President Draupadi Murmu Became The First Indian President To Offer Prayers At Revered Sabarimala Temple In Kerala.

7) India Clinched 5-0 Against Srilanka in PD DEEPAKA LOHIA MEMORIAL TROPHY 2025 ( physical Disability Cricket)

8) Researchers At IIT MADRAS In Collaboration With IIT Jodhpur, iisc Bengaluru, IIT Hyderabad, ISRO And DRDO India Have Developed 3D Printed Incolen 718, a Nickel Based Super Alloy Used In Rocket Engine, And Jet Turbine 

9) The 7th Commandant Conclave Successfully Held At Goa.

10) IRDAI Proposed a Model 

* As Per The Proposal Banks To Change Transaction Fee, Not Commission From Insurer 

* Pricing Of Transaction Fee Would Be Market Determined 


11) Pankaj Advani Wins The CCI Biliards Classic Champion 2025.

12) India And UK Ageeed On Free Trade Agreements (FTA).


13) German Conservative Leader Friedrich Merz Elected As The Chancellor Of German (10th)


14) Dr Priti Adani Has Been Conferred With Doctor Of Science (DSC); by Datta Meghe Institute Of Higher Education & Research 


15) Belgavi Based SBOF AGRO SMART Private Limited Has Launched The India's First AI BASED All In One Agriculture App.

16) India Became The Fourth Largest Economy in The World Surpassed Japan 


17) Rangachhera Village Of Tripura became States First Green Village.

18) Indigo Air Has Been Honoured With Partner Of The Year At The 18th Edition Of The Changi Airlines Award 2025


1) Researchers At JNCASR Have Developed a Metal Free Catalyst That Uses Mechanical Energy To Produce Hydrogen Fuel 


2) Indian Armed Forces Launched Operation SINDOOR Against Pakistan Terrorists, Which Is The Rebellion Attack, Terrorists Attack on Pahalgam.

* Wing Commander Vyomika Singh Took Command Of Indian Air Force 

* Col Sophia Qureshi Took Command Of Indian Armed Forces 


3) Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Chandra Babu Naidu Has Launched The POWER SECTOR REFORMS 3.0 to Tackle To Rs 1.12 Lakh Crores.

4) Johann Wadephul Has Been Appointed As The Foreign Affairs Minister Of Germany.

5) Odisha FORMER Chief Minister Biju Patnaik Has Honoured With RUSSIAN HONOUR, Who Took Participants in World War 3, along With Three Other Indians.


6) Cabinet Approved The Revised SHAKTI (SHAKTI SCHEME FOR HARNESSING AND ALLOCATING KOYALA TRANSPARENTLY IN INDIA) Policy For Coal Allocation To Power Sector.


7) Cabinet Approved The Expansion Of Academic And Infrastructure Capacity Of 5 Indian Institute Of Technology ( IIT) Established In Tirupati (Andhra Pradesh), Bhilai ( Chhattisgarh), Jammu (J&k) Dharwad (Karnataka), Palakkad (KERALA)

8) Indian Naval Ship INS KILTAN Has Arrived Singapore For The IMDEX ASIA 2025 

9) Union Minister Kisen Reddy Has Launched The Website and Stake Holder's Website And Portal To Strengthen The Non ferrous Metal Recycling Ecosystem.

10) CBI Director Pravin sood Gets One Year Extension 

11) SARVAM AI Launched The AI TEXT TO SPEECH Model With Support For 11 Indian Languages.

12) Former Indian Midfielder (Football) DMK Afzal Passes away.


13) Indian Origin Vinay Prasad Has Been Appointed As The FDA's Top Vaccine Official in US.


14) The Delhi Cabinet Has Passed A Decision To Conduct Artificial Rain.

15) Judoka Leishangthem Nungshithoi Has Clinched Gold Medal in The Junior women's 52 Kg Category At Istanbul, 

16) Maulana Ghulam Mohammad Vastanvi, A Islamic Scholar And Founder Of Jamia Islamia Ishaatul Uloom PASSED AWAY.


WORLD THALASSEMIA DAY - 8th May 


World Red Cross Day - 8th May 


1) India Ends Their Campaign With 7 Medals Including 2 Silver And 5 Bronze At World Youth Junior Championship 2025.

2) India And Iran Signed Bilateral Deals On Trading, Customs And healthcare.

( India And Iran Completed 75 Years In Diplomatic Relation)

* Minister Of Foreign Affairs Of Iran Dr Abbas Araghchi Visited India 


3) A New Species Of Vampire Crab Has Been Identifed at Gunung Jerai, Kedah.

( Named After - Geosesarma Bunian) 
Bunian Means -  hidden 


4) Adani Group And Druk Green Power Corporation (DGPC) Bhutan Have Signed A MoU To Jointly Developed a 5000 MW Of Hydropower Project In Bhutan.

5) Tamilnadu Witnesses Record Of 2.29 lakh Olive Ridley Turtles Hatchling In This Season.

6) Rohit Sharma Announcing Retirement From Test Cricket.

* ajhiyinke Rahane Became The 9th Player To Completed 5000 Runs In IPL.

* Varun Chakroborty Became The Joint Fastest To Completed 100 IPL Wickets in IPL In 83 Innings.

7) ARNALA - The First of The 8th ASW SWC (Anti Submarine Warfare Shallow Water Craft) Indigenously Designed And Built By GRSE, Kolkata Delivered To Indian Navy, Kattupalli.


8) Prakash Magdum Has Been Appointed As The MD Of NFDC.

9) India Ranked 130th in The Human Development index 2025.

10) Yemen Appoints Finance Minister Salem Bin Braik As It's New Prime Minister'.

11) Government Of Karnataka Notified HESSARGHATTA Grassland As Its Conservation Reserve.


1) FSIB Recommended Sanjay Joshi As CMD Of Oriental Insurance.

2) The Andhra Pradesh Cabinet Has Passed The Resolution Declaring AMARAVATI AS the Capital.

3) Scientists Have Assembled A First Of its Kind PANGENOME By Stitching Together Key Parts Of Genome From 144 Varities Of Wild And Cultivated Varieties Of Rice From Asia.

4) India And Chile Signed The Terms Of Reference (ToR) For A Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (CEPA).

5) India Became The THIRD Largest Producer Of Wind And Solar Energy.

a) China b) America 

6) Lt Governor Of J& K Appointed Shaleen Kabra As The Official Spokespersons For The UT J&K 

7) Bihar Host The 10th International Trade Fair 

8) ILLINOIS Institute Of Technology Has Become The First' University To Get UGC Approval To Open Degree Campus In Mumbai.

9) India Wins Gold Medal In Compound Men's Team At Archery World Cup China.

10) France And Poland Signed a New Treaty With Mutual Defence 

11) Pakistan Launched The Operation Bunyan Ul Marsoos Against INDIA (Which Means Unbrekable Wall)


World Migratory Birds Day - 10th May 


1) Both Bihar Men's And Women's Rugby Team Have Won Rugby 7s Gold Medal At Khelo India Youth Games 2025.

2) GRSE Won The Digital Transformation Excellence Award At 10th Governance PSU IT Awards 2025

3) SUZLON Has Been Awarded With Rotary CSR Award 2025.

4) Jirr Bartoska Passed away.

5) President Draupadi Murmu Appoints Supreme Court Judge Justice Suryakant As The Chairman Of National Legal Service Authority (NALSA).

6) Former Secretary And Director General Of ICAR Dr S Iyppen Passed away.

7) Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Along With World Bank Head Ajay Banga Launched Two Initiative 
* UP AGREES & 
* AI PRAGYA 
Related To Agricultural Innovation And Digital Transformation in State 

8) The Indian National Centre For Ocean Information Services (INCOIS) Partnered With The Indian High Commission For Deployment Of THE WAMAN Wave Rider Buoy To Strengthen Marine Resource Management And Maritime Safety in Mauritius.

9) Rajouri, Jammu and Kashmir Additional Deputy Commissioner Raj Kumar Thapa Passed away 

10) The Assam Cabinet Has Approved a Scheme NAMED - ETI KOLI DUTI PAAT - Under This Scheme - 
State Government Will Provide One Time Assistance Of Rs 5000 To each And Permanent And Temporary Labourers Of States Tea Garden 
* The Assam State Government Will Decided To Dedicated The Dibrugarh Airport In The Name Of Bharat Ratna Dr bhupen Hazarika.

11) India Witnesses a Steady Downward Trend In Maternal And Child Mortality Towards Achievement Of SDG 2030.

* Maternal Mortality Ratio Drops Significantly From 130 To 93 Lakh Per Live Births.

* Infant Mortality Rate Declined From 39 Per 1000 Live Births in 2014 To 27 Per 1000 Live Births In 2021 

* Neonatal Mortality Rate Falls From 26 Per 1000 Live Births in 2014 To 19 Per 1000 live Births in 2021 

* Under 5 Mortality Rate Has Dropped From 45 Per 1000 Live Births in 2014 To 31 per 1000 live Births in 2021 

* Fertility Rate Is Consistent At 2.0 In 2021 

* Sex Ratio At Birth Improve From 899 To 913.




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