International
Nuclear Reactor
China and Sudan have made 2 important agreements for building 600 Megawatt Atomic reactor in Sudan by China. This will be 1st nuclear power plant in Sudan.
National Geographic Bee Contest
Indian-American students have outperformed in the 28th National Geographic Bee Contest, 2016 held in Washington , USA. Indians Americans Rishi Nair(1st), Saketh Jonnalagadda(2nd ) and Kapil Nathan(3rd) have stood in top 3 positions who has received 33 lakh rupees, 16 lakhs rupees and 7 lakhs rupees scholarships respectively. Interestingly it is the 5th consecutive year Indian origin students have won this Contest.
States
New CM
Mamata Benerajee ( Didi) has sworn in as Chief Minister of West Bengal state for the 2nd consecutive term after winning recently held elections . With 42 ministers in her government , this Trinamool Congress(TMC) party leader rule the state next 5 years as 8th chief minister of the state.
Earlier she served as Central minister of Railways 2 times, Minister of Coal and also Human Resource Development.
National Investment &Manufacturing Zone in Odisha
A large 163 km2 area spread NIMZ(National Investment and Manufacturing Zone) is going to be set up in Kalinganagar, Odisha for which final approval has been given by Union Ministry of Commerce & industry and funds of 4241 Crore Rupees have been allotted to it.
According to government, this NIMZ will create 1.5 lakh job opportunities and help Odisha to grow as a manufacturing hub.
Deaths
R G Jadhav
RG Jadhav(83), a noted Marathi litterateur who served as Chief editor of ‘Marathi Vishwakosha’ has passed away in Mumbai on May 27th .His famous books list include, “Nilee Pahat”, “Baapu”, “Anandacha Doh” .
Awards
“Harvard Alumni Achievement Award”
Sunil Bharti Mittal , CEO of Bharti Enterprises has received prestigious “2016 Harvard Business School Alumni Achievement Award” . His Company Bharti Enterpises is the largest telecom company in India and world’s 3rd largest mobile operator. All over the world he has more than 27.5 Crore customers base.
National
Indian Railways
“ Rail Humsafar Saptaah” a one week program organized by Indian Railways to highlight the significant achievements it has made . Starting from May 26th daily unique events will be organized till June 1st . They include 26th– Swachchta Diwas, 27th- Satkar Diwas, 28th- Sewa Diwas, 29th-Satarkata diwas, 30th – Saamanjasya Diwas, 31st- Sanyojan Diwas, June 1st – sanchaar Diwas.
Stay on Reservation
Punjab and Haryana High Court has put Stay on the reservation Quota for Jats and other 5 communities in Haryana. Earlier Haryana government has provided reservation to these communities under newly carved Backward Class Act, 2016.
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