Important Days
b) May 22 is observed as International Day for Biological Diversity to promote conservation and sustainable use of biodiversity. The theme of this year (2016) is “Mainstreaming Biodiversity; Sustaining People and their Livelihoods|
Appointments
a) Mary Robinson and Macharia Kamau have been appointed as United Nations Special envoys for El Nino and climate change. These envoys will provide leadership in tackling challenges and responses to climate change and El Nino effects to scale up humanitarian response in urgency.
b) Ratan P Watal is appointed as Principal advisor of social sector in NITI Aayog(National Institution for Transforming India) for next 3 Years.
c) Kiran Bedi, former IPS officer has been appointed as Lieutenant Governor of Puducherry according to Article 239.Kiran Bedi was the 1st Woman IPS officer in India .
On this occasion Apple Inc has also announced that it will open Ios App Design and Development Accelerator in Bengaluru, Karnataka.
b) Centre for Environmental health” , which assess the impact of environment related issues on Health has been launched in Capital New Delhi by Minister of Health and Family welfare J.P.Nadda.
This is a joint imitative of Public Health Foundation of India,PHFI and Tata Institute of Social sciences,TISS.
The 5 associate bank of SBI are 1. State Bank of Hyderabad 2. State Bank of Mysore 3. State Bank of Bikaner and Jaipur 4. State bank of Travancore and 5. State Bank of Patiala. And also it’s completely Women employee bank , Bharatiya Mahila Bank(BMB)
b) HDFC bank has launched SmartUp , which is a dedicated solution for Startup’s to fulfill all there banking requirements like banking and paying solutions, forex and advisory services, current account and waiver of average monthly balance for first 6 months.
SmartUp is launched in collaboration with Mumbai based start up accelerator ‘Zone Startups India’
c) India and Slovenia have agreed to amend bilateral DTAA (Double Taxation Avoidance Agreement). Sarvajit Chakravarthi ( Indian amassidor to Slovenia) and Dusan Mramor (Finance Minister of Slovenia) have signed this protocol. This will help to curb tax evasion by exchange of information between the two countries.
Committees
a) A 5 member committee headed by NK Singh has been constituted to review and suggest recommendations on Fiscal responsibility and Budget Management route map for future, FRBM
The 5 member committee includes Rathin Roy, Urjit Patel, Arvind Srubramanian, Sumit Bose and NK Singh. The committee will submit it’s report to Government by October 31st 2016.
b) 11 members committee headed by Lt Gen D B Shekatkar has been constituted to recommend measure to re- balance overall defense expenditure and enhance combat capability .
National
a) Union government has decided to start ASMITHA, a student tracking programme from 2017. Under Shala Asmita Yojana(SAY) , All School Monitoring Individual Tracing Analysis (ASMITHA) would track the educational journey of students from Class 1 to Class 12 across 15 lakh schools of government and government aided schools in India.
Under this, students Aadhaar numbers will be used to track the educational development , be it their attendance, enrollment, dropping out, mid day meals, toilets , infrastructure etc. in the form an online database.
b) Intelligent Operations Centre(IOC) and ‘Monitor’ are launched in Rashtrapati Bhavan by President Pranab Mukherjee.
- IOC is software which provides insights of the Rashtrapati Bhavan Estate by collecting rich data from several resources and ‘Monitor’ is mobile application which help residents and supervisors to collaborate in smarter way.
States
a) India and World Bank have inked USD 100 million loan agreement for Karnataka Urban water supply modernization. 4 components under this project are 1) Capital investment, 2) Institutional building 3) Technical Assistance for sector development, 4) Project maintenance addressed .
Objectives of this 100 millions USD project are to provide city wide access to continuous piped water supply and strengthen the service delivery arrangements in cities. Initially the project will be implemented in Huballi- Dharwad twin cities .
b)Ms. Jayalalitha sworn in as Chief Minister of Tamilandu for the record 6th time after winning 2016 elections.
b) An Indian American professor, Rupa Iyer has been awarded with “Distinguished Leadership in Teaching Excellence” Award by University of Houston in United States for her sustained and significant contribution in the field on Teaching.
c) Philip Abraham, an Indian Journalist who hails from Kerala has been elected as Deputy Mayor of Loughton in United Kingdom.Mr. Philib Abraham is editor of Kerala link.
d) India and Oman have signed 4 MoU’s on defense cooperation and others during the visit of Defense minster Manohar Parikar in Oman. The 4 MoU’s are a) MoU in Defence cooperation b) MoU in Marine Crime Prevention c) MoU on Maritime Issues and d) MoU in Flight safety information Exchange.
e) India , Iran and Afghanistan have signed historic 3-way land transmit agreement on Iran southern port ‘Chabahar’ which is strategically located in Sistan- Balochistan Province , on the energy rich Persian Gulf Nation’s south coast which can be easily accessed from Indiawestern coast bypassing Pakistan.
This historic agreement is signed during Naredra Modi visit to Iran where Iran President Hassan Rouhani, Afghanistan President Ashraf Ghani and Modi together signed .
Deaths
Diwaliben Bhil, a veteran Gujarati folk singer who received Padma Shri award in 1991 for her contribution in Gujarati music has passed away on May 19, 2016.
Conference
The 1st World Conference on Tourism for Development(WCTD) was held in Beijing(China) from May 18th to 21st, 2016 with the theme of “Tourism for Peace and Development”
Awards
a) Pawan Chamling, Chief Minister of Sikkim is conferred with “Yug Kavi Siddhicharan” which is Nepal’s prestigious literary award for his contribution in promoting Nepali literature in India.
Pawan chamling has also received Chintan Puraskar in 1987, and Bhanu Puraskar in 2010 from Skikkim Sahitya Parishad.
Do you want to download this current affairs in Pdf format for free ? Then send request mail to bankexamsmaster@gmail.coma) In India May 21 is observed as Anti-Terrorism Day to spread awareness about dangers of terrorism and violence on people and society.
b) May 22 is observed as International Day for Biological Diversity to promote conservation and sustainable use of biodiversity. The theme of this year (2016) is “Mainstreaming Biodiversity; Sustaining People and their Livelihoods|
a) Mary Robinson and Macharia Kamau have been appointed as United Nations Special envoys for El Nino and climate change. These envoys will provide leadership in tackling challenges and responses to climate change and El Nino effects to scale up humanitarian response in urgency.
b) Ratan P Watal is appointed as Principal advisor of social sector in NITI Aayog(National Institution for Transforming India) for next 3 Years.
c) Kiran Bedi, former IPS officer has been appointed as Lieutenant Governor of Puducherry according to Article 239.Kiran Bedi was the 1st Woman IPS officer in India .
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| Apple Inc CEO Tim Cook and KCR |
Launches/ Inaugurations
a) US based Technology giant , ‘Apple Inc’ has inaugurated its New Development centre in Hyderabad,Telangana by Apple CEO ‘Tim Cook’ . In this Development centre Apple will focus on development of Map’s technology for its flagship products including IPhone, Mac Book, Apple Watch etc. On this occasion Apple Inc has also announced that it will open Ios App Design and Development Accelerator in Bengaluru, Karnataka.
b) Centre for Environmental health” , which assess the impact of environment related issues on Health has been launched in Capital New Delhi by Minister of Health and Family welfare J.P.Nadda.
This is a joint imitative of Public Health Foundation of India,PHFI and Tata Institute of Social sciences,TISS.
Economy
a)State Bank of India(SBI) decided to merge it’s 5 associate public sector banks and BMB within itself and has informed BSE(Bombay stock exchange) that it is seeking in principal approval from Government. The 5 associate bank of SBI are 1. State Bank of Hyderabad 2. State Bank of Mysore 3. State Bank of Bikaner and Jaipur 4. State bank of Travancore and 5. State Bank of Patiala. And also it’s completely Women employee bank , Bharatiya Mahila Bank(BMB)
b) HDFC bank has launched SmartUp , which is a dedicated solution for Startup’s to fulfill all there banking requirements like banking and paying solutions, forex and advisory services, current account and waiver of average monthly balance for first 6 months.
SmartUp is launched in collaboration with Mumbai based start up accelerator ‘Zone Startups India’
c) India and Slovenia have agreed to amend bilateral DTAA (Double Taxation Avoidance Agreement). Sarvajit Chakravarthi ( Indian amassidor to Slovenia) and Dusan Mramor (Finance Minister of Slovenia) have signed this protocol. This will help to curb tax evasion by exchange of information between the two countries.
Committees
a) A 5 member committee headed by NK Singh has been constituted to review and suggest recommendations on Fiscal responsibility and Budget Management route map for future, FRBM
The 5 member committee includes Rathin Roy, Urjit Patel, Arvind Srubramanian, Sumit Bose and NK Singh. The committee will submit it’s report to Government by October 31st 2016.
b) 11 members committee headed by Lt Gen D B Shekatkar has been constituted to recommend measure to re- balance overall defense expenditure and enhance combat capability .
National
a) Union government has decided to start ASMITHA, a student tracking programme from 2017. Under Shala Asmita Yojana(SAY) , All School Monitoring Individual Tracing Analysis (ASMITHA) would track the educational journey of students from Class 1 to Class 12 across 15 lakh schools of government and government aided schools in India.
Under this, students Aadhaar numbers will be used to track the educational development , be it their attendance, enrollment, dropping out, mid day meals, toilets , infrastructure etc. in the form an online database.
b) Intelligent Operations Centre(IOC) and ‘Monitor’ are launched in Rashtrapati Bhavan by President Pranab Mukherjee.
- IOC is software which provides insights of the Rashtrapati Bhavan Estate by collecting rich data from several resources and ‘Monitor’ is mobile application which help residents and supervisors to collaborate in smarter way.
States
a) India and World Bank have inked USD 100 million loan agreement for Karnataka Urban water supply modernization. 4 components under this project are 1) Capital investment, 2) Institutional building 3) Technical Assistance for sector development, 4) Project maintenance addressed .
Objectives of this 100 millions USD project are to provide city wide access to continuous piped water supply and strengthen the service delivery arrangements in cities. Initially the project will be implemented in Huballi- Dharwad twin cities .
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International
a) Tsai Ing-wen(59) has sworn in as President of Taiwan on May 20, 2016. She is the 1st female president and 14th President of Taiwan. Tsai Ing Wen is the leader of Democratic progressive party(DPP) .  |
| Rupa Iyer |
c) Philip Abraham, an Indian Journalist who hails from Kerala has been elected as Deputy Mayor of Loughton in United Kingdom.Mr. Philib Abraham is editor of Kerala link.
d) India and Oman have signed 4 MoU’s on defense cooperation and others during the visit of Defense minster Manohar Parikar in Oman. The 4 MoU’s are a) MoU in Defence cooperation b) MoU in Marine Crime Prevention c) MoU on Maritime Issues and d) MoU in Flight safety information Exchange.
e) India , Iran and Afghanistan have signed historic 3-way land transmit agreement on Iran southern port ‘Chabahar’ which is strategically located in Sistan- Balochistan Province , on the energy rich Persian Gulf Nation’s south coast which can be easily accessed from Indiawestern coast bypassing Pakistan.
This historic agreement is signed during Naredra Modi visit to Iran where Iran President Hassan Rouhani, Afghanistan President Ashraf Ghani and Modi together signed .
Deaths
Diwaliben Bhil, a veteran Gujarati folk singer who received Padma Shri award in 1991 for her contribution in Gujarati music has passed away on May 19, 2016.
Conference
The 1st World Conference on Tourism for Development(WCTD) was held in Beijing(China) from May 18th to 21st, 2016 with the theme of “Tourism for Peace and Development”
Sports
Anurag Thakur is elected as 34th BCCI (Board of Control for Cricket in India) President succeeding Shashank Manohar who was elected as ICC Chairman. Anurag Thakur is a MP from Hamirpur in Himachal Pradesh. Awards
a) Pawan Chamling, Chief Minister of Sikkim is conferred with “Yug Kavi Siddhicharan” which is Nepal’s prestigious literary award for his contribution in promoting Nepali literature in India.
Pawan chamling has also received Chintan Puraskar in 1987, and Bhanu Puraskar in 2010 from Skikkim Sahitya Parishad.
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