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1] List of Important International Days in May 2015

1 May - International Workers Day / Labour Day
3 May - World Press Freedom Day
8-9 May - Time of Remembrance and Reconciliation for Those Who Lost Their Lives During the
Second World War
9-10 May - World Migratory Bird Day
15 May - International Day of Families
17 May - World Telecommunication and Information Society Day
21 May - World Day for Cultural Diversity for Dialogue and Development
22 May - International Day for Biological Diversity.
23 May - International Day to End Obstetric Fistula
29 May - International Day of UN Peacekeepers
31 May - World No-Tobacco Day
2] The Vice President of India Shri M. Hamid Ansari was presented with a book entitled Seal of
the Surya by its author Shri Amritanshu.
3] The Vice President of India Shri M. Hamid Ansari released a book entitled China Confucius
in the Shadows written by Smt. Poonam Surie, an Adjunct Fellow at the Institute of Chinese
Studies, New Delhi.
4] Union Minister of Road Transport and Highways Shri Nitin Gadkari today dedicated to the
nation two major Highway projects in the North East at a function near Shillong. The projects
considerably ease the travel from Guwahati towards Shillong and other parts of the North East.
These include Shillong Bypass and four laning of Jorabat-Barapani Section of NH-40.
5] Highest Civilian Award of Japan, that is conferred on academicians, politicians and military
officers- the Order of the Rising Sun, Gold and Silver Star, will be conferred on Professor
C.N.R. Rao for his contribution to promoting academic interchange and mutual understanding
in science and technology between Japan and India.

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6] Contribution of the country's smaller towns - known as beyond-15 cities (B15) - to mutual
funds' asset base has surged 36 per cent to Rs 1.89 lakh crore at the end of March.
7] Floyd Mayweather defeated Manny Pacquiao by unanimous decision in their long-awaited
welterweight world title showdown. In a bout branded boxings latest Fight of the Century
Mayweather took his unblemished record to 48-0 adding the Filipino greats World Boxing
Organization title to his World Boxing Association and World Boxing Council crowns.
8] PM Modi joins Chinese social media platform Weibo.
9] India on went ahead with the signing of an agreement with Iran for the development of the
strategically important Chabahar port which will give India sea-land access route to Afghanistan
bypassing Pakistan.
10] The Chandrayaan-2, Indias second mission to the Moon, has Orbiter, Lander and Rover
configuration. It is planned to be launched during 2017- 2018 timeframe by Geosynchronous
Satellite Launch Vehicle (GSLV) from Satish Dhawan Space Centre, Sriharikota.
11] International Monetayr Fund said India is a bright spot in Asia and as it pegged India be one
of the fasted growing emerging economies earlier. With higher political certainty improved
business confidence, reduced external vulnerabilities and lower commodity prices, real GDP is
forecast to rise to 7.2 per cent in FY 2014/15, accelerating to 7.5 per cent in 2015/16.
12] In Britain, Prime Minister David Cameron has returned to Downing Street with the
Conservative party winning the general election and securing 325 seats. As Cameron retained
power in UK's hotly-contested polls, he vowed to hold a referendum on the country's EU
membership and quick devolution of powers to Scotland and Wales. The Conservative Party has
reached the half way mark of 325 seats with Labour party securing 229 seats.
13] The Vice President of India Shri M. Hamid Ansari released a book entitled Unbelievable
Delhi to Islamabad written by senior Advocate Prof. Bhim Singh.
14] The Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi, released a commemorative coin to mark the birth
centenary of Swami Chinmayananda.
15] Government had constituted a Committee on Finance Sector Reforms (CFSR) headed by Dr.
Raghuram Rajan which has submitted its report to the Government. The CFSR had also, ineralia, made recommendation on the issue of provision of interest free finance on a larger scale,
including through the banking system.
16] The Government proposes to set up an autonomous Bank Board Bureau to improve the
Governance of Public Sector Banks. The Bureau will search and select heads of Public Sector
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Banks and help them in developing differentiated strategies and capital raising plans through
innovative financial methods and instruments. This would be an interim step towards
establishing a holding and investment Company for Banks.
17] The President of India, Shri Pranab Mukherjee during conferment of Honorary Doctorate
from Russian Diplomatic Academy at Moscow in Russia on May 8, 2015.
18] President Pranab Mukherjee attended 70th Victory Day (9 May) celebrations in Moscow,
the Day commemorates the victory of allied forces over Nazis in the Second World War.
19] Sardar Patel, the latest Naval establishment of Indian Navy, was commissioned at
Porbandar, Gujarat by Smt. Anandiben Patel, the Honble Chief Minister of Gujarat today 09
May 15.
20] Prime Minister Narendra Modi dedicated the Rs 16,000-crore revamped and modernised
IISCO Steel plant at Burnpur to the nation.
21] Actor-filmaker Shashi Kapoor received the prestigious Dada Saheb Phalke award. The
award was presented to the actor by Union Information and Broadcasting Minister Arun Jaitley
in Mumbai.
22] National Technology Day - 11 May.
23] Eminent banker K V Kamath has been appointed as head of the USD 50 billion New BRICS
Development Bank being set up by the five emerging economies of BRICS grouping.
24] The 119th constitutional amendment bill on India-Bangladesh Land Boundary Agreement
was passed in the Rajya Sabha.
25] French President Francois Hollande has met Cuban revolutionary leader Fidel Castro on a
historic trip to Havana. Hollande is the first French president to visit Cuba since 1898, and the
first Western head of state on the island since its thaw with Washington.
26] Industrial production grew at a five-month low of 2.1 percent in March even as both
manufacturing activity and capital goods' offtake improved during the month.
27] To cash in on growing online shopping trend, India Post Delhi circle has started its ecommerce centre.
28] Prime Minister Narendra Modi visited the Wild Goose Pagoda and gifted Bodhi tree
sapling. Chinese President Xi Jinping accompanied PM Modi. The Pagoda was established in the
6th Century. The Pagoda marks Monk Xuan Zang's journey to India.

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29] The Prime Minister presented President Xi Jinping replicas of a stone casket of Buddhist
relics and a stone statue of Buddha that were excavated from a 3rd -4th century AD stupa at
Dev-ni-Mori a site 80 kms east of Vadnagar, Gujarat in 1957.
30] Governor Raghuram Rajan said RBI moots legislative changes to speed up financial sector
reforms. He further reiterates that there is no differences with government on contours of
Public Debt Management Agency. RBI governer Raghuram Rajan has said that the central bank
plans to set up an IT wing to address the rising challenges from cyber world.
31] The 6th National Conference on Nuclear Energy was organized by ASSOCHAM in New
Delhi today. The theme of the conference was Nuclear Energy: a Clean Energy option.
32] M.J. Joseph has been appointed as the Controller General of Accounts (CGA) in the
Ministry of Finance. Prior to this appointment, Shri Joseph was the Director General of the
Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS). He succeeds Shri Jawahar Thakur who has been appointed as
OSD (Accounting Reforms) in the Office of CGA.
33] Indian and the Chinese firms have signed 26 agreements worth $22 billion investment in
India.
34] The President of India, Shri Pranab Mukherjee in his message to the Post Graduate Institute
of Medical Education and Research (PGIMER), Dr. Ram Manohar Lohia Hospital, New Delhi
which is celebrating World Hypertension Day on the theme Know Your Blood Pressure on
May 17, 2015.
35] Prime Minister Narendra Modi met Mongolian President Tsakhiagiin Elbegdorj. Several key
issues to strengthen bilateral cooperation between both the countries were discussed during
the meet. It's the first ever visit of an Indian Prime Minister to Mongolia.
36] Prime Minister Narendra Modi witnessed the opening ceremony of Naadam Festival.
Naadam which means games and is biggest event of the Mongolian year.
37] Former Egyptian President Mohamed Morsy was sentenced Saturday by a Cairo court to
death the latest judicial setback for the ousted leader. He was convicted in a 2011 prison break.
Morsy's name, along with those of more than 100 other defendants, will be passed to the
Grand Mufti, the highest legal authority in Egypt, who will have the final say on their sentence.
The verdict will be confirmed June 2.
38] Upgrading India and Mongolia's relationship from Comprehensive to "Strategic
Partnership", Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced a credit line of 1 billion US dollars to
Mongolia to expand its economic capacity and infrastructure.

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39] The Prime Minister presented President Park Geun-Hye two finely woven pashmina stoles
on which a poem that Rabindranath Tagore had written specially for Korea is hand embroidered
in English and Korean.
40] India and South Korea today signed 7 agreements in the summit level talks.
41] Prime Minister Narendra Modi met UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon in Seoul and
discussed key global issues with him.
42] After 42 years in coma, KEM nurse Aruna Shanbaug dies - Shanbaug was raped by a
hospital staff member in 1973 and was in coma ever since. The 68-year-old was critical and was
on life support in the last few days. Her battle led to lanmark changes in legislation that now
permit passive euthanasia. Four decades of suffering, four decades of existential struggle four
decades of confined solitude that's the story of Aruna Shanbaug a woman who spent most part
of her life ridden in a hospital bed. Aruna was a victim of a sexual assault at her workplace in
1973.
43] The President of India, Shri Pranab Mukherjee inaugurated the Golden Jubilee Celebrations
of Indias first historic climb of Mt. Everest in 1965 organized by The Indian Mountaineering
Foundation today (May 20, 2015) at Rashtrapati Bhavan.
44] In the Union Budget, 2015, an increase in the rate of Service Tax from 12% to 14% had been
proposed from a date to be notified. The Finance Bill, 2015 has since been enacted and the
Central Government has notified 1st June, 2015 as the date from which the rate of 14% would
become applicable. The provisions levying Education Cess and Secondary and Higher Education
Cess would also cease to have effect from same date i.e. 1st June, 2015, as the same would be
subsumed in the service tax rate of 14%. Certain other changes have also been notified with
effect from 1st June, 2015. However, the date of giving effect to the provisions relating to
imposition of a Swachh Bharat cess on all or any taxable service will be done in due course.
45] The Indian Air Force (IAF) successfully test landed a Mirage-2000 on the Yamuna
Expressway near Mathura on Thursday as part of its trials to use national highways and civil
airstrips for emergency landing by its fighter jets in future.
46] Anti-Terrorism Day is being observed today. Every year it is observed throughout the
country on 21st May.
47] G Mohan Kumar appointed as new Defence Secretary.
48] Hungarian author Laszlo Krasznahorkai has won Britains prestigious Man Booker
International prize 2015 for his achievement in fiction as he edged out Indias Amitav Ghosh

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and eight others to bag the top literary award. Chair of judges Marina Warner, an academic and
writer, compared Krasznahorkais work to Franz Kafka Krasznahorkais own personal literary
hero and Beckett.
49] SBI and Amazon signed a Memorandum of Understanding, identifying areas of
cooperation to build a digital India which meets the aspirations of the next generation of
customers and small businesses. SBI and Amazon will develop trusted and frictionless
payments and commerce solutions for customers and small businesses, capitalizing on the
exponential growth in internet penetration to drive the adoption of e-commerce and mcommerce in India.
50] SBI wins top honors at IAA Leadership Awards 2015

Arundhati Bhattacharya wins CEO of the Year Award.

B Sriram wins Marketer of the Year: Banking Award.

Smt. Arundhati Bhattacharya, Chairman, SBI was awarded the CEO of the Year award at the
IAA Leadership Awards 2015.
51] State Bank of India, countrys premier Bank and PayPal, the worlds leading open digital
payments company, today entered into a strategic partnership to promote cross border trade
and facilitate payments for SBI and PayPal users both in India and abroad. The partnership will
enable SBI Debit cardholders to use PayPal when buying products from overseas websites and
allow SBIs Micro Small and Medium Enterprise (MSME) customers to gain access to PayPals
secure payment solutions. We would also collaborate on providing innovative financial
solutions to the merchants who are using PayPal services.
52] AIADMK supremo Jayalalithaa took oath as Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu after 8 months
following her acquittal in the disproportionate assets case by High Court. AIADMK supremo
Jayalalithaa takes oath as the Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu for the 5th time.
53] Ashok Kumar Gupta (1981- batch Tamilnadu Cadre) who was special secretary in the
Department of Defence Production today took over as the new Secretary, (Defence
Production).
55] Mumbai Indians clinched their second IPL title following a crushing 41-run win over Chennai
Super Kings in a lop-sided summit clash.
56] Prime Minister Narendra Modi has inaugurated the country's only dedicated TV Channel for
Farmers, from Vigyan Bhawan, New Delhi

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57] Lt General (Retd) Nirbhay Sharma was sworn-in as the Governor of Mizoram at the Durbar
Hall of Raj Bhavan in Aizawl .
58] The Committee on Direct Taxes matters headed by Justice A.P. Shah which was
constituted on 20.05.2015, held its first meeting on 25.05.2015. In accordance with the terms
of reference, the Committee has decided to examine the matter relating to MAT on FIIs for the
period prior to 01.04.2015.
59] Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Vikas Yojana (PMKVY) is the flagship outcome-based skill training
scheme of the Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship and has been approved by
the Cabinet on 20th March 2015.
60] The Complete Story of Indian Reforms: 2G, Power & Private Enterprise: A Practitioner's
Diary: Pradeep Baijal Former Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) chairman Pradip
Baijals book The Complete Story of Indian Reforms: 2G, Power & Private Enterprise: A
Practitioner's Diary was in news in fourth week of May 2015.
61] A bit over 18 years after the Armed Forces Special Powers Act (AFSPA) was enforced in
Tripura, the state government on Wednesday decided to withdraw the Act.
62] Digital Locker 1,00,000 Mark in 100 Days
Digital Locker is one of the key initiatives under the Digital India vision, which is aimed at
eliminating the usage of physical documents. Digital Locker will allow various agencies to push
the documents into the Digital Locker of citizens mapped to their Aadhaar Number. It also
allows citizens to upload their own electronic documents with or without digitally signing them
using the e-sign facility allowing them to store all such documents for posterity.
63] FIFA President Sepp Blatter won a fifth term at the helm of soccers top governing body and
moved to quickly reassert control over a group convulsed by a global criminal probe, deep
internal divisions and unsettled corporate sponsors.
64] The Prime Minister has approved the appointment of Shri Pradeep Kumar Sinha, IAS
(UP:77), as the next Cabinet Secretary, with effect from June 13, 2015. He succeeds Shri Ajit
Seth.
65] Centre for United Nations Peacekeeping (CUNPK) celebrated the UN Peacekeeping Day on
29 May 2015 at the Manekshaw Centre in Delhi Cantt. Lt Gen Philip Campose, the Vice Chief of
Army Staff was the Chief Guest at the function.
66] As part of Make in India, Finance Minister Arun Jaitely inaugurates Indigenous New Bank
Note printing lines at Security Paper Mill in Hoshangabad. Finance Minister Arun Jaitley today
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inaugurated the New Bank Note Paper Line of 6,000 metric tonnes capacity at Security Paper
Mill, Hoshangabad in Madhya Pradesh. The Bank Note Paper Line in Mysore with 12,000 Metric
Tonnes capacity is expected to be commissioned by the year end. The government is expected
to save foreign exchange worth 1,500 crore rupees by commissioning two new bank paper lines
in Hoshangabad and Mysore for indigenously printing Indian currency The production of the
Bank Note paper from these two units will reduce the import considerably. This will also reduce
possibility of diversion of the paper supplied by the foreign suppliers to the other destinations
for the purpose of generating the fake currency.
67] State Bank of India, countrys premier Bank and PayPal, the worlds leading open digital
payments company, today entered into a strategic partnership to promote cross border trade
and facilitate payments for SBI and PayPal users both in India and abroad. The partnership will
enable SBI Debit cardholders to use PayPal when buying products from overseas websites and
allow SBIs Micro Small and Medium Enterprise (MSME) customers to gain access to PayPals
secure payment solutions. We would also collaborate on providing innovative financial
solutions to the merchants who are using PayPal services.

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