May 15 to 18 Current Affairs Kalam Vision Academy

IIM-Ahmedabad launches Bharat Inclusive First all-woman Post Office Passport Seva
Initiative Kendra starts operations in Phagwara,
 Aimed to helps entrepreneurs to Punjab
transform their ideas into businesses
Guwahati now has India‟s first solar
BHAROSA‟ - skill development centre in powered railway station
Hyderabad Cabiner Re-shuffle
 Set up by United Nations Development  Minister of Railways Piyush Goyal given
Schemes / Initiatives Programme (UNDP) to provide skill additional charge as Minister of Finance
training to the distressed and Minister of Corporate Affairs.
„Rythu Bandhu‟ (friend of farmers), an women effected by violence  SS Ahluwalia has been made the new
investment support scheme for farmers,
Minister of State for and Information
launched in Telengana
Technology.
 „Under this Scheme, all farmers in India  Sports minister Rajyavardhan Singh
Telangana who own land, will be Rathore has been given independent
provided investment support of Rs 8000 Buddhist tourism circuit to be expanded to
charge as Minister of State of
per acre per year. 21 more states to attract Buddhish
Information and Broadcasting.
tourists
 Already 7 states are in the circuit
Environment Ministry launched Green Skill
Development Programme
 Also a Buddhist theme park to come up
in Madhya Pradesh,
Events
 Under this programme 5.5 lakh  This circuit will be India‟s first trans- Ayushman Bharat Program‟s first workshop
individuals across India will be trained national tourist circuit as Lumbini in held in Shimla
in environment and forest sectors by Nepal will be in the Circuit (Lumbini -
2021. birthplace of Buddha)
1st edition of International Children‟s Film
Festival of Kerala is held in

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Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala On 14th to International Rail Coach Expo to be hosted

26th May 2018 by Integral Coach Factory Chennai
Science and
2018 BIMSTEC summit to be held in Technology
Nepal
Sports
US cancels NASA‟s carbon monitoring
 BIMSTEC – [Bay of Bengal Initiative of project
Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic U-16 four nation football Tournament in
 “Carbon Monitoring System (CMS)”, is a
Cooperation.] Serbia
NASA programme to track the sources
 It is a group of seven countries  Indian team emerged as champions carbon and methane and the ways to
namely Bangladesh, India, Bhutan, Nepa among the four teams (India, Serbia, sink them
l, Myanmar, Sri Lanka and Thailand in Jordan, and Tajikistan). The Four-  Department of Technology approves
the South-Asia region. Nation tournament was hosted by merger of Bharti Airtel and Telenor
 Its headquarters is in Dhaka, Serbia. India
Bangladesh
 Paytm introduced „My Payments‟, an
International Shooting Competitions of automatic recurring payments
2 day Regional Conference on “Physical and Hannover (ISCH). feature that lets users of Paytm app to
Social Infrastructure for Regional pay for periodic recurring expenses
 India‟s Heena Sidhu bags gold in 10m
Development” held in Guwahati automatically.
air pistol

4th Global Exhibition on Services Lewis Hamilton wins Spanish Grand Prix YES Bank launches „Agenda 25×25‟ aimed
2018 in Mumbai , Maharashtra. and won the Formula One‟s season title. at creating a startup environment for
budding women entrepreneurs in India.
This exhibition was attended by 625
exhibitors, 500 international
Football player Neymar named France‟s
delegates from about 100
player of the year
countries and 25 Indian states.

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WHO launched „REPLACE‟ mission  The longest one was in Darjeeling where Gujarat Governor Om Prakash Kohli was
 To eliminate industrially produced trans internet was shut down for 45-days due given the additional charge of Madhya
fat from global foods by 2023. to protest seeking a separate state. Pradesh
 Trans fat are used in hardened
vegetables fats such as in ghee, India becomes 3rd largest solar market in Shashank Manohar - International Cricket
margarine and are often present in world behind China and the US. Council (ICC) chairman
snacks, baked foods and fried foods. India‟s total solar installed capacity is
These are mainly used by the 19.6 GW as of December 2017. Uttam Pacharne Appointed as Regular
manufacturers becausethey have longer
Chairman Of Lalit Kala Akademi
shelf life .
India is the largest remittance-receiving
 Transfat are known to cause 5,00,000
country in world
death every year worldwide and is the
Susheela Jayapal Becomes 1st South
main cause for cardio vascular disease. Migrant workers from India send
Asian To Be Elected In Oregon, the
 Denmark was the first countryto home USD 69 billion in 2017 alone
western US State
implement such restrictions  The Top 3 countries in the list are
India (USD 69 billion)
 China (USD 64 billion)
 Philippines (USD 33 billion)
Awards
Ranking / Index DRDO Awards – 2016 & 2017
 DRDO Lifetime Achievement Award –
India witnessed highest number of
Person in news 2017 given to Dr V K Saraswat
Internet shutdowns in 2017-18  DRDO Lifetime Achievement Award –
Online Pharmacy company Netmeds
2016 given to Dr Vasudev Kalkunte
 As per the UNESCO report, In India, appointed MS Dhoni as brand ambassador
Aatre
nearly half of the cases of Internet
 Anindita was conferred with Jayadev
shutdown were experienced in Kashmir
Rastriya Yuva Puraskar award for her
Valley.
remarkable contribution to dance.

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British journalist William Mark Tully has  Best city in Solid Waste Petroleum Reserve (SPR) facility
been selected for 2018-RedInk award for Management: Navi Mumbai at Mangalore
lifetime achievement in journalism.  India's Cleanest Cities, Zone-Wise  As per the ISPR-ADNOC agreement,
o North: Bhalso, Punjab. ADNOC can sell part of the crude
Nikkei Asia Prize - awarded to o East: Bundu, Jharkhand. oil stored, to Indian refineries on
Dr.Bindeshwar Pathak for his contribution o North-East: Kakching, Manipur. commercial basis and a certain portion
to the development of Asia. o South: Siddipet, Telangana. of the storage will be for exclusive use
o West: Panchgani, Maharashtra. of the Indian government.

Lata Mangeshkar conferred with Swara

Mauli award
International relations
Swachh Survekshan-2018

Vice-President Venkaiah Naidu visits

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