Current Affairs:May 2024

 Current Affairs: May 2024

1) Krishna M Ella has been appointed as president of the Indian Vaccine Manufacturers Association (IVMA).

2) Alok Shukla, an environmental activist from Chhattisgarh has been awarded the prestigious Goldman Environmental Prize for 2024.

3) India to provide grant for Development of KKS Port of Sri Lanka.

4) DRDO conducted a successful test of the Supersonic Missile-Assisted Release of Torpedo (SMART) system from Dr. Apj Abdul Kalam Island, Odisha.

5) Theme of International Labour Day 2024 - Ensuring safety and health at work in a changing climate.

6) IREDA - Indian Renewable Energy Development Agency Ltd. has been given Navaratna Status by The Dept. of Public Enterprises.

7) EU allocates $1 billion aid to Lebanon. ( EU Estd - 1993).

8) NIPL (NPCI International Payments Ltd.) , the global wing of the National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI) signs UPI tech agreement with Bank of Namibia. (NPCI was founded in Dec, 2008 under the Payment and Settlement Systems Act, 2007).

9) China launched the Chang'e-6 probe to gather soil sample from the dark side of the moon. Pakistan's ICUBE-Q will join the mission.

10) India and Nigeria agreed to enhance cooperation in energy and local currency settlement.

11) Bhadra Tiger Reserve - in Karnataka's Western Ghats.

12) Rank of Indian in the World Press Freedom Index 2024 is 159, published by Reporters Without Borders.

13) Purnima Devi Barman from Assam received Green Oscar Whitley Gold Award 2024.

14) Hema Malini and Saira Banu have been awarded the prestigious Pandit Lacchu Maharaj Award.

15) Prof. Mohammad Rihan has been appointed as DG of the National Institute of Solar Energy (NISE). NISE is under Ministry of New and Renewable Energy.

16) Renowned journalist Vinay Vir, singer Uma Ramanan and author Paul Auster passed away.

17) Record 2.10 lakh crore GST revenue collected in April, 2024.

18) Kathmandu becomes No 1 in the list of cities with Unhealthy Air.

19) Sunita Williams set for third space mission.

20) Kareena Kapoor has been appointed as the National Ambassador of UNICEF India.

21) Nakshatra Sabha - India's first Astro Tourism campaign by Uttarakhand Tourism Development Board.

22) UNESCO Guillermo Cano Prize 2024 has been awarded to Palestine Journalists covering the crisis in Gaza.

23) Sanjay Kumar Mishra has been appointed as the president of GST Appellate Tribunal.

24) Shashi Bhushan Singh has been appointed as the secretary of National Jute Board.

25) Gujarat's Kutch Ajrakh, a traditional textile craft got GI Tag.

26) India's first Constitution Park introduced in Pune.

27) Amul becomes lead sponsor for USA and South Africa in T20 World Cup 2024.

28) Victoria Shi -  Ukraine's AI diplomat (first in the world).

29) Subodh Kumar has been appointed as director in the Ministry of Ayush.

30) Jose Raul Mulino is the new president of Panama.

31) Renowned Urdu writer Salem Bin Razzaq and flimmaker Sangeeth Sivan passed away.

32) India beats Japan as 3rd Largest Solar Power Generator in 2023.

33) Wrestler Bajrang Punia has been suspended till Dec 31, 2024 by the United World Wrestling.

34) Uttarakhand has launched 'Pirul Lao - Paise Pao' campaign to combat forest fires.

35) Pawan Sindhi has been awarded prestigious Global Pride of Sindhi Award 2024.

36) R. Lakshmi Kanth Rao has been appointed as the Executive Director at RBI.

37) National Technology Day - 11 May.

38) New Zealand's Colin Munro announces retirement from International Cricket.

39) DRDO and IIT Bhubaneswar have initiated a partnership in Defence Technology Projects.

40) International Nurses Day - 12 May.

41) Nepal's Kami Rita Sherpa has set new record by climbing Mt. Everest 29 times.

42) Coca Cola India joins Hockey India to empower Women's Hockey.

43) Meghalaya gets first woman DGP Idashisha Nongrang.

44) Bangladesh will host ICC Women's T20 World Cup 2024.

45) Sreelekha Mitra appointed as National Spokesperson of Human Rights Council of India.

46) Salima Tete as new captain of Indian Women's Hockey Team.

47) Yuzvendra Chahal to become first indian bowler to 350 T20 wickets.

48) Mikhali Mishustin reappointed as Russian PM.

49) China's Xu Feihong becomes new ambassador to India.

50) Hindon River - tributary of Yamuna river.

51) Sonai Rupai Wildlife Sanctuary - located in Assam.

52) 19th session of the United Nations Forum on Forests (UNFF) was held in New York.

53) Pench Tiger Reserve - located in Maharashtra.

54) Shakti -  joint military exercise between India and France.

55) Sahitya Akademi Fellowship has been given to Ruskin Bond.

56) Indian Air Force tests BHISHM Portable Hospital Cubes in Agra.

57) Vivek Kolhe elected as IFFCO Director. Dileep Sanghani elected as Chairman of IFFCO

58) China surpasses USA as India's largest trading partner in FY 2023- 2024.

59) Canadian Nobel Prize winning author Alice Ann Munro died at 92.

60) World largest plant to extract CO2 from air introduced in Iceland.

61) NASA will build First Railway System on Moon.

62) India signs 10 year deal to operate Iran's Chabahar Port.

63) P. Shyaamnikhil becomes India's 85th Chess Grandmaster.

64) Sunil Chhetri has announced retirement from International football.

65) English bowler James Anderson has announced retirement from International cricket.

66) Pakistan successfully tests multi-launch rocket system Fatah-II.

67) Japan and USA to develop Hypersonic Missile Interceptors by 2030s.

68) India has announced humanitarian assistance worth $ 1 million to Kenya.

69) Chandrakant Satija has been awarded Global Excellence Award 2024 for outstanding contributions in education.

70) Japan recently unveiled the world’s first 6G device.

71) USA becomes the 1st corn producing country, India at 6th position.

72) Balrampur district in Uttar Pradesh is renowned as the “City of Pulses.”

73) Arunachal's Sela Tunnel becomes highest tunnel in India.

74) World Red Cross Day - 8 May

75) World Thalassaemia Day - 8 May

76) 'Everest Man' Kami Rita from Nepal has made a record to climb Mt. Everest 29 times.

77) “Sultana’s Dream” by Begum Rokeya was included in UNESCO’s “Memory of the World” list.

78) Venezuela becomes first country to lose all Glaciers.

79) Three Indian literary works – Ramcharitmanas, Panchatantra, and Sahṛdayaloka-Locana added to UNESCO's Asia-Pacific Regional Register. 

80) Brazil will host of the Women’s World Cup 2027 (football).

81) Archaeologists recently discovered the first evidence of rock art in Mangaluru city of Karnataka.

82) Ebrahim Raisi, President of Iran, passed away in helicopter crash.

83) William Lai Ching-Te has become new President of Taiwan.

84) Ed Dwight, American first black astronaut candidate, finally reaches space.

85) Karnataka's Nandini Dairy to sponsor for Scotland for T20 World Cup.

86) RBI approves the appointment of Pradeep Natarajan as Whole Time Director on the Board of IDFC FIRST Bank.

87) Cristiano Ronaldo becomes the highest paid athelete again.

88) India’s foreign exchange reserves is now $644.15 Billion.

89) Alexander Zverev won his second Italian Open Men's single title and  Iga Swiatek won Italian Open Women's single title. 

90) Gopi Thotakura created history by becoming the first Indian space tourist.

91) Indian-origin professor Shrinivas R Kulkarni wins Shaw Prize in Astronomy.

92) General To Lam was elected as the new President of Vietnam.

93) RBI approves highest-ever dividend of Rs 2.11 lakh crore for 2023-24 to Central Government.

94) Buddhist festival Saga Dawa celebrated in Sikkim.

95) E-Rickshaw driver Arti of UP conferred UK’s Women's Empowerment Award.

96) World’s highest observatory (5,640 meters above sea level) 'Atacama Observatory' inaugurated in Chile by University of Tokyo. 

97) NASA will launch 'PREFIRE' mission to study Earth's polar region.

98) Assam has launched Disaster Reporting and Information Management System (DRIMS) for disaster management.

99) South Korea hosted the second global AI Safety Summit in Seoul.

100) DD Kisan channel will launch two artificial intelligence (AI) anchors, Krish and Bhoomi. 

101) ICC has appointed Pakistan’s Shahid Afridi as the brand ambassador of the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup, co-hosted by the West Indies and the United States of America.

102) Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) won their third Indian Premier League (IPL) title by beating Sunriser Hyderabad (SRH) in the final of the 17th edition of IPL.

103) Dipa Karmakar won a gold medal in Asian Championships held in Tashkent, Uzbekistan.

104) Payal Kapadia's film 'All We Imagine as Light' won the prestigious Grand Prix award in the 77th Cannes Film Festival. Anasuya Sengupta wins best actress award at Cannes for her acting in “The Shameless.”

105) Smartphones become India's fourth-largest export item with a 42% growth and amounting $15.6 billion in FY24.

106) Jyoti Ratre from Madhya Pradesh becomes India’s oldest woman to conquer Mount Everest at the age 55. Kaamya Karthikeyan becomes youngest Indian to scale Mt. Everest.

107) National Desert Park, Jaisalmer, Rajasthan, has witnessed a significant presence of the critically endangered Great Indian Bustard (64 in number).

108) Centre sanctioned borrowing up to Rs 21,253 crore to tackle Kerala’s economic crisis.

109) Sathyamangalam Tiger Reserve is situated in Tamil Nadu.

110) G7 commits to net-zero emissions by 2050.

111) Kairos by German writer Jenny Erpenbeck, translated by Michael Hofmann, won the International Booker Prize 2024.

112) According to Wildlife Institute of India more than 4000 Gangetic Dolphins are there in the Gangetic River basin.