Page-3 of Current Affairs - May, 2018

RBI appoints Sudha Balakrishnan as its first Chief Financial Officer

May 29, 2018

Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has appointed Sudha Balakrishnan as the first Chief Financial Officer (CFO). She will be the 12th executive director of the RBI and will have tenure of three years. Balakrishnan is chartered accountant by profession. Prior ..

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Swadeshi Samriddhi SIM cards: Baba Ramdev’s Patanjali ties up with BSNL

May 29, 2018

Baba Ramdev’s Patanjali has tied up with state owned Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd (BSNL) to launch Swadeshi Samriddhi SIM cards. With this, India’s most trusted Fast Moving Consumer Goods (FMCG) brand has entered in to telecom sector after gaining popularity ..

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Ex-Chief Justice Nasirul Mulk named as caretaker PM of Pakistan

May 29, 2018

Pakistan’s former Chief Justice Nasirul Mulk was named as country’s caretaker Prime Minister for two-month period ahead of general elections to be held in July 2018. The job of caretaker Prime Minister is to keep country running between dissolution of ..

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NASSCOM establishes India’s second Digital Collaborative Opportunities Plaza in China

May 28, 2018

India’s National Association of Software and Services Companies (NASSCOM) has established second Digital Collaborative Opportunities Plaza (SIDCOP) platform in Guiyang, China. It is India’s second IT corridor in China to provide Indian IT firms access to growing Chinese software market. ..

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Colombia joins NATO as global partner

May 28, 2018

Colombia has formally joined North Atlantic Treaty Organization as global partner. It makes it first Latin American to join NATO. The announcement came after Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) approved Colombia as a new member. Background NATO alliance ..

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Tata Trusts signs MoU with Government to provide development support in Naxal-hit districts

May 28, 2018

Tata Trusts has signed MoU with Government to provide development support in eight worst Naxal-affected districts in Chhattisgarh. These eight worst Naxal-affected districts are covered under Transformation of aspirational districts Programme of NITI Aayog. Key Facts The eight worst Naxal-hit ..

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Germany to host first edition of Global Wind Summit

May 28, 2018

The first edition of Global Wind Summit will be held in Hamburg, Germany from September 25 to 28, 2018. It will be largest and most important meeting of the wind industry worldwide. The summit will see participation of of speakers ..

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UNEP recongnises Cochin International Airport as world's first fully solar energy-powered airport

May 28, 2018

The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) has recognised Cochin International Airport Ltd (CIAL) in Kerala as the world’s first fully solar energy-powered airport. CIAL is India’s first airport to be constructed in public-private-partnership (PPP) model in 1999. It is the ..

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BCCI and UN Environment sign agreement to promote Green Cricket in India

May 28, 2018

The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has signed Letter of Intent (LoI) with UN Environment to promote green’ cricket in India. The partnership aims to spread greater awareness about key environmental challenges India is facing and highlight ..

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Eastern Peripheral Expressway: PM Narendra Modi inaugurates India's first smart and green highway

May 28, 2018

Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated India’s first smart and green highway-135 km long Kundli-Ghaziabad-Palwal (KGP) Expressway also known as Eastern Peripheral Expressway (EPE). The expressway was completed in record time of about 500 days against target of 910 days at ..

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