Page-6 of Current Affairs - May, 2018

SIDBI, CSC SPV ink MoU to provide financial support to village level entrepreneurs

May 25, 2018

Small Industries Development Bank of India (SIDBI) and Common Service Centres (CSC) Special Purpose Vehicle (SPV) signed MoU for providing financial support village level entrepreneurs in CSCs. Through the MoU, SIDBI will extend financial support to VLEs of CSCs, with minimum ..

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Government reconstitutes FSDC: Includes secretaries from Revenue Department, MeitY, IBC Chairman

May 25, 2018

The Union Government has reconstituted Financial Stability and Development Council (FSDC) to include secretaries from revenue department as well as Ministry of Information Technology (MeitY). It  will include Chairman of the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Board of India (IBBI). This decision ..

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Surya Kiran-XIII: India-Nepal joint battalion level exercise to be held in Uttarakhand

May 25, 2018

The thirteenth edition of India-Nepal joint military exercise will be conducted at Pithoragarh, Uttarakhand from 30 May to 12 June 2018. The joint military exercise aims to further enhance and strengthen level of defence cooperation between the two neighbouring nations. ..

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5th India-CLMV Business Conclave held at Phnom Penh, Cambodia

May 25, 2018

The 5th India-CLMV (Cambodia, Lao PDR, Myanmar and Vietnam) Business Conclave was held at Phnom Penh, Cambodia. It was jointly organised by Ministry of Commerce & Industry along with Ministry of Commerce of Cambodia. The Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) ..

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INSV Tarini team awarded Nari Shakti Puraskar 2017

May 25, 2018

India’s Navy all six women crew of INSV Tarini who completed India’s first all-women circumnavigation expedition of the globe was conferred prestigious Nari Shakti Puraskar 2017. The crew included Lt Commander Vartika Joshi, Lt Commander Swathi Patarpalli, Lt Commander Pratibha ..

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India’s first National Sports University in Manipur: Union Cabinet approves ordinance

May 24, 2018

The Union Cabinet has approved an ordinance to set up the country’s first national sports university in in Imphal (west), Manipur. The ordinance is on the lines of National Sports University Bill, 2017 which is pending in Parliament (introduced in ..

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Pakistan hosted SCO Regional Anti-Terrorist Structure meeting in Islamabad

May 24, 2018

Pakistan hosted its first ever Shanghai Cooperation Organisation-Regional Anti-Terrorist Structure (SCO-RATS) legal experts meeting in Islamabad. This was the first-ever SCO meeting being held in Pakistan since it became a permanent member of the organisation along with India in June ..

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Nepal becomes first country in south-east Asia to eliminate Trachoma: WHO

May 24, 2018

World Health Organization (WHO) has validated Nepal for having eliminated trachoma, a contagious bacterial infection of the eye. It makes Nepal first country in WHO’s South-East Asia Region to defeat trachoma, world’s leading infectious cause of blindness. The eye disease ..

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Cabinet approves USOF scheme for Meghalaya under CTDP

May 24, 2018

Union Cabinet has approved implementation of Comprehensive Telecom Development Plan (CTDP) Project for North Eastern Region (NER) in Meghalaya to improve mobile services. The project has provision of 2G and 4G mobile coverage in identified uncovered areas of Meghalaya and ..

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Former SC judge CK Prasad appointed as Chairman of Press Council of India

May 24, 2018

Government has appointed former Supreme Court Judge CK Prasad as Chairman of Press Council of India (PCI) for second term. His nomination was approved by three-member committee headed by Vice President Venkaiah Naidu. He was earlier appointed to post in ..

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