Page-2 of Current Affairs - May, 2024

India’s RudraM-II Missile Test-Fires Successfully Off Odisha Coast

May 30, 2024

A big step forward in India’s defence was made when the RudraM-II missile was successfully tested from a Su-30 fighter jet off the coast of Odisha. This accomplishment shows how much better India is getting at making advanced weapon systems ..

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World Unemployment to Fall Slightly in 2024: UN

May 30, 2024

The International Labour Organization (ILO) recently said that the rate of unemployment around the world will settle at 4.9% in 2024, a small drop from the previous year. This increase is a big change from earlier predictions, which called for ..

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Sweden Donates Advanced Radar Planes to Ukraine

May 30, 2024

The Swedish government just recently said that it would be sending a lot more troops to help Ukraine fight Russia. As part of this help, Sweden is giving Ukraine two advanced radar surveillance and command aircraft. This shows how important ..

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ADB Commits $2.6 Billion to India for Various Projects

May 30, 2024

ADB, the Asian Development Bank, promised to give a large amount of money (2.6 billion USD) to India in 2023 for several development projects. As part of this promise, USD 23.53 million in professional help and USD 4.1 million in ..

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India Boosts Lab-Grown Diamond Sector, Koreans Innovate Production

May 30, 2024

In order to encourage more people to make diamonds in India, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitaraman’s 2023-24 Budget included big benefits like lowering the taxes on diamond seeds used to make lab-grown diamonds. Furthermore, IIT Madras was given a grant of ..

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KAZA Summit Underway in Zambia

May 30, 2024

The Kavango-Zambezi Trans-Frontier Conservation Area (KAZA TFCA) Summit took place in Livingstone, Zambia, in May 2023, and more than 400 people were there. Representatives from Angola, Botswana, Namibia, Zambia, and Zimbabwe met at this meeting for five days, from May ..

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IRDAI Sets New Guidelines for Faster Health Insurance Claims

May 30, 2024

The Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority of India (IRDAI) recently put out a very important statement that aims to make health insurance services in India more efficient and effective. This change is meant to make the cashless claim process easier ..

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News Corp Signs Content Deal With OpenAI

May 30, 2024

Recently, there have been a lot of agreements between news organizations and AI companies. Now, News Corp has joined forces with OpenAI. With this partnership, standard ways of spreading news will be replaced by ones that use AI technologies. News ..

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Dengue Outbreaks Rise in Americas Due to Climate Change

May 30, 2024

While dengue fever used to only happen in tropical areas, there are now an alarmingly high number of cases in both those areas and other places, like the US and Europe. This rise in dengue cases is a growing global ..

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An overview of the AMRUT scheme

May 30, 2024

India is rapidly urbanizing, which is causing a big change in the country’s population. By 2047, it is expected that over half of the people will live in cities. It’s important to make big investments, says the World Bank. They ..

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