IMPORTANT CURRENT AFFAIRS OF MAY 25th, 2018
1)
(25th
May) is International Missing Children's Day.
a) Emblem
of International Missing Children's Day : forget-me-not flower
2)
Towel Day.
a) This
day is celebrated every year on 25 May as a tribute to the author Douglas Adams
by his fans.
b) On this
day, fans openly carry a towel with them, as described in Adams' The
Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy or share their folded animal towels to
demonstrate their appreciation for the books and the author.
3)
Surya Kiran-XIII, the
13th edition of India-Nepal joint military exercise will
be held at Pithoragarh, Uttarakhand during 30th May to
12th June 2018.
a) This
exercise will see participation of nearly 300 soldiers from both Indian and
Nepal Army.
b) Aim of
Surya Kiran XIII : To further enhance and strengthen level of
defence cooperation between the two neighbouring nations.
4)
UK's Prince
William, who is second-in-line to the British throne, will visit Israel
and the Palestinian territories in June.
a) With
this he will become the 1st British royal to make an official visit
to Israel.
5)
Prime Minister Narendra
Modi and his Bangladeshi counterpart Sheikh Hasinatoday
inaugurated the Bangladesh Bhavan in West Bengal's Santiniketan in
the presence of West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee.
a) The
bhavan, which is built at a cost of ₹25 crore, also has a museum that showcases Rabindranath Tagore's
association with Bangladesh, the Liberation War of Bangladesh
and Indo-Bangla relations.
6)
The Congress-JD(S) alliance today
proved its majority with the support of 117 MLAs during the floor test in Karnataka Assembly,
making .
a) This
will be JD(S) leader HD Kumaraswamy's second term as
Karnataka Chief Minister.
7)
A 2-day offshore security exercise, code named
'Exercise Prasthan', conducted by the Eastern Naval
Command in the Offshore Development Area (ODA) off the coast of
Mumbai.
a) Mock
drills to exercise various contingencies such as asymmetric threat (terrorist
action), oil spill, casualty evacuation and fire were conducted.
b) The
exercise was aimed to evaluate surveillance capabilities of offshore rigs
against unaltered intruders approaching by boat/ swimming and to evaluate
capabilities of security agencies in patrolling to prevent intruders from
accessing offshore rigs.
8)
The Union Ministry of Human Resource
Development (HRD) launched Samagra Shiksha scheme to
improve quality of school education.
a) Aim of
Samagra Shiksha Scheme : To improve the quality
of education, enhancing learning outcomes and using technology to empower
children and teachers.
b) The
scheme subsumes three existing schemes : Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan (SSA),
Rashtriya Madhyamik Shikskha Abhiyan (RMSA) and Teacher Education (TE) to
treat school education holistically, from pre-school to Class XII.
9)
India's largest lender State Bank
of India (SBI) has reported a loss of Rs. 7,718
crore in the January-March quarter, hurt by higher provisions for bad
loans.
a) The
loss for the three months to March 31 was deeper than the expected Rs. 1,285
crore on average by 16 analysts, according to Thomson Reuters data.
10)
The 5th India-CLMV (Cambodia, Lao
PDR, Myanmar and Vietnam) Business Conclave was held at Phnom
Penh, Cambodia.
a) This
conclave was jointly organised by the Ministry of Commerce &
Industry along with Ministry of Commerce of Cambodia.
b) The
Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) is institutional partner of the event.
11)
The 15th Finance Commission has
constituted High Level Group to explore and give
recommendations for a balanced expansion of the health sector.
a) This
group will evaluate existing regulatory framework in health sector and examine
its strength and weaknesses for enabling balanced and faster expansion keeping
in view India’s demographic profile.
b) It will
suggest ways and means to optimize use of existing financial resources and to
incentivize state governments’ effort on fulfilment of well-defined health
parameters in India.
c) Head of
this high level group : Dr. Randeep Guleria, Director,
AIIMS, New Delhi
12)
One of India's most decorated
Generals, Lieutenant General Zorawar Chand Bakshi (97), passed
away.
a) He was
awarded the second-highest military decoration, Maha Vir Chakra,
for his role in capturing the strategically important Haji Pir Pass during the
1965 war with Pakistan.
b) Bakshi
was also instrumental in capturing Akhnoor Dagger from Pakistan during 1971
war.
13)
The 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.
a) Through
the MoU, SIDBI will extend financial support to VLEs of CSCs, with minimum one
year of operation, under its Direct Financing Window.
14)
Six-time Congress MLA Ramesh
Kumar has been unanimously elected as the Speaker of
the Karnataka Assembly after the BJP withdrew
nomination for its candidate Suresh Kumar.
15)
Power equipment maker Bharat Heavy
Electricals Limited (BHEL) has appointed Pravin L
Agrawal as the part-time official director on its board.
16) Arunachal
Pradesh-based NGO Singchung Bugun Community Reserve (SBVCR) won
the India Biodiversity Award 2018 in the “Conservation of
wildlife species” category.
17) Batsman Ed
Joyce, the first-ever cricketer to play T20I cricket for two
countries (Ireland and England), has announced his retirement from all
forms of cricket.
18)
Chennai based Indian grandmaster of
chess, Srinath Narayanan has won the Kolkata
Open International Grandmasters Chess Tournament.
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