Weekly Current Affairs May 2018 (Week-IV) || Download PDF

Banking and Financial Awareness:

• SIDBI to Extend Direct Funding Facility to VLEs in CSCs.
• Bank of Baroda Locates Major Operations at GIFT City.
• SBI Reports Loss of Rs. 7,718 Crore in March Quarter.
• RBI Slaps Rs5-Cr Penalty On South Indian Bank.

Appointments

• Amit Khare to be Appointed as New I&B Secretary.
• Rajinder Singh Appointed as New Hockey India President.
• Justice C K Prasad Likely to Become PCI Chief for 2nd Time.
• The New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) has promoted Stacey Cunningham to President, making her the first sole woman head of the 226-year-old exchange.
• Ganeshi Lal and Kummanam Rajasekharan were appointed as Governors of Odisha and Mizoram.
• Airtel Payments Bank Appoints Anubrata Biswas as MD and CEO.
• Barbados Elects Mia Mottley as 1st Female Prime Minister.
• HD Kumaraswamy Took Oath as New Karnataka CM.
• Pravin Agrawal Appointed BHEL Director.
• Venezuela's President Maduro Wins Re-Election.
• Anil Kumar Jha Appointed CMD of Coal India.

Honour, Awards and Ranks

• India:6th Wealthiest Country as per AfrAsia Bank Global Wealth Migration Review 2018.
• Man Booker International Prize for English translation of ‘Flights.
• As per the annual rankings compiled by International Institute for Management Development (IMD), India ranks 44th.
• INSV Tarini Team Conferred Nari Shakti Puraskar 2017.
• CSIR Bags Clarivate Analytics India Innovation Award 2018.
• Lionel Messi Wins European Golden Shoe for The 5th Time.
• Prajnesh Gunneswaran Wins T.K. Ramanathan Award for 2017-18.
• India Stands 44th In Competitive Rankings, USA Tops.
• India 145th In Healthcare Access, Quality, Iceland Tops, according to a Lancet study.
• India’s Q4 GDP Growth Likely at 7.4%: ICRA Report.

Obituary

• Alan Bean, 4th Man to Walk On the Moon Died.
• Telugu Writer Yaddanapudi Sulochana Rani Passes Away.

MOU’s, Agreement and Summits

• NITI Aayog has signed a Statement of Intent (SoI) with ABB to make India Artificial Intelligence ready.
• PM of Netherlands Inaugurates Indo-Dutch Ganga Forum.
• 5th India CLMV Business Conclave Held in Cambodia.
• PM Modi Leaves for Sochi for Informal Summit with Russian President.
• Finance Ministry Ties Up with 40 Companies Under Mudra Scheme.
• Ministry of Railway & Rail Vikas Nigam Limited Sign MoU.
• Mission Innovation Ministerial Meeting Held in Sweden.
• Prime Minister Modi Chairs 26th Pragati Interaction.

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Important News- World

• 1st Floating Nuclear Power Plant Unveiled by Russia.
• According to an analysis by the National Crime Agency (NCA), Pakistan has been identified among three main source countries for money laundering in the UK.
• Indo-Dutch Ganga Forum Inaugurated by the PM of Netherlands.
• Mission Innovation (MI) Ministerial Held at Malmo, Sweden.
• Nepal -1st country in South East Asia to eliminate Trachoma.
• SCO Regional Anti-Terrorist Structure (RATS) meeting held in Pakistan.
• Netherlands PM Mark Rutte Arrives in India.
• Air Chief Marshal BS Dhanoa On 4-Day Visit to Israel.

Important Dates

• The International Day for Biological Diversity is celebrated annually on May 22.
• The theme is “Celebrating 25 Years of Action for Biodiversity”.
• Anti-Terrorism Day: 21 May