www.study4u.in: Weekly Current Affairs May 2018 (Week-II)

Monday, 14 May 2018

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➤The Swedish Academy that awards the Nobel Prize for literature has announced that they will not give out an award this year.
➤FDI Confidence Index 2018 – India ranked 11th.
➤India ranks 4th in Asia Pacific on Power Index.
➤Prof Muhammad Yunus Conferred KISS Humanitarian Award 2018.
➤Nisha Bhalla Conferred with 'WEF 2018' Award.
➤Business Optimism Index: India Ranks 6th, Austria Tops.
➤India Fastest Growing Economy at 7.4% In 2018: IMF.
➤Forbes Most Powerful People in The World: PM Modi 9th, Xi Jinping Tops.

➤12th Informal Meeting of SAARC Finance Ministers held in Manila.
➤Google to Grant $3 million for e - learning, Teachers in India.
➤India to host 15th Asia Media Summit.
➤The 19th edition of TOONZ Animation Masters Summit 2018 was held in Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala.
➤India and Guatemala sign MoU to cooperate in diplomatic training.
➤MoU signed between Ministry of MSME and NSIC.
➤Gujarat-Poland Sign MoU On Organizing Independence Centenary.
➤Venkaiah Naidu 3-Nation Visit: India, Panama Sign 2 Agreements.
➤NSIC Inks MoU with MSME Ministry for FY 2018-19.
➤Venkaiah Naidu 3-Nation Visit: India, Guatemala Sign Agreement in Education Sector.
➤NITI Aayog, Google Sign SoI to Help Grow AI Ecosystem in India.
➤India Signs USD200 Million Loan Deal with World Bank for National Nutrition Mission.
➤CBDT Approves Amendment of India-Kuwait Tax Agreement.
➤Customs and Postal Department Hold 1st Ever Joint Conference.
➤India, Sri Lanka Agree On Information Exchange for Drug Control.
➤SCO Tourism Ministers’ Conference Held in China.
➤Beijing to Hold World Robot Conference.
➤U.S.- India Aviation Summit Held in Mumbai.

➤Jaipur Foot is a world famous and most widely used artificial limb which will be exhibited at the United Nations headquarters in New York.
➤Israel Withdraws from Race for UN Security Council Seat.
➤USA Withdraws from Iran Nuclear Deal.
➤NASA, Uber Team Up to Make Flying Cars a Reality.

➤International No Diet Day is celebrated each year on 6th May.
➤BRO (Border Roads Organization) celebrates 58th Raising Day.
➤8th May – World Red Cross and Red Crescent Day. The theme of World Red Cross Day 2018 is “Memorable smiles from around the world”.
➤International Nurses Day: 12 May. the theme “Nurses A Voice to Lead – Health is a Human right”.
➤National Technology Day: 11 May. theme is “Science and Technology for a Sustainable Future”.

➤Exhibition on Indian Civilization inaugurated in New Delhi.
➤National Mission for Clean Ganga Approved.
➤NITI Aayog and IBM Join Hands to Develop AI Based Precision Farming.
➤Cochlear Implant Awareness Programme Organized in Haryana.
➤GST Council approves simplified tax return filling systems.
➤India signs $200 million loan agreement with World Bank for POSHAN Abhiyaan.
➤Additional 100 One Stop Centres to be set up for women safety.
➤International Children Theatre festival to be held in Kolkata.
➤Ravi Shankar Prasad Launches Website of Digital India Internship Scheme.
➤TRAI Releases Draft of Telecom Interconnection Regulations.
➤India Pavilion Inaugurated at Cannes Film Festival 2018.
➤Ravi Shankar Prasad Launches Website of Digital India Internship Scheme.
➤3rd Edition of UNPCAP Inaugurated in New Delhi.
➤Indian Tea Industry Records Highest Ever Production, Export in FY18.
➤Finished Steel Exports Increased by 16.7% In 2017-18.
➤General Bipin Rawat, Chief of Army the Staff released the book 'Across the Bench - Insight into the Indian Military Judicial System' by Lt Gen Gyan Bhushan.

➤Gravity RAT, a malware allegedly designed by Pakistani hackers, has recently been updated further and equipped with anti-malware evasion capabilities.
➤China's Alibaba Buys Pakistan E-Commerce Firm Daraz.
➤Walmart Buys Flipkart in World's Largest E-Commerce Deal.
➤Google Names Nitin Bawankule Head of India Cloud Business.
➤SpaceX Launches Most Powerful Falcon 9 Rocket.
➤China Launched Gaofen-5 To Monitor Air Pollution.
➤ISRO Develops Atomic Clock for Indigenous Navigation Satellites.
➤Google Officially Launches Things, Its IoT Platform.

➤India finished on top at the 3rd edition of South Asian Junior Athletics Championship.
➤3rd South Asian Junior Athletics Championships: India Tops with 50 Medals.