NATIONAL
UPDATES:
1. India to hold naval exercise with Vietnam : 3 Indian warships namely – INS Sahyadri, INS Shakti & INS Kamorta entered into Tien Sa Port, Vietnam on May 21.A professional interaction will be held between personnel of the two navies as well as official calls & interaction with dignitaries of the Vietnamese government.On completion of the harbour phase, warships from the two navies would conduct their 1st joint naval exercise.
2. Chatra Parivahan Suraksha Yojana : Haryana government is
going to launch Chatra Parivahan Suraksha Yojana for the safety of girls.Under
this scheme, all the girl students will get free travel facility from their
home to their educational institutions.The primary objective of this scheme is
to ensure that the girls feel secure at public places, workplaces and while
traveling.
3. CSC to reach 2.50 lakh gram panchayats : The network of Common Service
Centres (CSCs) are set to be expanded to 2.50 lakh gram panchayats by the end
of 2018.Common Service Centres (CSCs) provides electronic services in banking,
insurance, passport seva, telemedicine and pensions to villages in India.The
CSC model has adopted six villages in the country in the pilot phase.
4. Tamil Nadu e-Governance Agency got award : Tamil Nadu e-Governance
Agency (TNeGA) has received an award for promoting ease of doing business.TNeGA developed an
investor facilitation portal that provides single window clearance to
industrial proposals in the state.The award was given in recognition of simplification of procedure and ease
with whichclearances from various authorities can be procured by a business.
5. Exercise ‘Gandiv Vijay’ in Rajasthan : Thousands of soldiers with
warfighting equipment of South Western Command’s Chetak corps are engaged in
intensive training in Mahajan field firing ranges of Rajasthan under exercise
‘Gandiv Vijay’.The exercise, which began two months ago, will conclude on May
23.The exercise involves multi-mode mobilization from dispersed locations.
6. Aadhaar, PAN mandatory for broker license : The revenue department has
made Aadhaar and PAN mandatory for persons seeking a customs broker license.Customs
broker is a person licensed to act as an agent on behalf of importer/exporter
for a transaction of business relating to entry or departure of conveyances or
goods at any customs station.The license is issued by the Directorate General
of Performance Management.
7. Anti Terrorism Day observed on May 21 : Anti Terrorism Day is
observed every year throughout the country on May 21.The Day is observed to
generate awareness in the country among all sections of people, about the
danger of terrorism and violence and its effect on the people, society and the
country as a whole.Anti-terrorism pledge is taken in all Government
offices, public sector undertakings and other public institutions.
INTERNATIONAL
UPDATES:
1. Paraguay officially moves embassy to Jerusalem : Paraguayan President Horacio
Cartes has inaugurated his country’s Israel embassy in Jerusalem.Paraguay is
now the third country to move its embassy to Jerusalem, following the United
States and Guatemala.Israel considers the entire city of Jerusalem to be
its capital, while the Palestinians see east Jerusalem as the capital of their
future state.
2. Nepal to shut India’s field office : Nepal has decided
to close Indian Embassy’s field office in Biratnagar in the near
future as it has “outlived its purpose”.India was permitted to set up a
temporary field office in 2008 to issue passes to vehicles for plying on Indian
roads in the bordering regions after Koshi floods damaged a 17-km stretch of
east-west highway.Nepali had also tried to remove the field office 6 years ago.
OTHER
UPDATES:
BUSINESS/ECONOMY:
1. India Sixth Wealthiest Country : India is the sixth wealthiest country in the world
with a total wealth of US $8,230 billion.The US is the wealthiest country in
the world with a total wealth of US $62,584 billion, according to the
AfrAsia Bank Global Wealth Migration Review.Total wealth refers to the private
wealth held by all the individuals living in each country. It includes all
their assets less any liabilities.
DEFENCE:
1. CRPF raises ‘Bastariya Battalion’ : In a bid to enhance combat capabilities in
Naxal-hit area of Bastar district in Chhattisgarh, the Central Reserve Police
Force (CRPF), for the first time, has decided to include local representation
in a special unit.The special unit has been numbered as 241 and named as
‘Bastariya Battalion’.All the candidates have been selected from four highly
Naxal infested district in Chhattisgarh.
2. INSV Tarini all set to return on May 21 : Indian Naval Sailing Vessel (INSV) Tarini is all
set to complete its circumnavigation of the globe and return to Goa on May 21.INSV
Tarini was set out for sail on September 10, 2017 from Goa.It is the first
Indian all-women crew to circumnavigate the globe.The expedition titled ‘Navika
Sagar Parikrama’, is aimed at promoting women empowerment..
SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY:
1. NASA’s hunting probe completed lunar flyby : NASA’s latest planet-hunting satellite has
successfully completed a lunar flyby, passing about 8,000 kilometers from the
Moon.It beamed back a test image revealing more than 200 thousand stars.
The flyby provided a gravity assist that helped the Transiting Exoplanet
Survey Satellite (TESS) sail toward its final working orbit.TESS is NASA’s
search for planets outside our solar system.
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