Current Affairs May 2018
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CURRENT AFFAIRS MAY 2018 .................................................................................................................................... 1 Preface ....................................................................................................................... 2 Topics of the Month ............................................................................................... 10 Political Parties and Right to Information Act, 2005.......................................................................10 Seabed Project 2030: Charting world’s ocean floor by 2030 using drones........................................ 12 Understanding Iran Nuclear deal and its Impact on India ................................................................... 13 Understanding e-Commerce space in India with Flipkart-Walmart Deal ........................................... 16 Swachhata Survekshan 2018 ............................................................................................................... 17 National ................................................................................................................... 19 First-ever guidelines by the government on Adventure Tourism released ....................................... 19 TRAI proposes the use of blockchain technology to curb spam calls, texts ..................................... 19 Cochin International Airport world's first fully solar-energy powered airport: UNEP ............. 19 Union Home Ministry creates a Women Safety Division ................................................................... 20 Prime Minister inaugurates Eastern Peripheral Expressway ............................................................ 20 HRD Ministry launched ‘Samagra Siksha’ scheme ............................................................................... 21 9th Rashtriya Sanskriti Mahotsav begins in Tehri ............................................................................... 21 Cabinet approves provision of mobile connectivity in Left Wing Extremism Areas ................ 22 National Crime records Bureau creating national registry for crimes against women ........... 22 INSV Tarini completes historic Circumnavigation .......................................................................... 23 PM dedicates Kishanganga Hydropower Station to the nation ........................................................ 23 Green Good Deeds’ Movement Launched by India Gets Global Recognition ................................... 23 “AYUSH” finds a place in English Language........................................................................................ 24 SC approves draft Cauvery Management Scheme ............................................................................. 24 National Institute of Mental Health Rehabilitation to be established at Bhopal ............................. 24 Freight Village to be developed at Nangal Chaudhary in Haryana .................................................... 25 National Technology Day: 11 May ......................................................................................................... 25 Railways to roll out smart coaches with black box and diagnostics ................................................. 25 CENTRE approves green licence plates for e-vehicles ........................................................................ 26 NITI Aayog, Google to help grow AI ecosystem in India .................................................................... 26 International Children Theatre festival to be held in Kolkata ........................................................... 26 World's first 'women's special' train completes 26 years............................................................. 27 Task Force on Establishment of CDRI submits report ........................................................................ 27 CURRENT AFFAIRS MAY 2018 Chandrapur and Ballarshah most beautiful railway stations in India ............................................... 27 Telecom Commission allows in-flight connectivity ............................................................................ 28 International .......................................................................................................... 28 Malaysia plans to build the island on strategic Singapore Strait rocks ............................................ 28 EU tightens law on foreign temporary workers ............................................................................. 29 WHO adopts the resolution on Digital Health proposed by India ..................................................... 30 Pakistan's Sindh province passed the bill allowing Hindu widows to remarry ......................... 30 Colombia to be first Latin American country to join NATO ............................................................... 30 Hamburg to host 2018 Global Wind Summit ........................................................................................ 31 EU's General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) comes into effect ........................................... 31 Pakistan Parliament passes bill to merge FATA and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa ............................... 32 Indo-Dutch Startup Initiative: #StartUpLink Launched.................................................................. 32 India launches an international incubator for clean energy innovators at Mission Innovation (MI3) .................................................................................................................................. 32 US disinvites China from RIMPAC exercise over South China Sea ............................................... 33 Paraguay become the third Country to open its embassy in Jerusalem ..................................... 33 Burundi votes to allow president to extend time in power ......................................................... 34 Russia unveils world's first floating nuclear power station .............................................................. 34 Max Thunder: US-South Korea Joint Military drill begins .................................................................. 34 UN launches $10 billion International Finance Facility for Education ......................................... 34 International Nurses Day: 12 May ......................................................................................................... 35 India hosted 15th Asia Media Summit .................................................................................................. 35 Bangladesh proposes India’s induction as OIC observer ................................................................... 35 North Korea changes its time zone to match South ........................................................................... 36 No Nobel Prize on Literature this year: Swedish Academy ................................................................ 36 World Press Freedom Day: 3 May ........................................................................................................ 36 Economy & Banking ............................................................................................... 37 Ministry of Power launches web portal and App called PRAAPTI ............................................... 37 Air India, IndiGo included in top five cheapest airlines in World ................................................. 38 15th Finance Commission constitutes a High-Level Group on Health Sector ................................... 38 CCI approves US $66 bn Bayer-Monsanto deal...............................................................................