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Current Affairs Monthly Capsule and Quiz May 2018 Current Affairs Monthly Capsule and Quiz May 2018 1 WiFiStudy.com brief and impressive handing over of troops ceremony. Lt Col Irwan Ibrahim, Commanding officer World Immunization Week: 24 April- 30 April of the 1st Royal Ranger Regiment of 2018 Malaysian Army welcomed the Indian World Immunization contingent and wished the Indian and Week 2018 is celebrated Malaysian troops for a successful and from April 24 to April 30. mutually beneficial joint exercise. Immunization is First phase of the two week long joint considered to be military exercise begin with the formal one of the most cost-effective and successful handing over of the Regimental Flag to the plans in the health industry. Malaysian Army signifying merging of the World Immunization Week aims at two contingents under one Commander. highlighting the collective effort which is needed to ensure that every person gets protection from diseases which can be World Asthma Day 2018: 1 May World Asthma Day is an annual event organized by prevented from vaccines. the Global Initiative for Asthma (GINA) to Theme for the year 2018 is “Protected improve asthma awareness and care around the Together, Vaccines Work”. world. World Asthma Day takes place on the first International Buddhist Conference concluded in Tuesday of May. First World Asthma Day Lumbini was held in 1998. International Buddhist Conference concluded in The theme for the year 2018 is “Never too Lumbini, Nepal, which is the birth place of Gautama early, never too late. It’s always the right Buddha. time to address airways disease”. It was organised as part of 2562nd Buddha Jayanti celebrations. International Labour Day: May 1 The basic objective of the conference was to The International Labour Day, also known as disseminate teachings of Gautam Buddha International Worker’s Day or May Day is observed and spread the messages of nonviolence, every year on May 1. brotherhood, co-existence, love and peace to The day aims to promote and encourage the the international community. international labour associations, marks the victory of workers’ movement for eight First Ever Joint Army exercise on Malaysian Soil hours of work and pay tribute to workers Commences sacrifices in achieving economic and social Exercise Harimau Shakti 2018, between the Indian rights all over the world. Army and the Malaysian Army commenced on 30 April at Wardieburn Camp, Kuala Lumpur with a 2 WiFiStudy.com The theme of International Labour Day 2018 According to the arms watchdog, the five top is “Uniting Workers for Social and military spenders in 2017 were the US, Economic Advancement”. China, Saudi Arabia, Russia and India. India- South Africa Business Summit Concludes World Press Freedom Day: 3 May in Johannesburg World Press Freedom Minister of Commerce and Industry and Civil Day was proclaimed by Aviation, Suresh Prabhu, attended India- South the UN General Africa business summit from April 29-30,2018 in Assembly in December Johannesburg, South Africa. 1993, following the The visit began with a series of bilateral recommendation of meetings: he met Dr. Rob Davies, Minister UNESCO’s General Conference. of Trade and Industry of South Africa and Since then, 3 May, the anniversary of ministers from Swaziland, Botswana and the Declaration of Windhoek, is celebrated Lesotho. worldwide as World Press Freedom Day. The Minister highlighted the historical Theme for the year 2018 is ‘Keeping Power relations between India and these countries in Check: Media, Justice and The Rule of and pledged to take the economic partnership Law’. forward. The Minister also met members of India- Cartoonists’ day: 5 May South Africa CEOs forum who expressed World Cartoonists’ day is celebrated every year on confidence in the Government of India’s 5th May. efforts to strengthen India-Africa relations Cartoonists’ day is best celebrated by and pledged their support in furthering these picking up a comic you used to know and relations. love, and walking down memory lane on the part it played in you growing up. India into world's top five defence spenders India has joined the U.S. and China as one of the Nobel prize in literature 2018 cancelled after world’s five biggest military spenders, reflecting sexual assault scandal geopolitical tensions as well as the country’s The Swedish Academy has said no Nobel prize for reliance on imported weapons and sprawling literature will be awarded this year. personnel costs. For the first time since 1949, the secretive India’s defense spending rose by 5.5 percent jury that hands out the world’s most to $63.9 billion in 2017 and has now passed prestigious literary prize will not unveil a France, the Stockholm International Peace winner this autumn, instead revealing two Research Institute said in a report laureates in 2019. At the root of the institution’s unprecedented crisis are a raft of wide-ranging allegations 3 WiFiStudy.com against Jean-Claude Arnault, a photographer President's first overseas visit after assuming and leading cultural figure in Sweden, who office last year. is married to Katarina Frostenson, an A range of bilateral issues including the academy member and author. strengthening of institutional mechanisms for political interactions, multilateral 12th informal meeting of SAARC Finance matters, trade and commerce, investments, Ministers held in Manila information technology, capacity building, The twelfth informal meeting of SAARC Finance traditional medicines, space, defence, and Ministers was held in Manila, the capital of culture are expected to be discussed during Philippines on the sidelines of the 51st Annual his visit. Meeting of Asian Development Bank (ADB). The meeting was attended by the Finance NASA launches its latest mission to Mars Ministers/Heads of Delegations from the NASA has blasted off its SAARC member states. latest Mars lander, Finance Minister of Nepal Yuba Raj InSight, designed to Khatiwada chaired the meeting. perch on the surface and Khatiwada underscored the need of listen for “Marsquakes” concerted efforts to attain the objective of ahead of eventual human South Asian Economic Union as desired by missions to explore the Red Planet. the leaders of SAARC. The project aims to expand human knowledge of interior conditions on Mars, India ranks 11th in AT Kearney FDI Confidence inform efforts to send human explorers there, Index and reveal how rocky planets like the Earth India has slipped by three notches to 11th position in formed billions of years ago. the FDI Confidence Index 2018 of global If all goes as planned, the lander should settle consultancy firm A T Kearney. on the Red Planet on November 26. It said that India fell out of the top 10 for the Its name, InSight, is short for Interior first time since 2015. Exploration using Seismic Investigations, India was ranked 8th in 2017, while it was at Geodesy and Heat Transport. NASA chief 9th rank in 2016. scientist Jim Green said experts already know that Mars has quakes, avalanches and Vice President reaches Guatemala meteor strikes. Vice President M. Venkaiah Naidu on Sunday reached Guatemala as part of his three-nation visit to Putin sworn in for another six years in office Latin America. Russia Naidu is on a five-day visit to Latin Vladimir Putin was sworn in for another six years as America’s Guatemala, Peru and Panama Russian president. Putin swore to serve the Russian commencing from May 6. This is the Vice 4 WiFiStudy.com people, safeguard their rights and freedoms, and the business optimism index for the first quarter of defend Russian sovereignty. this year. Putin was inaugurated for his fourth term as Business optimism is however at an "all-time president high" globally with the index at net 61 per cent, as per Grant Thornton's quarterly India ranks 4th in Asia-Pacific on power index global business survey. India has ranked fourth out of 25 nations in the Asia- With a score of 89, India is at the sixth place Pacific region on an index that measures their in the index. overall power. The Lowy Institute Asia Power Index The top five nations are Austria, Finland, measures power across 25 countries and territories Indonesia, the Netherlands and the US. in the Asia-Pacific region. Narendra Modi ranked 9th among 75 most Beijing to hold World Robot Conference powerful globally in Forbes list The 2018 World Robot Conference will be held in Prime Minister Beijing from August 15 to 19. Narendra Modi figures The event will see over 12,000 competing among the 10 most teams and 50,000 participants from more powerful people in the than 10 countries and regions. world in US magazine A robot competition will be held during the Forbes' 2018 list that is conference where participants will compete topped by Chinese President Xi Jinping, while in five categories. Reliance Industries (RIL) Chairman Mukesh Ambani is the only Indian businessman to feature in World Red Cross Day: 8 May the list of 75. World Red Cross and Red Crescent Day is an annual Modi, who is ranked 9th and Ambani at 32, celebration of the principles of the International Red are the only two Indians on the Forbes Cross and Red Crescent Movement. World's Most Powerful People list. World Red Cross Red Crescent Day is Xi tops the list for the first time, replacing celebrated on 8 May each year. Russian President Vladimir Putin, who drops This date is the anniversary of the birth of to second place after being named the most Henry Dunant, who was born 8 May 1828. powerful person in the world for four years He is the founder of International Committee in succession. of the Red Cross (ICRC) and the recipient of the first Nobel Peace Prize. VP Shri Venkaiah Naidu visits World Heritage city of Old Guatemala India slips to 6th spot in biz optimism index The Vice President of India, Shri M.Venkaiah Naidu With business sentiment at the "weakest" in four visited the historic Antigua (old) Guatemala city on years, India slipped to the 6th position globally in May 8, 2018 for understanding how it’s rich heritage 5 WiFiStudy.com is being maintained since it was declared as a World India Pavilion Inaugurated at Cannes Film Heritage City by the UNESCO in 1979.
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