Weekly Current Affairs One Liners : 15 - 21 May 2019

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•  May 15 – International Day of Families, 2019 Theme: “Families and Climate Action: Focus on SDG 13.
• A monitoring programme of the Forest Department for 2017-18 has found that the Wayanad Wildlife Sanctuary (WWS) holds the largest tiger population in the State.
• The Reserve Bank of India has appointed its former Deputy Governor R. Gandhi as an additional director on the board of Yes Bank.
• India is unanimously chosen as co-chair of the Consultative Group (CG) of Global Facility for Disaster Reduction and Recovery (GFDRR) for the fiscal year 2020.
• National Training Workshop of Master Trainers for 7th Economic Census.
• The Moon is steadily shrinking, causing wrinkling on its surface and quakes, according to an analysis of imagery captured by NASA’s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter.
• NACIN has been authorized to conduct an examination for confirmation of enrollment of Goods and Services Tax Practitioners (GSTPs).
• India delays levying retaliatory tariff on U.S. goods to June 16.
• Indian Navy’s Service Selection Board Inaugurated At Kolkata.
• India’s G.S. Lakshmi has become the first woman to be appointed to ICC’s international panel of match referees.
• In a first, all the 10 participating teams at the upcoming ICC World Cup will have a dedicated anti-corruption officer attached with it to deliver a corruption-free tournament.
• May 16 – International Day of Living Together in Peace
• May 16 – International Day of Light
• The Geological Survey of India, GSI, has revealed that 35 per cent the country’s Graphite deposits of the country is found in Arunachal Pradesh.
• China has broadened its block of online encyclopedia Wikipedia to include all language editions.
• Austria has approved a law aimed at banning the headscarf in primary schools.
• US President Donald Trump is all set to announce a new proposal to overhaul the immigration policy.
• US and France join UAE in the investigation of sabotage of commercial ships.
• India’s overall exports registered positive growth of 1.34% in April this year.
• Reserve Bank of India has released a vision document for ensuring a safe, secure, convenient, quick and affordable e-payment system.
• A MoU was signed between National Mission for Clean Ganga, HCL Foundation and INTACH for Plantation of Rudraksh Trees in Uttarakhand.
• Virat Kohli – International Cricketer and Batsman of the Year award
• Smriti Mandana – International Women Cricketer of the Year
• Jasprit Bumrah – International Bowler of the Year
• Mohinder Amarnath – ‘CCR International Lifetime Achievement Award’
• May 17 – World Telecommunication and Information Society Day, 2019 Theme: Bridging the standardization gap.
• May 17 – World Hypertension Day, The theme of World Hypertension Day 2019 is “Know your numbers.”
• May 17 – International Day against Homophobia, Transphobia and Biphobia, 2019 Global Focus – Justice and Protection for All.
• Vellore Institute of Technology (VIT) has been conferred award for the best university in India for Internationalization of Higher Education by UNICA.
• The Kerala government also appointed a sub-working committee headed by T.K.A. Nair, to look into the revision of TCP Act.
• The Kerala-based ESAF Small Finance Bank Ltd. has recorded a 234% increase in its net profit for the financial year 2019.
• Researchers from the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Bombay have devised low-cost lenses that will elevate smartphone cameras to the power of a microscope.
• The Website of the Lokpal was inaugurated by the Chairperson, Justice Shri Pinaki Chandra Ghose, the website can be accessed at http://lokpal.gov.in.
• Kochi City start-up launches taxi aggregation app
• UNDRR confers Sasakawa Award 2019 to Dr. Pramod Kumar Mishra
• Reliance Industries and its British partner BP Plc have made their first bid for oil and gas exploration acreage by bidding for one of the 32 blocks up.
• Iran at present provides visa-on-arrival to Indian travellers which is given as a paper visa.
• May 18 – World AIDS Vaccine Day, 1998 to commemorate the anniversary of Clinton’s speech.
• May 18 – International Museum Day, 2019 Theme “Museums as Cultural Hubs: The future of tradition”.
• In Kerala, Roshni project to cover 40 schools this academic year
• A first such facility in the public sector, Kilo Lab was opened at the CSIR-Indian Institute of Chemical Technology (IICT) in Hyderabad.
• IIT-D signs MoU with Taiwanese university to establish and offer a Joint Doctoral Degree Programme to students who work together and carry out joint research.
• Sundaram-Clayton Limited (SCL), has announced the setting up of a facility in South Carolina.
• India ITME Society will organise ITME Africa 2020 between February 14 and 16 next year at Addis Ababa.
• RBI has approved the appointment of Nitin Chugh, the digital banking head of HDFC Bank.
• India sets the tone at COP meetings of Basel, Rotterdam and Stockholm conventions held in Geneva.
• Located 15km south of Doha, the Al Janoub Stadium in Al Wakrah will host group stage matches and a quarterfinal game of the 2022 FIFA World Cup.
• India lose to Australia in final match of Down Under tour
• The ICC released the official song of the 2019 Men’s World Cup – ‘Stand By’
• May 20 – World Bee Day, 2018 was the first observance of World Bee Day.
• A campaign to encourage ‘segregation of waste at source’ was started by the South Delhi Municipal Corporation at three model wards.
• A photography exhibition depicting various historical moments was organised at the Government Museum, Vellore, to mark World Museum Day.
• RISAT-2B, the all-seeing radar imaging satellite due to be launched before dawn on May 22 from Sriharikota.
• Achyutanand Dwivedi’s short film wins at Cannes
• IN ships Kolkata and Shakti are stay at Singapore to participate in the annual Singapore India Maritime Bilateral Exercise SIMBEX-2019 scheduled from 16 May to 22 May 19.
• S. lifts metal tariffs on Canada, Mexico
• In Japan, driverless tractors are on the move
• India’s young paddlers impressed in the SET Thailand junior and cadet Open, claiming four bronze medals.
• Brooks Koepka sets Major record in PGA Championship
• Nasser Al Khater, CEO of the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022, asserted that a decision to expand the event to 48 teams would not be unilateral and be taken only if Qatar and FIFA agree to it.
• May 21 – World Day for Cultural Diversity for Dialogue and Development
• ‘Not all animals migrate by choice’ campaign launched by UN Environment India and Wildlife Crime Control Bureau (WCCB).
• India cuts off UN panel after Jammu & Kashmir report
• Higher secondary students will now be able to undertake physics experiments in digital form, courtesy the Kerala Infrastructure and Technology for Education (KITE).
• Indonesia for ‘sister city’ agreement with Vijayawada to promoting cultural bonding and education.
• Redefined units of measurement of kilogram, Kelvin, mole and ampere, The new SI is being implemented worldwide from 20th May 2019 i.e. the World Metrology Day.
• Indian peacekeeper to be honoured posthumously with UN medal
• Southern Western Ghats of Kerala yields a new species of Amaranthus
• Researchers at the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Bombay have fabricated a wearable supercapacitor that can store and deliver power ranging from microwatt to milliwatt.
• Myanmar ships UMS King Tabin Shwe Htee and UMS Inlay would undertake a coordinated patrol with Indian Naval Ship Saryu from 20 – 28 May 19.