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May11th Current Affairs

1)Nearly Rs 16.5 thousand crores have been earmarked by 71 Ministries/Departments of Government of  India to take up swachhata activities within their own spheres during the FY 2018-19.
2)The Indian Pavilion at the Cannes film festival was inaugurated at Cannes in France. The inauguration session of the Indian Pavilion at the Festival was hosted by noted actor Sharad Kelkar.
3)Commonwealth Digital Education Leadership Training in Action (C-DELTA) an online platform launched by Commonwealth Heads of Government (CHOGM) in order to encourage digital education skills.
4)Credit rating agency FITCH said that India's economic growth rate will be 7.3% this year and 7.5% next fiscal year.
5)For implementation of changes with regard to split of CMD(Chairman and Managing Director) post, SEBI has set a deadline of April 1, 2020. The deadline for independent directors and other rules is April 1, 2019.
6)Leading vaccine maker Bharat Biotech on Friday received the National Technology Award for 2018 from the Central government’s Technology Development Board for its Rotavac vaccine.
7)Commerce Secretary of the Government of India, Rita A Teaotia, will inaugurate the two-day second Reverse Buyers Sellers Meet (RBSM) commencing from May 15 in Mumbai for promoting export of mangos and other tropical fruits and products.
8)Central Government had issued orders to increase financial assistance of Rs.5.50 per quintal of cane crushed in sugar season.
9)Joint Exclusive Economic Zone(EEZ) was conducted between Indian Navy and Maldives.Indian Navu has deployed a Naval Ship Sumedha.
10)Bogibeel Bridge linking Dibrugarh in Assam to Pasighat in Arunachal Pradesh to be the India's longest rail-road is expected to be inagurated in 2018 by Prime Minister.
11)To study the recovery of Black Money and performance of Public Sector Banks a parliamentary panel was formed headed by Murali Manohar Joshi.
12)Kerala Government approved to provide free Internet to over 20 lakh poor families.
13)Indian Air Forcr(IAF) conducted its first ever Online selection test for airmen named STAR(Scheduled Test for Air Recruitment).
14)YES bank to launch water security Programme for farmers in Haryana and Rajasthan.
15)Prof Muhammad Yunus conferred with KISS( Kalinga Institute of Social Sciences) Humanitarian award 2018. He is known as Father of Microfinance.

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