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May13th Current Affairs

1) An agreement was signed between ISPRL(Indian Strategic Petroleum Reserves Limited) and Abu Dhabi's ADNOC(Abu Dhabi National Oil Company).As per this agreement ADNOC can sell part of crude oil stored to India on commercial basis.
2)In order to attract more Buddhists from across the world, central government decided to expand Buddhists tourism circuits to 21 more states.This was started under Swadesh Darshan Scheme.
3)Army chief General Bipin Rawat visited Sri Lanka in order to strengthen Military co-operation between India and Sri Lanka.
4)PM Modi and Nepal PM K.P.Oli inagurated a direct bus service between Janakpur(Nepal) and Ayodhya(Uttar Pradesh).
5)China's first domestically developed aircraft carrier which has not been named yet began its sea trials.
6)BPay app was launched by Fino Payments Bank and recently they started a digital suite which consists of UPI(Unified Payment Interface).
7)India is the largest remittance- reveuving country in the world with 69 Billion USD.
8)Under heavy NPA(Non Performing Assets) RBI has restricted Dena Bank not to perform fresh credit and recruiting new staff.
9)Singer Lata Mangeshkar was conferred with Swara Mauli Award.
10)Madhya Pradesh CM Shivraj Singh Chouhan has announced that the state will be ODF(Open Defecation Free) by october 2018.
11)The Athletics Federation of India (AFI) has decided to implement a strict ‘No-Needle’ policy at all the national camps and training centres in the country.
12)Lewis Hamilton of Mercedes won the spanish Grandprix.
13)Petra Kvitova won the Madrid open for third time by defeating Kiki Bertens.

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