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May18th Current Affairs

1)Bhusawal Division of Indian Raliways fitted specially designed aerators in basin-taps in order to conserve water in Tejas Express.
2) Rs 25 Crores was spent on Renovating and developing British era's "Bantony Castle Estate"by the Himachal Pradesh State Government.Bantony Castle Estate located in Shimla.
3)Gujarat Government issued a resolution stating that the government will bear the expenses of Rs.50,000 for each victim of Road Accident.
4)Delhi Government had approved for procuring 1000 CNG buses under the Cluster Scheme.
5)RBI released final guidelines prescribing 100% net stable funding ratio for banks.Net Stable Funding Ratio is defined as the Available Stable Funding to Required Stable Funding.
6) UN World Economic and situation Prospects said that the Indian Economy Would raise to 7.6% this FY.
7)NMDC won the S&P Platts award in Corporate Social Responsiblity.The award ceremony was held in London.
8)Gina Haspel became the first female CIA( Central Intelligence Agency)Director ,announced by US Senate.
9)Lalchand Rajput former Indian Cricketer has appointed as the Head Coach of Zimbabwe.
10)Yudhvir Singh Malik appointed as the new chairman of NHAI( National Highway Authority of India).
11)Himanta Biswas Sharma President of BAI( Badminton Assosciation of India) was elected as the vice-president of BAC(Badminton Asia Confederation) in Annual Meeting of BAC at Bangkok,Thailand.
12)Odisha Government appointed Dilip Tirkey ex-captain of Indian Hockey Team was appointed as the Chairman of OTDC(Odisha Tourism Development Corporation).
13)Indian Institute of Science and Research (IISER) developed a device to detect and remove arsenic from Water.IISER is a Kolk Based Institute.
14) International Museum Day and World AIDS Vaccination Day on May18th.
15)The grand finale of the “Queen of Mashups”, a unique global female Disc Jockeys (DJs) Championship is scheduled to be held on August 15, 2018 at the J W Marriott, Sahar Mumbai.
16)The Reserve Bank of India has imposed a monetary penalty of Rs 5.00 lakh on United Co-operative Bank Ltd., West Bengal for violations/non-adherence of RBI guidelines

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