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May1st Current Affairs

1) 15th Pravasi Bharatiya Divas will be held in Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh from 21st to 23rd January, 2019.
Theme of the 15th Pravasi Bharatiya Divas will be “Role of Indian Diaspora in building a New India”.
2)International Solar Alliance (ISA) had setup a task force for creating ecosystem startups in solar Innovations.
3) 9th India-Japan Energy dialogue held in New-Delhi.In the joint statement issued at the conclusion of the meeting, both India and Japan reaffirmed their commitment to strengthen bilateral energy cooperation and work together in promoting well-functioning energy markets.
4)Maharastra State to get New Airport at ParuleChipi in Sindhudurg district,expected to be functional by September 2018.

5) Vijay Prahar a joint operation exercise between the troops of Indian Army and Indian AirForce in order to finetune jointmanship between them.
6) Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Raman Singh and union minister of state for railways Ranjan Gohain flagged off Antyodaya Express.
7)P.C.Chandra Puraskaar 2018 was honoured to Asha Bhosle who made her singing debut in 1943.Sharmila Tagore was the Chief Guest.
8)Indian Information Services (IIS) officer Sitanshu Ranjan Kar took over as the Director General of Press Information Bureau (PIB).He Wads Succeeded by Frank Noronha.
9) Hockey India has named Harendra Singh as Men's Coach for India's Men's Hockey Team.
10) Indian Blind Football Federation (IBFF) conducted the third edition of All India Invitational Blind Football Tournament in Kochi, Kerala.
11) Mercedes Team's Lewis Hamilton Formula 1 Racer Won the Azerbaijan Grand Prix 2018 in the capital City of Baku,Azerbaijan.
12) ISSF World Cup Stage 2 was held at the Changwon International Shooting Range in Changwon, South Korea.
13) Whats app Co founder and CEO Jan Koum quits Facebook.
14)The first ever Mission dedicated to exploring the deep interior of Mars was named as "Insights" by NASA. Insights stands for Interior Exploration using Seismic Investigations, Geodesy and Heat Transport.
15)A new species of water beetle found in Malaysia was named after the Titanic star Leonardo DiCaprio for his environmental activism.
The Grouvellinus leonardodicaprioi beetle was discovered at the bottom of a waterfall in Maliau Basin, a remote nature reserve in Malaysian Borneo.




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