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May23rd Current Affairs

1)South African Star Performer A B de Villiers retired from International Cricket. He is known as Mr.360.
2)JD(S) Leader HD Kumaraswamy sworn in as the Chief Minister of Karnataka for the second term.Congress State President G Parameshwara was sworn as Deputy Chief Minister of Karnataka.
3)BRICS Business Forum Leadership award for Lifetime Achievement was awarded to Actress Late Sridevi Kapoor.
4)Man Booker Prize for the year 2018 was won by Polish author Olga Tokarczuk for her Novel "Flights". The Novel talks about the travels in 21st Century and human anatomy.
5)Ministry of Railways and MRVC( Mumbai Vikas Railway Corporation Limited) signed an MoU ( Memorandum of Understanding) between them for several major activities of Suburban Projects.
6)RailTel Corporation of India and Ministry of Railways signed an MoU(Memorandum of Understanding) in Financial and Physical Targets related to CCTV and Wifi at Stations.
7)HDFC bank launched Digital Loans against the Mutual Funds.
8)India ranked 145 among the 195 Countries in terms of health care access given by the Lancet Study "The Global Burden of the disease".
9)"Nidaan" a software launched by Rajasthan government for monitoring of seasonal and non-communicable diseases.
10)In order to control wildlife poaching and trafficking of animal parts, Nepal and India are planning to carry out a joint operation.The operation is to be conducted in Shuklaphanta National Park in Kanchanpur district on Nepal’s side and Krishnapur Wildlife Sanctuary in Uttar Pradesh.
11)Elina Svitolina won Italian Open 2018 by defeating world No.1 Simona Halep.

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