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May24th Current Affairs

1)Joint Military Exercise SURYA KIRAN XIII between India and Nepal is to be conducted at Pithoragarh district,Uttarakhand. It is an exercise where we see the participation of 300 soldiers of Nepal and Indian Armies to combat counter Terrorism.
2)India's first National Sports University is to be set up in Imphal,Manipur.This University will focus on areas like sports science,sports technology.
3)Tejaswini Sawant and Anjum Moudgil won Gold and Silver Medal Respectively in 50m Rifle Prone event in the Grand Prix held in Munich.
4) Anubrata Biswas has been appointed as the Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of Airtel Payments Bank.He was succeeded by Shashi Arora.
5)Human Resource Development Minister launched Samagra Shiksha Scheme which take care of School Education at Primary and Secondary Levels and teacher Training.The scheme focuses on improving quality of education, enhancing the Learning outcomes and using technology to empower children and teachers.
6)Actor Sushant Singh Rajput was appointed as the Brand Ambassdor to Promote BHIM(Bharat Interface for Money and Women Entrepreneurship Platform(WEP) by the NITI Aayog.
7)The Himachal Pradesh Cabinet launched
Mukhyamantri Yuva Swavalamban Yojana to promote self-employment opportunities for the youth by encouraging entrepreneurship.
8)CSIR(Council of Scientific and Industrial Research) received the Clarivate Analytics India Innovation Award 2018 in the Category of Government Research Organizations.
9)Electrical Equipment Manufacturer headquartered in West Bengal named ABB India signed an Statement of Intent(SOI) with NITI Aayog to benefit India in the field of AI(Artificial Intelligence) and Robotics.
10)Shanghai Cooperation Organisation Regional Anti-Terrorist Structure meeting was held for the first time in Islamabad,Pakistan.The main agenda is to manage the issues related to terrorist threats in the region.
11)China is soon to develop a prototype middle-to-low-speed magnetic-levitation(maglev)train with a speed of 200 km/hour by 2021.
12)Small Industries Development Bank of India (SIDBI) signed an MoU to provide financial support to Common Service Centres and also to provide financial assistance to Village Level Entrepreneurs.
13)WHO(World Health Organisation) declared Nepal the first country in South East Asia to eliminate Trachoma.

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