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May26th Current Affairs

1)India to be the global Host country for the celebrations of World Environment Day 2018.World Environment day is annually celebrated on June5th.Theme of WED 2018 is Beat Plastic Pollution: If you can’t reuse it, refuse it.
2)Manipur become the first state in NorthEast to have Solar Toilets and it is the third state in India to have Solar Toilets.
3)Information and Broadcasting Minister Col.Rajyavardhan Rathore launched ASEAN India film festival in New Delhi. Around 32films from 11 countries will be participating in this festival.Tagline for this festival is "Friendship through Films".
4)Telangana Chief Minister K.Chandra Shekar Rao announced a unique life insurance scheme for farmers with the facility of 5lakh Rupees to the Nominee after the death of insured farmer.
5)Columbia has become the first latin American Nation to attain global partner status in NATO(North Atlantic Treaty Organization.North Atlantic Treaty that was signed on 4 April 1949.
6)The Netherlands has become the 64th signatory member of the International Solar Alliance.
7)President Ram Nath Kovind appointed Professor Ganeshi Lal as the Governor of Odisha ,and Kummanam Rajasekaran as the Governor of Mizoram.
8)The 3rd Mission Innovation (MI-3) Ministerial was held at Malmo-Sweden.India announced setting up of First International Incubator for clean energy in a public-private partnership at a total investment of around US $ 5 million in Delhi.
9)Yes Bank has received approval from National Stock Exchange to be enrolled as ‘Settlement Bank" NationalSecurities Clearing Corporation (NSCCL), a wholly owned subsidiary of NSE.
10)Former Australia captain Steve Smith will return to cricket after being named for the inaugural Global T20 Canada league.




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