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May2nd Current Affairs

1) As per the list Released by WHO(World Health Organisation) 14 Indian cities have figured in a list of Top 20 most polluted Cities in the World.As per WHO’s estimates, around 7 million people die every year from exposure to fine particles in polluted air.
2)NDMA(National Disaster Management Authority) is conducting a two-day workshop on Data Requirements for Disaster Risk Reduction Database in New Delhi in collaboration with United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund (UNICEF) and United Nations International Strategy for Disaster Reduction (UNISDR).
3)Maharastra is the first state of India to provide digitally signed land record receipts which is named as 7/12 receipts.
4)Haryana State Government has decided to adopt startup ranking framework issued by Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion (DIPP).
5)Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) approved upgradation and expansion of airport infrastructure New Terminal Buildings at Lucknow, Chennai and Guwahati airports with a total cost of over Rs 5,000 crore.

6) According to the Report released by SIPRI(Stockholm International Peace Research Institute) India is among the top 5 most
Defence Spending Countries.

Top 5 countries with highest military expenditure in 2017:
1.USA
2.China
3.Saudi Arabia
4.Russia
5.India


7)
India-SouthAfrica business Summit wad held in Johannesberg,SouthAfrica.
8)Dalmia Bharat group has adopted the Gandikota Fort (located in in Kadapa district, Andhra Pradesh) under Central Government’s ‘Adopt a Heritage: Apni Dharohar, Apni Pehchaan’ scheme.
9)Adarsh Credit bagged “Best Co-operative Society on digital platform” award in the BFSI leadership Awards 2018, at Hotel Eros in New Delhi.
10)Subhash Chandra Khuntia’s appointed as Chairman of Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority of India (IRDAI).
11)Radhakrishnan Nair appointed as the additional(Independent) director of ICICI for a term of five years.
12)Blue Origin, a US aerospace company, launched the suborbital New Shepard rocket and space capsule from the Blue Origin’s West Texas launch site.
13)Kisan Kalyan workshops as a part of Gram swaraj Abhiyan held at block level across country to discuss increasing farmers income through adoption of new technology.
14) Cabinet approves Doubling of Investment Limit for Senior Citizens from Rs. 7.5 lakh to Rs.15 lakh under Pradhan Mantri Vaya Vandan Yojana (PMVVY).
15)Cabinet approves continuation of Umbrella Scheme ‘Green Revolution — Krishonnati Yojana’ in Agriculture Sector
16)The project, named ‘Sujalam Sufalam Water Conservation Campaign’ 'Save The Water'
Project by Gujarat Government.
17)The Union Government has announced to develop the country’s biggest airport, after only to Mumbai, in Mopa district of Goa.

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