MAY
1 RBI Bulletins / Current Affairs
1.1 RBI Announces Interest Rate of 8% on Floating Rate Savings Bond (FRSB) 2034
1.2 Credit Card Spends Rise 27% to Rs 18.26Tn in FY24: RBI Data
1.3 RBI Updated Guidance Note on Operational Risk Management to Extend it to NBFC
1.4 RBI launches IESH & CCS to Get Inputs for June’s 2024 Monetary Policy
1.5 RBI Revises banks’ Capital Market Exposure norms for T+1 settlement
1.6 RBI Allows Standalone Primary Dealers(SPDs) to Borrow in Foreign Currency
1.7 RBI Proposes Stricter Norms for Loans to Projects such as Roads and Ports
1.8 Inflation to reach Target in FY26: RBI’s State of the Economy Report
1.9 Inflation to reach Target in FY26: RBI’s State of the Economy Report
1.10 RBI Board Approves Dividend of Rs 2,10,874 Crore to Central Government for FY24
1.11 Unclaimed deposits in Banks reached Rs 42,270 crore as of March 2023: RBI Data
1.12 RBI Launched PRAVAAH Portal, Retail Direct App and Fintech Repository for Enhanced Public Access
2 Other Regulators News
2.1 SEBI Amends Mutual Fund Regulations to Curb Fraudulent Practices
2.2 SEBI allows FPIs in GIFT City to take more investments from NRIs & OCIs
2.3 SEBI Made Mandatory Registration of PMS Distributors with APMI
2.4 SEBI introduces Framework for Stock Exchanges to supervise RAs & Ias
2.5 IFSCA Permits Foreign Portfolio Investors(FPIs) to Issue Derivative Instruments with Indian Securities
2.6 SEBI Mandates Standardized Periodic Reporting for Investment Advisers
2.7 SEBI extends Settlement Scheme period till Jun 10 in stock option cases
2.8 SEBI mandates NISM Certification Requirement for One Personnel of AIF Investment Manager Team
2.9 SEBI relaxes KYC norms to Simplify Risk Management Framework
2.10 LIC Received Approval from SEBI for Additional 3 years to meet MPS norms
2.11 SEBI revises Market Capitalization Computation Basis for LODR Regulations
2.12 IFSCA Sets up Committee Chaired by Rajeev Kher to Position GIFT City as “Global Trading Hub”
2.13 IRDAI Introduced New Corporate Governance Regulations for Insurers
2.14 IRDAI Introduced Flexibility in Procedural Norms on Expense of Management, Share Transfer
2.15 SEBI Introduced Framework to Determine Unaffected Price in Response to Market Rumour
2.16 SEBI amends rule to Facilitate Ease of Doing for Companies Planning IPOs
2.17 SEBI Amends Framework for Dynamic Price Bands for Scrips in Derivatives Segment
2.18 SEBI Mandates Social Enterprises on SSE to Submit Annual Impact Report for FY24
2.19 SEBI Notified Framework for Issue of Subordinate Units in Privately Placed InvITs
3 Reports
3.1 India has Low Health Insurance Coverage for Older Citizens: ADB report
3.2 Overview of World Press Freedom Index 2024: India ranks 159th, Norway Tops
3.3 World’s Wealthiest Cities Report 2024 by Henley & Partners: New York Tops
3.4 India Received over USD 111 Billion in Remittances in 2022: UN’s International Organization for
Migration(IOM)
3.5 World Bank Report: Annual Investments of USD 260 Billion Needed to Halve Agrifood Emissions by
2030; Achieve Net Zero by 2050
3.6 India Overtakes Japan To Become World’s 3rd Largest Solar Power Generator
3.7 Illegal trafficking of Wildlife Remains Prevalent: UNODC 3rd World Wildlife Crime Report
3.8 THE Young University Rankings 2024: Mahatma Gandhi University Tops Universities; Singapore’s NTU
tops globally among Indian
3.9 WB Report “Water for Shared Prosperity” Highlights Importance of Access to Safe Drinking Water
3.10 WEF’s Travel & Tourism Development Index 2024: India ranked 39th; USA tops
3.11 Rangelands Faces Silent Demise Threatens Food Security; Losses 50% of Rangelands: UNCCD Report
3.12 Global Carbon Emissions Pricing Raised Record USD 104 Billion in 2023: World
3.14 THE Asia University Rankings 2024: IISc Topped among Indian Institutes; China’s Tsinghua
University Tops .
3.15 Bank Credit Bank Report
3.13 Oxford Economics’ Global Cities Index 2024: Delhi ranks 350th & tops among Indian City; New York
Tops 2024 Index Growth to Slip 200 bps to 14% in FY25: CRISIL Ratings
4 . International Organization Current Affairs
4.1 UN’s 1st International Conference on DPI held under India’s Leadership in New York
4.2 UAE-India CEPA Council inks MoU with Indian Chamber of Commerce
4.3 China emerged as Largest Trading Partner of India in FY24 with USD 118.4 Billion: GTRI Report
4.4 WHO Releases 1st Global Guidelines to Reduce Bloodstream Infections from Catheter Use
4.5 WIPO Concludes New Treaty on IP, GRs & ATK; Benefits Global South & India
5 . National ESI & Finance Current Affairs
5.1 DoP Secretary, Dr. Arunish Chawla launches the Meditech Stackathon 2024 in collaboration with CII at
New Delhi
5.2 India’s 1st Commercial Utility-Scale BESS Project Received Regulatory Approval
5.3 NPCI issues Guidelines for Merchant Acquisition on BHIM Aadhar Pay
5.4 DoT organized ‘Telecom Design Collaboration Sprint’ in Bengaluru
5.5 MSDE and Mahindra & Mahindra launch Pilot Projects to Empower Women in Drone Technology
5.6 ISRO Chief S. Somanath Launched Zero Emission Initiative of SFO Technologies
5.7 IAF Conducts Maiden Airdrop Test of BHISHM, World’s 1st Air-Lifted Portable Hospital in Agra
5.8 AIC Signs MoU with CSC to Widen “Sampoorna Pashudhan Kawach” across Rural India
5.9 3AI Holding & SML Launched India’s GenAI Platform ‘Hanooman’
5.10 DAHD & UNDP India signs MoU on Digitalization of Vaccine Cold Chain Management
5.11 Federation of Indian Export Organisations (FIEO) Projected India’s Merchandise to Grow USD 500 to
510 Billion in FY25
5.12 EPFO created 11.4% more formal jobs in FY24
5.13 Logistics Startup Porter’s becomes India’s 3rd Unicorn in 2024
5.14 MoWCD Officially Dissolves Food & Nutrition Board
5.15 MoRTH releases New Driving License Rules w.e.f. June 1, 2024; Makes Driving Tests at RTO Optional
5.16 Tata Communications Partners With Cisco To Launch Webex Calling in India
5.17 India Develops First Research Testbed Facility to Study Norwesters
5.18 Kerala Topped Unemployment Rate; Delhi Recorded Lowest for Q4 FY24: PLFS Survey
5.19 MHA Constituted High-Powered Committee to Tackle Increasing Cybercrimes Originating From SE Asian
Region
5.20 IndianOil Equips Indian Army with Green Hydrogen Fuel Cell Bus; MoU Signed to Promote Hydrogen Fuel
Cell technology
5.21 Krish and Bhoomi: DD Kisan Launches its First AI Anchors in 50 Languages
5.22 NSDC & ILO Partners to Enhance Skill Development & Lifelong Learning
5.23 TCS & IIT-Bombay Partnered to Develop India’s 1st Quantum Diamond Microchip Imager
5.24 MEA, Meity and CSC eGovernance Signed MoU To Provide eMigrate Services Through CSC
6 . State ESI & Finance Current Affairs
6.1 IAF Conducted ‘Bambi Bucket’ Operation To Combat Forest Fires in Uttarakhand
6.2 Assam Launched DRIMS For Reporting Damages During Disasters
6.3 UP Rickshaw Driver Arti Won the UK’s Prestigious Royal Award In London
7 . Bank & Insurance Current Affairs
7.1 NIPL & Bank of Namibia inks Pact to Develop UPI-like Payment System for Namibia
7.2 Mirae AMF Launched Nifty Mid Small-Cap 400 Momentum Quality 100 ETF
7.3 Infibeam’s CCAvenue Partners with Shivalik SFB to Boost Merchant Access
7.4 Canara HSBC Life Insurance Introduces Promise4Growth Plan
7.5 Setu unveils Sesame, India’s 1st Domain-Specific LLM for BFSI sector
7.6 FPSB India Signed MoU with IFSCA to Promote GIFT-IFSC as a “Global Finance Hub”
7.7 BOI Signed MoU with Indian Coast Guard for “BOI Rakshak Package
7.8 HDFC Bank & AIM Empower Social Sector Start-Ups with Rs 19.6 Crore Grants
7.9 SBI Becomes the 1st Bank as Trading-cum-Clearing Member (TCM) of IIBX
7.10 Bajaj Finserv Launches India’s 1st Multi Asset Allocation Fund with Dividend Yield Strategy
7.11 HDFC Bank Launched PIXEL – India’s First Virtual Credit Card
7.12 TATA AIG General Insurance unveils India’s 1st Satellite In-Orbit Third-Party Liability Insurance policy
7.13 SBI General Insurance Introduced ‘Bima Central’ Platform to Transform Customer Experience with
Innovation
7.14 TATA AIG Partnered with Aurm To Offer Safe Vaults For Insurance Coverage
7.15 MSCI Announced Changes in MSCI Global Standard Index: 13 Indian Firms Added & 3 Removed
7.16 SBI Mutual Fund Launches SBI Automotive Opportunities Fund
7.17 Yes Bank launches YES Grandeur for India’s Emerging Affluent Segment
7.18 Bank of Maharashtra tops among PSU banks in Business Growth in FY24; SBI FY24 net profit rises
21.59%
7.19 SIDBI & Airbus Helicopters Signed MoU for Helicopter Financing in India
7.20 TReDS Platform RXIL Crosses Rs 1 lakh crore in MSME Invoice Financing
7.21 SBI General Insurance Signed Bancassurance Partnership With JSFB To Increase Insurance Penetration
7.22 Thomas Cook India Introduced TCPay For International Money Transfers
7.23 NIMF Launches Industry First Sonic Identity: ‘The Sound of Freedom’
7.24 BSE: Market Capitalisation to GDP Ratio Records 15-year High of 140.2%
7.25 NSE Lowered Tick Size to 1 Paisa for Stock Price Below Rs 250
7.26 Government Set to Launch New National Portal “NHCX” to Simplify Health Insurance Claims
7.27 Bank of Maharashtra Introduces Maha Krishi Samrudhi Yojana to Offer Financial Support for Food & Agro-
Based Industries
8 . One liner Current Affairs
8.1 2024 Pulitzer Prizes in Journalism, Books, Drama and Music: ProPublica won Prize under Public Service
8.2 ACI Asia-Pacific & Middle East GAR Awards 2024; 3 Indian Airports Bagged ‘Silver’ Award
8.3 Adani’s Vizhinjam Port in Kerala Approved as India’s 1st Transshipment Port
8.4 India Economy to Grow Faster than 7% in FY25: National Council of Applied Economic Research (NCAER)
8.5 35th Goldman Environmental Prize: Chhattisgarh Bachao Andolan Leader Alok Shukla bags it
8.6 Indian-origin teacher Gina Justus Receives 2024 Cambridge Dedicated Teacher Award for Middle East
and North Africa (MENA) region.
8.7 Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) Professor Mohammad Rihan Took Charge as Director General of National
Institute of Solar Energy (NISE).
8.8 Hitesh Sethia Appointed as MD and CEO of Jio Financial Services Limited for 3 Years
8.9 Yes Bank & ANQ Finance Partnered to Launch Pi and Phi Co-branded Credit Cards
8.10 Neobank Fi Secures NBFC Licence from RBI
8.11 Groww Receives Licence to Operate as Payment Aggregator from RBI
8.12 NHPC Ltd (formerly National Hydroelectric Power Corporation Limited) & Norway’s Ocean Sun Signed
MoU to Implement Floating Solar Energy Technology in India
8.13 Designer Bhavi Mehta wins Oxford Bookstore Book Cover Prize 2024 for ‘The Book Beautiful’
8.14 Jeremiah Manele Sworn in as New Prime Minister of Solomon Islands
8.15 DRDO successfully tests Long-range Supersonic Missile-Assisted Release of Torpedo (SMART) system from
Odisha
8.16 FIDE Bestows Grandmaster(GM) Title to Indian Chess Player Vaishali Rameshbabu
8.17 Former RBI Governor D Subbarao launched a new book titled, ‘Just A Mercenary?: Notes from My Life and
Career’
8.18 Ministry of Mines Signed a MoU with Shakti for Sharing Knowledge in Critical Minerals
8.19 Army Dental Centre Research and Referral Releases Special Postal Cover for “Silver Jubilee” Celebration
8.20 RailTel and Quadrant Future Tek signed MoU to explore and deliver train collision avoidance system
KAVACH Globally
8.21 Comptroller and Auditor General(CAG) of India Signed MoU with Auditor General of Nepal to Enhance
Audit Expertise
8.22 Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) Revised India’s GDP Growth Forecast
for FY25 to 6.6%
8.23 Assam Conservationist Dr Purnima Devi Barman wins Whitley Gold Award 2024
8.24 Appointment Committee of the Cabinet (ACC) Appoints Sanjaya Kumar Mishra as President of Goods and
Services Tax Appellate Tribunal (GSTAT)
8.25 China Successfully Launches ‘Chang’e-6,’ World’s 1st Mission to Bring Samples from Moon
8.26 India to host Badminton World Federation (BWF) World Junior Badminton Championships 2025 in
Guwahati
8.27 Flying Wedge Defence and Aerospace unveiled FWD-200B, India’s 1st Indigenous Bomber Unmanned
Combat Aerial Vehicle (UCAV)
8.28 Fship Logistics Partners with India Post for Last-mile E-commerce Delivery Services
8.29 IFFCO Receives FCO Approval for Nano Zinc Liquid, Nano Copper Liquid Fertilisers
8.30 C-DAC developed Thermal Camera transferred to CP Plus; Meity launched ITS Booklet
8.31 Atanu Chakraborty Reappointed as Part-Time Chairman & Independent Director of HDFC Bank
8.32 RBI Approves Appointment of Sanjeev Nautiyal as Next MD & CEO of Ujjivan SFB
8.33 Mallika Nadda Appointed as Chairperson of Special Olympics Asia-Pacific Advisory Council
8.34 Dr. Subhransu Sekhar Acharya Assumed Charge as CMD of National Small Industries Corporation
Limited (NSIC)
8.35 Vice-Admiral Krishna Swaminathan Assumed Charge as Vice-Chief of Naval Staff
8.36 German Company HyImpulse Launched Candle Wax-Powered Rocket on a Test Flight into Space
8.37 Former Minister José Raúl Mulino Elected as President of the Republic of Panama
8.38 Rakesh Singh Appointed as CEO of Paytm Money
8.39 China defeats Indonesia to win BWF Thomas and Uber Cup 2024 Finals
8.40 Nepal government is set to introduced the new Rs 100 currency note featuring a map which includes the
controversial border territories of Lipulekh, Limpiyadhura and Kalapani of Uttarakhand in its strategic
northwest trijunction between India, Nepal and Cina.
8.41 India and Ghana Agrees to Operationalise Unified Payment Interface (UPI) on Ghana Interbank Payment
and Settlement Systems (GHIPSS) in 6 months
8.42 Ind-Ra Raises India’s GDP Growth Forecast for FY25 to 7.1% from 6.5%
8.43 UNICEF India appoints Kareena Kapoor Khan as its National Ambassador
8.44 Lando Norris marks his first victory in F1 career after winning Miami Grand Prix 2024
8.45 Frank A. Shrontz, chairman emeritus & Former CEO of Boeing Co. Passed Away
8.46 IA Western Command & IAF conducted Joint Ex- Gagan Strike-II in Punjab
8.47 Infosys Receives ISO 42001:2023 Certification for Artificial Intelligence Management System
8.48 Adani Green Energy Limited(AGEL) Signed a 20-year Agreement with Government of Sri Lanka for Wind
Power Stations
8.49 Scotland Parliament Elected John Swinney as its First Minister
8.50 Coca-Cola India Announces First Ever Partnership with Hockey India for National Women’s Hockey
League
8.51 YES BANK Partnered with EBANX to Empower Cross-Border Commerce in India
8.52 India contributes USD 500,000 to U.N. Trust Fund for Counter-Terrorism
8.53 Google Launched Google Wallet for Android Users in India
8.54 Batillipes Chandrayaani: New Tardigrade Species Discovered from Coast of TN; Named After Chandrayaan-
3 Mission
8.55 Peucetia chhaparajnirvin: New Green Lynx Spider Discovered from Rajasthan
8.56 Indian Boxers clinch 43 Medals at the ASBC Asian U-22 and Youth Boxing Championships 2024
8.57 Sahitya Akademi Award-winning Urdu litterateur Salam Bin Razzaq Passed Away
8.58 Belize, Jamaica, St. Vincent and Grenadines Received WHO Certification for Eliminating Mother-to-Child
Transmission of HIV and Syphilis
8.59 RBI Lifts Restrictions on Bank of Baroda’s mobile app “BoB World”; Allows Onboarding Customers
8.60 Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) Gives Approval To CARE Ratings’ Subsidiary to Offer
Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) Ratings
8.61 Russian President Vladimir Putin Proposes Reappointment of Mikhail Mishustin as PM
8.62 Rizwan Koita Replaces Mahesh Verma as Chairperson of National Accreditation Board for Hospitals and
Healthcare Providers (NABH)
8.63 Kadet Defence Systems Introduced India’s 1st Loitering Aerial Munitions for Armed Forces
8.64 Astronomers Detect Rocky Planet “55 Cancri e” with Atmosphere
8.65 The Indian National Space Promotion and Authorization Center (IN-SPACe) Signed MoU with
GalaxEye For Testing Facilities
8.66 Ablennes joseberchmansis & Ablennes gracalii: ICAR-CMFRI Kochi Identifies 2 New Needlefish Species
from Indian Waters
8.67 Football: Mumbai City Beats Mohun Bagan 3-1 to Win the Indian Super League 2023-24 Final
8.68 Fomer Bureaucrat & Padma Bhushan Awardee Moosa Raza Passed Away
8.69 The Indian Coast Guard (ICG) Signed MoU with Hindalco For Indigenous Marine-Grade Aluminium
8.70 Dileep Sanghani Re-elected as Chairman of IFFCO; Balvir Singh Retains Vice Chairman Position
8.71 ISRO successfully tests AM PS4 Engine, a 3D Printed Rocket Engine at Mahendragiri, TN
8.72 The Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) announced that one of its labs, Defence
Materials and Stores Research and Development Establishment (DMSRDE) has made Liquid Ramjet Fuel For
Advanced Air-Breathing Engine
8.73 NASA-JAXA XRISM Mission Discovered Iron Fingerprints in NGC 4151
8.74 Renowned Punjabi Poet & Padma Shri Awardee Surjit Patar Passed Away
8.75 Hollywood Film Producer & Director Roger Corman Passed Away
8.76 Renowned Chess trainer & Kerala’s 1st International Master Varugeese Koshy Passed Away
8.77 7th India-France Joint Military “Ex-SHAKTI” 2024 Commences in Meghalaya
8.78 India & Iran Signed a Long Term Contract to Operate Chabahar Port in Iran
8.79 India’s Ramcharitmanas, Panchatantra and Sahṛdayāloka –Locana Included in UNESCO’s Memory of the
World (MOW) Register
8.80 Hyderabad-based Greenko Zeroc Signed Green Ammonia Supply Pact with Norway’s Yara
8.81 IIFL Securities Limited Appointed Nemkumar as its New Managing Director (MD)
8.82 Magnus Carlsen Wins the 2024 Superbet Poland Rapid & Blitz; Praggnanandhaa Finishes Fourth
8.83 Indian Javelin Thrower Neeraj Chopra finished second at the Doha Diamond League 2024
8.84 Padma Shri Awardee Birubala Rabha, Anti-witch Hunting Crusader, Passed Away
8.85 IAF Conducted ‘Bambi Bucket’ Operation To Combat Forest Fires in Uttarakhand
8.86 Mazagon Dock Shipbuilders Ltd celebrates 250th Foundation Day
8.87 National Security Guard (NSG) holds 7th Joint Anti-Terror Mock Drills Exercise TARKASH with United States
(US) Special Operations Forces (SOF) in Kolkata
8.88 India’s GDP is Projected to Grow at 6.6% in FY25: Moody’s Ratings
8.89 Renowned English Author Ruskin Bond Received Sahitya Akademi Fellowship
8.90 The United Nations Development Programme has appointed Alain Noudéhou of Benin as the new
Executive Director of the UN Multi – Partner Trust Fund Office (MPTFO).
8.91 Vice Admiral Sanjay Bhalla assumes charge as Chief of Personnel of Indian Navy
8.92 Japan Launches World’s First 6G Device, 20 Times Faster Than 5G8.93 P.Shyam Nikhil Becomes India’s
85th Chess Grand Master (GM)
8.94 Canadian Author & Nobel Laureate in Literature Alice Munro Passed Away
8.95 Former Bihar Deputy CM Sushil Kumar Modi Passed Away
8.96 Unemployment Rate at 6.7% in Q4FY24: 22nd Quarterly Periodic Labour Force Survey (PLFS) by National
Sample Survey Office (NSSO)
8.97 India Extends Budgetary Support of USD 50 Million to Maldives
8.98 ReNew Signed MoU with Societe Generale for Energy Transition Projects of USD 1 Billion over Next 3 year
8.99 ADB Approves USD 148.5 Million Loan to Enhance Power Distribution System(PDS) of Sikkim
8.100 Forbes 30 Under 30 Asia 2024 features 86 Indians; includes Akshit Bansal, Raghav Arora & Bhagya Shree
Jain
8.101 Lawrence Wong Becomes the New Prime Minister of Singapore
8.102 R Lakshmi Kanth Rao Assumed Charge as Executive Director of RBI
8.103 NASA Plans to Build ‘Flexible Levitation on a Track (FLOAT)’, the 1st Railway System on Moon
8.104 Renowned Author, Storyteller & Padma Shri Awardee Malti Joshi Passed Away
8.105 Anuradha Mascarenhas’s new book “At The Wheel of Research”, biography of former WHO Chief
Scientist Soumya
8.106 Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI) signed a Memorandum of
Understanding (MoU) with India Electronics and Semiconductor Association (IESA), to promote innovation,
bolster the semiconductor and electronics industry and fortify spply chains.
8.107 PhonePe collaborates with LankaPay to promote UPI payments in Sri Lanka
8.108 India’s 2024 Economic Growth Projection Revised upwards to 6.9%: United Nations Department of
Economic and Social Affairs (UN-DESA),’s ‘World Economic Situation and Prospects (WESP) 2024
8.109 Forbes’ World’s Highest-Paid Athletes 2024: Portuguese Soccer Player Ronaldo Tops
8.110 Indian National Space Promotion and Authorisation Centre (IN-SPACe) honoured with Geospatial
World Leadership Award at Geospatial World Leadership Award 2024
8.111 Sela Tunnel of Arunachal Pradesh Recognised as India’s Highest Tunnel by International Book of Honour
8.112 Former Union Minister Kapil Sibal Elected as President of Supreme Court Bar Association
8.113 Andrej Plenkovic Appointed as PM-Designate of Croatia for 3rd Term
8.114 Junta Leader Mahamat Déby Elected as President of Republic of Chad
8.115 Neeraj Chopra Wins Gold Medal in 27th National Federation Senior Athletics Competition 2024
8.116 Former Gujarat Governor & Veteran Congress Leader Kamla Beniwal Passed Away
8.117 World Hydrogen 2024 Summit & Exhibition Held in Netherlands: India set up its Maiden Pavilion
8.118 IndiaFirst Life Insurance Approved the Appointment of Rushabh Gandhi as its New MD and CEO
8.119 Pakistan Conducted Training Launch of ‘Fatah-II’, an Indigenous Rocket System
8.120 Researchers Discovered “Super fluffy” Exoplanet with Cotton candy-like Density
8.121 Australia & Uzbekistan Confirmed as Host of Asian Football Confederation (AFC) Women’s Asian Cup
2026 & 2029
8.122 Padma Awardee and Former Chairman of ICICI Bank, Narayanan Vaghul passed away
8.123 ITC Chairman Sanjiv Puri Take Charge as President of Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) for 2024-25
8.124 William Lai Ching-te Sworn in as 16th President of Taiwan; Bi-khim Hsiao Took Oath as Vice President
8.125 ISRO’s Mangalyaan-2 Mission to Include Helicopter, Sky Crane, Rover for Navigation on Mars
8.126 Blue Origin’s NS-25 mission Lifted off with 6 Crew Members Including One Indian
8.127 Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty won the doubles title in Badminton World Federation
(BWF) Thailand Open 2024
8.128 Max Verstappen beats Lando Norris to win the Emilia-Romagna Grand Prix 2024
8.129 Brazil Declared Host of FIFA Women’s World Cup 2027
8.130 Iran President Ebrahim Raisi Passed away; Mohammad Mokhber Takes Charge as Interim President
8.131 ICRA: India’s GDP Growth to Dip to Four-quarter low of 6.7% in Q4 of FY24
8.132 RITES signs pact with Bangladesh Railway to Supply 200 BG Passenger Coaches
8.133 Indian Oil Corporation Limited (IOCL) Exports 1st consignment of India’s 1st Premium Fuel “XP100” to Sri
Lanka
8.134 Bloomberg Billionaires Index May 2024: Mukesh Ambani & Gautam Adani among top 15
8.135 Luis Abinader Re-elected as President of Dominican Republic for 2nd Term
8.136 GalaxEye Space Solutions Pvt Ltd, has successfully tested its Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) technology
on a subscale High Altitude Pseudo-Satellite (HAPS) developed by the Council of Scientific and Industrial
Research (CSIR) – National Aerospace Laboratries (NAL). With this, GalaxEye becomes the world’s 1st private
entity to conduct SAR trials on the HAPS platform.
8.137 Microsoft introduces ‘Copilot+ PCs’ featuring advance AI
8.138 German Author Jenny Erpenbeck and Translator Michael Hofmann Won International Booker Prize 2024
for ‘Kairos’
8.139 To Lam Named as the New President of Vietnam
8.140 RBI Approved the Appointment of Pradeep Natarajan as Whole Time Director of IDFC First Bank
8.141 India Finishes Third, Kazakhstan Tops the Medal Tally of the Elorda Cup Astana 2024
8.142 Magnus Carlsen Won the Casablanca Chess Tournament 2024; Anand Secured 3rd Position
8.143 Spain Becomes 99th Member of International Solar Alliance (ISA)
8.144 Mahindra Finance Receives IRDAI Approval to Sell Insurance Products as Corporate Agent
8.145 Ligdus Garvale: New Spider Species Identified in Karnataka
8.146 Oscar-award-winning American Film Producer Fred Roos Passed Away
8.147 Oscar-winning Polish Music Composer Jan A.P. Kaczmarek Passed Away
8.148 GoI Appoints Sheel Nagu as Acting Chief Justice (ACJ) of Madhya Pradesh High Court; R Mahadevan as
ACJ of Madras HC
8.149 Indian-Origin Scientist Shrinivas R. Kulkarni won the Prestigious Shaw Prize in Astronomy for 2024
8.150 Thiruvananthapuram International Airport Becomes the 1st Airport to achieve Zero Waste to Landfill
(ZWL) accolade awarded by the CII-ITC CESD (Centre for Excellence for Sustainable Development)
8.151 Delhi HC Appointed Justice Najmi Waziri as Chairperson of Administrative Committee of Equestrian
Federation of India (EFI).
8.152 Former Ambassador Allamaye Halina Appointed as New Prime Minister of Chad
8.153 Emblica chakrabartyi: New Plant Species Discovered in Kerala
8.154 According to the Wall Street Journal (WSJ)’s list of the highest-paid Chief Executive Officers (CEOs)
in the United States of America (USA) for 2023. Indian-origin Nikesh Arora, chairman and CEO of Palo Alto
Networks became the world’s 2nd highest-paid CO in 2023 with a substantial remuneration of USD 151.43
million (approximately Rs 1,260 crore).
8.155 Arti(18), a rickshaw driver from Uttar Pradesh (UP) has won the prestigious Amal Clooney Women’s
Empowerment Award at the Prince’s Trust Awards, an event that celebrates the achievements of young people
from around the world in London, United Kingdom (UK)
8.156 Former Cabinet Secretary Pradeep Kumar Sinha Appointed as Non-Executive Part-Time Chairman Of ICICI
Bank
8.157 Shahid Afridi Joins Yuvraj Singh, Chris Gayle As Tournament Ambassador For ICC Men’s T20 World Cup
2024
8.158 IAF Conducted Night Vision Goggles-aided Landing of C-130J Aircraft in Eastern Sector
8.159 Asian Relay Championships 2024 – Indian mixed 4x400m team wins gold and men’s and women’s
4x400m teams win silver medals
8.160 The International Olympic Committee (IOC) Launched “Let’s Move India” Campaign to inspire people to
celebrate Athletes at Paris Olympics
8.161 The Prudential Authority of the South African Reserve Bank (SARB), the central bank of South Africa (SA),
has imposed a financial penalty of 10 million rand (~Rs 4.5 crore) on the State Bank of India (SBI)’s SA branch
for violating anti-money laundering aws in SA.
8.162 Goldman Sachs Revised India’s 2024 GDP Growth Projection Upwards to 6.7%; Expects RBI Rate Cut in Q4
8.163 Power Grid Corporation of India Limited (POWERGRID) Receives Association for Talent Development
(ATD) BEST Awards 2024 for the 3rd time in Learning & Development (L&D) Field; NTPC Secures 3rd Rank
Globally
8.164 Vice Admiral Gurcharan Singh Assumes Charge as Commandant, National Defence Academy
8.165 Gitanas Nauseda Re-elected as the President of Lithuania for 2nd Term
8.166 NASA Launches Small Climate Satellite PREFIRE (Polar Radiant Energy in the Far-InfraRed Experiment)
from New Zealand’s Rocket Lab’s Launch Complex to Study Earth’s Poles
8.167 SpaceX Launched 1st Batch of Satellites for New U.S. Spy Constellation
8.168 Iran’s Bardiya Daneshwar won Sharjah Masters 2024 in Chess; India’s Divya Deshmukh won Challengers
2024 Title
8.169 Malaysia Masters 2024 – PV Sindhu finishes runner-up in the Women’s Singles; Viktor Axelsen wins the
Men’s Singles title
8.170 Oscar Winning American Songwriter Richard M. Sherman Passed Away
8.171 RBI Imposes Monetary Penalty on ICICI Bank, Yes Bank For Rule Violations
8.172 77th Cannes Film Festival: Sean Baker’s Anora won Palme d’Or & Payal Kapadia’s All We Imagine As Light
won Grand Prix
8.173 DRDO Chairman Samir V Kamat Gets One Year Extension in Service
8.174 Indian Premier League 2024: Kolkata Knight Riders won the championship defeating Sunrisers Hyderabad
8.175 Dipa Karmakar Becomes 1st Indian Gymnast to Win Gold Medal at Asian Gymnastics Championships
2024
8.176 Archery World Cup 2024: Indian Women’s Compound Team Wins Gold & Mixed Team Wins Silver
8.177 Formula 1: Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc wins Monaco F1 GP 2024
8.178 Poonawalla Fincorp & IndusInd Bank Jointly Launch Co-branded Poonawalla Fincorp IndusInd Bank
eLITE RuPay Credit Card
8.179 GoI Announces USD 1 Million Immediate Relief Aid for Landslide-Hit Papua New Guinea
8.180 Indian-Origin Sculptor Anish Kapoor Topped the 6th Hurun India Art List 2024
8.181 Emmanuelle Soubeyran Elected as New Director General of World Organisation for Animal Health
(WOAH)
8.182 Jetha Ahir Elected as Chairman of National Agricultural Cooperative Marketing Federation of India Ltd
(NAFED)
8.183 Oedocladium sahyadricum: New Algal Species Discovered in Western Ghats
8.184 The Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur (IITK) has partnered with the Defence Research and
Development Organisation (DRDO) and inaugurated the DRDO-Industry-Academia Centre of Excellence (DIA
CoE) on IITK campus for interdisciplinary research in next-gneration defence technologies
8.185 SBI Research Report: India’s GDP Growth Likely to Touch 8%; 7.4% GDP Growth for Q4FY24
8.186 Muthoot Pappachan Group Named Actor Shah Rukh Khan as its Brand Ambassador
8.187 Agnikul Cosmos launched Agnibaan SOrTeD (SubOrbital Technological Demonstrator) powerd by World’s
1st 3D Printed Semicryogenic Rocket Engine
8.188 DRDO Successfully Conducted the Flight-test of RudraM-II Air-to-Surface Missile from Su-30 MK-I off the
Odisha Coast
8.189 South Korea Completes Development of Long-Range Surface-to-Air Missile (L-SAM) system
8.190 Indian Arm Wrestlers won 7 medals at the Asian Arm-wrestling Championship 2024
8.191 Oscar Winning Canadian Film Producer Albert S. Ruddy Passed Away
8.192 Ayushman Bharat Diwas 2024 – April 30
