Daily Current Affairs of 16 and 17 and 18 May 2018

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Here is the Current Affairs of 16 and 17 and 18 May 2018. Current Affairs is the very important in General Awareness Section to score high in the mains exams of the various government exams like BANK, SSC, INSURANCE, RAILWAY, GPSC and many more. So read daily current affairs and score high in the examination and increase your chance to be selected.





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1.) World Telecommunication and Information Society Day: 17 May. Theme for WTISD was "Enabling the positive use of Artificial Intelligence for All".
Launched
2.) ‘IP Nani’, Intellectual Property (IP) mascot launched by Suresh Prabhu, Union Minister of Commerce and Industry.
3.) Green Skill Development Programme (GSDP) launched by Union Environment Ministry with an aim to train over 5.5 lakh workers in environment and forest sectors in the country.
4.) Post Office Passport Seva Kendra (POPSK) run by an all-woman team has started operations in Phagwara, Punjab.

News
5.) Guwahati: India's first railway station run by solar power.
6.) Rs. 25 crore will spend on renovating and developing the historic British Raj 'Bantony Castle Estate by Himachal Pradesh government.
7.) Guatemala has opened an embassy in Jerusalem two days after the U.S. moved its embassy to the contested capital city. Jerusalem is the capital city of Israel.
8.) BSE Ltd became first Indian exchange to be designated as Designated Offshore Securities Market (DOSM) by United States Securities and Exchange Commission (US-SEC).
9.) Tata Steel to acquire Bhushan Steel through its step-down subsidiary Bamnipal Steel.
10.) India has released grant of Nepalese Rupees (NRs) 18.07 crore for river training and construction of embankments along Lalbakeya, Bagmati and Kamla rivers in Nepal.
11.) NTPC inked a pact with Bihar and its power utilities to acquire their entire stake in two joint ventures at Nabinagar and Kanti and to buy Barauni thermal plant.

Meeting & Vanue
12.) SCO Cultural Ministers’ Meeting: Sanya, China. SCO stands for Shanghai Cooperation Organization.
Appointment & Resignation
13.) The U.S India Business Council named Ambika Sharma as its head for India.
14.) BJP leader B S Yeddyurappa: Karnataka Chief Minister.
15.) Shashank Manohar: ICC Chairman.

Visits
16.) General VK Singh visits North Korea. VK Singh is minister of State for External Affairs.

Bank
17.) YES Bank and YES Global Institute have launched Agenda 25×25, which pledges to create a synergetic startup environment for budding women entrepreneurs in India.

Award & Ranking
18.) Veteran Bollywood actor Sridevi was honoured with TITAN Reginald F Lewis Film Icon Award.
19.) Neymar was named as France's player of the year at an awards ceremony in Paris, France.
20.) Senior journalist Mark Tully will be honoured with the Lifetime Achievement Award at the annual Red Ink Awards in Mumbai.
21.) Kathak dancer Anindita Anaam was honoured with the prestigious 'Shri Jayadev Rastriya Yuva Pratibha Puraskar 2018' for outstanding contribution to the field of art.

Sports
22.) India wins U-16 Four-Nation Football Tournament in Serbia.
23.) Indian shooter Heena Sidhu clinched the gold medal while compatriot P Shri Nivetha settled for bronze in the women's 10m air pistol at the International Shooting Competitions of Hannover (ISCH), in Germany.
24.) Lewis Hamilton (of Mercedes) won for the second race in succession by dominating an eventful Spanish Grand Prix 2018.

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