ONE-LINERS CURRENT AFFAIRS (23 MAY, 2016)

Keeping yourself abreast with the latest happenings is not only important for enhancing our awareness but it also plays a pivotal role in any Competitive Exams, be it IAS, KAS, Bank PO, SSC and any other. It is a scoring subject and one can easily get above 90% in this which can be a game changer. But, to do so it requires incessant serious efforts. Reading regularly is impertinent, but it is such a subject which is time consuming and there are other important subjects as well to deal with.

So, we Aaj Ki Pathshala are here with our one-liners approach to Current Affairs. Not only read it but also write it down for further revision. Happy reading. 

           (23 MAY, 2016)

• PM Narendra Modi on Sunday began his crucial two day visit to Iran. It is the first Indian Prime Minister.

• Samar Vijay Singh, a retired 1967 batch IPS and former Punjab DGP has authored a book “The Lasting Reflections”.

• A study shows India sees highest growth in Luxury air travel sector.

• Taliban leader Mullah Akhtar Mansour was killed in US dron strike, Afghan Intel.

• Anurag Thakur was on Sunday unanimously elected as the second youngest BCCI President.

• The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) is set to appoint former test player Mudassar Nazar as the head of its new Cricket Committee constituted to look after all international and domestic affairs related to the game.

• The government has elevated four general managers of state owned general insurers as whole-time directors, include A Hoda at United India Insurance, KK Rao at Oriental Insurance, P Venkatramaiah of National Insurance Company and Segar Sampath Kumar at New India Assurance.

• Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) has successfully launched its maiden indigenous winged Reusable Launch Vehicle (RLV) from Sriharikota spaceport in Andra Pradesh.

• India and Iran has signed 12 memorandum of understanding (MOU) and agreements in various areas including building and operating the Chabahar port by India.   

• India and Oman have signed 4 memorandum of understanding (MOU) in Muscat during the visit of Indian Defence Minister Manohar Parikar to Oman.

• Government has constituted the investor Education and Protection Fund (IEPF) Authority, moving ahead with efforts to further strengthen the framework for safeguarding the interest of investors.

• Himachal Pradesh fisheries department has started an artificial propagation programme for rehabilitation and conservation of Global Mahseer Fish.

• Gujarat CM Anandiben Patel was launched Smart village program. The state government will select 300 villages for smart village program that will get 80 lakh to 2 crore rupees cash assistance to improve public facilities in the village.

• India-Pakistan School Student Exchange program has won innovation award.

• Sikkim CM Pawan Chamling has been conferred with the Yug Kavi Siddhicharan Award by Nepal PM K.P. Shama Oli for his commendable contributions in promoting Nepali literature in India.

• Veternal British director Ken Prach’s film I, Daniel Blake wins Palm d’or at Cannes Film Festival.   

• Ratan P Watal appointed as Principal Adviser for social sector in NITI Aayog.

• Chines women badminton team has won the Uber Cub Badminton tournament for 14^th time.

• The Mohan Bagan has won the Federation Cup title by beating Aizawl FC 5-0 to lift 14^th Fed Cup title.

• India’s ace cueist Pankaj Advani has created history in Abu Dhabi by winning the Asian 6-Red Snooker Title.

• The oldest living Olympic champion Sandor Tarics, who was a member of Hungary’s gold-medal winning waterpolo team at the 1936 games, has died aged 102. 

• Denmark became the first European country to lift the Thomas Cup on Sunday. Thomas Cup is an International Badminton Tournament (Men).

• Menchester United won the FA cup by beating crystal palace.