Weekly One Liner Current Affairs 1st May to 8th May 2023

May Weekly One Liner Current Affairs Part 1

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National News

• IIT-Kanpur launches cybersecurity skilling programme
• India, UK to jointly create India-UK ‘NET Zero’ Innovation Virtual Centre
• Sinthan Snow Festival 2023 organized in J&K
• India Calling Conference 2023 organized by Indian Merchants Chamber (IMC) in Mumbai
• Goa govt organized 3-day Heritage Festival
• Narendra Singh Tomar inaugurates Summit on Farm Machinery Technology
• Rajasthan Housing Board got National Award for Real Estate
• PM Modi launches 91 FM Transmitters of capacity of 100 Watt
• Science 20 Engagement Group meeting begins in Lakshadweep
• India to join international climate action in civil aviation from 2027
• Narayan Rane launches the revamped CGTMSE Scheme
• Three new wildlife conservation reserves declared in Rajasthan
• NTPC and Nuclear Power Corporation of India Ltd. (NPCIL) sign agreement for joint development of nuclear power plant
• Devendra Fadnavis unveiled Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj statue in Mauritius
• Ministry of Housing & Urban Affairs signs MoU with RITES Limited
• India’s unemployment rate at a four-month high of 8.11% in April 2023
• India, Israel sign MoU on Industrial R&D Cooperation
• Sri Lanka’s Dialog Axiata and Bharti Airtel sign binding term sheet
• Manipur CM launches facial recognition system for Inner Line Permits
• Government launches Vivad se Vishwas scheme
• 60th Foundation Day of Indian Institute of Foreign Trade on 3 May
• UGC launches ‘CU-Chayan’ portal for faculty recruitment
• India’s domestic coal production rises by over 22 % during last 5 years
• Microsoft Launches Two New Initiatives to Support Indian SMBs
• Telangana Govt Implement Insurance Scheme for Toddy Tappers
• Anurag Thakur launches logo, mascot of Khelo India University Games 2022
• National Manufacturing Innovation Survey 2021-22 released
• 10th Landport between India and Bangladesh inaugurated in Meghalaya
• ‘Youth-20 Consultation Programme’ conference concludes in Uttarakhand
• SJVN secures 100 MW wind power project in Gujarat
• India’s first Air Force Heritage Centre inaugurated in Chandigarh
• PM Jan Aushadhi Kendra inaugurated at Warasiguda in Secunderabad
• Japan to train 1000 Indian engineers for bullet train project
• Kiren Rijiju launched the trailer of the first Tagine language film
• First Pharma Park to be built in Uttar Pradesh
• India operationalizes Sittwe Port in Myanmar

International News

• Pakistan is the largest recipient of ADB loans in Asia
• India to hand over fast Patrol Vessel ship & landing Craft to Maldives
• Russia’s Sberbank launches Al to compete with ChatGPT
• World Press Freedom Index 2023: India ranked 161; topped by Norway
• Foreign Ministers meeting of SCO member countries begins in Goa
• UAE launches ‘Machines Can See 2023’ Summit

Banking and Financial

• Shivalik SFB partners with ag to empower small farmers
• Tamil Nadu tops market borrowing for third consecutive year: RBI
• HDFC Bank to roll out e-distribution network, cover 50K more villages
• Reliance General becomes first insurer to accept Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC)
• GST collection for April 2023 highest ever at Rs 1.87 lakh crore
• Nirmala Sitharama attends 56th Annual General Meeting of Board of Directors of ADB
• HDFC Bank launches digital distribution platform for agents and partners
• Airtel Payments Bank Introduces Face Authentication for Aadhaar-enabled Payment System
• RBI, BIS launch global technology competition ‘G20 TechSprint’
• SEBI launches Legal Entity Identifier (LEI) system
• Axis Bank partnered with India Shelter Finance for co-lending small loans
• Visa launches CVV-free payments for tokenized credit in India

Appointment and Resignation

• Margherita Della Valle appointed as CEO of Vodafone
• Ajit Mohanty appointed as Chairman of Atomic Energy Commission
• Vanessa Hudson appoints as CEO of Qantas
• Paraguay’s Colorado Party’s Santiago Peña wins presidential election
• Indian-Origin Ajay Banga appointed as next World Bank president
• PM Prasad to be next Coal India chief
• Mark Nicholas to become next president of Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC)
• Wakefit signs Bollywood actor Ayushmann Khurrana as brand ambassador
• Delhi HC appoints former Karnataka HC judge P Krishna Bhat as Basketball Federation of India administrator
• Ajay Vij appointed as MD of Accenture India
• Indian-origin Neera Tandon becomes domestic policy advisor in Biden administration

Awards

• Russian poet Maria Stepanova wins Leipzig Book Prize 2023
• Meera Syal to receive a British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) fellowship in London
• Three Imprisoned Iranian female journalists Niloufar Hamedi, Elaheh Mohammadi, and Narges Mohammadi win top UN prize

Defence

• Maiden ASEAN-India Maritime exercise starts in Singapore
• INS Magar decommissioned after 36 years service to the country

Sports

• Sergio Pérez wins Azerbaijan Grand Prix 2023
• Ding Liren becomes China’s first world chess champion
• Satwiksairaj and Chirag Shetty won men’s doubles at the Badminton Asia Championships
• Abhilash Tomy becomes the first Indian to complete Golden Globe Race 2022
• Mairaj Ahmad Khan and Ganemat Sekhon win gold for India in International Shooting Sport Federation (ISSF)
• Nepal wins ACC Men’s Premier Cup
• Vantika becomes 11th women to achieve International Master title
• Luca Brecel wins World Snooker Championship
• South Africa fast bowler Shabnim Ismail announced her retirement
• Pakistan’s Babar Azam becomes fastest player to reach 5000 runs
• Javelin thrower Neeraj Chopra clinches Doha Diamond League title
• India claims 14 Medals in Asia Cup Stage 2 Archery
• Max Verstappen wins Miami F1 Grand Prix
• Spain’s Carlos Alcaraz wins Madrid Open 2023

Book and Author

• ‘Collective Spirit, Concrete Action’ book written by Shashi Shekhar Vempati launched

Important day

• 30 April – Ayushman Bharat Diwas
• 1 May – International Labour Day
• 1 May – Maharashtra Day and Gujarat Day
• 2 May – World Tuna Day (Theme 2023 – The Global Tuna Industry: Trailblazing through Tough Times)
• 3 May – World Press Freedom Day (Theme 2023 – Shaping a Future of Rights: Freedom of Expression as a Driver for All Other Human Rights)
• 2 May 2023 (first Tuesday of May) – World Asthma Day (Theme 2023 – Asthma care for all.)
• 4 May – Coal Miners Day
• 4 May – International Firefighters’ Day
• 5 May – World Portuguese Language Day
• 5 May – World Hand Hygiene Day (Theme 2023 – Together, we can accelerate action to prevent infections and antimicrobial resistance in health care and build a culture of safety and quality in which hand hygiene improvement is given high priority.)
• 5 May 2023 – Buddha Purnima
• 5 May – International Day of the Midwife (Theme 2023 – Together Again: From Evidence to Reality)
• 7 May – World Athletics Day (Theme 2023 – Athletics for All – A New Beginning)
• 6 May – International No Diet Day
• 8 May – World Red Cross Day (Theme 2023 – Everything we do comes from the heart)
• 8 May – World Thalassemia Day (Theme 2023 – Strengthening Education to Bridge the Thalassemia Care Gap)
• 7 May 2023 – 64th Raising Day of Border Roads Organization (BRO)

Obituary

• Eminent historian Ranjit Guha passed away

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