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Daily Current Affairs 23rd May 2018 GK GS Bulletins
Daily Current Affairs GK GS Bulletins
1. Madhya Pradesh Cheif Minister, Shivraj Singh Chouhan has launched 'My MP Rojgar Portal' to provide jobs to youths as per their educational qualification, skills and interest.
2. Indian Army's Chetak corps of South Western Command conducted 2 months long 'Gandiv Vijay' military exercise in Mahajan field firing ranges of Rajasthan. It was concluded on 23rd May 2018.
3. Arunachal Pradesh First Commercial Flight landed at Pasighat Airport, under UDAN Scheme.
4. Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh proclaimed that Chhattisgarh will get a specialised Anti-Naxals combat force called "Black Panther" on the lines of the Greyhound units.
5. The International Biodiversity Day was observed on 22 May 2018, to spread and increase understanding and awareness of biodiversity issues.
6. India’s largest commodities exchange platform, Multi Commodity Exchange of India Limited (MCX) has launched India’s first copper options contracts.
7. World Bank has approved a $220 million loan and $80 million guarantees for the India Energy Efficiency Scale-Up Program. This will help scale up the deployment of energy-saving measures in residential and public sectors.
8. Hirokazu Kore-eda has won the Palme d'Or award for 'Manbiki Kazoku' (Shoplifters) at 71st Cannes Film Festival.
9. Nicolas Maduro has been elected as the president of Venezuela.
10. Rafael Nadal has won the Men's Singles title of Italian Open.
11. Maharashtra Government has decided to rename Solapur University as “Punyashlok Ahilyadevi Holkar Solapur Vidyapeeth”.
12. Rajinder Singh has been appointed as the president of Hockey India (HI).
13. India received the first consignment of 2 million barrels of crude oil from United Arab Emirates (UAE) for its strategic petroleum reserve (SPR) at Mangaluru (on the west coast), Karnataka.
