MAY 30 CURRENT AFFAIRS
- President of India Inaugurates Sadhu Vaswani International School and Unveils Statue of Matoshree Ramabai Ambedkar in Pune.
- The Jammu and Kashmir government has submitted a detailed report of the Rs 189 crore Devika river rejuvenation project to the Centre for approval.
- The Container Corporation of India (Concor) and the Krishnapatnam port launched a direct container rail service to boost containerised exports and imports between Central India and China, Korea, Japan and South East Asia.
- The Tamil Nadu government is planning to set up an elite force in the Forest department to tackle situations like kidnappings, land encroachments, forest fires and man-animal conflicts.
- The Forest Department is also planning to implement a ‘beehive’ concept to prevent man-elephant conflicts in the Coimbatore region.
- Restoration activities at the Pallikaranai marshland will continue till 2023 at a cost of Rs.165.68 crore under the National Adaptation Fund for Climate Change.
- Netherlands-based agricultural biotech company KeyGene and International Crops Research Institute for Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT) signed a Letter of Intent (LoI) for research and co-development on legumes and cereals.
- New English School in Pune has founded in 1880 by educationists and revolutionaries Vishnu Krushna Chiplunkar, Bal Gangadhar ‘Lokmanya’ Tilak and Gopal Ganesh Agarkar.
- International agency Moody’s Investor Services cut India’s growth forecast to 3 per cent for calendar year 2018.
- Ministry of Railways conducted a one day workshop “Mission Raftaar” aimed at raising the average speed of freight trains and coaching trains in New Delhi.
- The Third Home Affairs’ Dialogue between India and U.K. covered a wide range of issues including cyber security, women safety, organized crime, terror financing etc.
- Government of India, along with the Centre for WTO Studies, Indian Institute of Foreign Trade and the South Centre (an inter-governmental organisation based in Geneva), are organising an International Conference on TRIPS- CBD Linkage in Geneva on 7-8 June 2018.
- The 13th edition of bilateral annual military Exercise SURYA KIRAN, between India and Nepal Army commenced at Pithorgarh.
- “Annapurna Doodh Yojana” – The students of the government primary and upper primary schools in Rajasthan will get milk in the midday meals thrice in a week.
- ‘Straight Talk’ – Shri Abhishek Manu Singhvi, Member of Rajya Sabha
13th edition of the World Press Cartoon awards
- Kerala cartoonist Thomas Antony- Best caricature category
- Deputy National Security Advisor – Pankaj Saran
- Railway’s Online Travel Portal – irctc.co.in has now launched beta version of its new User Interface.
- Next Generation e-Ticketing (NGeT) system the new online ticket booking system of Railways provides easy and fast way of booking rail tickets.
- ‘Auto Mitra’ – Police have launched a mobile application to ensure the convenience and safety of passengers who commute by autorickshaws within Shivamogga city, Karnataka.