Important Current Affairs Oneliner – May 17, 2019

2019-05-18

Important Current Affairs Oneliner – May 17, 2019

May 17 – World Telecommunication and Information Society Day, 2019 Theme: Bridging the standardization gap.
May 17 – World Hypertension Day, The theme of World Hypertension Day 2019 is “Know your numbers.”
May 17 – International Day against Homophobia, Transphobia and Biphobia, 2019 Global Focus – Justice and Protection for All.
Vellore Institute of Technology (VIT) has been conferred award for the best university in India for Internationalization of Higher Education by UNICA.
The Kerala government also appointed a sub-working committee headed by T.K.A. Nair, to look into the revision of TCP Act.
The Kerala-based ESAF Small Finance Bank Ltd. has recorded a 234% increase in its net profit for the financial year 2019.
Researchers from the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Bombay have devised low-cost lenses that will elevate smartphone cameras to the power of a microscope.
The Website of the Lokpal was inaugurated by the Chairperson, Justice Shri Pinaki Chandra Ghose, the website can be accessed at http://lokpal.gov.in.
Kochi City start-up launches taxi aggregation app
UNDRR confers Sasakawa Award 2019 to Dr. Pramod Kumar Mishra
Reliance Industries and its British partner BP Plc have made their first bid for oil and gas exploration acreage by bidding for one of the 32 blocks up.
Iran at present provides visa-on-arrival to Indian travellers which is given as a paper visa.

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