GS Lakshmi has become first female match referee to be inducted into ICC’s International Panel.

Acc. to a report from CRISIL, NPA recoveries through the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code route was at Rs 70000 crore.

To spread awareness among people about dangers of violence and terrorism and its effect on people, society and country altogether, UGC has directed universities to observe 21st May as Anti Terrorism Day on the occasion of the death of former PM Rajiv Gandhi in 1991.

It is worth mentioning that Man Group had sponsored the award since 2002. But but it announced its withdrawal in late January.

The World Bank and the Commonwealth Bank of Australia (CommBank) have teamed up to enable recording of secondary market bond trading using blockchain tech.

On May 17, Taiwan has become the first in Asia to legalise same-sex marriage with the passage of legislation giving gay couples the right to marry. Lawmakers comfortably passed part of a bill that would allow gay couples to enter into exclusive permanent unions and apply for marriage registration with government agencies. The vote allows same-sex couples full legal marriage rights, including in areas such as taxes, insurance, and child custody. Taiwan is a self-governing democracy with a vibrant civil society.

As per a Fitch Report, Shadow banking assets as a percentage of total financial assets within India, were at 14.3 percent, in line with the global percentage of 13.7 percent. The reports pointed out that India’s shadow banking assets were fairly small by international standards

The opposition party in Sri Lanka has submitted a no confidence motion against the ruling government over Easter Sunday attacks as several programmes were organized to mark one month of the incident which killed over 250 people including 45 foreigners.

Captain Aarohi Pandit of India has become world’s first woman to cross Atlantic Ocean solo in a Light Sports Aircraft ‘Mahi’.

Karolina pliskova wins italian open for biggest clay title of career.

The Union Ministry of Finance has launched Project Sparrow for online writing of Annual Performance Appraisal Report (APAR) in SPARROW (Smart Performace Appraisal Report Recording Online Window) for Group ‘B’ and ‘C’ Officers of Central Board of Indirect Taxes & Customs (CBIC).

The Indo-Myanmar coordinated patrol (IMCOR) began on May 20, 2019 at Andaman and Nicobar Command. For this purpose, Myanmar Navy Ship UMS King TabinShweHtee (773) and UMS Inlay (OPV-54) arrived at Port Blair.

The UK government has scrapped the requirement of filling out landing cards by international travelers coming to the UK from countries like India, as part of a series of measures aimed at a smoother entry into Britain.

This project includes a stablecoin pegged to a basket of different foreign currencies. This is their first foray into developing in-house blockchain technology.

He has won titles like Indian of the year and best actor in the past. He has been known for his efforts in promoting animal rights.

India Biodiversity Award 2016 has been won by this reserve for its Hornbill Nest Adoption Programme. It falls in the East Kameng district.

PCT Humanity, a charity run by an Indian in the UAE, has set the new Guinness Book of World Records for its hunger relief efforts during the holy month of Ramzan in Abu Dhabi. Joginder Singh Salaria, founder of Pehal charitable Trust (PCT), said the efforts were in continuation to the vegetarian iftar held daily at the premises of his company Pehal International, Dubai Industrial Park. The charity set the new Guinness World Records for “Longest Line of Hunger Relief Package” in Abu Dhabi. Besides the record, the main aim of charity is to feed people pure vegetarian food to stay healthy and fit and also save animals.

Mueenul Haq, the current ambassador to France, has been appointed as the new Pakistan High Commissioner to India. Mueen is a career diplomatic and previously served as the chief of protocol at the foreign office. The post of high commissioner to India fell vacant after Sohail Mehmood was appointed the foreign secretary in March 2019. Prime Minister Imran Khan has recently approved the appointments of over two dozen ambassadors in various countries including India and China.

USA

On 27th April, US President Donald Trump has said he will withdraw his country from the international Arms Trade Treaty.

Google has suspended all business with Huawei that requires the transfer of hardware, software and technical services and cancelled its Android license.

US President Donald Trump in an announcement in Rose Garden speech, unveiled a new ‘Merit-Based Immigration System’. This is a point based system for professionals where skills of the people will be preferred for permanent residency against the current country based quotas which requires family ties for green cards. It will replace the existing green cards with ‘Build America’ visa. Under the new plan, 57% of the proportion of green cards or lawful permanent residence status will be given to people with skill-based visas as against the present rate at 12%. In addition to this, immigrants are required learn English and pass a civics exam prior to admission.

Recently, Kerala became the first state to tap into masala bond market by listing the Kerala Infrastructure Investment Fund Board (KIIFB)’s masala bond worth of USD 312 million (Rs 2,150 crore) in London Stock Exchange (LSE)’s International Securities Market (ISM). The masala bond has a tenor of 5-year and a 9.723% coupon. This was the brainchild of Kerala’s state finance minister Thomas Issac. The objective of this initiative was to tap masala bond market and to rebuild the infrastructure in Kerala from the proceeds of the masala bond.

 Indian YouTuber Ajey Nagar has been named by Time magazine among its ‘Next Generation Leaders 2019’, a list of only 10 young people from around the world who are forging new paths in politics, music and other spheres