May-Current affairs part 3

1.'Captain Aarohi Pandit', a 23-year-old pilot from Mumbai, has become the world's first woman to cross the Atlantic Ocean solo in a Light Sports Aircraft.

2.Japan has started testing it’s fastest-ever shinkansen bullet train “Alfa-X”, which is capable of reaching 400 kilometres per hour (249 mph). The train is scheduled to go into service in 2030.

3.'Nabventures', a subsidiary of NABARD, has recently launched its first-ever Rs 700-crore venture capital fund for equity investments in agriculture and rural-focused startups.

4.The Indian Air Force (IAF) has recently received the first 'AH-64E (I) - Apache Guardian helicopter' at Boeing production facility in Mesa, Arizona in the USA.The helicopter has the capability to carry out precision attacks at standoff ranges and operate in hostile airspace with threats from ground.

5.After United Kingdom, the 'Republic of Ireland' has officially become the 2nd country in the world to declare a climate and biodiversity emergency.

6.Justice (Retd.) K S Radhakrishnan has been appointed as a member of the Commonwealth Secretariat Arbitral Tribunal in London.

7.Two Indian Navy ships - Guided Missile Destroyer INS Kolkata and Fleet Support Ship INS Shakti carried out a 6-day long exercise ‘Group Sail’ with naval ships of Japan, Philippines and the United States of America (USA) in the disputed South China Sea.

8.The 6-day 'Brahmakalashothsava festival' is celebrated in the ancient Chandkuru Sri Durga Parameshwari Temple annually in Polali, Dakshina Kannada district in Karnataka.

9.The World Red Cross Day (WRCD) is observed every year on May 8,This date is the anniversary of the birth of Henry Dunant,The 2019 theme is “#love”.

10.India has been re-elected as an observer to inter-governmental forum 'Arctic Council' at the 11th Arctic Council ministerial meeting at Rovaniemi, Finland. It consists of 8 members countries: Canada, Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway, Russia, Sweden and the United States.

11.'Boubou Cisse' is the newly appointed Prime Minister of Mali.

12.G D 'Robert' Govender, an Indian-origin journalist in South Africa, has been honoured in the UK with 2019 V K Krishna Menon award for his outstanding contribution as a pioneer of decolonized journalism.

13.Pakistan’s former captain and star all-rounder Shahid Afridi has recently released his controversial autobiography, titled ‘Game Changer’.

14.Ace Indian squash players'Saurav Ghoshal and Joshna Chinappa' won their respective Asian Individual Squash Championship titles in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

15.'INS Vela', which is launched under Indian Navy's Project-75, is the joint venture of India and France.it is Indian Navy’s stealth Scorpene class Submarine.

16.India is officially invited to Group of 7 (G-7) industrialized nations summit along with Australia, Chile and South Africa. The summit is scheduled to be held in Biarritz, France in August 24-25, 2019.

17.Former ISRO chairman 'A S Kiran Kumar' has been conferred with France's highest civilian award - Chevalier de l'Ordre national de la Lgion d'Honneur -for his contribution to India-France space cooperation.

18.According to the latest rankings released by the International Shooting Sport Federation (ISSF), Indian shooting ace 'Apurvi Chandela' from Jaipur has recently attained the world number 1 position in the women’s 10m air rifle event.

19.'M Jayshree Vyas' has been appointed as the first independent woman director of Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE).

20.The first part of the Indo-French joint naval exercise - 'Varuna 19.1' – has started off the Goa coast from 1 to 10 May 2019.

21.'Mawmluh cave' in meghalaya in East Khasi Hill District.It has been tagged a Global Stratotype Section and Point (GSSP).

22.Reliance Industries Chairman Mukesh Ambani and two women Public Interest Litigators (PIL) Arundhati Katju and Menaka Guruswamy have been featured by TIME magazine in its prestigious list of the 100 most influential people in the world.

23.'Beirut', the national capital of Lebanon, has set a new Guinness World Record for the number of national flags raised in a city for 24 hours.

24.'Belt and Road Forum' is part of the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI). The aim of BRI is to reinvent the ancient Silk Road to connect Asia to Europe and Africa through massive investments in maritime, road and rail projects. BRF - 2019 held in Beijing.

25.'Bajrang Punia' is set to become the first Indian wrestler to fight at iconic Madison Square Garden in New York. Punia, who won the 65kg men’s freestyle gold at the recent 2019 Asian championships.

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