• Person appointed as Secretary of Department of Telecommunications - Aruna Sundararajan
• City that topped the 2017 Savills Tech Cities Index - Austin
• Malicious software that affected various computers recently and restricted users' access to it until a ransom is paid to unlock it - Ransomware
• Health worker in Ganjam district of Odisha, who bagged the prestigious Florence Nightingale award 2017 - Krishna Kumari
• Theme of 2017 International Mother’s Day - Every Mother knows
• This Indian airport has become the busiest single-runway airport in the world with 1 flight in 65 seconds- Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport (Mumbai)
• NASA Scientists have detected this unusual element on the distant Neptune sized planet - Strong Water Signature
• Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched river conservation project ‘Narmada Seva Mission’ in this state –Madhya Pradesh
• Home Minister Rajnath Singh inaugurated the second meeting of National Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction (NPDRR) in this city – New Delhi
• This Indian manufacturing sector registered a record growth last financial year- Indian Coir Sector
• The expanded Preferential Trade Agreement (PTA) between India and Chile will come into effect on - 16 May 2017
• He won the men’s singles title of the Madrid Open of Tennis - Rafael Nadal
• International Day of Families was observed on 15 May 2017 with this theme - Families, education and well-being
• He won the Spanish Grand Prix in May 2017 - Lewis Hamilton
• The government has revised the base year of Wholesale Price Index (WPI) and Index of Industrial Production (IIP) from 2004-05 to - 2011-2012
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