May 17, 2017 Current Affairs 17th May, 2017 West Bengal makes Bengali Mandatory in all Schools PFRDA-CRISIL Report: India Ageing Gradually with Every 5th Person to be in 60s by 2050 MoU Signed between Indian Navy and Space Application Centre
May 17, 2017 Ovais Sarmad Appointed to Key Post in UNFCCC Ovais Sarmad who is an Indian national has been appointed by the U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres to the post of Deputy Executive Secretary, which is a key post in the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC).
May 17, 2017 India and Palestine Inks 5 Agreements India and Palestine has signed five agreements during the 4 day visit of Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas to India. This is Abbas’s fifth visit to India and the third state visit after his earlier visits in 2008 and 2012.
May 17, 2017 Mt Lhotse records First Summit in 3 years Mt Lhotse has recorded its first summit in 3 years. Mt Lhotse is the fourth highest mountain in the world. Indian climber Debasish Biswas and a woman climber from New Zealand were the first to successfully climb Mt Lhotse after a team of Sherpas fixed the route to summit.
May 17, 2017 PFRDA-CRISIL Report: India Ageing Gradually with Every 5th Person to be in 60s by 2050 As per the PFRDA-CRISIL report titled, Financial security for India’s elderly – The imperatives, India will begin ageing gradually and transform from ‘young’ to a ‘greying’ with every 5th Indian to be in 60s in contrast to every 12th person at present.
May 17, 2017 Outcomes of OBOR Summit Belt and Road Forum (BRF) is a gathering of world leaders from across the globe, organized by China to showcase its plans to build a network of trade routes under the One Belt, One Road (OBOR) initiative.
May 17, 2017 MoU Signed between Indian Navy and Space Application Centre Indian Navy and the Space Application Centre has signed a Memorandum of Understanding on Data Sharing and Scientific cooperation in the field of Meteorology and Oceanology.
May 17, 2017 West Bengal makes Bengali Mandatory in all Schools West Bengal State government has made Bengali mandatory in all schools, including private English medium schools.
May 16, 2017 Current Affairs 16th May, 2017 PM Launches Narmada Seva Mission for Conservation of Narmada Railways to install CCTV Surveillance System under Nirbhaya Fund World bank’s Power Accessibility List: India jumps 73 Spots to be ranked 26th
May 16, 2017 Edouard Philippe appointed as Prime Minister of France French President Emmanuel Macron has appointed Edouard Philippe as the new prime minister of France.
May 16, 2017 Women’s Cricket: India’s Deepti Sharma and Poonam Raut Sets new Record The partnership of Deepti Sharma and Poonam Raut scored 320 in 45.3 overs in 45.3 overs to become the world’s first pair, either male or female, to forge a 300-run opening-wicket partnership in One-Day Internationals (ODIs).
May 16, 2017 PM Launches Narmada Seva Mission for Conservation of Narmada Prime Minister Narendra Modi has launched the Narmada Seva Mission for the conservation of river Narmada, which is a lifeline of Madhya Pradesh. Prime Minister released a road map for the series of steps to be taken for the conservation of Narmada river.