CURRENT AFFAIRS - MAY 23 & 24 2016

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CURRENT AFFAIRS - MAY 23 & 24 2016

AWARDS AND HONORS

1. Sikkim CM Pawan Chamling conferred with Yug Kavi Siddhicharan Award
2. Mukesh Ambani awarded with Othmer Gold Medal for Entrepreneurial Leadership

APPOINTMENTS

3. SK Sharma appointed CMD of Nuclear Power Corporation of India
4. Lt General Saini new commandant of Indian Military Academy
5. Rakesh Kumar Mishra appointed Director of Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology

BANKING AND FINANCE

6. World Bank Group launched Pandemic Emergency Financing Facility

INDIAN AFFAIRS

7. INS Tarmugli Joins the Indian Navy
8. Gujarat Government launches Smart Village program
9. Union Government constituted DB Shekatkar Committee on defence spending

INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS

10. Obama lifts US embargo on lethal arms sales to Vietnam

FOREIGN RELATIONS

11. NALCO signs MoU with Iran to set up smelter plant in Chabahar
12. India, Oman sign 4 bilateral agreements on defence cooperation
13. India and Iran sign 12 Bilateral Agreements in various areas including Chabahar Port Development

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

14. India’s first reusable space shuttle RLV-TD launched

SPORTS

15. Pankaj Advani wins Asian 6-Red Snooker title
16. Mohun Bagan wins 2016 Indian Federation Cup football tournament