Daily current affairs for 16th & 17th May 2017 ( English )
1. Anshu Jamsenpa (from Bomdila in Arunachal
Pradesh) became the first
Indian woman to scale the Mt. Everest for
the fourth time.
2. In Karnataka, a major exercise of Elephant census began on 17th May 2017 across all protected areas
and forests of the state that were identified to harbor elephant population.
Earlier the Census was held in 2012 due to this the elephant population pegged
to 6072.
3. Renowned biologist Dr.
Purnima Devi Barman was
nominated for prestigious Whitley
awards( Green Oscar) for her
efforts and campaign to save
the Greater Adjutant Stork .
She has been working with Dadra, Pachariya and Hingimari villages of Kamrup district of Assam. She
is associated with Aaranyak , a Guwhati based NGO which works for conservation
of wild life.
4. David Letterman was awarded with the Mark Twain Prize 2017 for American
Humour . He is the one whowas
the longest – running host of the late night TV shows in the United
States. He is also a past recipient of Kennedy Centre Honours for his
influence on American Culture.
5. The National Green Tribunakl (NGT) has ordered that any vehicle found over
-speeding inside the Kaziranga
National Park ( Assam) will
have to pay an environment compensation of 5000 rupees under MV act ( Motor
vehicles Act)
6. PFRDA –CRISIL report titled ‘
Financial Security for India’s elderly – The imperatives’ on 15th May 2017 said that India will
gradually transform young to” greying country “ and by 2050 every 5th Indian will be in the 60s as against
ever 12th at present.
In 2015 almost 90 % of the population was below the age of 60 years and the
working population stood at 44%.
7. West Bengal Government led by Mamata Banerjee has made Bengali
Compulsory in all schools including Private English medium Schools.
8. Edourad Phillippe was named as the Prime minister of France. He is a member of Les Republicans
Party.
9. The MoU was signed by S Anantha Chandra Bose
Chairman of VO Chidambaranar Port Trust and M Sai kumar Chairman
& MD of TANGEDCO for the upgardation of Coal Jetty I & II from 6.25
MTPA to 24 MPTA.
10. India and Palestine were inked five agreements for
co-operation in various
sectors during the state visit of Palestinian
President Mahmoud Abbas to India.
11. The ICC ( International Cricket Council) has raised the total
prize money for Champions
Trophy is USD 500000.
12. Canada recently unveiled a dinosaur had been preserved in a stone for
110 million years.
13. The Indian Institute of Engineering Science and Technology (
IIEST) has
successfully created the Country’s
first Smart Grid Project.
14. Mr. Venkaiah Naidu had announced a separate 24x7 DD Channel for the state of Jharkhand .
15. Italy had upheld the ban on Sikhs carrying their
ceremonial knives.
16. Tariq Mansoor was appointed as the Vice chancellor of Aligarh Muslim
University.
17. ITD ( Income Tax department ) has initiated “ Operation Clean Money “Portal
to investigate tax evaders.
18. Sri Lanka which was a participant of China’s
One Belt One Road (OBOR) conference in Beijing on 16th May 2017.India boycotted the meeting
due to its sovereignty concerns over the US $50 billion CPEC(
China-Pakistan Economic Corridor) which goes through Pakistan –Occupied
Kashmir.
19. May 17 – World Telecommunication and Information Society Day and the Theme for 2017 is ”Big Data for
Big Impact “
20.The Country of Yemen recently declared a state of
emergency over Cholera
outbreak .
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