Current Affairs 25th May 2017
NATIONAL:
- Kiren Rijiju unveils world’s first philosophical novel on God
- Reader with guidelines for raising happy children released by WCD Ministry
- NGT demands for data on trees in eco-sensitive zone near Taj Mahal
- Union Minister Manoj Sinha launches Pt Deendayal Upadhyaya Telecom Skill Excellence Awards
- Tourism Minister inaugurated Exhibition displaying Stone Sculptures returned byAustralia
- Israel aerospace industries signs $630 million deal with India
- Ministry of Culture launches Swachh Bharat App in National Museum
- Environment Ministry and OzonAction organised “Ozone2Climate” TechnologyRoadshow in Agra
INTERNATIONAL
- Seventieth World Health Assembly kicks off in Geneva
- Duterte declares martial law in southern Philippines
- Neil Armstrong’s Moon Dust Bag to be sold at an auction
- Dubai police recruits world’s first Robocop
- World’s smallest nation Nauru ratifies International Solar Alliance Pact
- Hyperloop India to participate in SpaceX’s Hyperloop Pod Competition II
- Indian-born woman elected to City of London Corporation
- Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus becomes first African to be elected as WHO Director-General
- World’s largest aircraft Airlander 10 completes test flight
BANKING NEWS
- Federal Bank launches new trading platform
BUSINESS AND ECONOMY NEWS:
- HDFC Life launches AI-based insurance email bot ‘SPOK’
AWARDS AND HONOURS :
- India’s Vaishali wins gold in Asian Blitz Chess Championship
- The Cochin port trust bags two best performance awards
OBITUARY:
- Mathunny Mathews, the Real-life Hero of ‘Airlift’ passes away
- Controversial godman Chandraswami passes away