Current Affairs 25th May 2017

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