Current Affairs 31st May 2016

Current Affairs 31st May 2016

National News:

• Himachal granted proposals worth Rs.12k cr in 3yrs
• J&K only Indian state to have a state flag
• Vice President Hamid Ansari to leave on a 5-day visit to Morocco and Tunisia
• Section 144 Imposed in 8 Districts of Haryana As Jats Threaten To Relaunch Quota Agitation
• Sushma launches PMO’s website in 6 languages

International News:

• Swiss mark the opening of the world’s longest and deepest rail tunnel
• Iranians not to attend hajj in Saudi Arabia
• Swiss town votes to pay $292k to avoid refugees
• China to spend $725 bn on rural connectivity

New Appointments:

• State Bank of India group has elevated eight CGMs to the rank of deputy managing director ahead of the proposed merger of its five associate banks with itself.

Banking & Business:

• SBI now also has the largest PoS network in India
• Yes Bank ties up with online payment solutions startup Click & pay
• National Payments Corporation of India to launch credit card by year-end
• ‘GDP can rise by $1tn over 100% internet access’
• Hyderabad Angels invests Rs 15 crore in 12 start-ups in 2015-16
• Freshdesk opens new office in Berlin
• Coal India increases coal prices by 6.29%
• Saudi best emerging market for deals: Citigroup
• Government to sell off 14 ITDC hotels
• Domain registration company, Uniregistry has launched the “.game” domain extension for registrations
• Sachin launches his clothing brand ‘True Blue’

Awards & Honours:

• Ashrita Furman holds most Guinness World Records

Science & Technology:

• World’s fastest wearable circuits created
• China to launch world’s 1st quantum satellite
• New tech captures brain’s activity in a snapshot

Sports:

• Mirza-Hingis crash out of French Open Round 3
• Sunrisers Hyderabad win their maiden IPL title
• Warner posts most 50s in a single edition of IPL
• Discus thrower Seema Punia qualifies for 2016 Rio Olympics
• Hamilton wins Monaco F1 Grand Prix

Obituary:

• Actor Suresh Chatwal passes away in Mumbai