Current Affairs for various competitive examinations
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These are written mainly for aspirants of Banking, SSC, IBPS, or competitive exams like UPSC, APPSC, TSPSC, TNPSC, IAS, RRB State Level Public Service Commission, and other exams. Current Affairs bits help in the last minute preparation for various exams. Current Affairs One-Liners help a lot. Watch below some of Current Affairs- One-Liners
1-Retinoblastoma: Curable cancer in children (World Retinoblastoma Awareness Week is being observed May 13-19)
2-Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath has received the first batch of pilgrims in the newly-launched bus service between Nepal and India from Janakpur to Ayodhya.
4- An eatery in Bengaluru gave away free dosas to the first-time voters who had voted in the Karnataka assembly election.
5-Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi said all misunderstandings with Nepal are over and added that New Delhi announced Rs 100-crore aid to developing a Janakpur city.
6-The UN nuclear agency IAEA has appointed Massimo Aparo as acting chief of nuclear inspections and deputy director general of the agency.
7-SpaceX’s updated version of Falcon 9 rocket ‘Block 5’ lifted off in Florida. It thus boosted Bangladesh’s first communications satellite into orbit.
8-False news of US Senator McCain‘s death sent to media by a Non-profit organisation, Veterans of Foreign Wars. According to the reports, US Senator John McCain continues to battle an aggressive form of brain cancer.
9- Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi left Kathmandu for the Muktinath Temple in Mustang district in Nepal. PM Modi will visit the Pashupatinath temple and attend civic receptions before returning to New Delhi later.
10-NASA to send an autonomous helicopter to Red Planet i.e Mars that will travel with the Mars rover mission, scheduled to launch in July 2020.
11- The social networking giant Facebook has focussed exploring the creation of its own cryptocurrency.
12-Former Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak and his wife Rosmah Mansor have been banned from leaving the country.
13-Voting for the Parliamentary elections in Iraq began and it is the first Parliamentary elections since the defeat of the Islamic State (IS) terror group.
14-Drug used for treating osteoporosis or bone pain may also help reduce the risk of death by cardiovascular, heart attack and stroke, according to a study.
15-OEMs– Original equipment manufacturers; NORAD– North American Aerospace Defence Command
16-India and Nepal agreed to boost trade and economic links, connectivity via air, land and water, people-to-people ties, and mutual trust.
17-Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi heaped praise on Nepal at a civic reception in Kathmandu where he was presented a 55 kg statue of Lord Buddha.
18-Google has rolled out a new series of controls in the name of ‘Take a Break’ feature that will allow YouTube users to set limits on their video viewing.