The World Turtle Day 2017 was observed across the world on 23 May 2017 with an aim to protect the turtles and tortoises and their rapidly disappearing habitats across the world.
The day was sponsored by American Tortoise Rescue (ATR). The World Turtle Day was proclaimed by American Tortoise Rescue (ATR) in the year 2000.
The Dubai police on 22 May 2017 officially inducted the world’s first operational robot police officer Robocop into the force at the 4th Gulf Information Security Expo and Conference (GISEC).
Rohan Chakravarty, a wildlife and environment cartoonist from India, has won this year’s International President’s Award for his efforts to change attitudes towards nature.
HDFC Life announced the launch of an artificial intelligence-based application that can automatically read, understand, categorise, prioritise and respond to customer emails sent to the private insurer.
SPOK, an insurance email bot, can read customer queries within milliseconds and respond to them .
Union Minister of State for Power, Coal and New and Renewable Energy Piyush Goyal on 23 May 2017 launched mobile app Saral Eindhan Vitaran App (SEVA) for quick tracking of coal dispatch.
Former Ethiopian Health Minister Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus has been elected as the new Director-General of the World Health Organisation.
1.Tata Group Chairman N Chandrasekaran announced a key recruitment at holding company Tata Sons on 22ndMay 2017, of veteran investment banker Saurabh Agrawal as group chief financial officer. 2. Karnataka Bank has entered into an MoU with LIC for selling life insurance products. The bank signed the corporate agency agreement with LIC in Mangaluru on 22 May. 3. Astronomers using the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS) have created the first map of the large-scale structure of the universe based entirely on the positions of quasars.Quasars are incredibly bright and distant points of light. The extra brightness of the quasars is due to the super- massive black holes found at their centres
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Thirteen-year-old Vaishnavi of India beat hundreds of competitors to win the first Asia Level Yoga Competition.
The competition, featuring teams from five nations, was held in Thailand on May 13 and 14.
June 21 is International Day of Yoga.
Reliance Jio has received TM Forum’s ‘Digital Service Innovator of the Year Award’ 2017.
TM Forum is the industry association driving digital business transformation of the communications industry.
Alexander Zverev on 21 May 2017 defeated World No. 2 Novak Djokovic 6-4 6-3 to win the Italian Open. The final was held in Rome, Italy.
With the win, Zverev became the youngest Masters 1000 titlist since a 19-year-old Djokovic won the 2007 Miami Open presented by Itau.
Born on 20 April 1997, Alexander Zverev Jr. is a German professional tennis player.
The International Day for Biological Diversity was celebrated globally on 22 May 2017 with the theme “Biodiversity and Sustainable Tourism”.
MUDRA is abbreviated as Micro Units Development and Refinance Agency Ltd. It has a initial corpus of Rs 20,000 crore, can lend between Rs 50,000 and Rs 10 lakh to small entrepreneurs. In lending, priority will be given to SC / ST enterprises . MUDRA Bank will work under Small Industries Development Bank of India (SIDBI).Schemes of MUDRA Bank : 1. Shishu: covering loans upto Rs. 50,000/-
2. Kishor: covering loans above Rs. 50,000/- & upto Rs. 5 lakh
3. Tarun: covering loans above Rs. 5 lakh & upto Rs. 10 lakh
The GST Council headed by finance Minister Arun Jaitley has finalised a 4-slab service tax structure at the rates of 5, 12, 18 and 28 per cent as against the single rate of 15% levied on all taxable services.
GST regime is scheduled to be implemented from July 1.
Veteran Bollywood actress Reema Lagoo passed away at the age of 59 after reportedly suffering from cardiac arrest. Her birth name was Nayan Bhadbade .
In Karnataka, a major exercise of elephant census began on 17 May 2017.
The World Meteorological Organization (WMO) and the Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research (AWI) ON 15 May 2017 officially announced the start of the Year of Polar Prediction (YOPP).
The 2017 World Telecommunication and Information Society Day (WTISD) was observed on 17 May 2017. The theme for WTISD-17 is Big Data for Big Impact.
Ovais Sarmad has been appointed the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) Deputy Executive Secretary on May 16, 2017
Indian cricketer Suresh Raina launched Gracia Raina Foundation (GRF) on 15 May 2017.
It is dedicated to creating awareness and work closely with mothers and children who require help ranging from physical and mental issues.
Anshu Jamsenpa, a native of Bomdila in Arunachal Pradesh has scripted history by becoming the first Indian woman to scale Mount Everest for the fourth time. She scaled the highest peak twice in May 2011.
She again conquered the peak on May 18, 2013.