Current Affairs - May 25, 2017 Current Affairs

World turtle day is celebrated on May 23. It is aimed at protecting turtles and tortoises and their rapidly disappearing habitats across the world.

Olympic silver medallist P V Sindhu became one of the members of the Badminton World Federation (BWF). Before Sindhu, Saina Nehwal was formal to a post to the commission.

Swachh Bharat App launched in National Museum under Ministry of culture by the Minister of State for culture & Tourism Dr. Mahesh Sharma. This will enable visitors to report garbage on the premises of the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) monuments across the country.

Gayarul Hasan was appointes as the chairperson of the National Commission for Minorities (NCM). The Union government has appointed 7 members in the minorities panel the other members are Activist and BJP leader from Kerala George Kurian, former Maharashtra minister Sulekha Kumbhare, Jain representative from Gujarat Sunil Singhi and Vada Dasturji Khurshed, chief priest of Udvada Athornan Anjuman.

Senior bureaucrat Anurag Tripathy was appointed as the secretary of the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE). Tripathy, a 1998 batch officer of Indian Railway personnel Service (IRPS), has been appointed to the post for a period of five years, an order issued by Department of Personnel and Training (DoPT).

Sher Bahadur Deuba, the chief of the Nepali Congress, will become the new Prime Minister of Nepal, after Pushpa Kamal Dahal "Prachanda" resigned from the post. Deuba was elected as the 39th Prime Minister of Nepal.

Indian government has plans to declare a hundred parks especially dedicated for yoga activities across the country to promote the traditional practice. Prime Minister Narendra Modi will participate in the main event of the International Day of Yoga (IDY) which will be held in Lucknow, on June 21. Around 150 countries are expected to participate in the mega event, with Indian Missions in those nations coordinating the activities.

Afcons Transtonnelstroy and Kolkata Metro Railway Corporation Limited (KMCRL) implemented the India's first underwater tunnel under the Hooghly river to link Howrah and Kolkata. The total length of the entire metro project is 16.6 km long, out of which 10.8 km runs under the ground. Of this 10.8 km, 502 metres is under the water. The total project cost is USD 750 million.

The Union Cabinet has given its approval for allocating 2.5% of CRF for the development of the National Waterways. It will provide around Rs 2000 crore annually for the development and maintenance of the National Waterways which in turn will boost inland water transport.

World Economic Forum refers UN-Habitat data named two Indian cities-Mumbai and Kota among the world's most crowded cities. Mumbai has a population density of 31,700 people per square kilometer. Kota in Rajasthan with 12,100 people per square kilometer has been ranked seventh in the list.

Lenin Moreno elected as President of Ecuador in Ecuador Presidential Elections 2017. He taken office and promised more subsidies for the poor and a major social house-building programme which would create millions of jobs.

External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj, Human Resource Department Minister Prakash Javadekar and IT Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad jointly inaugurated the integration of E-Sanad with Central Board Secondary Education's (CBSE) digital repository 'Parinam Manjusha' in New Delhi. It is an e-service for online verification and attestation of documents of Indian citizens. It is ntegrated with Non- Tax Receipt Portal (NTRP) for enabling cashless payment.

Practo and Microsoft have partnered to improve Bing search results when it comes to searching for doctors online. The healthcare platform claims that the "collaboration will enable an easier and effective search for people looking for right medical advice".

Olympic silver medallist PV Sindhu became one of the members of the BWF Athletes' Commission after the end of voting for the four places on the representative body. Apart from Sindhu, Kirsty Gilmour of Scotland was placed third overall with 103 votes and Lithuania's Akvile Stapusaityte (25 votes) was the third woman elected to the Commission.

The Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change, along with the UN Environment OzonAction's Compliance Assistance Programme, organized an "Ozone2Climate" Technology Roadshow in Agra. The Technology Roadshow was organized for the first time as part of the annual network meeting for Ozone Officers of South Asia. It had 13 exhibitors that promoted ozone and climate-friendly alternative technologies to HCFCs and HFCs in the refrigeration and air-conditioning (RAC) sector.

Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) started satellite phone service through International Maritime Satellite Organisation (INMARSAT). It opened a new Indian GSPS gateway to enable satellite phone services through Inmarsat's fourth-generation constellation. The service will cover areas where no networks are present and are provided by INMARSAT which has 14 satellite.