Current Affairs - May 12, 2023 Current Affairs

The Meitei ethnic group, also known as Manipuri people, is the largest community following Hinduism in Manipur, along with other minor immigrants of the same faith in the state.

India recently hosted the first-ever physical edition of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) Startup Forum in New Delhi.

Gucci, the luxury fashion brand from Italy, has appointed Alia Bhatt as its first global ambassador from India.

The annual 'Monlam Chenmo' festival for world peace and prosperity has started recently in Ladakh.

ISRO has carried out the first integrated test on an intermediate configuration of the 2000kN Semi cryogenic Engine at the newly commissioned Semi cryogenic Integrated Engine & Stage Test facility at the ISRO Propulsion Complex (IPRC), in Mahendragiri, Tirunelveli district, Tamil Nadu.

The 35th edition of the Indo-Thailand Coordinated Patrol 'Indo-Thai CORPAT' between the Indian Navy and the Royal Thai Navy took place from 3 to 10 May 2023.

The autobiography 'My Life as a Comrade' belongs to the former Kerala Health Minister K.K. Sailaja, and it has been recently released.

International Nurses Day 2023 is being observed on May 12 to commemorate the birth of Florence Nightingale, the founder of modern nursing, who was born on May 12, 1820.

The Telangana government has launched the 'State Robotics Framework' for the first time in the country. The State IT and Industries Minister KT Rama Rao launched the framework on May 9, 2023, in Hyderabad.

Bollywood star Ayushmann Khurrana has been chosen to inspire and support the Indian contingent participating in the upcoming Special Olympics for individuals with intellectual disabilities, set to take place in Berlin from June 16 to June 25.

Tamil Nadu has declared all its villages as 100% ODF plus under Swachh Bharat Mission Rural Phase II.

International Day of Plant Health 2023 is being celebrated on May 12th.

China declared Jennifer Lynn Lalonde, consul of the Consulate General of Canada in Shanghai, persona non grata.

The UNESCO World Heritage Centre has recommended Santiniketan, a cultural site in West Bengal, India, for inclusion in the UNESCO World Heritage List. The International Council on Monuments and Sites (ICOMOS), a France-based international non-governmental organization, made the recommendation.

Punjab has become the first state in India to enforce the 'right to walk' by mandating all road-owning agencies to provide footpaths and cycle tracks in all future expansions of roads and construction.

Karnataka witnessed a historic high turnout of 73.19% in its recent state assembly elections.

The Himachal Pradesh Government announced that all women aged 18 to 60 years in Spiti Valley will receive Rs. 1,500 each month as part of the Indira Gandhi Mahila Samman Nidhi.

Praveen Chithravel, an Indian athlete, set a new national record of 17.37m in the men's triple jump event at an athletics meet in Havana, Cuba.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated and laid the foundation stone for various development projects worth over ₹5,500 crores in Rajasthan.