Current Affairs - May 14, 2023 Current Affairs

Portugal has recently given legal recognition to euthanasia through a law passed by the Parliament on May 12, 2023. Euthanasia - the painless killing of a patient suffering from an incurable and painful disease or in an irreversible coma.

Bank of Baroda announced the launch of Electronic Bank Guarantee (e-BG), in partnership with National E-Governance Services Limited (NeSL), which offers a platform for the issuance of BGs through the electronic mode.

The first ministerial meeting of the India-EU Trade and Technology Council is scheduled to be held in Brussels, Belgium.

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has instructed financial institutions and banks to adopt an Alternative Reference Rate, primarily the Secured Overnight Financing Rate (SOFR), and end their reliance on the scandal-shrouded London Interbank Offered Rate (LIBOR) and Mumbai Interbank Forward Outright Rate (MIFOR) by July 1.

The 'Meri LiFE' app, launched in India by Bhupender Yadav, Union Minister for Environment, Forest, and Climate Change, is based on the concept of saving the environment.

In April, wholesale price-based inflation dropped to -0.92% on a yearly basis, down from 1.34% in March, according to the Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade under the Ministry of Commerce & Industry.

Praveen Sood, the current Director General of Police in Karnataka, has been appointed as the next director of the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI).

Tungnath, located in Rudraprayag, Uttarakhand, is not only one of the highest Shiva temples in the world but also the highest among the five Panch Kedar temples. Recently, it has been designated as a national monument.

China will launch pilot projects in more than 20 cities to create a "new-era" marriage and childbearing culture to foster a friendly childbearing environment, the latest move by authorities to boost the country's falling birth rate.

India is conducting the bilateral exercise 'Samudra Shakti-23' with Indonesia.

Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister YS Jagan Mohan Reddy issued an order to transfer all rights to the farmers of the state in one stroke from the British-era revenue record category of 'dotted land' to over two lakh acres of land.

V. Prraneeth, a 15-year-old chess player from Telangana, achieved the title of Grandmaster, becoming the sixth from the state and the 82nd in India.

The Chief Minister of Himachal Pradesh launched the 'Him' Data Portal for the targeted delivery of welfare schemes. From July 2023, the Himachal Pradesh government would start the 'Him Parivar' project, which will give a special digital identity to the people of the state.

NASA's Scientific Balloon Program has launched a second football-stadium-sized, heavy-lift super pressure balloon (SPB) from Wānaka Airport, New Zealand, on a technology mission aimed for 100 days or more of flight in the Earth's upper atmosphere.

The International Day of Families is observed on May 15 every year. The Day was proclaimed by the UN General Assembly in 1993 with resolution A/RES/47/237 and reflects the importance the international community attaches to families.

Eminent singer Kalyani Kazi, the daughter-in-law of Bangladesh's national poet Kazi Nazrul Islam, has passed away.

India's goods exports for 2022-23 reached almost $451 billion, reflecting year-on-year growth of 6.9%, according to data from the Commerce Ministry. Additionally, exports for March were upgraded to a nine-month high of $41.9 billion.

India holds the fourth position in the medal table at the recently held Men's World Boxing Championship in Tashkent.

The 'Smart School Smart Block' program has been started in Uttarakhand, with the Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami inaugurating it at the auditorium located in Goralchod, Champawat district.

Andhra Pradesh launched the 'Jaganannaku Chebudam programme'.