Current Affairs of May 2015, Power Capsule Daily updates date wise in pdf, word

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30/05/2015 & 31/05/2015: 

• George Yeo is Nalanda Varsity Chancellor. 
• Maharashtra Govt Launched Swachhata Saptapadi Scheme. 
• Gurpreet Singh Qualified For 2016 Rio Olympics. 
• China Sets Up Largest Gold Fund. 
• U.S.Removes Cuba From State-Sponsored Terrorism List. 
• Two Indian American Students Become Spelling Bee Co-winners. 
• 7.8-magnitude earthquake strikes off Japan
• Finance Minister inaugurated New Bank Note Paper Line unit in Hoshangabad, MP
• India Outpaces China as GDP Rises by 7.5% in Q4
• RBI issues draft norms for mass transport pre-paid cards
• Niti Aayog gets two new advisers Alok Kumar and Jitendra Kumar ; 10 new JS appointed
• Service Tax Rate @ 14% applicable from 1st June
• Sepp Blatter Withstands Scandal and Criticism to Secure a Fifth Term

29/05/2015:

• Pradeep Kumar Sinha Appointed as New Cabinet Secretary. 
• Veena Jain Appointed as DD News DG. 
• SBI launches Online Application To Apply For Loans. 
• Oxford University To Appoint First Female Vice-Chancellor. 
• India tops in World Hunger List with 194 Million People: UN Report
• PK Sinha appointed cabinet secretary by Narendra Modi
• Renowned scientist Selvin Christopher appointed as DG of DRDO
• Researchers Create First Single-Molecule Diode
• 90 Percent Of Global Chemical Weapons Stockpile 'Destroyed'
• 23-year-old US-educated Yaduveer crowned ‘Maharaja of Mysuru’
• Bharti Airtel surges 6% after Vodafone stake sale 

28/05/2015:

• S Christopher is new DRDO chief .
• PM Modi, Shiekh Hasina to inaugurate Kamalasagar border 'haat'
• Mega Food Park Inaugurated at Nalbari, Assam
• TaxiForSure Ties up With Paytm , Launches Faster App
• Tripura government decides to withdraw AFSPA from state
• Now, a satellite tracking system to tackle forest fires in Himachal
• Abhinav Bindra qualifies for Rio Games 2016 through Olympic quota.

27/05/2015:

• Indian-origin Teacher Gurnimrat ‘Nimmy’ Sidhu Won Oxford University Award. 
• World’s First Artificial Molecular Pump Developed. 
• Union Government Constitutes Committee Headed By Vijay Kelkar To Revisit PPP Infra Model. 
• Australia New Zealand Banking Group (ANZ) to open 2 India branches by early 2016
• India gets its first transgender college principal
• NASSCOM launches Cyber Security Task Force
• Nirbhay Sharma sworn-in as governor of Mizoram
• FM Arun Jaitley announces setting up of National Investment and Infrastructure Fund (NIIF).

• Forbes World's 100 most powerful women:
• Four India Women's List

• Arundhati Bhattacharya: First woman (and youngest) Chairperson of State Bank of India (SBI) was placed at 30th position.
• Chanda Kochhar: Managing Director (MD) and CEO of India’s largest private sector lender ICICI Bank was placed at 35th position.
• Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw: Founder, Chairman and MD of Biocon Limited was placed at 85th position.
• Shobhana Bhartia: Chairperson and Editorial Director of the Hindustan Times Group was placed at 93rd position. It should be noted she has appeared on the list for the first time.

• Top 10 Forbe's Powerful Women's List: 

• German Chancellor Angela Merkel (1st), 
• Hillary Clinton (2nd), 
• Melinda Gates (3rd), 
• US Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen (3th), 
• GM CEO Mary Barra (5th), 
• IMF Chief Christine Lagarde (6th), 
• Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff (7th), 
• Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg (8th), 
•  YouTube CEO Susan Wojcicki (9th),
• US First Lady Michelle Obama (10th).

•  CEAT International Cricket Awards 2014 - 2015:

•     International Lifetime Achievement Award - Kapil Dev
•     International Cricketer of the Year – Kumar Sangakkara
•     Indian Cricketer of the Year –Ajinkya Rahane
•     International Batsman of the Year – Hashim Amla
•     International Bowler of the Year – Rangana Herath
•     T20 Player of the Year – Dwayne Bravo
•     Popular Choice Award – Kieron Pollard
•     Special Performance of the Year Award – Rohit Sharma
•     Domestic Cricketer of the Year – R Vinay Kumar
•     Young Player of the Year – Deepak Hooda.

26/05/2015: 

• Sunil D’Souza Appointed as Whirlpool India MD
• Manoj Mishra Appointed as CMD of National Fertilizers Ltd. 
• Tamil Nadu CM announced Welfare Schemes Worth 1800 crore rupees. 
• Union Government Approves 21 FDI Proposals worth Rs 281 crore. 
• ICICI Bank Launched “Voice Password” Phone Banking Facility For The Users. 
• PM Modi launches 'Kisan TV' for farmers
• MUDRA banks partners with 19 regional coordinators to reach small entrepreneurs
• Mandeep Kaur wins two gold medals at World Junior Championship

25/05/2015: 

• China sets up "largest" gold fund for nations along Silk Road
• Government Clears 21 FDI Proposals Worth Rs 281 Crore
• Facebook’s Internet.org attracts 8 lakh users in India
• Nobel Awardee mathematician John Forbes Nash Jr. died
• Mercedes driver Nico Rosberg of Germany won Monaco Grand Prix of Formula One

• IPL:
• Mumbai Indians saunter to second title win
• Man of the Match:  Rohit Sharma.
• Captains of the two teams Mumbai Indains: Rohit Sharma.
• Chennai Super Kings: Mahendra Singh Dhoni.
• Looking at the Other highlights of IPL 2015:
• Player of the Tournament: Andre Russell (KKR).
• Orange Cap awarded to: David Warner (Sunrisers Hyderabad).
• Purple Cap awarded to: Dwayne Bravo (CSK).
• Emerging Player of the Season: Shreyas Iyer (Delhi Daredevils).
• Most Valuable Player: Andre Russell (KKR).

24/05/2015:

• French Film Dheepan Honoured with Palme d’Or Award at 68th Cannes Film Festival. 
• India-Singapore bilateral naval exercise SIMBEX-15 commences in Singapore
• Indian film Masaan wins critics prize at 68th Cannes film festival
• Tanishq Abraham 11-year old Indian-American creates record by graduating from California College
• Indians posthumously chosen for UN's prestigious Dag Hammarskjold Medal

23/05/2015: 

• New Species of Fish Pethia Striata found by ecologists in Tunga river of Kudremukh National Park, Karnataka. 
• ISRO announced To Launch ASTROSAT In October 2015. 
• ‘ Blast-proof ‘ Wallpaper Developed By US Army. 
• Jayalalithaa sworn in as Tamil Nadu CM for fifth time
• BSE drops Tata Power from Sensex; Lupin to come in
• SAIL, ArcelorMittal ink MoU to set up steel plant in India
• Bank of India ties up with MasterCard to launch three cards
• UN observed International Day for Biological Diversity on 22/05
• Parvinder Singh Batth, becomes first Sikh mayor in United Kingdom’s Wokingham Borough Council

22/05/2015: 

• Pawan Goenka Appointed as Honorary Ambassador For Korea. 
• Akhil Reed Amar appointed as Member of the National Council on Humanities of US. 
• Parvinder Singh Batth Becomes Mayor of Britain’s Wokingham Borough Council. 
• International Day For Biological Diversity 2015 Observed Across The World. 
• TN CM O Panneerselvam resigns, makes way for Jayalalithaa to take over
• Akhil Amar, an Indian American professor at Yale University, was nominated by President Barack Obama to the National Council on the Humanities, a key administration post.
• Finance Ministry sanctions Rs 5,223-crore fuel subsidy for IOC, BPCL
• IAF's Mirage-2000 lands on Yamuna eway in successful runway trial
• Gujarat government signs pact with ZTEsoft for smartcity projects
• IRCTC Partners With MyDala To Offer Deals To Ticket Buyers

21/05/2015: 

• India Ranks 24th In Environmental Democracy Index. 
• Union Cabinet Approved Continuation of PSLV Programme. 
• Anti-Terrorism Day Observed Across India On 21 May. 
• SBI partners with PayPal.
• India continues to lead in global confidence index
• SEBI sets new norms for mutual funds managing offshore assets
• Infosys is first Indian company to join RE100 global renewable energy campaign

20/05/2015:

• Eminent Economist Mrinal Datta Chaudhuri Died. 
• Hungarian author Laszlo Krasznahorkai wins Man Booker Prize
• Centre to launch agri-training programme in 593 Sansad Adarsh Grams
• Government to award road projects worth Rs 3 lakh crore
• India's economic growth to surpass China's in 2015-16: UN report

19/05/2015:

• ‘Biryani’, ‘Selfie’ Enter French Dictionary For First Time. 
• Joe Root and Charlotte Edwards Named England Cricketers of the Year. 
• Google help for NGOs working on child safety
• Draupadi Murmu sworn in as first woman Governor of Jharkhand
• India Meteorological Department signed MoU with POSOCO Ltd
• Indian-American Harkeert Singh Saini won Prestigious Police Award in Texas
• Reliance Jio inks pact with Huawei for sourcing 4G devices
• Indian Navy's latest anti-submarine warfare class stealth corvette, the INS Kavaratti was launched

18/05/2015:

• Narendra Modi reaches South Korea, economic and trade cooperation high on agenda
• 6th National Conference on Nuclear Energy held in New Delhi
• Centre allocates Rs 5,000 crore for development of AYUSH
• HDFC Bank launches medical benefits prepaid card
• India to assume Presidency of the 68th World Health Assembly
• World's oldest comatose patient Aruna Shanbaug dead
• Brad Haddin: Australia wicketkeeper quits one-day game

17/05/2015:

• India and Mongolia Signed 13 Agreements
• Vikas Gowda Won Bronze Medal In Shanghai IAAF Diamond League
• Pope Francis Canonises Two Palestinian Nuns
• PM's social security schemes: Canara Bank rolls out awareness campaigns across Delhi
• CII welcomes biz outcomes of Modi’s China visit
• Govt contains fiscal deficit at 4% of GDP; beats its own target
• India grants $1 bn credit to Mongolia; deepens defence ties
• Infosys to open first overseas campus in China.

• Rome Masters 2015: Winners
• Women's Singles - Maria Sharapova
• Men's Singles - N. Djokovic
• Women's Doubles - Timea Babos and Kristina Mladenovic
• Men's Doubles - P. Cuevas  and D. Marrero

16/05/2015:

• PM Narendra Modi Inaugurates ICICI Bank’s First Branch In China
• Egypt’s Former President Mohamed Morsi Sentenced To Death
• M.J. Joseph Appointed as Controller General of Accounts
• Scientists Discovered New State of Matter
• “Global Statistics on Addictive Behaviours: 2014 Status Report” Released
• Airtel clinches $2.5 billion Chinese financing deals
• Arun Shrivastava assumes charge as Syndicate Bank MD and CEO
• Modi inaugurates ICICI Bank's first branch in China
• PM Modi extends e-visa for Chinese nationals
• Shakuntala Gamlin takes charge as Delhi chief secretary despite CM Arvind Kejriwal's directive
• Gagan Narang wins World Cup bronze, earns India quota for Rio Olympics

15/05/2015:

• Arun Shrivastava Takes Over as MD&CEO of Syndicate Bank
• India and China Signed 24 Agreements
• Union Government Launched Kayakalp Award Scheme
• Modi's Visit to China
• Rajyavardhan Rathore inaugurates India Pavilion at 68th Cannes Film Festival
• Google in talks with Arunachal govt for Chromebook laptops in schools
• SBI Launches NFC-Enabled Contactless Debit and Credit Cards
• RBI allows transactions upto Rs 2000 without second factor authentication
• MHRD Gave Nod For Setting Up IIIT in Nagpur, Maharashtra
• Tejaswini Sagar wins gold at Under-15 World School Chess Championship

14/05/2015:

• President Pranab Mukherjee Presents Presidential Awards For Classical Tamil
• Tejaswini Won Gold at Under-15 World School Chess Championships
• Harbhajan Kaur Dheer Becomes First Asian Elected Mayor In UK
• Karan Menon Won National Geographic Bee Championship
• Punjab becomes first state to issue Soil Health Cards to farmers
• Disinvestment: Cabinet nod for IOC, NTPC stake sale may fetch Rs 13,600 crore
• Lok Sabha passes Negotiable Instruments (Amendment) Bill
• RBI plans IT wing as financial crimes rise in cyber space
• India way behind on WHO health targets
• WPI inflation dips to record (-)2.65 per

13/05/2015:

• Union Cabinet Approved Amendments To Child Labour (Prohibition & Regulation) Amendment Bill, 2012
• Achal Kumar Jyoti Takes Over as new Election Commissioner
• Union Govt. Approved Rs.20,000-crore Budget For ‘Namami Gange’ Scheme
• Union Cabinet Approved Benami Transactions (Prohibition) (Amendment) Bill, 2015
• Centre okays Rs. 20,000-crore budget for Namami Gange scheme
• Houses nominate members for Joint Committee on land bill
• Reliance Jio to raise $750 million from Korean company
• BRICS Cup from next year, first one to be held in India

President Pranab Mukherjee appoints new Governors in six states

• Jharkhand: Former Odisha Minister Droupadi Murmu was appointed as Governor of Jharkhand. She will replace Dr Syed Ahmed.
• Manipur: Dr Syed Ahmed sworn as Governor For Manipur state.
• Arunachal Pradesh: J P Rajkhowa was appointed as Governor of Arunachal Pradesh. He will replace Lt. General (Retd.) Nirbhay Sharma.
• Mizoram: Lt. General (Retd.) Nirbhay Sharma has been transferred and appointed as Governor of Mizoram for the remainder of his term.
• Tripura: Tathagata Roy will be the Governor of Tripura.

12/05/2015: 

• Indian American Prof. Sivanadane Mandjiny Won UNC’s 2015 Award For Teaching Excellence. 
• Govt Launches Dedicated E-Commerce Centre In New Delhi. 
• Writer Neel Mukherjee Won Encore Award 2015LS passes Black Money Bill with Opposition support
• Justice Cyriac Joseph appointed NHRC acting chief
• MIDC inks MoU with SIDBI to raise Rs 200-crore fund for MSMEs
• India-born Nikesh Arora named Japan's SoftBank Corp president
• Canara Bank has launched a mega CASA (current account, savings account) campaign in Bengaluru
• Hyderabad to host global pharma summit
• Indian-origin Priti Patel gets British cabinet rank

11/05/2015:

• Vanitha Narayanan Is First Woman Chairperson of AMCHAM India
• Lok Sabha Passed Undisclosed Foreign Income and Assets (Imposition of Tax) Bill 2015
• K Satish Reddy Appointed as new Chairman of National Safety Council
• KV Kamath appointed BRICS bank president
• President Mukherjee inaugurates `Namaste Russia` festival in Moscow
• Jayaram Jayalalitha cleared of corruption charges
• China becomes world's top crude buyer
• Rosberg wins Spanish GP
• May 11: National Technology Day
• Andy Murray beats Rafael Nadal to win Madrid Masters final.

10/05/2015:

• Goa Govt Launched Hot Air Balloon & Amphibious Vehicles. 
• Haryana Government Includes Deaflympics In Its Sports Policy. 
• Rohan Bopanna – Florin Mergea Won Men’s Doubles Title of Madrid Tennis Open. 
• Shashi Kapoor has been conferred with prestigious Dada Saheb Phalke Award 2014
• WHO declares Liberia Ebola-free.
• Haryana Government has decided to include Deaflympics in its Sports Policy.
• Navneet Rajan Wasan appointed as DG of Police Research & Development Bureau
• Book titled Unbelievable – Delhi to Islamabad written by Prof Bhim Singh released

09/05/2015:

• Smita Purushottam Appointed India’s Ambassador To Switzerland. 
• Arvind Saxena Appointed as UPSC Member. 
• North Korea Successfully Test Fired Underwater Ballistic Missile. 
• NS Sardar Patel — was commissioned in Porbandar.
• Russia celebrates victory day on 09/05
• Modi to inaugurate first Gandhian studies centre in China
• MoUs worth Rs 24,000 cr signed during PM Narendra Modi's visit to Chattisgarh
• India Posts's e-commerce centre set to start operations
• Whatsapp transfers money through Ping Pay would happen via NPCI's Immediate Payment Service (IMPS) and currently the transaction limit is at Rs 50,000 per day.
• Sakshi, Lalita win bronze in Asian Wrestling Championship.
• PM Modi to unveil 3 social security schemes in Kolkata

1. Pradhan Mantri Suraksha Bima Yojana (PMSBY) - Accident Insurance
2. Pradhan Mantri Jeevan Jyoti Bima Yojana (PMJJBY) - Life Insurance
3. Atal Pension Yojana (APY) - Pension Scheme

08/05/2015: 

• PM Narendra Modi Released Commemorative Coin On Swami Chinmayananda Saraswati. 
• SBI launches RuPay Platinum Debit Card. 
• Mhairi Black Becomes The Youngest Member of Parliament  of Britain. 
• David Cameron’s Conservative Party Won 2015 General Election. 
• Navneet Rajan Wasan Appointed as DG of Bureau of Police Research and Development (BPR&D).
• RBI puts in place new mechanism for banks to check loan fraud
• Govt gets SC notice on PSB chief criteria
• Jitan Ram Manjhi announces new party as Hindustani Awam Morcha (HAM)
• Pakistan helicopter crash kills foreign envoys
• Achal Kumar Jyoti, appointed as Election Commissioner
• Jitu Rai wins 'Sportsperson of the Year' Award at TOISA (Times of India Sports Awards).
• Prime Minister releases commemorative coin on Swami Chinmayananda Saraswati

07/05/2015:

• West Bengal’s Nadia District gets United Nations Public Service Award. 
• Noted Assamese Historian Dr Amalendu Guha Died.
• Lok Sabha passes Juvenile Justice Bill to 18-16 Years.
• Indian Cabinet Approves Amendments to Whistleblowers Act
• Rajya Sabha unanimously passes Bangladesh land deal
• India home to 56 of the world’s 2000 powerful companies
• Cabinet gives nod to revise DTAA with South Korea
• Geeta Phogat wins bronze in Asian championship Women's Freestyle 58kg

06/05/2015:

• Lok Sabha approves Goods and Services Tax Bill.
• Government declared 11 pacts that signed between India, Germany at Hannover fair
• Narendra Modi set to revive Vajpayee government's FIIA project
• Real estate bill sent to select committee of Rajya Sabha
• World Asthma Day 2015 observed 05/05/2015
• Bhel commissions GVK's hydro-power project in Uttrakhand

05/05/2015: 

• World Asthma Day was Observed Across The World 05/05/2015. 
• PM Narendra Modi Joined Chinese Social Media Platform Weibo. 
• The Union Cabinet approved the 119th Constitutional Amendment Bill on Land Boundary Agreement (LBA) between India and Bangladesh.
• Surface-to-air short range Akash missile system inducted into Indian Army
• Microsoft’s Edu-Cloud to make learning ‘fun’
• MoneyGram Ready to Handle Electronic-Mode Remittances in India
• Offering whole internet for free not sustainable: Mark Zuckerberg
•  India to tie up with Iran for Port Chabahar in Oman

04/05/2015:

• Direct tax collection falls short by 14% in 2014-15
• Gold imports jump 19.5% at $34.32 billion in FY15
• Future Group's Retail Business to Merge With Bharti Retail
• BHEL commissioned 195 MW Thermal Unit of Kanti Bijlee Utpadan Nigam Limited (KBUNL) In Bihar. 
• Oscar-winning ‘Dances With Wolves’ Writer Michael Blake Died. 
• India’s Shooters Won 3 Gold, 2 Bronze Medals at International Shooting Competition.
• Madhya Pradesh To Host World’s Biggest Solar Photovoltaic Plant.
• Tennis player Rafael Nadal received Golden Medal for Merit in Work of Spain
• Indian Railway Railway Sports Promotion Board (RSPB) girls clinch 5th National Hockey women Championship title vs Jharkhand 12-2 goals.

03/05/2015:

• Mazen Darwish Honoured with UNESCO-Guillermo Cano World Press Freedom Prize 2015.
• Former Union Minister Baleshwar Ram Died. 
• World Press Freedom Day observed globally on May 03.
• CNR Rao conferred with Japan's highest civilian award
• A Book titled China – Confucius in the Shadows written by Poonam Surie released
• Surender Singh took over as Director General of CISF
• Rajasthan government allocates 12 crore rupees for Project Great Indian Bustard
• Delhi’s Indira Gandhi International Airport (IGIA) has been adjudged the world’s best airport for the year 2014.
• Tennis player Rafael Nadal received Golden Medal for Merit in Work of Spain
• Floyd Mayweather Jr. defeats Manny Pacquiao to win World Welterweight Title of Boxing

02/05/2015:

• Renowned Crime Writer Ruth Rendell Died. 
• Indo-French Naval Exercise VARUNA 2015 Concluded. 
• Legendary Russian Ballerina Maya Plisetskaya Died. 
• U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry arrived in Sri Lanka
• Tata Power, L&T to supply mobile artillery system to the Army
• CRPF to adopt village in earthquake-hit Nepal
• Buenos Aires is world’s bookstore capital
• Goldman Sachs invests in Foodpanda
• Nitin Gadkari Dedicates to the Nation Two Major Highway Projects in the North East

01/05/2015:

• West Bengal CM Declares Nadia India’s First Open Defecation Free District
• Bangalore Railway Station To Be Re-named ‘Krantiveera Sangolli Rayanna’
• Canara Bank ties up with Life Insurance Corporation
• An “extremely simplified” income tax return form will soon replace the controversial 14-page ITR
• Reform implementation to determine rating upgrade
• India extends e-tourist visa scheme to 31 more countries
• Dr. Pramod Patil and Dr. Ananda Kumar won 2015 Whitley Awards for wildlife conservation
• Seychelles becomes 161st member of World Trade Organisation

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