CUET 2023: First week May Current Affairs

National Issues

• ISRO has to start its START ( Space Science and Technology Awareness Training)  programme for college students.
• A new QUAD formed by India, Israel , USA and UAE as its member.
• Common uniform in army for the officer above the rank of Brigadiar.
• Shantiniketan has been recommended for inclusion on UNESCO’s World Heritage List.
• NCLT admits Go First’s insolvency plea, allows moratorium on leases.
• Karnataka Director General of Police Praveen Sood will be the next Director of the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI).
• Border Haat between India and Bangladesh was inaugurated in Bholaganj (Sylhet).
• UP Government to build first pharma park in Lalitpur.
• INS Magar decommissioned after 36 years of service.
• ‘Writing with Fire’ Wins Peabody Award in Documentary category.
• India leads list of 10 countries with 60% of global maternal deaths.
• India initiates the shipment for Sittwe Port in Myanmar as part of the Kaladan Project.
• Indian Navy and Royal Thai Successfully Conducts 35^th CORPAT exercise.
• Mumbai to host 1^st Mining Start-up Summit.
• PM to inaugurate 3-day International Museum Expo 2023 in Delhi.
• ICMR successfully conducts trial run of blood bag delivery.
• Union Minister of State for External Affairs and Culture Inaugurates ‘Buddham Saranam Gacchami’ Exhibition in New Delhi.
• 6^th Session of the Meeting of Ministers of Health of SCO member states begins in the presidency of India.
• MHA to organize “G20 Conference on Crime and Security” in July 2023.
• Deepika Padukone appears on cover of TIME magazine.
• Professor Jayant Vishnu Narlikar gets Govind Swaroop Award 2023.
• 8^th SCO Agriculture Minister Meet held with Indian presidency.

International Issue

• Pakistan and China agree to extend China Pakistan Economic Corridor to Afghanistan.
• Sri Lanka’s Supreme Court declare that the bill seeking decriminalize homosexuality not inconsistent with the Constitution.
• Twitter to soon allow calls, encrypted messaging.
• Mpox no longer a global health emergency announced by WHO
• Mystery an experimental Chinese spacecraft return to earth after 276 days.
• Barbara Kingsolver, Hernan Diaz share fiction Pulitzer Prize.
• Bangladesh hosted the 6^th Ocean Conference in Dhaka.
• COP-28 President- Designate Calls for Action to transform, decarbonizes and future-proof Economics at UAE Climate Tech Conference.
• SpaceX plans to launch 1^st Commercial Space Station in 2025.

Sports

• Praveen Chitravel sets national record in triple jump in Cuba.
• Max Verstappen wins Miami F1 Grand Prix.
• Bindyarani Devi clinches silver medal in 55 category.
• Indian weightlifter Jeremy Lalrinnunga winssilver medal at jinju, South Korea.
• International Basketball Federation (FIBA) chooses Qatar as host for Marquee 2027 Men’s Basketball World Cup.
• Laureus Sports Award 2023.

• Neeraj Chopra claims Gold and World lead at Doha Diamond League.
• Barcelona wins La Liga Spanish Football League

Important Days

• 8 May : World Thalassaemia Day

              World Red Cross Day

• 12 May: International Nurses Day

• 13 May: World Migratory Bird Day

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