[CA] Events of May 24-31, 2015

Date	Events
May 24	India-Iran Strategic Chabahar Port to be operational by Dec 2016
	Heat wave claims over 220 lives in AP, Telangana
	India set to become water scarce by 2025: report
	NITI Aayog's task force on poverty elimination is likely to suggest a combination of steps -from raising rural wages through fast economic growth, mainly in agriculture, to creating more jobs in labour intensive manufacturing sectors -to lift people out of poverty.
	ISRO planning a ground station in Vietnam
	Nobel Prize + Abel Prize winner John F. Nash passed away
	Mumbai Indians won the IPL 2015 Cup by defeating Chennai Super Kings
	Argentine footballer Cristian Gomez died
May 25	Gujjar stir: Railway loss stands at Rs. 80 crore
	China doesn't recognise 'illegal' McMahon line (border line b/w India and China)
	Ecuador: Volcano Wolf erupts
	ICICI bank has launched a voice recognition service, which authenticates customers based on their speech pattern and allows bank transactions through banks call centre
	New Indian Ambassador to Iran – Saurabh Kumar
	China sets up largest gold sector fund for nations along ancient silk board
	Government clears 21 FDI Proposals worth 281 crores
	India won 4 Gold, one Silver and two Bronze medals at the AIBA Women’s Junior/Youth World Boxing Championships (held in Taipei, Taiwan)
	Power Secretary Mr. Pradeep Kumar Sinha, was appointed as the next Cabinet Secretary
May 26	Modi's one year: Ministers in jubilant mode whole US media gave a blow to Modi government saying nothing improved much in India and it is just a 'hype'
	Modi launches DD Kisan – India's first television channel dedicated to farmers
	Committee on Revisiting & Revitalizing the PPP Model of Infrastructure Development Constituted (to be headed by Dr. Vijay Kelkar)
	India and Vietnam sign a joint vision statement on Defence Cooperation
	Shiv Kapur becomes the second Indian to qualify for US Open (Golf) after Jeev Milkha Singh
	4 Indian feature in Forbes' 100 Most powerful women list (Arundhati Bhattacharya - SBI; Chanda Kochhar - ICICI; Kiran Mazumdarshaw - Biocon and Shobana Bhatia - HT Media)
	Forbe's 100 Most powerful women: German Chancellor Angela Merkel tops the list
	Book "The Complete Story of Indian Reforms: 2G, Power and Private Enterprice- A practitioners diary" written by Pradip Baijal explodes 2G scam connecting Manmohan Singh, Chidambaram, Dayanidhi Maran and Raja.
	Pact ready for transit of vehicles in four SAARC nations
	NATO launched Arctic Challenge Exercise in the north of Norway, Sweden and Finland
	Manabi Bandopadhyay became first transgender principal of Krishnagar Women's College
	NRI scientist Latha Venkataraman created first single-molecule device
	Himachal Pradesh set up satellite tracking system to check forest fire
May 27	Haryana, Rajasthan and Gujarat may work together to trace the passage of mythological Saraswati river, with Union government proposing a committee of representatives of these states
	Expenditure Panel (headed by Bimal Jalan) to submit the final report by Dec 2015
	India tops world hunger list with 194 million people – UN report
	Indian-origin teacher Gurnimrat Nimmy Sidhu named for Oxford University award
	Mahindra World City entered Joint Venture with Sumitomo to set up industrial park in Chennai
	Global automobile major Daimler inaugurated its Rs 425 crore bus facility in Oragadam (near to Chennai)
	The Tripura government has revoked the Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act (AFSPA) as insurgency is on the wane in the State
	Tony Blair resigned as UN Envoy of West Asia
May 28	Government appointed S. Christopher who heads the centre for airborne systems, as new Director General of DRDO with the rank of a secretary.
	Haryana Government launches Mhara Gaon Jagmag Gaon scheme
	Abhinav Bindra became 4th Indian shooter to qualify for 2016 Rio Olympics
	Yaduveer Raj Urs crowned new Maharaja of Mysuru
	Indian-American kids win spelling bee title for 8th successive year
	Uttarakhand Government orders probe into 2013 Flood relief Scam
May 29	India and Sweden to promote cooperation in MSME sector
	Finance Minister inaugurated New Bank Note Paper Line unit in Hoshangabad, MP
	Dr. GS Reddy is appointed as the Scientific Advisor to Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar
	Sepp Blatter re-elected as FIFA President
	Arrival of South West Monsoon is delayed
	Maggi Noodles row: Case lodged against Nestle
	France: Sarkozy renames his party UMP as 'The Republicans'
May 30	NITI Aayog gets 2 advisers (Alok Kumar and Jitendra Kumar) for a period of five years
	Parrikar has rule out recruiting women for combat operations in armed forces due to apprehensive over their safety
	Multi-barrel launcher Pinaka Mark-II was successfully test fired
	Sri Lanka to renew the defence ties with China
	Mr. George Yeo (former Foreign Minister of Singapore) will be the new Chancellor of Nalanda University
	Arsenal retained the FA Cup by defeating Aston Villa
	Memorandum of Understanding between India and Bangladesh on bilateral cooperation for prevention of human trafficking in women and children
	Agreement on Coastal Shipping between India and Bangladesh
	Land Acquisition Ordinance for third time
May 31	Universal IDs for differently abled from Dec
	CEC pitches for collegium to choose the CEC and other Election Commissioners
	Andhra: TDP MLA caught for Rs. 50 lakh bribe; he gave bribe to nominated MLA to vote for TDP nominee in Legislative Council
	New 3-page Income tax Return Form to simplify the filing
	India's Gurpreet Singh (Shooting) books berth in 2016 Olympics; fifth player to book berth of 2016 Rio
	Archer Deepika Kumari won bronze medal in World Cup
	4 Indians (Yogeshwar Dutt, Praveen Rana, Amit Kumar and Narsingh Yadav) bagged gold medals in International Wrestling Tournament

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