N e w s A t @ G l a n c e (24th may,2017)

♨ *1. PM launches various projects of Kandla Port Trust, Gujarat.*

��Kandla was constructed in the 1950s as the chief seaport serving western India.

��CM of Gujarat is Mr. Vijay Rupani and its governor is Mr. Om Prakash Kohli.

��Shri.Ravi M Parmar is the Chairman of Kandla Port Trust.

♨ *2. India becomes second largest steel producer in the world.*

��The International Stainless Steel Forum (ISSF) is a non-profit research and development organization which was founded in 1996.

��Roeland Baan is the Chairman of ISSF.

��The Indian Stainless Steel Development Association (ISSDA) is the unifying point for the growth and development of stainless steel usage in India and it was Founded in 1989.

��Shri Chaudhary Birender Singh is Union Minister of Steel since July 2016.

♨ *3. Free Wi-Fi Facility to be provided at 28 Railway Stations.*

��First Railway Minister of Independent India is John Mathai.

*4. HDFC Life launches AI-based insurance email bot 'SPOK'.*

��HDFC Bank MD is Aditya Puri.

��Headquarter of HDFC Bank is Mumbai.

♨ *5. Federal Bank, in association with Geojit, has launched a new trading platform called “Selfie” for customers.*

��Federal Bank Headquarter is in Kochi, Kerala and its CEO is Shyam Srinivasan.

♨ *6. Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) has closed another major deal worth 630 million US dollar with India to supply advanced long-range air and missile defense systems for four ships of the Indian Navy.*

��Mr. Joseph Weiss is the President & CEO of IAI.

��Israel Aerospace Industries was established in 1953 as Bedek Aviation Company.

��Israel is the Country in the Middle East and its Capital is Jerusalem.

♨ *7. A United Nations-backed panel has publicly released a draft treaty banning the possession and use of all nuclear weapons.*

��The United States dropped nuclear weapons on the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki on August 6 and 9, 1945, respectively.

♨ *8. Every year, May 22 is observed as International Day for Biodiversity or World Biodiversity Day.*

�� This date commemorates the date of Adoption of the Agreed Text of the Convention on Biological Diversity at UNEP Headquarters, Nairobi on 22 May 1992. 

��The theme for 2017 for World Biodiversity Day is “Biodiversity and Sustainable Tourism”.

��UNEP full form is United Nations Environment Programm.

��UNEP headquarter is in Nairobi, Kenya.

♨ *9. India's Rohan Chakravarty won WWF International President’s Award 2017.*

��Carter Roberts is the President & CEO of WWF (World Wildlife Fund).

��Green Humour is the first Indian comic strip to be distributed internationally.

♨ *10. A 43-year-old UK entrepreneur has become the first India-born woman to be elected as a councillor to a ward in the UK.*

��Rehana Ameer, who was born and raised in Chennai, contested from Vintry ward in the City of London county as an independent candidate. 

��UK capital is London and its currency is British Pound.

��PM of UK is Theresa May.

♨ *11. Mathunny Mathews, the Real-life Hero of 'Airlift' passes away*.

��He was known as one of the heroes who made possible the largest civilian evacuation in known history and the main inspiration behind the 2016 Bollywood historical drama Airlift.

��Airlift movie was directed by Raja Krishna Menon.

♨ *12. India's R Vaishali won the women's title with eight points from nine rounds in the Asian Continental Blitz Chess Championship in Chengdu, China.*

��Minister of State for Youth Affairs and Sports is Vijay Goel.