todays-currentaffair - 1/May/2019

Benjamin Netanyahu: New PM of Israel –

·       Benjamin Netanyahu was elected as the new PM of Israel.

·       Mr. Netanyahu will seek to form a governing coalition in the days ahead.

·       His Likud party won 35 seats in the election, same as his main opponent from the Centrist Blue and White Alliance, led by former military chief Benny Gantz.

International Labour Day: 1 May –

·       International Labour Day, also known as International Worker’s Day or May Day is celebrated every year on 1 May.

·       The day celebrated to honour the contribution of working men and women.

·       The theme of Labour Day 2019 is – Uniting Worker’s for Social and Economic Advancement.

·       In India, the first labour Day or May Day was celebrated in 1923 in Chennai.

Obituaries –

·       Former president of the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia, Negasso Gidada passed away in Germany in April 2019.

·       Justice Subhashan Reddy passed away in Hyderabad in April 2019.

India ranked 4^th in SIPRI –

·       Stockholm International Peace research Institute’s (SIPRI) repot said that India is the world’s 4^th biggest military spender in 2018.

·       The United State topped the list of top five spenders that together accounted for 60% of the global military spending in 2018.

US to withdraw from U.N Arms Trade Treaty –

·       US is withdrawing from the U.N Arms Trade Treaty, in response to concerns from gun rights activists that it could impinge on American’s right to bear arms.

·       Former US President Barrack Obama signed the treaty in 2013 and sent the treaty to the senate for ratification.

·       The Trump administration had withdrawn from a number of International Agreements including the Iran Nuclear deal.

CBSE announced new internal exams –

·       CBSE will conduct 2-level exams for class 10 Mathematics and English exams in which 20 mars internal exams will be conducted by respective schools and 80 marks will be given to theory.

·       The circulars has been sent to schools with proper guidelines and will be implemented from board 2020.

·       A total of 20 marks will be assigned for school-based assessment in each of the exams.

Bajrang: 1^st Indian to fight at Madison sq. –

·       Bajrang Punia is set to become the first wrestler from India to fight at the iconic Madison square Garden in New York.

·       He is currently the world no.1 in the 65-kg weight category.

·       Bajrang Punia will be up against two-times US National Champion Yianni Diakomhalis at the ‘Grapple at the Garden – Beat the Streets’ event.

Niramai won gold prize at Hack Osaka –

·       Niramai, the Bengaluru-based health tech startup nailed gold prize at the Hack Osaka event, Japan, imprinting India’s technology at the global level.

·       The startup is developing an AI-based solution for early detection of breast cancer.

·       The concern is the brain child of Geetha Manjunath and Nidhi Mathur, making their inception in 2016.

Alfred won Golden Environmental Prize –

·       Alfred Brownell, an environmental lawyer, an activist was awarded the Goldman Environmental Prize.

·       He was awarded for exposing alleged abuse by the palm oil company Golden Veroleum Liberia and helping to prevent it from converting about 52 km2 of the forest.

·       He won the Goldman prize along with five others for grassroots environmental activism.

Nitendra finished at 27^th in London Marathon –

·       Indian marathon runner, Nitendra Singh Rawat finished 27^TH in the men’s Elite race of Virgin Money London Marathon 2019 at London, the UK.

·       It was won by EliudKipchoge of Kenya for record fourth time.

·       This was the fourth fastest in his career and his second fastest time in this season.

Beirut set ne Guinness World record –

·       Lebanon’s capital Beirut has set a new Guinness World Record for the number of national flags raised in a city for 24 hours.

·       The Beirut Alive Association, on 28 April, raised a total of 26,852 Lebanese flags breaking New York’s Waterloo record of 25,599 flags.

·       The event was organised under the patronage of Prime Minister Saad Harir.

Government to take over NHB from RBI –

·       The Government will be taking over the National Hosing Bank (NHB) after buying entire stake for Rs. 1,450 crore from the Reserve Bank of India (RBI).

·       The RBI has exited the NHB, thus making it a fully government-owned entity.

·       RBI was holding 100% stake in the NHB, the housing finance regulator.

Eric Schmidt left Google board –

·       Google-parent alphabet said that Eric Schmidt, who was chief of the internal giant for a decade, will leave the board in June.

·       Mr. Schmidt stepped down as chairman of the Alphabet board at the start of 2018, remaining a member but shifting to a role as a technical advisor.

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