Important Weekly Current Affairs PDF Download (08th to 14th May 2019)

Dear Readers, Here we have given the list of Important Weekly Current Affairs 2^nd week of May 2019. Candidates those who are preparing for Upcoming LIC AAO and SBI PO/Clerk 2019 exams and other competitive exams can make use of it.

Current Affairs: Important Days

Date	Important days	Theme
May 6 – 12	UN Global Road Safety Week	“Leadership for road safety”
May 7 (first Tuesday of May)	The World Asthma Day	STOP for Asthma
May 7	59th Raising Day of Border Roads Organization	–
May 8	World Red Cross Day	“#love” or simply “love”
May 8	World Thalassaemia Day	‘Universal access to quality thalassaemia healthcare services: Building bridges with and for patients.’
May 11	National Technology Day	Science and Technology for a Sustainable Future
May 11 (Second Saturday of May)	World Migratory Bird Day (WMBD) (twice in a year) (Second Saturday of October)	Protect Birds: Be the Solution to Plastic Pollution
May 12	International Nurses Day	Nurses: A voice to lead – Health for All
May 12 (second Sunday in the month of May)	International Mother’s Day	#BalanceforBetter

Current Affairs: National

Government Organises ‘ChintanBaithak’ with Renewable Energy Industry Stakeholders
Government to set up panel under DGFT to look at steel availability for engineering exporters
Government plans compulsory QR code payment option at all shops

Current Affairs: International

India re-elected as Observer of the Arctic Council at the 11th Arctic Council ministerial meeting
Qantas an Australian airline operates world’s first ‘zero waste’ commercial flight
Australia central bank prints 184 million A$50 notes with spelling mistake

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Australia Capital	Canberra
Australia Currency	Australian dollar
Australia Prime Minister	Scott Morrison

World’s fastest bullet train ‘ALFA-X’ starts test runs in Japan

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JapanCapital	Tokyo
JapanCurrency	Japanese yen
JapanPM	Shinzo Abe

Ireland has become the second country in the world to declare a climate and biodiversity emergency

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Ireland Capital	Dublin
Ireland Currency	Euro
Ireland President	Michael D. Higgins

Current Affairs: State

The annual Char DhamYatra begins in Uttarakhand

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Uttarakhand Capital	Dehradun
UttarakhandChief Minister	Trivendra Singh Rawat
UttarakhandGovernor	Baby Rani Maurya

Chhattisgarh Deploys 1st Anti-Naxal Women Commando Unit

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Chhattisgarh Capital	Atal Nagar
Chhattisgarh Chief Minister	BhupeshBaghel
Chhattisgarh Governor	Anandiben Patel

India is set to get its first Apple Inc retail store in Mumbai
India’s first global science exhibition, ‘VigyanSamagam’, began at the Nehru Science Centre in Mumbai

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Maharashtra Capital	Mumbai
Maharashtra Chief Minister	Devendra Fadnavis
Maharashtra Governor	Chinamani Vidyasagar Rao

Rajasthan government gives funds to over 30 startups under program iStart Rajasthan

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Rajasthan Capital	Jaipur
Rajasthan Chief Minister	Ashok Gehlot
Rajasthan Governor	Kalyan Singh

Chennai to get its first unmanned substation

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Tamil Nadu Capital	Chennai
Tamil Nadu Chief Minister	E. Palanisamy
Tamil Nadu Governor	Banwarilal Purohit

Current Affairs: Banking and Finance

SEBI allowed foreign portfolio investors(FPI) invest in municipal bonds

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SEBI Headquarters	Mumbai
SEBI Chairman	Ajay Tyagi

Max Life Insurance to Mark 6th of Every Month as Protection Day
Bank credit grew by 13.2% in financial year 2018-19 as compared to 10.3% in the previous financial year
Talocity to enable AI-backed hiring in Yes Bank

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Yes Bank Headquarters	Mumbai
Yes Bank Tagline	Experience our Expertise
Yes Bank CEO	Ravneet Gill

HDFC ERGO General Insurance Company announced the launch of ‘Mosquito Disease Protection Policy’
NABARD has announced Rs. 700-crore venture capital fund for agri and rural start-ups

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NABARD Headquarters	Mumbai
NABARD Chairman	Harsh Kumar Bhanwala

RBI has imposed a monetary penalty of 1 crore on Nainital Bank for its failure to fully automate the non-performing asset (NPA) identification process

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RBI Headquarters	Mumbai
RBI Governor	Shaktikanta Das
RBI Deputy Governor	BP Kanungo, N S Vishwanathan, Viral Acharya and Mahesh Kumar Jain

Current Affairs: Business

Mastercard announced a $1 billion investment in India over the next five years
DHFL has received approval from the NHB to sell its entire stake of 9.15% in Aadhar Housing Finance
Microsoft unveils free ‘ElectionGuard’ tool to help secure U.S. polls
Standard Life has successfully divested 1.78% of its stake in HDFC Life Insurance

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HDFC Life InsuranceHeadquarters	Mumbai
HDFC Life InsurancePresident	Vibha Padalkar

Reliance Industries to acquire British toy-maker Hamleys for Rs. 620 crore
Facebook has chosen London as base for WhatsApp payments
Public service broadcaster Doordarshan has launched a souvenir store on online shopping website Amazon India

Current Affairs: Appointments

LaurentinoCortizo	Panama’s president
Rakesh Sharma ( Bajaj Auto Executive Director)	Vice-President of Geneva-based International Motorcycle Manufacturers Association (IMMA)
Sujatha V Kumar	Visa’s Head of Marketing for India and South Asia
JagjitPavadia (India)	International Narcotics Control Board (INCB)
Justice (Retd.) KS Radhakrishnan	Member of Commonwealth Secretariat Arbitral Tribunal
Balvinder Singh Nakai	Iffco Chairman
DileepSanghani	Iffco Vice Chairman
DiaMirza and Jack Ma	new ‘SDG Advocates’ of UN
Muhammad-Bande ( Nigerian professor)	President of UN General Assembly
Croatia’s Igor Stimac	Indian football team coach
Dinesh Pangtey	CEO of LIC Mutual Fund
SanjivPuri ( ITC Managing Director)	Chairman of ITC

Current Affairs: Awards and Honours

Actress Anne Hathaway	Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame
Hinduja brothers	UK’s wealthiest people for the third time
Chhaya Sharma	McCain Institute’s 2019 Award for Courage and Leadership

Winners of 2019 BAFTA Awards

The 72nd British Academy Film Awards also known as the BAFTA was held on 10 February 2019 by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts.

BAFTA Fellowship –Thelma Schoonmaker
Outstanding British Contribution to Cinema –Elizabeth Karlsen and Stephen Woolley for Number 9 Films
Best Film-Roma – Alfonso Cuarón and Gabriela Rodríguez
Best Director – Alfonso Cuarón – Roma
Best Actor in a Leading Role- Rami Malek – Bohemian Rhapsody as Freddie Mercury
Best Actress in a Leading Role-Olivia Colman – The Favourite as Queen Anne
Best Actor in a Supporting Role-Mahershala Ali – Green Book as Don Shirley
Best Actress in a Supporting Role-Rachel Weisz – The Favourite as Sarah Churchill
Best Original Screenplay-Deborah Davis and Tony McNamara – The Favourite
Best Adapted Screenplay-Spike Lee, David Rabinowitz, Charlie Wachtel, and Kevin Willmott– BlacKkKlansman
Best Cinematography-Roma – Alfonso Cuarón
Outstanding Debut by a British Writer, Director or Producer- Michael Pearce (Writer/Director) and Lauren Dark (Producer) – Beast-
Outstanding British Film-The Favourite – YorgosLanthimos, Ceci Dempsey, Ed Guiney, Lee Magiday, Deborah Davis, and Tony McNamara
Best Documentary-Free Solo – Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi, Jimmy Chin, Shannon Dill, and Evan Hayes
Best Original Music-A Star Is Born – Bradley Cooper, Lady Gaga, and Lukas Nelson
Best Sound-Bohemian Rhapsody – John Casali, Tim Cavagin, Nina Hartstone, Paul Massey, and John Warhurst
Best Production Design-The Favourite – Fiona Crombie and Alice Felton
Best Special Visual Effects-Black Panther – Geoffrey Baumann, Jesse James Chisholm, Craig Hammack, and Dan Sudick
Best Costume Design-The Favourite – Sandy Powell
Best Makeup and Hair-The Favourite – Nadia Stacey
Best Editing-Vice – Hank Corwin
Best Film Not in the English Language-Roma – Alfonso Cuarón and Gabriela Rodríguez
Best Animated Film-Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse – Bob Persichetti, Peter Ramsey, Rodney Rothman, and Phil Lord
Best British Short Animation-Roughhouse – Jonathan Hodgson and Richard Van Den Boom
Best Short Film-73 Cows – Alex Lockwood
EE Rising Star Award (voted for by the public)-Letitia Wright

Current Affairs: Summit and Conference

The IBSA (India, Brazil & South Africa) Sherpas’ Meeting concluded In Cochin
WTO ministerial meeting of developing countries will take place on May 13-14 in New Delhi

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World Trade OrganizationHeadquarters	Geneva, Switzerland
World Trade OrganizationDirector General	Roberto Azevêdo

India to participates in Venice Biennale (Venice International Art Exhibition)for the first time in 8 years
United Nations General Assembly to hold 2020 ocean conference in Lisbon

Current Affairs: Ranking

PM Narendra Modi 2nd most followed politician globally on social media
TCS overtakes Reliance Industries to become most valued company again
Hyderabad’s Rajiv Gandhi International Airport has been ranked as the world’s eighth best in a survey conducted by AirHelp

Current Affairs: MOU

India and the United States have agreed to strengthen economic co-operation
ShyamBenegal to direct Indo-Bangla film on Sheikh MujiburRahman
Singapore-based cloud-services provider Deskera partners with IIT Kanpur for research opportunities
Airtel to merge broadband satellite business with Hughes India unit
TAFE signs MoU with PCRA to aid efficient energy utilization in agriculture
India and Turkey hold foreign office consultations

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Turkey Capital	Ankara
Turkey Currency	Lira
Turkey President	RecepTayyipErdogan

WHO Partnered with IFBA for eliminating industrially produced trans fats by 2023

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World Health OrganizationWHO Headquarters	Geneva, Switzerland
World Health OrganizationWHO Director General	TedrosAdhanom

Konkan Railways Corporation Ltd has signed a contract agreement with Nepal’s Department of Railways to supply two 1600 HP DEMU train sets

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Nepal Capital	Kathmandu
Nepal Currency	Nepalese rupee
Nepal President	Bidya Devi Bhandari

ICICI Bank joins hands with travel portal Goibibo to launch multi-currency card

ICICI Bank Headquarters	Mumbai
ICICI Bank Tagline	Hum Hain Na!
ICICI Bank MD & CEO	Sandeep Bakhshi

Current Affairs: Science and Technology

The US Air Force successfully tested a laser system to shoot down missiles
IIT Bombay researchers have developed ‘Made in India’ microprocessor called AJIT
Amazon’s Jeff Bezos unveils lunar lander project ‘Blue Moon’
Samsung has launched a new sensor for ultra-high resolution mobile photography

Current Affairs: Defence

Indian Army to commemorate 2019 as ‘Year of next of kin’
IAF gets first Apache Guardian attack helicopter
Chinese navy has launched two new guided missile destroyers

Current Affairs: Sports

Golfer Tiger Woods receives Presidential Medal of Freedom from Trump
Roger Federer has returned to third spot in the ATP Men’s ranking
Amul will be the principal sponsor of the Afghanistan cricket team for the upcoming ICC World Cup
Mukesh Kumar win the TATA Steel PGTI Players Championship in Panchkula
Inaugural edition of world’s first women’s cricket magazine ‘CRICZONE’ was released
Novak Djokovic of Serbia beat StefanosTsitsipas of Greece to win his third Madrid Open title
Mumbai Indians became IPL champions for the fourth time after defeating Chennai Super Kings by one run
Lewis Hamilton won the Spanish Grand Prix for a third consecutive year

Madrid open 2019 Winners List

The 2019 Madrid Open (sponsored by Mutua) is a professional tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts at the Park Manzanares in Madrid, Spain from 3 May–12 May 2019.

Category	Winner	Runner
Men’s Singles	Novak Djokovic	StefanosTsitsipas
Women’s Singles	Kiki Bertens	SimonaHalep
Men’s Doubles	Jean-JulienRojer / HoriaTecău	Diego Schwartzman / Dominic Thiem
Women’s Doubles	Hsieh Su-wei / BarboraStrýcová	Gabriela Dabrowski / XuYifan

Current Affairs: Obituaries

Person	Field
Seymour Nurse	Former West Indies cricketer
Derek Sippy	Former billiards player
EranholiMoosa	Singer of MappilaPaattu
NR MadhavaMenon	Father of modern legal education
Mrinal Mukherjee	Bengali TV and film actor
Prof Kirpal Singh	First chronicler of Partition
Baidyanath Mishra	Renowned Odisha economist
Thoppil Mohamed Meeran	Noted Tamil novelist and SahityaAkademi Award winner
HiralalYadav	Bhojpuri folk singer
Peggy Lipton	US Actress
Y.C. Deveshwar	ITC chairman

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