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DAILY CURRENT AFFAIRS | 25.05.2017

1. Renowned director Adoor Gopalakrishnan has been selected for the J C Daniel Award-2016, Kerala Government's highest honour for outstanding contribution to Malayalam cinema. ' 2016'

2. Two Indian peacekeepers, Brijesh Thapa and Ravi Kumar will be posthumously honoured with the Dag Hammarskjld Medal on the International Day of UN Peacekeepers to be observed on May 24. - 24

3. Bank of Baroda and co-operative major IFFCO launched co-branded debit card for farmers that has an in-built overdraft facility of Rs 2,500 with one- month interest-free period. - 2,500

4. Asian Development Bank (ADB) will provide Rajasthan USD 500 million loan (about Rs 3,238 crore) in tranches to improve road transport in the state. () 50 ( 3,238 )

5. Indian medley relay team won a gold medal at the 2nd Asian Youth Athletics Championships.

6. British actor Roger Moore, best known for his role as James Bond in films, passed away. He was 89. 89

7. Cholamandalam Investment and Finance Company, the financial services division of Murugappa group, has partnered with US-based Mavin as part of its plan to tap rural areas through digital technology.

8. The Haryana government signed five agreements with Singapore-based companies. The five MoUs were signed with Meinhardt Group, YCH Logistics, Ascendas Singbridge, Adonis and equity investor Equis Energy. () , , ,

9. Former Deputy CAG Suman Saxena and two others have been appointed as whole-time members in Insolvency and Bankruptcy Board of India (IBBI). Apart from Saxena, Mukulita Vijaywargiya and Navrang Saini have also been appointed as the new members. () ()

10. Rohan Chakravarty, Indian wildlife and environment cartoonist won 2017 WWF International Presidents Award. 2017


11. Culture Minister Mahesh Sharma has launched Swachh Bharat app at the National Museum in New Delhi. The app will enable visitors to report garbage on the premises of the ASI monuments across the country.

12. The Union Cabinet has approved the abolition of 25 year old FIPB. Henceforth, concerned ministries will be responsible for direct approval of foreign investment proposals.

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13. Former Ethiopian Health Minister Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus has been elected as the new Director-General of the World Health Organisation. .

14. Airlander 10, the worlds largest aircraft has successfully completed a test flight by flying for a total of 180 minutes in Cardington, UK. , 10 180 |

15. Mumbai has been ranked the world's second most densely populated city with 31,700 people per sq km, by the World Economic Forum (WEF). ( ) 31,700

16. Indian spinner Ravichandran Ashwin won the International Cricketer of the Year award at the CEAT Cricket Rating International Awards 2017. 2017

17. Nepali Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal, also known as Prachanda, resigned honouring a power-sharing agreement between his party and the ruling Nepali Congress party. , ,

18. Moody's Investors Service downgraded China's credit ratings for the first time since 1989 to A1 from Aa3. 1989 3 1

19. APEX Bank and the New India Assurance Company Ltd. have signed an agreement to provide security to the cooperative farmers.

20. The government approved the Noida-Greater Noida Metro Rail project to be built at a cost of over Rs 5,500 crore. 5500 -


21. According to the FDI Report 2017, India retained its numero uno position being the worlds top most Greenfield FDI investment destination for the second consecutive year, attracting USD 62.3 billion in 2016. -2017 () 2016 62.3

22. According to 'TripAdvisor's Travellers Choice Awards' (Landmarks), Taj Mahal has been ranked third in the list of top landmarks. Angkor Wat in Cambodia is on the top spot in this list. ' ' ()

23. Mortgage lender HDFC Ltd is the only Indian company to be named among the top 10 consumer financial services companies in the world, with American Express claiming the first position.

24. NASSCOM, the country's apex body of IT and Business Process Management, has formed an exclusive SME Council for the first time and elected Kamal Agarwal as the chairman of its first SME Council for 2017-19. 2017-19



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25. Co-operative IFFCO's joint Managing Director Rakesh Kapur has been elected as the Chairman of International Fertilizer Association (IFA). ()

26. Jammu & Kashmir Agriculture Minister Ghulam Nabi Lone Hanjura launched e-plant clinics. -

27. Senior bureaucrat Anurag Tripathy has been appointed as the secretary of the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE). ()

28. Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated India's longest bridge, the 'Dhola-Sadiya Bridge', in Assam. The bridge is 9.15-km-long. , '- ' 9.15

29. Lenin Moreno was sworn in as the new President of Ecuador.

30. Olympic silver medallist P V Sindhu became one of the members of the BWF Athletes' Commission.

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