MAY
8 & 9 -CURRENT AFFAIRS
INDIA
Indigenous atomic clock
v The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) has developed an
indigenous atomic clock that will be used in navigation satellites to measure
precise location data.
v It is being developed by the Ahmedabad-based Space Applications
Centre (SAC).
India and Guatemala signed MOU
v India and Guatemala have signed a pact for strengthening
diplomatic cooperation through Respective Foreign Service Institutes in the
educational field.
v The agreement was recently inked after a meeting between Vice
President M Venkaiah Naidu and his Guatemala counterpart, Jafeth Cabrera Franco
in Guatemala City.
v Both the countries agreed to support each other’s candidature
for Non-Permanent Membership in the United Nations Security Council (UNSC).
Guatemala will support India’s candidature for UNSC membership for 2021-22
while New Delhi will do so for 2031-32 for Guatemala.
Digital India Internship Scheme
v Union Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad has launched the website of
Digital India Internship Scheme in New Delhi.
v The internship is an opportunity for a student to secure first
hand and practical work experience under the guidance of qualified and
experienced Supervisor and Mentor.
APPOINTMENTS
v Pradeep Kumar Sinha, has been appointed the new Cabinet Secretary of India
v Nikol Pashinian has become the new Prime Minister of Armenia
v Carlos Alvarado has been sworn-in as the new President of Costa Rica
v Google has appointed Nitin
Bawankule as the country head for its cloud business in India.
WORLD
v India has been ranked 4th out of 25 nations in the Asia Pacific
region listed on the Lowy Institute Asia Pacific Power Index.
CONFERENCES
UNPCAP
v The third edition of the United Nations Peacekeeping Course for
African Partners (UNPCAP) was inaugurated in New Delhi to build and enhance the
capacity of the African Troop Contributing Countries to the UN.
v The UNPCAP sessions will be held from May 7-25.
IMPORTANT DAYS
v May 8 -
ü The 2018 theme ‘Thalassaemia past, present and future:
Documenting progress and patients’ needs worldwide’.
v May 8- The World Red Cross and Red Crescent Day
ü The 2018 theme “Memorable smiles from around the world”
v The birth anniversary of Asia’s first Nobel laureate Rabindra
Nath Tagore has celebrated on May 7, 2018.
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