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Daily Current Affairs of 1st May 2018
International Current Affairs
- International Workers' Day, also called Labour Day or May Day, is being observed today.
- This day is celebrated on May 1st every year to commemorate the struggles of working people throughout the world.
- May Day originated in late 19th century when labour movement to gain the 8-hour work day began.
- Theme of International Labour Day 2018 : “Uniting Workers for Social and Economic Advancement”.
- Today (first Tuesday of May) is World Asthma Day.
- World Asthma Day is observed to raise the awareness about this chronic respiratory disease, which is majorly prevalent in children these days.
- Theme of World Asthma Day 2018 : "Never too early, never too late. It's always the right time to address airways disease"
- The 1st ever bilateral joint military training exercise between India and Malaysia titled HARIMAU SHAKTI 2018 began in dense forests of Sengai Perdik, Hulu Langat, Malaysia.
- Aim of Harimau Shakti 2018 : Bolstering cooperation and coordination between armed forces of India and Malaysia.
- American animated sitcom 'The Simpsons' has become the longest-running scripted TV show ever in the US after airing its 636th episode.
- The show won several awards, including 32 'Emmy Awards' and a 'People's Choice Award'.
- The show first aired on 17th December 1989.
National Current Affairs
- Union Minister for Drinking Water and Sanitation, Uma Bharti, today launched the Gobardhan Scheme from Haryana's Karnal district.
- Aim of Gobardhan Scheme : To positively contribute to cleanliness and generate energy from solid waste.
- The scheme focuses on managing and converting cattle dung and solid waste from farms and fields to useful compost, biogas and bio-CNG.
- The states of Maharashtra and Gujarat were divided and given statehood under the Bombay Reorganisation Act on this day (1st May) in the year 1960.
- Gujarat
- Established on : 1st May 1960
- Capital : Gandhinagar
- Chief Minister : Vijay Rupani
- Governor : Om Prakash Kohli
- Official Language : Gujarati
- Maharashtra
- Established on : 1st May 1960
- Capitals
- Mumbai
- Nagpur (winter)
- Chief Minister : Devendra Fadnavis
- Governor : C. Vidyasagar Rao
- Official Language : Marathi
- To monitor government decisions and propose suggestions for better governance, Kerala's first shadow cabinet took oath today.
- The 17-member cabinet is made up of civilians and has a woman Chief Minister.
- Shadow Cabinet : a group of members of the principal political party in opposition that are chosen as counterparts of members of the government who hold cabinet positions.
- The 15th Pravasi Bharatiya Divas will be held in holy city if Varanasi (Uttar Pradesh) from January 21 to January 23, 2019.
- Theme of 15th Pravasi Bharatiya Divas : “Role of Indian Diaspora in building a New India”.
- Note : The 14th Pravasi Bharatiya Diwas was held in Bengaluru (Karnataka) with theme “Redefining Engagement with the Indian Diaspora”.
Banking, Business & Economic Affairs
- Russia has launched the world's only floating nuclear power unit into the Baltic Sea.
- The 70-megawatt vessel left its shipyard from St Petersburg towards the Arctic via a Russian town to load nuclear fuel.
- Telecom Commission today approved a proposal for allowing phone calls and Internet service in flights within Indian airspace.
- The government will not intervene in the pricing mechanism, which would be left to airlines and in-flight connectivity providers.
- UNICEF Australia has launched 'The HopePage', which allows users to make a donation by mining cryptocurrency Monero using the visitor's computer processing power.
- Under the new Consumer Protection Bill introduced by the government, E-commerce websites selling consumer goods will be held liable for false claims.
- The bill, which is yet to be passed, provides for the establishment of Central Consumer Protection Authority to prevent unfair trade practices.
Science & Technology
- The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) is going to launch its 1st-ever mission InSight (Interior Exploration using Seismic Investigations, Geodesy and Heat Transport) to study the deep interior of Mars on May 5, 2018.
- It will be launched from Space Launch Complex-3 at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California aboard United Launch Alliance (ULA) Atlas V rocket.
- Pakistan is going to launch a space programme next year to reduce dependency on foreign satellites for civil and military purposes and to keep an eye on India.
- The budget for the country's space agency Suparco for the year 2018-19 is expected to be Pakistani Rs 4.70 billion.
- Pakistan will also planning to establish space centres in Karachi, Lahore, and Islamabad.
- British and American scientists have launched a 5-year mission to assess the risk of the Thwaites glacier collapsing, already responsible for a 4% sea-level rise.
- The $27.5-million project is among "the most extensive examinations of an Antarctic glacier ever undertaken".
Awards & Honors
- Citizen scientists have named a new species of beetle 'Grouvellinus leonardodicaprioi' after Hollywood actor Leonardo DiCaprio for his environmental activism.
- The first known specimen of the 3-mm-long beetle, which lacked a left antenna, was found in the South Asian island of Borneo.
- The recently released Malayalam film 'Sudani from Nigeria' will be screened at the upcoming Cannes Film Festival on 14th May 2018.
New Appointments
- UK Prime Minister Theresa May today appointed Sajid Javid as the new Home Secretary.
- He has replaced Amber Rudd, who resigned from the post for misleading a government committee about deportation quotas for Caribbean migrants who arrived in the UK after World War II.
- India's leading mattress brand Centuary Mattresses has appointed Sania Mirza as its brand ambassador.
Sports Current Affairs
- Indian shooter Shahzar Rizvi became the world number one shooter in the 10-metre air pistol category after having won a silver medal at the recently concluded shooting World Cup in South Korea.
- Cricket Australia has hired ethics experts to investigate the culture of the national men's team after the ball-tampering scandal in South Africa.
- Hockey India has named women's hockey coach Harendra Singh as Indian men's team head coach while incumbent men's team coach Sjoerd Marijne returned as the women's team coach.
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