Daily Current Affairs 29th May 2019

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Current Affairs 29th May 2019

1). BIMSTEC Leaders on Swearing –ceremony of Narendar Modi

• All the leaders of BIMSTEC countries have confirmed their presence in the Swearing – ceremony of Narendra Modi as the PM of our country for his second term.

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• BIMSTEC- The Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation (BIMSTEC) is an international organisation of seven nations of South Asia and South East Asia.
• Members (7)- Bangladesh – Md. Abdul Hamid (President)

– India

– Myanmar- U Win Myint(President)

– Sri Lanka- Maithripala Sirisena (President)

– Thailand- Grisada Boonrach ( Special Envoy)

– Nepal- K.P. Sharma Oli (PM)

– Bhutan- Dr. Lotay Tshering (PM)

• President of Kyrgyz Republic (Sooronbay Jeenbekov) and PM of Mauritius (Pravind Kumar Jugnauth) also confirmed their participation for the ceremony.

2). Pema Khandu sworn-in as Arunachal Pradesh CM

• BJP leader Pema Khandu sworn-in as the CM of Arunachal Pradesh for the second term.

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• Arunachal Pradesh- Capital City (Itanagar) Governor( Dr. BD Mishra)
• Odisha – Capital City(Bhubaneshwar) CM (Naveen Patnaik) Governor(Ganeshi Lal)
• Sikkim- Capital City(Gangtok) CM (PS Golay) Governor(Ganga Prasad)
• Andhra Pradesh- Capital City(Amravati) CM(Jagan Mohan Reddy) Governor(E. S. L. Narasimhan)

3). Next CEO of The Hindu – L.V.Navaneeth

• Board of Directors of THG Publishing Private Ltd., the publisher of ‘The Hindu’ announced the name of its next CEO as L.V.Navaneeth as the current CEO and MD Rajiv C Lochan decidedto move on.

4). New chief Justice of Meghalaya High Court

• Justice AK Mittal sowrn-in as the new CJ of Meghalaya High Court.
• He succeeded CJ Mohammad Yaqoob Mir.

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• Meghalaya- Capital City(Shillong) CM(Conrad Sangma) Governor(Tathagata Roy)

5). Scott Morrison sworn-in as Australia’s new PM

• Scott Morrison once again sworn-in as Australia new Prime Minister after retaining his position in country’s General Election.

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• Australia (CC)- Canberra/ Australian Dollar

6). Papua New Guinea PM Peter O’Neill Resigned

• Peter O’Neill Stepped down from the position of Prime Minister of Papua New Guinea due to political turmoil from an immediate effect.

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• Papua New Guinea (CC)- Port Moresby/ Kina

7). Mohamad Nasheed, the next Parliamentary Speaker of Maldives

• Mohamad Nasheed has been nominated as the country’s next Parliamentary Speaker.
• He is the former President of Maldives.

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• Maldives (CC)- Male/ Rufiyaa President (Ibrahim Mohamed Solih)

8). Muhammadu Buhari sworn-in as the President of Nigeria

• Muhammadu Buhari sworn-in as the President of Nigeria for the second term.
• He took 56% of votes in the Presidential Election.

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• Nigeria (CC)- Abuja/ Naira

9). RBI has Extended the RTGS Timing by one and half hours

• RBI has extended the RTGS timing for customer transactions through Real Time Gross Settlement (RTGS) by one and half hours from 4:30PM to 6PM.
• This new time window for RTGS will come into effect from 1^st June 2019.

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• RTGS is an online fund transfer system, supported by RBI which enables transmission of money in a real- time basis.
• RTGS- Minimum Limit (2 lakhs) Maximum Limit (No Limit)

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