CURRENT AFFAIRS OF 27th MAY, 2023

CURRENT AFFAIRS OF 27^th MAY, 2023

1. Ms. Suman Sharma, a 1990 batch Indian Revenue Service officer, has taken the oath of Office and Secrecy as a Member of Union Public Service Commission and the oath was administered by the Chairman of UPSC, Dr. Manoj Soni.
2. IIHM Institute of Hospitality Skills (IIHS), India’s largest training centre affiliated with the Tourism and Hospitality Skill Council (THSC), announced the grand opening of its state-of-the-art facility in Siliguri.
3. The Department of Animal Husbandry and Fisheries, Chandigarh got Skoch Silver Award 2023 for e-Governance for the computerization of medical records of livestock being treated by the department.
4. Students from government schools across Maharashtra will have a common standardised uniform, the school education department announced on 23 May, 2023.
5. The Asian Development Bank (ADB) and the Government of India signed a $141.12 million loan to support the development of high-quality internal infrastructure such as roads, water supply systems and electricity distribution network in three industrial clusters in the state of Andhra Pradesh.
6. Axis Bank has launched ‘Sarathi’, a revolutionary digital onboarding platform aimed at simplifying the process for merchants to adopt Electronic Data Capture (EDC) or Point of Sale (PoS) terminals.
7. The World Meteorological Congress has made a groundbreaking decision to approve a new greenhouse gas (GHG) monitoring initiative, according to the World Meteorological Organization.
8. Researchers have discovered a new tree species, Meiogyne Arunachalensis, in Arunachal Pradesh during a biodiversity expedition to the Adi hills.
9. On 25 May 2023, Prime Minister Narendra Modi flagged off Uttarakhand’s first Vande Bharat Express train between Dehradun to Delhi through video conferencing.
10. Indian long jumper Murali Sreeshankar won gold while compatriot Jeswin Aldrin finished bagged silver at the International Jumping Meeting at Kallithea in Greece on 24 May, 2023.
11. National Tiger Conservation Authority on 25 May 2023, formed an 11-member Cheetah Project Steering Committee and Dr Rajesh Gopal, Secretary General of Global Tiger Forum has been appointed as the Chairman of the committee.
12. Haleon’s ‘Know Your MiND’ campaign sets Guinness World Record for Largest Online Video Album on Micronutrient Deficiency.
13. PM Narendra Modi during his visit to Papua New Guinea released Tamil Classic ‘Thirukkural’ in Tok Pisin language to bring the Indian thought and culture closer to the people of this southwestern Pacific nation.
14. TVS Supply Chain Solutions Executive Vice Chairman R. Dinesh has assumed office as the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) President for 2023-24 while ITC Managing Director Sanjiv Puri has been named as President-Designate.
15. The Union Minister for Rural Development and Panchayati Raj, Shri Giriraj Singh, recently launched the ‘SAMARTH Campaign’ on Promoting Digital Transactions in 50,000 Gram Panchayats under the Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav in Lucknow.
16. Tina Turner, the ‘Queen of Rock’n’Roll’ passed away on 25 May, 2023 in her home in Kusnacht near Zurich, Switzerland at the age of 83.