CURRENT AFFAIRS OF 31st MAY, 2023

CURRENT AFFAIRS OF 31^st MAY, 2023

1. World No Tobacco Day is annually observed on 31 May to promote awareness about the detrimental consequences of tobacco usage and advocate for policies aimed at reducing tobacco consumption. The theme of World No Tobacco Day 2023 is “We need food, not tobacco”.
2. The Eknath Shinde-led Shiv Sena-Bharatiya Janata Party government named cricket great Sachin Tendulkar as Maharashtra’s ‘Smile Ambassador’ under the state’s ‘Swachh Mukh Abhiyan’ to spread awareness about oral health and hygiene across the state.
3. India is set to host the 14^th Clean Energy Ministerial (CEM-14) and 8^th Mission Innovation (MI-8) meeting in Goa from 19 to 22 July, 2023.
4. Councillor Chaman Lal has become the first ever British-Indian Sikh to take oath as Lord Mayor in Birmingham, United Kingdom.
5. Public sector oil marketing company Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited (BPCL) has developed an ethanol-diesel blend in a bid to reduce emissions.
6. Telangana State has achieved a significant milestone in financial inclusion by attaining 100% coverage of the Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojana (PMJDY).
7. Senior bureaucrat Angshumali Rastogi was appointed India’s representative to the council of the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) in Montreal, Canada.
8. Fintech major Razorpay has launched Turbo UPI in partnership with Axis Bank and the National Payments Council of India (NPCI).
9. Rashtriya Ispat Nigam Limited (RINL) was presented with prestigious ‘Greentech Safety Award 2023’ for its outstanding contribution to improve workplace safety in the year 2022-23.
10. Jyothi Yarraji bagged the gold medal in the women’s 100m hurdles event in the T-Meeting 2023 athletics meet, in Tilburg, Netherlands.
11. Journalist, editor and writer, Ramachandra Murthy Kondubhatla, has authored a new book titled ‘NTR-A Political Biography’ which presents a realistic picture of Nandamuri Taraka Rama Rao (NTR), the star figure in the discourse on cinema and politics in the two Telugu States (Andhra Pradesh and Telangana).
12. Justice Mamidanna Satya Ratna Sri Ramachandra Rao on 30 May, 2023 sworn in as the 28^th Chief Justice of the Himachal Pradesh High Court.
13. The University of Edinburgh has partnered with the Indian consulate in the UK to develop its first open access course in Hindi language.
14. Uttar Pradesh Hockey won the 13^th Hockey India Sub Junior Men National Championship 2023 on 28 May, 2023 after defeating Hockey Association of Odisha 7-1 in the Final at the iconic Birsa Munda Hockey Stadium in Rourkela.
15. On 28 May 2023, Recep Tayyip Erdogan was re-elected as the President of Turkey for his third consecutive term.
16. On 31 May 2023, Vellayani Arjunan, an eminent scholar, writer, academician and Padma Shri awardee passed away in Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala at the age of 90.