Current Affairs Current Affairs:`15^(th)` May 2017

International Day of Families: 15 May

i. The International Day of Families is observed on the 15th of May every year.

ii. The theme of 2017 is “Families, education and well-being”.

iii. This year’s observance focuses on the role of families and family-oriented policies in promoting education and overall well-being of their members.

Palestine President arrives on 4-day visit to India

i. President of Palestine Mahmoud Abbas arrived in India on a four-day State visit.

ii. The visit of President Mahmoud Abbas will provide an opportunity for reviewing the entire gamut of bilateral relations, regional and international issues.

iii. This is his third State visit to India.

Telangana hosted first Videsh Sampark

i. Telangana hosted the first outreach program of the Ministry of External Affairs ‘Videsh Sampark’ to engage the State governments in creating awareness about various programmes of the Ministry.

ii. It was inaugurated by the Minister of State for External Affairs, Gen. V.K. Singh.

iii. Also, Telangana has become the first state in the country where the pilot ‘e-Sanad’ project for online attestation of documents, was rolled out.

Rafael Nadal wins 5th Madrid Open title

i. Rafael Nadal beat Dominic Thiem to win his fifth Madrid Open title held in Spain and move into the world's top four.

ii. In Madrid he battled past a determined Dominic Thiem of Austria to win the crown in straight sets 7-6, 6-4.

iii. For the 14-times Grand Slam Winner, it was also the 72nd tournament win of his career.

Important Takeaways from above GK Update for Exams are as follows-

● WPI stands for Wholesale Price Index.

● IIP stands for Index of Industrial Production.

● The team which prepared the PAI 2017 report was led by Dr. C.K.Mathew.

● Pinarayi Vijayan is the current Chief Minister of Kerala.

● Palanisamy Sathasivam is the current Governor of Kerala.

● International Day of Families is organized by United Nations

● United Nations Headquarters in New York

● The current Secretary-General of the UN, and the ninth occupant of the post is Mr. Antonio Guterres of Portugal

● Union Minister for Road Transport, Highways and Shipping is Mr. Nitin Gadkari

● London is the Capital of UK

● Theresa May is the Prime Minister of UK

● Pound Sterling is the Currency of UK.

● CM of Telangana is Chandrasekhar Rao and the governor is E. S. L. Narasimhan

● Hyderabad is the capital of Telangana.

● MD and CEO of UCO bank is Shri Ravi Krishan Takkar

● UCO bank headquarter is in Kolkata

● Newly appointed Deputy Governor of RBI is BP Kanungo.

● Tagline of the UCO Bank is 'Honour your Trust'

● Director of IIT Kharagpur is Prof. Partha Pratim Chakrabarti

● IIT Kharagpur was founded in 1951.

● ITPO is the premier trade promotion agency of the Ministry of Commerce & Industry of India.

● ISKCON full form is International Society for Krishna Consciousness.

● Rafael "Rafa" Nadal Parera is a Spanish professional tennis player

● Nadal became the first man to win the Monte-Carlo Masters Tournament by 10 times in 2017.

● The last edition of the Championship was held in Bangkok in which India bagged 9 Medals

● Sakshi Malik, the first Indian woman wrestler to win an Olympics medal, clinched silver in the Championship.

● She was defeated by Japan’s Risako Kawai in the 60kg category final.

● Capital of Palestine is East Jerusalem

● Its Prime minister is Rami Hamdallah.

● Arabic is the official language of Palestine.