Weekly THE HINDU Review: Current affair of Last week of May 2015, collected from The Hindu newspaper according to the need of any aspirant who are preparing for any general exam.
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Abbreviation
NPS- National Pension System
NAIS- National Agriculture Insurance Scheme
CDS- Chief of Defence Staff
PDMA- Public Debt Management Agency
FMCG- Fast Moving Consumer Goods
IBA- Indian Banks Association
FFFAI- Federation of Freight Forwarder’s Association
NSF- National Sports Federation
ATF- Aviation Turbine Fuel
ECB- England & Wales Cricket Board
DAVP- Directorate of Advertising and Visual Publicity
PPI- Prepaid Payment Instruments
NSFR- Net Stable Funding Ratio
NCDEX- National Commodity and Derivatives Exchange
OCAS- Online Customer Acquisition Solution
ITUC- International Trade Union Confederation
Personalities
Uttar Pradesh Governor- Shri Ram Naik
Minister of State for Information & Broadhcasting- Shri Rajyavardhan Singh
President of Poland- Mr. Andrej Duda
Revenue Secretary of India- Shri Shaktikanta Das
IBA Chairman- Shri T.M. Bhasin
Civil Aviation Minister- Shri Ashok Gajapati Raju
Chief Economic Advisor- Shri Arvind Subramanian
New England Cricket team coach- Mr.Trevor Bayliss
Defence Minister of Germany- Ursula von der Leyen
Chancellor of Britain- George Osbornef
1st Transgender principle of India- Manobi Bandyopadhyay
Maharaja of Mysore- Yaduveera Krishnadatta Chamaraja Wadiyar
New Director General of DRDO- Dr. S. Christopher
New Scientific Advisor to Defence Minister- Dr. G.S.Reddy
Chief of Indian Navy- Admiral R.K.Dhowan
NCDEX CEO- Samir Shah
Ambassador of Ireland to India- Mr. Feilim McLaughlin
Newely Appointed Cabinet Secretary- Shri Pradeep Kumar Sinha
Present Cabinet Secretary- Ajit Seth (Tenure ends on 13 June)
Secretary of Telecommunications in India- Shri Rakesh Garg
Upasana Makati- Owner & Editor of White Print
Director-General of Doordarshan News- Veena Jain
Secretary-General of ITUC- Sharan Burrow
New Chancellor of Nalanda University- George Yeo (Former Singapore Minister)
Foreign Minister of Iran- Mh. Javad Zari
Book & author
Stillness : Poems written by- Varun Gandhi
The Complete Story of Indian Reforms: 2G written by- Pradip baijal
White Print: India’s 1st Lifestyle Magazine in Braille
Autobiography, Travel and PostNational Identity- Javed Majeed
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Sports
Ritu Rani related to – Hockey
Indian Premier League- 8 Winner- Mumbai Indians
Indian Premier League- 8 Runner up- Chennai Super Kings
National & International Days
International Day for UN Peacekeepers- 29th May
World No- Tobacco Day- 31st May
Awards
Cannes Film Festival’s Palme d’Or Prize winner- Dheepan
Director of Dheepan- Mr. Jacques Audiard
CEAT Indian Cricketer of the year Award- Shri Ajinkya Rahane
CEAT Lifetime Achievement Award- Shri Kapil Dev
CEAT International Cricketer of the year- Mr. Kumar Sangakkara
Scripps National Spelling Bee 2015 Winner- Vanya Shivashankar & Gokul Venkatachalam
Business & Economy
The Target of Direct Tax collection for 2015-16 — 7.98 Lakh Crore
The State of Food Insecurity in the world 2015 published by- Food and Agriculture Organization
SBI launched OCAS Platform for Customer Complaints Redressal.
News
AFSPA : Withdrawn by Tripura State Govt.
Chandigarg banned the sale of loose cigarettes.
India’s rank in world hunger list (Issued by United nations)- 1st (194 Million Unnourished)
Death
John Forbes Nash- A Great Mathematician (Nobel Winner)
Mary Ellen Mark- A Great Photographer
All The Best.
