Weekly THE HINDU Review : Latest Current affairs from 18 may to 24 may is here. This is very important for purpose of interview and exam. You can read all previous : Weekly current affairs .
Abbreviation
OECD- Organization for Economic Cooperation & Development
FTA- Free Trade Agreement
UNFCCC- United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change
NCLT- National Company Law Tribunal
IPR- Intellectual Property Rights
FERA- Foreign Exchange Regulation Act
SATHI- System of Application of Technology for Human Resources Improvement
ASEAN- Association of South East Asian Nations
BTIA- Broad-based Trade and Investment Agreement
LAC- Line of Actual Control
PMGSY- Pradhan Mantri Gramin Sadak Yojna
PCMA- Prohibition of Child Marriage Act 2006
AIPAC- Alternative Investment Policy Advisory Committee
NRI- Non Resident Indians
OCI- Overseas Citizens of India
PIOs- Persons of Indian Origin
NADA- National anti-doping Agency
AIFF- All India Football Federation
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Personalities
Chief Election Commissioner of Indai- Mr. Nasim Zaidi
Prime Minister of Mangolia- Mr. Chimed Saikhanbileg
European Union Ambassador to India- Joao Cravinho
Union Minister of State for Commerce & Industry- Nirmala Sitharaman
Union Minister of India for Food Processing- Harsimrat Kaur
U.N. Secretary General- Ban Ki-moon
President of SriLanka- Maithripala Sirisena
President of Confederation of Indian Industry (CII)- Shri Sumit Mazumdar
President of South Africa- Jacob Zuma
Chief Minister of Odisha- Shri Naveen patnaik
Minister of State for External Affair- V.K.Singh
AIPAC Chairman- N.R Narayan Murthy
Prime Minister of Japan- Shinzo Abe
National Security Advisor- Shri Ajit doval
New Defence Secretary- Shri G. Mohan Kumar
TamilNadu Chief Minister- Jayalalithaa
Governor of TamilNadu- K. Rosaiah
Head of Federal Reserve- Dr. Janet L. Yellen
Book & author
Satantango written by- Laszlo Krasznahorkai
Sports
Sudirman Cup Winner- China (6th Time Consecutive winning)
Sudirman Cup related to- Badminton
1st Paragliding World Cup to be held at- Himachal Pradesh, India
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National & International Days
International Museum Day- 18th May
World AIDS Vaccine Day- 18th May
International Day for Biological Diversity- 22nd May
Awards
International Man Booker Prize 2015 winner- Laszlo Krasznahorkai (From Hungry)
Worth of the International Man Booker Prize- 60 Lac
Business & Economy
The Credit Line given to Mongolia by India is- $1 billion
Who give the term BRIC- Jim O’Neil (Goldman Sachs Group Economist)
There is no still Public Debt Management Authority .It may be after 1 or 2 year. Now RBI act remains same.
AIPAC formed by- Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI)
AIPAC will have 18 Members including Chairman.
Place
Youth Delphic Games in 2016 will be held at- GOA
Sajjangarh Biological Park situated at- Udaipur, Rajasthan
FIFA U-17 World Cup in 2017 will be held in- India
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News
Mother Teresa to be declared a Saint in 2016.
Fighter jet Mirage-2000 landed on the Yamuna Express Way, Agra by the IAF as rehearsal of Emergency landing.
1st country to do referendum for Gay marriage- Ireland
Death
Mrinal Datta Chaudhuri- A Noted Economist
At last, Keep remembering your dream and keep hard working to achieve your goal. Always remember that you can achieve anything on the basis of your hard work. A continue process can happen anything. So Keep Learning.
All The Best.