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One Liner GK and Current Affairs - 30th May 2018

One Liner GK and Current Affairs - 30th May 2018

One Liner GK and Current Affairs - 30th May 2018

Today's One Liner GK Current Affairs - 30th May 2018 includes some of the Latest  New Topics all given in single sentences. We pick up only those news which are important for the Competitive Examinations like IBPS PO, IBPS CLERK, SSC CGL, SSC CHSL and other Railway or Private Examinations. At the end of the article we bring to our readers a set of GK Pointers which are based on the given CA topics and are good to boost your knowledge. We hope aspirants will find this article really helpful. For more such articles keep visiting our site. 
New Appointments: National
  • Justice R.K. Agrawal, who retired as an Apex Court Judge earlier this month, has been appointed as the President of the National Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission [NCDRC].
New Appointments: International
  • Paraguay will have a woman president for the first time in its history, at least temporarily, after outgoing leader Horacio Cartes stepped down May 28 ahead of schedule.
Banking, Economic & Financial Affairs
  • Moody's Investors Service report has cut India's GDP growth forecast to 7.3 per cent in 2018, from previous forecast of 7.5 per cent due to higher oil prices and tighter financial conditions. 
Rankings & Indexes
  • Microsoft has surpassed Alphabet, the parent company of Google, in the market capitalisation for the first time in three years, becoming the third most valuable firm after Apple and Amazon globally.
National Affairs
  • India has released 33 point 10 Crore rupees to Nepal towards cost of two road packages of Birgunj-Thori Road being implemented under Postal Highway Projects in Nepal with Government of India’s grant assistance.
  • Madhya Pradesh government has decided to regularise 2 lakh 37 thousand contractual teachers in the state.
  • Meghalaya’s Home Minister James P K Sangma on May 29, 2018 flagged off the Gaj Yatra in Garo Hills of Meghalaya with an aim to raise awareness about the shrinking space for wild elephants in the country and particularly in the state. 
  • The technology backbone of the government – the National Informatics Center (NIC) – is launching its fourth data center in Bhubaneshwar to address the increased load from various new digital projects. 
  • Railway's Online Travel Portal - www.irctc.co.in has now launched beta version of its new User Interface in line with Union Minister of Railways Shri Piyush Goyal's vision to ensure better user experience by recommending best Information Technology industry practices.
International Affairs
  • The United Nations Environment Programme is happy to recognise Cochin International Airport Ltd (CIAL) as the world's first fully solar energy-powered airport
Defence & Railway News
  • Railway's Online Travel Portal - www.irctc.co.in has now launched beta version of its new User Interface in line with Union Minister of Railways Shri Piyush Goyal's vision to ensure better user experience by recommending best Information Technology industry practices.
Schemes / Programme
  • The Gujarat government unveiled its 'Reuse of Treated Waste Water Policy' which aims to reduce the state's dependence on fresh water sources like the Narmada river.
Agreements/ MoUs Signed
  • The Ministry of Women and Child and Development, Government of India has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Department of Women and Child Development, Government of Uttar Pradesh, in New Delhi today for management of Home of Widows at Sunrakh Bangar, Vrindavan.
  • BMGI, a global management consulting firm, has entered into a strategic partnership with SmartConnect Technologies, which provides Social / Digital Process Transformation through its IP-suite UNFYD®COMPASS across Marketing, Sales, Customer Service, mobility and field service operations.
  • India and Indonesia have signed 15 Memorandum of Understandings (MoUs) during Prime Minister Narendra Modi's visit to Jakarta.
Other Sports & Award Related News
  • Top discus thrower Vikas Gowda retired after competing at the highest level for more than 15 years, during which he became the first and only Indian male to win Commonwealth Games medal in the discipline.
STATIC GK AND NOTE DOWN POINTS
  • NCDRC: National Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission
  • NCDRC Jurisdiction: India
  • NCDRC Headquarters: New Delhi
  • Paraguay President: Horacio Cartes 
  • Paraguay Capital: Asunción
  • Paraguay Currency: Paraguayan guaraní
  • Moody Headquarters: New York City
  • Moody CEO: Raymond W. McDaniel Jr.
  • Microsoft Corporation CEO: Satya Nadella
  • Microsoft Headquarters: washington, United States
  • Alphabet CEO: Larry Page
  • Amazon CEO: Jeff Bezos
  • Nepal Capital: Kathmandu
  • Nepal Prime minister: Khadga Prasad Oli
  • Nepal Currency: Nepalese rupee
  • Nepal President: Bidhya Devi Bhandari
  • Madhya Pradesh Governor: Anandiben Patel
  • NIC: National Informatics Centre
  • NIC Headquarters: New Delhi
  • United Nations Headquarter: New Delhi
  • United Nations Secretary general: António Guterres
  • Indonesia Currency: Indonesian rupiah 
  • Indonesia Capital: Jakarta
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