Daily Current Affairs May 30

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May 30| Daily Current Affairs 2023

Important Days – Daily Current Affairs May 30

1. On which date was the International Day of UN Peacekeepers observed in 2023?
A) 15th May
B) 20th May
C) 25th May
D) 29th May
E) 5th June
Answer: D) 29th May

• The International Day of UN Peacekeepers is observed annually on May 29th
• Theme: Peace begins with me
• It was so designated by United Nations General Assembly Resolution 57/129, on December 11, 2002, after an official request of the Ukrainian Peacekeepers Association and the Government of Ukraine to the UN General Assembly and first celebrated in 2003.

Goa Statehood Day 2023

• Goa Statehood Day 2023 will be marked on May 30 and marks Goa’s 36th Statehood Day.
• India gained independence on August 15, 1947, Goa continued to be under Portuguese rule.
• Finally, on December 19, 1961, Goa was liberated, along with Daman and Diu.
• It took another 26 years for Goa to attain statehood finally.
• On May 30, 1987, Goa received Statehood.
• According to Indian history, when Goa was given full statehood, it became the 25th state of the Republic of India.

International Everest Day

• Every year on May 29, International Everest Day commemorates the 1953 , 29,035 feet summit of Mount Everest by Sir Edmund Hillary of New Zealand and Tenzing Norgay Sherpa of Nepal.
• Mount Everest is the tallest peak above sea level and is located in the Mahalangur Himal sub-range of the Himalayas.

World Digestive Health Day

• World Digestive Health Day is celebrated every year on May 29 around the world.
• The health event was first established in 2004 to earmark the 45th anniversary of the establishment of the World Gastroenterology Organization.
• 2023 marks 64th anniversary of the establishment of the World Gastroenterology Organization.
• Theme: Your Digestive Health: A Healthy Gut From The Start

International Day of Action for Women’s Health

• International Day of Action for Women’s Health (also known as International Women’s Health Day) is marked on May 28 by women and health organizations globally to educate people about women’s health and rights.
• Members of the Women’s Global Network for Reproductive Rights (W.G.N.R.R.) in South Africa met in 1987 and then established International Day of Action for Women’s Health.
• It celebrated on May 28 every year since 1987.
• Theme: Our Voices, Our Actions, Our Demand: Uphold Women’s Health and Rights Now.

World Vape Day

• World Vape Day is an annual event that takes place on May 30th.
• It is a dedicated occasion aimed at increasing awareness about vaping and its effects on individuals and society.
• First Edition: 2012
• World Vape Day, which was established by the World Vapers’ Alliance (WVA), is an annual event dedicated to advocating for the rights of vapers and promoting responsible regulation of vaping products.
• The WVA is a non-profit organization committed to supporting vapers and ensuring that vaping is regulated in a responsible manner.
• World Vape Day was deliberately scheduled on May 30th, serving as the day prior to World No Tobacco Day, an annual observance that takes place on May 31st.

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Sports – Daily Current Affairs May 30

2. Who won the gold medal in the women’s 100m hurdles event at the T-Meeting 2023 athletics meet in Tilburg, the Netherlands?
A) Jyothi Yarraji
B) Emma Raducanu
C) Serena Williams
D) Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce
E) Simone Biles
Answer: A) Jyothi Yarraji

• Jyothi Yarraji bagged the gold medal clocked 13.20s in the women’s 100m hurdles event in the T-Meeting 2023 athletics meet, in Tilburg, the Netherlands.
• Angel Agwazie of Belgium clinched the silver medal as she clocked 13.64s. While the Dutch athlete Mira Groot clocked 13.78s to bag the bronze
• She clinched the first gold medal in the women’s 100m hurdles event at the Kurpfalz Gala 2023 athletics meet, in Weinheim, Germany.

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Banking and Finance – Daily Current Affairs May 30

3. What is the name of the campaign launched by Yes Bank along with its new logo?
A) RichLife
B) Bank Ko Banao Rich
C) Life Rich Banaye
D) Life Ko Banao Rich
E) Yes to Rich Life
Answer: D) Life Ko Banao Rich

• YES Bank unveiled its new logo as part of its “refreshed brand identity”
• It launched the new brand campaign with the slogan Life Ko Banao Rich. The new identify will be extended to all customer touchpoints of the bank such as headquarters, branches, products, digital platforms and communication materials.
• McCann Worldgroup was the creative agency and Conversation Films was the production house involved in creating the new logo.
• The tick has been transformed into a soaring bird, smoothened out corners and fluid shapes have replaced the angular edges of the older identity, and the typography is more emphatic
• It adding that the blue and red colours have an electric tone, representing high energy and innovation.

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4. Razorpay announced the launch of _____________, a one-step payment solution for the UPI network?
A) Turbo UPI
B) Turbo Payment
C) Turbo Wallet
D) Turbo Banking
E) Turbo Money
Answer: A) Turbo UPI

• Indian fintech startup, Razorpay has launched a new product called Turbo UPI.
• For this product, Razorpay has partnered with Axis Bank and the National Payments Council of India (NPCI). Turbo UPI claims to make UPI payments faster and reduce potential payment failures.
• The company will also allow merchants to integrate Turbo UPI at the payment gateway.
• This will eliminate the need for customers to go to third-party UPI payment apps and they can pay directly from their UPI-linked bank accounts within the merchant app.
• Razorpay also claims that this product will also help businesses to achieve nearly a 10% increase in the success rate of UPI payments.
• Turbo UPI also promises a 2-step UPI payment experience for end-users. This also claims to make the payment experience 5X faster.

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5. Yubi has partnered with which bank to offer digital supply chain financing for SMEs in India?
A) State Bank of India
B) HDFC Bank
C) ICICI Bank
D) Axis Bank
E) Indian Bank
Answer: E) Indian Bank

• Yubi, an online debt marketplace that connects borrowers and lenders for various credit products, announced its partnership with Indian Bank to extend digital supply chain financing solutions to small and medium-sized businesses (SMEs).
• The partnership is expected to disburse ₹1,500 crore within the first year.

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6. Which company has Equitas Small Finance Bank signed an agreement with to design and build a digital banking platform?
A) Accenture
B) TCS (Tata Consultancy Services)
C) IBM Consulting
D) Infosys
E) Wipro
Answer: C) IBM Consulting

• Equitas Small Finance Bank has signed an agreement with IBM Consulting to design and build a digital banking platform aimed at providing a secure experience to customers.
• The collaboration between the two entities aims at boosting the digital products offered by Equitas as well as its service offerings, as it evolves its business for a digital-first generation.
• As part of the next growth phase, Equitas aims to commence its modernisation journey with a cloud-native platform architecture.

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Appointments – Daily Current Affairs May 30

7. ICICI Bank’s board has approved the reappointment of Sandeep Batra as Executive Director (ED) for how many more years?
A) One year
B) Two years
C) Three years
D) Four years
E) Five years
Answer: B) Two years

• The board of directors of ICICI Bank have approved the reappointment of Hari Mundra, B. Sriram and S. Madhavan as Independent Directors for a second term, subject to the approval of the shareholders.
• Mundra’s fresh term will commence from October 26, 2023, to October 25, 2024. Sriram and Madhavan’ssecond term will commence from January 14, 2024, to January 13, 2027, and April 14, 2024, to April 13, 2027, respectively.
• ICICI Bank had approved the appointment of Sandeep Batra as Executive Director of the Bank for a period of five years effective from the date of approval of Reserve Bank of India. The effective date of the same was from December 23, 2020.
• The Board of Directors recorded that the current tenure of Batra as Executive Director of the Bank as per RBI approval, which was for three years, ends on December 22, 2023.
• The Board unanimously approved the reappointment of Batra for a further period of two years with effect from December 23, 2023, to December 22, 2025, subject to RBI approval.

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Science and Technology – Daily Current Affairs May 30

8. Which country recently launched the Shenzhou-16 mission with three astronauts to their space station?
A) United States
B) Russia
C) China
D) Japan
E) India
Answer: C) China

• China successfully launched the Shenzhou-16 manned spaceship, sending three astronauts, including the first civilian to its space station combination for a five-month mission.
• The spaceship, atop a Long March-2F carrier rocket, blasted off from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Centre in northwest China, according to the China Manned Space Agency (CMSA).
• About 10 minutes after the launch, Shenzhou-16 separated from the rocket and entered its designated orbit
• Th astronauts on Shenzhou-16 will replace the three-member crew of the Shenzhou-15 that arrived at the space station late in November.
• The space station, comprising three modules, was completed at the end of last year after a total of 11 crewed and uncrewed missions since April 2021 initiated by the launch of the first and biggest module – the station’s main living quarters.
• Gui Haichao, a professor at Beihang University in Beijing regarded as a payload specialist was among the three astronauts.
• The other two are mission’s commander Jing Haipeng, who is also making history by becoming the first Chinese astronaut to go into space for a record fourth time.
• The astronaut flight engineer Zhu Yangzhu is also making his first journey into space.

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9. Which country recently conducted a successful test of a naval anti-missile defense system?
A) United States
B) Russia
C) China
D) Israel
E) France
Answer: D) Israel

• Israel’s defense ministry announced that it had “successfully” completed tests of a naval”Iron Dome” aerial defense system, designed to protect the country’s natural gas fields off the Mediterranean shore.
• The system, known as “C-Dome,” is installed on an Israeli Navy’s Sa’ar 6-class corvette.
• It is the maritime version of the Iron Dome, an anti-missile system that Israel uses mainly to intercept short and medium-range rockets from the Gaza Strip.

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International Affairs – Daily Current Affairs May 30

10. Which country will host the 22nd summit of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) in the virtual format?
A) China
B) Russia
C) India
D) Kazakhstan
E) Pakistan
Answer: C) India

• India will host the 22nd summit of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) in the virtual format on July 4.
• India assumed the rotating chairmanship of the SCO at the Samarkand Summit on September 16 last year.
• All the SCO member states- China, Russia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Pakistan, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan- have been invited to attend the Summit, which will be chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
• Iran, Belarus and Mongolia have been invited as Observer States. As per SCO tradition, Turkmenistan has also been invited as the guest of the Chair.
• The theme of this year’s Summit is ‘Towards a SECURE SCO’.
• The SECURE acronym was coined by PM Modi at the 2018 SCO Summit and stands for Security; Economy and Trade; Connectivity; Unity; Respect for Sovereignty and Territorial Integrity; and Environment.
• Launched in Shanghai in June 2001, the SCO has eight full members, including its six founding members: China, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan.
  India and Pakistan joined as full members in 2017.

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11. India recently extended a USD 1 billion credit line to which country for another year?
A) Nepal
B) Bangladesh
C) Sri Lanka
D) Bhutan
E) Maldives
Answer: C) Sri Lanka

• India extended its $1 billion credit line to Sri Lanka by another year to help the island nation hit hard by an unprecedented economic crisis procure much-needed food, medicine and other essential items.
• An agreement was signed between the State Bank of India (SBI) and the Sri Lankan government for $1 billion credit facility in March 2022. India extended the credit line to Sri Lanka at the height of the country’s economic crisis.
• The initial agreement was signed in March 2022, and out of the allocated $1,000 million, materials worth $576.75 million were imported. The agreement is extended for the remaining $423.25 million.
• Since last year, the credit facility has been used for urgent procurement of fuel, medicine, food items and industrial raw materials, as per the requirements and priorities of Sri Lanka.
• India extended multi-pronged assistance of about $4 billion to Sri Lanka last year, through multiple credit lines and currency support, in line with India’s ‘Neighbourhood First’ policy.
• Sri Lanka announced that it has commenced the preliminary work to resume the abandoned Japan-funded Light Rail Transit (LRT) project.
• The cabinet approved President Ranil Wickremesinghe’s proposal to resume the project. Wickremesinghe visited Japan last week.
• Former President Gotabaya Rajapaksa unilaterally cancelled the $1.5 billion LRT project and the Colombo Port’s East Container Terminal (ECT) projects in 2021.
• Japan agreed to fund the LRT project while also showing interest in the ECT project along with India and Sri Lanka.

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National Affairs – Daily Current Affairs May 30

12. The Tamil Nadu government recently signed memoranda of understanding (MoU) worth Rs 818.90 crore with firms from which country?
A) China
B) United States
C) Japan
D) Germany
E) France
Answer: C) Japan

• The Tamil Nadu government on Monday signed memoranda of understanding (MoU) worth Rs 818.90 crore with Japanese firms during Chief Minister M K Stalin’s ongoing visit to that country.
• A total of six MoUs were signed in Tokyo in the fields of automotive spares, construction engineering, metals used in space and defense, and construction
• The companies in Japan that signed the MoUs included KyoKuto Satrac, Mitsuba, Shimizu Corporation, Kohyei, Sato-Shoji Metal Works, and Tofle.
• Guidance Tamil Nadu, the state’s nodal agency for investment promotion and single-window facilitation, signed the memoranda on behalf of the state government.
• Chief Minister Stalin attended an investors’ conference jointly organised with Japan External Trade Organisation-JETRO.

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13. Who launched the sixth phase of ‘Sagar Parikrama’ in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands at Panighat’s Fish Landing Centre?
A) Narendra Modi
B) Amit Shah
C) Rajnath Singh
D) Parshottam Rupala
E) Nitin Gadkari
Answer: D) Parshottam Rupala

• Union Minister Parshottam Rupala launched the sixth phase of ‘Sagar Parikrama’ in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands at Panighat’s Fish Landing Centre.
• ‘Sagar Parikrama’ is an initiative taken by the central government to conduct a voyage across all coastal states and union territories to support fishermen, traders and other stakeholders related to the sector.
• Its main objective is to address the concerns of fishermen and facilitate their economic development by implementing various schemes of fisheries like Pradhan Mantri Matsya Sampada Yojana (PMMSY).

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14. Which board recently notified the E-Appeals Scheme, 2023 aimed at expediting the hearing of appeals in income tax matters?
A) Reserve Bank of India (RBI)
B) Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI)
C) Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT)
D) Goods and Services Tax Council (GST Council)
E) Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority of India (IRDAI)
Answer: C) Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT)

• The Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) launched “e appeal” scheme2023 announced in the budget to reduce pendency of appeals related to Tax Deducted at Source (TDS) default issues and tax collection at source (TCS).
• The scheme empowers the Joint Commissioner (Appeals) for disposing of appeals filed before it or allocated or transferred to it, with power to send show cause notice, initiate penalty under the relevant provisions of the Act.
• They will have no power to issue summons, as there is no provision of physical meeting either personally or through authorised representatives in connection with any proceedings under this Scheme. An appeal for personal hearing by the appellate will be through video conference.
• The centre has already amended the Finance Bill to Insert Designation New Joint Commissioner (Appeals) in the Income Tax Act.
• The CBDT will deploy about 100 posts of joint commissioners of the income tax department for this purpose.
• Under the Income Tax law, an order issued by the tax authority can be challenged by the taxpayer first before an officer holding the charge of Commissioner (Appeals) followed by appeals to the Income Tax Appellate Tribunal (ITAT), the High Courts and the Supreme Court.
• In her Budget speech Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman had proposed an E-Appeal scheme for disposal of small appeals and to reduce the pendency of appeals at the commissioner level.

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15. Which Indian state recently approved a scheme to provide farmers with ₹ 6,000 per year?
A) Uttar Pradesh
B) Maharashtra
C) Gujarat
D) Punjab
E) Rajasthan
Answer: B) Maharashtra

• The Maharashtra cabinet gave its nod to the Namo Shetkari Mahasanman Yojana under which ₹ 6,000 a year will be paid to each of more than one crore farmers in the state.
• This amount will be in addition to the ₹ 6,000 paid by the Union government under the Pradhan Mantri Kisan Samman Nidhi Yojana.
• More than one crore farmers will benefit from the state government’s scheme.
• Mr Fadnavis, who is also the state’s finance minister, had announced the scheme in the 2023-24 budget speech in March.
• The money will be deposited in the bank accounts of farmers in three instalments of ₹ 2,000 during April to July, August to November and December to March.
• The cabinet also approved another proposal where farmers can avail of crop insurance by paying only one rupee towards premium while rest of the amount will be paid by the government.

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