Yak 19Th May 2017 Of Import Daily Electrical Current Affairs

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Daily Current Affairs of 19th May 2017

International Current Affairs

• The Japanese authorities today approved a one-off mouth allowing ageing Emperor Akihito to pace downwardly from the Chrysanthemum Throne, inward the start such abdication inward 2 centuries.
• SIMBEX, the 24th bilateral practice involving Indian Navy and Republic of Singapore Navy has commenced inward South mainland People's Republic of China Sea.  
• SIMBEX - “Singapore-India Maritime Bilateral Exercises“. 
  
• The practice volition last held from May 18, 2017 to May 24, 2017. 

National Current Affairs

• Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan has today launched a novel system titled 'She Pad'
• Under this scheme, the the authorities volition distribute sanitary pads to girls inward all the schools in the state.
• The Election Commission will concur a alive exhibit of EVMs and voter-verifiable newspaper audit trails tomorrow at Vigyan Bhawan inward New Delhi. 
• The EC volition besides give a press conference on the "EVM Challenge" hackathon, announcing its appointment together with venue. 
• This comes after the AAP gave an EVM tampering demonstration on a dummy device inward Delhi Assembly.

New Appointments

• Minister of globe Sciences together with Science together with Technology, Harsh Vardhan, has been given additional accuse of the Ministry of Environment, Forest together with Climate Change (MoEF) after the demise of Union Minister Anil Madhav Dave. 
• Dave (60), who was given the accuse of MoEF on five July 2016, passed away at his official residence on Thursday.
• The States Justice Department today appointed quondam FBI managing director Robert Mueller as special prosecutor to oversee the federal investigation into Russian meddling inward the 2016 election. 
• Mueller, who is seen equally a nonpolitical investigator, vowed that his highest priority would last "to restore the public's confidence inward the FBI".

Banking, Business & Economic Affairs

• The GST Council today finalised tax rates for services nether the GST regime, scheduled to last rolled out from July 1. 
• There volition last iv rates for services at 5%, 12%, a touchstone charge per unit of measurement of 18% together with luxury charge per unit of measurement of 28%. 
• The 5% charge per unit of measurement volition last levied on carry services. 
• Healthcare together with teaching volition last exempted from GST.
• The taxation rates for 1,211 items amongst a bulk of items beingness kept nether 18%.
• Foodgrains volition larn cheaper, milk together with cereals volition last exempted, piece saccharide together with edible crude oil volition attract 5% tax. 
• The Reserve Bank of Republic of Republic of India (RBI) today urged the banks to appoint qualified Chief Financial Officers (CFOs) and Chief Technology Officers (CTOs).

Awards & Honors

• Sanjay Gubbi (Karnataka) Purnima Barman (Assam) convey won the prestigious Whitley Award for their contributions inward wild fauna conservation. 
• Important Note : Whitley awards are popularly known equally Green Oscars.

Science & Technology

• Doctors at a Pune hospital successfully conducted India's start womb transplant by transferring a woman's uterus to her 21-year-old daughter, who was unable to conceive a child. 
• The physical care for was carried out inward ix hours using a laparoscopic technique.

Deaths

• Fox News has revealed that its quondam Chairman together with CEO Roger Ailes (77) died today. 
• He joined the network inward 1996 together with helped do it amongst billionaire media mogul Rupert Murdoch.

Sports Current Affairs

• Indian cricket squad has retained its top pose in the latest ICC Test rankings with 123 points. 
• Top 10 inward ICC Test Rankings :
• India
• South Africa
• Australia
• England
• New Zealand
• Pakistan
• Sri Lanka
• West Indies
• Bangladesh
• Zimbabwe

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