Wednesday, May 30, 2018

30 May 2018================- Today (29th May 2018) is International Day of United Nations Peacekeepers.

- New Zealand's Edmund Hillary and Nepal's Tenzing Norgay reached the summit of Mount Everest on this day (29th May) in the year 1953, becoming the first people to stand atop the world's highest mountain.

- Prime Minister Narendra Modi today embarks on a 5 day visit to Indonesia, Malaysia and Singapore.

- Iran's Minister of Foreign Affairs Javad Zarif is on 1 day visit to India.

- To protect elephants from Tura in Garo Hills of Meghalaya, the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEFCC) rolled out an awareness campaign titled ‘Gaj Yatra’.

- ⭐️ In collaboration with State-owned Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL), Yoga guru Ramdev's Patanjali launched 'Swadeshi Samriddhi' SIM cards.

-  ⭐️ The Finance Ministry today clarified that renting or leasing of land by farmers for agriculture, forestry, fishing or animal husbandry is exempt from Goods and Services Tax (GST).

- Tto press for higher wage revision, the union of bank employees has called for 2-day nationwide bank strike on 30th and 31st May 2018.

-  French billionaire industrialist and the Chairman of aerospace giant Dassault Group, Serge Dassault (93),  passed away.

- Former Supreme Court Judge Justice R K Agrawal has been appointed as the President of National Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission (NCDRC).

- ⭐️ NIC Launches India's 4th Data Centre in Bhubaneswar

- Main Event of 4th International Yoga Day Celebrations To Be Held At Dehradun

- DAC Approves Procurement of Equipment for Defence Forces

- ⭐️ Cochin International Airport, World’s 1st Fully Solar Energy-Powered Airport: UNEP

-  ⭐️ Sudha Balakrishnan Appointed 1st CFO of RBI