1. In order to increase the income of farmers, the Central Government issued a Model Law draft contract farming. It is not only prepared for agricultural crops but it will also be used in the areas of animal husbandry, dairy and poultry products.
2. On May 22, 2018, Praveen L. Agarwal was appointed as part-time official director. He is an Indian Forest Service Officer. Pravin Agrawal is currently the joint secretary in the Department of Heavy Industries (DHI).
3. Russia has launched a floating nuclear power plant. Russia is the world's first country to launch a floating nuclear power plant. This nuclear power plant has been launched for the purpose of supplying electricity and oil refining in remote areas of eastern and northern Siberia.
4. Star South African batsman AB de Villiers announced his decision to retire from international cricket with immediate effect. In his 14-year career, he played 114 Tests, 228 One-Day Internationals (ODI) and 78 T20 Internationals. Some of the best records of AB de Villiers are: The World record for the fastest ODI 50 in 16 balls, 100in 31 balls, and 150 in 64 balls etc...
5. Pawan Kumar Chamling became the chief minister of Sikkim on December 12, 1994 and completed 25 years of uninterrupted service in office.
6. India’s Shivangi Pathak has become youngest women of the country to scale Mt Everest from Nepal side. According to the Managing Director of Seven Summit Treks, Mingma Sherpa, 16-year-old Shivangi successfully stood atop world’s highest mountain.
7. Prime Minister of Netherlands Mark Rutte will visit India on Thursday and Friday, with an aim to boost the economic and political cooperation between the two countries.
8. PM Narendra Modi meets the crew of INSV Tarini and congratulate them for the successful circumnavigation of the globe on the sailing Tarini vessel.
9. In order to encourage fitness in the country, sports Minister Rajyavardhan Rathore took the first step to post video of his fitness regime and challenge leading sportsmen of the country for the same. He also urged people to post pictures on how they keep themselves fit.
10. The researchers from University of Washington in the US used a robotic system to automate the procedure for growing stem cells into organoids. Scientists have developed an automated robotic system that can rapidly produce mini human organs required for medical research and drug testing.
11. With an aim to create a 'healthy India' towards achieving the goal of a 'New India', Modi government announced to launch one of the biggest ever health programme known as Ayushman Bharat.
12. Gobind Singh Deo, an Indian-origin Sikh politician in Malaysia, has become a cabinet minister, the first member of the minority community in the country's history to be appointed as a minister.
13. Sergio Romero, the goalkeeper of the Argentine team in the last two FIFA World Cups, has suffered an injury on his right knee and will be left out of the 2018 World Cup in Russia.
14. Former Australia women's captain Belinda Clark, Scotland captain Kyle Coetzer and New Zealand coach Mike Hesson were on Wednesday appointed to the ICC cricket committee headed by former India skipper Anil Kumble.
Published On : 24 May 2018