Abhishek Srivastava

Current Affair Magazine for UPSC CSE examination. This course is an exhaustive compilation of May 2018 current affairs which is segregated into National issues, Polity and governance related issues,etc. This will be highly beneficial for not only Prelims 2018 but also for Mains examination.

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(Hindi) IAS Express: May 2018

Complete current affairs of May 2018 has been segregated into various headings.

Overview (in Hindi)

The Policy expands the scope of raw material for ethanol production by allowing use of products that are unfit for human consumption for ethanol production. These are:
Sugarcane Juice
Sugar containing materials like Sugar Beet, 
Sweet Sorghum,
Starch containing materials like Corn, Cassava,
Damaged food grains like wheat, broken rice, Rotten Potatoes

National Policy on Biofuels 2018 (in Hindi)

The Green Skill Development Programme was initially launched in 2017 as a pilot project in 10 districts only wherein 154 youths, mainly school dropouts, were trained as parataxonomists and biodiversity conservationists. 
However, the programme is now launched on a large scale. Around 80000 youths will be trained at 80 institutions in a time frame of one year. 

By 2020, over 2 lakh youths will be trained and by 2021, a total over 5.5 lakh youths will be trained as green skilled workers.

Green Skill Development Program (in Hindi)

The theme of International Day for Biological Diversity 2018 was ‘Celebrating 25 Years of Action for Biodiversity’ as the year 2018 marks the 25th anniversary of the Convention on Biological Diversity.
The Convention entered into force on December 29, 1993 and since then, it has been implemented through the vision and leadership of several countries, non-governmental and inter-governmental organizations, indigenous peoples and local communities and individuals.||
According to a new study, emissions of one of the chemicals that can cause a hole in the ozone layer are on the rise, despite an international ban on the chemical by the 1987 Montreal Protocol.
The gas, Trichlorofluoromethane, or CFC-11, is a member of the family of chemicals most responsible for the giant hole in the ozone layer that forms over Antarctica every September.

International day for biological diversity and ODS (in Hindi)

Rejuvenation of Krishna river (in Hindi)

The policy provides for the integration of both wind and solar energy sources at alternating current (AC) and direct current (DC) level.

• The policy also provides for flexibility in the share of wind and solar components in the hybrid project, subject to the condition that, rated power capacity of one resource be at least 25 per cent of the rated power capacity of other resource for it to be recognised hybrid project.

• Further, the policy seeks to promote new hybrid projects along with hybridisation of existing wind and solar projects.

National Wind-Solar Hybrid policy and Indus dolphins (in Hindi)

The water sharing of Cauvery River has been a major source of conflict between the states of Tamil Nadu and Karnataka.
• The origin of this conflict can be traced back to two agreements in 1892 and 1924, which had taken place between the then Madras Presidency and the Kingdom of Mysore.
• Based on inflow Karnataka has been demanding its due share of water from the river. It stated that the pre-independence agreements were invalid and majorly favour the Madras Presidency, and demanded a renegotiated settlement based on equitable sharing of the waters.

Cauvery management scheme (in Hindi)

After witnessing the high rate of pendency of child sexual assault cases, the Supreme Court on May 1, 2018 issued a slew of directions to all the High Courts regarding speedy trial in sexual assault cases involving children under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act, 2012.

POCSO Act cases (in Hindi)

The constitution bench unanimously held that placing reliance on Parliamentary Committee Reports in court proceedings does not violate the parliamentary privileges.
The court stated that the parliamentary standing committee reports were in public domain and hence, relying on them would not be in violation of parliamentary privileges.
In a separate but concurring judgment, Justice D Y Chandrachud said, "there is no reason or justification" that the report of the Parliamentary Committee is not within the preview of the courts.
 
· However, the bench made it clear that the parliamentary reports cannot be challenged in Courts.

Minimum wages & Parliamentary Committee reports (in Hindi)

The Supreme Court (SC) has recently approved the 'Compensation Scheme for Women Victims/Survivors of Sexual Assault/Other Crimes-2018', a uniform compensation scheme for victims of sexual assault and acid attacks.

Finance commission & Acid attacks (in Hindi)

RBI restricts Dena Bank from lending loans and hiring staff
Taking into account the high Non-Performing Assets (NPAs), the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has ordered the Dena Bank Ltd to not to issue any fresh loans and hire any new personnel. The move restricts the bank from giving fresh credits; however, it can accept the deposits.

Dena not to lend & Ujjwala(in Hindi)

The index ranked India at 11th spot, three places down from the previous year. In the year 2017, India was ranked 8th. It is the first time since 2015 that India has been pushed out of the top 10. 
However, India retained its position as the second highest ranked emerging market on the Index.
A variety of recent reforms by the Union Government have made the country more business friendly, such as the abolition of the Foreign Investment Promotion Board (FIPB) in 2017 and liberalisation of FDI thresholds for the retail, aviation and biomedical industries.

GOBAR DHAN & FDI Confidence Index (in Hindi)

Floating nuclear reactor and Nipah virus (in Hindi)

IPR policy and Essential list (in Hindi)

Surya Kiran and Nari Shakti Award (in Hindi )

India and World Bank has signed a loan agreement.

National Nutrition Mission and IT corridor in China (in Hindi)

Atomic clock and National tech day (in Hindi)

National communication policy (in Hindi)

Insight mission (in Hindi)

Misc science n tech (in Hindi)

India Russia (in Hindi)

The President of United States, Donald Trump has recently announced US withdrawal from the landmark 2015 nuclear deal with Iran.
He stated that any nation that helps Iran in its quest for nuclear weapons could also be strongly sanctioned by the United States.

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Overview (in Hindi)

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National Policy on Biofuels 2018 (in Hindi)

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