Current Affairs 18th May 2015

Current Affairs 18th May 2015

Updated : 18-May-2015

Current Affairs 18th May 2015 - Important Points
Current Affairs 18th May 2015 - Details
Who has won the 4th Rome Masters Tennis title - Novak Djokovic
Among the important Sports Current Affairs, On 17th May 2015, Rome Masters Tennis title was won by Novak Djokovic of Serbia. Switzerland's Roger Federer was defeated by Djokovic in the final clash.

Prize money of 628100 US dollar and 1000 Emirates ATP Rankings points was earned by Djokovic with this win.
Djokovic won a total of five titles of the season including the Australian Open (defeated Andy Murray), the BNP Paribas Open in Indian Wells (defeated Roger Federer), the Miami Open (defeated Andy Murray) and the Monte-Carlo Rolex Masters (defeated Tomas Berdych).
Who has sworn-in as eighth President of Guyana - Former Army Brigadier David Granger
Among the important International Current Affairs, On 16th May 2015, Former Army Brigadier David Granger was sworn in as the Guyana President. Following his A Partnership for National Unity (APNU) party-led alliance won the national elections, he sworned-in as the President.
His coalition APNU – Alliance for Change (AFC) defeated the ruling People’s Progressive Party (PPP) in the national elections held on 11th May 2015.
207200 votes was won by The APNU-AFC coalition riding high on the campaign to reduce high youth unemployment and violent crime as well as crack down on piracy whereas the PPP got 202674 votes.
Name the Australia wicketkeeper retired from ODI cricket - Brad Haddin
Among the important Sports Current Affairs, On 17th May 2015, retirement from One Day International cricket has been announced by Brad Haddin, the Australian batsman and wicketkeeper. He played his final match with the seven-wicket victory over New Zealand in World Cup final in Melbourne held on 29th March 2015.

Name the official website of 10th World Hindi Conference - www.vishwahindisammelan.gov.in
Among the important National Current Affairs, On 16th May 2015, External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj at Jawaharlal Nehru Bhawan launched the official website of 10th World Hindi Conference which can be visited at www.vishwahindisammelan.gov.in.
After a logo design competition organized by the Ministry of External Affairs, the Logo Selection Committee confirmed the logo. External Affairs Minister awarded the prize money of 50000 rupees to Khyati Gupta from Banglore.
At Lal Parade Ground in Bhopal, the 10th World Hindi Conference (WHC) will be held from 10th September to 12th September 2015. The Ministry of External Affairs in partnership with state government of Madhya Pradesh will host the conference on the theme of Hindi Jagat: Vistar avm sambhavnai.
Official website of NITI Aayog has been launched by - Union Government
Among the important National Current Affairs, On 18th May 2015, Union Government launched the official website of National Institution for Transforming India (NITI) Aayog. Dr Arvind Panagariya, Vice Chairman of NITI Aayog, initiated the website which can be logged in at http://www.Niti.Gov.In.
The website is launched along with the blogs section that will have opinions by the officials, articles, work in progress and field reports. Functions, details of the constitution and current activities of the NITI Aayog will be provided by the portal whereas web pages will have reports prepared by the Aayog in its initial stages.
On 1st January 2015, the government replaced the Planning Commission with NITI Aayog. Subsequently, in the first week of January 2015, the website of the Commission had been archived by the government.
Which two countries signed agreements to upgrade relations to special strategic partnership level - India and South Korea
Among the important International Current Affairs, On 18th May 2015, South Korea and India inked seven agreements to upgrade relations to special strategic partnership level.
During the Prime Minister Narendra Modi visit to South Korea, the agreements were inked.He is on a three nation visit to China from 14th May to 16th May 2015, Mongolia on 17th May 2015 and South Korea from 18th May to 19th May 2015.
List of Agreements/MoUs
- MoU on Cooperation in Youth Matters
- Framework of Cooperation in the Field of Road Transport
- MoU for Cooperation between the National Security Council of India and South Korea
- MoU for Cooperation in the field of Electric Power Development and New Energy Industries
- MoU on Cooperation in the Fields of Maritime Transport and Logistics
- Agreement for the Avoidance of Double Taxation and the Prevention of Fiscal Evasion with Respect to Taxes on Income
- India-Korea Agreement on Cooperation in Audio-Visual Co-Production