30 May
2023
1. Recep Tayyip Erdogan became
the President of Turkey
 In Turkey, Recep Tayyip Erdogan of
the Justice and Development Party
(AK) has won the presidential
election. In the earlier
parliamentary elections, the AK
Party and its allies won 323 out of
600 seats. Erdogan, who became
prime minister in March 2003, has
been in power for two decades.
 Erdogan defeated Kemal
Kilikdaroglu, a 74-year-old
bureaucrat and opposition leader
of the left-leaning Republican
People's Party (CHP).
 Erdogan won 52.14 percent of the
total 97 percent of the vote and
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opposition leader Kemal
Kelikdaroglu 47.86 percent,
according to preliminary official
results announced by Turkey's top
electoral council. With this victory,
Erdogan has got a chance to hold
on to power for another five years.
 Erdogan said the government's
main priorities would be fighting
inflation and healing wounds from
the devastating February 6
earthquake that killed more than
50,000 people in Turkey and
neighboring Syria.
2. 76th Cannes Film Festival
2023 Awards announced
 The 76th edition of the Cannes Film
Festival ended on 27 May 2023 with
Swedish director Ruben Ostlund
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presiding over France with the Kaurismaki

award of its top award, the Palme
Camera d'Or Inside the Yellow
d'Or. Its organization started from
Cocoon Shell,
16 May.
directed by Thien
 The festival, established in the year
An Pham
1939, presents a list of winners of
the 21 films presented in Short film Flora Anna Buda for
competition this year. French Palme d'Or "27"
director Justine Triot has become
the third female director to win the
Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film 3. ISRO successfully launched the
Festival for her film Anatomy of a first satellite of the second
Fall. generation of navigation 'NVS-1'
 Winners
Best Director Tran Anh Hung for
"The Pot-au-Pheu"

Best Monster, written by

Screenplay Yuji Sakamoto

Best Actress Merve Dijdar

(About Dry Grasses)

Best Actor Koji Yakusho

(Perfect Days)
 Indian Space Research
Palme d'Or Anatomy of a Fall,
Organization- ISRO successfully
directed by Justin
launched the second generation
Triot
satellite NVS-01 in the country's
Honorary Michael Douglas navigation through GSLV-F-12 on 29
Palme d'Or May 2023 from the Satish Dhawan
Grand Prix Jonathan Glazer for Space Center in Sriharikota, Andhra
The Zone of Pradesh. NVS-01 is the first in a
Interest series of five satellites.
 A Geosynchronous Satellite Launch
Jury Prize Fallen Leaves, Vehicle (GSLV) launched the
directed by Aki satellite in its 15th flight.

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 NVS-01, 2232 kg satellite, is the first timing services over India and an
of the second generation satellites area extending up to about 1500
envisaged for navigation along the km around the Indian mainland.
Indian constellation. The fully deployed NAVIC
 It will ensure continuity of constellation consists of seven
navigational 'NavIC' services and satellites in
also provide new service in L1 band. geosynchronous/inclined
The mission life of NVS-01 is geosynchronous orbits.
expected to exceed 12 years.  The first satellite of NavIC (IRNSS-
 NVS-01 1A) was launched on July 1, 2013
 Compared to the first generation and the eighth satellite RNSS-1 was
satellite series of IRNSS, the second launched in April 2018.
generation satellite series covers  Gaganyaan crew module training
the L1 navigation band and plan of Navy, ISRO
includes an indigenously developed  In a significant step towards
rubidium atomic clock. realizing India's ambitious
 The indigenously developed Gaganyaan mission to send an
Rubidium Atomic Frequency Indian into space, the Indian Navy
Standard (RAFS), the atomic clock and the Indian Space Research
that is the heart of the satellite, Organization (ISRO) launched the
serves as a stable frequency Gaganyaan at the Water Survival
reference for the navigation Training Facility (WSTF) at INS
payload. Garuda, Kochi.
 The L1 navigation band is popular
for providing PNT (Position,
Navigation and Timing) services for
civilian users and for
interoperability with other Global
Navigation Satellite Systems or
GNSS signals.
 NavIC
 The Indian Regional Navigation
Satellite System (IRNSS),
operational name NavIC, provides
accurate real-time positioning and

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Special Envoy for Climate Change,

4. Mukesh Ambani and Sunita
will serve as President of COP28.
Narayan nominated as members
 COP28 Panel
of the COP28 Advisory Committee
 The panel includes 31 experts from
around the world who are policy
makers, finance officials and
sustainability leaders. The COP28
UAE Consultative Committee brings
together the climate expertise of
thought leaders from countries
across 6 continents.
 This includes representation from
policy, industry, energy, finance,
 Indian conglomerate Reliance
civil society, youth and
Industries CEO Mukesh Ambani and
humanitarian action. The panel will
climate campaigner Sunita
inspire collaborative and
Narayan, director general of the
transformative action in
Center for Science and
adaptation, mitigation, finance,
Environment, have been elected as
loss and damage, food and
members of the international
agriculture, and nature-based
advisory committee for the 28th
solutions.
session of the Conference of the
Parties (COP28).
 United Nations Climate Change 5. Bank of Maharashtra tops in
Conference-2023 will be held from NPA management in FY 2022-23
30 November to 12 December in
Dubai, United Arab Emirates till
November. COP27 took place under
the Presidency of Egypt.
 The United Nations Framework
Convention on Climate Change
(UNFCCC) Secretariat announced in
January 2023 that Sultan Ahmed Al
Jaber, Minister of Industry and
Advanced Technology and UAE  Pune-based state-owned lender
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been ranked as the best bank in
managing bad loans, achieving a
remarkable net non-performing
assets (NPA) ratio of 0.25% during
the financial year ending March
2023.
 It is followed by HDFC Bank at 2nd
position with 0.27% net NPA ratio
and Kotak Mahindra Bank at 3rd
position with 0.37% net NPA ratio.
 Ranking
 Among Public Sector Banks (PSBs) –
Bank of Maharashtra was the first
in NPA management, followed by
State Bank of India (SBI) at 0.67%
and Bank of Baroda at 0.89% at the
end of March 2023.
 Extraordinary provision coverage -
Bank of Maharashtra at 98.28%,
followed by UCO Bank at 94.50%
and Indian Bank at 93.82%.
 Capital Adequacy Ratio (CAR)- Bank
of Maharashtra stands first at
18.14%, followed by Punjab & Sind
Bank at 17.10% and Canara Bank at
16.68%.
 In terms of credit growth among
scheduled commercial banks - Bank
of Maharashtra registered
growth of 29.49%.
 Deposit growth - HDFC Bank leads
with a growth of 20.80%, followed
by Federal Bank at 17% and Kotak
Mahindra Bank at 16.49%.
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 In low-cost current account and
savings account (CASA) deposits –
Bank of Maharashtra ranks first
with 53.38%, followed by IDBI Bank
at 53.02% and Kotak Mahindra
Bank at 52.83%.
6. Goan writer Damodar Maujo
gets 57th Jnanpith Award
 Damodar Moujo, a Goan short story
writer, novelist, critic and
screenwriter in Konkani, has been
conferred with the 57th Jnanpith
Award 2021/2022, India's highest
literary honour. The 56th Jnanpith
awardee is Assamese poet
a Neelmani Phukan.
 On 28 May 2023, the Governor of
Goa, P.S. Sreedharan Pillai has
given him this award.
 Maujo is the second Goan to
receive the award after Ravindra
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Kelekar in 2008. Maujo has 25 books individuals. Under this, 11 lakh

published in Konkani and one in rupees are given in cash.
English.  The first recipient of this award
 Many of his books have also been was Malayalam writer G. Shankar
translated into different languages. Kurup, who received the award in
Moujo's famous novel 'Carmelin' 1965 for his poetry collection,
received the Sahitya Akademi Odakkuzhal (Bamboo Flute). In
Award in 1983. 1976, Bengali novelist Ashapurna
 Damodar Moujo Devi became the first woman to
 Moujo was born in 1944 in the win the award.
village of Aldona, Goa. He began
writing short stories in the early 7. Parminder Chopra, first woman to
1960s and has written over 25 head Power Finance Corporation
books with translations into
English, French, Portuguese and
other languages.
 Moujo's first short story, "The End
of the Night", was published in
1965. Moujo's work often deals with
the lives of ordinary people in Goa,
and he is known for his realistic
portrayal of social and economic
issues.
 Maujo is the recipient of several
awards including Sahitya Akademi
Award, Padma Shri and Padma
Bhushan. He is also a member of
Sahitya Akademi and Goa Konkani
Academy.
 Jnanpith Award  Parminder Chopra has been
 The award, instituted in 1961, is recommended by the Public
given for writing in Indian Enterprises Selection Board (PESB)
languages included in the Eighth to become the next Chairman and
Schedule to the Constitution of Managing Director (CMD) of Power
India and in English, and is not Finance Corporation (PFC), India's
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largest Non-Banking Financial
Company (NBFC).
 Chopra will be the first woman to
be appointed as the chairperson
and managing director (CMD) of a
Maharatna company. She has been
with the company since 2005 and
has been serving as Director
(Finance) and CFO since 2020, as
well as a member of the Board of
Directors.
 Chopra holds a bachelor's degree in
commerce and is a qualified cost
accountant and MBA. He has over
35 years of experience in the power
sector including National
Hydroelectric Power Corporation of
India (NHPC) and Power Grid
Corporation of India (PGCIL).
 Power Finance Corporation (PFC)
 Incorporated in 1986, PFC is the
largest infrastructure finance
company dedicated to power sector
under the administrative control of
Ministry of Power. Department of
Public Enterprises under the
Ministry of Finance
 PFC was accorded the 'Maharatna'
status, being the 11th Public Sector
Enterprise in the country to be
accorded the 'Maharatna' status.
 Harsh Jain - President of IAMAI
 The Internet and Mobile
Association of India (IAMAI) has
elected Harsh Jain, CEO of online
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gaming platform Dream11, as its
new chairperson. His tenure on this
post will be for two years (2023-
2025).
 Harsh Jain has replaced Sanjay
Gupta, Vice President and Country
Manager, Google India at IAMAI.
Along with this, MakeMyTrip co-
founder and Group CEO Rajesh
Mago has been elected as the Vice
Chairman of IAMAI.
 R Dinesh - CII President
 Executive Vice President, TVS
Supply Chain Solutions R. Dinesh
has taken over as the president of
the Confederation of Indian
Industry (CII) for 2023-24, while
Sanjiv Puri, managing director of
ITC, has been named as the
chairman. As per the statement
issued by the Confederation of
Indian Industry, Mr. Dinesh Bajaj
will replace Sanjiv Bajaj, CMD
Finserv Ltd.
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8. PM launches first Vande
Bharat Express train of
Northeast India in Guwahati
 Prime Minister Narendra Modi
flagged off the first Vande Bharat
X3 Express train of Northeast India
and Assam in Guwahati on 29 May
2023 through video conferencing.
This train will cover a distance of
410 kilometers in five and a half
hours and will connect Guwahati to
New Jalpaiguri.
 This is the 18th Vande Bharat
Express service. This Vande Bharat
Express will boost trade and
tourism by connecting major
destinations like Kamakhya
Temple, Kaziranga Sanctuary,
Manas Tiger Reserve in Assam,
Shillong and Cherrapunji in
Meghalaya and Tawang in
Arunachal Pradesh.
 Through this connectivity facility,
the age-old relations between
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Assam and West Bengal will be
strengthened. Tourism will get a
boost from the Vande Bharat
Express train, which will benefit
not only Assam and West Bengal,
but also Meghalaya and Arunachal
Pradesh.
 Prime Minister Modi also
inaugurated the newly constructed
Diesel Electric Multiple Unit and
Main Line Multiple Unit shed at
Lumding in Assam. Shri Modi also
dedicated 182 route kilometers of
newly electrified railway sections
to the nation.
 First Vande Bharat Rail of
Uttarakhand
 Earlier on 25 May 2023, Prime
Minister Narendra Modi started the
first Vande Bharat train from
Uttarakhand from Dehradun to
Delhi. On the occasion, PM Modi
highlighted his government's
emphasis on 'Navratna' (Nine
Gems), which aims to boost the
infrastructure development of
Uttarakhand.
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May/June. It is believed that the

9. Annual Kheer Bhawani fair
goddess changes the color of the
started in Union Territory of
water of the spring.
Jammu and Kashmir
 Kheer Bhavani Fair
 The Ragya Devi Temple in Tulmulla
Ganderbal village near Srinagar
(Jammu and Kashmir) is popularly
known as "Mata Kheer Bhavani
Temple". The temple dedicated to
Goddess Mata Kheer Bhavani
(originally Bhavani Mata) is
constructed over a holy spring.
 The marble temple is inside the
waterfall, where thousands of
 The four-day Kheer Bhavani fair devotees offer milk and 'kheer' to
has started on 26 May 2023. This the holy spring. The Kheer Bhawani
year, an estimated 60 to 70 fair is organized annually in five
thousand migrant Kashmiri Pandits temples in the Kashmir Valley.
from different parts of the country  This fair is organized at Tulmulla in
and abroad are expected to visit Ganderbal, Manjgam and Deosar in
the five famous temples of the Kulgam, Logripora in Anantnag and
valley during the annual fair. Tikkar in Kupwara.
 Kheer Bhavani is the most revered
holy festival of Kashmiri Brahmins.
A convoy of 4,500 pilgrims from
Jammu and Kashmiri Pandit
community has reached the
Kashmir Valley to participate in the
annual Kheer Bhawani fair.
 It is an annual festival, during
which devotees of Goddess Mata
Kheer Bhavani fast and assemble
here on the day of "Zeshta
Ashtami", which is the eighth day
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10. Today Shashi Tharoor will political, social, cultural and other
release the book 'Ringside' important events and
developments.

 The new book “Ringside-up, close

and personal on India and Beyond”
written by Lokmat Media Group
Editorial Board Chairman and
former MP Dr. Vijay Darda will be
released by renowned author and
Congress MP Dr. Shashi Tharoor on
30 May 2023.
 The book is a captivating
compilation of Darda's weekly
articles, which were published
between 2011 and 2016 in Lokmat
Media Group newspapers and other
leading national and regional
dailies of the country. As a follow-
up to the previous book "Straight
Thoughts".
 "Ringside" will take readers on an
intellectual journey of science,
environment, economy, security,
social development, sports, arts,
culture, foreign policy and national
and international affairs. The book
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[1] Recently Recep Tayyip Erdogan has
been elected as the President of
which country?
(a) Israel
(b) Turkey
(c) Oman
(d) Jordan
[2] Who has been awarded the Best
Director Award at the 76th Cannes
Film Festival 2023?
(a) Tran Anh Hung
(b) Yuji Sakamoto
(c) Koji Yakusho
(d) Michael Douglas
[3] Recently by what name has ISRO
launched the first satellite of the
second generation navigation?
(a) RAFS-1
(b) IRNSS-1
(c) NVS-1
(d) PNT-1
[4] Which Indian has recently been
inducted as a member of the
Consultative Committee of COP28?
(a) Mukesh Ambani
(b) Sunita Narayan
(c) Ratan Tata
(d) Both a and b
[5] Which bank has got the first
position for NPA management in
the financial year 2022-23?
(a) Bank of Maharashtra
(b) HDFC Bank
(c) Kotak Mahindra Bank
(d) State Bank of India
[6] Who has been awarded the 57th
Jnanpith Award recently?
(a) Neelmani Phukan
(b) G. Shankar Kurup
(c) Damodar Maujo
(d) Ashapurna Devi
[7] Who is the first woman to be
appointed as the Chairman and
Managing Director of Power
Finance Corporation recently?
(a) Soma Munda
(b) Alka Mittal
(c) Chitra Ramakrishna
(d) Parminder Chopra
[8] Where has the Prime Minister
launched the first Vande Bharat
Express train of Northeast India
recently?
(a) Guwahati
(b) Agartala
(c) Gangtok
(d) Dispur
[9] Where has the annual 'Kheer
Bhawani Mela' been organized
recently?
(a) Haryana
(b) Jammu and Kashmir
(c) Punjab
(d) Uttarakhand
[10] Who is the author of the book
'Ringside'?
(a) Ruskin Bond
(b) Dr. Vijay Darda
(c) Aditya Bhushan
(d) Varun Gandhi

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