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    Which city hosted the first-ever joint conference of Indian Customs and Department of India Posts?
    Solution
    On May $$11$$, the first-ever joint conference of Indian Customs and Department of India Posts at Vigyan Bhavan in New Delhi to deliberate on streamlining of imports and exports by post. Commissioners of Customs from all the States having Foreign Post Offices (FPOs) were present along with their counterpart Post Master Generals. Imports and exports by post are the $$6$$th highest cited citizen grievances under under Centralized Public Grievance Redress and Monitoring System (CPGRAMs). Customs and Directorate General of Foreign Trade (DGFT) have worked together since a year to liberalise, reform and align laws relating to imports by India Post.
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    Which country to host the $$2018$$ meeting of the BIMSTEC Sub-Group on Prevention of Illicit Trafficking in Narcotic Drugs, Psychotropic Substances and precursor Chemicals?
    Solution
    The $$5$$th meeting of the BIMSTEC Sub-Group on Prevention of Illicit Trafficking in Narcotic Drugs, Psychotropic Substances and precursor Chemicals to be held in Kathmandu, Nepal on $$23$$ May $$2018$$. The Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation (BIMSTEC) is an international organisation of $$7$$ nations of South Asia and South East Asia, including Bangladesh, India, Myanmar, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Bhutan, and Nepal.
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    Anne V Coates, Oscar-winning film editor has passed away. She belonged to which country?
    Solution
    Anne V Coates $$(92)$$, a British film editor, has passed away in Los Angeles, California on May $$8, 2018$$. She was best known as the editor of David Leans epic film Lawrence of Arabia in $$1962$$, for which she won an Oscar. During her incredible career, Anne was BAFTA-nominated four times for work including The Elephant Man and Erin Brockovich, and received the BAFTA Fellowship in $$2007$$. She also received an Academy Honorary Award, known as a Lifetime Achievement Oscar, in November $$2016$$ by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. She continued working up to the time of her death. She was currently in pre-production as an editor on A Dolphin In Our Lake and as executive producer on Off The Leash.
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    Which of the following is the China's first home-built aircraft carrier that recently started sea trials?
    Solution
    Chinas first domestically developed aircraft carrier Type-$$001$$A has recently started sea trials. The aim of trials is to demonstrate the reliability and capability of the ships propulsion systems. The $$50,000$$-metric tonne vessel will become the countrys second aircraft carrier, and the first to be entirely built and designed inside of China, when it joins the navy before $$2020$$. Few countries in the world have aircraft carriers. Besides India, the US, Russia, the UK, France, Italy, Thailand and China operate a total of $$18$$ aircraft carriers.
  • Question 5
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    India and Peru have recently signed an agreement on cooperation in the field of Renewable Energy. Who is the Prime Minister of Peru?
    Solution
    India and Peru signed an agreement on cooperation in the field of Renewable Energy at Lima on May $$11, 2018.$$ The pact was signed in the presence of Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu and the Prime Minister Cesar Villanueva Arevalo. Beside this, Perus External Affairs Ministry organized a special programme in Lima to commemorate the $$55$$ years of diplomatic ties with India. Peru is a founder member of the International Solar Alliance (ISA), established with India taking the initiative.
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    Nandram Das Bairagi, the noted Hindi Film Lyricist has passed away. He hailed from which state? 
    Solution
    Nandram Das Bairagi $$(87)$$, the noted Hindi film lyricist, poet and politician, has passed away in Neemuch district of Madhya Pradesh on May $$13, 2018$$. The multi-faceted personality, who was also MP minister in the Congress government earlier, was born in Manasa on February $$10,1931$$. He was popularly known as Balkavi Bairagi as he wrote some classic poems in his childhood. He wrote lyrics for more than two dozen Hindi films and some like Tu Chanda Main Chandni from the film Reshma aur Shera are considered classics. He wrote several Hindi poems, among which, Jhar gaye paat, bisar gayi tehni is considered a gem by many Hindi poets. Bairagi was a Lok Sabha member between $$1984$$ and $$1989$$ and also a former Rajya Sabha MP.
  • Question 7
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    The Rehala Watefalls is located in which state?
    Solution
    The Rehala Falls is a tourist attraction on the LehManali Highway in the state of Himachal Pradesh. It is a Cascade and Punchbowl type of a waterfall located $$16$$ km from Manali on the way to Rohtang Pass. The fall is surrounded by dense forest cover. The best time to visit the waterfall is between the months of March and November.
  • Question 8
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    Balakumaran, the veteran novelist has passes away. He belonged to which state?
    Solution
    Balakumaran $$(71)$$, the veteran Tamil novelist, has passed away in Chennai, Tamil Nadu on May $$15, 2018$$. He was famous for his novels like Mercury Pookal and Irumbu Kuthiraigal which earned him a good fan following. He created strong women characters, probably cast in the mould of his mother, whom he adored. Balakumaran in a way also liberated women in his works. He had a strained relationship with his father. He also published a number of short stories and later entered Tamil cinema through script and dialogue writing. He had worked with top two stars Rajinkanth (film Baasha) and Kamal Haasan (Nayagan and Guna). Balakumaran was a recipient of a number of awards, including the state governments Kalaimamani honour.
  • Question 9
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    Which Indian shooter has won gold in the women's $$10$$m air pistol event at the International Shooting Competitions of Hannover in Germany?
    Solution
    Indian Shooter Heena Sidhu clinched the gold medal while compatriot P Shri Nivetha settled for bronze in the womens $$10$$m air pistol event at the International Shooting Competitions of Hannover, Germany. Heena was in a rollicking form in the final where she was tied with Frances Mathilde Lamolle on $$239.8$$ points. She won the tie to win the gold ahead of Mathilde. Shri Nivetha finished on $$219.2$$. The finish marks a strong build-up to next weeks ISSF World Cup in Munich.
  • Question 10
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    Who has been closen for the $$2018$$ RedInk award for lifetime achievement in journalism?
    Solution
    Sir William Mark Tully, the veteran British journalist and former BBC India correspondent, has been chosen for $$2018$$ RedInk award for lifetime achievement in journalism. Tully worked with the BBC for $$30$$ years before resigning in July $$1994$$. He held the position of Chief of Bureau, BBC, Delhi, for $$20$$ years. The lifetime achievement award to Tully is the recognition of his long and outstanding contribution to Indian journalism. Meanwhile, Faye DSouze, the executive editor of Mirror Now channel, has been selected as the winner of the RedInk award for journalist of the year. Apart from these two awards, the Redink awards for excellence in journalism are given in $$13$$ competitive categories to $$32$$ journalists after a process of selection by a jury appointed for each category. The RedInk awards for excellence in journalism are instituted by the Mumbai Press Club. The awards will be presented to the winners at a ceremony here on May $$18$$ in Mumbai.
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