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- The Central government has asked the state transport departments to make it mandatory for all Electric Vehicles (EVs) to use the green number plates, irrespective of the year in which they were bought.
- Former RBI Governor and economist Dr. Raghuram Rajan has authored the book “The Third Pillar: How Markets and the State Leave the Community Behind”.
- The UK has become the first national government to declare an Environment and Climate Emergency.
- This emergency implies climate and the environment centered policies at the core of all government policies.
- BSE, formerly known as the Bombay Stock Exchange, has appointed its first independent woman director Jayshree Vyas.
- India retained its top position in the ICC Test rankings while England remained the number one ODI side in the latest annual rankings.
- BSNL has become the first telecom operator to start optical fibre-based high-speed broadband service in Pulwama with the launch of 'Bharat Fibre'.
- This is the first such FTTH (fibre-to-the-home) service deployment in the Kashmir Valley.
- The 14th annual Sino-Indian border trade commenced with the opening of the Nathula Gate with Chinese and Indian officials exchanging ceremonious scarves (Khadas) at the border.
- Chinese traders come to Sherathang in India near Nathula Pass to sell their items while the Indians trade at the Rienchengang in the Tibetan Autonomous Region (TAR).
- On May 02, Vice President Venkaiah Naidu released a postage stamp to commemorate the 750th birth anniversary of the prominent philosopher of the Srivaishnava tradition “Sri Vedanta Desikan”.
- In July 2018 British parliamentarians joined together and commemorated the same event in the UK at the House of Commons complex in London.
- To commemorate the 150th birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi, the Office of the Principal Scientific Adviser and IIT Delhi have come together to set up a “Centre of Excellence for Waste to Wealth Technologies” to implement waste management in India.
- On May 4,1979 Margaret Thatcher became the first woman to be elected as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom.
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