Current Affairs 31 May 2019

Current Affairs 31 May 2019

• World No Tobacco Day - 31 May

Theme - Tobacco and Lung Health

• FICCI forecasts India's GDP growth at 7.1% for fiscal year 2019

The survey was conducted in May 2019 among economists belonging to the industry, banking and financial services sectors. Inflation is expected to remain moderate and CPI based inflation is projected at 4% while Wholesale Price Index based inflation to be 3.1%

• Vice Admiral Karam Singh to be the next navy chief of Indian Navy as the current navy chief Admiral Sunil Lanba retires

Karam Singh will be the first helicopter pilot to become Chief of the Indian Navy.

• James Marape elected new prime minister of Papua New Guinea 

Capital of Papua New Guinea - Port Moresby

Currency - Papua New Guinean Kina

• Vice Admiral Atul Kumar Jain takes over as Flag Officer Commanding In Chief Of Eastern Naval Command

• Narendra Modi takes oath as PM for second term

Some other important ministers in Modi cabinet are - 

Minister of Home Affairs - Amit Shah

Minister of Defence - Rajnath Singh

Finance Minister - Nirmala Sitaraman

Minister of Women and Child Development - Smriti Irani

Minister of Railways - Piyush Goyal

Minister of Roads and Transport - Nitin Gadkari

Minister of External Affairs - Subrahmanyam Jaishankar

• Goldman Sachs invests 250 million dollar in India

New York based investment and financial services major Goldman Sachs has pumped in $250 million to construct one of its largest global workspaces in Bengaluru.

• Sachin Bansal joins Ujjivan Bank as new director

The founder of Flipkart, Sachin Bansal joins Ujjivan Small Finance Bank as director.