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Current Affairs Capsule: 21 May 2019

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  1. The Supreme Court bench comprising Chief Justice of India (CJI) Ranjan Gogoi and SC Justice Deepak Gupta and Justice Sanjiv Khanna has held that a Foreigner Tribunal’s order declaring a person as an illegal foreigner will be binding and will prevail over government decision to include or exclude name from National Register of Citizens (NRC) in Assam. The Foreigners (Tribunal) Order, 1964 was passed by Government of India (GoI) under section 3 of foreigners Act, 1946.
  2. Pakistan has appointed Mueenul Haq as the High Commissioner to India. Haq, the current ambassador to France, has previously served as chief of protocol at the Foreign Office. The post of High Commissioner to India fell vacant after Sohail Mehmood was appointed Pakistan’s new foreign secretary.
  3. The 8th Indo-Myanmar coordinated patrol (IMCOR-2019) is going to take place from 20 May to 28 May 2019.  Started in March 2013, it seeks to address issues of terrorism, human trafficking, poaching, illegal fishing, drug trafficking and other illegal activities harmful to interest of both nations.
  4. In his ninth title in Rome, Rafael Nadal (World No.2) of Spain defeated Novak Djokovic (World No.1) of Serbia in finals to win men’s singles title at Italian Open 2019, held in Rome. This is the 81st win of Rafael Nadal. Founded in 1930, the Italian Open is also known as Rome Masters (for male edition) or Internazionali BNL d’Italia (sponsored name) or Italian Championships.
  5. SIMBEX-2019 (Singapore India Maritime Bilateral Exercise), an annual bilateral naval exercise between India and Singapore is being held from 16 May to 22 May 2019. Started in 1993, aims to enhance interoperability, strengthen mutual trust, and build greater synergy to address common maritime concerns among both navies. From India INS Kolkata and INS Shakti will be participating in the exercise.
  6. Indonesia’s Joko Widodo has been re-elected as president of the country, beating rival Prabowo Subianto, a retired general. Widodo and his vice-presidential running mate Ma’ruf Amin won the election by a 55.5 percent to 44.5 percent margin over Subianto and Sandiaga Uno.
  7. External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj on May 21, 2019 left on a two-day visit to Kyrgyzstan capital Bishkek to represent India in the meeting of Council of Foreign Ministers of Shanghai Co-operation Organization (SCO). Mrs Swaraj will also call on Kyrgyz President Sooronbay Jeenbekov and hold other bilateral meetings. On 9 June 2017, India joined as full member of SCO.

Questions:

  • SIMBEX is a Maritime Exercise between India and ____
  1. Switzerland
  2. Sri Lanka
  3. Singapore
  4. Sweden
  • The _____ edition of Indo-Myanmar coordinated patrol is being held from May 20 to 28 2019?
  1. 4
  2. 6
  3. 7
  4. 8
  • When was the Italian Open founded?
  1. 2001
  2. 1972
  3. 1954
  4. 1930
  • Who has been elected as Indonesia’s new president?
  1. Joko Widodo
  2. Prabowo Subianto
  3. Ma’ruf Amin
  4. Sandiaga Uno
  • Who has been appointed as the as the Pakistan’s High Commissioner to India?
  1. Mahmood Ali
  2. Mueenul Haq
  3. Sohail Mehmood
  4. Muhammed Farhan
  • In which year India joined Shanghai Cooperation Organisation as a full member?
  1. 2001
  2. 2007
  3. 2017
  4. 2018
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