May, 2024, Monthly Current Affairs / Top news of May/Competition Affairs / Top Highlights

May 1, 2024 : China announces the sea trials of its next-generation aircraft carrier Fujian.

May 2, 2024 : Under mounting political pressure, US President Joe Biden breaks his silence on campus unrest over the war in Gaza, saying Americans have the right to demonstrate but not to unleash violence.

May 3, 2024 : Congress leader Rahul Gandhi returns to the Lok Sabha fray in Uttar Pradesh by taking the poll plunge from pocket borough Rae Bareli.

May 4, 2024 : The Centre lifts the prohibition on onion exports imposed nearly six months ago, but restrainsd the free flow of outbound shipments by stipulating a minimum export price of $550 per tonne as well as a 40% export duty.

May 5, 2024 : Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu hardens his rejection of Hamas demands for an end to the Gaza war in exchange for the freeing of hostages, saying that would keep the Palestinian Islamist group in power and pose a threat to Israel.

May 6, 2024 : Marine heatwaves starting October 2023 have resulted in widespread coral bleaching in the Lakshadweep Sea, ICAR- Central Marine Fishries Research Institute (CMFRI) says in a statement, with some experts putting the damage at around 75% of the corals around the eponymous archipelago.

May 7, 2024 :A turnout of 64.40 percent was recorded in the third phase of Lok Sabha elections in 93 constituencies spread across 11 states with stray incidents of violence being witnessed in West Bengal.

May 8, 2024: Sam Pitroda resigns as the Indian Overseas Congress chief after his remarks sparked a political storm and spurred the PM to accuse the Congress of having a racist mindset and trying to divide the nation on the basis of skin colour.

May 9, 2024 :In a re-run of the incident that took place in France last year, over 200 Indians who arrived in Jamaica on a chartered flight from Dubai were sent back after a few days as immigration officials were not convinced that they were tourists.

May 10, 2024 : Delhi Chief Ministers and Aam Aadmi Party national convener Arvind Kejriwal can campaign in the ongoing Lok Sabha elections as the Supreme Court grants him 21 day interim bail till June 1 in a money laundering case linked to the Delhi excise policy  scam.

May 11, 2024 : The Union government has started procuring onions from farmers at market rates to build an emergency buffer of 500,000 tonne for 2024-25 to boost supplies if prices spike.

May 12, 2024 : Aam Aadmi Party national convener and Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal announces 10 guarantees that would be fulfilled if the INDIA bloc came to power at the Centre.

May 13, 2024 : India and Iran sign a 10-year agreement to further develop the Chabahar port a regional connectivity hub connecting India to Afghanistan, Central Asia and Eurasia.

May 14, 2024 :Holding that legal services rendered by lawyers do not fall under the ambit of the consumer Protection Act, the Supreme Court rules that litigants cannot sue lawyers for “deficiency in service “ to claim compensation.

May 15, 2024 : India’s merchandise exports begin 2024-25 on a mildly positive note, rising 1.01% to $ 35 billion in April.

May 16, 2024 :PM Narendra Modi launches a campaign blitz in the electoral battle ground of eastern Uttar Pradesh, accusing the Opposition of spreading lies on the Citizenship (Amendment) Act and of abusing north Indians to gain votes in the south, and alleging that the India bloc will disintegrate after the election results.

May 17, 2024 :Spain has refused entry to a ship carrying arms from Chennai to Israel to dock at one of its ports, its Foreign Minister Jose Manual Albares has said.

May 18, 2024 :Campaigning for the fifth phase of the Lok Sabha election ends.

May 19, 2024 :Gopi Thotakura an entrepreneur and a pilot, becomes the first Indian to venture into space as a tourist aboard Amazon founder Jeff Bezos’s Blue Origin’s NS-25 mission.

May 20, 2024 : The fifth phase of the Lok Sabha elections sees a 57.75% voter turnout till 8pm amid reports of minor incidents of violence from West Bengal.

May 21, 2024 : In rallies in Bihar and eastern Uttar Pradesh, PM Narendra Modi says the Opposition is completely “defeated and destroyed” after five phases of polling for the ongoing Lok Sabha elections, that he has no successor.

May 22, 2024 : The Election Commission comes down heavily on both the ruling BJP and the opposition Congress over poll speeches by their star campaigners, saying “precious heritage of national election and electoral democracy  should not be allowed to be weakened by anyone.”

May 23, 2024 :Campaigning for the sixth phase of polling in 58 constituencies across eight states and Union territories –Delhi, Haryana, West Bengal, Odisha, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Jharkhand and J & K ends.

May 24, 2024 :Expressing concern over the drought-like situation afflicting several parts of Mahrashtra, Nationalist Congress Party (Sharad –Chandra Pawar) Chief Sharad Pawar urges the Mahayuti government to take the crisis seriously.

May 25, 2024 :The voter turnout in the polling for the 10 Lok Sabha seats in Haryana crosses the 64 per cent mark.

May 26, 2024 : The severe cyclonic storm Remal starts its landfall process between Sagar Island in West Bengal and Khepupara in Bangladesh around 9.15 p.m, as it intensifies and moves northwards.

May 27, 2024 :The India Meteorological Department (IMD) stuck to its first forecast and reiterates that this year’s southwest monsoon would see ‘above normal” rainfall, but warns that it will be a hot and humid June in northwest India (including Delhi) with the humidity making it worse that the ongoing heatwave in the region.

May 28, 2024 : Storms and rainfall induced landslips in the aftermath of cyclone Remal kills at least 31 people and injures several others across three northeastern states.

May 29, 2024 : In a setback to Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, the Supreme Court Registry refuses to list for hearing his plea seeking extension of his 21 day interim bail by seven days on medical grounds in a money laundering case linked to the excise scam. <b

May 30, 2024 : The gruelling and high-decibel campaign for the last phase of the Lok Sabha elections concludes.

May 31, 2024 : India’s real Gross Domestic Product (GDP) for FY24 is estimated to have grown by a faster-than-projected 8.2%, quickening from FY23’s 7% pace, the NSO provisional estimates released show.