• National

National (06th May 2019 – 11th May 2019)

• India to Attend G-7 Meet In France
• Israel honours 1971 Bangladesh Liberation War Hero Lt. Gen JFR Jacob
• Mukesh Ambani’s Reliance Industries buys Global Toy Retailer Hamleys
• SC Collegium recommends names of Justices Gavai, Surya Kant for elevation as apex court judges

• International

International (06th May 2019 – 11th May 2019)

• King Maha Vajiralongkorn crowned Rama X of Thailand
• Nepali girl dances for 126 hours straight to set new World Record
• Mali President named new government
• Ireland declares climate emergency
• Konkan Railways signs contract agreement with Nepal to supply two 1600 HP DEMU train sets
• Australian flight Carrier Qantas operates the ‘world’s first’ zero waste flight
• Laurentino Cortizo wins Presidential elections of Panama
• Stevo Pendarovski elected new President of North Macedonia
• Singapore passes new law to police fake news
• Peruvian Climber died on Nepal Peak

• Economy and Business

Economy and Business (06th May 2019 – 11th May 2019)

• Foreign exchange reserves rise by 4.3 Billion
• Bharatpe Launches India’s 1st UPI Bahi Khata For Merchants
• Facebook Chooses London as Base for WhatsApp Payments
• India Ratings Downgrades Yes Bank with Negative Outlook
• Yes Bank acquired shares of CG Power
• Piramal, Canadian fund set up renewable trust
• SBI Card raises Rs. 700 crores from banks

• Sports

Sports (06th May 2019 – 11th May 2019)

• Saurav Ghoshal & Joshna Chinappa Win Asian Individual Squash Championship Titles
• Dragan Mihailovic Appointed As Coach of Indian Volleyball Team
• Esha and Akull won silver in the Shooting
• Amul to sponsor Afghanistan in 2019 World Cup

• Awards

Awards (06th May 2019 – 11th May 2019)

• G D ‘Robert’ Govender Conferred With V K Krishna Menon Award
• Trump awards highest US civilian honour to Tiger Woods

• Appointments

Appointments (06th May 2019 – 11th May 2019)

• Myntra appoints Virat Kohli, Anushka Sharma as its first brand ambassadors
• Gates Foundation Appoints Sanjay Ubale As India Policy Head
• Dia Mirza appointed as SDG Advocates of UN
• Deborah appointed CEO of Recording Academy
• India’s Jagjit Pavadia re-elected to International Narcotics Control Board
• Rakesh Sharma elected as IMMA Vice-President

• Important Days

Important Days (06th May 2019 – 11th May 2019)

• World Asthma Day being observed on 07^th May 2019
• National Technology Day being celebrated in India
• World Red Cross Day being observed on 08^th May 2019
• 158th birth anniversary of Tagore being celebrated on 09^th May 2019

• Science and Tech

Science and Tech (06th May 2019 – 11th May 2019)

• SpaceX Launches Falcon 9 Rocket
• Japanese private firm sends the first rocket into space
• Chandrayaan-2 to be launched in July this year
• NASA to crash spacecraft into an asteroid in 2022
• NDDB developed 1st genome assembly of buffalo
• IIT-B researchers develop ‘Made in India’ microprocessor

• Defence

Defence (06th May 2019 – 11th May 2019)

• Indian Navy Launches 4th Scorpene Class Submarine INS Vela
• INS Ranjit decommissioned at Visakhapatnam
• IAF gets first Apache Guardian attack helicopter
• Indian Army to Commemorate 2019 As ‘Year of next of kin’
• USAF Successfully tests Laser System ‘SHiELD’ to shoot down missiles

• Obituaries

Obituaries (06th May 2019 – 11th May 2019)

• Noted Writer, Academician Maramraju Satyanarayana Rao Passes Away
• Acting Guru Roshan Taneja passes away
• ITC’s Non-Executive Chairman YC Deveshwar Passes Away
• Tamil Novelist and Sahitya Akademi Awardee Thoppil Mohamed Meeran Passes Away
• Renowned economist Baidyanath Mishra passes away
• Former billiards player Derek Sippy passes away
• NR Madhava Menon passes away
• The first Chronicler of Partition Prof. Kirpal Singh passes away

• States

States (06th May 2019 – 11th May 2019)

• Justice Ravindra Bhat becomes CJ of Rajasthan High Court
• Gujarat Assembly Passes Act to Allow Shops & Businesses Remain Open 24X7
• BMC commissioner Ajoy Mehta to be new Maharashtra chief secretary
• Chhattisgarh Deploys 1st Anti-Naxal Women Commando Unit

• Miscellaneous

Miscellaneous (06th May 2019 – 11th May 2019)

• Shahid Afridi Released His Autobiography, Titled ‘Game Changer’
• Last captive white tiger Bajirao dies at 18
• India’s newest pit viper found in Arunachal

• Agreements

Agreements (06th May 2019 – 11th May 2019)

• TAFE inked pact with PCRA on energy use