Current Affairs of 8th May 2019
1. International Fire Day was celebrated 4th May, 2019.
2. World Bank helped the South African countries affected by cyclone 545 million dollars.
3. Indian Navy’s frontline missile destroyer, INS Ranjit, commissioned on 15th September 1983 has been decommissioned after 36 years of service, at the naval dockyard in Visakhapatnam. INS Ranjit was the 3rd of the 5 Kashin-class destroyers built by the former USSR (Union of Soviet Socialist Republics).
4. Justice Ravindra Bhat recently been appointed as the Chief Justice of the High Court of Rajasthan.
5. INS Vela, Indian Navy’s 4th Scorpene-class submarine was launched at Mazagon Dockyard in Mumbai. This is the fourth submarine in the series of six submarines under Project 75 built by Mazagon Dock Ltd, Mumbai. The Scorpene-class submarine has been termed as the Kalavari Class.
6. Russian President has signed sovereign Internet law
7. The US Air Force Research Laboratory tested a laser system called ‘Self-Protect High Energy Laser Demonstrator (SHiELD) at the US Army’s White Sands Missile range in New Mexico which successfully shot down multiple air-launched missiles while in flight.
8. Buddhist idols have been discovered in Telangana
9. China has recently started the 14th edition of the Indian border trade in Sikkim
10. White tiger Bajirao, the last captive dies at the age of 18 at at the Sanjay Gandhi National Park (SGNP) in Borivali, Mumbai.
11. World Red Cross Day or Red Crescent Day celebrated on 8th May
12. May 8 observes as a World Thalassaemia Day 2019