Weekly Current Affairs (15 May to 20 May 2023)

Weekly Current Affairs (15 May to 20 May 2023)

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Category : International Published on: May 21 2023

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  • US Senate confirms Indian-American Geeta Rao Gupta to be Ambassador at Large for Global Women's Issues
  • Nepali sherpa Pasang Dawa becomes world’s second person to scale Everest 26 times
  • Mansukh Mandaviya addresses G7 Health Ministerial Meeting on Health Innovation in Japan
  • UAE’s Sharjah Police launches ‘Stay in your lane’ campaign
  • Indian-origin police officer Pratima Bhullar Maldonado becomes highest-ranking first South Asian female officer in the New York Police Department
  • UN General Assembly declares Nov 26 as World Sustainable Transport Day
  • G7 summit officially kicks off on 19 May 2023 in Hiroshima, Japan
  • Libyan parliament suspends Fathi Bashagha as prime minister of Sirte-based government
  • India & Bangladesh launch '50 Start-ups Exchange Programme'
  • First meeting of India-EU trade, technology Council at Brussels
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