May 31, 2024 | Current Affairs for UPSC, State PCS & other Govt. Exams

India has assumed the chairmanship of the Colombo Process for 2024-26, its first time since the forum's inception in 2003. The Colombo Process is a regional consultative forum consisting of 12 member states from South and Southeast Asia focused on the management of overseas employment and the protection of migrant workers.

The city of Goa recently hosted the first-ever Outlook Planet Sustainability Summit & Awards 2024 for Central Public Sector Enterprises (CPSEs) on May 27th.

In December 2023, the United Nations General Assembly designated May 30th as International Potato Day to be observed annually. The theme for the inaugural International Potato Day is "Harvesting Diversity, Feeding Hope."

The Sanchar Saathi Initiative, led by the Department of Telecommunication and the Ministry of Home Affairs, targets fraudulent SMS.

India's DRDO has successfully tested the indigenously developed anti-radiation missile RudraM-II. The Rudram is a series of supersonic and hypersonic air-to-surface ground attack and anti-radiation missiles. An anti-radiation missile (ARM) is designed to detect and home in on an enemy radio emission source. Typically, these are designed for use against an enemy radar, although jammers and even radios used for communications can also be targeted in this manner.

Indian mountaineer Satyadeep Gupta achieved a historic feat by becoming the first person to climb Mount Everest and Mount Lhotse twice in one season. He also set the record for the fastest traverse from Mount Everest to Mount Lhotse, completing it in 11 hours and 15 minutes.