National

World Hydrogen Summit 2024

• New and Renewable Energy Secretary Bhupinder Singh Bhalla addressed the World Hydrogen Summit 2024 in Rotterdam, Netherlands.
• Country’s installed electricity capacity from non-fossil-fuel sources is projected to increase by 50 per cent by 2030.

International

Cryptosporidiosis outbreak

• UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) reported 22 confirmed cases of cryptosporidiosis, a waterborne disease caused by the microscopic parasite cryptosporidium.

Antony Blinken removes Cuba

• US Secretary of State Antony Blinken has removed Cuba from the State Department’s short list of countries that it deems less than fully cooperative against violent groups.

Marijuana

• US President Joe Biden’s administration formally proposed reclassifying marijuana as a less dangerous Schedule III drug.

Economy

ADB approves loan to Sikkim

• Asian Development Bank has sanctioned a loan of USD 148.5 million to facilitate the modernization and improvement of the reliability, quality, and resilience of electricity supply in Sikkim.

Sports

PUMA signs deal with AFI

• PUMA India has signed a multi-year deal with the Athletics Federation of India to become its official kit sponsor.
• This is the first time that Indian athletes will get access to speed suits that PUMA supplies globally to other athletes.

Target Olympic Podium Scheme

• Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports’ Mission Olympics Cell (MOC) has inducted next generation squash players Anahat Singh, Abhay Singh and Velavan Senthilkumar into the Development Group of the Target Olympic Podium Scheme (TOPS).

Person in News

Kapil Sibal

• Kapil Sibal has been elected as the President of the Supreme Court Bar Association.

Sunil Chhetri

• Sunil Chhetri has announced his decision to retire from international football.

Dinkar Gupta

• Former NIA director general Dinkar Gupta was recently provided the top 'Z-plus' category VIP security cover by the Union government in view of potential threats to him from pro-Khalistan elements.

A.Y.V. Krishna and N. Venu Gopal

• IPS officers A.Y.V. Krishna and N. Venu Gopal have been appointed as additional directors in CBI.

Miscellaneous

World Telecommunication and Information Society Day

• World Telecommunication and Information Society Day is observed on 17 May to raise awareness of the possibilities that the use of the Internet and other information and communication technologies (ICTs) can bring to societies and economies.

Sikkim Statehood Day

• Sikkim Statehood Day is observed on 16 May every year.
• Sikkim became the 22nd state of the Indian Union and the monarchy was abolished, on May 16, 1975.