Banking and Financial
- Axis Bank launches a digital onboarding platform ‘Sarathi’
- HDFC Bank partners Manipal Global to build up a talent pipeline
- India signed agreement with ADB for development of infrastructure in Andhra Pradesh
- SBI General unveils ‘Surety Bond Bima’ for infrastructure projects
- RBI imposes Rs 84.50 lakh penalty on Central Bank of India
- Equitas SFB partnered with IBM for digital banking platform
- PhonePe becomes first payment app to link 2 Lakh RuPay Credit Cards to UPI
- Bank of Maharashtra top performer in NPA management during FY23
- SEBI sets up intermediary advisory panel to be led by S Ravindran
- Razorpay launches “Turbo UPI” in partnership with Axis Bank and the National Payments Council of India (NPCI)
Appointment and Resignation
- K Govindraj elected as President of International Basketball Federation (FIBA)
- Dream 11 CEO Harsh Jain appointed new chairman of ‘Internet and Mobile Association of India’ (IAMAI)
- R Dinesh appointed as Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) President for 2023-24
- Suman Sharma sworn in as member of UPSC
- Srikrishnan Hari Hara Sarma appoints as MD & CEO of Karnataka Bank
- Praveen Kumar Srivastava sworn in as Central Vigilance Commissioner
- Bola Ahmed Tinubu sworn in as the President of Nigeria
- Chaman Lal elected 1st-ever Indian-origin Lord Mayor of Birmingham
- Maharashtra govt names Sachin Tendulkar as Smile Ambassador’
National News
- AYUSH Minister inaugurates PCIM&H ‘e-office’ and online portal
- First Urban Climate Film Festival to be held in Kolkata
- President Murmu inaugurates new Jharkhand High Court building
- Chhattisgarh CM launched ‘Hamar Sughghar Laika Abhiyan’
- Goa, Uttarakhand sign MoU to boost tourism
- Giriraj Singh launched SAMARTH campaign
- Odisha govt collaborates with Infosys, National Association of Software and Service Companies (NASSCOM)
- National Tiger Conservation Authority (NTCA) forms new committee to oversee Cheetah project
- PM Modi chairs the 8th meeting of the NITI Aayog Governing Council
- PM Modi inaugurates new Parliament building
- Mega ‘Yoga Festival’ in Hyderabad
- 2nd G-20 Anti-Corruption Working Group meeting concluded in Rishikesh
- Patna becomes first municipal corporation to use CBDC
- Telangana achieves 100% coverage of PMJDY
- Mukesh Ambani joins advisory committee to COP28 President
- PM Modi flagged off Assam’s first Vande Bharat Express
- India gets approval to set up 2nd hydroelectric project in Nepal
- Bandra-Versova sea bridge will be named after Veer Savarkar
- Atal Bhujal Yojana water scheme extended by two years
- BPCL develops ethanol-diesel blend to reduce emissions
- Maharashtra government launched Namo Shetkari Mahasanman Yojana
- Odisha government announces new housing scheme
- Kheer Bhawani Mela 2023 organized in Kashmir Valley
- Odisha CM launches ‘Odisha for Al, and Al for Youth’ initiative
- 8th International Convention of SPIC MACAY inaugurated in Nagpur
- Nirmala Sitharaman chairs 2nd meeting of National Industrial Corridor Development and Implementation Trust (NICDIT)
International News
- India’s AI supercomputer ‘AIRAWAT’ ranked 75th in Global Supercomputing list
- Sydney’s Harris Park renamed as ‘Little India’
- The Hanke’s Annual Misery Index (HAMI) 2022: India ranked 103, Switzerland emerged as the least miserable
- Nepal celebrates Bhoto Jatra
Awards
- Actor Sonu Sood Receives Honoris Causa at Apex University’s Jaipur
- 57th Jnanpith Award was given to Goan writer Damodar Maujo
- Rashtriya Ispat Nigam Limited (RINL) won ‘Greentech Safety Award 2023’
Defence
- Iran successfully launched ballistic missile ‘Kheibar’
Science
- Rayyanah Barnawi, the first Arab woman astronaut to go to space
- Microsoft launched multilingual Jugalbandi Al chatbot
Sports
- Murali Sreeshankar won gold at International Jumping Meeting in Greece
- Sania Mirza appointed as the Tennis Ambassador for Sony Sports Network
- Magnus Carlsen won Superbet Rapid and Blitz Poland 2023
- India’s ace shuttler HS Prannoy won the Malaysia Masters Badminton title
- Max Verstappen wins Monaco Grand Prix 2023
- Ambati Rayudu announces IPL retirement
- Chennai Super Kings Beats Gujarat Titians in IPL 2023
- India won Central Asian Volleyball Association (CAVA) Women’s Challenge Cup 2023
Important day
- 28 May – International Day of Action for Women’s Health (Theme 2023 – Our Voices, Our Actions, Our Demand: Uphold Women’s Health and Rights Now)
- 28 May – Menstrual Hygiene Day (Theme 2023 – Making menstruation a normal fact of life by 2030)
- 28 May – World Hunger Day (Theme 2023 – celebrating sustainable solutions to hunger and poverty)
- 29 May – International Day of United Nations Peacekeepers (Theme 2023 – Peace begins with me)
- 29 May – World Digestive Health Day (Theme 2023 – Your Digestive Health: A Healthy Gut From the Start)
- 29 May – International Everest Day
- 30 May – Goa Statehood Day
- 31 May – World No Tobacco Day (Theme 2023 – We need food, not tobacco)
Obituary
- Industrialist and philanthropist Karumuttu T Kannan passes away
