1. Swachh Bharat Mission: Rural sanitation coverage
crosses the 85% mark
2. 8 states, 4 UTs sign MoUs with health ministry to
implement Ayushman Bharat
3. Government launches smoking cessation campaign
4. Odisha signs MoU with PGBF for establishment of
badminton
5. Karnataka CM H D Kumaraswamy allocated portfolios
to ministers
6. CM launches 'Arunachal Rising Campaign'
7. Himachal receives financial assistance of Rs
84.13 crore under NDRF
8. Delhi govt approves 88 proposals under MLA LAD
scheme till May 25
9. South Africa, Germany, Belgium elected
non-permanent UNSC members
10. Syndicate, OBC, Bank of India raise rate by up
to 0.15%
11. Yes Bank launches deposit scheme with an eye to
raise Rs 1,000 crore
12. Defence minister inaugurates solar power plant
at Heavy Vehicle
13. OVL gets first equity oil from Abu Dhabi’s Lower
Zakum oil field
14. Kamila Shamsie's "Home Fire" wins 2018
Women's Prize for Fiction
15. Ravindra Prasad Jaiswal concurrently accredited
as the next Ambassador of India to the State of Eritrea
16. Bandhan Bank appoints former RBI deputy governor
H R Khan as chairman
17. Tariq Premji joins board of Wipro Enterprises
the non-IT business arm of Wipro
18. New Zealand cricket coach Hesson quits
19. Socialist leader Laxman Patil--Bhosle dead
20. Senior Cong leader L P Shahi dies at 98
21. Veteran Goa Congress leader Shantaram Naik
passes away
22. World War II photographer David Douglas Duncan
dies at 102
23. Legendary Brazilian tennis player Maria Bueno
dies in Sao Paulo