Current Affairs May 16 to May 31, 2013   

• Treasurer Ajay Shirke and secretary Sanjay Jagdale resign from their respective posts in BCCI.
• Avinash Chander appointed as the New chief of DRDO (Defence Research Development Organiastion).
• Anti-Tobacco Day Observed across the World.

• CBSE declares class 10 results.
• National Award-winning filmmaker Rituparno Ghosh dies at 49.
• Prime Minister Manmohan Singh elected to Rajya Sabha for the 5th consecutive term from Assam.
• India and Thailand signed extradition treaty after 20 years of negotiations.
• Arvind Mahankali of Indian origin from New York wins the Scripps National Spelling Bee for the year 2013.

• Executive Board (EB) of IOC recommended baseball, squash and wrestling for possible inclusion in the Olympic programme for the 2020 Summer Games.

• ‘Blue is the Warmest Colour’ win the prestigious Palme d’Or at the 66th Cannes Film Festival.
• Ram Jethmalani expelled by BJP Party from Primary Membership for Six years.
• BCCI constituted 3-Man Probe Panel to probe to probe the allegations against Gurunath Meiyappan and the three Rajasthan Royals players.The three-member panel also includes T Jayaram Chouta, former judge and R. Balasubramanian, former judge and BCCI secretary Sanjay Jagdale.
• Punjab Government approved Online Lottery System to Increase Revenue.

• Defence Ministry inaugurated the first fighter aircraft base of India at Thanjavur in Tamil Nadu.
• England has been confirmed as the host country for the 2019 Cricket World Cup.
• Sachin Tendulkar announced his retirement from Twenty20 cricket format after Mumbai Indians beat Chennai Super Kings in IPL6 final.
• Amway’s India Chairman and CEO William S. Pinckney and two directors of the network marketingcompany on charges of financial irregularities and cheating.

• Bayern Munich wins European Champions League for the fifth time beating Borussia Dortmund 2-1 in the final in Wembley.
• Mumbai Indian wins IPL 6 defeating Chennai Super Kings by 23 runs in Kolkata.
• Michael Hussey and Dwayne Bravo of Chennai Super Kings claimed the orange cap and purple cap respectively in IPL6.
• France Open 2013 starts at Paris.

• Mumbai Police arrest Gurunath Meiyappan, CEO of Chennai Super Kings in connection with a spot-fixing scandal at IPL 6.
• 25 killed including senior Congress leader Mahendra Karma, Nanda Kumar Patel and 20 others are injured in an attack by Maoists in Jagdalpur district of Chhattisgarh.
• Radha Krishna Mathu appointed as the new Defence Secretary of India.

• The US Senate approved Indian-American Srikanth Srinivasan as the first South Asian judge to America's second highest court.
• The International Olympic Committee has set India a September 1 deadline for a new election to facilitate the country's return to the Olympic fold.
• Sebi(Securities and Exchange Board of India) turns 25.
• Mumbai Indian reaches the final of IPL 6.

• Prime Minister Manmohan Singh laid the foundation stone of the Indian National Defence University(INDU) at Binola, Gurgaon.
• Yuichiro Miura of Japan became the oldest man to climb the Everest at the age of 80 year.
• American Writer Lydia Davis won 2013 Man Booker International Prize.
• Elite panel umpire Asad Rauf is withdrawn from next month's Champions Trophy by ICC following media reports of his alleged linking with bokkie in IPL 6.

• UPA II complete four years in its second term.
• India successfully test fired 290-km range BrahMos Supersonic Cruise Missile from INS Tarkash in the coast of Goa.
• President Pranab Mukherjee Wednesday conferred the 47th Jnanpith Award, the country's highest literary award, for the year 2011 on noted writer Pratibha Ray.

• Arunima Sinha becomes first Indian amputee to reach Mt Everest.
• The President of Indian appointed Shashi Kant Sharma as the new Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) of India who will succeed Vinod Rai.
• Chennai Super Kings reach final of IPL6.
• Supreme Court rejects a petition seeking to halt the remaining matches of IPL 6.
• Pune Warriors have pulled out of IPL by the owner Sahara India over financial differences with the BCCI.
• Indian actor Vindu Dara Singh has been arrested by Mumbai police for alleged links to bookies in IPL6.

• India and China ink eight agreements on trade, water resources.
• Yahoo announced a $1.1 billion deal for blogging site Tumblr.
• A Pakistani court on Monday granted bail to former army chief and president Pervez Musharraf who has been under house.
• Oklahoma State, US devastated by a powerful tornado which more than 90 people died.

• Chinese Prime Minister Li Keqiang visits India on a three day tour.
• India's first National Defence University will be set up in Gurgaon. The foundation stone of INDU will be laid by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on May 23.
• Serena Williams beats Victoria Azarenka 6-1 6-3 to win Rome title.

• Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah expands cabinet ministry with 28 ministers.
• According to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index report, Bill Gates retakes World’s richest title from Carlos Slim.
• Atletico Madrid win Copa del Rey Cup after defeating Real Madrid 2-1 in the final.

• Nirbhay Sharma appointed as Governor of Arunachal Pradesh.
• The department of pharmaceuticals notified the Drug Price Control Order 2013 which will lower drug prices up to 80% of 348 essential medicines including life saving drugs.

• S. Sreesanth and two other Rajasthan Royals' players arrested for spot-fixing in IPL 6 tournament by the Delhi Police.
• Bollywood actor Sanjay Dutt surrendered before TADA court in Mumbai to serve his three-and-a-half year sentence in the 1993 Mumbai serial bomb blast case.
• Amitabh Bachchan gives Cannes opening ceremony address in Hindi.
• David Beckham announces his retirement from football at the end of this season. The former England captain made 115 appearances for his country.