Current affairs 30 May 2024

Delhi records its highest ever temperature at 52.3 degrees Celsius.

• Delhi recorded its highest-ever temperature on Wednesday, with the mercury soaring to 52.3 degrees Celsius in the Mungeshpur area.
• Other parts of Delhi also experienced extreme heat, with Najafgarh reaching 48.6 degrees Celsius and Narela hitting 47.8 degrees.
• India Meteorological confirmed the record-breaking temperature amid an intense heatwave affecting northwestern India.

India's farm input subsidies spike to $48.13 billion in 2022-23.

• WTO members, including the US and UK, expressed concerns about India's $48 billion farm input subsidies for 2022-23, citing transparency issues.
• India attributed the increase to inflation and rising fertilizer costs, emphasizing compliance with WTO rules.
• Input subsidies under Article 6.2 of the Agreement on Agriculture allow developing countries more flexibility in providing domestic support.

India’s first research testbed to study Nor’westers.

• Jointly developed by IMD, IITM Pune, and NCMRWF Delhi, the testbed will track nor’westers using drones, mobile vans, and high-end meteorological instruments in Bengal, Odisha, and Jharkhand.
• It aims to improve thunderstorm predictions and issue timely warnings to save lives.
• The testbed will house a 100-meter flux tower, automatic weather stations, rain gauges, and other vital instruments.

Major Radhika Sen to receive Advocate of the Year Award.

• Major Radhika Sen, an Indian woman peacekeeper, who served with the UN mission in Congo, will be honored with a prestigious 2023 UN Military Gender Advocate of the Year.
• She served in the East of the Democratic Republic of the Congo from March 2023 to April 2024 as the Commander of MONUSCO’s Engagement Platoon for the Indian Rapid Deployment Battalion.
• UN Secretary-General: Antonio Guterres.

Purnima Shrestha becomes 1st woman to climb Everest thrice in 13 Day.

• Nepalese climber Purnima Shrestha has climbed Mount Everest today three times this season.
• Purnima, who works as a photojournalist, climbed it on May 12, May 19 and on May 25.
• She’s previously climbed 8 other 8,000-metre peaks, including:
• K2 (8,611 m), Kanchenjunga (8,586 m), Lhotse (8,516 m), Makalu (8,481 m), Manaslu (8,163 m), Dhaulagiri (8,167 m) and Annapurna I (8,091 m).