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The President of the United Arab Emirates presented the First Class Medal of Freedom to Paraguay's Ambassador Jose Aguero Avila on the occasion of the end of his tenure as Ambassador to the country. Paraguay is a landlocked country in South America.

The Karnataka government has made 33% reservation mandatory for women in outsourced government services and posts, in line with the existing quota policy for permanent posts. This reservation is within the quota set for SC/ST and other backward communities, ensuring representation of women in outsourced jobs in various government departments and organizations.

General To Lam was elected President of Vietnam by the National Assembly on May 22, 2024, replacing Van Thuong who resigned during a crackdown on corruption.

The United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) report, “Global Land Outlook Thematic Report on Rangelands and Pastoralists” warns of the silent demise of rangelands, which cover half of the Earth’s land surface. These vital grasslands, which include prairies, shrublands and tundra, are being degraded by policies promoting conversion to cropland, urban expansion, overgrazing and overexploitation driven by growing demands for food, fibre and fuel.

The Indian athletic team won three medals at the inaugural Asian Relay Championships held in Bangkok, Thailand on May 20-21, 2024. The Indian team won a gold medal in the 4x400m mixed relay, with Muhammad Ajmal, Jyotika Sri Dandi, Amoj Jacob and Subha Venkatesan setting a national record of 3 minutes 14.1 seconds. The men's 4x400m relay team won silver with a timing of 3 minutes 05.76 seconds and the women's 4x400m relay team also won silver with a timing of 3 minutes 33.55 seconds.

Six people including two children drowned after a boat capsized in the backwaters of Ujani Dam in Pune, Maharashtra. Ujani Dam, located on Bhima river near Ujani village in Solapur, is a gravity dam. Constructed between 1977 and 1980, this dam meets the needs of irrigation and hydroelectric power.

The United Nations General Assembly declared 24 May as International Markhor Day following a resolution sponsored by Pakistan and eight other countries. The day aims to raise awareness and promote the conservation of the Markhor, an iconic and ecologically important species found in the mountainous regions of Central and South Asia.

Next month, on June 3, six planets – Mercury, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune – will be aligned in the sky. This alignment, an optical illusion of perspective, will be visible from Earth. Mars and Saturn will be visible to the naked eye, although faintly, while Uranus and Neptune will require a telescope. Mercury and Jupiter will be difficult to see because of their proximity to the Sun.

France has recently achieved a milestone in defense with the successful test of the ASMPA supersonic missile capable of carrying nuclear weapons. The ASMP/ASMP-A is a land-attack supersonic cruise missile, which is vital to France's nuclear deterrence. The ASMP-A, which has been in operation since 2009, has a range of 500 km and has a 300 kt thermonuclear warhead.

64 Great Indian Bustards were seen during the annual waterhole survey in the National Desert Park in Jaisalmer, Rajasthan, while their number was 42 in 2022. No census was conducted in 2023 due to rain. The Great Indian Bustard, the state bird of Rajasthan, is critically endangered and lives in dry grasslands.