1. Salvador Sanchez Ceren has been sworn in as the new President of El Salvador.
- He won the presidency by pipping conservative Nationalist Republican Alliance (ARENA) party candidate Norman Quijano with less than a quarter of a percentage point.
- He is now the fourth former leftist rebel leader to be elected president in Latin America after Daniel Ortega in Nicaragua, Jose Mujica in Uruguay, and Dilma Rousseff in Brazil.
- He, a former schoolteacher turned rebel commander, now leads the tiny central American country grappling with violent gangs and poverty.
2. World No Tobacco Day 2014 is observed across the world on May 31.
- The day is celebrated to raise awareness of the adverse effects of tobacco use, which currently lead to 5.4 million deaths worldwide every year.
- The day was instituted by WHO in 1987.
- The call for this year 'No Tobacco Day' is for all the member states to raise taxes on tobacco and implement relevant policies in order to deter tobacco consumption.
3. Telanagana is born as the 29th state of India on June 2, 2014; Telugu Rashtra Samithi supremo K Chandrasekhar Rao becomes its inaugural Chief Minister.
- ESL Narasimhan will serve as governor for both states; Telangana and residual Andhra Pradesh.
- KC Rao led the movement for a separate state of Telangana since 2001 after breaking ranks with his former leader Chandrababu Naidu of TDP.
4. Kolkata Knight Riders clinches the IPL 2014 crown by defeating Kings XI Punjab by three wickets in the final.
- This is their second title triumph after the maiden one in 2012.
5. President Pranab Mukherjee has appointed Kamal Nath as the Protem Speaker of the 16th Lok Sabha.
- Protem Speaker serves as the interim speaker till the election of the full-fledged new speaker.
- He won the presidency by pipping conservative Nationalist Republican Alliance (ARENA) party candidate Norman Quijano with less than a quarter of a percentage point.
- He is now the fourth former leftist rebel leader to be elected president in Latin America after Daniel Ortega in Nicaragua, Jose Mujica in Uruguay, and Dilma Rousseff in Brazil.
- He, a former schoolteacher turned rebel commander, now leads the tiny central American country grappling with violent gangs and poverty.
2. World No Tobacco Day 2014 is observed across the world on May 31.
- The day is celebrated to raise awareness of the adverse effects of tobacco use, which currently lead to 5.4 million deaths worldwide every year.
- The day was instituted by WHO in 1987.
- The call for this year 'No Tobacco Day' is for all the member states to raise taxes on tobacco and implement relevant policies in order to deter tobacco consumption.
3. Telanagana is born as the 29th state of India on June 2, 2014; Telugu Rashtra Samithi supremo K Chandrasekhar Rao becomes its inaugural Chief Minister.
- ESL Narasimhan will serve as governor for both states; Telangana and residual Andhra Pradesh.
- KC Rao led the movement for a separate state of Telangana since 2001 after breaking ranks with his former leader Chandrababu Naidu of TDP.
4. Kolkata Knight Riders clinches the IPL 2014 crown by defeating Kings XI Punjab by three wickets in the final.
- This is their second title triumph after the maiden one in 2012.
5. President Pranab Mukherjee has appointed Kamal Nath as the Protem Speaker of the 16th Lok Sabha.
- Protem Speaker serves as the interim speaker till the election of the full-fledged new speaker.
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