CURRENT AFFAIRS BRIEF MAY ANSWER India s first solar powered e-boats

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1 CURRENT AFFAIRS BRIEF MAY 2016 STATEMENT/QUESTION PM Modi recently launched what at Assi Ghat, Varanasi The single emergency number which will be operational throughout India from January 1, 2017 to help people reach immediate services of police, ambulance and fire department is: The Ministry of Environment and Forests has launched a web-based application for the better management of waste called: The Union Railways Ministry has decided to constitute two new Directorates called: Renewable Energy Country Attractiveness Index (RECAI): India s rank: Apple has announced its technology centre that will focus on the development of maps for its mobile products. This will be located at: President Pranab Mukherjee has inaugurated an Intelligent Operations Centre (IOC) at: India is in the process of constructing a 1400-km highway with which two countries? The name of which Department was changed to Divyangjan Sashaktikaran Vibhag The public sector company which is set to kickstart projects aimed at cleaning the Ganga in Bihar is: To mark the 155th birth anniversary of Rabindranath Tagore, India will organize a cultural festival in which country Who was recently sworn in as sworn in as London's new mayor India s first solar powered e-boats 112 Integrated Waste Management System (IWMS). ( Mobility Directorate (MD) and Non-Fare Revenue Directorate (NFRD) 3 rd (China 2 nd, US 1 st ) Hyderabad Rashtrapati Bhavan Myanmar and Thailand The Department of Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities NBCC (India) Egypt Sadiq Khan

2 Bangladesh government recently hanged a Jamaat-e-Islami chief Motiur Rahman fundamentalist for war crimes committed during the Nizami country's 1971 Liberation War named: New President of Philippines Rodrigo Duterte World s biggest refugee camp which was closed Dadaab, Kenya recently is in: The last country in Western Eurpoe to legalise samesex Italy civil unions is: The World Bank Group recently launched a $500 Pandemics million fund to fight a disease in poor countries. The disease is: Britain recently granted political refugee status to Maldives Mohamed Nasheed ousted former President of which country: China will build a 600-MW Atomic Reactor in which Sudan country The world s first quantum communication satellite will China be launched by which country: The Committee on Jat Quota in Haryana was headed Retired IPS Officer Parkash Singh by: World s largest Single Rooftop Solar Power Plant Beas, Amritsar district, Punjab inaugurated at: The 2016 Kerala Assembly Election has won by which party CPI (M) led Left Democratic Front (LDF) New Chief Minister of Kerala is: Pinarayi Vijayan New Chief Minister of Assam is: Sarbananda Sonowal (BJP) (Former Union Sports Minister) Rohit Sharma recently became the Brand Ambassador Hublot of which world famous Swiss luxury watch maker New CEO of Ferrari Sergio Marchionne New Chief of the Indian Navy Sunil Lanba New Director of Film and Television Institute of India Bhupendra Kainthola (FTII)

3 New Executive Secretary of UNFCCC New chief of Bureau of Civil Aviation Security (BCAS) New managing director (MD) and chief executive officer (CEO) of Multi Commodity Exchange (MCX) ICC s first independent Chairman is: New Chairman of National Stock Exchange New Chief Justice of Rajasthan Indian appointed as the Deputy Chairman of FIFA's governance committee India s biggest airline (by market share) is: New president of Taiwan New President of BCCI New Lt. Governor of Puducherry New Principal Adviser (Social Sector) in NITI Aayog New Chairman and Managing Director (CMD) of Nuclear Power Corporation of India Limited (NPCIL) New commandant of Indian Military Academy (IMA) New PM of Guinea Bissau New CM of Puducherry New Finance Secretary NABARD recently entered into collaboration with the German government for a special programme on: The creator of Bitcoins is: India s 1 st and only financial centre is: India s largest urban co-operative bank is: The bank which launched cash back campaign for VISA debit cardholders is: The e-commerce company which recently launched its online video services is: Patricia Espinosa (Mexican diplomat) Kumar Rajesh Chandra Mrugank Paranjape Shashank Manohar Ashok Chawla Justice Naveen Sinha Justice Mukul Mudgal IndiGo Tsai Ing-wen (She is also the first female President of the country) Anurag Thakur Kiran Bedi Ratan P Watal S K Sharma Lt. General S.K. Saini Baciro Dja V Narayanaswamy (Congress) Ashok Lavasa Soil Protection and Rehabilitation for Food Security Craig Wright Gujarat International Finance Tec-City (GIFT) City Saraswat Bank Karnataka Bank Amazon (Amazon Video Direct)

4 Flipkart recently launched its mapping services in MapUnity collaboration with which map company PM Modi recently released the Simhastha Declaration Sri Lanka with the President of which country 4 th South Asia Initiative to End Violence against New Delhi, India Children (SAIEVEC) Ministerial Meeting held at 26 th World Economic Forum on Africa held at Kigali, Rwanda Theme of 26 th WEF on Africa: Connecting Africa s Resources through Digital Transformation 1 st World Conference on Tourism for Development Beijing, China held at 1 st -ever World Humanitarian Summit held at Istanbul, Turkey India s 1 st Sports Expo held at Pune 1 st ever female secretary-general of FIFA Fatma Samoura Most valuable player of NBA Stephen Curry La Liga Champions 2016 Barcelona Federation Cup 2016 Champions Mohun Bagan Thomas Cup Badminton tournament was won by Denmark (for the 1 st time in history) Winner of IPL 2016 Sunrisers Hyderabad UEFA Champions League 2016 won by Real Madrid Indian Coast Guard Ship launched recently at Panaji ICGS Shaurya Name of military exercise conducted by Indian Army 2016 Chakravyuh-II in Suratgarh, Rajasthan Name of automated military maintenance system Electronic Maintenance Management launched by Indian Air Force System (e-mms) 2016 Man Booker International Prize won by Han Kang (South Korea) for her novel The Vegetarian Intel Foundation Young Scientist Award won by Syamantak Payra (15 year old Indian- American) Chief Minister who won Yug Kavi Siddhicharan Pawan Chamling (Sikkim) Award conferred by Nepal

5 1 st Union Territory to sign 24x7 Power for All document Harvard Business School Alumni Achievement Award won by Springer Theses Award conferred upon Chandranna Bima Yojana launched by which state Green Passage scheme for orphan students launched by which state Aseem Chhabra recently authored the autobiography of which veteran Bollywood actor World s largest cargo aircraft Tata Group s new e-commerce portal is called Lakshwadeep Mr. Sunil Bharti Mittal Arnab De (for outstanding research in which he developed transgenic mice to study a critical tumour-suppressor called A20.) Andhra Pradesh (Under the scheme, 5 Crore workers would be covered under the scheme, 5 Lakh would be paid if the Insurer worker met with an accidental fatal and 5 Lakh for Permanent disability and Rs. 3 Lakh for Partial disability) Odisha Shashi Kapoor (Book called Shashi Kapoor the Householder ) Antonov An-225 Mriya Tata CliQ