Current Affair Recap of the Day: 17 May 2016

•    The theme of the 2016 World Telecommunication and Information Society Day that is observed annually on 17 May is - ICT Entrepreneurship for Social Impact

•    The South Korean author, who won the 2016 Man Booker International Prize for her novel 'The Vegetarian' is - Han Kang



•    Scientists of this country built the world’s first scanning helium microscope to study human, animal and plant samples in pristine form – Australia

•    The country that launched the Yaogan-30 remote sensing satellite on board the Long March 2-D rocket – China

•    The campaign launched by the British Royals to tackle stigma of mental health – Heads Together

•    He was sworn in as the acting Chief Justice of Tripura High Court - Justice Tinlianthang Vaiphei

•    The three-member Indian women's archery team who were named for the Rio Olympics are -  Deepika Kumari, Bombayla Devi and Laxmirani Majhi

•    The doctoral researcher from IIT-Kharagpur, who bagged the European Materials Research Society’s (EMRS’s) Young Scientist Award - Nandini Bhandaru

•    The United Nations project that has turned testimonies of displaced people in Ukraine into “books” - Living Library 

•    A new fund that will be launched at UN World Humanitarian Summit to assist millions of children whose education has been disrupted by conflicts and natural disasters - Education Cannot Wait

•    NASA successfully launched a super pressure balloon from New Zealand's South Island Wanaka Airport to conduct - Near-space scientific investigations

•    The island of Thailand that will be closed from tourism as heavy tourism is negatively affecting natural resources and the environment - Koh Tachai

•    Hockey player who will lead the Indian team at the FIH Champions Trophy in London from 10 to 17 June 2016 is - PR Sreejesh, the goalkeeper

•    NTPC Limited formed Joint Venture with which company to revive plants of the Fertilizer Corporation of India Limited - Coal India Limited

•    India held the first round of Maritime Security Dialogue with - United States

•    The former Chief Justice of the Tripura High Court who was recently appointed the Chief Justice of the Chhattisgarh High Court is - Justice Deepak Gupta

•    Name of the robot lawyer that was hired by the law firm BakerHostetler to assist with bankruptcy cases is - ROSS

•    The winner of the 2016 Eurovision Song Contest, the longest-running annual international TV song competition, is – Ukraine

•    The Maharashtra Ex-Servicemen's Corporation recently launched a military tourism initiative in Pune, named - Veer Yatra