Current Affairs 21st May 2016

1. 27th India and Indonesia CORPAT concludes in Belawan

2. After liquor, Bihar government bans gutka and pan masala

3. Indigenous faecal incontinence management device ‘Qora’ launched

i. An indigenously developed “affordable” faecal incontinence management system ‘Qora’, a spin-off of a programme of the Department of Biotechnol​ogy and implemented at AIIMS and IIT Delhi, was launched by Minister of State for Science & Technology, Y.S. Chowdary.

4. World Bank arm IFC to invest $68 mn in Apollo Health
i. World Bank subsidiary arm International Finance Corporation (IFC) is planning to invest US$68 million (about INR 460 crore) in Apollo Health & Lifestyle ltd (AHLL).

5. G-7 summit 2016 : Finance Ministers and central bank governors meet in Sendai, Japan.

6. US House of Representatives gave nod to bolster defence ties with India on par with NATO

7. IFC to invest $20 million in FCEL
i. Future Consumer Enterprise Ltd (FCEL) has informed the stock exchanges that International Finance Corporation (IFC) will invest $20 million in the company through equity-linked instruments.

8. HSBC to shut down half of its branches in India, 300 Jobs to go

9. Binali Yildirim set to become Prime Minister of Turkey

10. UN appoints Mary Robinson, Macharia Kamau as special envoys for El Nino, climate

11. Lhakpa 1st lady to climb Mt Everest seven times

12. Cairn India CEO Mayank Ashar quit

13. Emmy award winning actor Alan Young dies aged 96

14. Maurad Laachraoui wins European Taekwondo title

15. Roger Federer withdraws from French Open