Current Affairs Recap: 13 May 2016

•    The famous Indian music composer who agreed to be the Goodwill Ambassador of the Indian Olympic contingent is - AR Rahman

•    The city declared as the world’s most polluted in terms of air quality is - Zabol




•    The awards that were given by Union Health Ministry to mark the meritorious services of nursing professionals in India on 12 May 2016 - Florence Nightingale Awards 2016

•    International Nurses Day is celebrated across the world on – 12 May

•    Yesh Subramanian was appointed the Senior Vice President and Head of Digital of - Mphasis

•    The country that granted final parliamentary approval to a bill to legalize same-sex civil unions is – Italy

•    Union Cabinet approved SEBI to sign MoU with this country’s Financial Services Regulatory Authority on 12 May 2016 - Abu Dhabi

•    The country with which India got its Union Cabinet’s approval to sign the inter-governmental agreement on 12 May 2016 – Mauritius

•    He became the interim President of Brazil following the suspension of Dilma Rousseff on 12 May 2016 - Michel Temer

•    Maharashtra government on 12 May 2016 declared drought in over 29000 villages of the state, most of them in - parched Marathwada and Vidarbha regions


•    The Indian-American engineer, who was appointed as the member of President's Advisory Council on Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships by President Barack Obama is - Manjit Singh

•    Six countries that signed a Multilateral Competent Authority agreement for the automatic exchange to boost transparency by multinational enterprises (MNEs) in Beijing on 12 May 2016 are - India, China, Israel, New Zealand, Canada and Iceland

•    Four people who were administered the oath of office by CJI Thakur as Judges of Supreme Court of India are - Justices A M Khanwilkar, D Y Chandrachud, Ashok Bhushan and L Nageshwar Rao

•    The newly nominated member of the Rajya Sabha whose resignation was accepted by Chairman Mohammed Hamid Ansari is - Pranav Pandya

•    The French socialist government on 12 May 2016 survived the no-confidence vote put forward by the opposition in protest over - controversial labour reforms

•    The Supreme Court upheld constitutional validity of penal laws on defamation by saying the right to life under Article 21 includes - the right to reputation

•    The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) sent red corner notice to Interpol for publication on the name of - Vijay Mallya

•    The author of the novel named The Drowned Detective is - Neil Jordan