Saturday, 7 May 2016

Current Affairs Recap of the Day: 06 May 2016

•    The senior IPS officer who was appointed the Chief of Bureau of Civil Aviation Security is - Kumar Rajesh Chandra

•    He headed the Committee on Yoga Education in Universities which recommended seven programmes for implementation in universities - H.R. Nagendra


•    Minister of Railways Suresh Prabhakar Prabhu dedicated to the nation a high speed Wi-Fi hotspot at the three Railway Stations namely- Vijayawada, Kachiguda and Raipur

•    The three countries that agreed to conduct coordinated sea patrols and establish a hotline to combat piracy and kidnappings are - Indonesia, Malaysia and the Philippines

•    He will assume the charge as the 23rd Chief of the Naval Staff and 21st as an Indian naval chief on 31 May 2016 – Vice Admiral Sunil Lanba

•    The fifth off-shore patrol vessels (OPVs) of the Indian Coast Guard that was launched on by Goa-based defence shipyard, Goa Shipyard Limited (GSL) - ICGS Shaurya

•    He headed the Joint Parliamentary Committee on the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code Bill 2016 that was passed by the Lok Sabha on 5 May 2016 - Bhupender Yadav

•    A province in Western Canada where a state of emergency was declared due to a massive wildfire that destroyed several of homes is - Alberta

•    Indian auhor, Parashar Kulkarni, was conferred with the Commonwealth Short Story Prize for 2016, for the Asia region for his fiction - 'Cow and Company'

•    The IPS officer of Delhi Police who was appointed as new Director General (DG) of Tihar - Sudhir Yadav

•    Country that is set to print its own version of the US dollar in order to ease a cash shortage in the country - Zimbabwe

•    State whose Health Minister announced that the state government would enact State Sports Council Act - Haryana

•    As per report a draft legislation proposed by the Narendra Modi government says that those acquiring geospatial imagery of India without permission may end up paying a fine of up to - 100 crore rupees besides a 7-year jail term

•    Brazil’s Lower House Speaker who was suspended by Brazil's top court from his mandate, following a request by the country's Attorney General is - Eduardo Cunha

•    The President of India conferred the awards to the companies from various sectors for promoting exports during the year 2015-16 - Niryat Shree and Niryat Bandhu Awards

•    The Social networking site with which NASSCOM signed a partnership agreement to build a product design initiative in India - Facebook

•    The IT Company’s proposal to set up an IT/ITeS special economic zone in Bengaluru was approved by Union government - Infosys

•    The caves that were in news in the first week of May 2016 for revealing the India-China Buddhist link- Mogao caves

•    The strain of bacteria that was found to inject into mosquitoes to curb the their ability to transmit Zika virus, by the Brazilian researchers is known as – Wolbachia

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