Current Affairs Recap of the Day: 09 May 2016

•    The meeting of South Asia Initiative to End Violence against Children (SAIEVAC) began on 9 May 2016 in – New Delhi, India

•    This tennis pair won the doubles title of Busan Open Challenger tennis tournament -
Leander Paes and Sam Groth

•    The number one seed tennis player who won 2016 Mutua Madrid Open men’s singles title - Novak Djokovic

•    The author of Shashi Kapoor’s biography titled ‘Shashi Kapoor – the Householder, the Star’ - Aseem Chhabra

•    The first Muslim Mayor of London who assumed the office on 9 May 2016 - Sadiq Khan

•    A bug found in China was declared as the world's longest insect in the first week of May 2016 is - Chan's megastick

•    Gujarat Government on 7 May 2016 accorded minority status to this community by issuing a government resolution (GR) to this effect - Jain

•    Biologists of this University on 5 May 2016 released a report titled ‘Why vultures matter – and what we lose if they’re gone’, highlighting ecosystem and human impacts of vulture declines - University of Utah

•    Atomic Oxygen was detected in the upper layers of the Martian atmosphere known as - Mesosphere

•    The instrument that helped NASA in detecting presence of Atomic Oxygen in the upper layers of the Martian atmosphere -
Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy (SOFIA)

•    112, the single emergency number that will help people to reach immediate services of police, ambulance and fire department will be operational throughout India from - 1 January 2017

•    To help the budding entrepreneurs to set up their business without any delays, Union Government started the process for issuance of - Unique Business Identification Number (UBIN)

•    The disease for which the United Nations on 6 May 2016 announced the establishment of the UN Response Multi-Partner Trust Fund (MPTF) - Zika

•    India’s rank in crony-capitalism index that was released by the Economist in the first week of May 2016- Ninth

•    The Department of Industrial Policy & Promotion allowed 100% foreign direct investment (FDI) into this sector on 6 May 2016 - Asset Reconstruction Companies (ARCs)

•    The epidemic that needs an urgent action to end within the next five years, as per the new report released by United Nations on 6 May 2016- AIDS

•    The Reserve Bank of India released Draft Guidelines for on tap licensing of Universal Banks on 6 May 2016 in - Private Sector

•    The Reserve Bank of India placed Consultation Paper on 28 April 2016 regarding- Peer to Peer Lending