Current Affairs Recap of the Day: 10 May 2016

•    World Migratory Bird Day (WMBD) was observed across the world on 10 May 2016 with theme - Stop the Illegal Killing, Taking and Trade of Migratory Birds

•    In Philippines, maverick anti-crime candidate who won the Presidential elections, following the withdrawal of his opponents - Rodrigo Duterte


•    He resigned as the President of Board for Control of Cricket in India (BCCI) on 10 May 2016 – Shashank Manohar

•    The Union Government on 9 May 2016 released a commemorative coin of hundred rupees and a circulation coin of ten rupees on - Maharana Pratap

•    President Obama on 9 May 2016 signed a National Legacy Act into law officially making an animal as country’s first national mammal - American Bison

•    The Lok Sabha on 9 May 2016 passed the Anti-Hijacking Bill, 2014 that seeks to repeal -
The Anti-Hijacking Act, 1982

•    The three member committee constituted by the Union Government to prepare a policy framework for taxi and other transport operators will be headed by - Sanjay Mitra, the Road Transport Secretary

•    The three-member State Food Commission constituted by Odisha Government in May 2016 will be headed by - Ranglal Jamuda, former Union secretary, Food Processing Industries

•    Austrian Chancellor who resigned after losing the support of Social Democratic party colleagues - Werner Faymann

•    The famous American actor best known for his work as Martin Lane on the hit series The Patty Duke Show who died on 8 May 2016 is - William Schallert

•    The senior advocate of Bombay High Court who was appointed as Additional Solicitor General in Supreme Court is - Atma Ram Nadkarni

•    The Indian scientist who won a grant of SGD 3 million by Singapore’s National Research Foundation to pursue research in the field of congenital and adult cardiovascular diseases is - Manvendra K Singh

•    The Ministry of Environment and Forests launched a web-based application on -
Integrated Waste Management System

•    The company that announced the launch of its free high-speed public WiFi service at railway stations of Ujjain, Jaipur, Patna, Guwahati, and Allahabad on 9 May 2016- Google

•    An initiative of the RailTel that was in news in the first week of May 2016 as Google launches Free Public Wi-Fi Service at 5 Railway Stations as part of it- Railwire

•    He resigned from the post of president of Union of European Football Associations (UEFA) on 9 May 2016- Michael Platini

•    The position that India finished in the overall standings of 7th Asian Youth Championships held in Pavlodar, Kazakhstan on 9 May 2016 - Third

•    In Mizoram, the administration of a district on the Mizoram-Bangladesh border issued an order prohibiting import of chicken, bird, duck and eggs from Bangladesh and Tripura – Mamit

•    The company that won the trademark case in China on 9 May 2016 – Facebook

•    India vs Pakistan: Why Can’t we just be Friends is a book written by - Husain Haqqani

•    Who killed Swami Laxmananada is a book written by  - Kuldip Nayar

•    The pharmaceutical company that got the patent for Hepatitis C drug Solvadi – Gilead