Current Affairs Recap of the Day: 18 May 2016

•    International Museum Day (IMD) coordinated by the International Council of Museums (ICOM) is annually observed on or around - 18 May

•    This private sector bank launched the SmartUp platform to offer banking and payment solutions to start-ups – HDFC Bank Ltd



•    The SBI is planning to merge this public sector bank with itself along with its 5 associate banks - Bharatiya Mahila Bank

•    Researchers of this American university developed world’s first zika virus clone – University of Texas

•    Indian artist won prize at the 2016 UN poster contest on N-disarmament - Anjali Chandrashekar

•    World Hypertension Day (WHD) was observed across the world on - 17 May

•    India signed pact for global promotion of traditional systems of medicine with - World Health Organization

•    First woman Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) of Lucknow - Manzil Saini

•    One of the discoverers of Neptune's rings who died recently - Andre Brahic

•    The football club that won the La Liga Champions Parade 2016 is - Barcelona FC

•    The athlete who created history by breaking the national record in women's 3000m steeplechase event is – Sudha Singh

•    Chief of Air Staff who became the first CAS to fly the indigenously designed and produced Light Combat Aircraft Tejas - Arup Raha

•    Himalayan brown bears came into news after being sighted for the first time after 1999 in - Kargil

•    The Indian American boy who the Intel Foundation Young Scientist Awards of 50000 US dollar for developing a low-cost electronically aided knee brace - Syamantak Payra

•    Draft National Policy for Women that was unveiled for consultation by Union Government seeks to replace - National Policy for Empowerment of Women, 2001

•    The person who will head the five member committee to give recommendations on the Fiscal Responsibility and Budget Management (FRBM) - NK Singh

•    The British publicist who coined the phrase "Fab Four" to describe the early Beatles, and died in May 2016 is - Tony Barrow

•    Grammy-Winning Singer-Songwriter, who helped mentor a generation of songwriters and wrote hits like LA Freeway and Desperados Waiting for a Train, and died in May 2016 is - Guy Clark