Current Affairs Recap of the Day: 20 May 2016

•    A noted expert in the study of function of genes who was appointed as the new Director of the Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology is - Rakesh Kumar Mishra

•    The 27th series of CORPAT was conducted between the Indian Navy and –Indonesian Navy


•    The political party that emerged triumphant in the 2016 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly Election is – AIADMK

•    The Centre for Environmental Health launched by Union Health Minister JP Nadda is a joint initiative between - Public Health Foundation of India and the Tata Institute of Social Science

•    A software solution named Intelligent Operations Centre, which was launched by President Pranab Mukherjee, is designed by - IBM

•    Indian-American biotechnologist who was awarded with the University of Houston’s Distinguished Leadership in Teaching Excellence Award in 2016- Rupa Iyer

•    Noted Gujarati folk singer and Padma award winner who passed away in May 2016- Diwaliben Bhil

•    Indian journalist who was elected unanimously as the Deputy Mayor of Loughton town in the United Kingdom on 19 May 2016- Philip Abraham

•    Indian Foreign Service (IFS) officer who was appointed as the Ambassador of India to Romania- A V S Ramesh Chandra

•    Election Commission of India on 19 May 2016 announced results of 2016 by-election held for four states, namely - Gujarat, Jharkhand, Telangana and Uttar Pradesh

•    The cyclonic storm over the west central Bay of Bengal that will strike Andhra Pradesh coast - ROANU

•    First female president of Taiwan who was sworn-in on 20 May 2016 - Tsai Ing-wen

•    As per the World Health Statistics 2016, the life expectancy for children born in India in 2015 – 68.3 years

•    This campaign was in news for its effectiveness in curbing irrational use of antibiotics in India – Medicines with the Red Line

•    This Indian-American professor was conferred with the US National Medal of Science 2015 – Rakesh K Jain

•    As per the World Health Statistics 2016, the global life expectancy for children born in 2015 – 71.4 years

•    This island nation decided to sever 40-year-old diplomatic ties with Iran - Maldives