• World Migratory Bird Day (WMBD) was observed across the world on 10 May 2016 with theme
Ans : 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
Ans : Rodrigo Duterte
• He resigned as the President of Board for Control of Cricket in India (BCCI) on 10 May 2016 Ans : Shashank Manohar
• The Union Government on 9 May 2016 released a commemorative coin of hundred rupees and a circulation coin of ten rupees on
Ans : 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
Ans : American Bison
• The Lok Sabha on 9 May 2016 passed the Anti-Hijacking Bill, 2014 that seeks to repeal
Ans : 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
Ans : Sanjay Mitra, the Road Transport Secretary
• The three-member State Food Commission constituted by Odisha Government in May 2016 will be headed by
Ans : Ranglal Jamuda, former Union secretary, Food Processing Industries
• Austrian Chancellor who resigned after losing the support of Social Democratic party colleagues
Ans : 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
Ans : William Schallert
• The senior advocate of Bombay High Court who was appointed as Additional Solicitor General in Supreme Court is
Ans : 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
Ans : Manvendra K Singh
• The Ministry of Environment and Forests launched a web-based application on
Ans : 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
Ans : 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
Ans : Railwire
• He resigned from the post of president of Union of European Football Associations (UEFA) on 9 May 2016
Ans : Michael Platini
• The position that India finished in the overall standings of 7th Asian Youth Championships held in Pavlodar, Kazakhstan on 9 May 2016
Ans : 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
Ans : Mamit
• The company that won the trademark case in China on 9 May 2016
Ans : Facebook
• India vs Pakistan: Why Can’t we just be Friends is a book written by
Ans : Husain Haqqani
• Who killed Swami Laxmananada is a book written by
Ans : Kuldip Nayar
• The pharmaceutical company that got the patent for Hepatitis C drug Solvadi
Ans : Gilead
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