Sunday, May 8, 2016

Current Affairs - 5th May 2016

1.Union Minister of State Piyush Goyal on 4 May 2016 launched ‘Contract Labour Payment Management System’, a portal that belongs to
Ans : Coal India Limited (CIL)
2.Three Chief Justices of High Courts namely Madhya Pradesh, Allahabad and Kerala whose names were recommended for elevation to Supreme Court by its Collegium,
Ans : Justice AM Khanwilkar, Justice DY Chandrachud and Justice Ashok Bhushan
3.Senior lawyer whose name was recommended for elevation to as Judge on Supreme Court by Supreme Court’s Collegium on 4 May 2016
Ans : L Nageshwar Rao
4.Chief Justice of Uttarakhand, whose name was recommended for transfer on 4 May 2016 by the Supreme Court (SC) Collegium
Ans : Justice KM Joseph
5.The country that on 4 May 2016 gave its in-principle approval to Reliance Power for its first phase of its gas-based power project
Ans : Bangladesh
6.The process that was mentioned in Parliament and is used to understand Rain Formation in Clouds & impact of Randomized Cloud Seeding on 4 May 2016
Ans : CAIPEEX (Cloud Aerosol Interaction and Precipitation Enhancement Experiment)
7.The state whose agriculture project on 3 May 2016 won the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) 2016 prize in e-Agriculture category
Ans : Andhra Pradesh
8.The United Nations Refugee Agency, UNHCR, has called for immediate transfer of refugees and asylum seekers out of the Australian-run detention camps on both
Ans : Manus Island and Nauru
9.World Asthma Day was observed globally on 3 May 2016 with theme
Ans : You Can Control Your Asthma
10.The cab company that will allow Paytm wallet users to pay for their cab rides abroad in Indian rupees by the end of May 2016
Ans : Uber
11.A mango that fights night blindness and found in Chittoor, Andhra Pradesh saves high-value ‘nutraceutical’ plants is
Ans : Manoranjitam
12.The manufacturing company that commissioned 600 mega watts (MW) coal-based thermal power plant in Madhya Pradesh on 3 May 2016
Ans : Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited (BHEL)
13.The world's largest unmanned surface vessel that was tested by United States of America (US) Navy in San Diego is named as
Ans : Sea Hunter
14.Lok Sabha passed the bill paves the way for unlocking of nearly 41000 crore rupees earmarked for forest land which is lying unspent
Ans : Compensatory Afforestation Fund Bill, 2015
15.The cosmetic company that was ordered to pay 55 million US dollars by the US jury to a woman who claimed that company’s talcum powder caused her ovarian cancer
Ans : Johnson & Johnson (J&J)
16.The organization whose fundamental principles of official statistics got the approval of Union Cabinet on 4 May 2016
Ans : United Nations 
17.The Union Cabinet approved to allow flexibility in utilisation of domestic coal on 4 May 2016 to reduce
Ans : Power generation Cost
18.Madhya Pradesh Government will launch Nagaroday Abhiyan on the lines of
Ans : Gramoday Se Bharat Uday Abhiyan
19.The Union Cabinet approved the signing of Memorandum of Co-operation between Ministry of Women & Child Development and
Ans : Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
20.The CCEA gave its approval for development of two laning with formation of four lane of Shimla Bypass located on
Ans : National Highway 22
21.The European Central Bank announced that it will permanently stop producing the 500 euro banknote by the end of
Ans : 2018
22.The renowned statistician who took over as the part-time Chairperson of the National Statistical Commission is
Ans : Radha Binod Barman

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