Current Affairs 15th May 2016

Current Affairs 15th May 2016

National News:

• Railway Minister to inaugurate number of amenities through remote control from Dadar East station
• Tikariya village has been declared as the first Open Defecation Free village in Amethi district, Uttar Pradesh
• NDA framed NITI Aayog to replace 5-year plans with 15 year vision document
• Cabinet approves country’s first Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) policy
• Cabinet approves pact between SEBI and FSRA Abu Dhabi
• India’s first solar train set for trial run in Jodhpur
• Indo-US Brain Trust formed to deepen scientific collaboration
• Dial-100 emergency service set to be launched in UP on Oct 2
• Government increases Leave Travel Concession (LTC) withdrawal time to 125 days
• Haryana notifies backward classes quota Act
• India’s first spice museum to open in Kochi

International News:

• Solar Impulse lands in Oklahoma
• US plans to renew bulk of its sanctions against Myanmar
• UK banks close 600 branches in one year
• Venezuela declares emergency citing US threat
• US activates missile defence site near Russia

New Appointments:

• Axis Bank appoints Sanjiv Misra as Non-Executive Chairman
• Fatma Samoura named first female secretary general of FIFA
• Justice Naveen Sinha sworn-in as CJ of Rajasthan HC
• Michel Temer takes over as Brazil interim Prez
• Google for Work head Amit Singh moves to VR unit

Economy & Business:

• India’s 1st startup hostel launched in Bengaluru
• Alibaba, SoftBank form cloud-computing venture

Awards & Honours:

• Indian artist wins award at UN poster contest on N-disarmament
• Rwandan sets longest net session Guinness Record
• Guinness names 30-yr-old cat ‘Oldest living cat’

Sports:

• Vijender Singh registers his 6th successive victory in Super Middleweight contest
• FIFA lifts Indonesia’s suspension
• Quadruple amputee to run TCS World 10K marathon
• Kohli launches Futsal talent hunt competition

Science & Technology:

• Indian Air Force (IAF) launches Electronic Maintenance Management System (e-MMS) Project
• IBM creates chemical to fight viral infections

Obituaries:

• World’s oldest person dies in New York aged 116