Current Affairs 17th May 2016

Current Affairs 17th May 2016

National News:

• UIDAI launches special enrolment drive in 4 States/UTs
• SC upholds constitutional validity of penal laws on defamation
• Aurobindo Pharma gets USFDA nod for an aesthetic
• Sikkim was annexed into India on this day
• Section 144 imposed in Chandigarh
• NIA has become ‘Namo Investigation Agency’: Cong
• Ram Vilas Paswan says Time to impose President’s rule in Bihar
• Ministries urged to adopt ‘e-Office’ initiative

International News:

• UNWTO and China to organize First World Conference on Tourism
• US activates land-based missile defence station in Romania
• Obama criticises Trump’s Muslims & wall policy
• Suicide bombing, claimed by IS, kills 37 police recruits in Yemen
• Secretary John Kerry in Saudi Arabia for talks on Syria, Libya, Yemen

New Appointments:

• Anil Kumble re-appointed ICC Cricket Committee chairman
• Justice Navin Sinha sworn in as Chief Justice of Rajasthan High Court

Banking & Business:

• 5 banks led by Bank of Baroda post Rs 6,751-crore loss as bad loans mount
• RBS to close retail banking operations in India
• HDFC Bank launches SmartUp
• Tax disputes worth Rs.5.6L cr pending till Oct ’15
• Indonesia bank allows loan repayment in trash
• EPFO paid Rs.8,200 crore as monthly pension in 2015-16
• Reliance Communications makes payments easy
• Amazon may expand its new private-label goods
• Google may face record $3.4 bn EU antitrust fine
• Nintendo to expand into film business, says CEO
• 8 Asia-Pacific low-cost airlines form alliance
• WPI inflation positive for 1st time in 18 months
• Facebook Messenger blocked in Saudi Arabia

Awards & Honours:

• Indian short film ‘Beti’ to be screened at Seattle International Film Festival
• UN to honour 4 Indian peacekeepers posthumously
• 1st Academy Awards ceremony was held 87 yrs ago
• Celina Jaitly has been honored with the Harvey Milk Award
• Indian comes 3rd in UN Poster for Peace contest

Sports:

• Indian eves clinch silver at Asian Squash C’ship
• Andy Murray lifts his maiden Rome Masters title
• Max Verstappen becomes youngest F1 GP winner
• Mirza and Hingis win Rome Masters title
• Serena Williams wins her 1st title in 9 months
• Warner registers most 50+ scores in IPL history
• Sudha breaks 3,000m steeplechase national record

Science & Technology:

• Stable, synchronized 4-planet system discovered
• April ’16 was hottest April ever on record: NASA
• Turkey to modernize Pakistan’s F-16 fleet
• India successfully tests Advanced Air Defence interceptor missile, Ashwin
• Ebola can persist 9 months after recovery: Study
• China launches remote sensing satellite