Current Affairs 1st May 2016

Current Affairs 1st May 2016

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

National News:

• LED Bulb Ujala Yojana inaugurated in Bhopal
• Government clears 9k cr for 73k houses for urban poor
• NABARD partners Germany for food security initiative
• President Pranab arrives in Auckland on 3-day visit to New Zealand
• Centre revises rates of foodgrains supplied under Mid Day Meal Scheme
• Government plans to keep 1% of highways project cost for road safety
• J&K Cabinet approved 5% interest subsidy for flood-hit traders
• Rahuri in Ahmednagar becomes first to have digi-locker
• Delhi to get Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose memorial
• Indian Air Force (IAF) for the first time took part in Exercise Red Flag
• 58 pharmaceutical companies blacklisted in Odisha
• Haryana Cabinet to withdraw Cabinet rank for former CMs
• Subroto Bagchi to head Odisha Skill Development Authority
• Kerala-IMA partners with UNICEF to promote safe health practices
• Online app for tribal caste validity certificate in Maharashtra
• Mountaineering expedition flagged off in Visakhapatnam
• Controller and Auditor General(CAG) asks Railways to revisit passenger tariffs
• National Disaster Response Force(NDRF) deployed to control U’khand forest fires

International News:

• Panama government sets up panel to clean up country’s financial system
• Belgium to give citizens anti-radiation pills

New Appointments:

• Abhinav Bindra becomes Rio olympics goodwill ambassador

Banking & Business:

• BookMyShow to let users book tickets on credit
• Tata Motors gets auto stop-start system patent

Awards & Honours:

• Politician NK Singh gets Japan’s prestigious national Award
• Sonam 1st Bollywood celebrity to launch own app

Science & Technology:

• Indian Naval Ships Veer, Nipat decommissioned
• Japan Space agency leaves costly X-ray satellite lost in space
• NASA’s Juno spacecraft to arrive at Jupiter on July 4
• Endangered asiatic wild dogs spotted in China nature reserve

Sports:

• Sudha Singh qualifies for Rio Olympics in 3000 m steeple chase event
• Karnataka to promote golf tourism
• Indian Women archery team reach World Cup final