Current Affairs 26th May 2016

Current Affairs 26th May 2016

National News:

• Draft rules for Juvenile Justice Act released
• Andhra Pradesh to introduce e-Office system in all districts
• Railways to launch programme to mark its success
• HRD Ministry to launch student tracking system
• $100-m World Bank aid for Karnataka

International News:

• EU releases $28 mn to help Greece handle refugee crisis
• World leaders join calls for improving global humanitarian situation
• London’s Night Tube to start running from August
• Eurozone unlocks €10.3bn bailout loan for Greece

New Appointments:

• Pinarayi Vijayan will be sworn in as chief minister for Kerala
• Afghan Taliban appoint Mullah Haibatullah Akhundzada as new leader
• FreeCharge names Govind Rajan as CEO

Banking & Business:

• IndusInd Bank out, Bank of India to now settle tea e-auctions
• Mahindra drops plans to start payments bank
• Bank of India reports Rs.3,587 crore loss in Q4
• Toyota invests in Uber to explore ride-sharing
• Lohia Auto Industries ties up with IndusInd Bank
• Auto posts 29% rise in profit to Rs.803 cr
• Amazon refunds policy change: Returns no longer possible for electronics

Science & Technology:

• Scientist develops flying microrobots ‘RoboBees’ to help build better drones
• World’s first 3D-printed building opens in Dubai
• Google aims to kill passwords by the end of this year

Sports:

• Squash players Dipika Pallikal, Joshna Chinappa enter quarters in Hong Kong
• Ab de Villiers singlehandedly takes Royal Challengers Bangalore into IPL final
• 11 yrs since Liverpool’s ‘Miracle of Istanbul’

MoUs/Agreements Signed:

• HAL signs pact with BEL to develop airborne communication
• BHEL commissions 800 MW supercritical thermal unit in Karnataka

Awards & Honours:

• Sikkim CM Pawan Chamling conferred with Nepal’s Yugkavi Siddhicharan Prize

Defense:

• The XS-1 is a space plane under development by the U.S. military’s high-tech agency, the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA)
• 179 Kashmiri youth join Indian Army
• Lt General Saini New Commandant of IMA

Obituaries:

• Tamil Nadu: Newly elected AIADMK MLA passes away
• Pink Panther star Burt Kwouk passes away