Current Affairs 5th May 2016

Current Affairs 5th May 2016

National News:

• Railway Ministry launched e-enabled application, PMIS to monitor Railway projects
• Piyush Goyal to unveil portal on payment to contract workers
• Union Commerce Ministry launched EXIM Analytics Dashboard for export, import data
• Madhya Pradesh government to launch Nagaroday Abhiyan on lines of Gramoday Se Bharat Uday
• Arun Jaitley to leave for Frankfurt today to attend ADB meet
• Telengana to set up memorial for statehood martyrs
• India ranks 137 of 210 in access to electricity

International News:

• WWF released report titled Protecting People through Nature
• Donald Trump wins Indiana primary; Cruz drops out of Republican race
• South Korea, Japan, China agree to put joint efforts to ensure financial stability

New Appointments:

• Kishore Biyani appointed as Managing Director of Bharti Retail
• Sameer Chadha appointed as Partner and CEO of KPMG India
• Ferrari names Fiat Chrysler’s chief as its CEO
• Ex-Villareal manager appointed as Kolkata coach

Economy & Business:

• Google to partner Fiat Chrysler for self-driving
• Reliance gets approval for Bangladesh power plant
• Jindal brothers sign 6,500 crore power deal

Awards & Honours:

• Actors Amitabh Bachchan and Kangana Ranaut received National Awards for their roles in ‘Piku’ and ‘Tanu Weds Manu Returns’ respectively at the 63rd National Film Awards ceremony held in Delhi.
• Pankaj Parakh from Maharashtra sets record for costliest gold shirt

Science & Technology:

• Astronomers discovered 3 Earth like planets using TRAPPIST telescope
• Myntra to relaunch desktop site on June 1

Sports:

• Mark Selby won World Snooker Championship
• Seven Indian shuttlers qualify for Rio Olympics
• New Zealand top ICC T20I Rankings
• India slips to 4th spot in ICC ODI Rankings