Current Affairs 7th May 2016

Current Affairs 7th May 2016

National News:

• Lok Sabha passes the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code Bill 2016
• Lok Sabha passes Finance Bill 2016
• DRDO and Ayush Join Hands to Impart Yoga Training to Defence Wing Staff
• Wi-Fi Service at Vijayawada, Kachiguda, Raipur rail stations
• Indian Railways creates Non-Fare Revenue Directorate to explore advertising in train coaches
• CAIPEEX a process to understand Rain Formation in Clouds & impact of Randomized Cloud Seeding
• BSNL beats private telcos in growth rate in February
• Goa-based defence shipyard, Goa Shipyard Limited (GSL), launched Indian Coast Guard Ship (ICGS) Shaurya at Vasco

International News:

• Zimbabwe to print own version of US dollar
• Alberta Wildfire: State of Emergency declared by Canada Government

New Appointments:

• Dr. Radha Binod Barman Nominated as Chairperson of the National Statistical Commission
• Sudhir Yadav appointed Tihar DG
• Kumar Rajesh Chandra appointed Chief of Bureau of Civil Aviation Security

Banking & Business:

• The country’s largest bank State Bank of India has now launched ‘mVisa‘ ,a mobile-based payments solution
• ICICI Bank in strategic tie-up with NDB
• India rated 9th in FDI Confidence Index
• NSE to launch new exchange for MSME
• Snapdeal acquires TargetingMantra

Awards & Honours:

• Gravitational wave scientists win Special Breakthrough Prize
• Musician Angélique Kidjo and three African youth activist movements have been given Ambassador of Conscience Award 2016
• President Pranab Mukherjee confers Niryat Shree and Niryat Bandhu Awards
• Indian Parashar Kulkarni wins 2016 Commonwealth Short Story Prize for Asia Region

Sports:

• Rohit Sharma unveils India’s first sports expo
• Amoj pips Beant for 800m gold; Kiran, Subha win in 200m
• Mark Boucher named KKR wicket-keeping consultant
• Srikanth slips to World No. 12, Jwala-Ashwini rises to 14th

Science & Technology:

• Twitter launches first APAC business leadership summit in India
• Gmail, Yahoo data among ‘hundreds of millions’ of hacked accounts on sale for $1
• Google partners Idea for direct carrier billing
• NASSCOM inks MoU with Facebook to develop a product design initiative