Latest Current Affairs May 2016

1. Which Indian has been appointed member of the United Nation's University Council?

Ans: Radha Kumar

It is the governing board of the United Nations University

2. In which city was South India's first underground metro rail service inaugurated?

Ans: Bengaluru

3. The Indian Railways has signed an agreement with which states for planting trees along the railway track?

Ans: Punjab and Haryana

4. Which Indian equalled the world record in Women's recurve event in Archery?

Ans: Deepika Kumari.

In the Archery World Cup in Shanghai, she scored 686 out of 720, equalling the world record of South Korea's Ki Bo-Bae.

5. What is the original name of Toms, the popular cartoonist who passed away recently?

Ans: V.T. Thomas

6. Patricia Espinosa from Mexico has been appointed as the Executive Secretary of which international environment treaty?

Ans: United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UN-FCCC)

7. Mickey Arthur, the former South African cricketer, was appointed coach of which country's national cricket team?

Ans: Pakistan

8. Which committee, appointed by the Government of India to study on implementing Yoga Education in Universities, has submitted its report recently?

Ans: H.R. Nagendra Committee

9. Which national museum, located in New Delhi, was destroyed by fire recently?

Ans: National Museum of Natural History

10. Who headed the committee, constituted to revamp the Central Board of Film Certification, which submitted its report recently?

Ans: Shyam Benegal

11. Who is the new captain of the New Zealand cricket team?

Ans: Kane Williamson

12. Who heads the panel, appointed by the Supreme Court of India, to reform the Medical Council of India?

Ans: R.M. Lodha

13. Who are the English Premier League Champions?

Ans: Leicester City

14. Who heads the panel constituted by the Government of India, to prepare a blueprint for doubling farmers' income by 2022?

Ans: Ashok Dalwai

15. Where was the 2016 Heart of Asia Conference held?

Ans: New Delhi

16. Name the One lakh Crore rupee safety fund to be created by the Railway Ministry of India, to strengthen safety measures on rail networks?

Ans: Rashtriya Rail Sanrakshana Kosh

17. Name the Indian writer who won the Commonwealth Short Story Prize for the Asia Region.

Ans: Parashar Kulkarni

                   He was awarded the prize for the story 'Cow and Company'.

18. Who has been appointed the new Chief of Naval Staff?

Ans: Vice Admiral Sunil Lanba.

He will take charge on 31 May.

19. Who are the winners of the Asia Kabaddi Championship?

Ans: Pakistan

20. World Intellectual Property Day was observed on: 

Ans: April 26

·        World Day for Safety and Health at Work was observed on April 28.

·        Day of Remembrance for all Victims of Chemical Warfare was  observed on April 29.

·        World Press Freedom Day was observed on May 3. 

The Heart of Asia- Istanbul Process is an intergovernmental organisation established to provide a platform to discuss regional issues, particularly encouraging security, political, and economic cooperation among Afghanistan and its neighbours. It was launched in 2011. The first ministerial conference was held at Istambul, Turkey on 2nd November 2011. The member countries are Afghanistan, Azerbaijan, China, India, Iran, Kazakhstan, Pakistan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Tajikistan, Turkey, Turkmenistan and the United Arab Emirates.

The United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) is an international environmental treaty negotiated at the Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro in 1992. It entered into force in 1994. There are 197 countries which have ratified the convention. The objective of the treaty is to stabilize greenhouse gas concentrations in the atmosphere at a level that would prevent dangerous interference with the climate system.