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CURRENT AFFAIRS OF MAY -2016

SN Particular Name

1The winners of Italian Open 2016 tennis tournament Men's and Women'ssingles titles respectively

Andy Murray andSerena Williams

2The Advanced Air Defense interceptor missile developed by DRDOwhich was successfully tested on the Abdul Kalam Island located inOdisha is named

Ashwin

3The Senegalese UN official who has been appointed the first womanSecretary General of FIFA

Fatma Samoura

4The Indian banker, Executive Vice chairman and Managing Director ofKotak Mahindra Bank who is the only Indian to be list in the Forbes MostPowerful People in the Financial World

Uday Kotak

5The former President of the BCCI who has been chosen to be the firstindependent Chairman of International Cricket Council (ICC)

ShashankManohar

6The places between which the Uttar Pradesh has decided to develop a200km long bicycle highway to encourage ecotourism

Agra and LionSafari in Etawah

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The theme of World Migratory Bird Day 2016 observed on 10 May Stop the illegalkilling, taking andtrade of migratorybirds

8The fighter aircraft of British origin which has been decommissioned bythe Indian Navy

Sea Harrier

9The Government of India has released Commemorative Coin of Rs.100/and a Circulation Coin of Rs. 10/as a part of his 475th birthanniversary celebrations of this ruler of Mewar

Maharana Pratap

10 The state which has granted minority status to the Jain community Gujarat

11The team which has won the Asian Circle Style Kabaddi Cup 2016defeating India in the finals held at Wah cantonment in Paksitan

Pakistan

12The Samarth class offshore patrol vessel (5th in a series of 6 OPVs) whichwas launched by Goa Shipyard at Vasco

ICGS Shaurya

13The Indian author who has won the regional Commonwealth Short StoryPrize for 2016 for the Asia region for his fiction story ‘Cow andCompany’

Parashar Kulkarni

14The military training exercise being held by the Indian Army to validatebattle readiness and operational effectiveness of the Pivot Formation andRapid Division in Suratgarh is named

ChakravyuhII

15The present Flag Officer Commanding in Chief (FOCinC)Western Naval Command who has been chosen to take over as the nextChief of the Naval Staff with effect from the afternoon of May 31, 2016.

ViceAdmiralSunil

Lanba

16The high-powered committee appointed by the Supreme Court to overseethe functions of Medical Council of India is headed by

Former CJI R MLodha

17The first of Scorpion class submarines built at the Mazagon DockShipbuilders Ltd Mumbai (MDL) which underwent its first sea trials isnamed

Kalvari

18The team which has won the Senior National Men's HockeyChampionships defeating Punjab in the finals at Etawah (U.P.)

Railways

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The place in Uttar Pradesh from which the Prime Minister has launchedthe Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana (a scheme to provide cooking gasconnections to five crore below poverty linebeneficiaries over the next three years)

Ballia

20The Egyptian squash player who has become the youngest ever women'ssquash champion defeating Laura Massaro of the United Kingdom atNaza PSA Women's World Championship in Kuala Lumpur

Nour El Sherbini

21The theme of International Labour Day 2016 observed on 01 May 2016 Celebrating the

InternationalLabour Movement

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