• The position that
India finished in the overall standings of 7th Asian Youth Championships held
in Pavlodar, Kazakhstan on 9 May 2016 - Third
• In Mizoram, the
administration of a district on the Mizoram-Bangladesh border issued an order
prohibiting import of chicken, bird, duck and eggs from Bangladesh and Tripura
– Mamit
• The company that
won the trademark case in China on 9 May 2016 – Facebook
• Austrian
Chancellor who resigned after losing the support of Social Democratic party
colleagues - Werner Faymann
• The famous
American actor best known for his work as Martin Lane on the hit series The
Patty Duke Show who died on 8 May 2016 is - William Schallert
• The senior
advocate of Bombay High Court who was appointed as Additional Solicitor General
in Supreme Court is - Atma Ram Nadkarni
• In Philippines,
maverick anti-crime candidate who won the Presidential elections, following the
withdrawal of his opponents - Rodrigo Duterte
• He resigned as
the President of Board for Control of Cricket in India (BCCI) on 10 May 2016 –
Shashank Manohar
• The Union
Government on 9 May 2016 released a commemorative coin of hundred rupees and a
circulation coin of ten rupees on - Maharana Pratap
• President Obama
on 9 May 2016 signed a National Legacy Act into law officially making an animal
as country’s first national mammal - American Bison
• The Lok Sabha on
9 May 2016 passed the Anti-Hijacking Bill, 2014 that seeks to repeal - The
Anti-Hijacking Act, 1982
• The three member
committee constituted by the Union Government to prepare a policy framework for
taxi and other transport operators will be headed by - Sanjay Mitra, the Road
Transport Secretary
• The three-member
State Food Commission constituted by Odisha Government in May 2016 will be
headed by - Ranglal Jamuda, former Union secretary, Food Processing Industries
• The Indian
scientist who won a grant of SGD 3 million by Singapore’s National Research
Foundation to pursue research in the field of congenital and adult
cardiovascular diseases is - Manvendra K Singh
• The Ministry of
Environment and Forests launched a web-based application on - Integrated Waste
Management System
• The company that
announced the launch of its free high-speed public WiFi service at railway
stations of Ujjain, Jaipur, Patna, Guwahati, and Allahabad on 9 May 2016 -
Google
• An initiative of
the RailTel that was in news in the first week of May 2016 as Google launches
Free Public Wi-Fi Service at 5 Railway Stations as part of it - Railwire
• He resigned from
the post of president of Union of European Football Associations (UEFA) on 9
May 2016 - Michael Platini
• India vs
Pakistan: Why Can’t we just be Friends is a book written by - Husain Haqqani
• Who killed Swami
Laxmananada is a book written by -
Kuldip Nayar
• The
pharmaceutical company that got the patent for Hepatitis C drug Solvadi –
Gilead
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