• A software solution named Intelligent Operations Centre, which was launched by President Pranab Mukherjee, is designed by - IBM
• Indian-American
biotechnologist who was awarded with the University of Houston’s Distinguished
Leadership in Teaching Excellence Award in 2016 - Rupa Iyer
• Noted Gujarati
folk singer and Padma award winner who passed away in May 2016 - Diwaliben
Bhil
• This campaign was
in news for its effectiveness in curbing irrational use of antibiotics in India
– Medicines with the Red Line
• This
Indian-American professor was conferred with the US National Medal of Science
2015 – Rakesh K Jain
• As per the World
Health Statistics 2016, the global life expectancy for children born in 2015 – 71.4
years
• This island
nation decided to sever 40-year-old diplomatic ties with Iran - Maldives
• A noted expert in
the study of function of genes who was appointed as the new Director of the
Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology is - Rakesh Kumar Mishra
• The 27th series
of CORPAT was conducted between the Indian Navy and – Indonesian Navy
• The political
party that emerged triumphant in the 2016 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly
Election is – AIADMK
• The Centre for
Environmental Health launched by Union Health Minister JP Nadda is a joint
initiative between - Public Health Foundation of India and the Tata
Institute of Social Science
• Indian journalist
who was elected unanimously as the Deputy Mayor of Loughton town in the United
Kingdom on 19 May 2016 - Philip Abraham
• Indian Foreign
Service (IFS) officer who was appointed as the Ambassador of India to Romania -
A V S Ramesh Chandra
• Election
Commission of India on 19 May 2016 announced results of 2016 by-election held
for four states, namely - Gujarat,
Jharkhand, Telangana and Uttar Pradesh
• The cyclonic
storm over the west central Bay of Bengal that will strike Andhra Pradesh coast
- ROANU
• First female
president of Taiwan who was sworn-in on 20 May 2016 - Tsai Ing-wen
• As per the World
Health Statistics 2016, the life expectancy for children born in India in 2015
– 68.3 years
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