Daily Current Affairs Updates

US President Barack Obama has honoured an Indian-American elementary teacher Revathi Balakrishnan from Texas at the White House.

Harish Rawat-led Congress Government has won the floor test in the state legislative assembly conducted on 10 May 2016 on the order of the Supreme Court.

NASA̢۪s unmanned Kepler space observatory has discovered the largest trove of exoplanets outside our solar system.

Indian Navy has launched the state-of-the-art Harbour Defence Systems, viz. Integrated Underwater Harbour Defence and Surveillance System (IUHDSS) in Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh. Besides, Mine Warfare Data Centre (MWDC) was also launched.

Anti-crime candidate and mayor of Davao City, Rodrigo Duterte has won the 2016 presidential election of the Philippines by a landslide victory. He will become the 16th President-elect of Philippines.

• Shashank Manohar steps down as BCCI President
• Parliament passes bill on potable alcohol
• 10 May 2016: World Migratory Bird Day

Parliament has passed the Industries (Development and Regulation) Amendment Bill, 2015 after with the Lok Sabha adopted certain amendments made by the Rajya Sabha.

The Union Government has constituted a three member committee to prepare a policy framework for taxi and other transport operators.

Shashank Manohar has stepped down as President of Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) with immediate effect

Parliament has passed the Anti-Hijacking Bill, 2016 to widen ambit of law dealing with this anti-hijacking crime.

Scientists from the Queen̢۪s University (Canada) have developed the world̢۪s first holographic flexible smartphone named HoloFlex.

• 4th SAIEVAC Ministerial Meeting begins in New Delhi
• UK’s first baby born using Next-Generation DNA sequencing method
• Rural Sanitation Initiatives for Ganga Rejuvenation launched in Jharkhand
• Single emergency number ‘112’ to be operational throughout India from January 1, 2017