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  • Current Affairs 19th May 2016

    Updated : 20-May-2016

    Current Affairs 19th May 2016 - Important Points

    • Assembly Election 2016 results
    • Where was world's largest Single Rooftop Solar Power Plant inaugurated - Amritsar
    • Which IT Major opened a development office in Hyderabad - Apple
    • India's first Driverless Metro train test was conducted by - DMRC
    • E-nivaran platform to fast track taxpayer grievances was launched by - IT Department
    • US Senate approved emergency Zika funding worth - $1.1 billion
    • Rajiv Bhalla was appointed as Managing Director for India by - Barco

    Current Affairs 19th May 2016 - Details

    Assembly Election 2016 results

    Assembly Election 2016 results have came.
    In West Bengal TMC emerged as winner,
    In Assam BJP emerged as winner,
    In Tamil Nadu AIADMK emerged as winner,
    In Kerala LDF emerged as winner and
    In Puducherry DMK + Congress won.

    Following is state wise seats tally :

    West Bengal :

    Party         Win+Lead

    TMC           211

    LEFT+INC    77

    BJP+           6

    Others        0

     

    Assam :

    Party         Win+Lead

    BJP              86

    INC              26

    AIUDF          13

    Others          1

     

    Tamil Nadu :

    Party         Win+Lead

    AIADMK       134

    DMK+INC     98

    BJP+            0

    Others          0

     

    Kerala :

    Party         Win+Lead

    LDF           91

    UDF          47

    BJP+          1

    Others        1

     

    Puducherry :

    Party         Win+Lead

    DMK+INC    17

    AINRC        8

    AIADMK      4

    Others        1

     

    Where was world's largest Single Rooftop Solar Power Plant inaugurated - Amritsar

    Among Important National Current Affairs, Largest single rooftop solar power plant was inaugurated in Amritsar.
    It has total capacity of 11.5 Mega Watt and was inaugurated at Dera Baba Jaimal Singh at Beas, in Amritsar, Punjab.
    It has been installed over 82 acres of rooftop of a single campus with multiple roofs and total costing of this plant is 139 crore rupees.

    Which IT Major opened a development office in Hyderabad - Apple

    Among Business Current Affairs, On 19th May 2016, A new Development Office was opened by Apple in Hyderabad, Telangana.
    This office will majorly focus on Maps for Apple products, including iPhone, iPad, Mac and Apple Watch. This will accelerate Maps development and is expected to create up to 4000 jobs.

    India's first Driverless Metro train test was conducted by - DMRC

    Among Important National Current Affairs, On 18th May 2016, Trail of India's first ever driverless metro was done by DMRC ( Delhi Metro Rail Corporation ) which was flagged by Union Minister for Urban Development M Venkaiah Naidu and Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal.
    Delhi Metro has planned to use 86 such trains which will be controlled by Operations Control Centres (OCC) of the Delhi Metro. By using these trains metro frequency will also be increased from 2 minutes to 90 seconds.