Current Affairs 2nd May 2016

Current Affairs 2nd May 2016 - Important Points

• Indian team won one silver, two bronze in - Archery World Cup
• On 1 May 2016 which day is celebrated globally - International Labour Day
• Who became Royal Society Fellow - IISc professor Sriram Ramaswamy
• Union Government launches - Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana
• Which two countries inked Air Services Agreement - India, New Zealand
• 2016 Russian Grand Prix won by - Nico Rosberg

Current Affairs 2nd May 2016 - Details

Indian team won one silver, two bronze in - Archery World Cup

Among Important National Current Affairs, 0n 1 May 2016, Indian team bagged one silver and two bronze medals at Archery World Cup at the Yuanshen Stadium in Shanghai.

The silver medal was secured by Indian women's team who lost to Chinese Taipei in the final. Women's team comprising Deepika Kumari, Bombayla Devi Laishram and Laxmirani Majhi lost to the lower-ranked Chinese Taipei 2-6 in the recurve team final.

Know About The Archery World Cup:

• The Archery World Cup was started in 2006, this competition is organized by the World Archery Federation, where the archers compete in four different stages in four different countries and the best eight archers of each category advance to an additional stage to contest the Archery World Cup Final. 

• The Archery World Cup competition was introduced following the success of the 2003 World Archery Championships in New York and the 2004 Summer Olympics with the intent of making the sport more popular and attractive to the spectators, with the matches being held in 'spectacular' locations and the final matches being broadcast online.

On 1 May 2016 which day is celebrated globally - International Labour Day

Among Important National Current Affairs, On 1 May 2016, International Labour Day was celebrated across the world. 

In this year 2016, the theme of the day was Celebrating the international labour movement. This day is also known as International Worker's Day and May Day.

This theme assumes further significance with economic relationships undergoing rapid change in the emerging global economic order.

Do You Know - 

International Workers' Day, which is also known as Labour Day in some places, is a celebration of labourers and the working classes that is promoted by the international labour movement, socialists, communists and anarchists and occurs every year on May Day, 1 May.

Who became Royal Society Fellow - IISc professor Sriram Ramaswamy

Among Important National Current Affairs, Director of TIFR Centre for Interdisciplinary Sciences, Hyderabad, Physicist Sriram Ramaswamy was elected as the Fellow of The Royal Society, as announced on 29 April 2016. 

On the list of 50 new fellows and 10 new Foreign Members, his name appeared. This list was announced by the Royal Society.

Know About Sriram Ramaswamy – 

• Physicist Sriram Ramaswamy directs the TIFR Centre for Interdisciplinary Sciences in Hyderabad, and is on leave from the Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore.

• He has received for his research is the Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize in 2000 and the Infosys Prize in 2011.

• His research found the field of Active Matter, which studies the collective behaviour of objects, such as motile organisms.

Union Government launches - Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana

Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana (PMUY) is launched by The Union Government for providing free of cost LPG (cooking gas) connections to women from BPL Households. 

This Yojana was launched by Prime Minister Narendra Modi from Maldepur Morh, Ballia in Uttar Pradesh. 

The tagline for this scheme is Swachh Indhan, Behtar Jeevan.

Know About Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana: 

• On 10th March 2016, The Union Cabinet on Economical Affairs sanctioned a scheme to provide free LPG connections to the poor women of the nation. 

• Under the scheme of Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana, about 8,000 crore rupees has been reserved for provide fifty million LPG connections to the poor family units, reported by an authorized statement. However, how to apply for Free LPG Gas connection has still been not mentioned.

Which two countries inked Air Services Agreement - India, New Zealand

Two countries, India and New Zealand have signed a landmark Air Services Agreement paving the way for introduction of direct flights between the two countries. 

In the presence of the President Pranab Mukherjee and the New Zealand Prime Minister John Key, the agreement was signed. This agreement will lead to easier air connectivity between both countries that have inhibited both business travel and people- to- people contact in the past. 

Under the Convention of International Civil Aviation, the Air Services Agreement was signed that aims to promote international air services between their respective territories.

2016 Russian Grand Prix won by - Nico Rosberg

Among Important National Current Affairs, On 1 May 2016, German Formula 1 Mercedes Driver Nico Rosberg won 2016 Russian Grand Prix. It is his fourth win in a row this season.

Whereas, Mercedes driver Lewis Hamilton of United Kingdom stood second and Ferrari driver Kimi Räikkönen of Finland secured 3rd place in the tournament.

Here are the lists of top 5 finishers in 2016 Russian Grand Prix:

•Nico Rosberg, Mercedes

•Lewis Hamilton, Mercedes

•Kimi Räikkönen, Ferrari

•Daniel Ricciardo, Red Bull Racing-TAG Heuer

•Sebastian Vettel, Ferrari