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Astronomers discovered three planets which have similar sizes and temperatures those of Venus and Earth, using the Transiting Planets and Planetesimals Small Telescope (TRAPPIST) at ESO’s La Silla Observatory. The discovery was published in the Journal Nature on 2 May 2016.

5th May, 2016 Science & Tech.

Astronomers discovered 3 planets like Earth

using TRAPPIST telescope

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Union Railway Minister Suresh Prabhakar Prabhu on 3 May 2016 launched e-enabled application, Project Management & Information System (PMIS) at Rail Bhawan in New Delhi. The application will used for proper monitoring of all the Railway projects throughout the country. PMIS system will contain all the information about the ongoing projects. It is a web-enabled IT- application to create a technology and knowledge platform to manage the entire lifecycle of complex railway projects. It is being implemented in the Udhampur-Srinagar-Baramullah Rail Link (USBRL) Project. The application will help in reducing the completion time of the project.

5th May, 2016 national Railway Ministry launched PMIS to monitor

Railway projects



England's Mark Selby on 2 May 2016 won World Championship title of Snooker. In the final match played in Sheffield, Selby from Leicester defeated China’s Ding Junhui. This was Selby’s second trophy of the year, earlier he had won minor Gdynia Open event in Poland. This was Selby’s second World Snooker title, the first was won against Ronnie O'Sullivan in 2014.

5th May, 2016 sports

Mark Selby won World Snooker Championship



International Monetary Fund (IMF) forecasted India’s growth rate at 7.5 percent for the year 2016. The forecast was made in the IMF report titled “Regional Economic Outlook: Asia and Pacific, Building on Asia’s Strengths during Turbulent Times”. It said that India that had a GDP growth rate of 7.3 percent in 2015 will have 7.5 percent growth in 2016 and 2017.

5th May, 2016 Economics

India’s GDP to grow at 7.5% for 2016-17



A group of researchers from University of Cambridge researchers have built the world's smallest working engine. The research was published in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America (PNAS) on 2 May 2016. The engine is just a few billionths of a metre in size and uses light to power itself. The nanoscale engine could form the basis of future nano-machines that can navigate in water, sense the environment around them, or even enter living cells to fight disease. Professor Jeremy Baumberg from the Cavendish Laboratory, who led the research, has named the devices ANTs, or Actuating Nano-Transducers.

5th May, 2016 Science & Tech.

Scientists developed world's smallest engine



President Pranab Mukherjee on 3 May 2016 conferred National film awards for the year 2015 in various categories at the 63rd National Film Awards Function held at Vigyan Bhawan, New Delhi. The President also conferred 2015 Dada Saheb Phalke Award to Manoj Kumar. Amitabh Bachchan received the Best Actor honour for his role of a hypochondriac father in Piku. While Kangana Ranaut received the Best Actress Award for Tanu Weds Manu Returns.

5th May, 2016 Awards/Honors

President Pranab Mukherjee conferred 63rd

National Film Awards



World Wildlife Fund (WWF) released a report titled ‘Protecting people through nature’ with the subtitle ‘Natural world heritage sites as Drivers of sustainable development.’ The report was launched in April 2016. The report says that nearly half of the 229 natural and mixed World Heritage sites in 96 countries around the world, including Western Ghats, face significant threats. Almost half of all natural World Heritage sites, and their outstanding universal value, are threatened by harmful industrial activities. Eleven million people depend on these sites, and could be affected negatively by the impacts of harmful industrial activities.

5th May, 2016 Environment

WWF released report titled Protecting People

through Nature



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