N e w s A t @ G l a n c e(9th May,2017)

1. Great Britain wins Sultan Azlan Shah Cup hockey tournament.

2. Great Britain beat Australia 4-3 in a thrilling hockey final.

3. India outclassed New Zealand 4-0 to clinch a bronze medal.

4. 26th edition of the Azlan Shah Cup was held at Ipoh, Malaysia.

5. World Red Cross Day is observed on May 8 by International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC).

6. The theme for this year (2017) is “Less Known Red Cross Stories” .

7. It is celebrated to commemorate the birth anniversary of Henry Dunant.

8. Country's first bio-refinery plant inaugurated in Pune.

9. Union Minister for Road Transport and Highway is Nitin Gadkari.

10. PM Modi addressed an Indian heads of mission meet in New Delhi.

11. It was inaugurated by External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj.

12. India organized festival in Egypt to mark Tagore’s 156th birth anniversary.

13. The festival will conclude on May 12.

14. Shri Tagore received the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1913.

15. Cairo is the Capital of Egypt and its currency is Egyptian pound.

16. Emmanuel Macron has been elected as President of France.

17. He becomes the youngest President of France.

18. Mr. Macron has succeeded François Hollande.

19. Three Indian Scientist have been elected as the Fellows of The Royal Society viz. Krishna Chatterjee, Subhash Khot, Yadvinder Malhi.

20. Facebook has launched its 'Express Wi-Fi' in India.

21. Facebook has announced a partnership with Bharti Airtel for setting up an additional 20,000 hotspots .

22. Founder and CEO of Facebook is Mark Zuckerberg.

23. Shiva Thapa wins silver medal at Asian Boxing Championship .

24. He also became the first boxer from the country to win medals at three consecutive championships.

25. Asian Boxing Championship was held in Tashkent, Uzbekistan.

26. The capital of Uzbekistan is Tashkent and Currency is Uzbekistani som.

27. Legendary sitar player Ustad Raees Khan died at 77.

28. Ustad Raees was born in 1939 in Indore, India.

29. Odisha will introduce boat ambulance service.

30.  The boat ambulance service will be available in the districts of Koraput, Malkangiri, Kendrapara and Kalahandi.

31. CM of Odisha is Naveen Patnaik and the governor is Dr. Senayangba Chubatoshi Jamir.

32. Sachin Tendulkar has received the Fellowship Award at the 7th annual Asian Awards in UK.

33. Adnan Sami won the award for 'Outstanding achievement in Music'.

34. Prabhat Kamal Bezboruah has been named the new chairman of the Tea Board of India.

35. He has replaced Shri Santosh Sarangi.

36. Bezboruah becomes the first non-IAS to head tea board.