5 May Current Affairs

1)A high-level committee recommended recastingof the Index of Industrial Production and (IIP) Wholesale Price Index (WPI) with an objective to present a more realistic picture of the economy. Who is heading this high-level committee which recently submitted its report? –Saumitra Chaudhuri, Member, Planning Commission and Prime Minister’s Economic Advisory Council (The committee submitted its report on the IIP and WPI during last week of April 2014. The whole exercise of recasting these indexes was aimed at making the indices reflect each other)…………………………………….2)Which Islamist militant group claimed responsibility for the bomb explosion attack that rocked the outskirtsof the Nigerian capital, Abuja on 2 May 2014? –‘Boko Haram’(The explosion killed at least 19 people and injured over 60. This was the second explosion in lessthan a month to have rocked Abuja. The blast struck the same Nyanyadistrict that was hit by acar bomb on April 14 which killed at least 75 people. Boko Haram, which means “western education is a sin” in the Hausa language, has been waging a violent campaign for thepast five years to impose Shariah, or Islamic law, in Africa’s biggest economy)…………………………………….3)Which passenger train derailed in Maharashtra’s Raigad district on 4 May 2014 killing more than 18 passengers and injuringover 150? –Diva-Sawantwadi Road Passenger(This passenger train derailed between Nagothane and Roha stations in Raigad district. Services on the Konkan Railways line were suspended until evening causing a lot of inconvenience to passengers)…………………………………….4)Who was sworn in as the new Prime Minister of Libya on 3 May 2014?–Ahmed Matiq(He was sworn in by the interim Libyan Parliament despite a disputed vote.Initially, only 113 lawmakers voted for Ahmed Matiq, falling short of the 120 votes necessary to secure his win)…………………………………….5)A California jury on 2 May 2014 awarded Apple $119 million in a patent battle with Samsung over alleged copying of smart phone features. This award was far less than what Apple had demanded and the jury made the victory even smaller by finding that Apple illegally used one of Samsung’s patents. Howmuch award was soughtby Apple? –$2.2 billion(During the month-long trial, Apple argued that many of the key functions and vital features of Samsung phones were invented by Apple. Samsung countered that its phones operate on the Google Android software system and that any legal complaintApple has is with the search giant. The jury found that Apple had infringed one of Samsung’s patents in creating the iPhone 4 and…………………………………….6)30 people were killed within 36 hours in attack by Bodo militantsin lower districts of Assam on 2 and 3 May 2014. Which were the two most-affected districts? –Kokrajhar and Baksa(Four districts– Kokrajhar, Baksa, Udalgiri and Chirang come under the proposed Bodoland region in Assam. The killings took place mainly in Kokrajhar andBaksa districts. After these killings curfew was imposed in Kokrajhar, Baksa and Chirang. The state government accused the Songbijit faction of the National DemocraticFront of Bodoland (NDFB) of carrying out these killings)