Important Current Affairs 7th May 2016

Cameroon Footballer Patrick Ekeng Dies

• Cameroon footballer Patrick Ekeng has died after collapsing on the pitch playing a first division match with his Romanian side Dinamo Bucharest.
• He fell to the ground shortly after coming on as a 62nd-minute substitute during a league match.
• He fell to the ground without any contact with another player.
• Cameroon midfielder Marc-Vivien Foe also died after collapsing on the pitch in 2003.

Irish PM Enda Kenny Re-Elected

• Enda Kenny has been re-elected as prime minister of Ireland.
• Mr Kenny is the first Fine Gael party leader to secure two terms in power back to back.
• His Fine Gael party won the most seats in the election but fell short of the quota needed to rule without support.
• Fine Gael will stay in government only with  support from Fianna Fail.
• It is now expected that Mr Kenny will lead a minority govt.

Pakistan Retain Asia Kabaddi Title

• Pakistan won the Asian Kabaddi championships held in Islamabad, retaining the title.
• They defeated India 50-31 in the last match of the tournament.
• Pakistan hosted the third edition of the Asia Circle Style Kabaddi Cup for the second time.
• Seven teams including India, Iran, Turkmenistan, Afghanistan, Nepal, Sri Lanka & Pakistan participated in the international event.

SBI Launches Card-less Payment Solution

• State Bank of India announced the launch of mVisa, a mobile-based payment solution .
• The service will help customers make payments through their smartphones by simply scanning the unique merchant QR (Quick Response) code.
• SBI customers can now make easy payments to the merchants by simply scanning QR code image
• This eliminates the need to swipe the physical card at a point-of-sale (PoS) machine

Reliance Gets nod for LNG Plant

• Reliance Power has won an in-principle approval of the Bangladesh govt. for the first phase of the 3000 megawatt LNG-based power plant.
• Under the approval,first phase of 750 MW power plant will be set up at Meghnaghat.
• It will also set up the FSRU terminal at Maheshkhali Island in Cox’s Bazar district of Bangladesh.
• Power plant at Meghnaghat will be provided by Bangladesh Power Development Board.

India 4th in Junior Shooting World Cup

• Indian shooters have ended their campaign at the International Shooting Sport Federation Junior World Cup in Suhl,Germany at a creditable fourth position.
• They finished with 2 gold, 4 silver & 3 bronze.
• Rituraj Singh won two gold medals in both the individual & team events of the men’s 25m Standard Pistol.
• Shivam Shukla won a gold & a silver.
• Yashaswini Singh Deswal won two silver medals.

N Korea Party Congress Kicked Off

• North Korea kicked off its biggest political show for a generation.
• The party congress aimed at cementing the absolute rule of leader Kim Jong-Un & shadowed by the possibility of an imminent nuclear test.
• The party congress drew thousands of selected delegates from across the country to Pyongyang.
• It is the seventh meeting of North Korea’s Worker’s Party and the first since 1980.

Khan Become First Muslim Mayor of London

• Labour Party Sadiq Khan, the son of a bus driver, became London’s first Muslim mayor.
• Khan beat out Conservative candidate Zac Goldsmith at the polls.
• He received 1,310,143 votes, higher than for any previous London Mayor.
• He will succeed Boris Johnson as the Mayor of London.
• He has served as the Labour MP for Tooting since 2005, is one of the country’s most prominent pro-LGBT Muslim politicians.

Idea,Google Partner for Carrier Billing

• Idea Cellular with Google India introduced a joint initiative of direct carrier billing for the 184 million Idea subscribers.
• The launch of direct carrier billing provides an option to purchase digital content on Google Play Store with a telecom account.
• This billing does away with the need to have a credit/debit card to purchase a game or movie or e-book on Google Play Store.

M L Mehta Panel on Revising Metro Fares

• Justice M L Mehta was appointed as chairman of a 3 member govt. panel on revision of Delhi Metro rail fares.
• The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet has approved the proposal for appointment.
• The panel will submit its report within 3 months time.
• The DMRC had requested the Centre to constitute the Fare Fixation Committee for recommending fares.
• The fares were last revised in 2009.