16 MAY 2015 CURRENT AFFAIRS

21 MoUs (memorandum of understanding) 22 Billion Investing

*At the meeting followed by the a conference of Indian and Chinese CEO's 21 agreement estimated total of $22 billion was signed.

*PM visited the top leading company's CEO including Jack Ma of Alibaba and Lin Min of Xiaomi.

Mohammed Morsi gets Death Penalty

*Egyptian Court sentenced the ex. President Mohammed Morsi and 106 others to death penalty for 2011 mass prison break.

*The Wadi al-Natrun prison break took place during the 2011 January revolution and eventually led to the deposition of Hosni Mubarak.

*Following the prison break, several other prisons saw multiple riots and thousands of inmates escaped.

Zuckerberg Deletes Post With Wrong India Map After Criticism

*Strong reactions by Indians on a wrong infographic containing India's map without Jammu and Kashmir has forced Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg to delete the post which he put up on his social networking site.

*After sharp criticism by Indian citizens against the wrong map put out by Zuckerberg, he deleted the post.

6th edition of National Conference on Nuclear Energy 

*Sixth edition of National Conference on Nuclear Energy held in New Delhi. The main theme of this edition was Nuclear Energy, a Clean Energy option and the conference discussed the issue related to the status of Nuclear Energy in India.

*It was organized by Associated Chambers of Commerce and Industry of India (ASSOCHAM), one of the apex trade associations of India.





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