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Appointments

Ajay Mittal appointed as Secretary in Ministry of Information & Broadcasting.

Anurag Thakur elected as 34th President of BCCI (Board of Control for Cricket in

India) till September 2017.

Baciro Dja named as new Prime Minister of Guinea Bissau (Country in West Africa).

Bhim Sain Bassi appointed as Member of Union Public Service Commission.

Binali Yildirim chosen as Turkey’s Prime Minster.

Bollywood Actor R Madhavan became goodwill ambassador of LEPRA India

organization that fights against diseases like leprosy and tuberculosis.

Bombay High Court Advocate Atma Ram Nadkarni is appointed as Additional

Solicitor General.

Cricketer Anil Kumble has been reappointed ICC (International Cricket Council) Cricket

Committee chairman for second term of 3 years. Rahuil dravid has been elected as a member.

Cricketer Rohit Sharma became Brand Ambassador of world famous Swiss luxury watch

maker Hublot.

Deepak Gupta swornin as Chief Justice (CJ) of Chhattisgarh High Court.

Girish Luthra appointed as Flag Officer CommandinginChief of Western Naval Command

while AR Karve as Flag Officer CommandinginChief of Southern Naval Command.

Government approved joint issue of UN Women HeForShe postage stamp and a MoU

has been signed between Department of Posts and United Nations Postal

Administration (UNPA) in for this purpose.

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Hindupur Pradeep Rao appointed as Deputy Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG).

India's Mukul Mudgal appointed as Deputy Chairman of FIFA Governance Committee.

While General Luis Miguel Maduro from Portugal was appointed as Chairman of FIFA’s

governance committee.

Indian American Harmeet Kaur Dhillon elected to newest national committee woman, a key

position of Republican National Committee of USA.

Indian Person Philip Abraham elected as Deputy Mayor of Loughton town in United

Kingdom.

Indian nonfiction short film on girl child education Beti has been invited for a special

screening at 42nd edition of Seattle International Film Festival (SIFF) 2016b

(Washington DC).

Indianorigin lawyer Murali Pillai from Singapore's ruling People’s Action Party (PAP) has

been elected as a member of parliament of Singapore.

Jitendra Singh has been assigned Independent charge of Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports

after resignation of Sarbananda Sonowal.

Kiran Bedi has been appointed as Lt. Governor of Union Territory of Puducherry.

Mexican diplomat Patricia Espinosa is appointed as executive secretary of UNFCCC (United

Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change).

Michel Temer appointed as president of Brazil after 6months Suspension of Dilma Rouseff.

Mrugank Paranjape appointed as managing director (MD) and chief executive officer (CEO)

of Multi Commodity Exchange (MCX).

Naveen Sinha appointed as 31st Chief Justice of Rajasthan High Court.

Noted scientist S K Sharma appointed as Chairman and Managing Director (CMD) of

Nuclear Power Corporation of India Limited (NPCIL).

President Pranab Mukherjee approved appointment of 4 judges to Supreme Court. These

names were recommended by Supreme Court Collegium headed by Chief Justice of India TS

Thakur. AM Khanwilkar, DY Chandrachud, Ashok Bhushan, and L Nageshwar Rao. With

this, judicial strength of Supreme Court moved up to 28. Max being 31 (30 Justices + 1 Cheif

Justice of India).

Ratan P Watal appointed as Principle Adviser for social sector in NITI Aayog.

Rodrigo Digong Duterte won Presidential Presidential Elections of Philippines.

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S K Saini appointed as new commandant of Indian Military Academy (IMA).

Securities and Exchange Board of India approved appointment of Ashok Chawla as National

Stock Exchange (NSE)'s new Chairman.

Senegal's UN diplomat Fatma Samba Diouf Samoura named First Female as Secretary

General of FIFA (International Federation of Association Football) Council.

Shashank Manohar elected as ICC’s (International Cricket Council) first independent

Chairman for 2 years.

Sunil Lamba appointed as Chief of Indian Navy while Karambir Singh appointed as Vice

Chief of Indian Navy.

Tinlianthang Vaiphei appointed as acting Chief Justice of Tripura High Court.

Tsai Ingwen appointed as first female President of Taiwan.

United Nations (UN) appointed Mary Robinson and Macharia Kamau as UN’s Special

Envoys for El Nino and Climate.

United States (US) President Barack Obama appointed IndianAmerican engineer

Manjit Singh as member of President's Advisory Council on FaithBased and

Neighborhood Partnerships (PACFBNF).

Vice Admiral Sunil Lanba will be next (23rd) Chief of Indian Navy.

Vijay Shankar Madan is appointwed as Secretary in Ministry of Drinking Water and

Sanitation and Girish Shankar appointed as Secretary in Department of Public Enterprises

(Ministry of Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises).

Awards

20th CEAT Cricket Awards 2016

Lifetime Achievement Dilip Vengsarkar

International Cricketer Joe Root (England) International Batsman Joe Root (England)

International Bowler Ravichandran Ashwin Test Cricketer Kane Williamson (NZ)

ODI Cricketer Martin Guptill (NZ) T20 Player Virat Kohli

Indian Cricketer Rohit Sharma Young Player Rishabh Pant

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Han Kang became First South Korean author to win Man Booker International Prize

after she won 2016 Prize for her novel The Vegetarian.

Andhra Pradesh Agriculture Project won World Summit on Information Society

(WSIS) 2016 prize in eAgriculture category. HaritaPriya (Harmonized Information of

Agriculture, Revenue and Irrigation for a Transformation Agenda – Precision

Technology for Agriculture) Project is meant to collect very specific climate data from

farms and give farmers personalised information through SMS.

Bharti Enterprises founder Sunil Bharti Mittal honored with 2016 Harvard Business School

Alumni Achievement Award.

Corporation Bank received excellence award on empowering MSMEs by Federation of

Industry, Trade and Services (FITS).

Former ISRO Chairman Udupi Ramachandra Rao became first Indian to be given Hall of

Fame Award by International Astronautical Federation (IAF).

Indian American professor Rakesh K. Jain will be presented 2015 National Medal of Science

of USA.

Indian American teenager from Texas Syamantak Payra won $50,000 Intel Foundation

Young Scientist Award for his work in making a lowcost electronicallyaided knee

brace device which allows people with weakened legs to be able to walk better.

Indian author Parashar Kulkarni won regional Commonwealth Short Story Prize for

2016 for Asia region, for his politically grounded, funny fiction story Cow and

Company (about four men in search of a cow).

IndianAmerican Revathi Balakrishnan is honoured by USA as 2016 Texas Elementary

Teacher of the Year for her excellent work in the field of education.

IndianAmerican student won 2016 National Geographic Bee championship, securing first

three positions in 28th annual National Geographic Bee Competition in Washington. This is

fifth consecutive year of National Geographic Bee championship in which an

IndianAmerican has won. Winners Rishi Nair (1st), Saketh Jonnalagadda and Kapil

Nathan.

Madhya Pradesh Tourism (MPT) won the Lonely Planet Group’s Best Indian

Destination for Wildlife Award.

Nagaland Police department won National Award for Smart Policing in the category of Road

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Safety and Traffic Management for initiative of SMS based Vehicle Monitoring System, by

FICCI.

Nandini Bhandaru, a PhD student at IITKharagpur won Young Scientist Award of European

Materials Research Society’s (E MRS) for contribution to materials science, for her

contribution to materials science and nanotechnology, particularly nano patterning of soft

films and surfaces.

Oscar winning Legendary Indian music composer A R Rahman honored by Japan's Fukuoka

prize 2016 in Grand Prize category for his outstanding contribution towards showcasing

South Asian traditional fusion music.

Pakke Tiger Reserve in East Kameng district of Arunachal Pradesh won India

Biodiversity Award 2016 in conservation of threatened species category for its Hornbill

Nest Adoption Programme. Under this Programme, urban citizens contribute money to

protect hornbill nests around Pakke Tiger Reserve.

Reliance Industry top foreign exchange earner and leading exporter of last 50 years.

Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) Gold Award in IT services.

Sikkim Chief Minister Pawan Chamling conferred with Yug Kavi Siddhicharan Award, one

of the Nepal’s prestigious literary award.

Special Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics Given to Laser Interferometer

GravitationalWave Observatory (LIGO) for momentous detection of gravitational waves.

The $3 million award will be shared between two groups 1 Milion for three founders of

LIGO (Ronald W. P. Drever, Kip S. Thorne, Caltech, Rainer Weiss) and 2 Million will be

distributed to 1012 contributors.

US President Barack Obama honoured IndianAmerican elementary teacher Revathi

Balakrishnan from Texas for her excellent work in field of education.

USA's Frances Arnold won the Technology Academy's (Finland) Millennium Technology

Prize for her work 'directed evolution' (method of rewriting DNA to improve medicines and

develop green fuels). She is first female wo win this 1 million euro prize.

Books

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Book Dr. Ambedkar: Life and Mission has been authored by Dhananjay Kheer.

Book Exploring Marxist Bengal, authored by Debraj Bhattacharya has been released.

Book Great Acceleration: How the World is Getting Faster, Faster, is authored by Robert

Colvile.

Book Gujarat Files: Anatomy of a Cover Up, authored by Rana Ayyub has been released.

Book India vs Pakistan: Why Can’t we just be Friends, written by Husain Haqqani has been

released.

Book Making It Big: The inspiring Story of Nepal’s first billionaire in his own words

has been authored by Binod Chaudhary, Nepal's first billionaire.

Book Tagore’s Vision of the Contemporary World, written by Indra Nath Choudhuri has

been released.

Book White magic: A story of heart break , Hard Drugs and Hope has been authored by

Arjun Nath.

Noted actor Shashi Kapoor’s biography Shashi Kapoor – the Householder, the Star has

been released. It has been written by Film Journalist Aseem Chhabra.

Committees

Committee headed by T S R Subramanian set up to formulate new National Education

Policy submitted its report to Human Resource Development (HRD) ministry.

Government constituted a committee under Sanjay Mitra (Secretary of Union Ministry of

Road Transport & Highways), to prepare a policy framework for taxi and other transport

operators.

H.R. Nagendra Committee on Yoga Education in Universities submitted its report to the

Government.

Neeraj Kumar Gupta committee constituted by government and Reserve Bank of India (RBI)

to boost cashless transactions.

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Parkash Singh committee submitted its report on Jat Quota in Haryana.

Supreme Court appointed 3threemember committee under RM Lodha to oversee functions

of Medical Council of India (MCI).

Days

1 May Labor Day / International Workers' Day / May Day.

10 May World Migratory Bird Day (WMBD) with 2016 theme Stop the Illegal Killing,

Taking and Trade of Migratory Birds.

11 May National Technology Day. 2016 Theme is Technology enablers of Startup India'.

The day marks several technological achievements for India including

16 May National Day for Disease of Dengue. Government of India recently declared May

16 as National Dengue Day to mark the toll the deadly disease has been taking in terms of

lives and to reaffirm nationwide efforts to tackle it.

29 May International Day of United Nations Peacekeepers. 2016 theme is Honouring Our

Heroes.

3 May World Press Freedom Day, observed by United Nations. 2016 Theme is Access to

Information and Fundamental Freedoms – This Is Your Right!”. 2016 UNESCO/Guillermo

Cano World Press Freedom Prize has been honoured to Khadija Ismayilova, an investigative

journalist from Azerbaijan.

8 May Birth anniversary of Gurudev Rabindranath Tagore. India held a cultural festival in

Egypt on this occasion.

May 22 International Day for Biological Diversity (IBD). Theme for 2016 is

Mainstreaming Biodiversity; Sustaining People and their Livelihoods.

May 31 World NoTobacco Day. 2016 Theme is World No Tobacco Day – Get ready for

plain packaging. The theme seeks to highlight this new trend packing trend in global efforts

to control tobacco products.

Defence

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2016 Malabar trilateral naval exercise will be hosted by Japan with naval ships of USA,

India and Japan participating in it.

Bilateral Air Force exercise between India and United Arab Emirates (UAE) ExDesert

EagleI held in UAE.

Goa Shipyard Limited (GSL) launched Indian Coast Guard Ship (ICGS) Shaurya.

INS Kalvari, Indian Navy's first indigenous Scorpeneclass stealth submarine, launched

for first sea trial in Mumbai naval dockyard.

India Successfully tested Advanced Air Defence (AAD) interceptor missile Ashwin.

During Test, It hit target missile which another ballistic missile (Prithvi). Ashwin AAD

is capable of destroying any incoming hostile ballistic missile. It is 7.5meter long and

weighs around 1.2 tonnes.

Indian Air Force launched its Electronic Maintenance Management System (eMMS)

Project, an automated military maintenance system

The eMMS project is one of largest Maintenance Repair Overhaul (MRO) IT

implementation in world.

Indian Coast Guard ship Arush has been commissioned.

Indian Navy commissioned Fast Attack Craft INS Tarmugli.

Indigenously developed nuclear capable PrithviII surfacetosurface missile

successfully testfired. It is Capable of carrying 500 kg to 1,000 kg of nuclear as well as

conventional warheadsm with Strike Range 350 km.

Economy

As per Government Data, India's GDP Growth rate in Last Quarter of 201516 (Jan Mar

2016) stayed at 7.9 %, Taking India's GDP growth rate during 201516 to 7.6 %. In 201516,

India's quarter wise GDP Growth has been

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First Quarter (April 2015 June 2015) 7.5 %

Second Quarter (July 2015 September 2015) 7.6 % Third Quarter (October 2015

December 2015) 7.2 % Fourth Quarter (Jan 2015 March 2016) 7.9 %

As per Government Data, India's per capital income rose by 7.4 % to Rs 93,293 in 201516,

compared to Rs 86,879 in the 2014 15.

As per National Council of Applied Economic Research (NCAER), India’s GDP growth rate

is projected to 7.6 % in FY 16 (201516) and 7.7 % FY 17 (201617) because of a favourable

monsoon.

As per report by AssochamKPMG, India emerged as world’s fifth largest electronic

waste (ewaste) producer and India discards.

Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd commissioned first 800 MW super critical thermal unit in

Karnataka. This is the highest rating unit in the state.

Ecommerce Firm Flipkart will launch its own map services in tie up with MapUnity, to

better handle its shipping activities.

Google acquired business technology startup Synergyse founded by an Indianorigin

entrepreneur Varun Malhotra.

Google partnered with Idea Cellular to offer direct carrier billing in India. Idea users will

now be able to make purchases on Google Play Store directly through their postpaid and

prepaid accounts.

Government approved financial restructuring of Hindustan Steel Works Construction

Limited (HSCL) and its takeover by National Buildings Construction Corporation Limited

(NBCC).

Government approved investment of over 5500 crore rupees for basic urban

infrastructure in six states Madhya Pradesh,Gujarat, Rajasthan,Odisha, Jharkhand

and Meghalaya. It has been done under Atal Mission for Rejuvenation and Urban

Transformation, AMRUT.

Government constituted Investor Education and Protection Fund (IEPF) Authority, to

strengthen framework for safeguarding interest of investors. This is a step closer to setting up

IEPF, which will be utilized for multiple purposes for protecting investors.

Government launched EXIM Analytics Dashboard to provide easy access to detailed

trade data of the country. This webbased dashboard will provide an accurate

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perspective to the general public on the facts around the trade performance in India.

Government launched Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana (PMUY) for providing free of

cost LPG (cooking gas) connections to women from BPL Households. It was launched

by PM Narendra Modi from Ballia (Uttar Pradesh) with tagline Swachh Indhan,

Behtar Jeevan.

Under PMUY, each of the beneficiaries will receive monetary support of about 1,600 rupees

to get a connection of cooking gas. It includes administrative cost, pressure regulator booklet

and safety hose.

Government opened a special Tatkal like window to expedite examination process of patent

applications by startups as well as of entities choosing India for filing first patent. It is

aiming to reduce time frame for grant of patents to 18 months from the present 57 years by

March 2018.

HDFC Bank launched SmartUp, a dedicated solution for startups to fulfil all their

banking needs. It was launched in association with Mumbaibased accelerator Zone

Startups India (ZSI).

ICICI Bank launched India's first contactless business credit card in association with

Jet Airways for small and midsized enterprises (SMEs), named as Jet Airways ICICI

Bank Business Advantage Card. Card is powered by VISA payWave contactless

technology.

Income Tax (IT) department launched electronic grievance redressal system enivaran

to fast track taxpayer grievances and ensure early resolution of their complaints.

India Signed An agreement for Global Environmental Facility (GEF) Grant of USD 9.20

Million with World Bank for"Efficient and Sustainable City Bus Service Project.

Karnataka Bank launched cash back campaign for its VISA debit cardholders.

Kerala based South Indian Bank tiedup with National Australian Bank (NAB) for

online inward remittances from Australia at a competitive rate.

Ministry of Women & Child Development has been administering Support to Training and

Employment Programme for Women (STEP) Scheme since 198687, to impart training to

women in modern skills as well as traditional ones and enable women to become

selfemployed/ entrepreneurs.

Piyush Goyal, Minister of State (IC) for Power, Coal and New & Renewable Energy

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launched Contract Labour Payment Management System for Coal India Limited.

Public sector Bank Punjab National Bank reported largest net loss of rs. 5,367.14 crore

for 4th quarter ended 31st of March, 2016. This is the biggest quarterly loss in Indian

bank history.

RBL Bank will launch an EntrepreneurinResidence (EIR) programme for fintech

startups, to enhance engagement with start ups.

Reliance Jio Infocomm launched digital wallet service named JioMoney Wallet. It's

prepaid wallet that will easy mobilebased transactions for Indians for purchasing

goods and services.

PNotes are instruments issued by registered foreign institutional investors to overseas

investors, who wish to invest in Indian markets without registering themselves directly in

India to save time.

World's largest single rooftop solar power plant of 11.5 MegaWatt (MW) capacity

inaugurated at Dera Baba Jaimal Singh in Beas near Amritsar in Punjab. It is spread

over 82 acres of rooftop in single campus with installed capacity of 19.5 MW. Cost has

been around 139 crores and would generate clean and green energy sufficient to power

approximately 8,000 homes. It will also help in abating 4lakh tonnes of carbon dioxide

(CO2) in next 25 years.

International

India’s renewable energy sector has been ranked third in the Renewable Energy

Country Attractiveness Index (RECAI) with China at second and the US on top. Index

ranks 40 markets on the attractiveness of their renewable energy investment and

deployment opportunities.

According to IMF (International Monetary Fund), Financial inequality is highest in

India and China among Asia Pacific countries. China and India's rapid growth has

been accompanied by increasing levels of inequality. Inter provincial inequality is lower

in India than in China, and rising inequality in India is primarily in urban

phenomenon.

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According to a study by Organisation Economic Cooperation and Development

(OECD) and European Union’s Intellectual Property Office, India is 5th biggest

exporter of fake goods in world. List is topped by China, followed by Turkey, Singapore

and Thailand.

As per Forbes, India's HDFC has been ranked 7th among world's top 10 biggest and most

powerful companies in consumer financial services sector. List is topped by global major

American Express. In overall list of world's 2,000 largest companies, HDFC is ranked 404th

with total 56 Indian companies on list, in which Reliance Industries ranked India's highest.s

British Royals launched Heads Together campaign at Queen Elizabeth Park in East London,

with aim of changing national conversation on mental health and wellbeing.

China launched 3 (1 domestic (Ziyuan III 02 ) and foreign (NewSat)) by a Long March 4B

rocket. Ziyuan III 02 satellite is a new civilian highresolution mapping satellite and second

in remotesensing mapping system that China plans to build by 2030.

China signed agreements with Sudan to build 600megawatt atomic reactor.

China successfully launched Yaogan30 remotesensing satellite into sunsynchronous

orbit (SSO) using Long March2D rocket.

Health Minister J P Nadda launched Kayakalp Fortnight at All India Institute of

Medical Sciences (AIIMS) New Delhi with aim of intensifying Kayakalp initiative under

Swachch Bharat Abhiyaan.

IT services Firm Wipro inaugurated Saudi Arabia's first all women business and

technology park (WBP) in Riyadh.

India and United States (US) held their first Maritime Security Dialogue in New Delhi for

deepening evolving partnership in maritime domain.

India banned its nationals from travelling to Libya, in view of prevailing security

situation in that country.

India signed Project Collaboration Agreement (PCA) with World Health Organization

(WHO) for cooperation on promoting effectiveness of traditional and complementary

medicines. PCA aims at supporting WHO in development of WHO Traditional and

Complementary Medicine Strategy.

National Aluminium Company Limited (NALCO) signed MoU with Iranian Mines and

Mining Industries Development and Renovation Organization (IMIDRO), to explore

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possibility of setting up smelter cumgas based power plant on joint venture in Iran for

proposed smelter plant in Chabahar Free Trade Zone. NALCO will supply alumina

from its refinery in India.

MoU on Policy Dialogue between Governments and Interaction between Think Tanks.

Switzerland Government honoured late Indian filmmaker Yash Chopra by unveiling

bronze statue at Interlaken, weighing about 250 kilos.

USA Navy tested world's largest unmanned surface vessel named Sea Hunter. It is a

selfdriving 132foot ship able to travel up to 10000 nautical miles on its own.

USA President Barack Obama National Bison Legacy Act for officially making American

bison the country's first national mammal.

USA's private space transport service company, SpaceX launched Japanese JCSAT14

communication satellite by SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket.

United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) released report Global Environment

Outlook (GEO6): Regional assessment for Asia and the Pacific

Meetings

2016 Women Economic Forum (WEF) hosted by New Delhi (India) under theme

Women: Uplifting and Uniting the World.

42nd G7 summit held in IseShima (Japan). G7 Consits of Japan, Canada, France, Germany,

Italy, Japan, United Kingdom, USA.

49th Annual Meeting of Board of Governors’ of Asian Development Bank (ADB) held in

Frankfurt (Germany), attended by Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on India's Behalf.

Annual Master General of Ordnance (MGO) Industry Cooperation Meet (AMICOM2016)

held in Delhi with theme Indigenisation. AMICOM Series is an initiative of Indian Army to

engage with indigenous defence industry.

First World Conference on Tourism for Development (WCTD) held in Beijing (China) with

theme Tourism for Peace and Development.

Firstever World Humanitarian Summit since World War II, held in Istanbul (Turkey).

International Buddhist conference held in Lumbini (Nepal) with theme Lumbini, Nepal: the

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birth place of Lord Buddha and the fountain of Buddhism and world peace.

Rwanda hosted 26th World Economic Forum on Africa (WEF) in its capital Kigali.

Theme is Connecting Africa's Resources through Digital Transformation.

National

All four Southern languages Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, Malayalam and Odia are now

Included in classical languages of India, Earlier, Sanskrit alone had this status.

11th Habitat Film Festival 2016 Held in New Delhi with showcasing some of best films

of 20152016.

According to Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu, first bullet train will run in India in 2023. It

will connect Mumbai and Ahmedabad and is expected to cover 508 km in 2 hours, running at

maximum speed of 350 kmph.

Andhra Pradesh will become first Indian State to make all of its urban areas Open

Defecation Free by October 2016.

Bihar Government announced ban on sale, distribution, storage, manufacture,

consumption and publicity of tobacco products like gutka and pan masala.

Bihar government MDM scheme, UNICEF and Bihar based Rajendra Agriculture

University signed agreement to curb malnourishment among women and children in

the state.

Coalition of Left Democratic Front (LDF) won 2016 Kerala Assembly Elections by

winning 91 / 140 seats . Communist Party of India (Marxist) became largest party by

winning 58 seats. Pinarayi Vijayan will be next chief minister of Kerala.

Cyclonic storm ROANU over west central Bay of Bengal Hits Indian Coastal states of

Odisha, West Bengal and Andhra Pradesh.

Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal released draft of State of Delhi Bill 2016 that seeks to

establish State of Delhi as 30th State in country.

Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) conducted trial run of country’s first ever

driverless Metro train. Driverless trains will run on over 58 kmlong Majlish ParkShiv

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Vihar (Line 7) and over 38 kmlong Janakpuri (West) Botanical Garden (Line 8)

corridors of PhaseIII.

Department of Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities will now be known as

'Divyangjan' Sashaktikaran Vibhag in Hindi and dropped word 'viklangjan'.

For effective waste management in an ecofriendly manner, Sikkim government banned

disposable foam food containers like cups, plates, spoons, containers, etc., and has restricted

the use of mineral water bottles in government programmes all over the state.

Google launched Free Public WiFi Service at 5 Indian Railway Stations (Ujjain,

Jaipur, Patna, Guwahati and Allahabad) as part of RailWire initiative of RailTel

Corporation .

Government approved to amend Institutes of Technology (IIT) Act, 1961 for incorporation of

6 new IITs Tirupati (Andhra Pradesh), Palakkad (Kerala), Dharwar (Karnataka), Bhilai

(Chhattisgarh), Goa, Jammu (Jammu and Kashmir).

Government launched affordable Faecal Incontinence Management System (FIMS)

Qora.

HRD Minister Smriti Zubin Irani launched multilingual knowledge portal www.bharatvani.in

as largest online repository of dictionaries in India. It has been launched in 22 scheduled

languages, which eventually will be extended to 100 more languages and will help showcase

the Indian culture and heritage to the world.

Harish Rawat led Congress Government won floor test in Uttarakhand legislative assembly.

Mr Rawat will now assume as Chief Minister after President’s rule revoked in state recently.

Himachal Pradesh Government has launched ‘PEHAL’, a vision document of the

Shimla District administration for raising education standards.

Indian Railways conducted first ever trial run for highspeed Talgo trains of Spain on

BareillytoMoradabad stretch in Uttar Pradesh with speeds averaging 80115 kmph.

Talgo consumes 30% less energy and can run on curves without decelerating. It can

complete journey between Delhi and Mumbai in about 12 hours against present 17

hours.

Infosys Foundation signed pact with Indian Institute of Science Education and Research

(IISER) Pune to support students from economically weaker section to pursue ‘high quality’

education.

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Jammu and Kashmir government signed MoU with Indian Institute of Technology (IIT)

Delhi for setting up an IIT in Jammu.

Karnataka Government decided to establish Asia's first Rice Technology Park at

Gangavati in Koppal district. A Maize Technology Park will be established at

Ranebennur in Haveri district.

Lakshadweep became first Union Territory (UT) to sign 24x7 Power for All document,

that states a plan to increase solar capacity of the region from 2.15 MW to 8.45 MW. As

part of energy efficiency measures, 1 lakh LED bulbs will be distributed by UT

administration through Energy Efficiency Services Limited (EESL) and Incandescent

lamps/CFL bulbs will be replaced with LED bulbs under UJALA programme.

Madhya Pradesh government will launch Nagaroday Abhiyan, under Gramoday Se

Bharat Uday Abhiyan in JulyAugust 2016, with focus on welfare of people of urban

localities.

Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change and Department of Animal Husbandry,

Dairying & Fisheries organized national conference on ‘Gaushalas’ (cowsheds) in New

Delhi.

Ministry of Human Resource Development (HRD) launched ASMITA (All School

Monitoring Individual Tracing Analysis ) under Shala Asmita Yojana (SAY).

SAY aims to track educational journey of school students from Class I to Class XII

across 15 lakhs schools in country.

ASMITA will be an online database with information of student attendance and

enrolment, learning outcomes, midday meal service and infrastructural facilities.

NITI (National Institution for Transforming India) Aayog decided to come up with a 15year

vision document in relation with global trends and economic growth. It will replace fiveyear

plans continued since 1951.

First 15year vision document will come into effect from 201718 after end of 12th Five year

plan. It will be formulated with central objective of eradication poverty.

It will come along with a sevenyear National Development Agenda which will lay down the

programmes schemes, and strategies to achieve the longterm vision.

NTPC signed a joint venture agreement (JVA) with Coal India to revive plants of Fertilizer

Corporation of India Limited (FCIL).

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National Green Tribunal (NGT) banned over 10 years old diesel vehicles in six cities of

Kerala Thiruvananthapuram, Kochi, Kollam, Thrissur, Kozhikode and Kannur.

National Pharmaceutical Pricing Authority (NPPA) fixed ceiling price of 54 drug

formulations used for treatment of cancer, bacterial infections, diabetes and hypertension.

Odisha Government launched Green Passage scheme for orphan students to ensure that they

get free of cost higher education in the state.

Odisha Government promulgated Odisha Official Language (Amendment) Ordinance 2016

to ensure use of Odia in all government systems.

PM Narendra Modi has launched India's first solar powered eboats at Assi Ghat in river

Ganga, Varanasi (Uttar Pradesh).

Postal department of India went high tech by geo tagging 1.5 Lakh post offices on Bhuvan

Portal (ISRO) and monitoring timely clearance of letter boxes through a mobile app.

President Pranab Mukherjee inaugurated Intelligent Operations Centre (IOC) desiged by

IBM in Rashtrapati Bhavan and a mobile application Monitor.

Railways launched Bharat Darshan Tourist train for pilgrims to visit several Pilgrims.

Railways renamed Bengaluru city station after Karnataka's 19th century revolutionary

freedom fighter and warrior Krantivira Sangolli Rayanna.

Railways signed MOU with PEC University of Technology for setting up Kalpana Chawla

Chair on Geospatial Technology for Indian Railways at PEC University, Chandigarh.

Rajasthan became first Indian state to issue newspaper advertisements for the post of Vice

Chancellor (VC) of government universities.

Rajasthan's Bundi is stepping into virtual world with an 'emunicipal council' to make

all informative rsources digitally accessible.

Road Transport and Highways Minister Nitin Gadkari launched 20 Nirbhaya buses of

Rajasthan State Transport Corporation with multiple safety measures to better protect

women passengers. These include Vehicle Tracking System (VTS), CCTV and panic

buttons on every seat.

Road, ransport and Highways Minister Nitin Gadkari launched ePACE, INFRACON and an

updated INAMPRO IT initiatives, developed by National Highways and Infrastructure

Development Corporation Ltd.

ePACE(Projects Appraisal & Continuing Enhancements) integrated Management

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Information System that brings projects from all wings of Ministry under a common

platform, ensuring their effective and real time tracking.

INFRACON is the National Portal for Infrastructure Consultancy Firms and Key Personnel.

INAM PRO has been developed as a webbased application (www.inampro.nic.in) for

Infrastructure and Material Providers.

Single emergency number, 112 will be operational throughout India from January 1, 2017 to

help people reach immediate services of police, ambulance and fire department.

Telangana state Government entered Limca Book of Records for its Intensive

Household Survey conducted in August 2014, that compiled all kinds of information

about each household in state with an aim to prepare a databank for its social welfare

and development programmes.

Tripura ranked first in overall performance in Implementation of MGNREGA. Testing

was done on basis of 3 indicators efficiency in providing guaranteed 100 days of

employment, regular wage payment, work completion rate.

Persons

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French astrophysicist Andre Brahic, knwon for discovery of Neptune's rings, Passed away.

H.E. Maithripala Sirisena, President of Sri Lanka visited India. PM Narendra Modi

along with Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena released ‘Simhastha Declaration’

at Ninora village in Ujjain.

HASE Hiroshi, Japan's Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology

visited India.

Han Zheng, Party Secretary of Shanghai and Member of Politburo of Communist

Party of China Visited India.

Shashank Manohar resigned as President of Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI).

Sweden's Minister for Justice & Migration, Morgan Johansson visited India.

Tony Cozier, legendary West Indies commentator passed away.

USbased Nepali Lhakpa Sherpa climbed Mount Everest for seventh time, breaking her own

record for the most summits of the world’s highest mountain by any woman.

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Science

A joint USAustralian military research team successfully tested a hypersonic

technology in Australian desert. During the test, scramjet attached to a rocket booster

was successfully sent to an altitude of 278 km at Mach 7.5 (seven times speed of sound).

Hypersonic flight involves travelling at more than 5 times the speed of sound (Mach 5). For

this, scientists are working in Hypersonic International Flight Research Experimentation

(HIFiRE) programme.

Astronomers discovered 3 planets with similar size and temperatures as those of Venus

and Earth, using TRAPPIST telescope at ESO’s La Silla Observatory. They ar orbiting

an ultracool dwarf star at approx 40 lightyears from Earth.

Australian researchers at University of Newcastle built world’s first scanning helium

microscope (SHeM). It would enable scientists to study human, animal and plant samples, as

well as pharmaceutical drugs and computer chips in their true state.

China will launch world's first quantum communication satellite in July 2016, to improve

security of data transmission. It will use quantum photons, which cannot be separated or

duplicated, making communication immune to wiretapping or interceptions.

Group of researchers from University of Cambridge built world’s smallest (nanoscale)

working engine, led by Jeremy Baumberg from Cavendish Laboratory. They named it ANTs

(Actuating NanoTransducers). This Nanoscale engine is just a few billionths of a metre in

size and uses light to power itself.

Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology (IITM) is putting studying rain formation in

clouds through a research program called Cloud Aerosol Interaction and Precipitation

Enhancement Experiment (CAIPEEX). Under this experiment, air borne observations

are taken through randomized cloud seeding and the impact is recorded.

Indian Space Research Organization successfully tested a Reusable Launch

VehicleTechnology Demonstrator at Satish Dhawan Space Centre at Sriharikota

(Andhra Pradesh). With this, India moved a step close to developing a space vehicle

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that can fly numerous times into space.

NASA's unmanned Kepler space observatory discovered largest trove (group) of

exoplanets outside our solar system. Of the new trove of 1,284 exoplanets, nearly 550

are said to be rocky planets like Earth.

National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) successfully deployed first

experimental inflatable room attached to International Space Station (ISS). Experimental

inflatable room is dubbed as BEAM (Bigelow Expandable Activity Module), built by

Nevada Company Bigelow Aerospace.

National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) unveiled first global digital

elevation (topographic model) of Mercury, made by 10000 images captured by NASA’s

MESSENGER ((MErcury Surface, Space ENvironment, GEochemistry, and Ranging)

mission.

Scientists at University of Montreal (Canada) developed world’s Smallest (Nano)

Thermometer using DNA (Deoxyribonucleic acid) structures that can resize at

specifically defined temperature functions. World’s smallest thermometer is 20,000

times smaller than a human hair and is fully programmable.

Scientists from Queen’s University (Canada) developed world’s first holographic flexible

smartphone named HoloFlex, that lets users to interact with 3D Media without using any

headgear or glasses. HoloFlex features a highdefinition Flexible Organic Light Emitting

Diode (FOLED) touchscreen display.

Scientists from University of Texas Medical Branch (UTMB) developed world's first

genetically engineered clone of Zika virus strain. They dubbed it as infectious

complementary DNA (cDNA) clone.

Scientists have detected atomic oxygen in the atmosphere of Mars for the first time. It was

detected using an instrument onboard the Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy

(SOFIA).

United Kingdom’s first baby named Biagio Russo was born in Oxford using

Nextgeneration DNA sequencing (NGS) method. This method uses a revolutionary In

Vitro Fertilization (IVF) technique resulting in better selection of embryos to transfer

during the treatment.

World's first robot lawyer ROSS has been employed by a US law firm BakerHostetler.

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It will assist the law firm in legal research.

Sports

Ashok Kumar became ecomes first Indian Kabaddi Refree to officiate in 2016 Rio Olympic

Games.

BCCI nominated Virat Kohli for prestigious Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award 2016 and

Ajinkya Rahane for Arjuna Award.

China won Uber Cup badminton championship by defeating India in China. It was

china's 14th Uber cup title.

Cricketer Sachin Tendulkar has been made India’s goodwill ambassador for the 2016

Rio Olympics, along with Actor Salman Khan and Olympic shooting champion

Abhinav Bindra.

Former South African cricketer Mickey Arthur is appointed as Pakistan cricket team’s head

coach.

India's Biliards player Pankaj Advani won Asian 6Red Snooker title in Abu Dhabi. He

became first in world to hold both world and continental titles in 6red snooker at same time.

Indian 4x100m women’s relay team broke 18yearold national record to finish 4th at IAAF

World Challenge in Beijing (China). Team included Dutee Chand, Srabani Nanda, HM Jyoti

and Merlin Joseph clocked 44.03 seconds to finish race.

International Cricket Council (ICC) lifted provisional suspension imposed on Sri

Lanka wicketkeeper batsman Kusal Perera.

Italian Open Tennis 2016

Men's Singles Andy Murray (Britain) defeated Novak Djokovic (Serbia) Women’s

Singles Serena Williams (USA) defeated Madison Keys (USA).

Women’s Doubles Sania Mirza (India) and her Swiss partner Martina Hingis. defeated

Russian pair of Ekaterina Makarova and Elena Vesnina.

Men’s doubles Bob Bryan and Mike Bryan (USA) defeated pair of Vasek Pospisil (Canada)

and Jack Sock (United States).

Leicester City named champions of English Premier League 201516 season. They were

crowned after nearest challenger Tottenham Hotspur FC had 22 draw with Chelsea

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FC. The draw placed Tottenham at second position and was not able to surpass

Leicester City FC’s seven point lead at top of table.

Mark Selby from England won 2016 World Championship title of Snooker by defeating

China's Ding Junhui.

Mercedes F1 driver Lewis Hamilton from Britain won 2016 Monaco Grand Prix.

Mohun Bagan FC won 2016 Indian Federation Cup football tournament title for 14th time,

defeating Aizawl FC.

Music composer AR Rahman has been made Goodwill Ambassador for Rio Olympics.

Rahman is India's fourth Goodwill Ambassador after Bollywood actor Salman Khan,

Olympic gold medalist Abhinav Bindra and cricketer Sachin Tendulkar.

Mutua Madrid Open Tennis title

Men's Singles Novac Djokovic (Serbia) defeated Andy Murray (Britain)

Women’s Singles Simona Halep (Romania) defeated Dominika Cibulkova of Slovakia.

Nico Rosberg (Germany) won 2016 Formula One Russian Grand Prix 2016.

Noted Tennis Player Roger Federer withdrawn from 2016 French Open due to back injury.

Nour El Sherbini (Egypt, age 20) became youngest ever Women's squash World champion

by defeating Laura Massaro of England.

Pakistan won 3rd edition of Asian Kabaddi Championship 2016 (Circle Style) by defeating

India.

Real Madrid FC won 2016 UEFA Champions League for record 11th time by defeating

Atletico Madrid FC by 53 goals.

Red Bull F1 driver Max Verstappen (18 years age) from Netherlands became Formula One’s

youngest winner, after he won 2016 Spanish Grand Prix.

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