2) Delhi NCR A complete ban on diesel operated taxis came to
force from 1 May 2016
To switch from diesel to the cleaner compressed natural gas (CNG).
The apex court had made it mandatory for taxis to shift to CNG fuel, doubled entry tax of trucks into the city and took 10-year-old commercial vehicles powered by diesel off the city’s roads.
3) Infosys launched its knowledge-based artificial intelligence platform ‘Mana’
4) China announced to have developed the world’s first graphene electronic paper which can be used to manufacture state-of-the-art e-readers and wearable smart devices
Graphene is the world’s strongest and lightest known material
5) N. K. Singh former bureaucrat receive “The Orders of the Rising Sun”, one of Japan’s highest civilian honours
6) Justice R.M. Lodha three member committee to oversee the functioning of Medical Council of India (MCI).
7) Kalvari is the Indian Navy’s first indigenous Scorpion(Submarine) -class stealth submarine that sailed out of Mumbai Harbour built by Mazagon Dock Limited (MDL) in collaboration with French company DCNS. Six such submarines are proposed to be built under Project 75. The remaining five submarines are scheduled to be rolled out every nine months.
8) The 49th Annual Meeting of the Asian Development Bank (ADB-Manila) started at Frankfurt (Germany)
ADB is a regional development bank that was established on 19 December 1966.
Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB-Beijing)
New Development Bank-BRICS (NDB-Shanghai)
5) Craig Wright creator of digital currency Bitcoin
Satoshi Nakamoto had launched bitcoin currency in 2009
State Bank of Bikaner and Jaipur, State Bank of Hyderabad, State Bank of Mysore, State Bank of Patiala and State Bank of Travancore
State Bank of Indore (2010) and State Bank of Saurashtra (2008), were merged with the SBI.
59) Royal Bank of Scotland Plc. (RBS), will wind up its corporate, retail and institutional operations in India
60) First South Korean author Han Kang won the Man Booker Prize for 2016 for her novel ‘The Vegetarian’ out of 155 books
61) Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) successfully tested a new indigenously produced Advanced Air Defence (AAD) interceptor missile ‘Ashwin’
From Abdul Kalam Island (former wheeler Island) located in the Balashore district off the Odisha coast
India became the fourth country in the world to have full-fledged multi-layer Ballistic Missile Defence system. Others are United States, Russia and Israel
62) first-ever Rajendra Prasad Central Agricultural University set up Bihar it Bill passed same day by both House
63)
64) Fatma Samoura (Senegal) was appointed as FIFA’s first female and first non-European Secretary General
65) Non-Fare Revenue Directorate (NFRD) Mobility Directorate (MD) Two new directorates established by the Indian Railway
The Non-Fare Revenue Directorate (NFRD) for increase revenue by 10% to 20 % from non-tariff sources like advertising and commercial exploitation of vacant rail land.
Mobility Directorate (MD) will address various factors affecting train movement at enhanced speeds in a focused manner.
66) Baba Hardev Singh the spiritual leader of Niranakari Mission passed at Montreal (Canada)
67) 15-day 'Swachh Office Drive' across India to ensure cleanliness at government-run offices.
68) 'Dhan wapsi’ Income Declaration Scheme for domestic black money to commence from June 01 to September 2016, 45% penalty, scheme is part of Finance Act, 2016
69) Centre Approves Proposal to Set Up Kalinganagar (OD) National Investment Manufacturing Zone-NIMZ Financial Supported by Japan.
First project Started at AP
70) Former ISRO Chairman and space scientist Prof Udupi Ramachandra Rao became the first Indian to be given ‘Hall of Fame’ Award by the International Astronautically Federation (IAF).
71) Former IPL spot-fixing probe head, Justice Mukul Mudgal has been appointed as the Deputy Chairman of FIFA's Governance committee.
72) The Prime Minister along with Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena have released ‘Simhastha Declaration’ at Ninora village in Ujjain.
73) The multilateral Red Flag Aerial combat exercises between US, NATO and allied forces and India Air Force (IAF) concluded in Alaska, US.
74)
75) Parkash Singh panel submits report on Jat quota Agitation
76) India's first Solar-Powered Train Set for Trial in Jodhpur
77) Release solved question papers of all JEEs held in the last 50 years
78) Cyclone-Roanu hit Bay of Bengal
79) 51 degrees Celsius Phalodi. Churu
80) All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK) 134 seats-TN
82) Fiscal Responsibility and Budget Management (FRBM) Act-2003-04. Heading this committee by NK Singh.
83) Apple Inc. will establish an iOS (I Phone Operating System) Design and Development Accelerator at Bengaluru
Map development centre Hyderabad
CEO-Tim Cook
84) e-commerce platform Tata CLiQ Consumers apparel, electronics and footwear products.
85) President inaugurates Intelligent Operations Centre in Rashtrapati Bhavan
‘Monitor’ supported by IBM
‘4H’ theme of a humane, Hi-Tech, Heritage and Happy Township.
86) India-Slovenia have signed Double Taxation Avoidance Convention
87) Tsai Ing-wen sworn in as first woman president of Taiwan
88) Veteran Gujarati folk singer Diwaliben Bhil passes away
89) Uber Cup (Women) Thomas (Men) for Badminton
90) Centre to postpone NEET-National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test (NEET) for medical college admission by a year through an ordinance or executive order.
Government college exempted for one year while Private College under NEET
91) Five Indian car models fail New Car Assessment Programme (Global NCAP).
Renault Kwid, Maruti Suzuki’s Celerio and Eeco, Mahindra Scorpio and Hyundai Eon.
92) Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology (CCMB) Hyderabad
93) Genetically Modified (GM) seed technology
Cotton, Brinjal
94) Dilip Shanghvi & Cholamandalam Investment and Finance Co. announced withdrawing his plan to launch a payments bank
95) Kiran Bedi was appointed the new Lieutenant Governor of Puducherry (TAK)
96) Anurag Thakur was elected as the youngster ever President of the Board of Control for Cricket in India –BCCI
97) Ratan P. Watal was appointed as the Principal Adviser for social sector in NITI Aayog
98) 1st bullet train to run in India in 2023
99) TMC Chief Mamata Banerjee takes oath for second successive term as West Bengal CM
100) BrahMos supersonic cruise missile test-fired at Jaisalmer BrahMos is the first supersonic cruise missile is a joint venture between India and Russia. Its World’s fastest anti-ship cruise missile
101) Takeover of Hindustan Steel Works Construction Limited (HSCL) by National Buildings Construction Corporation Ltd (NBCC)
102) Indian-American Rishi Nair wins 28th annual National Geographic Bee Competition
103) Government approves Capital Goods Policy, aims 21 million new jobs by 2025
104) the Central Institute of Indian Languages (CIIL) Mysuru
105) six new IITs will come up at: Tirupati (Andhra Pradesh), Palakkad (Kerala), Dharwar (Karnataka), Bhilai (Chhattisgarh), Goa, Jammu (Jammu and Kashmir).
Indian School of Mines (ISM), Dhanbad into an IIT under the ambit of the IIT Act, 1961.
106) Nirbhaya buses of Rajasthan State Transport Corporation with multiple safety measures to better protect women passengers. Include Vehicle Tracking System (VTS), CCTV and Panic buttons on every seat.
107) Dial 139 for wait-listed ticket cancellation
108) ISRO to test Air-breathing Propulsion System of Reusable launch Vehicle- Technology Demonstration (RLV-TD).
109) Gujarat CM launches Ujala (Unnat Jyoti with affordable LED to all) scheme from Vadodara
LED bulbs at subsidized rates of Rs 80 to 85 per piece. The bulb will have 3-year replacement warranty.
110) Saudi Arabia based Islamic Development Bank (IDB) has announced to open its first branch in India at Ahmedabad, Gujarat.
111) The Department of Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities will now be known as 'Divyangjan' Sashaktikaran Vibhag in Hindi and dropped the word 'viklangjan'
112) CPI Pinarayi Vijayan sworn in as Kerala CM
115) India, Thailand and Myanmar (ITM) will soon be connected by a 1,400-kilometre highway
116) President Pranab Mukherjee has signed the ordinance to keep state boards out of the common National Eligibility Entrance Test (NEET) for MBBS and dental courses for this year.
117) indigenously built Fast Attack Craft INS Tarmugli designed and built by M/s Garden Reach Shipbuilders and Engineers Ltd (GRSE) Kolkata .The ship is named after a picturesque Tarmugli island located in the Andaman group.
118) BJP leader Sarbananda Sonowal takes oath as Assam CM
119) 13 New Smart Cities Unveiled By Government Lucknow, Warangal, Bhagalpur, Raipur, New Town Kolkata , Chandigarh, Faridabad, Raipur, Ranchi, Warangal, Agartala, Imphal, Port Blair and Panaji. Earlier in January, when the first 20 smart cities were announced
120) E-municipal council' building to come up in Bundi, Rajasthan
121) UK grants asylum to Maldives' ex-president Mohamed Nasheed
122) India and Iran sign 12 bilateral agreements in various areas
Chabahar Port construct in Iran by India.
Gawadar port in Pakistan supported by China
123) All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK) chief J Jayalalithaa sworn in for 6th term as Tamil Nadu chief minister
124) Gujarat CM launches ‘Smart Village’ program
125) China wins Uber Cup Female Badminton tournament for 14th time against South Korea.
Denmark wins first Thomas Cup Male badminton tournament against Indonesians
126) Fire line-Burn residual part of forest like small Bushes & plant for protection from Fire (6-12 feet Areas)
127) National Court of Appeal will set up
A-130- SC can hearing case at any place of India Pre permitted by president
10Lakh Population- Ind-15 CND-75 US-104 Judges
Its system available in Italy, Egypt, Ireland, Denmark, US etc.
128) Privatization of Low standard Forest for development of Forest Areas
129) 2015 FDI largest in Service Sector
130) L-1, T-1 in Defence Procurement Policy DPP-2016
L-1 Concern with Lower Price while
T-1 concern with Technology
131) Kalam-(K)-4 under water missile (Torpedo) 3500 KM range
132) Largest Death Penalty-China (1050) ,Iran (977) ,Pak(326)
133) Heat Wave 40 Centigrade Temperature-2015 Policy declared by WHO
134) hardest Metal-Carbine
135) Trishur Puram –Kerala, Karbi Domehi Assam, Gopin-ACP
136) Constitution- CND-1936, France (1946) Germany- Veimer (1933) Australia (1901) IRL (1937)
137) National Water Science scheme-3679 Crore before it was concern with 13 States now across the India
138) khelo India Abhiyan-2016 former programme RG Khel Abhiyan merged under programme
139) Female picture Published over currency note in 10 Countries- US,NZL, Israel, Aus, Mexico, Argentina (India-1865-Queen Victoria)
140) 72 Crore People under NFSM
141) Railways holds trial of high-speed Talgo coaches of Spain (150KM)
On the Bareilly-to-Moradabad stretch in Uttar Pradesh with speeds averaging 80-115 kmph.
142) Manohar Parrikar inaugurates second submarine assembly workshop in Mazgaon
At present, MDL is building six Scorpene class of submarines for the Indian Navy, with around 35% of indigenisation. INS Kalvari, the first submarine of this class, is expected to join the Indian Navy by end of 2016.
143) China to launch world's 1st Quantum satellite
It aims to improving the security of data transmission.
144)
145) Congress V Narayanaswamy to be Puducherry Chief Minister
146) Lakshadweep becomes the first Union Territory to sign 24x7 ‘Power for All’ areas
147) PM Flags off Direct Kamakhya to Katra Train
To switch from diesel to the cleaner compressed natural gas (CNG).
The apex court had made it mandatory for taxis to shift to CNG fuel, doubled entry tax of trucks into the city and took 10-year-old commercial vehicles powered by diesel off the city’s roads.
3) Infosys launched its knowledge-based artificial intelligence platform ‘Mana’
4) China announced to have developed the world’s first graphene electronic paper which can be used to manufacture state-of-the-art e-readers and wearable smart devices
Graphene is the world’s strongest and lightest known material
5) N. K. Singh former bureaucrat receive “The Orders of the Rising Sun”, one of Japan’s highest civilian honours
6) Justice R.M. Lodha three member committee to oversee the functioning of Medical Council of India (MCI).
7) Kalvari is the Indian Navy’s first indigenous Scorpion(Submarine) -class stealth submarine that sailed out of Mumbai Harbour built by Mazagon Dock Limited (MDL) in collaboration with French company DCNS. Six such submarines are proposed to be built under Project 75. The remaining five submarines are scheduled to be rolled out every nine months.
8) The 49th Annual Meeting of the Asian Development Bank (ADB-Manila) started at Frankfurt (Germany)
ADB is a regional development bank that was established on 19 December 1966.
Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB-Beijing)
New Development Bank-BRICS (NDB-Shanghai)
5) Craig Wright creator of digital currency Bitcoin
Satoshi Nakamoto had launched bitcoin currency in 2009
6)
Google Chrome (41.6) became world’s No. 1 browser as it replaced Microsoft’s IE-Edge
(41.3%)
7)
Project Management & Information System (PMIS)
to have a watch over the lifecycle of any project
of the Railways
PMIS
is being first implemented in the Udhampur-Srinagar-Baramullah
Rail Link
8)
Quality Evaluation Laboratory (QEL) at Kandla, Gujarat, will help exporters and
customers in the Unjha/Kandla region
First
Quality Evaluation Laboratory of Spices Board was established in 1989 in Kochi.
Others are Mumbai, Guntur, Chennai, New Delhi and
Tuticorin.
9)
Sadiq Khan was elected as the first-ever Muslim Mayor of London (British Labour Party
politician),
10)
ICICI Bank first Indian banking have a
tie-up with New Development Bank (NDB-Shanghai-2015-100 Billion US$) RO at
Johannesburg, South Africa.
It
is outcome of 6th BRICS Summit being held in Fortaleza, Brazil.
Head
of NDB Bank, KV Kamath was the non-executive
chairman of ICICI Bank till 2015.
11)
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) released
draft guidelines for issuing ‘on-tap’ universal
bank licences. Under the ‘on tap’ mechanism an application for banking
licence can be made at any time subject to certain conditions while before it
was periodically Approval
12)
Vice Admiral Sunil Lanba take over as the 23rd
Chief of the Indian Navy will replace Admiral R.K.
Dhowan
13)
Radha Binod Barman took over as the part-time Chairperson of the National Statistical Commission (NSC) This post
was lying vacant as Pronab Sen’s term as NSC chairman had ended on 2 February
2016.
14)
mVisa, SBI’s newly launched card-less payment solution for offline transaction
by
scanning a QR (quick response) code by both
Merchant & Consumer. The service has been initially launched in Bengaluru
with a sizable number of merchants and will soon expand into other cities.
15)
The RBI excluded large industrial houses for
universal bank licences
But
permitted to invest in the banks to the extent of less
than 10%.
16)
Kim Jong-un, the Supreme Leader of North Korea,
17)
Gujarat government accorded minority status
to the Jain community
The
previous UPA Government at the Centre had conferred the minority status on the
community at the national level in January 2014.
18)
Deep Kumar Upadhyay Nepal’s Ambassador to India who was recalled by the Nepal
Government
Prime
Minister KP Sharma Oli
President
Bidhya Devi Bhandari’s
19)
US Based SpaceX, falcon 9 rocket successfully launches Japanese JCSAT-14 communication
Satellite from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in
Florida, US.
20)
4th, 8 Members South Asia Initiative to End Violence against
Children, SAIEVAC, Ministerial Meeting to be held in New Delhi
21)
Infosys to set up IT SEZ in Bengaluru
22)
Offshore patrol vessel IGCS Shourya launched
by Goa Shipyard Limited at Panaji.
ICGS
Shaurya is fifth of a series of six Offshore Patrol Vessels (OPVs)
23)
New train for Kashmir for Banihal-Baramulla-Budgam route.
24)
Kotak Mahindra Bank Ltd has become the
fourth bank to open its IFSC Banking Unit (IBU) at International Financial
Services Centre (IFSC) in Gujarat
International Finance Tec-City (GIFT) City. IFSC is the India's first and only financial
centre.
25)
Indian Renewable Energy Development Agency-IREDA
converted into a Green Bank to enable its access funding from overseas banks.
26)
7686 wilful defaulters owe Rs 66,000 crore to government banks
27)
European Central Bank (ECB) has announced that it will permanently stop
producing the 500 euro banknote by the end of 2018.
28)
Mexican diplomat Patricia Espinosa selected as the next Executive Secretary of UNFCCC-United Nations Framework Convention on
Climate Change).
She
will replace the incumbent Christiana Figueres when her term ends in July.
29)
Swiss honour for Yash Chopra
30)
NSE to launch new exchange for Micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs).
31)
World Press Freedom Day (3rd May) from 1993 by UNO
32)
MICE based on Meetings,
Incentives, Conferences
and Exhibitions for the up gradation of tourism
sector in India.
Earlier
Tourism Ministry has launched 'Swadesh Darshan' scheme
to develop time-bound tourist circuits in the country.
33)
AR Rehman, Sachin Tendulkar, Salman Khan, Shooter Abhinav Bindra become
goodwill ambassadors for 2016 Rio Olympics.
34)
PM Modi launches country's 1st solar-powered e-boats
in Varanasi
35)
6 Classical languages-Sanskrit, Tamil,
Telugu, Kannada, Malayalam & Odia
1500 to 2000 years old language.
36)
Wipro inaugurates Saudi's 1st all-women IT park
37)
The Insolvency and Bankruptcy Bill, 2016
passed by The Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code 2016 seeks to reduce this time to
less than a year.
38)
Artificial skin was developed by US
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) The properties of the material
(named XPL)
39)
Shashank Manohar, the former president of
the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI),
was elected as the International Cricket Council’s (ICC)
first-ever independent chairman. His
election was unanimous and unopposed
The
amendments had abolished the post of the ICC President and created the post of independent Chairman.
The
amendment to the rules also mandated that the elected independent chairman will
not be allowed to hold any national or provincial position with any member
board.
40)
Harish-Rawat has won the trust vote conducted on the order of the Supreme Court
voting is 33-28
41)
RBI ordered banks to stop imposing charges for non-maintenance of minimum
balance once the balance in a savings account touches zero
2014 guidelines for banks imposing penal charges for
non-maintenance of minimum balance in a savings bank account.
42)
British Sea Harrier maritime fighter planes Indian Navy was decommissioned at a
ceremony in Dabolim in Goa
43)
Sanjay Mitra headed of prepare a policy
framework for taxi and other transport operators in view of the ban on diesel
taxis in the National Capital Region (NCR).
44)
22-year old Tina Dabi from Delhi First Rank
The
second position Athar Aamir Ul Shafi Khan (Jammu & Kashmir). he had got
into the railways and is undergoing training at the Railways Institute of
Transport Management in Lucknow.
Delhi-based
Jasmeet Singh Sandhu, an Indian Revenue Service officer, has secured third
position.
45)
The Anti-Hijacking Bill, 2014 bill passed by
the Indian Parliament
Under
the new provisions of the bill, hijacking of an
aircraft will now entail capital punishment in the
event of death of any person.
In
the earlier pertaining act (Anti-Hijacking Law 1982) hijackers could be tried
for death penalty only in the event of death of hostages,
such as flight crew, passengers and security personnel.
46)
“The Geospatial Information Regulation Bill, 2016
It
will be mandatory to take permission from a government authority before acquiring,
disseminating, publishing or distributing any geospatial information of India
Through
space or aerial platforms such as satellite, Aircrafts, Airships, Balloons, unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV)
For
illegal use of geospatial information of India outside India fines ranging from
Rs. 1 crore to Rs. 100 crore and/or
imprisonment for a period up to seven years
had been proposed in the draft.
47)
Mercury planet passed in front of the Sun
This
occurrence happens only when the Sun, Earth and Mercury are in straight line
and takes place just around 13 times a century and
was visible across India.
First
Mercurian transit since 2006, 2016, 2019.
48)
The proposed single emergency number 112 for
India is operational from 1 January 2017
911,
US. Police (100), fire brigade (101), ambulance (102) and Emergency Disaster
Management (108).
49)
Karnataka police department recently became the first in the country to own and
operate fleets of unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV)
or drones
50)
Rwanda is hosting the 26th World Economic Forum on Africa
51)
Brazil President Rousseff suspended for six months
52)
NITI Aayog to replace 5-year plans with
15-year vision document
Reason
of full fill object of SDG-Sustainable Development
Goal (2015-30) & advised of 14th FC
53)
Cabinet approves India's first National Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) Policy.
“Creative India; Innovative India: with Seven Object
54)
World's largest cargo aircraft - Antonov An-225
Mriya has first landing in India at the Rajiv
Gandhi International Airport, Hyderabad
Anil
Kumble retained ICC Cricket Committee head,
Rahul Dravid made member
55)
11th May- National Technology Day
Due to five tests of Operation Shakti (Pokhran-II) nuclear test which
was held on 11 May 1998 in Pokhran,
Rajasthan.
Also first indigenous aircraft Hansa-3 was test flown at Bangalore and
conducted successful test firing of the Trishul
missile on the same day.
56)
RBI to issue rs. 1000 banknotes with inset letter 'R'
57)
100% FDI through Automatic Route permitted in Asset
Reconstruction Companies-ARC from 49%
58) The 5 associate banks of State Bank of
India (SBI) merge in SBI State Bank of Bikaner and Jaipur, State Bank of Hyderabad, State Bank of Mysore, State Bank of Patiala and State Bank of Travancore
State Bank of Indore (2010) and State Bank of Saurashtra (2008), were merged with the SBI.
59) Royal Bank of Scotland Plc. (RBS), will wind up its corporate, retail and institutional operations in India
60) First South Korean author Han Kang won the Man Booker Prize for 2016 for her novel ‘The Vegetarian’ out of 155 books
61) Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) successfully tested a new indigenously produced Advanced Air Defence (AAD) interceptor missile ‘Ashwin’
From Abdul Kalam Island (former wheeler Island) located in the Balashore district off the Odisha coast
India became the fourth country in the world to have full-fledged multi-layer Ballistic Missile Defence system. Others are United States, Russia and Israel
62) first-ever Rajendra Prasad Central Agricultural University set up Bihar it Bill passed same day by both House
63)
64) Fatma Samoura (Senegal) was appointed as FIFA’s first female and first non-European Secretary General
65) Non-Fare Revenue Directorate (NFRD) Mobility Directorate (MD) Two new directorates established by the Indian Railway
The Non-Fare Revenue Directorate (NFRD) for increase revenue by 10% to 20 % from non-tariff sources like advertising and commercial exploitation of vacant rail land.
Mobility Directorate (MD) will address various factors affecting train movement at enhanced speeds in a focused manner.
66) Baba Hardev Singh the spiritual leader of Niranakari Mission passed at Montreal (Canada)
67) 15-day 'Swachh Office Drive' across India to ensure cleanliness at government-run offices.
68) 'Dhan wapsi’ Income Declaration Scheme for domestic black money to commence from June 01 to September 2016, 45% penalty, scheme is part of Finance Act, 2016
69) Centre Approves Proposal to Set Up Kalinganagar (OD) National Investment Manufacturing Zone-NIMZ Financial Supported by Japan.
First project Started at AP
70) Former ISRO Chairman and space scientist Prof Udupi Ramachandra Rao became the first Indian to be given ‘Hall of Fame’ Award by the International Astronautically Federation (IAF).
71) Former IPL spot-fixing probe head, Justice Mukul Mudgal has been appointed as the Deputy Chairman of FIFA's Governance committee.
72) The Prime Minister along with Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena have released ‘Simhastha Declaration’ at Ninora village in Ujjain.
73) The multilateral Red Flag Aerial combat exercises between US, NATO and allied forces and India Air Force (IAF) concluded in Alaska, US.
74)
75) Parkash Singh panel submits report on Jat quota Agitation
76) India's first Solar-Powered Train Set for Trial in Jodhpur
77) Release solved question papers of all JEEs held in the last 50 years
78) Cyclone-Roanu hit Bay of Bengal
79) 51 degrees Celsius Phalodi. Churu
80) All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK) 134 seats-TN
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) had formed an alliance with two local
parties Asom Gana Parishad (AGP) and Bodoland Peoples Front (BPF). Sarbananda
Sonowal,
Kerala-LDF (CPI+CPM)
Mamata Banerjee- West Bengal
81) Punjab National Bank (PNB) Public-sector
bank reported a loss of Rs. 5,367 crore 82) Fiscal Responsibility and Budget Management (FRBM) Act-2003-04. Heading this committee by NK Singh.
83) Apple Inc. will establish an iOS (I Phone Operating System) Design and Development Accelerator at Bengaluru
Map development centre Hyderabad
CEO-Tim Cook
84) e-commerce platform Tata CLiQ Consumers apparel, electronics and footwear products.
85) President inaugurates Intelligent Operations Centre in Rashtrapati Bhavan
‘Monitor’ supported by IBM
‘4H’ theme of a humane, Hi-Tech, Heritage and Happy Township.
86) India-Slovenia have signed Double Taxation Avoidance Convention
87) Tsai Ing-wen sworn in as first woman president of Taiwan
88) Veteran Gujarati folk singer Diwaliben Bhil passes away
89) Uber Cup (Women) Thomas (Men) for Badminton
90) Centre to postpone NEET-National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test (NEET) for medical college admission by a year through an ordinance or executive order.
Government college exempted for one year while Private College under NEET
91) Five Indian car models fail New Car Assessment Programme (Global NCAP).
Renault Kwid, Maruti Suzuki’s Celerio and Eeco, Mahindra Scorpio and Hyundai Eon.
92) Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology (CCMB) Hyderabad
93) Genetically Modified (GM) seed technology
Cotton, Brinjal
94) Dilip Shanghvi & Cholamandalam Investment and Finance Co. announced withdrawing his plan to launch a payments bank
95) Kiran Bedi was appointed the new Lieutenant Governor of Puducherry (TAK)
96) Anurag Thakur was elected as the youngster ever President of the Board of Control for Cricket in India –BCCI
97) Ratan P. Watal was appointed as the Principal Adviser for social sector in NITI Aayog
98) 1st bullet train to run in India in 2023
99) TMC Chief Mamata Banerjee takes oath for second successive term as West Bengal CM
100) BrahMos supersonic cruise missile test-fired at Jaisalmer BrahMos is the first supersonic cruise missile is a joint venture between India and Russia. Its World’s fastest anti-ship cruise missile
101) Takeover of Hindustan Steel Works Construction Limited (HSCL) by National Buildings Construction Corporation Ltd (NBCC)
102) Indian-American Rishi Nair wins 28th annual National Geographic Bee Competition
103) Government approves Capital Goods Policy, aims 21 million new jobs by 2025
104) the Central Institute of Indian Languages (CIIL) Mysuru
105) six new IITs will come up at: Tirupati (Andhra Pradesh), Palakkad (Kerala), Dharwar (Karnataka), Bhilai (Chhattisgarh), Goa, Jammu (Jammu and Kashmir).
Indian School of Mines (ISM), Dhanbad into an IIT under the ambit of the IIT Act, 1961.
106) Nirbhaya buses of Rajasthan State Transport Corporation with multiple safety measures to better protect women passengers. Include Vehicle Tracking System (VTS), CCTV and Panic buttons on every seat.
107) Dial 139 for wait-listed ticket cancellation
108) ISRO to test Air-breathing Propulsion System of Reusable launch Vehicle- Technology Demonstration (RLV-TD).
109) Gujarat CM launches Ujala (Unnat Jyoti with affordable LED to all) scheme from Vadodara
LED bulbs at subsidized rates of Rs 80 to 85 per piece. The bulb will have 3-year replacement warranty.
110) Saudi Arabia based Islamic Development Bank (IDB) has announced to open its first branch in India at Ahmedabad, Gujarat.
111) The Department of Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities will now be known as 'Divyangjan' Sashaktikaran Vibhag in Hindi and dropped the word 'viklangjan'
112) CPI Pinarayi Vijayan sworn in as Kerala CM
113) student tracking system ASMITA-All School Monitoring
Individual Tracing Analysis) it shall be launched under Shala Asmita Yojana
(SAY). From Class I to Class XII across the 15
lakhs Private and Government schools
in the country.
114) The first-ever World Humanitarian Summit was held in Istanbul 115) India, Thailand and Myanmar (ITM) will soon be connected by a 1,400-kilometre highway
116) President Pranab Mukherjee has signed the ordinance to keep state boards out of the common National Eligibility Entrance Test (NEET) for MBBS and dental courses for this year.
117) indigenously built Fast Attack Craft INS Tarmugli designed and built by M/s Garden Reach Shipbuilders and Engineers Ltd (GRSE) Kolkata .The ship is named after a picturesque Tarmugli island located in the Andaman group.
118) BJP leader Sarbananda Sonowal takes oath as Assam CM
119) 13 New Smart Cities Unveiled By Government Lucknow, Warangal, Bhagalpur, Raipur, New Town Kolkata , Chandigarh, Faridabad, Raipur, Ranchi, Warangal, Agartala, Imphal, Port Blair and Panaji. Earlier in January, when the first 20 smart cities were announced
120) E-municipal council' building to come up in Bundi, Rajasthan
121) UK grants asylum to Maldives' ex-president Mohamed Nasheed
122) India and Iran sign 12 bilateral agreements in various areas
Chabahar Port construct in Iran by India.
Gawadar port in Pakistan supported by China
123) All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK) chief J Jayalalithaa sworn in for 6th term as Tamil Nadu chief minister
124) Gujarat CM launches ‘Smart Village’ program
125) China wins Uber Cup Female Badminton tournament for 14th time against South Korea.
Denmark wins first Thomas Cup Male badminton tournament against Indonesians
126) Fire line-Burn residual part of forest like small Bushes & plant for protection from Fire (6-12 feet Areas)
127) National Court of Appeal will set up
A-130- SC can hearing case at any place of India Pre permitted by president
10Lakh Population- Ind-15 CND-75 US-104 Judges
Its system available in Italy, Egypt, Ireland, Denmark, US etc.
128) Privatization of Low standard Forest for development of Forest Areas
129) 2015 FDI largest in Service Sector
130) L-1, T-1 in Defence Procurement Policy DPP-2016
L-1 Concern with Lower Price while
T-1 concern with Technology
131) Kalam-(K)-4 under water missile (Torpedo) 3500 KM range
132) Largest Death Penalty-China (1050) ,Iran (977) ,Pak(326)
133) Heat Wave 40 Centigrade Temperature-2015 Policy declared by WHO
134) hardest Metal-Carbine
135) Trishur Puram –Kerala, Karbi Domehi Assam, Gopin-ACP
136) Constitution- CND-1936, France (1946) Germany- Veimer (1933) Australia (1901) IRL (1937)
137) National Water Science scheme-3679 Crore before it was concern with 13 States now across the India
138) khelo India Abhiyan-2016 former programme RG Khel Abhiyan merged under programme
139) Female picture Published over currency note in 10 Countries- US,NZL, Israel, Aus, Mexico, Argentina (India-1865-Queen Victoria)
140) 72 Crore People under NFSM
141) Railways holds trial of high-speed Talgo coaches of Spain (150KM)
On the Bareilly-to-Moradabad stretch in Uttar Pradesh with speeds averaging 80-115 kmph.
142) Manohar Parrikar inaugurates second submarine assembly workshop in Mazgaon
At present, MDL is building six Scorpene class of submarines for the Indian Navy, with around 35% of indigenisation. INS Kalvari, the first submarine of this class, is expected to join the Indian Navy by end of 2016.
143) China to launch world's 1st Quantum satellite
It aims to improving the security of data transmission.
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145) Congress V Narayanaswamy to be Puducherry Chief Minister
146) Lakshadweep becomes the first Union Territory to sign 24x7 ‘Power for All’ areas
147) PM Flags off Direct Kamakhya to Katra Train