| Bills, Programs, Policies, Schemes, Orders, Judgements | |
| 122nd Constitutional Amendment Bill |
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| Bankruptcy Code 2015 |
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| Enemy Property Bill 2015 |
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| Aadhar Bill 2016 |
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| Real Estate Bill 2015 passed |
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| TRAI order on Dropped Calls |
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| Lodha committee |
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| ICDS(Integrated child development scheme) | Country’s flagship programme to improve child nutrition |
| UDAY(Ujjwal Discom Assurance Yojana) bonds |
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| Juvenile Justice(care and protection) act |
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| Mukhyamantri santwana- Harish Scheme |
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| Ethics Committee of Rajya Sabha |
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| USCIRF(United States Commission on International Religious Freedom) |
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| Green tax |
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| Income > 10 Lakh = No LPG Subsidy |
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| National Court of Appeal |
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| Aadhar BIll 2016 |
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| Pradhan Mantri Ujjwal Yojana |
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| Pradhan Mantri fasal Bima Yojana |
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| Housing for All scheme |
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| Rural employment mobile app |
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| OCI cards |
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| Farmer suicides |
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| National & International Events | |
| World culture festival |
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| Raisina Dialogue |
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| India – Maldives: Security |
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| Sundarbans Maithri |
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| SAARC : |
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| ASEAN Plus Military drills |
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| Happening Haryana: Global Investors Summit, 2016 |
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| One belt one road |
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| World Humanitarian Summit |
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| Asia’s largest Tulip Garden | This has been opened up for Tourists; It is in Srinagar ; It is located on foothills of Zabarwan Range |
| World Sleep Day |
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| BRICS 2016 |
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| India France sign MoU | For 6 nuclear reactors in Jaitapur, Maharashtra |
| Nuclear Security Summit |
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| Defexpo India | 9th edition of 4 day event starts in Goa.
A biennial exhibition
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| National awards 2016 | Special jury award: Kalki Koechlin for her role in Margarita with a Straw |
| USAID and ADB MoU |
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| Economy and banking | |
| FDI in Ecommerce |
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| Securities Transaction Tax |
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| Excise Duty on Tobacco |
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| eBiz |
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| Freedom 251 |
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| Anchor banks |
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| Mahila e-Haat |
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| Pulse production |
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| Minimum Import Price(MIP) |
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| Phamb |
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| Corex |
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| CCI(Competition Commission of India) |
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| NABARD(National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development) |
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| Safeguard duty |
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| Cabotage rules |
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| Cairn UK | Tax Department has asked for Rs. 10,000 crore tax + 18,800 Interest. |
| Science and Technology | |
| MESSENGER |
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| IRNSS-1F |
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| BG-I and BG-II |
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| Ideonella sakaiensis 201-F6 |
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| Dornier-228 aircraft |
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| Magnetic chips |
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| Exomars 2016 |
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| AWACS(Airborne Early warning and control system) |
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| Spike Anti Tank Guided Missile(ATGM) |
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| Zika Virus |
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| El -Nino |
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| Microbeads |
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| Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) | Resistance of a microbe to an antimicrobial medication that used to be effective in treating or preventing an infection caused by that microbe. |
| India’s Rotavirus vaccine launched-ROTAVAC | Health ministry launched rotavirus vaccine for diarrhea |
| Blood test to test TB infection | A set of 16 genes used as biomarkers to check if the individual has TB or not |
| Renewable plastic | Replacing styrene with lignin
This will bring cleaner and cheaper raw materials
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| Environment | |
| Great Indian Bustard |
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| New snake specie in Gujarat |
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| White rumped and Red headed Vultures |
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| Sri Venkateswara National Park |
(Red Sanders is another name for red sandalwood, the tree is valued for its rich red colour wood, the wood is “not” aromatic”)
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| Biosphere reserves | 20 names added to the UNESCO’s Biosphere Reserve List at a meeting in Lima
Now 669 reserves across 120 countries
16 sites spread across more than one country
Spain with largest number of sites
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| New Shark and Ray species found |
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| Timbo | Male African elephant died at 47 in Mysuru zoo
Died due to chronic arthritis
Timbo was from German zoo , received in 1976
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| Sumatran rhino | A critically endangered rhino found after 40 years in Borneo
Borneo is third largest island and is shared between Indonesia, Malaysia and Brunei
Sumatran rhino is
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| African catfish | Native to africa and middle east
Nocturnal predatory fish feeds on living and dead
High tolerance for oxygenated water
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| Sports | |
| Asia Cup |
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| Ottapondal |
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| Persons in News ( Appointments, Awards , Deaths ) | |
| Morarji Desai |
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| P K Thungon |
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| Justice H L Dattu |
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| C V Wigneswaran |
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| R K Pachauri |
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| John Varghese |
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| Irom sharmila |
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| P A Sangma |
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| Kalabhavan Mani |
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| Harsha Chawda |
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| Ray Tomlinson |
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| Sher Bahadur Deuba |
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| M.S. Subbulakshmi |
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| Helen Clarke |
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| Rajat Gupta |
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| Babak Zanjani |
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| Bhawna Kanth, Avani Chaturvedi, Mohana singh |
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| Sir Dominic Asquith |
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| George Martin |
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| Htin Kyaw | First elected President of Myanmar in five decades ; Belongs to Suu Kyi’s National League for Democracy ( NLD ) , who won Elections in November 2015 |
| Dr Atiur Rehman | Governor of Central Bank of Bangladesh ;
Resigned because of a scam in Bangladesh Central Bank ; Governor did not inform the government ; Loss due to scam = 80 million USD
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| Mother Teresa | Pope has approved Mother Teresa’s Sainthood |
| Ustad Ali Ahmed Hussain Khan |
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| Hinda Bharwad |
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| Sir Andrew Wiles |
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| Shreehari Aney |
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| Andrew Grove | Intel’s mastermind passes away at 79
First hire of Intel, the chipmaker company in 1968
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| Pandit Shambhu Nath Sopori | Sitar player “Father of Indian Classical music” died
Father of well known Santoor maestro Bhajan Sopori
Command over classical and Sufiana music shown in instrumental and vocal performances
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| Tim Chittock | Pedalled his cycle on Golden Quadrilateral in 24 Days
He is from New Zealand
It’s a Guinness world record
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| Noor Inayat Khan Prize 2016 |
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| Books, Movies, Literature etc. | |
| Muttrupulliya |
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| Peter rabbit |
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| Flamenco India |
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| Places in News | |
| Kondane Caves |
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| Zojila Pass Tunnel Building Project |
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| Kamarajar Port |
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| Chennai |
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| Ardha Kumbh Mela |
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| Bombay House |
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| Patratu, Jharkhand |
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| Chandrakhani Pass |
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| “Noyyalai Nokki” |
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| IG International Airport |
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| Chitradurga |
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| Palakkad Gap Ecosystem |
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| Brussels attack |
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| Miscellaneous | |
| Concept One |
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| Kumki |
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| Satnam community |
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| CAR 21G |
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| ITBP will now have women officers |
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| Pivot to Asia |
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| Boko Haram |
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| All women operated and supported flight |
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| Emergency number | 112 to be the common emergency number for all services
It was approved by Telecom commission after recommended by TRAI
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| ICGS Arnwesh commissioned |
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| Rajasthan’s first IT day | RajNET a wide area network connecting state capital with all the panchayats
Built as a multi mode connectivity network
Will enable effective delivery of services like eMitra and Mgnrega
Theme:”promotion of IT startups”
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| Iron Fist | Exercise of Indian Air Force. First held in 2013; Again being held in 2016 |
| Tobacco Pictorial Warnings | New regulations require that 85% of the front and back cover of cigarette packets should have anti cancer warnings; Parliamentary Panel is now asking that it should be 50% only as it will be too harsh on “tobacco industry” |
| Oscars | |
| Best Picture |
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| Direction |
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| Actor |
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| Actress |
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| Supporting Actor |
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| Supporting Actress |
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| Foreign Language Film |
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