Current Affairs

Dr. Shyam S Agrwal has taken over as new secretary of ministry of tribal affairs. Dr. Shyam is an IAS officer from Raj. in 1980 and a science graduate from Ravenshaw college. Dr. Shyam was secretary, National commission for scheduled tribes before taking over the present assignment and succeeds Shri Arun Jha.

Lee Reherman was an American Actor and the former Ivy League football star who shot to fame as the towering, muscular Hawk on the popular 1990s television show AMERICAN GLADIATORS. He was born in July 4 1966 (Louisville, Kentucky, US) and died March 1 2016 (California, US). He was 49.

Frank Sinatra Jr (American Singer, Song Writer and conductor) has died at the age of 72. He was born in January 10 1944 (New Jersey ,US) and died in March 16 2016 (Florida, US). He suffered a heart attack in DAYTONA BEACH in Florida where he was due to give a concert.

Nishagandhi Puraskaram, received a prestigious award (An annual award) by KERALA GOVERNEMENT (on behalf of the Nishagandhi Dance and Music Festival) IN recognition of his valuable contribution to Indian film dance and music. The award winning amount Rs 1,50,000, citation and statuette. This program was held in January at the Nishagandhi amphitheater in Trivandum (KERALA).

43rd SKOCH summit held in NEW DELHI, Indian Union Urban Development minister M Venkaiah Naidu conferred with the SKOCH LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD. The award was given to him for his contribution to inclusive growth and towards poverty alleviation in india. M Venkaiah Naidu, born in July 1 1949 and did his education from Andhra University.

At Present for Emergency service in India caller need to dial different number 101 for fire, 100 for police , 102 for ambulance and 108 for emergency disaster management, soon Indian govt. will soon be able to get help using a single number 112 for all emergency. Telecom Commission has approved this program which is recommended by the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India in April 2015.

A Commemorative Coin of Rs 150 and a Circulation Coin of Rs 10 have been released by Dr Mahesh Sharma (Minister of State I/C for culture and Tourism) on Late LALA LAJPAT RAI. The coin of Rs 150 is made of Quaternary alloy with diameter of 44mm and weight of 35 grams and the coin of Rs 10 is made of bi-metallic material with diameter of 27mm and weight of 7.71 grams. Ministry of culture has been celebrating the 150th birth anniversary of LALA LAJPAT RAI (ALSO KNOWN AS PUNJAB KESRI) from 28th January 2016.

The union minister of road transport and highways and shipping shri nitin gadkari inaugurated the MANESAR-PALWAL section of the Kundli-Manesar-Palwal expressway in the presence of Haryana chief Minister Shri Manohar Lal Khattar and Minister of state for social justice and empowerment Shri Krishana Pal Gurjar in Palwal. The Manesar-Palwal section of the expressway has been built a cost of Rs 457.81 crores. The road will provide uninterrupted high speed link to traffic, especially commercial traffic from Haryana to neighboring states.

Mehbooba Mufti Chairperson of peoples democratic party has been sworn in as the first woman chief minister of jammu and Kashmir, N N Vohra administered the oath of office to Mufti, 56 as the 13th Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir at state Raj Bhawan in Jammu.

Vietnam’s National Assembly elected NGUYEN THI KIM NGAN as the country’s first female house speaker. KGUYEN has been elected and sworn in as the NA Chairperson with 472 YES VOTES.

POINT TO REMEMBER:-

1)_____ has become the title sponsor for the next three editions of the hockey india league beginning 2016?
Ans:=>COAL INDIA LTD

2)_____ received GARWOOD Award for OUTSTANDING GLOBAL LEADER IN OPEN INNOVATION from US BERKELEY-HAAS SCHOOL OF BUSINESS?
Ans:=>PRANAB MUKHERJEE

3)_____ Indian film director has been awarded in the RAFI PEER International film festival 2015 held in Pakistan?
Ans:=>Madhur Bhandarkar

4)_____ has been appointed as Chief Information Commissioner (CIC)?
Ans:=> R K MATHUR

5)_____ country is the 164th and the newest member of WORLD TRADE ORGANISATION?
Ans:=>AFGHANISTAN

6) _____ the first indigenously designed and built warship of the Indian navy, was decommissioned in mumbai?
Ans:=>INS GODAVARI

7)The united nations has appointed_____ as new peacekeeping chief in mali?
Ans:=>AMAHAMAT SALEH ANNADIF

8)_____ many agreement were signed between india and russia?
Ans:=>16

9)_____ edition of join Indian-russian exercise INDRA NAVY was conducted in bay of bengal?
Ans:=>8th

10)ON MY TERMS FROM THE GRASSROOTS TO THE CORRIDORS OF POWER autobiography of former union minister_____ has been released?
Ans:=>SHARAD PAWAR

Ritu Beri Fashion Designer is appointed advisor (For One Year) to the KHADI AND VILLAGE INDUSTRIES COMMISSION for promotion of KHADI in India as well all across the world. KVIS is formed by the Indian government (Act of 1956) and an apex organization under the Ministry of Micro, small and medium Enterprises. The first Director of KVIS was Sardar K A Venkataramaiya.

Nandini Singla (Senior IFS officer – 1997 batch) has been appointed as India’s next ambassador to Portugal. Nadini will succeed Jitendra Nath Misra.

Tikka Shatrujit Singh, the royal scion Kapurthala’s Ahuluwalia dynasty has been conferred with the prestigious Knight of the Legion of Honor for his Extraordinary Work in the Exchanging the French lifecycle and Indian culture with each other. Singh known as the GURU OF LUXURY is the advisor to the chairman of multinational group MOET HENNESSY LOUIS VUITTON.

Malayalam writer M Sukumaran has been chosen for the CV Kunhiraman literary prize. The prize consists of 10.001 in cash, a statuette designed by artist BD Dathan and a citation.

Indian Bollywood star actor Ranveer Singh, will be feted with MAHARASHTRIAN OF THE, will be bestowed on the talented actor by Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis at a ceremony here later in the day.

According to Indian Railway, India’s first semi –high speed train “GATIMAAN EXPRESS” will cruise at a top speed of 160km per hour. GATIMAAN express, completed its 200km journey FROM DELHI TO AGRA (Uttar Pradesh) within the targeted 100 minutes.

Three Mega Textile Project in Nagaland, inaugurated by Union Minister Santosh Kumar. This project included Apparel and Garment Making Center In Dimapur , Muga p3 basic seen stationKobulong in Mokochung district and newly approved Integrated Eri Silk Development Project Under North East Textile Promotion Scheme.

Nepal Govt. has declared an energy emergency in the country targeting an end to the ongoing power crisis within the next two year. Nepal is currently facing load-shedding of 13 hours a day.

Swedish Ministry of railways and Indian railway signed an agreement for technical cooperation in railway, enterprise, innovation and other areas. The agreement’s time frame is five years extendable by another five years with manual consent.

Point to Remember:-

1) _____ place the PM MODI has launched the National Rurban Mission?
Ans:=>Rahnandgaon, Chhattisgarh

2)PAN is required to furnished as per RBI’s KYC guidelines if the amount of transaction in cash is _____ above?
Ans:=>Rs. 50,000

3)The parliament of ______ country has become the first in the world to completely run on solar power.?
Ans:=>Pakistan

4)Japan’s Mitsui Sumitomo Insurance Co. Limited is a joint venture between Mitsui Sumitomo And ______?
Ans:=>India’s Max Life Insurance

5)The Authorized Capital Stock of the ASIAN Infrastructure Investment Bank is ?
Ans:=>$ 100 Billion And Paid up capital $1o Billion

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6)Basel –I norms were introduced in _____ year?
Ans:=>1988

7)______ is the Tagline/Slogan of HDFC Bank?
Ans:=>WE UNDERSTAND YOUR WORLD

8)National Automotive Testing And R & D infrastructure project has been inaugurated at international center for Automotive Technology at _____?
Ans:=> Gurgaon, Haryana

9)India to host 8th BRICS summit in ______ ?
Ans:=>October 2016 In GOA

10)_____ Indian film has been named the best children’s film at the 66th Berlin International film Festival and honored with Crystal Bear award in the Generation K+ sescion?
Ans:=>Ottal

Mossad Meir Dagan (Former Director of Israel’s Intelligence agency) passed away. He was 71 and suffering with liver Cancer. He served as Director General of the MOSSAD from 2002 until his retirement on 2011.

The new rules notified by Union Environment Ministry to curb over 6000 tones of uncollected plastic, rules related to plastic waste management to give thrust on plastic waste minimization, involving waste pickers, source segregation, recycling and waste processors in collection of plastic waste were also reviewed and revised.
New Rules aspects :-
Banned plastic carry bags thinner than 50 microns. The rules also have the provision to fine retailers and street vendor who provide their products in plastic packing which do not conform to the new rules. Individual and bulk generators have to segregate the plastic waste at source and should handover the segregate waste and pay user fee as per bye-laws of the local bodies.

Chandigarh:- Kerosene Free City
Chandigarh has been declared as KEROSENE FREE With sale of subsidized cooking and lighting fuel being stopped in Chandigarh . No distribution of kerosene will be done in Chandigarh from the month of april 2016 onwards. With help of Chandigarh administration a total 15,249 LP connection and 1574 BPL households were provided in Chandigarh city.

HASHIM THACI (KOSOVO’s NEW PRESIDENT), has assumed his post in a swearing in ceremony at the parliament that the opposition boycotted. The opposition has been disrupting the chamber since last September to protest a deal between Kosovo and Serbia that gives more powers to ethnic Serbs in Kosovo and another on a border demarcation pact with Montenegro.

Indian men’s and women’s KHO-KHO teams won both the category’s championship titles at the 3rd Asian KHO-KHO championship organized in Indore. During the men’s final india scored an 11-points over their Bangladeshi counterparts. Both the match winner won a cash prize of Rs 51,000 for their performance.

ASMI SHRESTHA was crowned Miss Nepal 2016, she is 22 years old business administration graduate. She received a cash prize of Rs 1,00,000 and scooter with other gift hampers. Roshani Khatri has been declared as first runner up and received a cash prize of Rs 50,000, she will represent Nepal in the Miss earth beauty. Barsha Lekhi has been declared as second runner up and received a cash prize of Rs 25,000.


This year’s FBB Femina Miss India have been announced and Delhi girls PRIYADARSHINI CHATTERJEE has won the crown for FBB Femina Miss India World. Sushruthi Krishna from Banglore has been declared and First runner up and Pankhuri Gidwani from Lacknow has been declared as second runner up.

Micromax will now integrate a new wallet offering powered by Visa and TranServ, for its smart phone uses at it looks to beef up its services business. Vikas Jain Co-founder of Micromax said that “All new smart phone will have this wallet as natively integrated in them, Existing users of micromax smart phone will alaso get this upgrade.”

PANAMA Papers creating an international panel to help improve transparency in its offshore financial industry. With help of this panel, the leak of millions of documents from law firm MOSSACK FONSECA showing it helped some clients evade tax and avoid sanctions.

Radha Mohan Singh Union Agriculture Minister launched a new mobile app PUSA KRISHI the valedictory session of the three day Krishi Unnati Mela in New Delhi. Using the mobile app, farmer will get information related to new varieties of crops developed by Indian council of agriculture research, weather and accordingly they take measures to save crops.

1) Who has taken charge as the chairman-cum MD of Kolkata based National Insurance Company?
Ans:=>K. Sanath Kumar

2)Health Minister J P Nadda, Inaugurated international conference on Anti microbial Resistance in _____ city ?
Ans:=>New Delhi

3)Lalita Babar has been named as the Sports Person of the year in the india. She is associated with ____ Sports?
Ans:=>Steeplechase

4)._____ Ministry except the ministry of finance is located in North Block (New Delhi)?
Ans:=>Ministry of home affairs

5) _____ has been appointed as principal advisor to the supervisory committee for the ICC world T20 matches to be held at the Feroz shah Kotla Stadium?
Ans:=>C.K.Khanna
Note:- Feroz shah Kotla Stadium located at New Delhi

6) _____ organization has said that Indian economy would grow at 7.4 % during 2015-16, which is lower that 7.6 % as projected in advance estimate by central statistics office?
Ans:=>FICCI

7)_____ credit has been approved from EXIM Bank for development of CHABA HAR port in Iran?
Ans:=>$ 150 million

8)_____ is the rank of india in terms of number of billion aires, according to Hurun Global Rich List 2016?
Ans:=>3rd

9)The Air Force of _____ has successfully tested its intercontinental ballistic missile. This was the 15th test since January 2011 ?
Ans:=>India

10)_____ country has appointed economist FRITZ JENA as its new PM?
Ans:=>Haiti

11)Economic Survey of 2015-16 _____ % of earning people are paying tax in india?
Ans:=> 5.5 %

12) _____ bollywood actor has been awarded with the MASTER DINANATH MANGESHKAR AWARD?
Ans:=>Ranveer Singh

13) _____ university has honored the actress LUCY LIU as university’s Artist of the year?
Ans:=>Harvard

14)Investment proposal for ______ amount from India Post, has been approved by the Public Investment Board for setting up of an investment bank?
Ans:=>Rs 950 Crore

15)India’s _____ bagged silver in long jump at the 7th Asian Indoor Athletics Championship which was held at _____?
Ans:=>KUMARAVEL PREM KUMAR, DOHA QATAR

Sensitive portrayal of life for young women facing the threat of the diktat of khap panchayats in Haryana has earned Ankita Anand, a journalist-writer the European Commisions’s prestigious Lorenzo Natali Media prize for 2015.
United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon has appointed Major General Jai Shankar Menon to head the United Nations Disengagement Observer Force which monitors the Syria – Israel ceasefire in the Golan Heights. Menon secceeds Lieutenant General Purna Chandra Thapa of Nepal. Menon earlier has served with UN interim force in Lebanon from 2007 to 2009 and was Additional Director General for equipment management in the Indian Army.

The UK and India have agreed to strengthen their economic cooperation in infrastructure and financial services as they vowed to address cross- border tax evasion and avoidance. Arun Jaitley who held talks with his UK counterpart George Osborne as part of the 8th UK-India economic and financial Dialogue and had a series of meetings with UK based investors and fund manager.

Defense Minister Mahohar Parrikar hoisted the largest Tricolour in the country a top the tallest pole at PAHARI MANDIR IN RANCHI. I feel elated to unfurl the country’s tallest, biggest and most beautiful tricolor on the occasion of 119th birth anniversary of NETAJI SUBHASH CHANDRA BOSE. The country’s largest and tallest tricolor, 96 ft X 64ft in dimension was flying on a 250ft high pole in Faridabad.

Pakistani umpire Asad Rauf baaned for 5 years by the BCCI after its disciplinary committee found him guilty of corrupt practices and bringing the game into disrepute. Rauf has been withdrawn by Pakistan from the ICC’s elite panel after the allegations against him broke out.

Army Lieutenant General John Nichoson was appointed as the commander of the NATO forces in Afghanistan. He succeeded US General John Campbell who has been leading the Afghan operation for nearly 18 month. HE has served in multiple capacities like chief of staff of operations for the international security assistance force and US force- Afghanistan and many more.

China is set to explore the Antarctic and the deep sea this year with newly developed equipment. The state oceanic administration will establish an air service team for Antarctic exploration. The SOA will conduct the 7th Arctic research expedition in 2016 and try to arrange a joint Arctic Ocean expedition with Russia for the first time.

Tamar Hahn of Israel took the charge as the director of the united nations information in Buenos Aires that serves Argentina and Uraguay. She was appointed by UN secretary – General Ban Ki-moon. Hahn was the Regional Adviser for Resource Mobilization and partnerships at the UNFPA (United Nation Population Fund) Regional office for Latin America and Caribbean in panama city since 2013.

Star sports Pro Kabaddi League signed actor Rana Daggubati as their brand ambassador for the 3rd season. The new face of star sports pro kabaddi will promote the sport and league across medium to kabaddi enthusiasts.

Chinese authorities have named an asteroid after scientist Tu Youyou who won the 2015 Nobel Prize for Physiology or medicine for her work with artemisinin which is now widely used to fight malaria. To Youyou was born on December 30 1930.
Kenyan pacemaker Gideon Kipketer won the men’s race in an expected all – East African clean sweep of the podium by setting a new course record in the 13th standard chartered Mumbai marathon.
FILM TITLI directed by debutant kanu behl and co - produced by YRF and DBP has won the best first foreign film prize by the French Syndicate of Cinema critics. The first Indian film has won this award.

Chinese researchers have engineered a liver tissue in the lab which closely mimics the organ’s complicated functions more effectively a finding that can lead to the development of functional liver tissue for clinical applications and drug screening. A new Microfluidies based tissue was built that copied the liver’s complex lobules and the organ’ s tiny structures that resemble wheels with spokes reported lead author JINYI WANG PROFESSOR at NORTHWEST A AND F UNIVERSITY.

1)Who among the following has won the men’s sprint title at the Track Cycling World Championships?
i) JASON KENNY
ii)RATAN RAI

Ans:=>Jason Kenny

2)Which department has set up a dedicated structure for delivery and monitoring of TAX Payer Services?
Ans:=>Vigilance

3)Which of the following was the first Indian-American to be on the bench of the US Courts of Appeal for the District Of Columbia Circuit?
i)P.D Sudhakar
ii)Sri Srinivasan
Ans:=>Sri Srinivasan

4)IMF is going to introduce the Chinese Yuan in its Basket from ?
Ans:=>1 October 2016

5)Who was selected for the 67th DADA SAHEB PHALKE Award?
Ans:=>Manoj Kumar

6)Accoring to UK real estate firm Savills survey which of the following is the worlds most expensive city (In terms of Working and Living)?
i)London
ii)Mumbai
Ans:=>London

7)Which banks has launched a new critical illness policy SUD Life AAROGYAM?
Ans:=>Bank of India , Union Bank of India

8)Jamaican Usain Bolt, World No1 tennis player Noval Djokovic and which Ballon d’Or Winner has been nominated for the Laureus Sportsman of the year?
Ans:=>Lionel Messi

9) What is the projected growth rate of India as per the latest IMF report in 2015-16?
Ans:=>7.3%

10)Which organization has launched its first URIDASHI MASALA BONDS (JAPANESE BONDS) to mobilize Rs 30 crore from Japanese retail investors to be used for promoting private sector development in india?
Ans:=>International Finance Corporation (IFC)

11)Which is the new service dedicated to the Nation by Indian Railways?
Ans:=>Printing of barcodes on unreserved railway tickets.

12)Who has been awarded with the Motorsports Man of the Year trophy by the federation of Motor Sports clubs of India (FMSCI)?
Ans:=>Armaan Ebrahim

13) _____ tennis player stan wawrinka defeated Marcos Baghdatis to win the Dubai Tennis Championship?
Ans:=>SWISS

14)Who became CHINA’s first world champion in an individual cycling event?
Ans:=>Zhong Tianshi

15) Which former US FIRST LADY passed way in Los Angeles?
Ans:=>Nanacy Reagan

1)What is the name of joint training exercise which is conducted as part of military diplomacy between Indian and Indonesian army alternatively in india and indonesia?
Ans:=>Garuda Shakti

2)Kalabhavan Mani died recently he was related to which field?
Ans:=>Singing And Acting

3)According to new categorization of industries, green category if industries have a pollution index in the range ?
Ans:=>21 to 40

4)Who has been appointed as new chairman of Delhi Electricity Regulatory commission(DERC)?
Ans:=>Krishna Saini

5)Who has won the world cup men’s gold medal in the 50m pistol event recently?
Ans:=>Rajyavardhan S. Rathore

6)Which of the following skill training company tied up with BRICS Chamber of Commerce and Industry for Skill India?
Ans:=>Technovations Services

7)Which of the following will be the official partner of BCCI for the next four years.?
Ans:=>PepsiCo

8)Recently which state became the first state in india to launch Air Ambulance Service?
Ans:=>Kerala

9)Who has won the national award for OUTSTANDING EFFORTS IN THE FIELD OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY COMMUNICATION ON ELECTRONIC MEDIUM?
Ans:=>Pallava Bagla

10)For Higher Education Quality Improvement Project in which among states India has signed Financing Agreement with World Bank for US $300 Million?
Ans:=>Madhya Pradesh

11)Foreign Minister Sushma Swaraj Inaugurated the first RAISINA DIALOGUE in new delhi. This will focus on?
Ans:=>Asian Integration

12)What is the corpus of the Price Stabilization Fund to support market interventions.?
Ans:=>Rs. 900 Crore

13) What is the theme of the Union Budget 2016-17 ?
Ans:=>Transform India

14)Who has become the forst Asian to win the award for best sound for documentary INDIA’s DAUGHTER at the coveted Motion Picture Sound Edito’r 63rd annual Golden Reel Awards.?
Ans:=>Resul Pookutty

15)What is the fiscal deficit target for the financial year 2016-17?
Ans:=>3.5% of GDP

PM MODI launched the autobiography of Essel Group Chairman Dr Subhahs Chandra. PM MODI unveiled the book at his official residence 7 NCR in Delhi. The title of autobiography is “THE Z FACTOR: MY JOURNEY AS THE WRONG MAN AT THE RIGHT TIME” has been written along with Pranjal Sharma. Dr Chandra who is known as the MEDIA MOGHUL OF INFIA, revolutionized the television industry by launching HINDI CHANNEL ZEE TV in 1992 and later the first private news channel ZEE NEWS. Dr Chandra has made his mark as an influential philanthropist in the country by setting up TALEEM (TRANSNATIONAL ALTERANTE LEARNING FOR EMANCIPATION AND EMPOWERMENT THROUGH MULTIMEDIA) aimed at providing access to quality education through distance and open learning. He is also chairman of the Ekal Vidyalaya Foundation of India.

Social Justice and Empowerment minister THAAWARCHAND GEHLOT launched an exclusive job portal for person with Disabilities. THE PWDS can avail the different facilities such as self employment loan, education loan, Skill training, link to scholarships and information about jobs in a single window platform through this national job portal. A scheme has been launched to plant an especial device for assistance to deaf and dump children.

State – run Bharat Heavy Electricals LTD is poised to seal a contract to build a $1.6 billion power plant in Bangladesh, beating out a Chinese competitor in the latest commercial tussle between the regions; two dominant powers. India believes Bangladesh is part of a STRING OF PEARLS China is building across the Indian Ocean that stretches from Gwadar port in Pakistan to Djibouti on the African coast where it is building a naval base.

Late Governor of Puducherry A K Singh launched the MITRA mobile application ensure safety and security of women in the UNION TERRITORY. The app was launched in the presence of the Chief Minister N RANGASAMY in Pudcherry. Using these app women can send emergency SOS message when in danger. To launch the application the person in danger need only press the power button of his/her mobile three times. At present it is available only in smart phones.

The Union cabinet gave approval to shipping ministry’s proposal for previous and operationalisation of credit of $150 million from EXIM BANK for development of chabahar port in Iran. The chabahar port lies outside the Persian Gulf in Iran will help in expanding maritime commerce in the region. An MOU was signed between india and Iran in 2015.

Justice Dhirendra Hiralala Waghela was appointed as the Chief Justice of the Bombay HC which has been functioning with an officiating head since October (2015) last.

Actor Michael Keaton received one of France’s highest honors becoming officer of the Order of Art and Letters. The 64 year old actor was presented with a medal culture minister Fleue Pellerin, in presence of US Ambassador Jane Hartley. Yours is a culture that has such respect for beauty and art that if I even in the smallest way made a tiny contribution to beauty or art in this culture or in any culture of the world for that matter I am honored and grateful and proud.

Law professor and TU pundit MARCELO REBELO DE SOUSA has won the Portuguese presidency with 52% of the vote. The ballot has been closely watched by Brussels over concerns about Lisbon’s handling of bailout rules. The overwhelming favorite, REBELO DE SOUSA was far ahead of his closest rival independent leftist Antonio Sampaio da NOVOA who won 22.89% according to a nearly complete count.

Nepal’s former PM and president of the Nepali Congress Sushil Koirala passed away after losing the battle against a chronic respiratory problem. Koirala was 78 and has also been receiving treatment for TONGUE CANCER. He has returned from the US after undergoing a successful treatment for the lung cancer and is credited with promulgating the new constitution of Nepal in September last year.

Uruguay’s Pablo Cuevas won his 4th career ATP title defeating Argentina’s Guido Pella 6-4, 6-7(5), 6-4 in the Rio Open final. Cuevas smashed a forehand winner on the final point, the only break point wither player managed in the last 2 sets to claim the crown after 2 hours and 16 mini. at the clay court event. The final was interrupted by rain in the opening set.

Dinesh Sharma Additional Secretary Department of Economic Affairs Ministry of Finance and India’s Governor to the International Fund for Agriculture Development (IFAD), Rome was unanimously elected as the chairperson of the Governing Council of IFAD for periods of two years in its 39th session held in Rome, Itly on the 17th and 18th February 2016.

Myanmar’s new parliament elected U Win Myint of the National League for Democracy as Speaker of the House of Representatives and U Ti Khun Myat of the Union Solidarity and Development Party as Deputy Speaker of the House. The election took place at the first session of the parliament that began a new five term from 2016. U Win Myint an NLD MP to the house of Representatives from Pathein Constituency in the last term of the parliament was re-elected to the same house from Tammwe constituency in the 2015 general election.

SongWriter-Singer Dan Hicks known for his rootsy blend of folk, jazz and country music, died in Mill Valley Calif after a two- year battle with throat and liver cancer. He was 74. Hicks was known as the leader of the acoustic band Dan Hicks and His Hot Licks which was a contemporary of the Grateful Dead And Jefferson Airplane in the late 1960s San Francisco psychedelic scene. He never achieved as much mainstream success as others from that era but he was highly regarded by fellow musicians.

The United Arab Emirates appointed women to the newly created posts of state ministers for happiness and tolerance and a 22 years old female for youth affairs. PM SHEIKH MOHAMMED bin RASHID al-Maktoum named 8 women as he revealed his latest cabinet line-up of 29 ministers. Ohoud al-Roumi who serves as director of the council of ministers office, was appointed minister of state of happiness.

CONCOR (Container corporation of india) and Cochin Port Trust have entered into a MOU for the running of weekly container train service from Irugur ICD, Coimbatore to ICTT Vallarpadam cochin port. The inaugural trip will be flagged off on 16/1/2016 at 4 PM at Irugur ICD BY SRI G SENTHIVEL, Deputy Chairman Cochin Port trust. The train from Irugur will start on all Saturdays and return from cochin on all Thursday. The trains are scheduled to connect the direct shipping services to Far East, China, Europe and Middle East.

The india’s No1 badminton player in both singles and doubles in the girls under 15 section VAISHNAVI REDDY of Hyderabad, has been appointed as the brand ambassador for the PNB metlife junior badminton championship which is being played across many cities in india. PNB METLIFE DIRECTOR NIRAJ SHAH SAID THAT, Vaishnavi will draw the attention of many young badminton lovers and encourage them to take up the challenge and happy to have her on board as the brand ambassador for our badminton initiatives.

First joint committee meeting between india and Mauritius for the cooperation in MSME sector was held successfully. The possible areas of cooperation were identified. These areas are inline with the MOU signed between the two countries. The first issues discussed for cooperation were in the area of capacity through training of trainers surveys on potential areas, managerial and technical skills, marketing’s, exhibition and trade fairs exchange of business missions, setting up of business incubators, easy access to finance , clusters initiative etc.

India will be the world’s fastest growing large economy at 7.3 % in 2016, improving further to 7.5 % in the following year a United Nations world economy report said. India economy which accounts for over 70% of south asia’s GDP is projected to grow by 7.3% in 2016 and 7.5% in 2015, slightly up from an estimated 7.2 % in 2015.

In order to bring transparency and efficiency in tender process for carrying out works contracts of Indian railways, Suresh Prabhu inaugurated and launched works module of Indian railways E-Procurement system and implementation of e-Tendering in works contracts developed by the railways in association with centre for railway information system and an IT arm of ministry of railways. Prabhu said that except railway no other organization possesses such transparent process for finalizing tender process.

Retail inflation in January inched up to a 17 months high of 5.69% led mainly by a sharp acceleration in food prices, suggesting any interest rate cut by the RBI might be considered only after april. Consumer Price Index based inflation the central banks; primary gauge for price increase had stood at 5.61% in December. January was a fifth straight month of rise, with pressure from pulses meat and fish and spices data released by the central statistics office.

Sri Lankan all-rounder Thisara Perera has decided to retire from test with immediate effect and will continue to play the limited over matches for Sri Lanka. Perera made his test debut for Sri Lanka in May 2011 against England in Cardiff and went on to play 6 matches in the next 14 months.

POINT TO REMEMBER:-
1) Song Young-han defeated American star Jordan Spieth to win SMBC Singapore Open title.
2) Bandar Seri Begwan is the capital of Brunel.
3)Nitish Kumar has been chosen for the K VEERAMANI AWARD for Social Justice 2015.
4)Irjit R Patel has been reappointed as a deputy Governor of RBI.
5) THE DRDO has successfully test-fired the NAG anti-tank missile at the Mahajan Field Firing Range.

India through the department of Biotechnology Ministry of science and technology signed a cooperation agreement to acquire the status of the associate member state European molecular biology organization. This would strengthen scientific interaction and collaborative research between Indian and Europe in this field. After the signing of an agreement with Singapore By EMBC in july 2015, India will now become second such country outside the European region. EMBO is an organization of more than 1700 leading researchers that promotes excellence in their life science.

Chinese and Indian border troops conducted the first Joint Tactical Exercise in CHUSHUL-MOLDO area of Ladakh in Jammu And Kashmir were they focused on aspects related to disaster relief and humanitarian operations. The Indian army team of 30 personal was led by COLONEL RITESH CHANDRA SINGH while the Chinese side of the same strength was headed by COLONEL QU YI.

Dr Mahesh Sharma the minister of state for Tourism and Culture and Minister of state for civil aviation launched the 24 X 7 toll free tourist info line in 12 international language including hindi and English available on the existing toll free number 1800111363 or a short code 1363 at a function. Other languages are Arabic, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Chinese, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish.

V RAMA RAO died at a city hospital in Hyderabad after prolonged illness. He was 81 and BJP Leader as well as former Sikkim governor. V. Rama was suffering from severe lung infection. He served as Sikkim Governor from October 25 2003 to October 25 2007. He was also lawyer and practiced at the Andhra Pradesh high court.

In order to give an impetus to the growth of the food processing sector in MP, the first mega food park in the state promoted by M/s Indua Mega Food Part Ltd. Was inaugurated a by Harsimrat Kaur Badal, Union Minister of food processing industries at village Panwa District Khargone. A 2nd Mega food park has been sanctioned by the ministry in dewas district of MP Which will be ready in next 24 to 30 month.

Taiwan has elected its first female president in a landmark election that could unsettle relations with Beijing, Tsai Ingwen, leader of the opposition Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) won the presidency with 56.1% of the cote, after 8 years under the govt. pro-china Kuomintang or nationalist Party.

Moldovan President Nicolae Timofti has signed a degree on approval of a member of the Democratic party Paul Philip PM of the country. Earlier parliament approved the new govt. headed by Paul Philip. For vote 57 deputies out of 101. The PM has to disclose the composition and program of the new cabinet from the courtroom as a tribune for speeches was blocked by the opposition faction of the Socialist party of Moldova. Deputies from the PSM is considered illegal and the govt. insists on the holding early elections.

Point To Remember:-
1) Famous Malayalam Poet Janapith-winner O N V Kurup passed away.
2)DEITY And M/s. Canbank Venture Capital fund Ltd Launched Electronics Development Fund in Mumbai.
3) Sania Mirza and Martina Hingis has won the St. Petersburg Ladies Trophy to win 40 matches in a row.
4)West Indies won their maiden U-19 cricket world cup by defeating india by five wickets.
5)India test-fired its indigenously developed Prithvi-II misslle, from Chandipur.
6) Former UN secretary general from Ghana during 1992 to 1996 Boutros-Ghali died recently.
7)Indian Railways has won the 36th National Chess Championship for the first time Bhubaneswar.
8) Cabinet approved signing of an MOU with Singapore in the field Urban Planning and Governance.
9) A supernumerary post of air marshal rank has been created for 17 months in the IAF.
10) 900 KM road four Himalayan Shrines of Kedarnath, Badrinath, Gangotri, Yamunotri.

Morgan Freeman has been the recipient of the 43rs annual Chaplin Award, the honor given out by the Film Society of Lincoln center, the organization that presents the New York Film Festival. Freeman takes home the trophy for a career that includes roles in LEAN ON ME, DRIVING MISS DAISY, THE SHAWSHANK REDEMPTION, SEVEN AND MILLION DOLLAR BABY the 2004 film that earned him an Academy Award.

Guenter Butschek was appointed as Chief Executive officer and MD of India’s biggest auto maker TATA MOTOR’s GROUP. He will lead all operations of TATA in India and in international markets including South Korea, Thailand, South Africa., Indonesia. He was appointed after post of MD of TATA was vacant for two years since the death of KARLY SLYM on 26 JAN. 2014 after failing from a hotel building in BANGKOK.

Vinod Agnihotri (Journalist) was awarded with SHAILIKAR SAMMAN by vice president Hamid Ansari. The award ceremony program took place at Vice- President’s residence in Delhi. The award was instituted in 2003 in the memory of noted literature and scribe Kanahaiya Lal Prabhakar by Shailikar Samman.

A new Species of bird has been discovered in northeastern Indian and adjacent parts of china by a team of scientists from Sweden , china the U.S, India AND Russia. The bird described in the current issue of the journal Avian Research has been named Himalayan forest thrush Zoothera Salimalii. The scientific name honors the great Indian ornithologist Salim Ali, in recognition of his contribution to the development of Indian ornithology and nature conservation.

The supreme court collegiums have recommended elevation of 4 judges as chief justices of various high courts. The 4 high courts of Meghalaya, Gauhati, Rajasthan , Karnataka for which new chief justices have been recommended are currently being looked after by acting chief justice. The incumbent in Chennai justice S K KAUL has been recommended to be the next chief justice of the Allahabad high court in UP And Delhi HC chief Justice G ROHINI has been recommended for a transfer to the Madras high court.

The Indian President Pranab Mukherjee conferred the Honorary Rank of General of the Indian army of Prakhyata Trisahkati-patta General Rahendra Chhetri, Chief of the Army staff Nepalese Army for his commendable military prowess and immeasurable contribution to fostering Nepal’s Long and friendly association with India at Rashtrapati Bhavan. General Rajendra Chhetri has contributed to promote the existing contributed to promote the existing bond of friendship based on goodwill and mutual understanding between Indian and Nepalese army as well as other armies of the world.

The union ministry of Agriculture and farmers welfare decided to set up the National Organic Farming Research Institute in Sikkim. The decision to this effect was taken by the Union Agriculture Minister Radhamohan Singh and Sikkim Agriculture Minister RADHAMOHAN SINGH AND SIKKIM AGRICULTURE MINISTER SOM NATH PAUDYAL in New Delhi. The setting up of the institute of primary importance for Sikkim as it was declared as the first organic farming state in the country in JANUARY 2016 by PM MODI<./p>

The govt. extended its flagship program BETI BACHAO BETI PADHAO initially launched in 100 districts to 61 more districts across 11 states. The 11 states are UTTARAKHAND, PUNJAB, HARYANA, HIMACHAL PRADESH, JAMMU AND KASHMIT, DELHI, UP, GUJARAT, MP, RAJASTHAN, MAHARASHTRA. The program launched by PM MODI in Haryana last year seeks to improve the declining trend of child sex ratio in selected districts.

POINT TO REMEMBER:-
1) 56 Indian have been included in the Forbes Inaugural 30 under 30 Asia list.
2)Maldives Cabinet approved avoidance of double taxation with India for income from air transport.
3)Bangladeshi cricketer MASHRAFE BIN MORTAZA is National Goodwill Ambassador for youth by UNDP.
4)Indo –Nepal Combined Millitary exercise SURYA KIRAN IX held at Pithoragarh.
5) Non Tax receipt portal has been developed by the office of controller General of Accounts.
6) A member from PML – N Sheikh Ansar Aziz has been elected as the first-ever mayor of Islamabad.
7) Gemini Arabians have won the maiden edition of masters champions league.
8)24th National Homoeopathic Congress HOMEO VISION 2016 was inaugurated at Nagpur.
9)Chief Justice of USA Justice Antonia Scalia has died
10)UAE has appointed women ministers to the newly created portfolios for happiness and tolerance and youth affairs.

The United Nations Food And Agriculture brought to light the publication of a new study that quantifies how much crop yields depend on the work of bees that unknowingly fertilize plants as they move from flowers to flower. The bees may have a pivotal role to play in improving the production of some 2 billion smallholder farmers worldwide.

Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar has been selected by US BASED PERIYAR INTERNATIONAL for the K VEERAMANI SOCIAL JUSTICE AWARD institute by non - resident followers of Dalit icon Periyar EV Ramasami. Congress lawmaker V Hanumantha RAO and former minister in Maharashtra govt. Chhgan Bhujbal were also given this award. The award carries a plaque and cash of Rs 1 Lakh.

UP Land revenue Act 2015 became effective on 11 feb. 2016. The new code that unifies many acts replaced at least 39 old land revenue acts. The new revenue act also replaced the pre and post British era British Era Land Revenue Act of 1901 and Zamindari Abolition And Land Reform Act 1950.

Indian fiancé minister Arun Jaitley inaugurated an exhibition on the Coin and currency of India in the Great Hall of North Block. The exhibition was organized by the Department of Expenditure Ministry of Finance. This exhibition depicts how money has changed in appearance and substance and evolved from barter to coins to the present day bank notes and e-money. The exhibition presents a brief history of the Great Hall as well.

Govt. made it clear that PPF fund will not be taxed on withdrawal. Revenue Secretary Hasmukh Adhia said in a statement that only the interest that accrues on contributions to EPF made after 1st April this year will be taxed while principal will continue to remain tax exempt. Mr. Adhia said that 40% of the interest accrued on contributions made after 1st April will be tax exempted and remaining 60% % will be taxed. 60% tax withdrawal will affect less than one fifth of employees with high salaries.

The Indian Govt. released a new categorization of industries based on their pollution load.
Pollution Index score of 60% and above Red Category
Industrial sectors having pollutions index score of 41 to 59
Orange Category
Industrial Sectors having pollution index score of 21 to 40
Green Category
Industrial Sectors having pollution index score up to 20
White Category

In Bangladesh, the Reserve Bank Governor Atiur Rahman has resigned following a $ 80 millions cyber theft from the bank;s Reserve Fund account at the Federal Reserve Bank of New York. Atiur Rahman who has been the Reserve Bank governor for the second term resigned during a meeting with the PM Sheikh Hasina. Unknown hackers breached the computer systems of Bangladesh Bank on 04 February and wire transferred around $ 80 million from the Bank;s Reserve Fund with the Federal Reserve Bank of New York to accounts of several casinos in Philippines and Sri Lanka.

India remained dominated on the final day of the South Asian Games as they ended the tournament as champions for the 12th consecutive time after baggin a total 308 medals. Sri Lanla finished the tournament at the second spot with 186 medals and on the third position Pakistan with a final tally of 106 medals. Nepal was the only other country to come away with a gold won by PHUPU LHAMU KHATRI in the women’s U-63KG category.

C k Khanna Senior BCCI Vice President has been appointed as principal advisor of the Supervisory committee constituted by Justice Mukul Mudgal for the ICC World T20 matches at the Feroz Shah Kotla Stadium.

World football governing body elected the Swiss-Italian lawyer Gianni Infantino. In Zurich after he defeated nearest rival Bahrain;s Sheikh Salman bin Ebrahim A1 Khalifa in the second round of voting. General secretary of European governing body UEFA , Infantino won the first round of voting but without the necessary two-third majority to secure an immediate victory. He received 88 of the 207 voted with Sheikh Salman three behind on 85. In the second round of voting Infantino secured 115 votes – 27 ahead of salman – to claim victory.

Sikh hockey player honored in the Canadian province of British Columbia. Assistant deputy speacker of the B.C Legislature MLA Raj Chouhan honoured 92 year old Indian field hockey legend Balbir Singh in the house. He won 3 Olympic gold medals in field hockey. The First in 1948 in London winning India;s first gold medal as a sovereign nation. He won the second gold in Helsinki.

Indian Cricketer Rohit Sharma won the prestigious Maruti Suzuki ESPN Cricinfo award for the third year in a row with recently – retired Black Caps legend Brendon McCullum winning the newly constituted Captain of the Year award. The awards were given for stand our performance across three formats for the year 2015. Rohit, who has won the award for his ODI double hundreds in 2013 and 2014. Has won its this time for playing the T20 Innings of the year.

US astronaut Scott Kelly and cosmonaut Mikhail Kornienko returned to Earth after spending almost a year un space in a ground breaking experiment foreshadowing a potential manned mission to Mars. Kelly and Kornienko who both spent 340 days in space returned with Russia’s Sergei Volkov who was stationed at the ISS for over five month.

Myanmar’s Parliament elected a close friend and confident of Nobel laureate Aung san Suu Kyi as president making Htin Kyaw the first head of state who does not hail from a military background since 1960s Aung Sau suu kyi led National League for democracy to a landslide election win in November but a constitution drafted by the former junta bars her from the top office.