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INDIAN AFFAIRS
Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs increase in the budget amount for grid-connected solar
rooftop systems to Rs. 5,000 crore from Rs.600 crore for 2019-2020.
Amaravati will get Indias first ever underwater tunnel under the river Krishna -3km long.
Pakistans Singer Adnan Sami gets Indian Citizenship
Goa set up Investment Promotion Board (IPB) for fast approvals to industrial proposals cleared 62 proposals with investment of Rs 5,200 crore.
Government decided to merge the ministry of overseas Indian affairs (MOIA) with the external
affairs ministry.
Telangana becomes the first state in the country to legally accept Electronic motor insurance
policies
e-Vahan Bima -under Motor Vehicle Act 1988
Alstom the French transportation equipment maker rolled out the first set of railway coaches for
the Kochi Metro project - Chennai metro the first.
PM Narendra Modi inaugurated the 103rd Indian Science Congress in Mysore,Karnataka
Theme Science & Technology for Indigenous Development in India
5 key bills assented by Prez Pranab Mukherjee - Article 111
1. Atomic Energy (Amendment) Act
Payment of Bonus (Amendment) Act, 2015
2. Arbitration and Conciliation (Amendment) Act, 2015
3. Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Amendment Act, 2015
4. Commercial Courts, Commercial Division and Commercial Appellate Division of High Courts
Act
A friendship bus service between India and Nepal via Champawat in Uttarakhand resumed
after a gap of 27 years.
State election commissioner (SEC) Ashok Kumar Chauhan announced that toilets will be
mandatory requirement for eligibility to contest panchayat elections in Bihar.
Home Minister Rajnath Singh approved 33% of constable-rank personnel in paramilitary Central
Reserve Police Force (CRPF) and Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) and 15% in the border
guarding forces for being filled up by women.
Union Road Transport and Highways Minister Nitin Gadkari announced the road projects worth Rs
41,000 crore for Telangana.
Union Minister of State for Development of North-Eastern Region (MDoNER), Dr Jitendra Singh
released MDoNER Calender-2016.
Theme Rising North East
Odisha gov increased the Value Added Tax (VAT) on petrol and diesel by 3% each.
Minister of State for Science & Technology and Earth Sciences Shri. Y. S. Chowdary laid Foundation
for the building complex of the International Training Centre for Operational Oceanography (ITCOOcean) at Hyderabad.
BHEL has commissioned 600 MW unit at Kakatiya Thermal Power Project, Telangana.
Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh approved the allocation of Additional Central Assistance
(ACA) of Rs.1000 crores to 7 states.
Jharkhand,Chhattisgarh,Bihar,Odisha,Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh and Telangana.
Union Minister of Shipping, Road Transport and Highways Shri Nitin Gadkari inaugurated the River
Information System (RIS) in New Delhi.
Ministry of Road Transport & Highways decided to directly shift from BS-IV to BS-VI Emission
norms directly by 01.04.2020 -Minister of Road Transport & Highways and Shipping Shri Nitin
Gadkari.
Ministry of Urban Development approved the Atal Mission plans for Punjab(720cr) and
Uttarakhand(267cr) for 2015-16.
Kerala Gov implement the Sampoorna Arogya Keralam - Families with annual income below Rs.3
lakh - OutlayRs.20 crore
Ministry of Urban Development has commissioned Quality Council of India (QCI) to make Report
Card of Swachh Bharat Mission
President promulgated Enemy Property (Amendment and Validation) Ordinance, 2016 to make
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amendments to the Enemy Property Act, 1968.
Operation Green Hunt to hunt Maoists in Sukma district of south Chhattisgarh.
Maharashtra CMDevendra Fadnavis unveiled Laman Diva as the logo of the first Make in India
(MII) Week scheduled to be held in Mumbai between February 13 and 18.
Gove approved the set up of fifth Greenfield electronics manufacturing cluster in Raipur,
Chattisgarh worth Rs.89 crore
International Kite Festival began at Surat and Rajkot in Gujarat.
Human Resource Minister Smriti Irani unveiled the 43rd New Delhi World Book Fair
Ministry of Petroleum & Natural Gas launched an Online Initiative to engage the LPG Consumers
and Citizens of India.
Governors rule imposed in Jammu & Kashmir under Article 92 (1) after death of Jammu & Kashmir
Chief Minister Mufti Mohammad Sayeed.
Railway Board chairman AK Mittal inspected first luxury Make in India railway coaches at
Habibganj railwaystation(Bhopal).
Minister of Railways Suresh Prabhakar Prabhu inaugurated Implementation of E-enabled Track
Management System (TMS) & Mobile Application of TMS on Indian Railway and Track Inventory
Management System on Northern Railway at Rail Bhawan, New Delhi .
Telangana became the first State to make gender education compulsory
Kerala became the first state in the country to achieve the status of 100% primary education
declared by Vice-President Hamid Ansari.
Scientists at Central Institute for Research on Buffaloes (CIRB) in Hisar have successfully produced
a cloned buffalo offspring Cirb Gaurav.
CIRB becomes worlds third and Indias second institute to produce cloned buffalo.
20th National Youth Festival has commenced in capital city of Chhattisgarh, Naya Raipur.
Theme India Youth for Skill, Development and Harmony
BHEL commissions 520 MW thermal power unit in Andhra Pradesh in successful operation
at Simhadri Super Thermal Power Station of NTPC.
Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar approved major changes to the Defence Procurement Procedure
- modernize defence acquisitions
India Meteorological Department (IMD) changed the languages and also redefined many of its
terms.
BSF starts Operation Cold along international border Covering Sriganganagar, Bikaner, Barmer
and Jaisalmer in Rajasthan
14th Pravasi Bharatiya Diwas held in New Delhi, Organised by External Affairs Ministry
Nitin Gadkari-led Road Ministry announced Rs 11,000 crore for a plan to reduce the number of
road fatalities and to fix 726 black spots .
Supreme Court stayed the Centres notification lifting ban on controversial bull taming sport
Jallikattu during the festival of Pongal in Tamil Nadu.
Cricket icon Sachin Tendulkar launched two initiatives
SAMEEP(Safety Alert Messages Exclusively For Passengers) is an effort towards instant
communication with railway passengers
B-Safe is a prolonged multi-media awareness campaign.
Union Cabinet gave its nod for India becomes a member country of International Energy Agency
Ocean Energy Systems (IEA-OES) by signing the Implementing Agreement (IA).
Supreme Court suggested Parliament to enact separate law for child rape - rape of infants and
children below 10 years of age
Sikkim turned out to be the Indias first fully organic state by implementing organic practices 75,000 hectares
Union Human Resource Development Minister Smt. Smriti Zubin Irani inaugurated the permanent
campus (Phase I) of Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER) at Vithura
Indias Grid-linked solar generation capacity crosses 5,000 MW mark
Jharkhand to set up fast track courts for trial of witchcraft-related attacks relating to witchcraft
incidents.
President Pranab Mukherjee given his assent to the Sugar Cess (Amendment) Bill, 2015 -Rs 25 to
Rs 200 per quintal under Sugar Cess Act, 1982
The Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act, 2015 with special provisions to tackle
child offenders in the age group of 16-18 years committing heinous offences.
First Mahila Troop inducted for High-Altitude Posts of IC Border - 500 women labor force
The countrys first water tourism will begin in Madhya Pradesh on February 12 to February 21
in Hanuwantiya at Indra Sagar Dam.
National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) sanctioned 791 crore rupees to the drought
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affected Telangana.
Worlds largest Tricolour hoisted at the Pahari temple in Ranchi - 99 by 66 feet and height of 293
feet.
Pranab Mukherjee launched the Pulse Polio programme for 2016
1st phase six States - Assam, Gujarat, Punjab, Bihar, Madhya Pradesh and Uttar Pradesh.
Union government released draft for the right of transgender person bill, 2015
Issue the certificate for the identification of the transgender persons
Union Minister of State for Development of North Eastern Region (DoNER) Jitendra Singh
inaugurated the Hall of Nuclear Power in New Delhi.
For the first time in 10 years, sex ratio in Haryana shown a mounting crossing the 900 mark
with 903 girls per 1,000 boys.
BHEL commissioned the second 660 MW supercritical unit of Lalitpur Super Thermal Power
Project (STPP) in Uttar Pradesh.
Kalraj Mishra released Laghu Udyog Samachar Magazine on Startup India theme in 13th Meeting
of the NBMSME
National Conference on Sustainable Agriculture and Farmers Welfare was chaired in Sikkim
Chief Guest PM Narendra Modi
Central Information Commission has ruled the Universities and examining bodies for not to charge
more than Rs 2 per page for providing copies of evaluated answer scripts to students.
Ministry of Health and Family Welfare released the results from the first phase of the National
Family Health Survey (NFHS-4), 2015-16
Improvements in maternal and child health and nutrition and Better care for women during
pregnancy
IIT-Kharagpur has launched an innovation centre to promote the culture of innovation
Union Cabinet approved National Tariff Policy for Electricity to tightening regulations for setting
power rates and promotion of clean energy.
Union Minister for Road Transport & Highways and Shipping Shri Nitin Gadkari inaugurate d
the 19th National Conference on e-Governance in Nagpur, Maharashtra.
Telangana Gov is set to introduce Course Credits in Secondary education for students to take part
in certain programmes.
Bihar Gov approved 35 per cent reservation for women in government jobs
Cabinet approbated 50000 crore rupees for Infrastructure Projects in TN
Four-lane National Highways projects in Kanyakumari, Tirunelveli and Tirupur and 2
flyovers in Marthandam and Parvathipuram.
Policy on Promotion of City Compost approvrd by the Union Cabinet to lower the maximum retail
price of city compost for farmers -Rs 1,500 per tonne
Rs 4,918-crore approved for Highway Project in Bihar - 222 kms
Gov granted infrastructure status to the shipyard industry to enable shipyards to avail flexible
long-term funding at lower costs under Income Tax Act, 1961
Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs given its nod for setting up over 5,000 MW of GridConnected Solar PV Power Projects - Rs 30,000 crore
Andhra Pradesh has reestablished the Andhra Pradesh Commission for Backward Classes by
exercising the rights vested in the section 3 of Andhra Pradesh Commission for Backward Classes
Act, 1993.
Indias first radio taxi service for the Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender (LGBT) was flagged off in
Mumbai.
France returns head of Hindu statue taken 130 years ago taken from the Phnom Da temple in
southern Takeo territory by French researchers in 1882-1883.
Union Ministry Environment, Forest and Climate Change had notified stricter environment rules for
sugar industries in various states of the country to minimize water pollution
400 liter per ton limited to 200 liter per ton
The first free Public Wi-Fi service launched by Indian Railways telecom wing RailTel in partnership
with Google at Mumbais central railway station.
Union Tourism Ministry consented fund under Swadesh Darshan scheme, to create infrastructure
for Beating Retreat - Rs 99 crore
On the 119th birth anniversary of Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose, PM Modi publicized the 100 secret
files
Maharashtras first Solar Power operated Mini-Water Supply Plant commissioned in Hingna village
of Mouda Taluka in Nagpur district
Corporate affairs ministry under the initiative of Government Process Re-engineering (GPR) has
initiated the Central Registration Centre (CRC) -to provide speedy incorporation-related services.
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Maharashtra govt given its consent to new maritime policy for port development to create better
facilities around 720 km coastal region of the state.
India commemorated and honoured the 67th birth anniversary of its Constitution as Republic day
French President Francois Hollande was the chief guest of 67th Republic Day
French Marching Contingent 76 member French Army contingent
Army Dog Squad After 26 long years.
For the first time, a women only stunt contingent demonstrated their motorcycle riding skills
The celebration this year was 25 minute shorter than usual.
For the first time, Dhabalu Sisa (41) and Samari Sisa (46) a couple from Odisha attended the
Republic Day function as PM Narendra Modis guests.
For the first time, the parade saw an ex-servicemen tableau
Indian and Chinese troops meet on the Line of Actual Control (LAC) in Ladakh sector of Jammu
and Kashmir for the ceremonial Border Personal Meetings
The Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Amendment Act came
into force for prevention of Atrocities against Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes.
India has donated 40 ambulances and 8 buses to various hospitals, non-profit charitable
organisations and educational institutions in Nepal.
French President Francois Hollande visit to India
Chief guest of the Republic Day parade.
Modi met Hollande at the Rock Garden
16 agreements signed during Business summit regarding Smart Cities, Urban Sector
Development,Solar Photovoltaic Projects,partnership for helicopters
India, France sign Rafale fighter plane accord
India, France ink pacts for cooperation in space technology
Indias first international &inter-governmental organization headquartered in India
Mr. Hollande Bollywood Meet Actors Aishwarya Rai & Shahrukh Khan, Designer Ritu Beri &
filmmaker Aditya Chopra
Indian Railway flagged off Indias first blind friendly train, from Mysuru to Varanasi.
Railway broadband reaches 500,000 households through its Railwire network.
Union Cabinet has publicized the names of the first 20 urban areas that will be developed as smart
cities
Sr. no
City
State
Sr. no
City
State
1
Bhubaneswar
Odisha
11
Indore
Madhya Pradesh
2
Pune
Maharashtra
12
NDMC
New Delhi
3
Jaipur
Rajasthan
13
Coimbatore
Tamil Nadu
4
Surat
Gujarat
14
Kakinada
Andhra Pradesh
5
Kochi
Kerala
15
Belagavi
Karnataka
6
Ahmedabad
Gujarat
16
Udaipur
Rajasthan
7
Jabalpur
Madhya Pradesh
17
Guwahati
Assam
8
Vishakapatnam
Andhra Pradesh
18
Chennai
Tamil Nadu
9
Sholapur
Maharashtra
19
Ludhiana
Punjab
10
Davangere
Karnataka
20
Bhopal
Madhya Pradesh
CCEA Approves Hybrid Annuity Model for Highway Projects - provide 40% of the project cost to the
developer
Union Cabinet approved the plan of rising 17 India Reserve Battalions (IR Bns) in Jammu &
Kashmir and Left Wing Extremism (LWE) affected States.
Aparna Kumar UP cadre IPS officer become the countrys first civil servant to scaled Mount Vinson
Massif.
Madhya Pradesh CM Shivraj Singh Chouhan announced to impose ban on polythene in entire state
from January 2017.
GOI to create Khadi Gramudyog network announced at the 68th death anniversary of Mahatma
Gandhi and a book titled Nathuram Godse The Story of an Assassin is also released on the
occasion.
Wings Rainbow in Mumbai and Kerala is to launch G-Taxi (Gender Taxi) operated
owned and operated by members of the LGBT
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INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS
India will no longer receive financial aid from the UK, from January 1, 2016.
New coins featuring William Shakespeare, Beatrix Potter, the Army and the Great Fire of
London are released in 2016.
India and Pakistan exchanged the list of their nuclear installations for the 25th consecutive
year under a bilateral agreement.
Saudi Arabia announced the end ceasefire agreement with Yemens Houthi involve fighters and
their allies.
3 post-graduate courses of Indian Institute of Management, Bengaluru ranked top in Central
Asia - Paris-based international agency Eduniversal,
Sri Lanka and Pakistan agreed to expand their bilateral free trade agreement by inclusion of
services and investment and 8 MoUs and defence deal signed
Forbes annual list of achievers under the age of 30
Ritesh Agarwal
Neel Rai
Anoop Jain
Gagan Biyani and
Vishal Lugani
Ashish Kumbhat
Neeraj Berry
Ashish Patel
Dipayan Ghosh
Karishma Shah
Nisha Chittal
Anisha Singh
Lily Singh
Amit Mukherjee
Sanjam Garg
Nila Das
Sampriti
Divya Nettimi
Bhattacharyya
Vikas Patel
Saagar Govil
Chinas first lawsuit on same-sex marriage rights has been accepted by a court
Worlds happiest countries- 1. Fiji(beautiful islands) 2.Colombia and 3.Saudi Arabia became third
country - Greece is the third most unhappy country
Nepal elected to the United Nations Childrens Fund (UNICEF) executive board, representing the
group of Asia-Pacific countries for the term 2016-2018.
Sri Lanka government proposes new constitution - aimed at devolving power and preventing the
sort of ethnic tensions
Kenya published new broadcast regulations to place strict limits on sexual content and ban
preachers from soliciting money on air.
2016 outsourcing index - top 10 India includes China, Malaysia, Brazil, Indonesia, Thailand, The
Philippines, Mexico, Chile and Poland
India and Philippines - greatest priority in case of outsourcing.
Chinese President Xi Jinping reshuffles military headquarters in major revamp 4 HQ
US and Jordan signed a Joint Action Plan (JAP) to improve efforts against nuclear and radiological
smuggling
India has largest diaspora population followed by Mexico and Russia - UN report Trends in
International Migrant Stock
India Tourism Year in China in 2015 andChina Tourism Year in India in 2016 announced by
China National Tourism Administration (CNTA)
Conference of Quadrilateral Coordination Group (QCG) on Afghan Peace and Reconciliation
process held in Islamabad
Nepal gov proposed formation of 4-member Eminent Persons Group to review the existing
bilateral agreements with India
Saudi Arabia reopened its embassy in Baghdad after 25 years
WHO announced that the Ebola epidemic that has ravaged West Africa for two years
United Nations reduced its GDP growth forecast for India for 2016 to 7.5% from 8.2% - report
by United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP)
India marked as 2nd largest fruit producer in Global List - handbook, published by the Oxford
University 1. China and 2.Brazil
US removed a wide range of sanctions against Iran
Global Talent Competitiveness Index (GTC) India - 89th position.
Switzerland followed Singapore, Luxembourg,United States and Denmark.
Indian business leaders emerged as the most optimistic lot globally about economic recovery in
2016 - Grant Thornton International Business Report (IBR).
French President Francois Hollande declared a state of economic emergency to redefine
Frances economic and social model.
India and Israel agreed to intensify coordination to deal with the menaceof terrorism
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USA, China, Germany, the UK and India - most promising markets globally: PwC survey
4 Indian Magnificoes among Worlds 62 Super-Rich -Oxfam report An Economy for the 1%
Mukesh Ambani,Azim Premji,Dilip Shanghvi and Hinduja Brothers
India ranked 4thamong the top five Asia Pacific countries with 2.36 lakh - Asia Pacific 2016 Wealth
Report, by New World Wealth 1.Japan, 2. China and 3.Australia
Indias growth projection unchanged at 7.3% in the current fiscal - International Monetary Fund
(IMF)
World tourism numbers hit record 1.18 billion in 2015 - United Nations World Tourism
Organisation
India and the UK agreed to strengthen economic cooperation in infrastructure financing,
addressing issues of cross-border tax evasion and avoidance.
India ranked 22nd among worlds best countries - World Economic Forum
Top 5 countries - Germany, Canada, the UK, the USA and Sweden
Denmark crowned as Worlds Best Country for Women - US News and World Report.
Second Sweden,Third Canada and Algeria and Pakistan are the worst countries for
females
India submitted its first Biennial Update Report (BUR) to the United Nations Framework
Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC).
Global Human Development Report (HDR) 2015 by UN Development Programme (UNDP)
Bangaldesh tops in SouthAsia.Sri Lanka, Iran-69th, Maldives-104th, India- 130th
World Economic Forum (WEF) accredited World Bank President Jim Yong Kim and Salesforce
CEO Marc Benioff to its Board of Trustees.
Indias National capital New Delhi(20th ) and Financial capital Mumbai(12th ) among the top Asia
-Asia Pacific 2016 Wealth Report. First - Tokyo
Japans Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga approved the lifting of sanctions on Iran.
India become the third largest steel producer in the world after China and Japan with a
production of 6 million tonne (mt) in 2015
IIM Ahmadabad, IIM- Bangalore; and the ISB in top 100 on FTs global MBA list by Financial
Times Global MBA Ranking for 2016
Pakistan plans its first mega nuclear power plant - 2,000 megawatts.
Japanese automaker Toyota emerged as the worlds biggest automaker for the 4th straight year.
India at 76th place in its Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI) 2015 - Denmark-topped in the list
Danish parliament approved a controversial law allowing authorities to seize refugees cash and
valuables
International Monetary Fund (IMF) announced to implement long due quota reforms - more
voting rights to India and China.
Bill Gates topped the list of 50 Worlds Wealthiest People - Wealth-X
Amancio Ortega(Inditex) 2nd and Warrant Buffett(Berkshire Hathaway) - 3rd
US Agency for International Developments (USAID) extends the funds for the TB-free India
project - USD 7.5 million
India ranks 4th on the list of nations with the most number of think tanks after US, China and UK
Japan unveiled countrys first stealth fighter aircraft X-2
BANKING & FINANCE
RBI asked State Level Bankers Committee (SLBC) banks to identify villages with population
above 5,000 without a bank branch
SEBI rejects Sahara plea to restore portfolio manager licence because it was Not fit and proper
for this business
Punjab National Bank launched host of digital banking solutions including green PIN and
enrichment of its mobile app.
Among all Asian and BRICS currencies, Rupee turned out to be one of the best performers in
2015 excluding yen.
LIC introduced a limited premium paying, non-linked with-profits Endowment Assurance
plan Jeevan Labh.
RBI imposes Rs 1 cr fine on State Bank of Travancore
Andhra Bank launched Immediate Payment Service (IMPS) at all its branches max Rs. 2 lakh
India Index Services & Products (IISL) launched the Nifty Private Sector Bank Index.
India to grow robust at 7.8% in 2016-17 - World Banks latest Global Economic Prospect (GEP)
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report
Bajaj Allianz Life Insurance launched micro term insurance plan Bajaj Allianz Bima Dhan
Suraksha Yojana with return of premium option.
Kotak Life launches Premier Life Plan -about 35 to 40 per cent up to 99 years of age
ICICI Bank partnered with FINO PayTech to venture into the payments bank space 30%
SBT to sponsor NeFMS Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee (MNREGA)
scheme.
HDFC targets fund size of Rs. 5000 crore for HCARE-1 12years
HDFC Standard Life Insurance Company set up a wholly-owned reinsurance company at the
Dubai International Financial Centre (DIFC) -USD 12.33 million.
Indian Bank to raise Rs 1,100 crore from bonds to fund business growth.
Bank of Baroda timely paid over Rs 95 crore as interest to the beneficiaries of its additional tier-I
Basel-III compliant bonds issue of Rs 1,000 crore.
BankBazaar.com launches One Loan Two Homes program to help the flood-affected citizens of
Chennai.
Asian Development Bank extend a $625 million loan to the proposed $840 million
Visakhapatnam-Chennai Industrial Corridor.
SEBI tightened the rules on mutual fund-sector-specific exposure limit 30% of the NAV to 25%.
IndiaFirst Life Insurance joint venture with Bank of Baroda, Andhra Bank enter into pension space
to launches retirement plan
Asian Development Bank extend a $625 million loan to the proposed $840 million
Visakhapatnam-Chennai Industrial Corridor.
India (1945-2015): Largest recipient of loans from World Bank -$102.1 billion
Countrys largest lender SBI opened a branch in Seoul, South Korea
SBI launches dedicated branch for start-ups in Bengaluru-wealth management offering centre Exclusif
Bank of India (BOI) acquired 49% stake from BSE Ltd in their joint venture BOI Shareholding
Ltd for an undisclosed amount.
RBI raises shareholding in NHB by pumping in Rs 1,000 crore -Rs 450 crore to Rs 1,450 crore
GOI and WB sign agreement for Neeranchal National Watershed Project -Rs.2142 crore
Chinas Xi Jinping launches Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank-India and 56 countries have
joined as founding members
World Bank released its annual World Development Report (WDR) titled Digital Dividends with
a focal point on the impact of the Internet, mobile phones and communication technologies
on economic development.
Banks to issue 2nd tranche of sovereign gold bonds -915.95 kg amounting to Rs. 246 crore.
Suresh Prabhu announced that World Bank would be the anchor investor in the new Railway
Development Fund.
World Bank to extend $20 million for reconstructing Visakhapatnam's Indira Gandhi Zoological
Park (IGZP).
Somnath Temple is all set to become Gujarats first temple to deposit its idle gold in the Gold
Monetisation Scheme as its trustees 35kg
Bombay Stock Exchange launched a new service for algorithm trading test environment in
partnership with Symphony Fintech Solutions Pvt Ltd.
State Bank of Travancore tied up with the Kerala State Electricity Board (KSEB) to provide
customers of the state utility online facility for remittance of electricity charges.
Bihar Kosi Basin Development Project got a financial succor of US$ 250 million from World Bank
ICICI Bank inaugurated its first full service branch at Sandton in Johannesburg in South Africa
RBI instructed banks to cease Rs 1,000 notes lacking Security Thread
FreeCharge teamed up with MasterCard & Yes Bank to launch Virtual Card
Gold Monetisation Scheme gets Simplified - depositors to deposit their gold directly with
the refiners .
Deposits in Jan Dhan accounts cross Rs 30,000 Crore
Gov announced that under the monetisation scheme, so far 900 kg of idle household
RBI shortlisted 5 companies for Audit and Risk Monitoring Mechanism (AMRMS)
Auditime Information Systems Pvt Ltd-Mumbai,NCSSoft Solutions Pvt Ltd-Chennai, PWC Pvt
Ltd- Mumbai,Quadrant 4 Software Solutions Pvt Ltd,Chennai and Thomson Reuters Pvt Ltd
Mumbai.
ADB 2nd tranche $80 Million assistance for urban reforms in Agartala & Aizwal
RBI governor Raghuram Rajan joins World Economic Forum (WEF) task force to study the global
finance system
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Bank of Japan has imposed a negative interest rate of -0.1% on accounts it holds for commercial
banks.
State Bank of India and Bank of Baroda are creating stricter norms on anti-money laundering
(AML) framework for their branches outside India.
Gov revised down its annual economic growth for the fiscal year that ended in March 2015
to 7.2% from 7.3%.
RBI increased the Ways and Means Advances (WMA) for all states to Rs 32,225 crore for the
current and next financial years.
BUSINESS
Indias Petronet LNG ink revised contract with RasGas of Qatar to import gas at a significantly
lower price.
PM Narendra Modi laid foundation stone of the new plant for the construction of new helicopter
manufacturing unit of Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) in Tumkur district in Karnataka
Oasis Group to invest Rs 500 crore for establishing a wheat-based ethanol plant - at Zira
district, Ferozepur in Punjab.
Union Government abolishes export duty 5% export duty on pellets, 10% on bauxite and 30% on
chromite and iron ore.
Gov decided to shut three units of HMT including HMT Watches, HMT Chinar Watches and HMT
Bearings
Bhel commissioned two 220/20kV substations in Afghanistan to expand its footprint in the strifetorn nation.
PayPal ties-up with Shopmatic for cross-border transactions -first tie-up with an Indian partner.
IndusInd Bank tied up with online payment solution firm payU India to provide customers the full
suite of consumer banking products online
Flipkart,Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd has entered into an arrangement with Flipkart for online
booking of Mahindra KUV100.
Microsofts charity arm is set to donate $1 billion in cloud computing services over the course of
the next three years
India initiated a probe into alleged dumping of rubber variants used for leather goods by
the EU, South Korea and Thailand
SoftBank invests Rs 100 cr more in Housing.com for premier developers called BRAND FALCON
MRF Tyres and the International Cricket Council (ICC) becomes global partner for four-years deal.
FDI flows into India nearly doubled in 2015 -United Nations Conference on Trade and
Development (UNCTAD)
Oil and Natural Gas Corporation Limited (ONGC) gets environmental clearance for a project in
the Krishna-Godavari (KG) basin -53,000 crore.
Coca Cola launched milk-based beverages under the brand name Vio.
India has outpaced Thailand as the worlds largest rice exporter in 2015 - Thai Rice Exporters
Association
Ratan Naval Tata the Indian businessman and the Chairman of Emeritus Tata Sons have invested
in the start-up Teabox
Apollo Munich ties up with Axis Bank for offering bank customers a paperless customized
insurance policies.
Dr Reddys Laboratories (DRL) received an approval from the US Food and Drug Administration
(USFDA) for ZembraceSymTouch injection.
Automotive Research Association of India (ARAI) and Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre (VSSC) are
to collaborate to develop a battery for passenger cars using technology .
Iran, Airbus has signed a deal to buy 118 Airbus jets worth $27.
Infosys, Tata Consultancy Services and Wipro have joined US President Barack Obamas
ambitious computer science for all
Alibabas first Indian trade facility centre opens in Jaipur and a Hindi portal, aimed at connecting
small and medium businesses
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AWARDS & RECOGNITIONS
DAVA (Drug Authentication and Verification Application) project won the 2015 eASIA Award
Sanjay Subrahmanyam conferred with the2015 Sangita Kalanidhi award.
Delhi Police entered into the Limca Book of Records for solving the biggest cash heist case of the
the country in November 2015.
Corporation Bank has bagged three awards at the National Payments Excellence Awards 2015
Flipkart has been named the overall winner of the Website of the Year India 2015
IRCTC has won the Most Popular Website of the Year India 2015 Award
Amputee Mountaineer Arunima Sinha added another feather to her cap by conquering Mount
Aconcagua, Argentina.
Vangipurapu Venkata Sai Laxmans (41) masterly innings of 281 against Australia at the Eden
Gardens in Kolkata
Costa novel award
Category
Author
Book
Costa First Novel Award
Andrew Michael Hurley
The Loney
Costa Novel Award
Kate Atkinson
A God in Ruins
Costa Poetry Award
Don Paterson
40 Sonnets
Costa Children Book Award
Frances Hardinge
The Lie Tree
Costa Biography Award
Andrea Wulf
The Invention of Nature: The
Adventures of Alexander Von
Humboldt, The Lost Hero of Science
2015 US bestseller list - Go Set a Watchman written by Harper Lee
Defense Department awarded with Pentagon Award.
Priyanka Chopra won the Favourite Actress in New TV series award at the 42nd Peoples Choice
Awards 2016
Raghuram Rajan conferred with the Central Banker of the Year Award (Global and Asia
Pacific) for 2016 by The Banker.
Union Minister for Chemicals and Fertilizers, Shri Ananth Kumar gave away the 1st India Pharma
awards during India Medical Expo 2016 in Bengaluru
Category
Winner
Overall India Pharma Excellence Award
Cadila Healthcare Ltd
India Pharma Leader Award
Shri Glenn Saldana, CMD, Glenmark
Pharmaceutical Ltd
Company of the Year
Lupin Limited
Bulk Drug Company of the Year
SMS Pharmaceutical Ltd
Innovation of the Year
Cadila Healthcare Ltd
Research & Development Achievement
Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd
Corporate Social Responsibility Programme of the Abbott India Ltd
Year
Medical Devices Company of the Year
Harsoria Healthcare Pvt Ltd
Export Company of the Year
Campus Pharma Pvt Ltd
Bulk Drug Export Company of the Year
SMS Pharmaceutical Ltd
Medical Devices Export Company of the Year
Scope Medical Devices Pvt Ltd
Special Award: PSU Company of the Year
Karnataka Antibiotics & Pharmaceutical Ltd
Azim Premji has come out as the most generous Indian in the Hurun India Philanthropy List 2015
Balkrishna Garg awarded with the second Harikrishna Devsare Baalsahitya Award 2015
CEO of e-commerce giant Snapdeal Kunal Bahl has bagged the Entrepreneur of the Year Award,
2015
BAFTA nominated He Named Me Malala, a documentary on Malala Yousafzai(18) in the upcoming
awards Documentary category for 2016.
Tata Steel Limited bagged eighth time Prime Ministers Trophy for being the Best Performing
Integrated Steel Plant for 2013 2014.
Mangaluru Airport conferred as best in the country
73rd Golden Globe Awards 2016
Category
Winner
Picture
Best Motion Picture (Drama)
The Revenant
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Best Motion Picture (Musical or Comedy)
The Martian
Best Actor in a Motion Picture (Drama)
Leonardo DiCaprio
Best Actress in a Motion Picture (Drama)
Brie Larson
Best Actor in a Motion Picture (Musical or Comedy)
Matt Damon
Best Actress in a Motion Picture (Musical or Comedy)
Jennifer Lawrence
Best Director
Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu
Best Animated Feature Film
Inside Out
Best Foreign Language Film
Son of Saul (Hungary)
Television
Best Series (Drama)
Mr. Robot
Best Actor in a Television Series (Drama)
Jon Hamm
Best Actress in a Television Series (Drama)
Taraji P. Henson
Best Series (Musical or Comedy)
Mozart in the Jungle
Best Actor in a Television Series (Musical or Comedy)
Gael Garcia Bernal
Best Actress in a Television Series (Musical or Comedy) Rachel Bloom
Best Miniseries
Wolf Hall
Best Actor in a Miniseries
Oscar Isaac
Best Actress in a Miniseries
Lady Gaga
Golden Globes 2016 Winners
Denzel Washington received Cecil B. DeMille award
Best Motion Picture, Drama: The Revenant
Best Actor in a Motion Picture, Drama: Leonardo DiCaprio, The Revenant
Best Actress in a Motion Picture, Drama: Brie Larson, Room
Best Motion Picture, Comedy: The Martian
Best Actress in a Motion Picture, Musical or Comedy: Jennifer Lawrence, Joy
Best Foreign Language Film: Son of Saul, Hungary
Lionel Messi conferred with the FIFA Ballon dOr award
Kullu folk dance Nati- participation of 20,000 dancers during Kullu Dussehra festival on October
26 2015 entered into the Guinness book of world records.
Amitabh Bachchan bestowed honorary life membership of Kolkatas famed soccer
outfit Mohammedan Sporting
Employees Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO) conferred with National Award on e-Governance
2015-16
PepsiCos CEO Indra Nooyi becomes most generous graduate of Yale B-School
David Beckham bestowed with the Danny Kaye Humanitarian Leadership Award
Sonam Kapoor presented the Neerja Bhanot Award to Bangalore-based Subhashini
Vasanth(Vasantharatna Foundation)
Suket Dhir won the Rs 48.5 lakh (A$100,000) worth prestigious International Woolmark Prize.
Shri Narendra Modi presented the Times Now Amazing Indians Awards 2016
Category
Winner
Incredible Innovators
Chintakindi Mallesham
Young Indians, Big Achievements
Damini Sen
Young Indians, Big Achievements
Malavath Poorna
Ordinary Indians, Extraordinary Achievements
Murugan S
Energising India
Mathews K Mathew
Indian at Heart
Timothy
Global Indians
Yashraj Khaitan
Grassroots Soldier
Late Kallen Pokkudan
Grassroots soldier
Popatrao Pawar
Educators of India
Ruma Roka
Stree Shakthi
Sunita Aralikar
Unstoppable Indians
S Ramakrishnan
Writer Ankita Anand won the Lorenzo Natali Media Prize for work on Khap panchayats
Largest bollywood dance performance of students held at Khalsa College in Amritsar placed
in Guinness Book of World Records-8,726 students from 40 schools .
Madhya Pradesh CM Shivraj Singh Chouhan awarded with Lee Kuan Yew Exchange Fellowship in
Singapore
2016 DSC Prize for South Asian Literature conferred upon Anuradha Roy for her novel Sleeping
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on Jupiter
61st Britannia Filmfare Awards 2015
Category
Winner
Best Film
Bajirao Mastani
Best Director
Sanjay Leela Bhansali
Best Actor in a Leading Role (Male)
Ranveer Singh
Best Actor in a Leading Role (Female)
Deepika Padukone
Best Actor in a Supporting Role (Male)
Anil Kapoor
Best Actor in a Supporting Role (Female)
Priyanka Chopra
Best Playback Singer (Male)
Arijit Singh
Best Playback Singer (Female)
Shreya Ghoshal
Best Costume
Anju Modi and MaximaBasu
Best Choreography
Pt Birju Maharaj
Best Film
Piku
Best Actor (Male)
Amitabh Bachchan
Best Actor (Female)
Kangana Ranaut
Lifetime Achievement Award
Moushumi Chatterjee
RD Burman Award
Armaan Mallik
Best Debut (Male)
Sooraj Pancholi
Best Debut (Female)
Bhumi Pednekar
Best Debut Director
Neeraj Ghaywan
Dr Jancy James- first woman Vice Chancellor of Kerala selected for the Prof MV Pylee Award
Easterine Kire from Nagaland, won The Hindu Prize, 2015 for When the River Sleeps
Director Joshua Oppenheimer's "The Look of Silence", based won the Top Documentary Award at
the 9th Annual Cinema Eye Honours.
Graphic Design Award: Stefan Nadelman and Hisko Hulsing
Outstanding Debut Award: Crystal Moselle
Short Film Award: "Hotel 22" and "Buffalo Juggalos"
National Bravery Awards 2015
Category
Winner
Bharat Award (Highest of the National
Kawduji Sahastrabuddhe(15)
Bravery awards)
Bharat Award
Shivansh Singh (13)
Geeta Chopra award
Shivampet Ruchitha (8)
Sanjay Chopra Award
Arjun Singh (16)
Bapu Gaidhani Award
Bapu Gaidhani Award
Bapu Gaidhani Award
National Bravery Awards
Ramdinthara (15)
Rakeshbhai Shanabhai Patel (13)
Aromal SM (12)
Kashish Dhanani(Gujarat), Maurice
Yengkhom andChongtham Kuber Meitei
(Manipur), Angelica Tynsong (Meghalaya) Sai
Krishna Akhil Kilambi(Telangana), Joena
Chakbraborty andSarwanand Saha
(Chhatisgarh) , Dishant
Mehndiratta (Haryana),Beedhovan, Nithin
Philip Mathew, Abhijit KV, Anandu Dillep,
Muhammad Shamnad (all from Kerala), Mohit
Mahdenrda Dalvi, Nilesh Revaram Bhil,
Vaibhav Ramesh Ghangare (all from
Maharashtra),Abinash Mishra (Odisha)
and Bhimsen from Uttar Pradesh.
Govt inducted new category of award for Most Film Friendly State/UT
Prime Minister NarendraModi has become second most followed Indian on social media site
Twitter after Shah Rukh Khan.
National Award for Technology Innovation in Petrochemicals 2015-16 presented by Ananth Kumar
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Category
Innovation in Polymeric Material
Industry
Winner
Indian Oil Corporation Ltd
Ester Industries Ltd
IIT Guwahati
Academic and R&D Institution

Innovation in Polymeric Products
Industry
Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd
Innovation of Polymer processing Machinery & Equipments
Industry
Kabra Extrusiontechnik Ltd
IIT Madras
Innovation in Polymer waste Management & recycling technology and green polymeric material &
products
Industry
Supreme Industries Ltd
Defence Institute of Advanced Technology
Polymers in Agriculture & Water Conservation
Mr. S Dinesh Kumar & Mr. MJ Giridharan
Polymers in Public Health Care
Industry
Sahajanand Medical Technologies Pvt Ltd
Research in the field of Polymer Science & Technology
Industry
Reliance R&D Centre
Indian Oil Corporation Ltd
Adeles (UK) recent hit song Hello reached a staggering one billion views - enters Guinness
Book of World Records
Jodhpurs Umaid Bhawan Palace named as Worlds Best Hotel - Travel site TripAdvisor
Padma Awards 2016
Padma Vibhushan awardees
Winner Name
Winners Field
Rajinikanth
Actor
Ramoji Rao
Media baron
Girija Devi
Classical vocalist
Sri Sri Ravi Shankar
Spiritual guru
V K Aatre
Former DRDO chief
Avinash Dixit
IndianAmerican economist
Jagmohan
Former Jammu and Kashmir Governor
Yamini Krishnamurthi
Bharatnatyam and Kuchipudi dancer
Dr V Shanta
Cancer specialist and chairperson of Adyar Cancer
Institute
Padma Bhushan awardees
Winner Name
Winners Field
Anupam Kher
Actor
Udit Narayan
Singer
Hafeez Contractor
Architect
Pallonji Shapoorji Mistry
Industrialist
Vinod Rai
Former CAG
Sania Mirza
Tennis Star
Ram Sutar
Indian sculptor
Saina Nehwal
Badminton star
Late Swami Dayanand
Spiritual leader
Saraswati
Swami Tejomayananda
Spiritual leaders
Heisnam Kanhailal
Theatre personality
R C Bhargava
Maruti Suzuki chairman
Indu Jain
Chairperson of Bennett, Coleman & Co
Robert Blackwill
Former US Ambassador to India
Barjinder Singh Hamdard
Ex-parliamentarian, editor of Punjabi
Newspaper
Prof N S Ramanuja Tatacharya Sanskrit Scholar
Prof D Nageshwar Reddy
Asian Institute of Gastroenterology
Venkata Rama Rao Alla
Drug technology
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Padma Shri awardees
Winner Name
Winners Field
Ujjwal Nikam
Senior lawyer
Saeed Jaffrey (posthumous)
Actor
Priyanka Chopra
Actor
Ajay Devgn
Actor
SS Rajamouli
Filmmaker
Jeevan Raksha Padak Awards 2015
Sarvottam Jeevan Raksha Padak
Winner
Place from winner belong
Ullas Unnikrishnan (Posthumous)
Kerela
Munna alias Ramdars Sisodiya(Posthumous)
Madhya Pradesh
Ankit Kumar Mishra (Posthumous)
Uttar Pradesh
Uttam Jeevan Raksha Padak
Shivakumar R.
Karnataka
Laldinpuia
Mizoram
Shaitan Singh (Posthumous)
Rajasthan
Jitendra Kumar Soni
Rajasthan
Shourya Veer Singh (Posthumous)
Madhya Pradesh
Riya Chaudhary (Posthumous)
Uttar Pradesh
Monika alias Manisha (Posthumous)
Uttarakhand
Gaurav Kumar Bharti (Posthumous)
Uttar Pradesh
Ravindra Pal Singh (Posthumous)
Uttar Pradesh
Gallantry Awards 2016
Ashok Chakra-Lance Naik Mohan Nath Goswami
Kirti Chakra-Subedar Mahendra Singh and Sepoy Jagdish Chand (Posthumous)
Shaurya Chakra
1. Colonel Santosh Yashwant Mahadik (Posthumous)
2. Sepoy Dharma Ram (Posthumous)
3. Major Praphul Kumar Bhardwaj
4. Lieutenant Harjinder Singh
5. Naik Kheem Singh Mehra
6. Major Anurag Kumar
7. Major Sandip Yadav
8. Naik Satish Kumar
Melbourne based Sajeev Koshy honoured with the Order of Australia to recognise his services to
dentistry in Victoria, Australia.
Bollywood actress Rekha honored with the third Yash Chopra Memorial Award in Mumbai presented by Maharashtra Governor C Vidyasagar Rao
Indian origin person Cottalango Leon selected for the2016 Technical Achievement Award of
the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.
Parrikar presented Rakshamantri Award for excellence for 2012-13 and 2013-14
For year 2012-13
Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd (HAL) won the award for Excellence performance, Innovation and
Indigenization.
Award for Best performance in Exports was given to BEML
For Best performing Shipyard award was given to GRSE
Best performing Factory of OFB was given to Ordnance Factory, Kanpur
Best Performing Division of DPSUs was given to BEL,(S&CS) Bengaluru
Award for Systems of IACCS Networks was given to BEL, Ghaziabad
Award for Indigenization of Special Tools Test Equipments & fixtures for Milan-2T
warhead to Milan Group, BDL Hyderabad
For year 2013-14
Award for Excellence in performance to BEL
Award for Best performance in Exports to BEL
Best Performing Division of DPSUs to HAL, Avionics Division Hyderabad
Best performing Factory of OFB to Ordnance Equipment Factory Kanpur
Best performing Shipyard to GRSE Kolkata
Award for EOFCS U1 for Control of Medium Calibre 76 mm Gun Mount and High Rate of Fire
AK 630 Gun Mount to D&E, FCS/SBU-NS (Radar & FCS) Group BEL Bengaluru.
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Allan Border Medal 2016 presented to David Warner
Category
Winner
One Day International Player of the Year
Glenn Maxwell
Bradman Young Cricketer of the Year
Alex Ross
State Player of the Year
Adam Voges
Womens International Cricketer of the Year (Belinda Clark
Ellyse Perry
Award)
USD 5,000 William E Colby Award 2016 conferred upon book Midnights Furies: The Deadly
Legacy of Indias Partition authored by Nisid Hajari.
Wildlife film maker & Padma Shri awardee Naresh Bedi honoured with V Shantaram Life Time
Achievement Award
Indian activist and lawyer Henri Tiphagne selected for Amnesty International Germanys human
rights award 2016.
Abhinav Bindra honored by ISSF(International Shooting Sport Federation)
Bihar CM Nitish Kumar selected for the K Veeramani Award for Social Justice 2015 for
his contribution towards social justice.
Prince Mahidol Awards awarded to Professor Morton M Mower and Sir Michael Gideon Marmot
Hindi writers Amlendu Tiwari and Om Nagar selected for the 11th Navlekhan award of the
Bharatiya Jnanpith.
veteran actress Waheeda Rehman honoured with a special award at the 6th Yashwant
International Film Festival 2016 in Mumbai.
Director of the Kudankulam nuclear power plant (NPP) Ramayah Shanmuga Sundar has been
conferred with Order of Friendship by Russia
Tom Hanks has been named Americas most popular movie star for the fifth time
APPOINTMENTS & RESIGNS
United Nations appointed Lionel Messi and pop sensation Shakira to promote eradication of
poverty by 2030.
Air Marshal Rakesh Kumar Singh Bhadauria took over as Deputy Chief of the Air Staff of IAF.
Atul Sobti charged as chairman and managing director (CMD) of BHEL
Javed Ahmed appointed DG of Police of Uttar Pradesh -replace vacant Jagmohan Yadav
D.K.Hota appointed as CMD of defence PSU BEML Ltd .
Syngene International appointed Jonathan Hunt as CEO-designate after Peter Bains
Wipro appointed Abidali Z Neemuchwala as chief executive officer (CEO), succeeding T K Kurien
Shekhar Saran assumed charge as CMDof Ranchi-based Central Mine Planning & Design Institute
Ltd
Mary Barra first Woman to chair General Motor as CEO succeedor of Tim Solso
Novo Nordisk announced Indian cricket star Sachin Tendulkar as brand ambassador for the
disease awareness campaign Changing Diabetes
Filippo Grandi (58) appointed as the new High Commissioner for the UN Refugee Agency
(UNHCR)- succeedor of Antonio Guterres,
LinkedIn named Akshay Kothari its India head - succeedor of Nishant Rao.
Internet and Mobile Association of India (IAMAI) appointed Kunal Shah, as the new chairman.
Vishal Suri CPO in Thomas Cook appointed as managing director - succeedor of Rajeev Wagle.
Aditya Birla Group appointed Sushil Agarwal group CFO and Ashish Adukia as the deputy CFO the
groups telecom venture, Idea Cellular
Vedanta Ltd appointed Samir Cairae as CEO of the Metals division in India
Telecom engineer and inventor Sam Pitroda designated as the Technical Advisor to the Odisha
Gov
Thilanga Sumathipala,President of Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC)become the head of the Asian Cricket
Council.
Amitabh Bachchan and Priyanka Chopra replaces Aamir Khan as Incredible India ambassador
Centre has appointed AB Khare as the Chairman and Managing Director of the state-run Madras
Fertilizers Ltd succeedor of I Vijay Kumar.
Dr. Achyuta Samanta has been elected as the general president for the 105th Indian Science
Congress Association (ISCA)
Gurbir Grewal appointed as the top prosecutor in New Jersey - first South Asian
Devender Kumar Sikri appointed as chairman of Competition Commission of India (CCI)
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succeedor of Ashok Chawla
Gajendra Chauhan designated as the chairman of Film and Television Institute of India (FTII)
Wipro appointed Bhanumurthy B. M. as the President and Chief Operating Officer
Sailesh appointed as Registrar General and Census Commissioner (RGCC) of India by
Appointments Committee of Cabinet
Flipkart.com named Binny Bansal as its CEO-succeedor of Sachin Bansal.

Economist Paul Kaba Thieba named as the Prime Minister of Burkina Faso by the President Roch
Marc Christian Kabore
Micromax appointed VikasThapar as new senior vice president for finance.
Airbus Group designated Ashish Saraf as its Vice-President of Industry Development, Strategic
Partnerships and Offsets.
French IT services firm Capgemini appointed Srinivas Kandula as the CEO of its India operations
succeedor of Aruna Jayanthi
DHL Express designated Ken Lee as its Chief Executive Officer for Asia Pacific region succeedor
of Jerry Hsu
R Shivakumar, Chairman of Kumar Group of companies, Bengaluru appointed as the Chairman of
Assocham Karnataka Regional Council.
Bhaskar Bhat appointed as chairman of Tata-SIA joint venture Vistara
Ronaldinho appointed as Brand Ambassador of Nagjee International Club Football Tournament
Taiwan elected its first female president Tsai Ing-wen succeedor of Ma Ying jeou
HSBC appointed Ravi Menon as the chief executive of its asset management arm - succeedor of
Puneet Chaddha
Dinesh Sharma elected into the 12-member board of directors of AIIB
Tata Motors appointed Guenter Butschek as its Chief Executive Officer & Managing Director
Ola has appointed Raghuvesh Sarup as its chief marketing officer
Lalu Prasad Yadav elected as president of his party Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) for the ninth
consecutive term
Mindtree appointed RostowRavanan as CEO and Managing Director and Krishnakumar Natarajan
moved on to the role of Executive Chairman.
ICSI(Institute of Company Secretaries of India) appointed Mamta Binani as its President
Shri Sanjiv Ranjan designated as the next Ambassador of lndia to Republic of Argentina.
Parliament of Moldova accredited Pavel Filip as the 3rd Prime Minister of European nation
10 new EDs appointed in public sector banks
Name
Previous Bank
Now
Mayank K Mehta
Union Bank of India
Bank Of Baroda
Dina Bandhu Mohapatra
Bank of India
Canara Bank
Vinod Kumar Kathuria
Punjab National Bank
Union Bank of India
R Subramania Kumar
Punjab National Bank
Indian Bank
Rajkiran Rai G
Central Bank of India
Oriental bank of Commerce
Nageswaro Rao Y
Vijaya Bank
Vijaya Bank
A S Rajeev
Indian Bank
Indian Bank
Ramesh S Singh
Central Bank of India
Dena Bank
G Subramaia Iyer
Canara Bank
UCO Bank
Sunil Mehta
Allahabad Bank
Corporation Bank
Ravi Chellam designated as the executive director of NGO Greenpeace India - succeedor of
Samit Aich.
Government has designated Atulesh Jindal as the Chairman, Central Board of Direct Taxes
succeedor of Arun Kumar Jain.
Amit Shah was elected as the president of the Bharatiya Janata Party
Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa elected as President of Portugal succeedor of Anibal Cavaco Silva
Alice Vaidyan appointed as Chairman and Managing Director of General Insurance Corporation of
India (GIC Re) first women
Lava International ltd promoted Navin Chawla as chief operating officer
Sachin Tendulkar appointed as the brand ambassador of a newly-launched pleasure cruise
Twitter designated Leslie Berland as its Chief Marketing Officer (CMO).
Gurdeep Singh appointed as chairman and managing director (CMD) of central PSU National
Thermal Power Corporation (NTPC)
SC of India has accredited Justice Sanjay Mishra as the Lokayukta of Uttar Pradesh.
Dr. Kamlesh Kumar Pandey is appointed as the Chief Commissioner for Persons with Disabilities
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(CCPD)
Ten Non-Official Directors appointed in banks
Name of Appointee
Bank Name
Girish Kumar Ahuja & Pushpendra Rai
State Bank of India
Amit Chatterjee & G Gopalkrishna
Dena Bank
Archana Ravindrarai Dholakia
Bank of Maharashtra
V V R Sastry & M Bhagavantha Rao
Vijaya Bank
Prof Radha R Sharma
Allahabad Bank
Satyanarayana Dash
NABARD
Atanu Sen
Punjab and Sind Bank
Department of Telecommunications has designated J.S. Deepak as its Secretary succeedor of
Rakesh Garg.
Blue Star Ltd has designated Vir S Advani as its Managing Director and B Thiagarajan as Joint
Managing Director
P. Harish appointed as the next Ambassador of India to the Socialist Republic of Vietnam
Muktesh Kumar Pardeshi appointed as the next Ambassador of India to Mexico
Vice-Admiral Sunil Lanba designated as the Flag Officer Commanding-in-Chief of Western Naval
Command.
SCHEMES
Gov will unveil Direct Benefit Transfer (DBT) scheme for kerosene from 1st April 2016
TN Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa launched the scheme Amma Seeds available through Amma
Service Centres across the state
Union Minister of Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation Uma Bharti
launched Ganga Gram Yojana at Village Puth in Hapur district of Uttar Pradesh 1600 villages
Union Cabinet approved the Stand Up India Scheme to promote entrepreneurship
among SC/ST and Women entrepreneurs.
Mission Indradhanush added Four new vaccines -adult Japanese Encephalitis vaccine, Rotavirus
vaccine and Measles Rubella vaccine - Union Minister of Health and Family Welfare, Jagat
Prakash
TN Chief J Jayalalithaa launched a round-the-clock call centre for ensuring fast response to
grievances.
Nai Manzil Scheme is an integrated Education and Livelihood Initiative for the Minority
Communities launched in Jammu and Kashmir
Union Government decided to extend the Scheme Beti Bachao, Beti Padhao to 61 more
districts in 2016
SEEMA DARSHAN - to provide an opportunity for the children to experience the border
environment and to encourage patriotism and nationalism among the students - Ministry of
Human Resource Development
Andhra Pradesh Gov launched Giriputrika Kalyana Pathakam Scheme to support the tribal
women
Cabinet approves Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana - new crop insurance scheme,
having premiums as low as 1.5% of the sum insured.
Start Up India, Stand Up India launched in Thane by Deepak Ghaisas - Rs 10,000 crore 4
years
MoUs
PM Narendra Modi given its ex-post facto approval for the approach adopted by India at the
10th Ministerial Conference in Nairobi, Kenya- Nairobi Package.
India and Bahrain signed an agreement to strengthen their ties in key areas like trade and
counter-terrorism.
Maharashtra gov signed an MoU with private helicopter service company Pawan Hans - to
boost tourism
31 countries signed Multilateral Competent Authority Agreement (MCAA) to
increase the transparency in functioning of multinational enterprises (MNEs)
GOI,Jharkhand and the JBVNL (Jharkhand Bijli Vitran Nigam Limited)signed the first MOU for
operational & financial turnaround of Discoms under the Scheme UDAY
GOI signed MOU under the Scheme Ujwal DISCOM Assurance Yojana (UDAY) with the State
of Uttar Pradesh and Uttar Pradesh Power Corporation Limited (UPPCL).
GOI, Chhattisgarh and CSPDCL (Chhattisgarh State Power Distribution Company
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Limited) signed a MoU for operational & financial turnaround of Discoms under the
Scheme UDAY
Rajasthan gov signed MoU with the Central Government of India to join Ujwal DISCOM
Assurance Yojana (UDAY) scheme.
GOI signed a MOU under the Scheme Ujwal DISCOM Assurance Yojana (UDAY) with the State
of Uttar Pradesh and Uttar Pradesh Power Corporation Limited (UPPCL).
Union cabinet given its ex-post-facto approval to MoU with Bangladesh for Mode of Operation
of Border haats on India-Bangladesh Border
Union Cabinet apprised the protocol signed earlier between India and Czech Republic in the
field of heavy industry
India-Australia Social Security Agreement comes into operation toenabling people of both
nations to avail retirement benefits
Reliance Defence Ltd signed an MOU with Andhra Pradesh gov to set up a naval facility along
the countrys eastern coast
20,000 crore
Sri Lanka and Pakistan agreed to expand their bilateral free trade agreement - 8
MoUs and defence deal signed
Haryana Gov signed eight MoUs with top companies of China to set up a USD 10
billion industrial park and smart cities
National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD) signed a MoU with National
Remote Sensing Center (NRSC) for web-based monitoring of watershed projects.
RINL - Visakhapatnam Steel Plant inked an MoU with the Andhra Pradesh Gov - Rs 38500
Crores
Union Cabinet chaired given its ex-post facto approval for the MoU between India and
Maldives cooperation in the field of Health
Government signed a loan agreement with Japan International Cooperation Agency(JICA) for
pollution abatement of River Mula-Mutha under National River Conservation Plan - Rs. 1000
crore
NHAI has signed MoU with National Remote Sensing Centre (NRSC) under Indian Space
Research Organization (ISRO) and North East Centre for Technology Application and Research
for monitoring and managing national highways.
Madhya Pradesh and the Singapore government have signed four MoUs
1,000-megawatt wind energy plant
MoU on urban planning
MoU on skill training
MoU on food processing
Exim Bank and the Andhra Pradesh have signed MoU for promoting exports
Maharashtra and Tata Trust signed MoU for a skill training programme for the youth
MoU inked between the Department of Space / Indian Space Research Organization
(DOS/ISRO) and Kuwait Institute of Scientific Research (KISR) to cooperate & use of outer
space for peaceful purposes.
Indian Bureau of Mines (IBM) inked MoU with National Remote Sensing Centre (NRSC) of the
Department of Space for monitoring mining activity
Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship (MSDE) inked MoU with Department of
Telecommunication (DoT) for the implementation of National Action Plan for Skill Development in
Telecom Sector.
GOI and Armenia inked the protocol to amend the existing Double Taxation Avoidance
Convention
Indian and Russian researchers signing an agreement for a period of six months in the areas of
basic and Exploratory Sciences.
The Union Cabinet has recently settled an approval for cyber security pacts signed with Malaysia,
Singapore and Japan - CERT-In.
Union Cabinet approved the MoU between India and Singapore on cooperation in the field of civil
aviation.
COMMITTEES
Gov constitutes Committee for Holistic interpretation of the provisions of the Cinematograph Act/
Rule - Headed by Filmmaker ShyamBenegal
Gov has formed a committee to review pay structure and social security benefits provided
to Gramin Dak Sevaks headed by Kamlesh Chandra
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Justice R MLodha panel submits report to SC for reforms in BCCI

Recommended suspension of Chennai Super Kings and Rajasthan Royals due to their
involvement in illegal betting and spot-fixing
Arvind Panagariya panel to fast-track bullet trains to accelerate the Mumbai-Ahmedabad HighSpeed Rail Corridor,
Gov decided to set up a high-powered panel headed by cabinet secretary P K Sinha to process
the recommendations of the 7th Pay Commission
Kamal Hassan and Gautam Ghosh are inducted in the Shyam Benegal committee to holistically
look into the functioning of controversy ridden Central Board of Film Certification.
Union Ministry of Finance released the draft report of 10 member committee headed by Justice R
V Easwar (Retd) Committee to simplify the provisions of Income-tax Act, 1961.
Legislative Department of Union Law Ministry initiated an expert committee to review
the Specific Relief Act, 1963.
Union Health Minister JP Nadda set up a Central monitoring team which constitutes a technical
group to monitor the Zika situation.
SC instructed the Union Government to set up a committee to investigate the living
conditions and salary structure of over 3 lakh nurses.
ACQUISITIONS & MERGERS
Reliance capital gets CCI nod to acquire Goldman Sachs fund arm -Rs.243 crore in cash.
Airtel acquires 100 per cent stake in Augere Wireless - Rs 3,314.36 crore.
Union Cabinet approved a proposal for the formation of a joint venture companies between
Indian Railways and state governments - Rs 100 crore
SBI buy four premium flats in the citys tony Peddar Road area from the loss-making Air India Rs 90 crore.
Paytm acquires Shifu for $8mn to enrich customer experience
Nokia announced acquisition of Alcatel-Lucent(French firm) for 15.6 billion euros i.e. USD 16.6
billion.
Zydus Group acquired select brands and the manufacturing operations in Haridwar of Zoetis
Quikr to acquire Commonfloor - $200 million
Abraaj Group is set to acquire a majority stake in Quality CARE India Ltd - 72% for 2,000 crore.
Godrej & Boyce Manufacturing Co. Ltd. acquired major stake i.e. 51% in India Circus Retail Pvt.
HCL Technologies Ltd acquired oUKs Point to Point Ltd and Point to Point Products Ltd for Rs 78
crore.
Cognizant has acquired KBACE Technologie for an undisclosed amount.
Airtel and Axiata to merge Bangladesh operations - $2 billion
Apple Inc. acquired San Francisco-based education-technology startup LearnSprout
SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY
Bombay Stock Exchange Ltd launched a web-based portal for registrars and share transfer agents
(RTAs)
worlds largest blue star sapphire, weighing 1404.49 carats found in a mine in the city of
Ratnapura, in southern Sri Lanka
Jharkhand CM Raghubar Das inaugurated the states land bank web portal jharbhoom.Nic.In
Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) decided to open a 100 acre Space Park in Bengaluru
NASA discovers five superstars in other galaxie which are parallel to Eta Carinae - using data
from NASAs Spitzer and Hubble space telescopes.
International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry (IUPAC) officially confirmed the permanent
addition of four new elements to the periodic table
Atomic number 113, 115, 117 and 118
Mylan Pharmaceuticals Private Limited has launched their generic Hepatitis C medicine under
brand name MyHep LVIR in India
Chinas country code domain .cn has become worlds most commonly used in the internet
Microsoft launched the Surface Pro 4 in India in three variants
Pune based research labs of Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO)have
developed new ammunition
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A team of scientists led by an Indian-American professor discovered a new method that may help
in detecting dwarf galaxies dominated by dark matter
NASA successfully tested driverless car using at NASA Centre in California
Researchers at a university in Britain developed viruses that could halt the decline of Muga
caterpillar in India
Suresh Prabhakar Prabhu inaugurated implementation of E-enabled Track Management System
(TMS) and Mobile Application of TMS on Indian Railway at Rail Bhawan, New Delhi.
Illumina announced the launch of the startup named GRAIL to develop blood-based cancer tests.
Union Health and Family Welfare Minister J P Nadda launched m-Health initiatives
Kilkari means babys gurgle delivers free, weekly, time-appropriate 72 audio
messages about pregnancy, child birth and child care
Mobile Academy - It is a free audio training course designed to Accredited Social Health
Activists (ASHAs)
M-Cessation -It aims at reaching out to those willing to quit tobacco use
TB Missed Call initiative -A helpline with a toll free number will provide information,
counselling and treatment support services for TB.
NASA declared spacecraft Juno became the farthest travelled solar powered spacecraft
Second largest black hole in the Milky Way discovered by Japanese astronomers - CO-0.40-0.22
NASSCOM (The National Association of Software and Services Companies) 10K Start-up
Program in partnership with the Telangana government inaugurated the T-Hub NASSCOM Startup Warehouse in Hyderabad.
Zinnia became the first flower that has finally bloomed in outer space - Veggie lab aboard
International Space Station (ISS)
SPACEX Launching NASA Jason-3 Ocean Surveillance Satellite from Vandenberg Air Force Base,
California
Chinese scientists develop new bio-artificial liver to help recover patients liver functions
Deputy Chief Minister Manish Siodia launched DVAT BILL App to boost Delhi Governments tax
collection
ISRO launched PSLV-C31 rocket successfully, carrying IRNSS 5th , IRNSS-1E from Satish
Dhawan Space Centre (SDSC), Sriharikota
TranServ launched Indias 1st Social Mobile Wallet, Udio - enables squaring of dues, sharing
dinner bills or a cab ride a hassle free task
Largest Prime Number discovered - 274,207,281-1 dubbed M74207281
India will set up a satellite tracking and imaging centre in southern Vietnam that will give Hanoi
access to pictures from Indian earth observation satellites.
Union Government launched Sahaj Scheme for online booking of LPG cylinders. The booking can
be done through the unified web portal www.mylpg.in
In Latin America countries the Mosquito-borne Zika virus has created a panic over thousands
birth defects
Intelsats next generation satellite Intelsat 29e was successfully launched from French Guiana
aboard an Ariane 5 vehicle.
Astronomers of Royal Astronomical Society (RSA) have discovered the largest known solar
system 2MASS J2126-8140
GOI launches National Job Portal for Persons with Disabilities (PwDs) Thaawarchand Gehlot
Stockholm becomes the worlds first city to get the ultra high speed 5G mobile network.
Puducherry Lt Governor AK Singh launches MITRA(Mobile Initiated Tracking and Rescue
application) app to ensure safety and security of women, children and the elderly during
emergency.
Customs Department initiated its first-of-its-kind mobile application in the world dubbed Indian
Customs Guide to Travellers to inform people about all Indian customs rules
DEFENCE
North Korea successfully carried out its first hydrogen bomb test marking a stunning step
forward in its nuclear development.
15th edition of bilateral exercise between India and Japan titled Sahayog-Kaijin 2016 Chennai, Tamil Nadu in the Bay of Bengal.
Indian and French troops commenced their 8 days counter-terrorism and counter-insurgency
joint exercise at the Mahajan field firing range in Bikaner, Rajasthan.
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10th edition of the bilateral Indian Navy-Royal Omani Navy biennial exercise take place in the
Arabian Sea
INS Kadmatt - second ship of Project 28 (P28) class anti-submarine warfare
Israel gets fifth German-made nuclear-capable submarine INS Rahav - built in Kiel, Germany $500 million
An indigenously-built third generation anti-tank missile, Nag successfully hit in the Mahajan Field
Firing Range, Rajasthan.
Three Mi-25 gunship helicopters manufactured by Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd (HAL) were supplied
by India are officially join the Afghan Air Force.
Akash the medium-range mobile surface-to-air missile was successfully test fired from complex-3
of the Integrated Test Range (ITR) at Chandipuri in Odisha
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASAs) revamped planet-hunting Kepler
spacecraft has discovered more than 100 planets orbiting other stars
A British woman Sue York became the first person in the world to have a pancreas transplant
ENVIRONMENT
The oceans will contain more plastics than fish by 2050 - World Economic Forum (WEF) and Ellen
MacArthur Foundation.
Global warming causes $1.5 trillion loss on middle-class - Swiss financial services major UBS
report, titled Climate change: A risk to the global middle class,
Worlds largest canyon far larger than the Grand Canyon in the US(in the picture) has been spotted
by Chinese scientists.
Seven Buddhist caves discovered at Sanjay Gandhi National Park, Borivli (Mumbai) in India.
The Oldest Christian monastery St Elijahs monastery in Iraq destroyed by the jihadist
group Islamic State (IS).
A team of scientists from India, Sweden, China, the US and Russia discovered a new bird species
Zoothera salimalii in Himalayan Forest Thrush in northeastern India .
Indian biologist Sathyabhama Das Biju with his team discovered a new genus of tree hole-breeding
frogs named Frankixalus in the forests of northeast India and bordering parts of China.
Tea Board of India launched the 5th version of its ambitious Plant Protection Code for the Indian
Tea industry.
SPORTS
ICC ranking - India off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin as the number one Test bowler and allrounder.
Top-10 Test batsmen:
1.Steve Smith (Aus) 899 points
6.Younus Khan (Pak) 826
2.Kane Williamson (NZ) 889
7.Angelo Mathews (SL) 808
3.Joe Root (Eng) 888
8.Hashim Amla (SA) 774
4.AB de Villiers (SA) 877
9.Misbah-ul-Haq (Pak) 764
5.David Warner (Aus) 827
10.Alastair Cook (Eng) 764
Top-10 Test bowlers:
1.Ravichandran Ashwin (Ind) 871 points
6.Ravindra Jadeja (Ind) 789
2.Dale Steyn (SA) 867
7.Trent Boult (NZ) 787
3.Stuart Broad (Eng) 859
8.Josh Hazlewood (Aus) 752
4.Yasir Shah (Pak) 846
9.Vernon Philander (SA) 739
5.James Anderson (Eng) 838
10.Tim Southee (NZ) 731
Top-5 Test all-rounders:
1. Ravichandran Ashwin (Ind) 406 points
2. Shakib Al Hasan (Ban) 384
3. Stuart Broad (Eng) 326
4. Vernon Philander (SA) 293
5. Ravindra Jadeja (Ind) 259
National Wrestling Championship
Womens 48kg
Mens 65kg
Gold
RituPhogat
First
Bajrang
Silver
AprnaBishni
Second
Rajneesh
Bronze
Pooja and Nirmal
Third
Manoj and Bhagat Singh
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Mens 57kg
Gold
SandeepTomar
Silver
Ravinder
World champion Magnus Carlsen of Norway won the Qatar Masters Chess Open 2015
2015 South Asian Football Federation (SAFF) championship clinched by India 7th time
Rajsamman won the P.T Rajan Gold Cup ridden by jockey Tanveer Alam
Mumbai teenager Pranav Dhanawade hits world record by scoring 1009 runs at school level
tournament
Apurvi Chandela won Gold with a world record in the 10m Air Rifle at the Swedish Cup Grand
Prix.
Silver - Astrid Steffensen and bronze medal Stine Nielsen
Oil and Natural Gas Corporation won 26th Lal Bahadur Shastri hockey tournament and defeated
Indian Railways
Oxigen Wallet announced as the Title Sponsor for the upcoming Masters Champions League
(MCL).
Badminton World Federation (BWF) rankings
Mens Singles
Womens Singles
First: Siril Verma(Indai)
First: Carolina Marin(Spain)
Second:TomaJunior Popov(France)
Second: Saina Nehwal(India)
Third: Chirag Sen(India)
Third: Li Xuerei(China)
Ninth: Kidambi Srikanth(India)
Twelfth: PV Sindhu(India)
Indian National football team has climbed 3 steps above & reached at 163rd on the ladder of FIFA
world rankings.
Belgium is the top,Bhutan-192nd,Nepal-196th and Thailand- 121st.
Australia pulled out of the Under-19 World Cup in Bangladesh due to threat to Australian
interests.
Wayne Rooney England Player of the Year (POTY)for 2015, retaining the title for the second
successive year.
Miguel Tabuena from Philippines won the Hilton Asian Tour Golfer of Month for December.
First: Miguel Tabuena, Second: Phachara Khongwatmai(Thailand),Third: Himmat
Rai(India)
Sania Mirza(India) and Martina Hingis(Swiss) won their sixth title in line by lifting the WTA
Brisbane trophy defeating German wildcards Angelique Kerber and Andrea Petkovic
Qatar Open 2016
Category
Winner
Runner up
Singles
Novak Djokovic (Serbia)
Rafael Nadal (Spain)
Doubles
Feliciano Lopez (Spain)
Philipp Petzschner (Germany)
Marc Lopez (Spain)
Alexander Peya (Austria)
Nick Kyrgios secured the Hopman Cup for Australia Green by beating Alexandr Dolgopolov
Sloane Stephens claimed her second WTA title after defeating Julia Goerges
Stanislas Wawrinka from Switzerland won the 2016 Chennai Open title of tennis after defeated
the Borna Coric of Croatia
Tennis WTA rankings:
Sania and Martina, the world number one womens doubles team,
Man Double Ranking - Marcelo Melo of Brazil, followed by Horia Tecau of Romania and
Netherlands Jean-Julien Rojer.
Mens Singles -Novak Djokovic of Serbia tops the chart ahead of Andy Murray of Great
Britain and Swiss Roger Federer.
The new IPL franchise, Pune appointed Stephen Fleming as their coach
Queens Turf won the Queen Elizabeth Commemoration Cup
ICC and MoneyGram International announced an eight-year deal as an event partner for ICC
occasions from 2016-2023.
Indias Sania Mirza and her Swiss partner Martina Hingis broke a 22 year old world record by
winning their 29th womens doubles match in WTA Sydney International, in Sydney.
The Auckland Aces shot maker Colin Munro hit a 14-ball 50 to send the Black Caps to a
comfortable nine-wicket win over Sri Lanka - 2nd-fastest 50 in T-20
Rene Holten Poulsen named Denmarks sportsperson of 2015
FIFAs emergency committee has dismissed Jerome Valcke from the position of FIFA Secretary
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General
Former World No.1 tennis player Marat Safin of Russia has joined the International Tennis Hall of
Fame, the Russian Tennis Federation.
Mesut Ozil voted as Germany national team player of the year for the fourth time.
Sania Mirza and Martina Hingis are continued to lifted their second trophy of the season with the
WTA Apia International title
Indian batsman Virat Kohli broke AB de Villiers record to become the fastest batsman to
reach 7000 runs in One Day Internationals.
2016 Apia international title of tennis
Mens Singles Viktor Troicki of Serbia defeated Grigor Dimitrov of Bulgaria Womens Singles
Svetlana Kuznetsova of Russia defeated Monica Puig of Puerto
Mens Doubles Jamie Murray of UK/Bruno Soares of Brazil defeated Rohan Bopanna of
India/Florin Mergea of Romania
Womens Doubles Martina Hingis of Switzerland/Sania Mirza of India defeated Caroline
Garcia of France/Kristina Mladenovic of France
Indian Test team led by Virat Kohli climbed to the top of the ICC Test Rankings after South Africa
crashed, defeat against England in Johannesburg.
Russias Ivan Popov bagged the title 14th Parsvnath Delhi International Chess Festival in New
Delhi
Ronnie OSullivan won his 6th 200,000 Snooker Masters title after defeating Barry Hawkins at
the Alexandra Palace in London.
Delhi Acers were crowned the champions of the inaugural edition of the Premier Badminton
League after they defeated the Mumbai Rockets
BCCI imposed a life time ban on Haryana off-spinner bowler Ajit Chandila due to his involvement
in the IPL spot-fixing scandal 2013.
Stuart Broad become the first England bowler since Steve Harminson in 2004 to top the ICC
player ranking for the test bowlers
Jehan Daruvala won the New Zealands most prestigious events, the Lady Wigram Trophy
Chris Gayle Equals Yuvraj Singhs Fastest T20 Fifty Record in a Big Bash League semifinal.
Syed Mushtaq Ali title bagged by the Suresh Raina-led Uttar Pradesh by defeating Irfan Pathanled Baroda in Mumbai.
Roger Federer clinched his 300th win in grand slams after defeating his Bulgarian
challenger Grigor Dimitrov in Australian Open.
International Cricket Council (ICC) appointed the Channel 2 Group as its global audio rights
partner
Malaysia Masters Grand Prix
Category
Winner
Mens Singles
Lee Chong Wei (Malaysia)
Womens Singles
P. V. Sindhu (India)
Mens doubles
Kevin Sanjaya Sukamuljo (Indonesia) & Markus Fernaldi Gideon
(Indonesia)
Womens doubles
Ayaka Takahashi (Japan) & Misaki Matsutomo (Japan)
Mixed doubles
Zheng Siwei (China) & Li Yinhui (China)
Shivnarine Chanderpaul Veteran West Indies batsman ends 22-year international career
Sourav Kothari from Kolkata defeated Siddharth Parekh in the final of the National Billiards
Championship in Indore.
Rohit Sharma,Mumbai batsman claims a career-best 5th position in the ICC batsman rankings
India defeated Pakistan to win the first ever blind T20 Asia Cup at the Nehru Stadium, Kochi.
Japans Izumo Takuto and Hong Kongs Zhu Chengzhu became champions at the
International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF) World Junior Circuit Finals in the boys and girls
categories
2015 FIH Awards
Category
Winner
Country
Player of the Year (Men)
Robert Van der
Netherland
Horst
Player of the Year (Women)
Lidewij Welten
Netherland
Rising Star of the Year award (Men)
Chrisopher Ruhr
Germany
Rising Star of the Year award (Women)
Lily Owsley
Great Britain
Goalkeeper of the Year award (Men)
David Harte
Ireland
Goalkeeper of the Year award (Women)
Joyce Sombroek
Netherland
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Indian Test team return to the top of the International Cricket Council (ICCs) Test Rankings after
South Africa beat against England in Johannesburg.
Australia is at 2nd and England is at 3rd
Indias top pistol shooter Heena Sidhu secured an Olympic quota for the country by clinching gold
medal in womens 10-m air pistol at the Asia Olympic Qualifiers for Shooting.
In the latest BWF ranking P V Sindhu to World No. 11 and wala Gutta and Ashwini Ponnappa were
placed at World No. 14.
Tenniss governing bodies constituted an Independent Review Panel for safeguard integrity in
tennis that was headed by Adam Lewis.
Graham Xavier Ford designated as the chief coach of the Sri Lankan cricket team for his second
stint succeedor of Marvan Atapattu
Australian Open 2016
Category
Winner
Runner up
Mens Singles
Novak Djokovic (Serbia)
Andy Murray (UK)
Womens Singles
Angelique Kerber (Germany)
Serena Williams (US)
Mens Doubles
Jamie Murray (UK)/Bruno Soares (Brazil)
Daniel Nestor (Canada)/Radek
Stepanek (Czech Republic)
Womens Doubles
Martina Hingis (Switzerland)/Sania Mirza Andrea
Hlavackova
(Czech
(India)
Republic)/Lucie
Hradecka
(Czech Republic)
Mixed Doubles
Elena Vesnina (Russia)/Bruno Soares Coco Vandeweghe (US)/Horia
(Brazil)
Tecau (Romania)
34th National Rowing Championship
Category
Winner
Open single sculls
Double sculls
Coxless fours
Pairs
Senior Men
Single sculls
Lt wt double sculls
Coxless four
Lt wt coxless fours
Pairs
Senior Women
Navneet Kaur (Pun)
Harpreet Kaur & Navneet Kaur (Pun)
Odisha (Pramila Prava Minz, Pratima Puhana, Sanjukta Dung, Manjula
Xess)
Sanjukta Dung & Manjula Xess (Odi)
Sandeep Kumar (All India Police)
G. Vishnu Prasad & Arjun B. Panicker (Ker)
Punjab (Lachhman Singh, Sushil Kumar, Robin Mangar, Rohit Kumar)
All India Police (Dharmendra Choudhary, Nitesh Kumar Lall,
Ravinderjit Singh, Jagsir Singh)
Gurwinder Singh & Karamjeet Singh (Pun)
Reigning Olympic champion Jenn Suhr of the US broke her own womens world indoor pole vault
record by clearing 5.03 meters at the Golden Eagle Invitational meet.
OBITUARY
Founding member and singer in the British heavy metal band Motorhead Ian Fraser Lemmy
Kilmister(70) passed away
Grammy-winning singer best known for the songs Unforgettable, Inseparable and This Will Be
Natalie Cole passed away
Veteran Communist Party of India leader A.B. Bardhan, 92, passed away
English cricketer Matthew Hobden(22) passed away
Former Wigan Athletic defender Steve Gohouri(34) passed away
Former Chief Justice of India Sarosh Homi Kapadia(68) died
6th Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir Mufti Mohammad Sayeed passed away
Noted Gujarati writer Labshankar Thakar(80) passes away
Phantasm star Angus Scrimm passed away at 89 - Alias
First female F1 driver Maria Teresa de Filippis(89) passes away
Noted Hindi writer and journalist RavindraKalia(78) passed away.
The one-time Grammy nominee Otis Clay inducted into the Blues Hall of Fame in 2013 passed
away
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The iconic singer David Bowie passed away at 69

The Hero of 1971 war with Pakistan, Lieutenant-General J.F.R. Jacob passed away at 92
British actor and Director Alan Rickman, a classically trained stage star passed away at 69.
Noted filmmaker Anil Ganguly passed away at 82
Television actor Rajesh Vivek Upadhyay-popular character of Guran in Bollywood blockbuster,
Lagaan passed away at 66
Veteran journalist Gopal Krishna Roy passed away at 82.
Former Sikkim Governor and senior Bharatiya Janata Party leader Ventrapragada Rama Rao
passes away at 81
Noted Punjabi folk singer Manpreet Akhtar passed away at 55
Noted Sandalwood film-maker and lyricist Geethapriya (84) passed away.
Yasutaro Koide, the worlds oldest man, a Japanese, died at the age of 112.
Eagles guitarist Glenn Frey has died at the age of 67
Senior journalist and scholar Aroon Tikekar passed away at 72
Noted danseuse and Padma Bhushan recipient Mrinalini Sarabhai passed at the age of 97.
Ravindra Reddy founder Chairman of MTAR passes away at the age of 77
Legendary tabla player Shankar Ghosh died at the age of 80
Ms Nirmala Gajwani the former Deputy speaker of Gujarat Assembly passed away - first lady
Deputy Speaker
Malayalam film actress Known for comic roles Kalpana Ranjani aka Kalpana passed away
Marvin Minsky, a mathematician, computer scientist and pioneer in the field of artificial
intelligence (AI) passed away at 88
American actor Abe Vigoda known for roles in The Godfather and Barney Miller, passed away at
94
Former India basketball captain Ranbir Chopra died
TOI managing editor Arindam Sen Gupta passed away
Former minister and freedom fighter Maheswar Baug passed away at 85
The former Army Chief General and a former Governor of Jammu & Kashmir, Nagaland,
Manipur and Tripura, K.V. Krishna Rao
Jefferson Airplane guitarist and co-founder Paul Kantner passed away at 74
Noted Telugu litterateur Nayani Krishnakumari passes away at 86
TN Gopakumar Editor-in-Chief of Asianet News and Veteran journalist at the age of 58 passes
away
BOOKS & AUTHORS
Anything But Khamosh Shatrughan Sinhas biography released by BJP veteran LK Advaniat in
New Delhi.
Narendra Modi released a book titled MARU BHARAT SARU BHARAT(My India Noble India)
through a video conference in Mumbai- authored by Jain Acharya Ratnasundersuriswarji Maharaj
Vice President Hamid Ansari released the book Jawaharlal Nehru and the Indian Polity In
Perspective - edited by former police officer P.J. Alexander
The Minister of State (MoS) for Railways Manoj Sinha released a book titled Objective Railway
Engineering-Track, Works & Others authored by a well known Civil Engineer MM Agarwal.
The Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi, released a book named The Z Factor written by Shri
Subhash Chandra.
PM releases unique illustrated version of Shri-Durga-Saptashati compiled by Dr. Sandeep Joshi
Union Minister of Human Resource Development Launches Veer Gaatha Series of Books on Param
Veer Chakra Awardees
West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee released ten books including a book on Tolerance at the 40th
Kolkata International Book fair.
Vice President Hamid Ansari released the second volume of memoirs of President Pranab
Mukherjee titled The Turbulent Years 1980-1996 at Rashtrapati Bhavan in New Delhi.
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Jan 10: World Hindi Day
Jan 12: National Youth Day - Theme: Indian youth for development skill and harmony
Jan 15: Indian Army Day
Jan 24: National girl child day
Jan 25: National Voters Day, National Tourism Day
Jan 26: 67th Republic Day - Theme of Parade : Swachh Bharat' and 'Digital India
Jan 26: International Customs Day - Theme: Digital Customs: Progressive Engagement
Jan 27: International Day of Commemoration in memory of the victims of the Holocaust
Theme: From Words to Genocide: Antisemitic Propaganda and the Holocaust
Jan 30: Martyrs Day
Jan 31: World Leprosy Day
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