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Global Tiger population increased for the first time in 100 years by 22%: WWF & GT
Worlds first White Tiger Safari opens in Madhya Pradesh
Indias first Dolphin Community Reserve will be established in West Bengal
NWAF (National Wildlife Action Plan) Draft unvieled
Coconut Tree removed from Goa Preservation of Trees Act
Centre for World Natural Heritage Management and Training
School Nursery Yojana
Increasing no. of migrating birds in coringa sanctuary
Constitution on biodiversity finance initiative begins
Environmental Pollution/degradation
Bharat stage VI norms by 2020
Policy on promotion of city compost
IMD SAMAR
Air pollution in Indian cities
Flex fuel policy of Government to curb pollution worry automakers
New E-waste management Rules 2016
New plastic waste management Rules 2016
Solid waste management rules
Red alert on pollution declared in Beijing
National Air Quality Indices
Four Colour Classification Scheme for industries based on Pollution Index
Union Government notifies stricter standards for Coal Based Thermal Power Plants
Paper waste turned into non-toxic green Aerogel
Impact of use of firewood for cooking in rural areas
About Particulate Matter
Environmental impacts of fly-ash
Polluters pay model
E-vehicles to curb pollution
Indian government initiatives for environment conservation
The Public Liability Insurance (PLI) Act, 1991
National off-shore wind energy policy
NGT and its different orders for conservation of Environment
India and Sendai agreement for disaster reduction
Environmental crime in India
Indian long term ecological observatories (I-LTEO)
National renewable energy bill 2015
"Project Green Ports launched" by Ministry of Shipping
TSR Subramanian report
Traditional Knowledge Digital Library
India to join International Energy Agency Ocean Energy Systems (IEA-OES)
Initiatives under Namami Gange programme
Miscellaneous News
Antarctica influencing weather in tropics
Deep sea planktons as effective carbon sinks
Ballast water bringing invasive species to Indian coasts: Scientists
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Bills
1. Maharashtra factories (Amendment) Bill, 2015
2. real estate (regulation and development bill),2016
3. Bureau of Indian standards bill, 2015 4. Negotiable instruments (Amendment) ordinance, 2015
5. Arbitration and conciliation bill, 2015
6. Consumer Protection Bill, 2015
7. The Payment of Bonus (Amendment) Bill, 2015
8. Indian Trusts (Amendment), Bill 2015
9. Labour Laws (Gujarat Amendment) Bill, 2015
10. The Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2015
11. The Black Money (Undisclosed Foreign Income and Assets) and Imposition of Tax Act, 2015
12. The Benami Transactions (Prohibition) Amendment Bill, 2015
Agriculture
1. Fertiliser subsidy
2. Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana
3. Krishi kalyan cess
4. e-NAM
5. Model Act for farm land lease by NITI Ayog
6. National Energy Efficient Agriculture Pumps Programme.
7. MGNREGA
8. Pradhan Mantri Krishi Sinchayee Yojana
9. Concept of Modern Terminal Markets
10. New Urea Policy announced
11. Initiatives for development of fertilizers
Policies/Programmes
1. Ujwal Discom Assurance Yojana
2. Cabinet approves amendments in Power Tariff Policy
3. Cabinet approves Stand Up India Scheme
4. Cabinet approves creation of a Credit Guarantee Fund for MUDRA loans
5. Stand Up India Scheme
6. SETU and AIM
7. Ministry moots National Social Security Authority
8. India Aspiration Fund and SMILE scheme
9. Financial inclusion fund
Bills
1. Draft For The Rights Of Transgender Persons Bill, 2015
2. The Enemy Property (Amendment and Validation) Second Ordinance, 2016
3. Election Laws (Amendment) Bill, 2016
4. SC & ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Amendment Bill
5. The Citizenship (Amendment) Act, 2015
6. The Motor Vehicles (Amendment) Act, 2015
7. Aadhar bill, 2016
8. The Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act, 2015 comes into force
9. The Prevention of Corruption (Amendment) Bill, 2013
10. Parliament Passes Anti-Hijacking Bill, 2016
11. The Commercial Division and Commercial Appellate Division of High Courts and Commercial Bill, 2015
12. Amendments to Whistleblowers Protection Act, 2014
1. Panama
2. Tropical cyclones
a) Typhoon Kujira
b) Cyclonic storm Ashobaa
c) Cyclone Komen
d) Typhoon Linfa
e) Tropical Cyclone Chapala
f) Typhoon koppu
3. Conakry NAMED as World Book Capital for 2017 by UNESCO
4. Kunduz- captured by Taliban
5. Mount Mckinley renamed as Denali
6. Amravati : APs new capital
7. Rahuri municipal council linked to digilocker
8. Asias first Rice Technology Park at Gangavati
9. Kachhabali village
10. UNESCOs Creative Cities Network
11. Second route for Kailash Mansarovar
Defence
1. Indigenous Anti tank Nag Missile test fired
2. India successfully test fired Akash missile at Chandipur
3. Indigenously developed Air-to-Air missile, Astra successfully test fired
4. Light Combat Aircraft
5. Nuclear-capable K-4 ballistic missile successfully tested from INS Arihant
6. Prithvi II tested
7. ASHWIN
8. Project 75 Submarine Development
IT/telecom
1. Google Loon project
2. 3D printing
3. Net neutrality
4. Li-fi technology and its application
5. Tech Mahindra Launches NFC-Based Digital Wallet MoboMoney
6. Big Data
7. Bharat net project
8. Wi-Fi
9. Fastest supercomputer with a peak computing power of 15 Teraflops PARAM Kanchenjunga
10. India Favours Multi-Stakeholder Model for Internet Governance Mechanisms
11. Sakaar : an augmented reality application launched by union government
12. Internet of things
13. Smart city and Grids
14. e-Kranti: NeGP 2.0
15. Meghraj
16. e-sign
17. National Supercomputing Mission
18. National Intellectual Property Rights Policy
Space
1. Long March-5 carrier of China
2. ASTROSAT
3. Lunar rover Yutu
4. NHAI to use spatial technology for monitoring and managing National Highways
5. IRNSS: India's Navigation system
6. LIGO observatory- gravitational waves
7. ExoMars (Europe and Russia Joint mission)
8. NASAs Cassini spacecraft, to orbit Saturn finds methane
9. Aditya mission
Visits
1. PRESIDENT VISIT TO PAPUA NEW GUINEA
2. USA PRESIDENT VISIT TO CUBA
3. PM of India visits central asia
4. Nepals PM visits India
Bilateral
1. INDIA AND BANGLADESH
2. INDIA AND SEYCHELLES
3. INDIA AND BRUNEI
4. India, France Rafale fighter jet deal
5. India staves off Maldives water crisis
6. Land boundary agreement among India and Bangladesh
Summit/Conference
1. 3rd INDIA-AFRICA FORUM SUMMIT
2. INDO-ARAB MINISTERIAL SUMMIT
3. APEC SUMMIT, 2015
4. G-20 SUMMIT 2015 - 2015
5. G-7 summit 2016
Issues
1. NEPAL ADOPTS FIRST DEMOCRATIC CONSTITUTION
2. NDB
3. INDIA RE-ELECTED AS MEMBER OF INTERNATIONAL MARITIME COUNCIL
4. AFGHANISATAN JOINS WTO
5. India and Pak become members of SHANGHAI COOPERATION ORGANIZATION (SCO)
6. ECI Hosts Executive Board Meeting of Association of World Election Bodies (A-Web)
7. Marshall Islands sue Britain, India and Pakistan over nuclear weapons.
8. India, Pakistan reject call to give up nuclear weapons
9. Indian Ocean has to remain a zone of peace: Ajit Doval
10. Indian N-facilities under IAEA Safety Umbrella
11. Palestine submit documents to join ICC
12. Nepal to join Silk Road Economic Belt through Tibet
13. Collapse of Oil Economies may Affect India
14. Htinkyaw : 1st elected president of Myanmar
15. Salma Dam Project in Afghanistan
16. Border haat opens in Sipahijala district of Tripura
17. Raxaul-Amlekhgunj oil pipeline
18. Agartala-Akhaura railway link Project
19. CPEC project
20. P8I maritime surveillance aircraft deployed by India to Seychelles
21. TAPI pipeline construction begins
22. E-tourist visa to Chinese nationals
23. The Tripartite Free Trade Area (TFTA) created
Diaspora
1. SunitaViswanathhonoured with Champion of Change
2. Great immigrants award 2015 in US
3. Darshan Jain receives US Presidential Award
4. Swati Dandenkar appointed as US Director of ADB
5. Rakesh K. Jain selected for National Medal of Science-2015
6. Australias highest civilian award for 3 PIOs
7. Harpal Singh Kumar knighted
8. Non-NATO ally status to Tunisia
9. Pakistan becomes associate member of CERN
10. Moscow declaration by BRICS
11. UNESCO - New world heritage sites BY UNESCO
12. UNESCO World Heritage Site Status for Meiji Period Sites of Japan
13. Sylvie Lucas appointed as Chair of IGN of UNSC Reforms
14. India to join the International Energy Agency Ocean Energy Systems
15. India collaborates with Japan on Andamans project
16. India and the U.S. have agreed in principle on a logistics support agreement