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INDIAN AFFAIRS
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25.Union Government proposes to launch a River 33.Saudi Arabia and India hold talks on regional
Information System (RIS), the system is similar to and global issues of mutual interests. -Sushma
Swaraj and Adel bin Ahmed Al-Jubeir in New
Air Traffic Control.
Delhi.
26.Mumbai to host BRICS Friendship Cities
Conclave in April involving top Urban Policy
34.Rajya Sabha passes Bureau of Indian
makers and Planners from BRICS Nations April Standards bill to make BIS, a national
14-16
standards body.
27.Germany partnered with Indias flagship
program Smart City Mission to develop
Bhubaneswar, Kochi, and Coimbatore as smart
Cities.
28.Womens Day News box ;ICICI bank
announced a work-from-home programme for the
women workers iWork @ home platform ;Air India
flew its first worlds longest all women flight from
New Delhi to San Francisco. ;Tata housing tying
up with SBI to provide special home loan part of
Her Ghar scheme ;SBI life insurance launched
the Smart Women Advantage scheme for life
cover, savings and female-specific critical illness
benefits ;Indias rank in women representation
has slipped from 117 to 144. ;Union Minister for
Women and Child Development Maneka Sanjay
Gandhi launched Mahila e-Haat portal in New
Delhi to enable women to sell their products
across the nation ;Indias air force will induct its
first female fighter pilots in June - Bhawna
Kanth, Avani Chaturvedi and Mohana
29.Haryana Global Investors Summit 2016 Gurgaon;Happening Haryana Global Investors
Summit-2016 - 25 lakh crore
30.48-year-old Enemy Property Act to allow the
custodians to continue to hold sway over enemy
properties- To amend the Enemy Property Act,
1968.
35.The first Maritime summit to be held at India 57 countries from the world.
36.Rajya Sabha passed National Waterways Bill
2015 by the Minister of Road Transport and
Highways and Shipping, Mr. NitinGadkari.
37.Cycling event of Indian Army with theme
Cycle to Recycle flagged off from Pangsau Pass
in the India-Myanmar border. -Theme: Cycle and
Recycle
38.National Anthem compulsory in all schools West Bengal Gov
39.Real Estate Regulation and Development Bill the favour of protection of Home buyer 70% sale
proceeds
40.Union Cabinet approved the Hydrocarbon
Exploration and Licensing Policy (HELP). -It will
enhance domestic oil and gas production,
41.Union Cabinet approved the proposal of the
Ministry of Home Affairs to amend the Sikh
Gurdwaras Act, 1925
42.Union Cabinet gave its approval for the
BIMSTECConvention on mutual legal assistance
in Criminal Matters. -7 countries Bangladesh,
Bhutan, India, Myanmar, Nepal, Sri Lanka and
Thailand
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43.IMF will establish a knowledge-sharing centre
in India, -Technical support and assistance to
India, Nepal, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Pakistan
and Bhutan.
44.Cabinet approved amendment to mining lawMines and minerals (Development and
Regulation) Amendment Bill 2015 to transfer of
mining lease for captive mines.
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68.Swachh Bharat Abhiyan- Ek Kadam
Swachhta Ki Aur Survey - Surat Cleanest
Railway Station and Varanasi Dirtiest railway
station
69.Cisco to set up Internet of Everything (IoE)
innovation centre in Visakhapatnam - Part of the
inauguration of Indias first statewide broadband
project-AP Fiber Net in Visakhapatnam
70.PM Modi inaugurated the first World Sufi
Forum- Bain-ul-Aqwami Sufi Conference in New
Delhi.
71.Indian Airforce to conduct day-night exercise
Iron-fist at Rajasthans Pokhran firing range
72.Gov of Goa declared Feni as Heritage spirit of
Goa. under the Goa Excise Duty Act, 1964.
73.SC allowed photographs of CMs, Governors &
Ministers in Public advertisements - Justice
Ranjan Gogoi bench
74.Union Urban Development Minister Venkaiah
Naidu unveiled Model Building Bye-Laws, 2016
for granting permission for construction of
buildings 75.Narendra Modi inaugurated three-day Krishi
Unnati Mela in New Delhi;To provide information
on new farm schemes and technologies for
farmers; Krishi Karman Awards for 2014-15:
Madhya Pradesh, Odisha, Meghalaya, Haryana,
Rajasthan, Chhattisgarh, Tamil Nadu and West
Bengal;Commendation awards: Himachal
Pradesh, Arunachal Pradesh and Goa
76.Union Health Minister J P Nadda, launched
Bedaquiline new anti-TB drug for Drug Resistant
TB
77.Mumbais Wilson College adopts railway
station for cleanliness as a part of the Swachch
Bharat Abhiyan
78.BHEL commissioned another 270 MW unit at 90.110 gram panchayats in Chhattisgarh were
Goindwal Sahibcoal-fired power project in Punjab declared open defecation-free under the Swachh
Bharat Abhiyan
91.Mehbooba Mufti elected as first woman chief
minister of Jammu and Kashmir
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130.Japanese government will stipulate a longterm goal of cutting green house emissions by 80
per cent by 2050
INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS
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142.United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA)
and the United Nations Childrens Emergency
Fund(UNICEF) jointly launched the Global
Programme to Accelerate Action to End Child
Marriage. 12 countries across Africa and Asia.
143.34 countries, nearly 80 percent of them in
Africa, dont have enough food - UN report; Iraq,
Syria, Yemen, Somalia, and the Central African
Republic.
144.Pakistan Government initiated probe into
Karachi-based Muttahida Qaumi Movement
(MQM) partys Alleged ties with based Research
Analysis Wing (RAW)
145.Mumbai and Bangalore are among the
cheapest cities in the world - London forecast
group (EIU).;Most expensive city: Singapore,
London(6th) and New York(7th )
146.Serbian government has proclaimed a state
of emergency as heavy rains are causing
extensive flooding.
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162.India provided 265 million grant for
constituting Tagores memorial Auditorium in
Srilanka
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US $300 million for the Madhya Pradesh (MP)
Higher Education Quality Improvement Project.
187.RBI announced relaxation of certain norms
in the balance sheet - unlock 40,000 crores to
support the capital requirement
188.Nomura report that Indias GDP growth will
rise from 7.6% to 7.8% in the year 2016-17.GDP
189.Government cancelled the contract for the
RS. 10,050 crore Zojila Pass Tunnel Building
Project - Jammu & Kashmir
190.RBI Released the Non Banking Financial
Company- Account Aggregator Directions, 2016To allow a separate category of Non Banking
Financial Company to emerge as an Account
Aggregator.
191.Foreign Banks Get Myanmar Licence ;
Vietnams Bank for Investment and Development
; Taiwans E.SUN Commercial Bank ; South
Koreas Shinhan Bank ; State Bank of India
192.Capital Local Area Bank Limited got first
small finance bank licence.
193.Axis bank is better placed than ICICI and
other public sector bank in terms of corporate
book profitability - Nomura
194.Government may look into merging the
twenty seven PSBs into just six -Gyan Sangam
bad loan issue
195.The growth forecast for India is at 7.5 per
cent this fiscal and sees higher growth over the
next two financial years Fitch
196.Soft Bank group Corp plans to split its
domestic and overseas business - Nikesh Arora
197.Department of Revenue sets up dedicated
structure for monitoring taxpayer Services - Tax
Administration Reforms Commissions (TARC)
report
198.YES Bank starting its first All women
operated branch in Bengaluru Yes Grace
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211.RBI asked banks to credit interest on savings norms ; Notice period is greater than 30 days for
accounts every quarter or shorter than that of the Cash outflows of retail term deposit
fiscal.
224.Lakshmi Vilas Bank tied up with
212.ICICI Bank launched a new NFC-based
NBHC(National Bulk Handling Corporation
mobile payment system iTap enabling contactless Private Limited) for collateral management &
transactions via its Pockets app.
warehousing
213.IDBI allowed its customers to invest in bonds 225.South Indian Bank got the ISO 9001:2008
through its ATMs. ; G-Sec through ATM is an
certification.
extension of Banks Samriddhi G-Sec Portal
226.Indian economy is fast growing which has
214.Gov slashed the interest rates of Public
been projected at 7.2% in 2015-16 by the BMI
Provident Fund (PPF) scheme - will be cut to 8.1
research 8% in 2016-17
per cent from 8.7 per cent ; Five-Year National
227.The Department of Industrial Policy and
Savings Certificates - 1 per cent as against 8.5
Promotion (DIPP) gave its nod to 49% FDI in
per cent ; Five-year Monthly Income Account 7.8 per cent as opposed to 8.4 per cent ; Two-year Insurance and Pension Sector
time deposit -2 per cent instead of 8.4 per cent, ; 228.RBI revised the Rules for rehabilitation of
Five-year recurring deposit will earn 4 per cent
MSMEs to reform the banking sector and bring
instead of 8.4 per cent
down the NPAs. Loan limits -25 crores
215.Chhattisgarh gov disbursed Rs 1,821-crore
loans to several beneficiaries under the Pradhan
Mantri MUDRA Yojana (PMMY)
216.HDFC Bank launched banking solution for
start-ups after SBIs InCube and RBL Banks
India start-up Club.
217.IRDA gave nod to allow LIC to invest in the
Public Sector Banks.
218.Government canceled Recognition of Delhi
Stock Exchange following the serious
irregularities in its demutualization functioning
219.Indias current account deficit fell further to
1.3% of the gross domestic product.
220.Indias GDP growth has been projected at
7.7% - ICRA
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BUSINESS
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259.The California-based Uber services opened
its first Asian engineering centre in Bengaluru.
260.BSNL signed MoU with Tata Sky to offer
video-on-demand services to their 2 crore
customers across India.
261.Gov decided to relax procurement norms
related to experience and turnover for micro,
small and medium start-ups with a view to
enabling these ventures to be part of its public
procurement.
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284.Gujarat and Maharashtra contribute nearly
46% of the Indian exports occupying the topmost
place ASSOCHAM Study ; Top 5 -Gujarat,
Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka and
Andhra Pradesh
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303.The Innovation Award 2016 to Prof.
Sirshendu De by the Indian Desalination
Association (South Zone) for developing Low
CostEco-friendly Laterite based Arsenic Filter for
Providing Safe Drinking Water.
304.Dr Amrita Patel conferred with the Mahindra
Samriddi India Agri Lifetime Achievement AearKrishi Shiromani Samman
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Mountains May Depart ;Best Editing William
Chang Suk-ping, Chu Ka-yat, Liao Ching-sung,
Wong Hoi, Philip ;Yung for Port of Call ;Best
Visual Effects Prasad Sutar for Bajirao Mastani
;Best Costume Design Lee Ji-yeon and Shim
Hyun-seob for The Throne
322.Priyanka Kakodkar and Raksha Kumar were
named as joint winners of the 2015-16 Chameli
Devi Jain Award
323.Union urban Development minister M
Venkaiah Naidu was conferred with the Skoch
Lifetime Achievement Award at 43rd SKOCH
summit
324.Tikka Shatrujit Singh conferred with the
Chevalier de la Legion dHonneur (Knight of the
Legion of Honour).
325.Geetakshi Arora of SOAS South Asia
Institute won the first Noor Inayat Khan Prize in
London
326.PM Narendra Modi conferred Himachal
Pradesh with the Krishi Karman Award for its
landmark achievement in showing highest
production of food grains in year 2014-15.
APPOINTMENTS& RESIGNS
329.Hockey India second annual awards 2015 :DhruvBatra Player of the Year PR Sreejesh and
Deepika ;Lifetime Achievement Award Captain
Shankar Laxman ;Upcoming Players of the Year
Harjeet Singh and Preeti Dubey ;Baljit Singh
Award for Goalkeeper of the Year Savita ;Pargat
Singh Award for Defender of the Year Kothajit
Singh ;Ajit Pal Singh Award Midfielder of the Year
Ritu Rani ;DhanrajPillay Award for Forward of the
Year Rani ;JamanLal Sharma Award for
Invaluable Contribution Baldev Singh ;Hockey
India Presidents Award for Outstanding
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341.Justice Ajit Singh sworn in as chief justice of 354.Vishvas ViduSapkal appointed as the next
the Guwahati High Court by Assam Governor
High Commissioner of India to the Republic of
Padmanaba Balakrishna Acharya
Fiji.
342.SanjivKohli concurrently appointed as the
High Commissioner of India to the Independent
State of Samoa.
347.Tapan Kumar Chand elected as the President 360.The governor of Bangladeshs central bank
Atiur Rahman resigned after $81 million cyber
of the metal governing body.
theft from the countrys official account at the
348.Balbir Singh Chauhan, the former Supreme
Federal Reserve Bank of New York.
court Judge appointed as the 21st Law
361.Fazle Kabir appointed as Governor of
commissioner of India.
Bangladeshs Central Bank.
349.Myanmar selects its first Civilian President,
362.UN formally suspended relationship with
Htin Kyaw, in fifty years of military rule
Russian Tennis great Maria Sharapova as a
350.Egypt officially nominates Ahmed Aboulgoodwill ambassador
Gheit to head Arab League replace Egyptian
363.Michelle Yeohhas been appointed as United
Nabil El- Ara
Nations Development Programme (UNDP)
Goodwill ambassador.
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364.President Barack Obama selected the
nations 113th chief justice - Merrick Garland for
the U.S. Supreme Court
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SCHEMES
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MoUs
420.India and Bangladesh signed a new $2 billion 431.Reserve Bank of India signed a pact with
Bank of Israel for Information Exchange and
credit agreement to implement socio-economic
Banking supervision.
development projects in Bangladesh.
432.Yes Bank signed pact with the India Brazil
421.MoU signed between Telangana and
Maharashtra government on river Godavari Water Chamber of Commerce for cooperation in
knowledge sharing, consultancy, skill and
Projects in Mumbai.
technology.
422.NTPC signed pact with Indian Institute of
433.ONGC Videsh Ltd, Oil India Ltd, Indian Oil
Technology Delhi - for Research and
Corporation Ltd and Bharat Petro Resources and
Development.
Russias Rosneft signed two separate MoU- worth
423.Jammu and Kashmir Government has signed $2 billion
MoU with Union Ministry of Power - Rs.9800
434.RITES (Public Sector Enterprise under
crore UDAY
Ministry of Railways) signed a contract to supply
424.MS Swaminathan Research Foundation has 18 Meter Gauge 1350 HP Diesel Electric
Locomotives to Myanmar Railways.
signed MoU with Bhubaneswar based Kalinga
Institute of Social Sciences.
435.TATA motors signed agreement with the
Indian Army to supply 619 more highly mobilized
425.Union cabinet apprised the MoU signed by
trucks to the Indian Army.
the Railway ministry with Japan and Russia for
technical cooperation in the railway sector.
436.AYUSH ministry signed agreement with
World Health Organisation in research field of
426.MoUsigned between India and Bahrain on
Cancer through Ayurveda medicines.
cooperation for prevention of human trafficking
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437.Consumer Affairs Department signed MoUs
with Industry bodies to promote consumer
interests and a Joint Working Group will monitor
the implementation of agenda.
438.India and France signed MoU to create 6
Nuclear Reactors at Jaitapur in Maharashtra.
439.India and Lithuania signed MoU in the field
of agriculture and the agreement proposed to
include horticulture, etc.
COMMITTEES
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457.American Astronaut Scott Kelly returned to
earth after spending almost a year at
International Space Station 340 days
458.Union Tribal Affairs Minister JualOram
launched revamped website http://www.ncst.gov.inof National Commission
for Scheduled Tribes.
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480.Health Ministry banned the repeat animal
testing of new drugs which have been already
tested in abroad.
481.Income Tax department got a new technology 494.Uber launched bike sharing service called
platform Income Tax Business ApplicationuberMOTO in Guragon - charges Rs 3 per
Permanent Account Number (ITBA-PAN) to check kilometre
the duplication of PAN cards.
495.Indias media and entertainment industry
482.Gurgaon-based Baxi mobile app allowed its
will reach a net worth of 2.20 lakh crores by the
users to book rides on the app without using
year 2020 - FICCI-KPMG report
Internet.
496.Narendra Modi launched Asias Biggest
483.ISRO established the Gadanki Ionospheric
telescope Aries(Aryabhatta Research Institute for
Radar Interferometer (GIRI) at National
Observational Sciences) in Nainital
Atmospheric Research Laboratory (NARL) near
497.Union Minister of Health and Family Welfare
Tirupati in Andhra Pradesh.
JP Nadda has launched two major Digital
484.South Korea tops the world in high Internet
initiatives - GIS-enabled HMIS(Health
speed report by Akamei technologies ; Sweden
Management Information System) application followed by Norway and India at 114th position
The self-printing of e-CGHS card
485.Malaysia Prime Minister NajibRazak
498.Telangana Road Transport Authoritys Mobile
announced that Malaysia will set up its first
App M-Wallet launched by IT minister KT Rama
countermessaging centre to fight IS in cyberworld Rao and transport minister P.Mahender Reddy
486.Countrys first cyber security public
organisation launched by China Org will focus
on promoting self-discipline
487.China discovered New Lightweight, low cost
batteries Aluminium-Graphite Dual-Ion Battery
(AGDIB) to replace the Lithium ion batteries.
DEFENCE
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ceremony at Garden Reach Shipbuilders and
Engineers Ltd, Kolkata.
504.India successfully test fired nuclear-capable
intermediate range Agni-I ballistic missile in
Odisha - 700 km
505.US Navy ship USS Conestoga tug boat was
discovered after 95 years at the San Francisco
coast.
506.Indian Coast Guards fast patrol vessel (FPV)
Arnvesh ship commissioned at Visakhapatnam
by the Eastern Naval Command, Vice-Admiral
HCS Bisht.
ENVIRONMENT
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SPORTS
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TianHouwei ;Womens Singles NozomiOkuhara of
Japan won by defeating Wang Shixian. ;Mens
Doubles Ivan Andreyevich Sozonov of Russia with
compatriot VladimirIvanov defeated Japan pair
Hiroyuki Endo and Kenichi Hayakawa ;Mixed
Doubles Indonesia pair Praveen Jordan and his
partner Debby Susanto defeated Denmark pair
Joachim Fischer Nielsen and Christinna Pedersen
549.70th Santosh Trophy Football Championship 560.BNP Paribas Open titles 2016 Mens Singles:Serbian Novak Djokovic beat Milos Raonic of
Tournament Services beat Maharashtra - fifth
Canada ;Women Singles Victoria Azarenka of
time - SEC Railway Stadium Nagpur
Belarus beat world number one Serena Williams
550.Llyod Pro-Am Championship trophy won by
of US ;Mens Doubles Pierre Hugues Herbert and
Nicolas Mahut of France defeated Vasek Pospisil
Delhi by defeating Mumbai New delhi
of ;Canada and US Partner Jack Sock ;Womens
551.First Paralympic Games in Arunachal
Doubles US Pair Bethanie Sands and Coco
Pradesh began at the SangayLhaden Sports
Vandeweghe defeated Julia Gorges of Germany
Academy Complex, Chimpu, Itanagar ;
and Karolina Pilskova of Czech Republic
Wheelchair race - Techi Talla ; Boys 100 meter
race - Tabam Tatak ; Girls100 meter race 561.Chennai girl Hepziba won three medals,
LiterOri ; Mens 100 meter race - Thasang Ajay
including a gold, at the Street Child Games in Rio
She held in Brazil
552.Shweta Rathore, the silver medalist in Asian 562.Australia all-rounder Shane Watson to quit
Championship in 2015 won the gold medalat the international cricket after World T20
national body building Championshipheld at New
563.Quick Enough Clinched the Dr.Gnani
Delhi.
Laksumanan Memorial Cup trained by R Foley
553.Chris Gayle became second player to hit
and ridden by jockey N. Rupa in Chennai.
century in 2016 T20 World Cup after Tamim
564.9th Edition of International Abilympics was
Iqbal.
held at Bordeaux, France
554.TCS announced a partnership with the
565.HS Prannoy won the mens singles title after
Virgin Money London Marathon for three years.
defeating Marc Zwiebler of Germany at the 2016
555.Faf du Plessis became the second fastest
Swiss Open in Basel, Switzerland
player to reach 1,000 T20 runs after Virat Kohli
566.SSP Chawrasia clinched the Hero Indian
556.Yogeshwar Dutt secured an Olympic quota
Open 2016 title at the Delhi Golf Club after
place for India with a gold-medal in the mens
defeating Anirban Lahiri
65kg freestyle category in Asian Olympics
567.India is going to host under-17 FIFA World
qualification tournament at Astana.
Cup in 2017 as announced by PM Modi
557.Gurmeet Singh became the first Indian
athlete to clinch a gold medal in the Asian 20km 568.California Chrome won a Kentucky Derby
race walk championships ; Mens: Silver - Japans and a Horse of the Year title.
Isamu Fujisawa and Bronze - Kazakhstans
569.Virat Kohli became number one batsman
Georgiy Sheiko ; Womens:Gold - Chinas Rui
after his Performance at the semifinals of the
Lian, Silver- Japans Kumiko Okada and Bronze - World -Twenty20 after defeating Australia ;
South Korean Jeongeun Lee
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Number one Bowler:Samuel Badree ; Number
One Team:India and New Zealand(2nd) and
England(5th)
570.Russian grandmaster Sergey Karjakin won
the FIDE World Chess Candidates Tournament
held in Moscow.
OBITUARY
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IMPORTANT DAYS