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Current Affairs Pocket PDF: March 2016

Current Affairs March Pocket PDF 2016

INDIAN AFFAIRS

• Inland Waterways Authority of India (IWAI) introduced two prime projects NationalWaterway No 2 - Brahmaputra River between the Bangladesh

border and Sadiya (Assam) - Rs 50.76 crore Ro-Ro ferry service between Dhubri & Hatsingimari

• Haryana government announced to rename Mustafabad village as Saraswati nagar. • Knight Frank Wealth Report 2016 - Mumbai, with 1094 billionaires(21st )followed by Delhi at

545(23rd ) • Chennai gets first smart self cleaning toilets in India – 183 by Eram scientific solution • Carriage by Air amendment bill to empower Union government to revise the limits of liability for

airlines and compensation as per the Montreal Convention which India accepted in 2009. • Telengana government to replace the existing bulbs with LED in 25 municipalities within 100

days - G Jagadish Reddy • 12th South Asian Games decided to set up Tikhor Park (Games Mascot) in Guwahati and Shillong

with Rs. 2 Crore • PM Narendra Modi Launches Setu Bharatam Project to ensure our highways without railway

crossings, the Setu Bharatam Project. Outlay: Rs. 50,800 cr and Target: 2019

• Allepey, the Venice of the East, and a favourite tourism spot in Kerala- India’s first 75-seater Solar Ferry - built by NavAlt

• Raisina-Dialogue - the three day Flagship Programme on Geopolitics and Geo-economics began in New Delhi - Sushma Swaraj

• Sri Arun Jaitley introduced the Aadhaar (Target Delivery of Financial and other Subsidies, Benefits and other Services) Bill, 2016.

• Japan International Cooperation Agency has pledged Rs. 5700 crore to up gradation of National Highway projects in North East India.

NH 54 in Mizoram and NH 51in Meghalaya. • Election Commission of India announced Assembly Elections dates for Kerala, West Bengal,

Tamilnadu, Assam, and Puduchchery - April 4 and May 16 and May 19. • Fertilizers and Chemicals Travancore (FACT) signed a MoA with the Union Government to get

a loan of Rs. `1000 crores. • Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited owned Commissions Supercritical Thermal Unit - 700 MW at

Bellary Thermal Power Project in Karnataka. • The traditional Spring Festival of Mizoram, Chapchar Kut, was celebrated across the state on

March 5, 2016. • Nagaland Information Commission regarded as one of the best of its kind in the entire country. • President Pranab Mukherjee inaugurated the National conference of Women legislators at Vigyan

Bhawan - 33% reservation for women in legislation • Indian Railways to set up special wing for research SRESHTA - Special Railway Establishment for

Strategic Technology and Holistic Advancement • UP gov passed the UP revenue code amendment bill that facilitates Dalits to sell their land to

Non-Dalits. Pre-British era revenue law was replaced by UP Revenue Code (Amendment) Bill, 2016

• GOI will digitalise all the 1.29 lakh rural post offices by 2017 - Rs. 4909 crore • Gov started the second edition of Gyan sangam and in the third phase of Gyan sangam it has

planned to focus on Consolidation of banks - Jayant sinha • Union Minister Dharmendra Pradhan laid out the foundation stone for Octomax unit in the oil

refinery at Mathura First high octane gasoline production unit - Rs 5,000 crore “novel technology”.

• The Sex ratio in Gujarat(22nd) fallen significantly from 920 in 2001 to 919 in 2011. • Union Government proposes to launch a River Information System (RIS), the system is similar

to Air Traffic Control. • Mumbai to host BRICS Friendship Cities Conclave in April involving top Urban Policy makers and

Planners from BRICS Nations – April 14-16 • Germany partnered with India’s flagship program Smart City Mission to develop Bhubaneswar,

Kochi, and Coimbatore as smart Cities.

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• Women’s Day News box ICICI bank announced a work-from-home programme for the women workers iWork @

home platform Air India flew its first world’s 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 India’s 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 India’s air force will induct its first female fighter pilots in June - Bhawna Kanth, Avani

Chaturvedi and Mohana • Haryana Global Investors Summit 2016 - Gurgaon

Happening Haryana Global Investors Summit-2016 - 25 lakh crore • 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.

• Gujarat govt.topped the list of states with most investment potential Report released by Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion Top 5: Gujarat, New Delhi, Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh and Maharashtra

• Govt. mulls Wind Energy Potential to promote wind energy projects - interest discount of 0.25 % • Saudi Arabia and India hold talks on regional and global issues of mutual interests.

Sushma Swaraj and Adel bin Ahmed Al-Jubeir in New Delhi. • Rajya Sabha passes Bureau of Indian Standards bill – to make BIS, a national standards body. • The first Maritime summit to be held at India - 57 countries from the world. • Rajya Sabha passed National Waterways Bill 2015 by the Minister of Road Transport and

Highways and Shipping, Mr. NitinGadkari. • Cycling event of Indian Army with theme “Cycle to Recycle” flagged off from Pangsau Pass in the

India-Myanmar border. Theme: Cycle and Recycle

• National Anthem compulsory in all schools - West Bengal Gov • Real Estate Regulation and Development Bill - the favour of protection of Home buyer – 70%

sale proceeds • Union Cabinet approved the Hydrocarbon Exploration and Licensing Policy (HELP).

It will enhance domestic oil and gas production, • Union Cabinet approved the proposal of the Ministry of Home Affairs to amend the Sikh

Gurdwaras Act, 1925 • 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

• IMF will establish a knowledge-sharing centre in India, Technical support and assistance to India, Nepal, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Pakistan

and Bhutan. • Cabinet approved amendment to mining law-Mines and minerals (Development and Regulation)

Amendment Bill 2015 to transfer of mining lease for captive mines. • Lok Sabha passes Aadhaar bill 2016 - to avail the subsidies and schemes of the Government • Kakrapar atomic power Plant in Gujarat was shut down after leakage developed of heavy water. • PM Narendra Modi inaugurated three Railway projects at Bihar – Rs.7200 cr

Patna Rail-cum-road Bridge Mokama double line Railway bridge Munger rail-cum-road Bridge

• Govt to computerise all ration shops by 2019 by installing electronic Point of Sale (ePoS) devices • Dakshina Kannada Zilla Panchayat has conducted a ‘honey festival’ in Mangaluru • Foreign Minister of the Government of Mexico, H.E. Ms Claudia Ruiz Massieu Salinas, visited India

on two day visit to India Mexico in the international context and its relations with India - lecture

• Allahabad High Court(1866) celebrates its 150th Foundation Day on 14th March 2016 - • Conference – “Advancing Asia: Investing for the Future” held in New Delhi by Government of

India and the IMF • UP Govt approved a policy for senior citizens monthly pension from Rs. 300 to Rs. 400. • India’s First Education Focused Accelerator Programme Edugild Started At MIT,PUNE


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Edugild CEO - Rishi Kapal • Jammu & Kashmir adopted new industrial policy 2016 to attract an investment of Rs.2000

crores - Governor N N Vohra • Maharashtra gov passed the prohibition of social Boycott bill - 7 years in prison or fine up to 5

lakh rupees or both • International Children’s Film Festival ‘The Golden Elephant’ for the North East Region began in

Gangtok • Order Amendment Bill, 2016 passed in Lok Sabha to amend the Constitution Scheduled Castes

Order 1950. 5 states: Chhattisgarh, Haryana, Kerala, Odisha and West Bengal,

• The largest fair on Food & Hospitality Sector AAHAR 2016 - 31st edition was inaugurated by Harsimrat Kaur Badal

• Under Pradhan Mantri Mudra Yojana Loans worth Rs1.09 lakh crore have been sanctioned to small entrepreneurs

Loan between Rs.50, 000 and Rs.10 lakh • The Centre has released 609 crore rupees for upgrading prisons in eight States

Kerala, Chhattisgarh, Odisha, Andhra Pradesh,Maharashtra, Mizoram, Tripura and Arunachal Pradesh.

• Union Government given final approval for setting up a Mega Food Park in Khammam District of Telangana- Rs. 108.95 crore

• India signed Social Security Agreement Pact with Australia(14th country) • India and China Exchange Tariff Cut Offers to liberalise trade ties as they exchange offers on

tariff cuts in goods imports. • Punjab Assembly passed the Punjab Sutlej Yamuna Link Canal land bill-2016.

Contradiction of the construction of contentious Sutlej Yamuna Link. • Career Guidance Counselling Centres launched in Delhi to improve employment opportunities for

women • President Pranab Mukherjee inaugurated the 5th edition of the India Aviation 2016 in Hyderabad • Swachh Bharat Abhiyan- ‘Ek Kadam Swachhta Ki Aur’ Survey

Surat Cleanest Railway Station and Varanasi Dirtiest railway station • Cisco to set up Internet of Everything (IoE) innovation centre in Visakhapatnam

Part of the inauguration of India’s first statewide broadband project-AP Fiber Net in Visakhapatnam

• PM Modi inaugurated the first World Sufi Forum- Bain-ul-Aqwami Sufi Conference in New Delhi. • Indian Airforce to conduct day-night exercise ‘Iron-fist’ at Rajasthan’s Pokhran firing range • Gov of Goa declared Feni as “Heritage spirit of Goa.” under the Goa Excise Duty Act, 1964. • SC allowed photographs of CMs, Governors & Ministers in Public advertisements - Justice Ranjan

Gogoi bench • Union Urban Development Minister Venkaiah Naidu unveiled Model Building Bye-Laws, 2016 for

granting permission for construction of buildings - • 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

• Union Health Minister J P Nadda, launched Bedaquiline new anti-TB drug for Drug Resistant TB • Mumbai’s Wilson College adopts railway station for cleanliness as a part of the Swachch Bharat

Abhiyan • BHEL commissioned another 270 MW unit at Goindwal Sahibcoal-fired power project in Punjab • India will host the 8th BRICS Summit from 15 October to 16 October 2016 in Goa announced by

External affairs ministry • Punjab Assembly has passed a bill Punjab Settlement of Agricultural Indebtedness Bill, 2016 to

provides relief to the farmers • The Union ministry of Health & Welfare launched a study on Longitudinal Ageing of Indians

termed as LASI(Longitudinal Ageing Study in India) 6% of the total population of India is elderly people 340 million of 60+ aged people in 2050

• India Post released customised commemorative stamp on HAL to recognize the company’s 75 years services to the nation

• Government clears new Defence Procurement Policy to make equipments locally and fund private-sector R&D t




• NTPC commissioned a 250 MW Unit-I of its arm at Bihar. • PM Inaugurates Power transmission line between India & Bangladesh from Agartala

• Bangladesh providing 10GB Internet Bandwidth to India • Himachal, Mumbai to have electric buses from Tata motorsunder its flagship scheme Faster

Adoption and Manufacturing of Hybrid & Electric Vehicles in India (FAME India). • Gov approved 11 highway projects with a total length of about 453 km and worth of Rs 6,284

crore • Swachh Bharat rankings – Cleanest building

Rashtrapati Bhavan, UPSC Building, Hyderabad House, Jawaharlal Nehru Bhavan and Vigyan Bhavan

• 110 gram panchayats in Chhattisgarh were declared open defecation-free under the Swachh Bharat Abhiyan

• Mehbooba Mufti elected as first woman chief minister of Jammu and Kashmir • Andhra Pradesh gov inaugurates India’s first lift irrigation project at Pattiseema village

It connects river Godavari with Krishna • BHEL commissions 600 MW unit of Singareni project in Adilabad • Ayurveda, Arogya fair is a four day programme which began in Goa.

Organised by AYUSH ministry and Confederation of Indian Industry Objective is to popularize the Indian Medicinal system

• India decided to provide electricity operated cars at zero down payment making it as a 100% e-vehicle nation by 2030 said by Piyush Goyal

• 4th unit of 195 Mw of Muzaffarpur Thermal Power Station (MTPS) was successfully synchronised with the national grid.

• Madhya Pradesh to have its first Indo Tibetan Border Police weapon training centre at Batiagarh, Damoh – Rs 2100 crores

• The Union Minister of health and welfare J P Nadda launched Rota virus vaccine in Bhubaneshwar • Maharashtra gets its first set of Women Commanders to protect forest - a batch of 20 women • Common Yoga protocol revealed for 2nd International day of Yoga(June 21) by the AYUSH

minister Shripad Yesso Naik • The President rule imposed in Uttarakhand when the congress ruled government faced the

opposition from the 9 rebel MLA’S. • The Economic Advisor of Himachal Pradeep Chauhan released Sixth Economic Census of Himachal

Pradesh - 100 per cent establishments First state in the country to complete the census and release the report

• Adapting homes for the differently-abled’ scheme 6 months pension would be given in advance to persons

• BHEL commissioned 40 MW hydropower generating unit at the Teesta low dam hydro electric project (HEP) in West Bengal.

• Haryana gov approved the Jat reservation bill to provide reservation to Jats and four other castes(Sikhs, Rors, Bishnois and Tyagis)

• Gov reconstituted the Board of trade headed by the commerce minister and first meeting will be held on April,6

• Narendra Modi • Madhya Pradesh to join National Agri Market platform

PM Modi to launch it from the state on April 14 to mark B R Ambedkar’s birth anniversary. • Haryana becomes 1st to launch Injectable Contraceptive - Salamati

To maintain a healthy balance between the births of children by using injectable contraceptive

• Gujarat to set up a University exclusively focussed Organic Farming - Rs 10 crore • Gov notified the new Aadhaar Act, 2016 - the numbers assigned by it a statutory backing for

transfer of subsidies and benefits • Telengana CM Chandrasekhar Rao passed the bill Payment of Salaries and Pensions and Removal

of Disqualifications(Amendment) Bill-2016 for hike in salary of MLA’s and MLC’s. • Minority Affairs Minister Najma Heptulla Launched Innovative Entrepreneurship & Skill

Development Programme of MANAS through Renowned Experts in Different Skill Sets • Finance minister Arun Jaitley launched the ‘Make in India’ conference in Sydney. • Gov will share the results of government recruitment exams and PSUs which will be shared with

private player for job opportunity • Kachabali village in Rajsamand district of Rajasthan become the first in state to vote in support of

closing down the only liquor shop in the village. • Financial capital of India Mumbai to get its first Arbitration Centre for dealing the financial


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disputes. • Government Unveils unified building bye laws proposed by Venkaiah Naidu

Amended after a gap of 33 years and it enables the single window approval The permissions time 14 from 40 and time limit come down from 60 to 30 days

• BHEL commissioned 250 MW coal-based thermal power plant in Bihar. • The national anthem must be sung by the Students every day in the primary schools of Uttar

Pradesh – UP CM Akilesh Yadav

STATE BUDGET 2016-17

• Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Raman Singh presented the State Budget for the fiscal year 2016-17. • Uttarkhand Government presented the 40422 crores State budget 2016-17 • Telengana Government to present 1.30 Lakh crore Budget 2016-17 • Goa CM Laxmikant Parsekar Presented State Budget for 2016-17 • Maharashtra CM Devendra Fadnavis Government presented its State Budget for the year 2016-17 • Haryana gov proposed a tax free budget for the financial year 2016-17. • Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia presented a Rs 46,600 crore annual budget for 2016-

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INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS

• Strategic dialogue between US and Pakistan after the controversial deal of F-16 jets • Peru government has declared state emergency after a major oil pipeline burst affecting two

rivers Chiriaco and Morona rivers • Global Energy Architecture Performance Index Report –WEF.India - 90th place

Top 3: Swizerland, Norway and Sweden • Japanese government will stipulate a long-term goal of cutting green house emissions by 80 per

cent by 2050 • EU releases 252 million euros in aid for Palestinians to support the Palestinian Authority’s health

and education programmes • London is the most expensive city to live in, by overtaking Hong Kong, New York -Savills survey • China launched its first self propelled floating dock, giving it the ability to repair warships from

the coast. • World’s Costliest Train Station Opened in New York,connects New York to New Jersey. • UN Security Council adopts tough sanctions against North Korea Over Nuclear Test • Japan signed an agreement with the Philippines to supply defence equipment, the first such pact

by Japan in the South Asian region. • India Signs Agreement With IEA(International Energy Agency) in the fields of energy data and

forecasting. • Pakistan’s upper house of Parliament rejected National Airline privatization bill- PIA (Pakistan

International Airlines) Corporation Conversion Bill 2015 - Zahid Hamid. • US religious commission seeking to investigate the declining religious independence in the

country denied the Indian Visa. • UN Refugee Agency and UNICEF are setting up special support centres Blue Dot hubs to protect

children & families on move across Europe. • Women at Work: Trends2016 -International Labour Organization’s Report.

Women’s wages remain unchanged in 20 years • United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) and the United Nations Children’s Emergency

Fund(UNICEF) jointly launched the Global Programme to Accelerate Action to End Child Marriage. 12 countries across Africa and Asia.

• 34 countries, nearly 80 percent of them in Africa, don’t have enough food - UN report Iraq, Syria, Yemen, Somalia, and the Central African Republic.

• Pakistan Government initiated probe into Karachi-based Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) party‘s Alleged ties with based Research Analysis Wing (RAW)

• 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 )

• Serbian government has proclaimed a state of emergency as heavy rains are causing extensive flooding.

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development and 17 goals have been identified for its implementation. • The Arab League has declared Lebanese movement Hezbollah a terrorist group, the decision

came during an Arab League foreign ministers’ visit in Cairo. • Ireland arrived new constitutional territory after its parliament failed to elect a prime minister

Enda Kenny remains as prime minister • China’s Supreme Court is setting up its own international maritime “judicial centre” to

handle territorial disputes. • UNESCO joined hands with CJ Welfare to start an animation program named Rainbow Ruby.

Support for Better Life for Girls campaign • 100 Global Venture Capitalists - Top 10

S.no NAME COMPANY GLOBAL RANK 1 SAMEER GANDHI ACCEL PARTNERS 25 2 PROMOD HAQUE NORWEST VENTURE PARTNERS 32 3 SALIL DESHPANDE BAIN CAPITAL VENTURES 35 4 NAVIN CHADDA MAYFIELD FUND 45 5 ASHEEM CHANDNA GREYLOCK PARTNERS 47 6 DEVEN PAREKH INSIGHT VENTURE PARTNERS 52 7 JAI DAS SAPPHIRE VENTURES 59 8 HEMANT TANEJA GENERAL CATALYST PARTNERS 67 9 NEERAJ AGGARWAL BATTERY VENTURES 68 10 KRISHNA KOLLURI NEW ENTERPRISE ASSOCIATES 73

• Mauritania has ratified the 2014 Protocol to the Forced Labour Convention, 1930

Mauritania, Niger, Norway and the United Kingdom (Europe) • Happiness Index – India ranked 118

Top 3: Denmark, Switzerland and Iceland • Narendra Modi is set to join the league of the most prominent world leaders at the World

famous Wax Museum Madame Tussauds in London. • 4th World Congress of Biosphere Reserves was inaugurated in Lima, Peru • The world’s first fully electric-powered double-decker bus unveiled in London

US presidential hopeful Donald Trump, Author J K Rowling,Former Olympic athlete Caitlyn Jenner,Soccer star Cristiano Ronaldo,Cristiano Ronaldo,Lily Singh and Josh Ostrovsky

• Bangkok is to impose a curfew during the world’s biggest water festival - Songkran festival • FIFA acknowledged that “tens of millions of dollars” bribe money seized by U.S. federal

prosecutors in past World Cup hosting contests for the first time. • 13th meeting of Broadband Commission for Sustainable Development was held on 14 March 2016

in Dubai, United Arab Emirates (UAE) • eAtlas of Gender Inequality in Education released by the UNESCO’s Institute for Statistics (UIS).

Gender inequalities highest in the Arab States, sub-Saharan Africa and South, and West Asia

• India provided 265 million grant for constituting Tagore’s memorial Auditorium in Srilanka • Britain’s top 101 richest Asians :

Hinduja brothers emerged as the richest Asian-origin entrepreneurs in Britain for the fourth consecutive year

Others - Lakshmi Niwas Mittal, Sri Prakash Lohia and Arora brothers • EU struck a deal with Turkey to allow all refugees and migrants arriving in Europe. • IKEA pledged Rs 92.84 crore to provide safe water and sanitation to one million people in India

and Indonesia through Water.Org. • Barron’s top global 30 CEO’s

Top 3 - Warren Buffet(Berkshire Hathaway), David Cote(Honeywell),Jamie Dimon(JP Morgan Chase)

Indians - Anand Mahindra(M&M) and Aditya Puri(HDFC). • Nepal to join the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation(SCO) as a dialogue partner. • TIME’s Most Influential people - PM Modi, tennis player Sania Mirza and Bollywood actress

Priyanka Chopra Others - Sundar Pichai, Satya Nadella, Aziz Ansari

• Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development(OECD) made a standardised electronic format for the exchange of Country-by-Country (CbC)

• Fortune 50 leaders listed by Fortune magazine - Arvind Kejriwal(42nd) Indian origin -South Carolina’s governor Nikki(17th) and Resham Saujani(20th )




Women – Saujani, Angela Merkel,Aung San Suu Kyi ,Christine Lagarde and Sheik Hasina • US congress passed the bill in senate to allow India to be a member of APEC. • Radovan Karadzic imprisoned for 40 years for war crimes in Bosnian war 1992-95 • Global Trends in Renewable Energy Investment’ for 2015 – UN Report

The contribution by India, China & Brazil in 2015 in renewable energy - $156 billion • India has decided to appeal against WTO verdict in solar panel case

Demanding equal market for domestic as well as foreign traders • Security Council has decided to extend the UN assistance provided to Somalia till March,2017 • US President, Barack Obama made a historic visit to Cuba in 88 years

Signed a first business deal in Cuba since the 1959 revolution • British gov lifted the ban on the International Sikh Youth Federation (ISYF) • Syrian Army(mortal blow) recaptures historic city of Palmyra from IS • EgyptAir Flight MS181 hijacked to Cyprus. • The UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) launched a series of animated films “Unfairy Tales” Of Refugee

And Migrant Children to help frame positive insights toward the tens of millions of children and young people.

• Ebola threat comes to an end in West Africa declared by WHO • France long military operation ‘Sangaris’(2013) in Central African comes to an end • India institute its first Chair in the Arab world at Egypt’s third largest university Ain Shams

University (ASU) in Cairo.

BANKING & FINANCE

• IFClaunched its first Uridishi masala bond in India to mobilize 300 million rupees from Japanese household investors to promote private sector investment .

• World Bank, India and Government of Madhya Pradesh inked a credit concord worth of US $300 million for the Madhya Pradesh (MP) Higher Education Quality Improvement Project.

• RBI announced relaxation of certain norms in the balance sheet - unlock 40,000 crores to support the capital requirement

• Nomura report that India’s GDP growth will rise from 7.6% to 7.8% in the year 2016-17.GDP • Government cancelled the contract for the RS. 10,050 crore Zojila Pass Tunnel Building Project -

Jammu & Kashmir • RBI Released the Non Banking Financial Company- Account Aggregator Directions, 2016

To allow a separate category of Non Banking Financial Company to emerge as an Account Aggregator.

• Foreign Banks Get Myanmar Licence Vietnam’s Bank for Investment and Development Taiwan’s E.SUN Commercial Bank South Korea’s Shinhan Bank State Bank of India

• Capital Local Area Bank Limited got first small finance bank licence. • Axis bank is better placed than ICICI and other public sector bank in terms of corporate book

profitability - Nomura • Government may look into merging the twenty seven PSBs into just six -Gyan Sangam – bad

loan issue • The growth forecast for India is at 7.5 per cent this fiscal and sees higher growth over

the next two financial years – Fitch • Soft Bank group Corp plans to split its domestic and overseas business - Nikesh Arora • Department of Revenue sets up dedicated structure for monitoring taxpayer Services - Tax

Administration Reforms Commission’s (TARC) report • YES Bank starting its first All women operated branch in Bengaluru – Yes Grace • RBI share its FDI details with the Intelligence Bureau and Research and Analysis Wing to prevent

the entry of Black money • Govt removed proposed tax on EPF withdrawals

To make up to 60 per cent of savers corpus withdrawn from the EPF tax-free if invested in annuity and 40% tax free

• ICICI Bank launched credit-linked subsidy scheme under PMAY(Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana) • HDFC Bank tied up with 5 start ups

Senseforth Technologies,Tagnpin,Safe 2 Pay,Bugclipper and Taptis Technology • Employee Provident Fund Organisation announced an incentive for the employees who register




between January and December 2016 - 5 to 10% • 116 central public sector enterprises spent an amount of Rs 2447.59 crore on Corporate Social

Responsibility (CSR) in 2014-15 • The GDP growth of India at 7.9% for the fiscal year 2016 - Crisil • India Post Picked Deloitte as Consultant for Payments Bankto advise it on setting up a payments

bank – Rs.800cr • ICICI signed a pact with Italian luxury sports car manufacturer Ferrari to issue co-branded credit

cards – Visa platform. • Kotak Mahindra Bank Group signed an agreement up with Canadian Pension Plan Investment

Board (CPPIB) to launch a $525 million fund. • RBI is likely to pay the government Rs 57,000 crore in dividends in the fiscal year 2016-17. • SBI released arrears worth Rs.1, 465 crore to about 7.75 lakh defence beneficiaries under OROP

scheme • RBI asked banks to credit interest on savings accounts every quarter or shorter than that of the

fiscal. • ICICI Bank launched a new NFC-based mobile payment system iTap enabling contactless

transactions via its Pockets app. • IDBI allowed its customers to invest in bonds through its ATMs.

G-Sec through ATM is an extension of Bank’s Samriddhi G-Sec Portal • Gov slashed the interest rates of Public Provident Fund (PPF) scheme - will be cut to 8.1 per cent

from 8.7 per cent Five-Year National Savings Certificates - 1 per cent as against 8.5 per cent Five-year Monthly Income Account - 7.8 per cent as opposed to 8.4 per cent Two-year time deposit -2 per cent instead of 8.4 per cent, Five-year recurring deposit will earn 4 per cent instead of 8.4 per cent

• Chhattisgarh gov disbursed Rs 1,821-crore loans to several beneficiaries under the Pradhan Mantri MUDRA Yojana (PMMY)

• HDFC Bank launched banking solution for start-ups after SBI’s ‘InCube’ and RBL Bank’s ‘India start-up Club’.

• IRDA gave nod to allow LIC to invest in the Public Sector Banks. • Government canceled Recognition of Delhi Stock Exchange following the serious irregularities in

its demutualization functioning • India’s current account deficit fell further to 1.3% of the gross domestic product. • India’s GDP growth has been projected at 7.7% - ICRA • Bajaj Finance has entered into the Rs 20,000-crore life care segment • World Bank proposed a $ 1.5 billion dollar to the clean India campaign Swachh Bharat in rural

areas. • RBI soften the rules on Liquidity measurement accordance with the new Basel III norms

Notice period is greater than 30 days for Cash outflows of retail term deposit • Lakshmi Vilas Bank tied up with NBHC(National Bulk Handling Corporation Private Limited) for

collateral management & warehousing • South Indian Bank got the ISO 9001:2008 certification. • Indian economy is fast growing which has been projected at 7.2% in 2015-16 by the BMI

research – 8% in 2016-17 • The Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion (DIPP) gave its nod to 49% FDI in Insurance

and Pension Sector • RBI revised the Rules for rehabilitation of MSME’s to reform the banking sector and bring down

the NPA’s. Loan limits -25 crores • RuPay plans to issue 100,000 credit cards in September this year. • IOB(Indian Overseas Bank) has become the first bank issuing the gold coins in 5,10 and 20 gms. • World Bank approved $100 million loan to Jordan for job creation. • World Bank approved $250 million loan to Support Electricity Distribution Sector Reforms in

Rajasthan. • Federal Bank plans to set up incubation centers for startups in Bangalore and Ernakulam – 25cr • RBI announced the private placement of securities for UDAY scheme

Applicants to apply through private placement approach and securities issued by governments of Bihar, Haryana, Jammu and Kashmir, Jharkhand, Punjab and Rajasthan

• Bharat Bank ties up with Chillr to make payments easier. • RBI signed Currency swap agreement with the Central Bank of Sri Lanka

To draw up to $700 million over a maximum period of three months • Asian Development Bank brought down the forecast of growth of Asia to 5.7% for the financial




year 2016-17. • Central Board of Direct Taxes(CBDT) department signed 11 Advance Pricing Agreements with

taxpayers overseas to reduce litigations. • European Investment Bank Provide loan to Lucknow Metro Project of €450 million (about Rs.

3,300 crore) • Gov allowed 100% FDI in e-commerce through automatic route in marketplace model of retailing. • RBI has cancelled the certificate of registration of 22 NBFC’sunder Section 45-IA (6) of the

Reserve Bank of India Act, 1934 • SEBI has raised the FPI (Foreign Portfolio Investors) investment limit in government securities

to 1,40,000 crore from April,4 • Japan has been providing support to India both financially and technically for the

various infrastructure projects - worth 242.2 billion yen

BUSINESS

• Delhi Metro started cargo Services on Airport Express Line from March 1, 2016. • Infosys to collaborate with Microsoft on analytics solution to offer Healthcare Analytic Solutions

on Microsoft Intelligent Cloud Technology. • Reliance Brands limited inked long term licensing and distribution deal with Kate Spade’s

fashion to bring its fashion in Indian market. • Amazon emerged as a most trusted online Brand in Indian market followed by India

based Snapdeal and Flipkart. • Freecharge Partnered With Mexico-Based Movie Theatre Chain Cinepolis to provide secure and

easy digital payments. • Thomas cook India signed pact with Western Union Business Solutions and DCB bank to enable

international trade payments by small and medium sized enterprises. • Ford Motors got approval from government to set up Global Technology and business Centre in

an IT/ ITES Special Economic Zone in Tamilnadu. • Reliance-Jio group has announced to offer free Wi-Fi services across 6 stadiums in the country

ahead of the T-20 World cup. Feroz Shah Kotla(Delhi), Eden Gardens(Kolkata), Wankhede Stadium(Mumbai),

Chinnaswamy Stadium(Bengaluru), IS Bindra Stadium(Mohali) and HPCA stadium(Dharamshala)

• Bajaj Power inked agreement with Indian Railways for Lalitpur- Udaipura rail section electrification project - nearly 47 crore

• Tata Motors signed Tri Partite Partnership with Bharat Forge and US based General Dynamics Land Systems for Rs. 50 K crore future infantry combat Vehicle project.

• DIPP gave its clearance to 12 industrial licenses to Reliance Defence for manufacturing of Defence equipments in India and Overseas

• Quikr launched its Quikr Doorstep service to offer its customers buying and selling in India. • Maruti Suzuki’s hatchback model Baleno - Make in India model is now launched in Japan. • Gov approved a new price formula for their undeveloped gas discoveries in difficult areas- USD

7 per million British thermal unit (mmBtu) • Mahindra Aerospace mulling to set up operations in Abu Dhabi • The California-based Uber services opened its first Asian engineering centre in Bengaluru. • BSNL signed MoU with Tata Sky to offer video-on-demand services to their 2 crore customers

across India. • 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. • Union Government notified maximum sale price of Bt cotton seed for 2016-17.

BG-I version at 635 rupees and BG-II version was fixed at 800 rupees • J P Nadda launched Project ‘Clean Street Food’ in New Delhi

Food vendors received Smart Skill cum Registration cards. • French based tyre maker Michelin joined hands with E-Commerce major Snapdeal to sell its

products through Snapdeal. • Government banned the manufacture and sale of more than 300 combination medicines including

cough syrups, and Vicks Action 500. • The metals and mining, automobile and construction materials sectors lead in sustainable

business practices - Confederation of Indian Industry (CII)




• Gov imposed anti-dumping duty of up to 44.7 percent on import of plastic-processing machines from Chinese Taipei, Malaysia, the Philippines and Vietnam.

• SBI tied up with Taxi Aggregator, Uber to provide instant vehicle finance to “driver partners” on the latter’s platform.

• Spain Major Gamesa Wind Turbines won the solar energy order from LAUGFS Power Ltd in Sri Lanka to provide solar power in Baruthankanda village in Sri Lanka.

• India is the second biggest investor in London after USA. • Top 25 best workplaces in Asia

Best workplace in the world for MNC- DHL Best workplaces in the world for small & medium industry- Salesforce Best workplace in the large industry- Atlassian

• WHO suspended the approval of tuberculosis (TB) drugs made by India’s Svizera Labs,Mumbai, Maharashtra.

• Taxi app Ola launched its new service called ‘Micro’ to overtake its rival Uber in terms of a number of rides in a month’s time.

• Paytm ties up with PVR cinemas to sell Movie tickets through the Paytm platform. • Cisco Systems to invest $100 million over the next 18 to 24 months in India and to train over

250,000 students by 2020. • Sachin Tendulkar became a shareholder and brand ambassador of Smartron. • India has overtaken China in terms of direct equity allocation by US investors. • Microsoft shut its artificial intelligence robot Chat program Tay. • Ola Cabs tied up with Bajaj Allianz General Insurance to provide motor insurance to its drivers -

accident cover of Rs 2 lakh. • The first direct container MV Harbour-1 Vessel between India and Bangladesh carrying cotton was

flagged off from Krishnapatnam of Andhra Pradesh to Chittagong. • Tata Power SED and Cranfield University signed an agreement to explore possibility of entering

into a strategic partnership through research and development (R&D). • FreeCharge and Snapdeal partnered with a payment gateway CCAvenue to strengthen its offline

offerings. • Reliance Defence entered into a deal with Israel based Rafael Defence to manufacture air to air

missile systems, air defence and observatory balloons - $ 10 billion • 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

• Adanigroup Alpha Design Technologies Pvt Ltd has tied up with the Israeli company Elbit Systems for Unmanned Aircraft Systems - $10 billion

• Supreme Court approved the central government’s guidelines to protect Good Samaritans Given by bench comprising justices Gopala Gowda and Arun Mishra

AWARDS & RECOGNITIONS

• 5 Indian International Airports conferred with Airport Service Quality Awards (ASQ) 2015 Best Airport by Region - Mumbai and New Delhi Best Airport by Size -Mumbai and New Delhi , Jaipur,Lucknow and Hyderabad

• TCShas been awarded the Global Top Employer award by Top Employers Institute. • Bollywood actor Randeep Hooda honoured in Australia by Melbourne based South Asian

community members. • Sataparna Mukherjee from West Bengal selected for NASA Scholarship

It is Goddard Internship Programme to study in Goddard Institute of Space Studies. • Indian Accent in New Delhi bags the best restaurant award in India in the Asia’s best 50

Restaurants event sponsored by S.Pellegrino & Acqua panna. • TIME’s Most Influential People On Internet – Modi tops in the list. • Armaan Ebrahim won Motorsports Man of the Year Trophy organized by Federation of Motor

Sports Clubs of India • Forbes 2016 World’s Billionaires List

Rank Name Net Worth Source Country 1 Bill Gates (60) $75 B Microsoft United States 2 Amancio Ortega (79) $67 B Zara Spain 3 Warren Buffett (85) $60.8 B Berkshire Hathaway United States




Here is the list of top 10 Indian Billionaires: Rank Name Net Worth Source 36 Mukesh Ambani (58) $20.6B Reliance 44 Dilip Shanghvi (60) $16.7 B Sun Pharmaceuticals 55 Azim Premji (70) $15 B Wipro Ltd 88 Shiv Nadar (70) $11.1 B HCL 133 Cyrus Poonawalla (74) $8.5 B Serum Institute of India 135 Laxmi Mittal (65) $8.4 B Steel 184 Uday Kotak (56) $6.3

B Kotak Mahindra

196 Kumar Birla (48) $6.1 B Aditya Birla group 219 Sunil Mittal (58) $5.7 B Bharti Airtel

• Tim Bliss, Graham Collingridge and Richard Morris have won the Grete Lundbeck European Brain Research prize

• Windham-Campbell Prizes Drama Fiction Non- fiction Branden Jacobs-Jenkins (US) Tessa Hadley (UK) Hilton Als (US) Hannah Moscovitch (Canada) E. Morgan (US) Stanley Crouch (US) Abbie Spallen (Ireland) Jerry Pinto (India) Helen Garner (Australia).

• Noted Scientist Pallava Bagla was conferred with the national award for “Outstanding Efforts in the Field of Science and Technology Communication on Electronic Medium

• Ratan Thiyam a veteran playwriter and a director is conferred with Lifetime achievement award 2016 at 11th META function

• Bhagwathi Lal Vyas conferred with Bihari Puraskar Prize in the year 2015 for his anthology poems ‘Katha Sun Aawe Hai Sabad’

• Manoj Kumar awarded with highest award in Cinema - Dada Saheb Phalke Award • Whitfield Diffie And Martin Hellman Won Acm 2015 A M Turing Award - “Nobel Prize for

Computing” • American Musician Little Stevie Wonder honoured with Global Green Hero award at the 13th

Annual Global green • 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.

• Dr Amrita Patel conferred with the Mahindra Samriddi India Agri Lifetime Achievement Aear-Krishi Shiromani Samman

• Dogri Writer and Poetess, Padma Sachdev has been awarded the 2015 Krutitava Smagra Samman.

She was the first modern woman poet of Dogri • Saudi Arabian prince Muhammad bin Nayef bin Abdulaziz conferred with the prestigious ‘The

Legion of Honour’ award • NTPC Ltd conferred with Research Investor Communication Award among the “Large Corporates”

category • Pranab Mukherjee presented Stree Shakti Puraskars and Nari Shakti Puraskars for the year 2015

Stree Shakti Puraskar Award Winners The Nari Shakti Puraskar Awardees AnyayRahitZindagian RashmiAnand Seema Prakash Dr.Nandita Krishna AsthaSansthan DrLaxmiGautam ChandraprabhaBokey NehaKirpal P Bhanumati LatikaThukral Mariola Dr.Sailakshmi Balijepally, Kausalya and DrSwarajVidwan • Bollywood actress Sonakshi Sinhagot entered her name into the Guiness world book of records

for most people painting their nails simultaneously – Inglet event • French Ambassador to India Franço is Richier conferred the Knight of the Legion of Honour on

Anand Mahindra • Tezpur University won the annual Visitor’s Award for the Best University • Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) won the Visitor’s Awards for Research and Innovation • United States-India Educational Foundation formally launched U.S.-India Fulbright-Kalam Climate

Fellowship • Kerala Tourism’s campaign on tourism bagged the New world ‘Golden City Gate Award’ at the

travel trade show ITB in Berlin.




• Palestinian Hanan Al Hroub Won 2016 Global Teacher Prize after beat India’s Robin Chaurasiya • Jagron Group CEO and the Editor Sanjay Gupta chosen for the Editor of the Year at the

fourth Indian Advertising Association Awards in Mumbai. • United Nations honoured the founder of India-based Miavy Systems Abdulqadir Rashik for the

Unite Ideas #LinksSDGs Data Visualization Challenge. • The founder of the Missionaries of Charity Mother Teresa is set to attain sainthood on September

4, as confirmed by Pope Francis. • Sir Andrew wiles awarded the 2016 Abel Prize, regarded as mathematics’ equivalent of the Nobel

Prize, for his stunning proof of Fermat’s Last Theorem which baffled the Mathematicians for more than 300years.

• 10th Asian film awards were presented in Macau, China. • Assassin wins more than half of the 15 awards presented in the Asian film awards

Best Film The Assassin Best Director Hou Hsiao-Hsien for The Assassin Best Actress Shu Qi for The Assassin Best Supporting Actress Zhou Yun for The Assassin Best Cinematography Mark Lee Ping-bing for The Assassin Best Production Design Hwarng Wern-ying for The Assassin Best Original Music Lim Giong for The Assassin Best Sound Chu Shih-yi, Tu Duu-chih and Wu Shu-yao for The Assassin Other Awards presented Best Actor Lee Byung-hun for The Inside Men Best Newcomer Jessie Li for Port of Call Best Supporting Actor Tadanobu Asano for Journey to the Shore Best Screenplay Jia Zhangke for 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

• Priyanka Kakodkar and Raksha Kumar were named as joint winners of the 2015-16 Chameli Devi Jain Award

• Union urban Development minister M Venkaiah Naidu was conferred with the Skoch Lifetime Achievement Award at 43rd SKOCH summit

• Tikka Shatrujit Singh conferred with the Chevalier de la Legion d’Honneur (Knight of the Legion of Honour).

• Geetakshi Arora of SOAS South Asia Institute won the first Noor Inayat Khan Prize in London • 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. • Malayalam writer M Sukumaran chosen for the CV Kunhiraman Literary Prize. • 5th National Photography Awards held in New Delhi

Bhawan Singh– Life Time Achievement Award Javed Ahmed Dar- Professional Photographer Award Himanshu Thakur- Amateur Photographer

• 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 President’s Award for Outstanding Achievement

Madhya Pradesh Hockey Academy

The milestone awards Dharamvir Singh, Kothajit Singh, BirendraLakra and SushilaChanu

• Famous playback singer P.Susheela enters into the Guiness world book of records for singing highest number of songs - 17,695 solo, duet and chorus

• Pallavi Fauzdar entered into the Limca book of records for crossing the Mana pass as a solo




motorcyclist. • 63rd National Film Awards

Best actress KanganaRanaut for ‘Tanu Weds Manu Returns’KanganaRanaut was adjudged the Best Actress last year for VikasBahl’s Queen, which also emerged as the Best Film. Kangana had earlier won the Best Supporting Actress award for Fashion in 2008.

Best actor Amitabh Bachchan for ‘Piku’, this is fourth National Award for Amitabh Bachchan who had earlier won for Agneepath, Paa and Black

Best Film ‘BaahubaliThe Beginning’ Best Director Sanjay LeelaBhansali for ‘BajiraoMastani’ Best popular film providing wholesome entertainment

‘BajrangiBhaijaan’

Best Film Friendly State Award

Gujarat (special mention to UP and Kerala)

APPOINTMENTS& RESIGNS

• Hashim Thaci elected as President of Kosovo by Kosovo Lawmakers • Vice Admiral Atul Kumar Jain took over as Chief of staff, Eastern Naval Command from Vice

Admiral Bimal Verma. • Micromax CEO Vineet Taneja resigns from his post • A former UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) Antonio Guterres nominated for UN

Secretary General by Portugal • Sanjiv Kapoor appointed as Chief strategy and commercial officer succeeds Giam Ming Toh • Indo-American Independent Investor Sunil Sabharwal confirmed by the US Senate to take up

charge as the International Monetary Fund’s Alternate Executive Director • The Multi Commodity Exchange MCX appointed Mrugank Paranjape as MD & CEO • Union of European Football Associations named Theodore Theodoridis as interim general

secretary – succeedor of Gianni Infantino • Justice Ajit Singh sworn in as chief justice of the Guwahati High Court by Assam

Governor Padmanaba Balakrishna Acharya • SanjivKohli concurrently appointed as the High Commissioner of India to the Independent State

of Samoa. • Three non-official members include Sudhir Mankad, Bharat Narotam Doshi and Natarajan

Chandrasekaranto the board of RBI • Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Limited appointed Indian Cricketer and Captain MS Dhoni as

the Brand ambassador • S Rao will take over as the new public interest director and chairman of BSES – Successor of

Ramadorai • IAS officer Shakuntala Doley Gamlin appointed as Chief Secretary of Arunachal Pradesh –

successor of Ramesh Negi • Tapan Kumar Chand elected as the President of the metal governing body. • Balbir Singh Chauhan, the former Supreme court Judge appointed as the 21st Law

commissioner of India. • Myanmar selects its first Civilian President, Htin Kyaw, in fifty years of military rule • Egypt officially nominates Ahmed Aboul-Gheit to head Arab League – replace Egyptian Nabil El-

Ara • Reebok India announced Bollywood actress Kangana Ranautas the brand ambassador under the

brand title of Be More Human. • Ajit Singh& Satish Mittal sworn-in as Guwahati & Rajasthan HC Chief judge announced by the

president • Chief of the Army’s Northern Command, Lt Gen N P S Hira appointed as Deputy Chief of Army

Staff • Vishvas ViduSapkal appointed as the next High Commissioner of India to the Republic of Fiji. • Anil Wadhwa, Ambassador of India to Italy accredited as the next Ambassador of India to the

Republic of San Marino • R. Ravindra appointed as the next Ambassador of India to the Republic of Cote d’Ivoire –




successor of Dinesh Bhatia • H Deep Saini appointed the next Vice Chancellor of the prestigious University of Canberra –

Successor of Stephen Parker • Altico capital named veteran banker Naina Lal Kidwai as its new independent non-executive

director on its board • Nepal appointed first woman Chief JusticeSushila Karkiby the Prime Minister, K P Oli – successor

of Kalyan Shreshtha • The governor of Bangladesh’s central bank Atiur Rahman resigned after $81 million cyber

theft from the country’s official account at the Federal Reserve Bank of New York. • Fazle Kabir appointed as Governor of Bangladesh’s Central Bank. • UN formally suspended relationship with Russian Tennis great Maria Sharapova as a goodwill

ambassador • Michelle Yeohhas been appointed as United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) Goodwill

ambassador. • President Barack Obama selected the nation’s 113th chief justice - Merrick Garland for the U.S.

Supreme Court • American actress Ashley Judd has been appointed as their latest Goodwill Ambassador by United

Nations. • AirAsia India announced that Amar Abrol will succeed Mittu Chandilya as the CEO of AirAsia India • Pharmaceutical major Pfizer appointed S Sridhar as its new Managing Director (MD) • Honeywell Automation India Ltd (HAIL) appointedformer Wipro CFO Suresh Senapaty as

its Chairman – successor of Surendra L. Rao • Lori Robinson named as first female army combatant by the US President Barack Obama. • Vijay Mallya resigned as Director of Royal Challengers Sports Private Limited (RCSPL) • Indian Professor Thazha Varkey Paul appointed as the 56th President of International Studies

Association (ISA). • UN appointed Angry bird-‘Red’ as the honorary ambassador of Climate change • Huawei appointed Lionel Messi as its Global ambassador for its mobile products. • Ritu Beri appointed as theadvisor to the Khadi and Village Industries Commission (KVIC) • Ali Mohamed Shein of Tanzania ruling party Chama Cha Mapinduzi (CCM) become the winner of

the presidential elections. • Paytm appointed Bhusan Patil as its new President. • Justice Permod Kohli appointed as Chairman of Central Administrative Tribunal • Former Malaysian PM Abdullah Ahmad Badawi named as an adviser for state oil firm Petroleum

Nasional Bhd (Petronas) • Tata Steel Europe CEO Karl Koehler stepped down and Hans Fischer appointed as the new CEO. • Indian Professor Surya Deva has been appointed by the Geneva-based UN Human Rights Council

as an adviser • Nationalist party of Taiwan has chosen Hung-Hsiu-chu as its first female leader. • Indian-American Nandita Bakshi has been appointed the President and Chief Executive

Officer of Bank of the West – successor of Michael Shepherd • Former RBI Deputy Governor Rakesh Mohan join Nestle India Board as an independent director • Zaheer Khan was appointed captain of Delhi Daredevils for 2016 IPL season • Htin Kyaw from the National League for Democracy (NLD) sworn in as Myanmar’s new president • Faustin-Archange Touadera sworn in as the president of the Central African Republic • Jitendra Jagota Has Appointed As the Chairman of IDSA – succeedor of RajatBanerj • Wipro appointed Patrick Dupuis as new independent board member of WIPRO • Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan appointed as its first female speaker of Vietnam

ACQUISITIONS & MERGERS

• Hinduja group acquired the famous 1,100 room Old War Office Building of Britain in central

London • Cabinet Committee on security gave nod to acquire two advanced Israeli Phalcon

AWACS(Airborne Warning and Control System) from Israel - Rs. 7500crore • Pincon Spirit acquired Singapore based Company, Orbitol Solutions • InnerChef, a food tech startuphas acquired two startups – Bengaluru-based EatonGo and

Gurgaon-based Flavour Labs. • South Asian bank DBS acquired the on shore operations of RBS in India for a deal of 1000 crores. • Bharti Airtel acquired Videocon Telecom’s spectrum in six circles for Rs 4,428 crore




• Magic Bricks acquired property analysis startup ”Properji.com” of Invact Technologies for an undisclosed sum

• Ola acquired payment technology solutions Qarth technologies to strengthen its money base. • Inox Wind Infrastructure Services Limited acquired Sarayu Wind Power • Yokohama Rubber Co. Ltd has agreed to buy Alliance Tire Group for $1.2 billion • ITC acquired Technico Agri Sciences Ltd (TASL) for Rs 121 crore. • Japan based NTT has acquired the IT arm of PC manufacturer Dellat $ 3 billion • Russia approved a deal of ONGC Videsh Ltd (OVL) to acquire 15% stake in Vankor oilfield from

Rosneft - 1.3 billion US dollars • Sun Pharma buys Novartis’ 14 brands for $ 293 mn in Japan

SCHEMES

• Uttar Pradesh CM Akhilesh Yadav implemented Food Security Act 2013 in 47 more districts of the state.

• Punjab has become the seventh state to join the scheme Ujwal DISCOM Assurance Yojana (UDAY) – Rs.20,838 crores

• Haryana become 8th state to join UDAY scheme • Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEFCC)released a new Four-

colour Classification Scheme for industries based on their pollution level. Red category: PI score of 60 and above. Orange category: PI score of 41 to 59 Green category: PI score of 21 to 40 White category: PI score below and upto 20.

• Narendra Modi selected his own Varanasi constituency,Nagepur village for development under Saansad Adarsh Gram Yojana after Jayapur village.

• Karnataka CM Siddaramaiah launched Mukhyamantri Santwana Harish Yojana for free treatment to accident victims for the first 48 hours in the nearest hospital.

• Cabinet approved the Pradhan Mantri Ujjwal Yojana– a scheme for providing LPG to households Below Poverty Line – Rs.8000 crores

• NITI Aayog as a part of International Women’s Day launched the Women Transforming India initiative in partnership with the UN in India and MyGov.

• PM Narendra Modi launched the scheme to provide LED’s - ‘UJALA‘(Unnat Jyoti by Affordable LEDs for All) is the name given for the LED based Domestic Efficient Lighting Programme(DELP)

• RUSA(Rashtriya Uchchatar Shiksha Abhiyan) - to improve the Quality of Higher education in India Minister of HRD

Funding in the ratio of 65:35 for general category States and 90:10 for special category states

• Gov mobilizes 370 crore for Swachh Bharat Khosh to support the various cleanliness programmes across the nation

• Gov amended Atal Pension Yojana (APY) to give an option to the spouse to contribute for balance period on premature death of the subscriber.

• Government proposed to hike the wages of NREGS workers by 6%. Committee dropped the new wage calculation formula

• Finance Minister Arun Jaitley launched Fasal Bima Yojana and Unified Package Insurance scheme Uttarkhand is the first state in the nation to implement the scheme at 2% premium

• Cabinet given its approval for extension of time period of the Udaan Scheme for Jammu & Kashmir till 2019-20 from the earlier time period of 2015-16.

• Cabinet approved Pradhan Mantri Awaas Yojana to provide houses for all people in the rural area 1 crore houses in the year 2016-17 to2018-19

MoUs

• India and Bangladesh signed a new $2 billion credit agreement to implement socio-economic development projects in Bangladesh.

• MoU signed between Telangana and Maharashtra government on river Godavari Water Projects in Mumbai.

• NTPC signed pact with Indian Institute of Technology Delhi - for Research and Development.




• Jammu and Kashmir Government has signed MoU with Union Ministry of Power - Rs.9800 crore – UDAY

• MS Swaminathan Research Foundation has signed MoU with Bhubaneswar based Kalinga Institute of Social Sciences.

• Union cabinet apprised the MoU signed by the Railway ministry with Japan and Russia for technical cooperation in the railway sector.

• MoUsigned between India and Bahrain on cooperation for prevention of human trafficking especially trafficking in women and children, rescue, recovery, repatriation and re-integration of victims of trafficking

• Ministry of Tourism, Government of India signed a MOU with the Ecotourism Society of India (ESOI) to take its commitments to Responsible and Sustainable tourism.

• Ministry of Railways has signed a MoU with Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) for developing Remote Sensing and geographic information system (GIS) for Remote Sensing at unmanned railway crossing.

• India and Bangladesh began a new era of petroleum trade with a special goodwill train loaded with High speed diesel from India to Bangladesh.

Siliguri station to Parbatipur - first major petroleum consignment from India • World Bank approved USD 35 million credit agreement to Madhya Pradesh for the Citizen Access

to Responsive Services Project. • Reserve Bank of India signed a pact with Bank of Israel for Information Exchange and Banking

supervision. • Yes Bank signed pact with the India Brazil Chamber of Commerce for cooperation in knowledge

sharing, consultancy, skill and technology. • ONGC Videsh Ltd, Oil India Ltd, Indian Oil Corporation Ltd and Bharat Petro Resources and

Russia’s Rosneft signed two separate MoU- worth $2 billion • RITES (Public Sector Enterprise under Ministry of Railways) signed a contract to supply 18 Meter

Gauge 1350 HP Diesel Electric Locomotives to Myanmar Railways. • TATA motors signed agreement with the Indian Army to supply 619 more highly mobilized

trucks to the Indian Army. • AYUSH ministry signed agreement with World Health Organisation in research field of

Cancer through Ayurveda medicines. • Consumer Affairs Department signed MoUs with Industry bodies to promote consumer interests

and a Joint Working Group will monitor the implementation of agenda. • India and France signed MoU to create 6 Nuclear Reactors at Jaitapur in Maharashtra. • India and Lithuania signed MoU in the field of agriculture and the agreement proposed to include

horticulture, etc. • India signed MoU with UAE in fields of Infrastructure development with the NIIF(National

Investment and Infrastructure Fund) • Union government given its approval to the Ashgabat agreement which facilitates transport of

goods between Central Asia and Persian Gulf. • India and Russia will join hands to minimize the consequences of Natural calamities like Flood

and Earthquake. • Telangana industries department principal secretary Arvind Kumar and Aerocampus Aquitaine

general manager Jerome Verschave to provide training to the aviation fraternity and aerospace • Nepal signed pact with China to build a strategic railway link between the two

countries through Tibet to reduce land-locked. • Iran signed a confidential oil agreement with France total company to develop the Azadegan oil

field. • Iran signed agreements with Pakistan to boost trade and security. • Mizoram and Japanese International Cooperative Agency(JICA) signed pact on Capacity

Enhancement for Sustainable Agriculture and Irrigation Development. • Asian Development Bank (ADB) and United States Agency for International Development (USAID)

signed MoU to collaborate on supporting India’s expansion plans for clean energy infrastructure

COMMITTEES

• Maharashtra Gov formed a committee headed by Chief secretary Swadhi Kshatriya to ensure the MoUs signed during the make in India week - 2500 MoUs

• Centre to set up Mahesh Kumar Singla committee constituted to consider ST status to 6 communities of Assam




Moran, Koch Rajbongshi, Muttuck,Sootea,Tai Ahom and Adivasis • National Manufacturing Competitiveness Council (NMCC) wound up with immediate effect as it

has fulfilled the mandate for which it was constituted. • Indian Railways formedSpecial Purpose Vehicle (SPV) to implement the Mumbai-Ahmedabad High

Speed Bullet Train project - named the National High Speed Rail Corporation Limited. • Akhilesh Ranjan Committee was constituted by the Central Board of Direct Taxes to examine

the business models for e-commerce, and identify the direct tax issues. • Former Chief Justice H.L.Dattu appointed as member of the International Coordinating Committee

Bureau of National Human Rights Institutions Bureau in Geneva.

SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

• NASA invites India to jointly explore Mars, send astronauts for 5-6 missions to Mars. • Delhi gov launched the first HPV (Human Papilloma Virus) vaccine in the state to prevent cervical

cancers. • American Astronaut Scott Kelly returned to earth after spending almost a year at International

Space Station – 340 days • Union Tribal Affairs Minister JualOram launched revamped website - http://www.ncst.gov.inof

National Commission for Scheduled Tribes. • Indian Scientists developed a herbal drug for Dengue. • Iran test fired several ballistic missiles in silos across the country as part of a military exercise. • Five health care ATMs have come up in four states - handled by a multipurpose public health

worker (MPHW) Madhya Pradesh, Himachal Pradesh, Odisha and Andhra Pradesh under a health

Ministry • China plans to land a probe on Mars in 2021 that coincide with the 100th anniversary of founding

of the ruling communist Party of china • Indian Space Research Organization(ISRO) launched its Sixth Navigation Satellite IRNSS-1F by

the PSLV C-32 from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre at Sriharikota. • NASA’s new exploration InSight mission that will begin on May 5, 2018, with a landing scheduled

for November 26 • Ministry of Culture has initiated Project “Mausam” which is to be implemented by the

Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) To explore the multi-faceted Indian Ocean ‘world’ – collating

archaeological and historical research • Plastic Decaying Bacteria discovered that can decompose Plastics, by the Japan researchers -

Ideonella sakaiensis 201-F6 • Railways launched mobile app called Clean My Coach for all long-distance trains - SMS to

58888 by typing CLEAN < Space >< 10-digit PNR number> • Google is previewing the next version of its Android operating system - Android N • Supreme Court Bench headed by Justice Kurian Joseph asked the Telecos to not to exceed the

call drops limit over 2% • Defence ministry will be introducing an interactive web portal Kendriya Sainik Board; itwill be

under the Department of Ex-Serviceman Welfare. • BSNL to offer free Wifi services at the Srinagar International Airport – for first 15minutes. • Europe and Russia launched an unmanned spacecraft named ExoMars 2016 to explore that if life

once existed on the Red Planet • Haryana govt.’s building became the only building in India to have an Earthquake Warning

System installed onsite. • Wikimedia Sweden partnered with the KTH Royal Institute of Technology in Sweden to develop

the crowd-sourced speech engine in order to make more accessible to the visually impaired users.

• UNICEF launched the first test for the use of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles-drones with Malawi government - decreasing waiting period for HIV testing of infants.

• Webportal Launched for allocation and monitoring of Coal resourcesby State Distribution agencies.

• Meteorology Department (IMD) has indigenously developed Drishti, an instrument that will provide real time visibility information to pilots.

Drishti was introduced first at the Indira Gandhi International Airport


http://www.ncst.gov.in/

http://www.affairscloud.com/webportal-launched-for-allocation-and-monitoring-of-coal-resources/



• Depot Online System of state run Food Corporation of India (FCI) has been launched by the Union Government to carry transparency and minimize storage losses of food grains.

• Health Ministry banned the repeat animal testing of new drugs which have been already tested in abroad.

• Income Tax department got a new technology platform Income Tax Business Application-Permanent Account Number (ITBA-PAN) to check the duplication of PAN cards.

• Gurgaon-based Baxi mobile app allowed its users to book rides on the app without using Internet. • ISRO established the Gadanki Ionospheric Radar Interferometer (GIRI) at National Atmospheric

Research Laboratory (NARL) near Tirupati in Andhra Pradesh. • South Korea tops the world in high Internet speed – report by Akamei technologies

Sweden followed by Norway and India at 114th position • Malaysia Prime Minister NajibRazak announced that Malaysia will set up its first counter-

messaging centre to fight IS in cyberworld • Country’s first cyber security public organisation launched by China – Org will focus on promoting

self-discipline • China discovered New Lightweight, low cost batteries Aluminium-Graphite Dual-Ion

Battery (AGDIB) to replace the Lithium ion batteries. • PM Narendra Modi launched KisanSuvidha mobile app to prove information such as weather,

market prices, seeds, fertilizers, pesticides and agriculture machinery. • Researchers have developed a new Gravity Map of Mars with three NASA spacecraft • ISRO set to launch 22 satellites in Single mission and create new history. • India Govto adopt 112 as the national emergency number in place ofall numbers such as at

present, a person dials 100, 101, 102 and 108. • India rankedthird in terms of Trojan infections – Symantec Report • China launched its navigation satellite BeiDou(22nd) from Xichang Satellite launching centre. • Uber launched bike sharing service called uberMOTO in Guragon - charges Rs 3 per kilometre • India’s media and entertainment industry will reach a net worth of 2.20 lakh crores by the year

2020 - FICCI-KPMG report • Narendra Modi launched Asia’s Biggest telescope Aries(Aryabhatta Research Institute for

Observational Sciences) in Nainital • Union Minister of Health and Family Welfare JP Nadda has launched two major Digital initiatives

GIS-enabled HMIS(Health Management Information System) application The self-printing of e-CGHS card

• Telangana Road Transport Authority’s Mobile App M-Wallet launched by IT minister KT Rama Rao and transport minister P.Mahender Reddy

DEFENCE

• Ministry of Defence (MoD) approved a Rs 13,000 crores weapons and sensors package for the seven new stealth frigates

• Indian Army kicked off a week long Multinational Field Training Exercise (FTX) “Force 18”in Pune at headquarters of the Indian Army’s Southern Command.

Theme – Humanitarian Mine Action (HMA) and Peacekeeping Operations (PKO) • South Korea and US Begin Military Exercise - a day after the North Korea’s threat to US • India and Indonesia begin their Joint Military Exercise Shakti IV from March 10-23 in Indonesia. • Sixth ship of LCU MK IV project, was launched on 12 March 2016 at an exciting ceremony at

Garden Reach Shipbuilders and Engineers Ltd, Kolkata. • India successfully test fired nuclear-capable intermediate range Agni-I ballistic missile in Odisha -

700 km • US Navy ship USS Conestoga tug boat was discovered after 95 years at the San Francisco coast. • Indian Coast Guard’s fast patrol vessel (FPV) Arnvesh ship commissioned at Visakhapatnam by

the Eastern Naval Command, Vice-Admiral HCS Bisht. • Indian Army gets its first Thermal based RADAR technology Divyachaksu (divine eye) that will

enable to look through the walls developed by DRDO • Indian Navy deployed a P8I maritime Aircraft to Seychelles for monitoring purpose • Indian Coast Guard re-based one ship and six boats from Chennai to Andaman and Nicobar

Region to rebase the assets C-407, C-412, C-414, C-416, C-417 and C-428




• Singapore Navy (RSN) test-fired a Barak missile from its Victory-class missile corvette RSS Vigour during Fleet Exercise conducted in the South China Sea

• Union Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar flagged off India’s first indigenous composites sonar dome in Goa

ENVIRONMENT

• Researchers discovered a new snake species in the Western Ghats in Kolhapur and Sindhudurg districts

• The climate changes can affect the people worldwide. A recent study shows that it is likely to cause 500,000 deaths by 2050 - China and India – report by The Lancet

• Union Government signed an important Raptor MoU for the Conservation of Migratory Birds of Prey in Africa and Eurasia.

• UP Government announced to conduct a sparrow campaign at school levels to create awareness about the conservation of birds – ‘Gauraiya Diwas’

• Zoological Survey of India. Over 50 animal species have been judged as critically endangered and 310

asendangered out of 96, 000 animal species present in India • Fossil of 250 million year old reptile species discovered in Brazil - Teyujag paradoxa • A group of Scientists led by Matias Jones of the Pontifical Catholic University of Chile have

discovered four enormous planets HIP8541b, HIP74890b, HIP84056b and HIP95124b

• A new species of pale-gold colored frog discovered in Andes in Colombia by Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute (STRI) research

• British astronomers have discovered a cluster of nine “monster” stars R136. 30 million times brighter than the Sun

• Biosphere reserve shared by Kerala and Tamil Nadu Agasthyamala placed in the new 20 Biosphere reserves list released by UNESCO

• Gov notified new norms aimed at curbing the over 6,000 tonnes of uncollected plastic waste generated daily by industries

• Union Ministry of Environment, Forest & Climate Change (MoEFCC) notified new environment standards for Gensets running on various kinds of fuels

• Most disasters & Vulnerable - Study The largest number of people affected by natural disasters - Asia The largest number of people affected by political, instability, corruption, poverty and

inequality - Africa • CSIR(Central Institute of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants) discovered ‘L-Menthol’ derived

from Mentha plant that can be used as anti-cancer drugs. • Union environment ministry notified new plastic waste management rules, The Plastic Waste

Management (PWM) Rules 2016 - replace the Plastic Waste (Management and Handling) Rules 2011

Thickness of plastic carry bags from 40 microns to 50 microns. • One of the most active volcanoes in the heart of Alaska region Pavlof Volcano erupted. • Sand-eating tadpoles Micrixalidae discovered by scientists from the Various Universities in the

Western Ghats

SPORTS

• Rahul Sachdev clinched first All India open invitational snooker championship after defeating Pushbender Singh- held in Aurangabad in Maharashtra.

• Walk Race in National Championships 50km walk rcae Junior Women category of 10 Km Race Basant Bahadur Singh Rana (Gold) Walk Neena(gold) Chandan Singh (Silver) Bhawna Jat(Silver) Jitender Singh Rathore (Bronze) Priyanka Patel(bronze)

• Aaron Phangiso suspended from bowling in Domestic cricket for suspect bowling action. • Meghalaya Gov decided to bid for 2022 National Games after the successful host of 12th south

Asian Games. • Mumbai U 23 team clinched CK Nayudu Trophy 2015-16 title,by beating Madhya Pradesh at




the MPCA Stadium in Indore • National level Hockey Umpire Napoleon Singh promoted to the International Outdoor Umpire

by International Hockey Federation. • Lionel Messi hat-trick steered FC Barcelona to unbeaten 35 game records to become the first

Spanish club to play 35 consecutive matches without loss. • Third season of Star Sports Pro Kabaddi league Patna Pirates beat U Mumbai held at Indira

Gandhi Indoor Stadium in New Delhi. • World Table Tennis Championship - Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

Indian women table tennis team lifted their game by several cuts and won gold - first time in12 years - Mouma Das

Men’s Table Tennis team defeated Brazil • PepsiCo entered into a four year partnership with BCCI as an associate sponsor for all

its International Matches played at home – Rs.150cr • Indian Team Chased down Bangladesh to win the Asia Cup for the sixth time, • Serbian Novak Djokovic suffered his first Davis Cup defeatin five years . • Indian Golfer Anirban Lahiri finishes 28th at World Golf Championship

Australian Golfer Adam Scott(1st) and Bubba Watson from the USA(2nd) • Jindal Panther defeated sona Polo to lift the Amity Polo Cup trophy • Russian Tennis great Maria Sharapova officially suspended from March 12 after failing drug test

at Australian Open. • Rest of India wins 2015-16 Irani Cup Cricket Title after defeating Mumbai. • Indian Shooter Jitu Rai bagged gold at ISSF World cup held in Bangkok, Thailand • Hyundai Motors entered into a four-year partnership with the BCCI as an associate sponsor for all

international matches played in India. • Vijender Singh clinched his fourth successive professional win by thrashing Hungary’s Alexander

Horvath - Asia title • All England Badminton Championships Title 2016

Men’s Singles Lin Dan won by defeating TianHouwei Women’s Singles NozomiOkuhara of Japan won by defeating Wang Shixian. Men’s 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 • 70th Santosh Trophy Football Championship Tournament Services beat Maharashtra - fifth time -

SEC Railway Stadium Nagpur • Llyod Pro-Am Championship trophy won by Delhi by defeating Mumbai – New delhi • First Paralympic Games in Arunachal Pradesh began at the SangayLhaden Sports Academy

Complex, Chimpu, Itanagar Wheelchair race - Techi Talla Boys’ 100 meter race - Tabam Tatak Girls’100 meter race - LiterOri Men’s 100 meter race - Thasang Ajay

• Shweta Rathore, the silver medalist in Asian Championship in 2015 won the gold medalat the national body building Championshipheld at New Delhi.

• Chris Gayle became second player to hit century in 2016 T20 World Cup after Tamim Iqbal. • TCS announced a partnership with the Virgin Money London Marathon for three years. • Faf du Plessis became the second fastest player to reach 1,000 T20 runs after Virat Kohli • Yogeshwar Dutt secured an Olympic quota place for India with a gold-medal in the men’s 65kg

freestyle category in Asian Olympics qualification tournament at Astana. • Gurmeet Singh became the first Indian athlete to clinch a gold medal in the Asian 20km race

walk championships Mens: Silver - Japan’s Isamu Fujisawa and Bronze - Kazakhstan’s Georgiy Sheiko Womens:Gold - China’s Rui Lian, Silver- Japan’s Kumiko Okada and Bronze - South

Korean Jeongeun Lee • International Cricket Council (ICC) suspended Bangladesh left-arm spinner Arafat Sunny and

pacer Taskin Ahmed from bowling in international cricket. • Australian grandprix won by Nico Rosberg(15th Victory) overtaking Sebastian Vettel and Lewis

Hamilton. • BNP Paribas Open titles 2016 Men’s Singles Serbian Novak Djokovic beat Milos Raonic of Canada




Women Singles Victoria Azarenka of Belarus beat world number one Serena Williams of US Men’s Doubles Pierre Hugues Herbert and Nicolas Mahut of France defeated Vasek Pospisil of

Canada and US Partner Jack Sock Women’s Doubles US Pair Bethanie Sands and Coco Vandeweghe defeated Julia Gorges of

Germany and Karolina Pilskova of Czech Republic • Chennai girl Hepziba won three medals, including a gold, at the Street Child Games in Rio She

held in Brazil • Australia all-rounder Shane Watson to quit international cricket after World T20 • Quick Enough Clinched the Dr.Gnani Laksumanan Memorial Cup trained by R Foley and ridden by

jockey N. Rupa in Chennai. • 9th Edition of International Abilympics was held at Bordeaux, France • HS Prannoy won the men’s singles title after defeating Marc Zwiebler of Germany at the

2016 Swiss Open in Basel, Switzerland • SSP Chawrasia clinched the Hero Indian Open 2016 title at the Delhi Golf Club after defeating

Anirban Lahiri • India is going to host under-17 FIFA World Cup in 2017 as announced by PM Modi • California Chrome won a Kentucky Derby and a Horse of the Year title. • Virat Kohli became number one batsman after his Performance at the semifinals of the World

Twenty20 after defeating Australia Number one Bowler:Samuel Badree Number One Team:India and New Zealand(2nd) and England(5th)

• Russian grandmaster Sergey Karjakin won the FIDE World Chess Candidates Tournament held in Moscow.

OBITUARY

• US actor Geroge Kennedy passed away at 91 • Former New Zealand cricket captain Martin Crowe passed away • Former Lok Sabha speaker and Politian PurnoAgitok Sangma passed away - Meghalaya’s Tura

constituency • Tony Warren the coronation street creator and writer passedaway at 79 • Paramesh Krishnan Nair the founder and director of the National Film Archive of India passed

away. • All India Forward Bloc Leader, Ashok Ghosh passed away at 93 • Legendary Novelist Pat Conroy served as an unending sources of inspiration for his fiction notably

the novels The Great Santini, The Lords of Discipline and the Princes of Tides passed away at 70 • E-Mail Inventor Ray Tomlinson passed away at 74 • Nancy Davis Reagan, the veteran American actress and the former First lady of US passed away

at 94 • Mani Raman better known for his stage name Kala Bhavan Mani Popular Malayalam actor passed

away • Eminent Percussionist, vocalist and Berimbau player Nana Vasconcelos passed away at 71 • Legendary Producer Sir George Martin Known as the fifth Beatle passes away at 90 • Legendary Musician Keith Emerson, Lakeand Palmer keyboardist passed away at 71 • The World famous Mathematician ,Economist and Nobel laureate Lloyd S Shapeley passed away

at 92 • British award-winning novelist and art historian Anita Brookner passed away at 87 • The 77 year old Shehnai maestro, Ustad Ali Ahmad Hussain Khan passed away • Newton Edward Daniels TV Magician passed away at 77 • Meir Dagan, a former chief of Israeli intelligence agency Mossad passed away at 71 • American singer, songwriter, and conductorFrancis Wayne Passed Away at 72 • Former Danish Prime Minister Anker Joergensen passed away at 93 • Former Chairman and CEO of Intel Andrew Grove passed away at 79 • The famous story telling ‘Kadhaprasangam’ artist and Malayalam Actor V D Rajappan passed

away at 70 • The Holland football legend Johan Cruyff passed away at 70 • American actor and comedian Garry Shandling passed away at 66 • Veteran Bihar BJP leader and Politician Lal Muni Chaubey passed away at 73




• Mother Mary Angelica, a folksy Roman Catholic nun who used a monastery garage to begin a television ministry passed away at 92

• Veteran lyricist, Poet, Essayist and Novel writer Jim Harrison passed away at 78 • Former USC(University of Southern California) President Steven Sample passed away at 75 • Oscar winning US actress Patty Duke passed away at 69

BOOKS & AUTHORS

• “Who was Shivaji ? “ authored by Sri Govind Pansare • “The Culture Heritage of Trans Himalayas-Kinnaur” authored by Shri P.S. Nagi Loktus. • An Illustrated Biography: Gandhi was authored by Pramod Kapoor

IMPORTANT DAYS

Mar 1: Zero Discrimination Day Mar 3: World Wildlife Day – ‘The future of wildlife is in our hands’ Mar 3: National defence day – ‘It’s My Turn’ Mar 4: National Security Day Mar 8: International women’s day –‘ Planet 50-50 by 2030: Step It Up for Gender Equality’ Mar 10: World Kidney Day – ‘Kidney Disease & Children: Act Early to Prevent It’ Mar 15: World Consumer Rights Day– ‘Antibiotics off the menu’ Mar 18: World Sleep Day – ‘Good Sleep is a Reachable Dream’ Mar 19: Earth Hour [8:30 PM – 9:30 PM] Mar 20: World Sparrow Day – ‘Rise for the SPARROW – Experience the power of One’ International Day of Happiness Mar 21: International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination – ‘Challenges and Achievements of the Durban Declaration and Programme of Action’ World Down syndrome Day (WDSD) – ‘My friends, My Community’

International Day of Forests –‘Forests and water’ World Poetry day Mar 22: World Water Day – ‘Water and Jobs’ Mar 23: World Meteorological Day – ‘Hotter, drier, wetter. Face the Future’ Martyrs day Mar 24: World Tuberculosis Day – ‘Unite to End Tuberculosis’ International Day for the Right to the Truth Concerning Gross Human Rights Violations and for the Dignity of Victims Mar 25: International Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Slavery and the Transatlantic Slave Trade and International Day of Solidarity with Detained and Missing Staff Members Mar 27: World Theatre Day




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