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Amendment BillGST requires a Constitutional Amendment

which has to be ratified by half the states also.

Government Plans to pass it in the second half

of budget session

GST would replace indirect taxes like Excise

Duty, Customs Duty, Sales tax etc.

Bankruptcy Code 2015 Bankruptcy and Insolvency Bill will give major boost to economic reforms

Plans to pass it in coming budget session

Enemy Property Bill

2015To guard against claims of succession or

transfer of properties left by people who

migrated to Pakistan and China after the

wars.Passed in the Lok Sabha

It amends the Enemy Property Act of 1968

Aadhar Bill 2016 Called Targeted Delivery of Financial and other Subsidies and Services

Passed by Lok Sabha as Money Bill

Rajya Sabha recommended ammendment in

Aadhar Bill, but it was not accepted as Rajya Sabha does not have a say in case of Money

Bill.

Real Estate Bill 2015

passedSecuring the interests of home buyers and

developers in equal measure

To remove corruption and inefficiency

70% of money to be kept in separate account

and can only be used for construction

activities.

TRAI order on Dropped

CallsTRAI has ordered telecom operators to

compensate subscribers for first 3 dropped

calls every day

Delhi High Court has upheld its validity,

saying that it is not a penalty issue; it is a

quality of service issue.


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Lodha committee Supreme court appointed committee

Headed by former justice R M Lodha after

IPL spot fixing scam to look into the

functioning of BCCI

ICDS(Integrated child development scheme) Country’s flagship programme to improve child nutrition

UDAY(Ujjwal Discom

Assurance Yojana)

bonds

Finance Ministry has approved the issuance of

UDAY bonds by four states.

They are UP, Rajasthan, Jharkhand and

Chhattisgarh.

Manipur and Tripura have agreed to join

UDAY

Juvenile Justice(care

and protection) actIt was passed after 2012 Delhi gang rape case

It brings down the age for trying a minor as an

adult for serious crime from 18 to 16 years

It is in news again because sexual offences by

minor is on rise in maximum city

Mukhyamantri santwana- Harish

Scheme

Scheme to save the life of road accident victims

By Government of Karnataka

Ethics Committee of

Rajya SabhaWill investigate into the issue of Rajya Sabha

MP Vijay Mallya’s conduct who left country

after defaulting on loans

It is a ten membered Committee, headed by

Dr. Karan Singh

USCIRF(United States

Commission on

International Religious

Freedom)

Researches and monitors international

religious freedom issue.

In news because it has criticized India for

deteriorating religious freedom

Green tax Commercial Vehicles entering Delhi have to


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pay tax

It will continue because it led to decline in

commercial vehicles entering Delhi

Income > 10 Lakh = No

LPG Subsidy New directive by Govt Says if income > 10

lakh no LPG subsidy

Earlier this was voluntary under Give It Up Scheme where people could by choice give up

Subsidy

National Court of Appeal A National Court of Appeal (NCA) with regional benches is being considered to be

final court of appeal in all civil and Criminal

Cases

Supreme Court Bogged down by high

pendency of cases

Hence a Constitutional Bench has been set up

by SC to debate need for NCA

If NCA is set up, then SC will only hear

Constitutional and Public law cases

Aadhar BIll 2016 Passed in the Parliament as a money bill

Money bill does not require approval of Rajya

Sabha

Opposition had concerns over mass

surveillance, Govt said delivery of benefits

and subsidies were more important

Pradhan Mantri Ujjwal

YojanaScheme approved by Cabinet committee

To provide 5 crore subsidized LPG

connections to women of BPL in next 3 years

Rs. 8000 crore allocated

Pradhan Mantri fasal

Bima YojanaFinance minister to include 50% of farmers

under the scheme

Low premium insurance scheme will provide

relief for farmers(compensation will be

higher) even if the crop is damaged by nature


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Housing for All scheme Financial assistance of 1.3 lakhs will be provided to homeless families for construction

of pucca houses

Beneficiaries will be entitled to 90 days of

unskilled labour under Mgnrega

Target to build 2.95 crore houses is 2022-

India’s 75th year of independence

Cost of unit shared between Central and state

govt. Is 60:40 in plain regions and 90:10 in the

north east and the hilly regions

Rural employment

mobile appKarnataka developed mobile app named

“MGNREGA M-platform”

Helps officials monitor MGNREGA

Allows beneficiaries to monitor progress at

every stage

Reduce fund diversion and interference by

middlemen

Helps collects data for the government

OCI cards Overseas citizen of India and Persons of Indian Origin (PIO) cards were merged last year

No visa will be required to enter India, OCI

cards will be enough, but passport is

necessary.

OCI cards will be equipped with high security

which cannot be tampered

Farmer suicides 25,000 crore allocated to agricultural sector in Maharashtra

Farmers distress and suicides caused the Govt

of Maharashtra to take this step.

National & International Events

World culture

festivalOrganized by art of living foundation to celebrate its 35th

anniversary on the bank of river Yamuna in Delhi.


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Controversy about this event is there because some experts

believe that it will damage the topography of the area and

thus has environmental concern.

Raisina

DialogueHosted by ministry of External Affairs in Delhi

Attended by speakers from 40 countries

Seen as governments attempt to rival conferences like the

Shangri-la dialogue in Singapore and Munich conference on

national security.

India –

Maldives:

Security

India Maldives finalising pact to fight cross border terrorism

+ citizens joining terror organisations such as ISIS

Sundarbans

Maithri Exercise drill between India and Bangladesh.Aims to bring more synergy in border management

First ever joint exercise in the riverine borders of sundarbans.

SAARC : Ministerial Meeting held on March 17 in Nepal

South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation is an

economic and geo-political grouping of 8 countries of South

Asia or Indian Subcontinent.

It has India + 7 neighbours = Pak+Nepal+SL+Bhutan+Afghanistan+Bangladesh+Maldives

SAARC nations comprise 3% of the world’s area and contain

21% of global population

ASEAN Plus

Military drillsLargest multinational Field Training Exercise(FTX) ever

conducted on Indian soil in Pune

Initially labeled as FTX-16

Participants are ASEAN members and the observers nations

Happening

Haryana:

Global

Investors

Summit,

2016

2 day summit in Gurgaon to attract foreign investment by

Govt of Haryana


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One belt one

roadConnectivity initiative by China in Eurasia

Also called Silk Road Economic Belt or 21st Century

Maritime Silk Route

Now considering a regional counter terrorism measure to

guard this route with Afghanistan, Pakistan and Tajikistan

World Humanitarian

Summit

To be held in Istanbul in May.

Asia’s largest

Tulip

Garden

This has been opened up for Tourists; It is in Srinagar ;

It is located on foothills of Zabarwan Range

World Sleep

Day

On Friday before March Equinox (in 2016 it is March 18)

2016 slogan “Good Sleep is a Reachable Dream”

To raise awareness about sleep disorders and to promote

about sleep disorder prevention and management

Annual event organised by committee of World Association

of Sleep Medicine(WASM)

BRICS 2016 8th summit, Venue : Goa, India, Theme:Building responsive, inclusive and collective solutions for the

grouping7th summit: Ufa, Russia, 2015

India France

sign MoU

For 6 nuclear reactors in Jaitapur, Maharashtra

Nuclear

Security

Summit

Fourth summit to be held in Washington from 31 march

Iran and DPRK not invited

Russia not participating

Defexpo

India

9th edition of 4 day event starts in Goa.

A biennial exhibition

National

awards

2016

Special jury award: Kalki Koechlin for her role in

Margarita with a Straw


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USAID and

ADB MoUUS agency for International Development and Asian

Development Bank signed MoU to $848 mn funding for

solar parks in India

Ministry of Renewable energy plans to build 25 solar parks

across the nation with total capacity of 20000 MW

Economy and banking

FDI in Ecommerce Govt allowed 100% FDI in Ecommerce retailing

E Commerce marketplace may provide services like

warehousing,logistics, order fulfilment,call centre,

payment collection

Such entities will not exercise ownership of the

inventory

Securities

Transaction TaxSTT has been increased from 0.017 per cent to 0.05

% on options contract

Dividend income exceeding 10 lakhs would now be

taxable

Excise Duty on

TobaccoHas been increased by 10-15% ;

critics say – hike is lowest in last five years

eBiz It is a government portal to improve ease of doing business in India.

It is government’s portal on G2B = Government to

Business

Freedom 251 It is a Smartphone priced at Rs.251. Came in news because it is the world’s cheapest smartphone.

Manufactured by company – Ringing Bells

Anchor banks Public sector banks that will lead consolidation process. Mainly it would be done by large banks like

SBI,Bank of Baroda,PNB,etc.


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Consolidation process means merging of PSU banks

Mahila e-Haat Is an e-portal for women entrepreneurs

Launched by the women and child development

ministry

over 125,000 beneficiaries under 10,000 self-help

groups have registered on the portal

Pulse production Pulse output has increased by 2.61% in the last four decades and is stable around 18 million tonnes since

2010.

Pulses has surpassed the production of rice, wheat and

cereals together

In 2013-2014, pulse production touched all time high

19.78 million tonnes.Indian institute of Pulses Research is developing

transgenic pigeonpea and chickpea for resistance

against “Gram Pod Borer”, it will help pulse output

further.

Minimum Import

Price(MIP)Violations relating to the import of steel import under

the MIP will be looked into by the authorities of

Directorate of Revenue Intelligence, Enforcement

Directorate(ED), and the CBI.

On feb 5, govt. had imposed MIP ranging from $341

to $752 per metric tonne on 173 steel products to

provide relief to domestic steel makers.

Phamb A portal to authenticate the pashmina genuineness

Phamb is originally an unprocessed wool extracted

from chiru

Corex Cough syrup made by Pfizer;

Among 335 drugs Banned by Ministry of Health on

March 10

CCI(Competition

Commission of

India)

Is a statutory body responsible for enforcing the

competition act 2002


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All Oil companies have increased Prices of Aviation

Turbine Fuel by 12 percent.

Airlines asked for its rollback or they will approach

CCI

NABARD(National

Bank for

Agriculture and

Rural

Development)

Looks after the development of the cottage and other

rural industries.In news because it has issued tax free bonds

Safeguard duty a trade remedy recognised by the World Trade Organisation

temporary measure to counter the adverse impact

caused to the domestic industry due to a sudden and

unforeseen surge in (low-priced) imports of the item

Cabotage rules Cabotage is transportation of good and people along the coast

Transhipment is offloading from one ship to another

for domestic or abroad

Govt. has eased cabotage rules to encourage

transhipment

This will enable foreign vessels bring goods at any of

the Indian ports which are meant to be shipped to

other destinations

Cairn UK Tax Department has asked for Rs. 10,000 crore

tax + 18,800 Interest.

Science and Technology

MESSENGER NASA’s MESSENGER (MErcury Surface, Space ENvironment, GEochemistry, and Ranging) spacecraft,

the first space mission designed to orbit Mercury.

In the news because large amounts of carbon found

which causes the planet to be darker


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IRNSS-1F Sixth satellite of ISRO for independent navigational system put into orbit.

The satellite was put in space by PSLV-C32 rocket

IRNSS is designed to provide accurate position

information service to users in India.

BG-I and BG-II Two versions of Bt- Cotton seeds, Bt means genetically modified organism

Govt. capped the maximum price at Rs.635 and Rs.800

in financial year 2016-2017

Ideonella

sakaiensis 201-

F6

A bacterium which biodegrades PET(polyethylene

terephthalate) identified by Japanese researchers.

The bacterium degrades PET using two enzymes in

sequencePET is a menace in the world known as polluting

plastic because it does not decompose or degrades

Dornier-228

aircraftHindustan Aeronautics ltd. will now manufacture the

aircraft for “Civil purposes”

HAl has previously manufactured Do-228’s under the

licence from a Swiss OEM, RUAG, which are now

being used in Air force, Navy and the Coast Guard.

(OEM-original equipment manufacture)

Magnetic chips Magnetic chips to enhance energy efficiency of computers

High computing power with less requirement of energy.

Exomars 2016 A probe to identify presence of methane on the planet Mars.

Methane is produced by microbes called methanogens

that became extinct or still surviving

Launched from Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan

on March 14, 2016

AWACS(Airborne

Early warning

and control

It is advanced radar mounted on an aircraft to give 360

degree coverage to detect incoming aircraft and

missiles at long ranges.


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system)India has brought this technology from Israel.

Spike Anti Tank

Guided

Missile(ATGM)

India and Israel are in the process of joint production

of it.

It is being done under make in India Programme

Joint Venture by Israel and India’s Kalyani Group.

Zika Virus Got its name from Zika forest Uganda

Transmitted by mosquitos

It causes birth defect(babies are born with abnormally

small head)

El -Nino Heating of water in central eastern region of the

equatorial pacific with average rise in temperature of 0.5 degrees celsius

Meteorologists say 2016 will be normal monsoon

(89cms of rainfall)

2015 was fourth time that El-Nino conditions were

there in 100 years for more than successive 2 years

Microbeads Small plastic pieces measuring less than 1mm in size made of PE,PP, PET, PMMA and nylon

National Green Tribunal wants to ban these

microplastics which are now packed in cosmetic

products as exfoliating agents

Water pollution increases, they are non biodegradable,

ingested by marine organisms, fish and marine

mammals

Antimicrobial

resistance (AMR)

Resistance of a microbe to an antimicrobial

medication that used to be effective in treating or preventing an infection caused by that microbe.

India’s Rotavirus

vaccine

launched-

ROTAVAC

Health ministry launched rotavirus vaccine for

diarrhea

Blood test to test A set of 16 genes used as biomarkers to check if


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TB infection the individual has TB or not

Renewable

plastic

Replacing styrene with lignin

This will bring cleaner and cheaper raw materials

Environment

Great Indian

BustardIn news because three GIB have been seen in Tungabhadra

bank, Karnataka

New snake

specie in

Gujarat

New snake species has been found in Gujarat

Its name is Wallaceophis gujaratensis

White rumped

and Red

headed

Vultures

White rumped and Red headed Vultures spotted but in few

numbers in Wayanad wildlife sanctuary in Kerala

Diclofenac seen as a reason for lowering in their population

Diclofenac is a drug given to animals to cure them but

when the animal dies it passes on to vultures who eat the

carcass and it is fatal

Sri

Venkateswara

National Park

Tirupati wildlife division has made an action action plan to

tackle forest fire and tackling smuggling of RED

SANDERS.

The national park is part of a biosphere reserve,

Seshachalam Hills, declared in 2010.

Sri Venkateswara National Park is located in Cuddapah

and Chittoor district of Andhra Pradesh)

There are 103 National parks currently and 18 Biosphere

reserves.

(Red Sanders is another name for red sandalwood, the tree is

valued for its rich red colour wood, the wood is “not”

aromatic”)

Biosphere

reserves

20 names added to the UNESCO’s Biosphere

Reserve List at a meeting in Lima


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Now 669 reserves across 120 countries

16 sites spread across more than one country

Spain with largest number of sites

New Shark and Ray

species found

13 species Sharks and Rays have been found in Indian

waters

They have been bar coded,

DNA barcoding was successfully used for accurate

identification of chondrichthyans which included the

chimaeras, sharks, rays, and skates in the Indian waters

Recently, the government had imposed a ban on the export

of shark fins

Timbo Male African elephant died at 47 in Mysuru zoo

Died due to chronic arthritis

Timbo was from German zoo , received in 1976

Sumatran

rhino

A critically endangered rhino found after 40 years in

Borneo

Borneo is third largest island and is shared between Indonesia,

Malaysia and Brunei

Sumatran rhino is

Smallest rhino

Only asian rhino with 2 horns

Covered with long hair

African catfish Native to africa and middle east

Nocturnal predatory fish feeds on living and dead

High tolerance for oxygenated water


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Sports

Asia Cup India won Asia Cup defeating Bangladesh;India has won Asia Cup for record 6th Time

Asia cup started in 1983 ; It is a men’s One day International

and Twenty20 International tournament in Cricket

Ottapondal Ottapondal is a rowing competition , held in Canoli Canal in Kozhikode

Aim to attract official attention to the condition of the canal

(Canoli Canal)

Persons in News ( Appointments, Awards , Deaths )

Morarji Desai 120th Birth Anniversary celebrated on 29th February

First Non Congress Prime Minister of India

First Prime Minister to resign from office.

P K ThungonFormer Union Minister, and former Chief Minister of Arunachal Pradesh

Sentenced to prison by a CBI Court for corruption

Justice H L

DattuFormerly Chief Justice of India

Appointed Chairman of National Human Right

Commission.

Famous for ruling “bail is the rule and jail is an

exception” in 2G Spectrum caseHe replaced K G Balakrishnan who retired in 2015

C V

WigneswaranChief Minister of Sri Lanka’s Northern Province

Asked India recently to ensure that spirit of the 13th

Amendment is retained in new Constitution

13th Amendment to Sri Lanka’s Constitution refers to

federal features


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13th Amendment was the outcome of 1987 India – Sri

Lanka Accord

R K Pachauri TERI(The energy and resource institute) executive vice chairman

Charge sheeted in sexual harassment case.

John Varghese Appointed as the principal of St Stephen’s college

Irom sharmila Manipur rights activist who is on indefinite strike for last 15 years demanding the repeal of Armed force special

power act(AFSPA) in Manipur

P A Sangma Former speaker of Lok Sabha, and former CM of Meghalaya, died recently

Kalabhavan

ManiMalayalam film actor and singer died recently

Started career as mimicry artist

Harsha

ChawdaIndia’s First test tube baby, born in 1986

In news because she is now a mother herself and has

given birth to a baby boy

Ray Tomlinson US software programmer who invented Email, died recently

Sher Bahadur

DeubaElected as the new President of Nepal succeeding late

Premier Sushil koirala

He was Prime Minister 3 times earlier

M.S. Subbulakshmi

A carnatic music legend who performed at UN General Assembly hall in 1966

Golden jubilee of the concert on March 26 will be

performed by M.S’s great grand daughters.

Helen Clarke Is the Chief of United Nations Development Program(UNDP).

In news as she said that “marital rape” should be made


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criminal offense.

Rajat Gupta Indian born Goldman Sachs director released after completing his two year term in prison.

He was imprisoned for insider trading

Babak Zanjani Billionaire from Iran. Has been sentenced to death for corruption

Bhawna Kanth,

Avani

Chaturvedi,

Mohana singh

First women fighter pilots in the Indian Air Force in June

Sir Dominic

Asquith

Appointed as the next High Commissioner to India later

this month by the British government

Preceding him is Sir James Bevan

George Martin Known as the “Fifth beatle” is a legendary British music producer

He helped turn Beatles into best selling band in history,

died at age of 90

Htin Kyaw First elected President of Myanmar in five decades ; Belongs to Suu Kyi’s National League for

Democracy ( NLD ) , who won Elections in

November 2015

Dr Atiur

Rehman

Governor of Central Bank of Bangladesh ;

Resigned because of a scam in Bangladesh Central Bank ;

Governor did not inform the government ; Loss due to scam

= 80 million USD

Mother Teresa Pope has approved Mother Teresa’s Sainthood

Ustad Ali

Ahmed

Hussain Khan

Eminent Shehnai player, dies at 77 due to kidney related

problems

Sangeet Natak Academy award in 2009 for contribution

to Hindustani instrumental music


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“Banga bhushan” award by West Bengal government in

2012

Hinda Bharwad Animal rights activist committed suicide

He wanted that cow be declared the national animal

Sir Andrew WilesWon the Abel prize, Abel prize is given in the field of mathematics ; often called the Nobel Prize of

Mathematics

For his proof of “Fermat’s Last Theorem”

He is professor at Oxford University’s Mathematical

Institute.

Shreehari Aney Maharashtra’s Advocate General, resigned from the post after sharp disapproval from the opposition

He demanded separate statehood for Marathwada in

Maharashtra

Andrew Grove Intel’s mastermind passes away at 79

First hire of Intel, the chipmaker company in 1968

Pandit

Shambhu Nath Sopori

Sitar player “Father of Indian Classical music” died

Father of well known Santoor maestro Bhajan Sopori

Command over classical and Sufiana music shown in

instrumental and vocal performances

Tim Chittock Pedalled his cycle on Golden Quadrilateral in 24

Days

He is from New Zealand

It’s a Guinness world record

Noor Inayat

Khan Prize

2016

Geetakshi Arora, student of University of London for

her dissertation on “Goddess myths in graphic novels:

Reimagining Indian feminity”


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Trust awards annual prize to post graduate student from

SOAS, University of London, working in the area of

gender studies and south asian history

Noor Inayat, Indian descent, was a secret agent in WW2,

sent to Nazi occupied area, she was betrayed and killed.

Books, Movies, Literature etc.

Muttrupulliya Is a Sri Lankan docu-drama portrays life of Tamil ethnic population in Sri Lanka after the war

It was banned by CBFC, Chennai Appellate Tribunal has

revoked the ban

Peter rabbit It became the first character from children’s literature to appear on British coinage.

It was created by Beatrix Potter

Flamenco

IndiaA collaborative theatrical show between India and Spain

To mark the 60 years of diplomatic ties

Show will be hosted at Delhi

Places in News

Kondane

CavesRecently 40 rock paintings discovered in Kondane caves

in Raigarh district in Maharashtra.

It also features Buddhist architecture such as

Chaitya(prayer hall) and monastery.

Zojila Pass

Tunnel

Building

Project

India’s most expensive and biggest National highway.

It will provide all weather road connectivity between

Srinagar and Leh-Ladakh region.

Kamarajar Port One of few ports in south which has the capacity to


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handle 1.5 million tonnes of LPG Gas.

It will get in more cargo because of government initiative

of providing LPG connection to BPL(below Poverty

Line) family

Chennai Recently India’s First Rail Auto Hub took place here.

Bar Coding on Railway tickets introduced by Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu

Ardha Kumbh

MelaArdh kumbh or Half Kumbh Kumbh Mela is held every

six years at Haridwar and Allahabad.

In 2016 it is being held at Haridwar

Bombay House First in heritage building in India to get platinum rating

by Indian Green Building Council(IGBC)Based on site & facility management,water efficiency,

energy efficiency, health and comfort and innovation

It is a TATA group’s headquarters

Patratu,

JharkhandIn news because Jharkhand government is setting up a

film city there

Patratu is in Ramgarh District

Chandrakhani

PassIn the news because eight students were rescued who

were stuck in a cave for three days due to snowfall and

bad weather.

Located in Kullu district of Himachal Pradesh.

Connects via trekking route between Naggar and

Malana.

Kullu valley lies between Lower Himalayan, Pir Panjal

and the Great Himalayan range.

“Noyyalai

Nokki”An initiative by Noyyal River Restoration Federation to

clean the river. It Means “Towards Noyyal” ,

Noyyal originates from the Western Ghats and passes

through four districts of Tamil Nadu before joining in the

Cauvery river


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IG International

AirportWon the SKYTRAX award “Best airport staff in Asia

and Central Asia”

At a ceremony in Cologne, Germany

Chitradurga DRDO to open a Aeronautical Test Range(ATR)

Chitradurga is near Bengaluru

Multi agency mega complex will also house facilities of BARC, ISRO, IISc

Palakkad Gap

EcosystemA 45 Kms gap in the western ghats between Coimbatore

in TN and Palakkad in Kerala

Facing environmental destruction due to mining and

deforestation

Initiatives by Kerala Biodiversity Board have resulted

nothing

Brussels attack 34 killed at Zaventem airport by attack claimed by Islamic State

Belgium has headquarters of NATO and European

Union

Miscellaneous

Concept One World’s first electric supercar ;

Created by Croatia’s inventor Mate Rimac

Kumki A name for trained elephants in Kerala

Kumkis are used this time of a year to scare away other

wild mammals who come near human settlements

Satnam

communityFound in Chhattisgarh state of India.

Satnam means truth, the teachings and philosophy are

similar to Hinduism and Buddhism.

Satnams believe in the name of the god and “do not”

worship idols.


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CAR 21G Abbreviation of “Civil Aviation Requirement” required from the Directorate General of Civil Aviation for the

manufacturing of aircrafts for civil uses.

ITBP will now

have women

officers

Women will now be recruited as assistant commandants

which is a direct entry level for officers.(union home

ministry published new rules)Among five of the central armed forces CAPF, CRPF, BSF,

SSB have been allowing women to apply as direct level

officers.

Pivot to Asia US policy to increase its influence in Asia mainly to counter China

Boko HaramTerrorist organization of NigeriaLiterally it means western education is forbidden

In news because its violence has caused food crisis and the

organization itself is fearing the heat of it.

All women

operated and

supported

flight

Longest by Air india

From New Delhi to San Francisco

Emergency

number

112 to be the common emergency number for all

services

It was approved by Telecom commission after recommended

by TRAI

ICGS

Arnwesh commissioned

Fast vehicle vessel of Indian coast guard flagged off from

Vishakhapatnam

It main armament comprises 40/60 bofors gun

Rajasthan’s

first IT day

RajNET a wide area network connecting state capital

with all the panchayats

Built as a multi mode connectivity network


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Will enable effective delivery of services like eMitra and

Mgnrega

Theme:”promotion of IT startups”

Iron Fist Exercise of Indian Air Force. First held in 2013; Again

being held in 2016

Tobacco

Pictorial

Warnings

New regulations require that 85% of the front and

back cover of cigarette packets should have anti

cancer warnings; Parliamentary Panel is now asking

that it should be 50% only as it will be too harsh on

“tobacco industry”

Oscars

Best Picture Spotlight

Direction The Revenant, Alejandro G. Iñárritu

Actor Leonardo DiCaprio,The Revenant

Actress Brie Larson,Room

Supporting Actor Mark Rylance, Bridge of Spies

Supporting Actress Alicia Vikander, The Danish Girl

Foreign Language Film Son of Saul (Hungary)

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FILED UNDER: F IN ( Fac t s i n N ew s )

lazygoose

Wonderful initiative forum!! Thanks!

1il Pizhachal 3!Heavy yaar! Hats Off

Vaselline Care

Thank You Forumias Team for this initiative it helps in quick revision

STOS

salutary initiative

Phoenix

Very much helpful to revise with quick glance.. thank u..

dark matter

Thanku sir..great initiarive

Far

Amazing initiative! Thank you so very much

akancha gupta

great initiative. thanks forumias. .

Pradeep Sheoran

another great Initiative…thnks team forumias

Ajay Rathod

Everything at one place !! Whoever is writing and organizing this data is the one who will be in

upsc top 10 !!

Gayathri Nayar

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Great Initiative. It covers all the topics and topics which have been left out too. Thank u and

please continue the same.

learn

thankssss a lot

Jeremy Thangkhokai Haokip

This really is a great Job..my time investment in FOrum IAS goes on increasing..:-)

https://plus.google.com/102248440458907710829 abhishek3636

Superb

janaki ram

sir,

similarly please compile all the EDITORIALS In the HINDU PAPER of one month.

similar to the above take one topic of editorial. GIVE its definition, pros, cons,conclusion..etc.

Do for all the imporatant editorial topics published in that month.

please do this intiative.

janaki ram

good continue it.

Subodh

Forumias you guys are doing great work especially for new aspirants like me .

This is really a great initiative .

Thank you sir.

Please continue this series…..

Subodh


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Thank you sir,

Continue it please….

Introvert

A very good initiative sir.. Please continue and as requested by everyone please try to provide

compilation from January of possible. Thank you

anil singh

nice one…

nimesh kumar

Thanks a lot sir!

https://www.facebook.com/app_scoped_user_id/1456886654620532/ Sia Prem

wow thank u team…

Whisker

great initiative…now no need to purchase any CA magazine…extremely helpful for PSC

also…kindly compile from January-16 or include in coming months compilations..Thanks

hard_work_pays

Sir aap mahan ho!!!

#ARegularFollowerOf 9pm,10pm

sagarsumit09

Thank you for the compilation. A mistake in National and International Events – SAARC.

Among the 7 neighbours mentioned, it should be Afghanistan instead of Myanmar.

CM_GoGo

kickass..!!

Gurubhai

Simply Great Initiative. It would surely help to a great extent in our CSE Preparation. Thanks

to the ForumIAS Team.


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Powerpufgurl

This is really nice, if possible pls compile from jan onwards

Harsha

Thank you

Jagadeesh .P

Nice initiative! Please post for earlier months too

Soujit Saha

Great initiative… Please post the same for Jan & Feb…

Gajendra SinghWow!!

Great initiative !!

I couldn’t believe that so many news occurred in just a small span of time.

Great tool to revise.

Thanks team FIAS.

ABCD

Very good initiative. . !

Snow white

Sirrrr wow… Thankyou so much ! God bless this forum for selfless wrk ! Best things !

Bullseye@2016

It would be nice if you do it from January after mains. Thanks anyway

Bullseye@2016

It is a life saver initiative. Tones of thanks FORUMIAS

Chittu Pandey

Kudos!!


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sanima_nhi_dekhte_ka

ForumIAS has the potential to shut down the “Coaching Shops” in Delhi

https://plus.google.com/113155787205501071244 marianaag

P. A. Sangma was from Meghalaya, not from Arunachal Pradesh. Please edit it.

Ajaz Zaffar

why from march only.u shud have started from december

none the less a great initiative for pre and mains//hats off

Bishal Jeet Baruah

fantastic! thanks

SaurabhajainGrt Initiative..

Atul Das

Phenomenal work….

mandbuddhi

thanks a lot.

Tyrion Lannister

I think this website is going to be one Stop destination for IAS

Tyrion Lannister

are you going to post this for jan and feb month also ???

satyendra kumar

Thanks a lot sir

Smit Lodha

Good Initiative!

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