[GKmojo] 2016 Current affairs files for SNAP

January 2016

1. Sikkim has formally become India’s first fully organic state after it successfully
implemented organic farming practices on around 75,000 hectares of agricultural land.

2. Kerala has become the first Indian state to achieve 100 per cent primary education.

3. The World Health Organization (WHO) has declared the end of Ebola virus outbreak in
West Africa after all known chains of transmission have been stopped. WHO’s
announcement came with declaration of end disease in Liberia after no positive case
was reported in last 42 days (two 21-day incubation cycles of the virus).

4. The operation launched by the Indian Army to neutralize terrorists at the Pathankot Air
Force base in Punjab on 02 Jan 2016 was named: Operation Dhangu Suraksha

5. The Indian novelist and journalist who has been awarded the 2016 DSC Prize for South
Asian Literature for her novel Sleeping on Jupiter : Anuradha Roy

6. Union Government has launched Sahaj Scheme for online booking of LPG cylinders.

7. ‘Start-up India, Stand-up India’ scheme:

Prime Minister Narendra Modi has unveiled the ‘Start-up India, Stand-up India’ action
plan in New Delhi to boost startup ventures in the country. The main aim of action plan
is to give impetus to innovation and encourage the talent among young people and
remove onerous government regulations and red tape.
Key features Start-up India, Stand-up India action plan
Start-up profits to be tax-free for 3 years and also no labour inspections for 3 years of
launch of the venture.
Compliance regime based on self-certification for labour and environmental laws.
Easy exit policy for start-ups with 90 days.
Tax exemption to be provided on capital gains if money is invested in another start up.
Government to create Rs. 10,000 crore corpus fund for development and growth of
innovation driven enterprises. It will be Rs. 2500 crore a year for four years.
8.The Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act, 2015 came into force 15
January 2016. In this regard, Union Ministry of Woman and Child Development has issued
orders for enforceable of Act. The Act had received President Pranab Mukherjee’s assent on
December 31, 2015 after it was passed by the Parliament.

Key features of Act:

Aims at ensuring protection, proper care, development and social reintegration of
children in difficult circumstances by adopting a child-friendly approach.
Permits trying of juveniles between the ages of 16 and 18 years as adults for heinous
offences.

9. The Union Cabinet has approved Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana, a new crop
insurance scheme to boost farming sector in the country. It is farmers’ welfare scheme that
aims to reduce the premium burden on farmers and ensure early settlement of crop
assurance claim for the full insured sum.

Highlights of Scheme:
Uniform premium: Farmers will pay uniform premium of 2 per cent for all Kharif crops
and 1.5 percent for all Rabi crops. In case of annual horticultural and commercial crops,
farmers will pay 5 per cent premium. These premium rates are very low. Government
will pay balance premium to provide full insured amount to the farmers against crop
loss on account of natural calamities.

10. The Union Cabinet has approved the Stand up India Scheme to promote
entrepreneurship among Scheduled Caste/Scheduled Tribes (SC/ST) and Women
entrepreneurs. Decision in this regard was taken by Union Cabinet meeting chaired by
the Prime Minister Narendra Modi in New Delhi.

The Scheme seeks to facilitate at least two such projects on an average one for each
category of entrepreneur per bank branch. The Stand-up India is component of Start-up
India, Stand up India slogan anchored by Department of Financial Services (DFS) to
encourage Greenfield enterprises by Women and SC/ST entrepreneurs.

Features of Stand Up India Scheme- It will refinance window through Small Industries
Development Bank of India (SIDBI) with an initial amount 10,000 crore rupees.

11. Justice RM Lodha Committee has submitted its report to the Supreme Court suggesting
reforms in the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI). The committee was appointed
 by the SC in 2014 to make recommendations to the BCCI in order to prevent frauds and
conflict of interest in cricket administration.
Major Recommendations Committee:
Governing Bodies: They should be separate for Indian Premier League (IPL) and BCCI,
with limited autonomy for the IPL Governing Council.
BCCI office-bearer: No Minister or government servant should become a BCCI office-
bearer.

12. India’s largest automaker (by revenue) Tata Motors Ltd’s has appointed Guenter
Butschek as chief executive officer (CEO) and managing director (MD) of the company

13. Australian Open 2016

Event Winner Runner-up

Andy Murray (Great

Men's Singles Novak Djokovic (Serbia)
Britain)

Women's Angelique Kerber

Serena Williams (USA)
Singles (Germany)

14. 2016 - International Year of Pulses

February 2016

1. Academy Awards - 2016 (Oscars)

Best Picture : Spotlight (Directed by Tom McCarthy)

Best Actor : Leonardo Dicaprio for The Revenant

2. Former Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) Vinod Rai has been appointed as the
first Chairman of Banks Board Bureau (BBB).
BBB will be a super authority (Autonomous Body) of eminent professionals and officials
for public sector banks (PSBs). It will replace the Appointments Board of Government
3. Gianni Infantino (45) of Switzerland has been elected as new President of Fédération
Internationale de Football Association (FIFA), a global governing body of football.

4. Christine Lagarde (60) from France has been appointed as the Managing Director (MD)
of the International Monetary Fund for a second five-year term.

5. West Indies for the first time has won the ICC U-19 Cricket World Cup 2016 by defeating
three time champions India by five wickets played at Mirpur (Bangladesh).

6. Japanese automaker Toyota Motor Corp. has topped in global vehicle sales in 2015 by
selling 10.151 million vehicles, beating Volkswagen and General Motors. With this, the
company has retained its status as the world’s top-selling automaker for the fourth
straight year.

7. Railway budget: UDAY (Utkrisht Double-Decker Air-conditioned Yatri) Express: Overnight

double-decker express on the busiest routes. Potential to increase carrying capacity by
almost 40%.

8. India’s first indigenously built nuclear armed submarine INS Arihant has successfully
passed several deep sea diving drills as well as weapons launch tests.

9. Pakistan’s Parliament building located in national capital Islamabad became the first in
the world to completely run on solar power.

10. India continues to remain the world’s largest arms importer, accounting for 14% of the
global arms imports in the 2011-2015 timeframe.

11. US writer Harper Lee passed away in Monroeville, Alabama, US at the age of 89. She had
authored a novel ‘To Kill a Mockingbird’ released in 1960 which had become a classic of
modern American literature. It has sold more than 40 million copies worldwide.

12. Gujarat state government has decided to set up India’s first aviation park near Bagodara
village in Ahmedabad district to strengthen the aviation sector.
It is an integrated aviation park that aims to provide a single platform for manufacturing
activities and human resources related to the aviation sector

March 2016
 1. Htin Kyaw sworn in as the first elected civilian (non-military) President of
Myanmar after 53 years of military rule. Myanmar’s Army was in power since
1962 coup. He belongs to National League for Democracy (NLD) Party and
succeeds Thein Sein, who had stepped down after end of five years of army-
backed rule.

2. Former Chief Justice of India (CJI) HL Dattu took charge as the Chairman of the
National Human Rights Commission (NHRC). With this, he becomes the seventh
Chairman of the NHRC, highest government institution protecting human rights
of citizens.

3. The Telecom Commission has approved the number 112 as the single emergency
number for India, similar to 911 of United States (US) and 999 of United Kingdom
(UK).

4. The Union Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) has approved

Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana (PMUY) for providing free of cost LPG (cooking
gas) connections to women from BPL Households. This scheme will be
implemented by Union Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas. It will be for the
first time ministry will be implementing a welfare scheme.

5. Internet pioneer and e-mail inventor Raymond Tomlinson passed away in

Washington, United States. He was 74 years old.

April 2016

1. Regional festivals in April:

• BIHU: Held on 14th April. It is the national festival of Assam.
• Baishakhi: it held on 1st day of vaisakh month (April-may) celebrated in Punjab
region.

2. World’s first White Tiger Safari was inaugurated at Mukundpur in Satna district of
Madhya Pradesh.
 3. 2016 ICC World Twenty20
Winner: West Indies, Runner-up: England
Player of the series: Virat Kohli

4. 2016 ICC Women's World Twenty20

Winner: West Indies, Runner-up: Australia
Player of the series: Stafanie Taylor (West Indies)

5. The Indian gymnast from Agartala who has become the

Dipa
first female gymnast from India to qualify for the
Karmakar
Olympic Games

6. The temple in Kollam district of Kerala at which a

Puttingal
fireworks mishap killed over a 100 people and injured
Temple
hundreds of other people

May 2016
• Union Government approved retirement age of doctors of Central Health Services to 65
• Chabahar Port Deal:
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Iranian President Hassan Rouhani in May
2016 signed a series of twelve agreements in Tehran.
The most important of these 12 agreements is the trilateral transit agreement between
India, Iran and Afghanistan. In the deal, India offered to develop the Port of Chabahar in
order to allow Indian goods to be exported to Iran, with the possibility of onward
connections to Afghanistan and Central Asia.
• Islamic Development Bank announced to open its first branch in India at Ahmedabad
• Pakke Tiger Reserve in Arunachal Pradesh bagged India Biodiversity Award 2016
• UR Rao becomes first Indian to be given IAF Hall of Fame Award
• South Korean author Han Kang wins 2016 Man Booker International Prize for 'The
Vegetarian'
 June 2016
• The World Health Organization (WHO) has announced that Thailand has become the
first Asian country to eliminate mother-to-child HIV transmission.
• Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Afghanistan President Ashraf Ghani jointly
inaugurated the Afghan-India Friendship Dam in Herat province in Western Afghanistan
The Afghan-India Friendship Dam was earlier known as Salma Dam.
• The company which has signed an agreement to acquire business oriented social
networking service LinkedIn for $26.2 billion: Microsoft
• Government clears recommendations of 7th pay commission
Bonanza for govt employees as 23% pay hike.
Chairman of 7th pay commission was Justice Ashok Kr Mathur.
• Union Government approves 100% FDI in Aviation, Defence and e-commerce sectors
• French Open 2016

Runner-
Title Winner
up
Novak Andy
Men's
Djokovic Murray
Singles
(Serbia) (G.B.)
Garbine Serena
Women's
Muguruza Williams
Singles
(Spain) (USA)
• The former World and Olympic shooting champion who has been chosen to be the flag
bearer of Indian contingent at the Rio Olympics: Abhinav Bindra

• The Russian professional tennis player who has been suspended from playing tennis for
two years by the International Tennis Federation for having failed a drug test: Maria
Sharapova

• The slogan of 2016 Rio Olympic Games unveiled by Thomas Bach, the president of the
International Olympic Committee (IOC) at a special ceremony held at Olympic Park in
Barra da Tijuca (Rio de Janeiro): A new world

• The Indian cricketer who has become the first Indian to score a century on debut in an
One Day International (against Zimbabwe): K L Rahul
• The city which has become the first in the country have its own city animal - Gangetic
River Dolphin: Guwahati
• The European nation which has become the first country in the world to ban
deforestation: Norway

• Brexit poll result

Britain leaves European Union which is headquartered at Brussels Belgium which had 28
members.
Britain PM David Cameron resigns after the result.

July 2016
1. UNESCO World Heritage Sites - New Inscriptions
The UNESCO recently included 21 sites in its World Heritage Site list of which 12
are cultural sites, 6 are natural sites and 3 are mixed sites. of the 21 sites 3 sites
are in India.
• Nalanda Mahavihara, Bihar

It comprises the archaeological remains of a monastic and scholastic institution

dating from the 3rd century BCE to the 13th century CE. It includes stupas,
shrines, viharas (residential and educational buildings) and important art works
in stucco, stone and metal.
• Architectural Work of Le Corbusier

The architectural works of well-known architect Le Corbusier in Argentina,

Belgium, France, Germany, India, Japan and Switzerland
The Capitol Complex in Chandigarh designed by Le Corbusier has been included
in World Heritage Site list.
• Khangchendzonga National Park

Located in Sikkim the park includes a unique diversity of plains, valleys, lakes,
glaciers and spectacular, snow-capped mountains covered with ancient forests,
including the world’s third highest peak, Mount Khangchendzonga.

2. Acquisitions company- acquiring Company

A. Jabong- Myntra [Owned by Flipkart]
B. YAHOO- Verizon [ 4.83 Billion US dollars]
C. Netsuite- Oracle [ 9.3 Billion US dollars]
3. Pokeman Go
-free to play location based augmented reality mobile game
-Close to overtake twitter user numbers.
-It allows players to catch digital Pokeman in the real world.
-developed by Game developer company Niantic whose CEO is John Hanke .
-it uses Google maps.

4. Kerala Government imposes 14.5 per cent fat tax on Junk Food.

5. India’s first Green Rail Corridor launched in Tamil Nadu

the India’s first Green Rail Corridor was inaugurated on the 114-km long Rameswaram-
Manamadurai stretch in Tamil Nadu. It was inaugurated by Union Railways Minister
Suresh Prabhu through video-conferencing from Chennai, Tamil Nadu. Key Facts The
Green Rail Corridor ensures zero toilet discharge on rail tracks as part of its commitment
to clean environment under the ‘Swachh Rail-Swachh Bharat’ initiative.
6. Kerala Government launches first ever Water Metro project in the country
Kerala Government has launched Kochi Water Metro project, the first ever Water Metro
project in the country. It was launched by Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan at
Kochi. The project aims to provide water connectivity to people living between islands in
the Kochi agglomeration area and the city.

7. Child Labour (Prohibition and Regulation) Amendment Bill, 2016.

The Bill seeks to amend the Child Labour (Prohibition and Regulation) Act, 1986 to
widen the scope of the law against child labour and stricter punishments for violations.
1. Prohibition of employment of children below 14 years in all
occupations or processes except where child helps his family.
2. Addition of a new category of persons called “adolescent”. They
are person between 14 and 18 years of age.

8. Madhya Pradesh became the first state in India to have ‘Happiness Department’ that
will work as knowledge resource centre on the subject of happiness on the lines of
Bhutan. Decision to set up Happiness Department was taken by the state cabinet
meeting presided by chief minister Shivraj Singh Chauhan.

9. JK Rowling’s eighth Harry Potter story, “Harry Potter and the Cursed Child” has been
released in bookstores across the globe.
10. The book “Ace against Odds” is the autobiography of Tennis player Sania Mirza.

11. HDFC becomes first Indian Company to issue masala bonds

The Housing Development Finance Corporation (HDFC) has become the first Indian
company to issue rupee-denominated bonds “masala bonds” on London Stock Exchange
(LSE). The bond will help HDFC, India’s biggest mortgage lender (home finance
company) to diversify its borrowing profile and access global investors.

12. The second unit of Kudankulam Nuclear Power Plant (KNPP), India’s largest nuclear
power plant in Tamil Nadu became operational.
The nuclear reactors of the plant have been built with Russian expertise. The
construction on the plant began in 2002.

13. India to Host Kabaddi World Cup In October

14. India’s largest food products marketing organization Amul has become the official
sponsor of Indian contingent to the 2016 Rio Olympics.
15. Portugal wins 2016 UEFA European football championship

16. Top Indian wrestler Narsingh Yadav failed a dope test after he was tested positive for a
banned substance steroid. With this, his participation in 2016 Rio Olympics has been
jeopardized and if found guilty by the disciplinary panel, he may face a four-year
suspension.

17. Virat Kohli becomes first Indian captain to score double century outside India

18. Wimbledon 2016

Title Winner Runner-up

Gentlemen's Andy Murray Milas Raonic
Singles (U.K.) (Canada)
Serena Angelique
Ladies' Singles Williams* Kerber
(U.S.A.) (Germany)
19. Noted Tabla maestro Lachu Maharaj passes away.

20. Legendary modern Indian artist Syed Haider Raza passed away in New Delhi following a
prolonged illness. He was 94. He was best known for popularising Indian concepts of art
 and iconography globally and was also building a towering legacy of modern art.

21. World famous Rath Yatra of Lord Jagannath begins, it held at Puri in the state of Odisha,
India.

22. NASA’s Juno spacecraft successfully begins orbit of Jupiter

23. Lifeline Express: World’s first hospital on a train completes 25 years of service

August 2016

1st week

1) Mr. Vijay Rupani: New CM of Gujarat.

2) Mrs. Neeta ambani ...1st Indian women of IOC member!!

IOC: international Olympics Committee!!

3) China has successfully launched the first satellite dubbed as The Tiantong-01 for mobile
telecommunication.

4) The Union Government has set an inflation target of 4% for the next five years i.e. till March
31, 2021.

5) Rio Olympics starts in Rio, Brazil.

Theme: world peace and environment
It is for first time the summer Olympics will be held in South American Continent and Brazil is
hosting it for the first time.
The opening ceremony was held at the Maracana Stadium.
India, which has fielded its biggest ever contingent of 120 sportspersons was led by flag-bearer
and Olympic Gold medallist Abhinav Bindra.

6) Singer Shubha Mudgal has been selected for the prestigious the 23rd Rajiv Gandhi National
Sadbhavana Award 2016.

7) SAARC summit 2016 was cancelled which to be held in Pakistan.

2nd week
1) There is no rail budget from next year; it is merged with union budget!!

2) Assam becomes the first state to ratify GST.

3) Hindustan Copper Limited inaugurates country's first facility to produce nickel. Before that,
Nickel was totally imported from other countries!!

4) Michael Phelps: Retired from Olympics after winning 23rd Gold Medal, Most successful
sports person in Olympics!!

5. Iron lady, Irom Chanu Sharmila ended her 16-year-long fast. She is from Manipur.

6. Kalikho Pul, former Arunachal CM, found dead.

7. PM dedicated 1st Unit of Kundankulam Nuclear Plant to the nation. It was built with the help
of Russia in tamilnadu.

8. Amitabh Kant committee set up to review FDI, e-commerce rules. He is the CEO of NITI
Aayog.

9. Bill Gates tops Forbes richest tech tycoons list.

Azim Premji and Shiv Nadar ranked 13th and 17th respectively in the list.

10. Union Cabinet approves Maternity Benefit (Amendment) Bill, 2016: Increase Maternity
Benefit to 26 weeks from 12 weeks for two surviving children and 12 weeks for more than two
children.

11. Gymnast Dipa Karmakar created history by becoming the first Indian gymnast to get 4th
position for the apparatus finals of artistic Gymnastics at the Rio 2016 Olympics.

12. Saina Nehwal has been appointed as the new brand ambassador of ITC's hygiene brand,
Savlon

3rd week

1) 2 medal for India in Rio Olympics 2016!!

a) Bronze medal: Sakshi Malik

b) Silver medal: PV Sindhu

2) Urijit Patel appointed as new RBI Governor. He will take charge after 3rd sept.

3) Michael Phelps and Usain Bolt retire from Olympics!!

4) India ranks 66th in 2016 Global Innovation Index.

Switzerland tops!!

5) SBI board approves merger of 5 associate banks, Bharatiya Mahila Bank with itself.

6) World’s highest & longest glass bottomed bridge is opened this weekend in China.

7) Narsingh Yadav’s Olympic dream over as CAS hands him 4 years ban.

8) Dr. Najma Heptulla sworn-in as 18th Governor of Manipur

9) India’s first ever BIO-CNG plant producing CNG (Compressed Natural Gas) from agricultural
residue was inaugurated in Pune, Maharashtra.

4th week

1) PM Narendra Modi inaugurates the first phase of SAUNI Yojana out of the 4 phases Saurastra
Narmada Avataran Irrigation Yojana (SAUNI) at Sanodara of Jamnagar district of Gujarat.

2) Indian Wrestler Yogeshwar Dutt’s bronze medal (60kg freestyle) from the London Olympics-
2012 has been upgraded to silver. Late Besik Kudukhov of Russia (second-place finisher) was
stripped off his medal for failing a dope test.

3) Central Reserve Police Force India (CRPF) has decided to appoint Olympic silver medallist PV
Sindhu as its brand ambassador and bestow the honorary rank of Commandant.

4) Sindhu, Sakshi, Dipa, Jitu Rai got Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award.

5) Sunita Jain conferred with Vyas Samman award 2015.

6) Gujarat to host 2016 Kabaddi World Cup.

7) Sunil Mittal re-appointed Chairman of Bharti Airtel.

8) 29 August: National Sports Day to mark the birth anniversary of the legendary hockey player
Dhyan Chand who was born on 29 August 1905.

9) ISRO conducts successful test launch of scramjet engine

scramjet: Supersonic Combusting ramjet
this engine uses atmospheric air to burn the fuel!!

10) The Union Cabinet has given its approval for introduction of the Surrogacy (Regulation) Bill,
2016 to banning commercial surrogacy in country.

11) Sakshi Malik made brand ambassador for Beti Bachao, Beti Padao campaign in Haryana

12) Uber partners with Telangana for 'Own Your Car' scheme
this scheme would help members from backward classes and scheduled tribes become full time
commercial drivers by providing them training and imparting required skill sets.

September 2016
First week

1) Two Indians TM Krishna and Bezwada Wilson have received the prestigious Ramon
Magsaysay prize for the year 2016.
Ramon Magsaysay Award is Asia’s highest civilian honour and is often regarded as the region’s
equivalent of the Nobel Prize.

2) The Guinness World Records has officially designation Assam’s Majuli as the largest river
island in the world. It is situated in the Brahmaputra River.

3) 7 national parties are now, TMC got national party status. TMC: All India Trinomial Congress

4) Mother Teresa canonized as Saint

5) National teachers day: 5 September

6) WHO declares Sri Lanka malaria-free. Among SAARC countries, 2nd country after maldives.

7) Urijit Patel: New RBI governor

8) 2016 G-20 Summit held in Hangzhou, China

2nd week

1) Reliance communications owned by anil ambani and Aircel are getting merged. It is the
largest ever consolidation deal in Indian telecom sector. Recently it got cancelled.

2) Online payment startup payU has acquired its Indian rival citrus pay.

3) Rio Paralympics 2016

Best performance of India in this Paralympics.
a. Devendra Jhajharia wins gold medal in javelin throw at 2016 Rio Paralympics.
b. Deepa Malik first Indian woman to win Paralympics medal. She won silver.
c. Mariyappan Thangavelu wins Gold medal in high jump at 2016 Rio Paralympics Games.

4) Stan Wawrinka wins 2016 US Open Men’s Singles title, He defeated Novak djokovic.

5) Haryana wins Best Horticulture State award.

6) 2016 ASEAN Summit held in Vientiane, Laos.

ASEAN is a group of 10 South Asian nations.

7) Assam’s Majuli becomes first island district of India.

8) JP Morgan chase has become world's most valuable bank.

9) India declares itself free from bird flu.

10) Patanjali CEO Acharya balakrishna has become a billionaire.

11) After Gujarat, Andhra Pradesh gets 100% electrification.

3rd week

1) India will play its 500th Test match at Kanpur in Green Park stadium.

2) Siachen Glacier is the world's highest battlefield.

3) India and Israel jointly developed most advanced long range surface-to-air missile (LR-SAM)
Barak-8 was successfully test fired off the Odisha coast.

4) India ranks 112th in 2016 World Economic Freedom Index. Hong Kong topped the list.

5) Kunwar Bai chosen as Swachh Bharat Abhiyan mascot. She is the native of a village from
Chhattisgarh. She sold off her goats to build toilets in her village.

6) Anil ambani led Reliance Communications and Aircel to be merged. But it got cancelled
recently.

7) Raghuram Rajan joins university of Chicago booth school of business as a professor of

finance.

8) 15th September: National Engineer's day.

9) Uri attack: Terrorists killed around 17 army personnel. In retaliation, army has gun down 10
terrorists.

10) Emmy awards 2016 announced. These awards honour television programming in USA.
Game of throne wins outstanding drama series.

4th week

1) New book: “Citizen and Society”

Written by: Vice President Mohd Hamid Ansari

2) Indian spinner Ravichandran Ashwin has become the fastest Indian and second overall to
take 200 wickets in his 37th Test.

3) India and France inked the deal for 36 Rafale fighter jets in the presence of Defence Minister
Manohar Parrikar and his French counterpart Jean Yves Le Drian.

4) India played its 500th test in Green Park Stadium, Kanpur!!

5) Mumbai is the wealthiest city in India.

6) India' rank in Global competitiveness Index jumped 16 place, India ranks at 39th position in
the list now.

7) Jim Yong Kim re-appointed as President of World Bank for second term.
World Bank which is headquartered at Washington DC.

8) Name of joint military exercises:

Indra 2016: India and Russia
Yudh Abhyas 2016: India and USA

9) Tamil film Visaranai selected as India’s official entry to Oscars 2017

10) Union Cabinet approves merger of Rail budget with General budget.
Railway budget started from 1924. So it was presented for 92 years.

October 2016
1st week
1) The Nobel Peace Prize for 2016 has been awarded to Colombian President Juan Manuel
Santos for his efforts to end his country's 50-year civil war.

2) Jean-Pierre Sauvage, J Fraser Stoddart and Bernard L Feringa win 2016 Nobel Prize in
Chemistry

3) 2nd October: Birth anniversary of MK Gandhi and Lal Bahadur shastri.

2 October: International Day of Non-Violence

4) Hurricane Mathew kills hundreds of people in North American country Haiti!!

5) Former ISRO Chairman UR Rao becomes first Indian to be inducted into IAF Hall of Fame

6)British trio David Thouless, F Duncan M Haldane and Michael Kosterlitz win 2016 Nobel Prize
in Physics

7) SBI becomes first domestic bank to open branch in Yangon, Myanmar

8) Japan’s Yoshinori Ohsumi wins 2016 Nobel Prize in Medicine

9) Jharkhand becomes first state to implement DBT in Kerosene

10) The crown prince of Abu Dhabi, Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan will be the chief
guest for the 68th Republic Day celebrations on 26 January 2017.

2nd week

1) India-Pakistan border to be sealed completely by 2018.

Remember India shares maximum boundary with Bangladesh.

2) Telangana Government creates 21 new districts. Now total districts in Telangana is 31.

3) Jitu Rai wins Champion of Champions pistol award of ISSF.

4) Union Cabinet approves establishment of IIM in Jammu. So Total 20 IIMs now.

5) Bob Dylan wins 2016 Nobel Prize in Literature

American singer-songwriter, artist and writer Bob Dylan has also won Oscar, Grammy and
Pulitzer award in past.
6) Antonio Guterres elected as new Secretary-General of UN.
He replaced retiring Ban Ki Moon.

7) India ranked 97th in 2016 Global Hunger Index.

8) Indian Oil (IOCL) planned to construct the nation's longest LPG pipeline (1987 km) from
Gujarat coast to Gorakhpur in eastern UP.

9) International day for Girl Child: 11 October

3rd week

1) India won Kabaddi world cup 2016. India defeated Iran in final. India has won all world cups
of kabaddi so far!!

2) New Brand ambassador of Tata sky is Amitabh Bachchan.

3) Ashok Leyland rolls out first India-made electric bus.

4) 8th BRICS Summit 2016 concludes in Goa, India

5) Russian consortium led energy giant Rosneft Oil Company has agreed to acquire India’s
second biggest private oil firm Essar Oil in an all-cash deal valued at about US $13 billion.
The consortium includes Rosneft Oil Company, Netherlands-based commodities trader
Trafigura and private investment group United Capital Partners.

6) The rank of Indian football team (the best in 6 years) in latest rankings released by FIFA is
137.The list is topped by Argentina, Germany and Brazil.

7) The prominent British statistician Sir David Cox has been chosen for the first International
Prize in Statistics by the International Prize in Statistics Foundation for his well-known Cox
Model used in the analysis of survival data.

8) Indian travel rivals Makemytrip and Ibibo announced their merger to become one of the
leading travel groups in India.

9) Virat Kohli has become brand ambassador of Valvoline Cummins India.

4th week

1) Cyrus Mistry is removed as chairman of Tata. Cyrus was chosen chairman in 2012.
2) India ranks 130 in ease of doing business 2016 report. New Zealand surprised Singapore to
become at no. one in list.

3) Paul Beatty won Man Booker prize 2016 for the sellout. 1st USA writer who won the award.

4) Roger Federer most valuable athlete brand in 2016 by Forbes.

5) Himachal Pradesh is declared India’s 2nd Open Defecation Free State. 1st was Sikkim.
Open defecation free means every household in the state has functional toilet.

6) India, Russia agrees to double the range of BrahMos Missile.

7) L Narasimha Reddy committee: One-man judicial Committee on OROP submits report to

Defence Minister. OROP: One Rank One Pension

8) India-Sri Lanka joint military exercise Mitra Shakti 2016 begins.

9) October 24: United Nations Day

November 2016

1st Week

1) India's most valued companies list is out.

TCS and Reliance Industries bagged top 2 spots.

2) Indian Women’s hockey team wins 2016 Asian Champions Trophy

3) The Union Government launched Pradhan Mantri Surakshit Matritva Abhiyan (PMSMA) to
provide free health check-ups to pregnant women at government health centers and hospitals.

4) Kerala has become the third Open Defecation Free state in the country after Sikkim and
Himachal Pradesh under the Swachh Bharat Mission (SBM).

5) India ranks 133rd in 2016 Global Youth Development Index

6) Andhra Pradesh, Telangana top Ease of Doing Business list 2016.

7) 10th Indo-Nepal joint military exercise Surya Kiran commences

8) Sushil Chandra takes charge as CBDT chairman

2nd Week

1) Fortune magazine has named the co-founder and CEO of the biggest social networking site
Facebook, Mark Zuckerberg as Business Person of the Year, 2016.

2) Israel President Reuven Rivlin visits to India.

Remember his name!!

3) India-Nepal Joint Training Exercise Surya Kiran culminates.

4) Union Budget will be presented on Feb 1 every year.

5) Whatsapp gets free video calling. Other players are Skype of Microsoft, Google Duo, Viber
and facetime.

6) Teen golf sensation Aditi Ashok becomes the first to win women’s Indian Open tournament.

7) Chinese Meng Hongwei elected as new INTERPOL President

8) Union Government launches Pradhan Mantri Yuva Yojana for entrepreneurs.

9) Donald Trump elected as 45th President of United States

10) Rs. 500, Rs. 1,000 notes no longer legal tender.

New series of notes in 500 and 2000 denomination is issued.

11) India ranks second in global business optimism index..Indonsia took 1st spot.

3rd Week

1) India's longest expressway from Agra to Lucknow is inaugurated.

2) Indore-patna express death toll rises to 133.

3) India becomes Associate Member of CERN.

European Organisation for Nuclear Research (CERN), the worlds largest nuclear and particle
physics laboratory.
4) Prime Minister Narendra Modi has launched the Pradhan Mantri Gramin Awas Yojana
(PMAY-G), flagship housing for all scheme in Agra, Uttar Pradesh. Under PMAY-G Government
aims to provide affordable, environmentally safe and secure pucca house to every rural
household living below the poverty line by 2022.

5) 47th International Film Festival of India begins in Goa

6) PV Sindhu wins 2016 China Open Super Series Premier title, her first major title after
Olympics.

7) Iran becomes India’s top crude oil supplier

8) Supreme Court refuses to lift ban on Jallikattu.

Jallikattu is a bull taming sport played in Tamil Nadu

9) Doctors from Netherlands perform brain implant for the first time in history.

10) Russia withdraws from International Criminal Court.

11) India, China Joint Training Exercise Hand in Hand 2016 begins in Pune.

12) Tata global beverage replaces Cyrus mistry as chairman..Earlier TCS had replaced him.

4th Week

1) Asia’s first cycle highway from etawah to Agra inaugurated in Uttar Pradesh

2) Akodara From Gujarat becomes India’s first Digital Village.

3) November 26: Constitution day

4) Union Government constitutes Amitabh Kant Committee to push cashless transactions.

5) Airtel launches India’s first Payments Bank service in Rajasthan.

6) Portugal Prime Minister Antonio Costa to be Chief Guest of 14th Pravasi Bharatiya Divas.

7) Goa to be first cashless state as per announcement made by defence minister.

8) Nikki haley has been elected as US ambassador to the United Nations (UN) by US President-
elect Donald Trump

9) Mark Zuckerberg topped Fortune’s Businessperson of the Year list in the year 2016.
 December 2016

1st Week

1) Mr. Donald Trump: TIME Person of the year 2016

2) six times Tamil Nadu CM Jaylalitha passed away due to cardiac attack. O Panneerselvam is
the new CM of Tamil Nadu.

3) E-commerce giant Amazon has launched its global startup program ‘Launchpad’ in India. The
program will enable Indian startups to sell their products overseas.

4) Navy day: 4th December

5) Usain Bolt, Almaz Ayana crowned 2016 IAAF World Athlete of the year award

6) Hornbill Festival begins in Nagaland

7) Magnus Carlsen wins 2016 Chess Championship title

8) Supreme Court makes national anthem mandatory in cinema halls

9) According to world economic forum, Hindi language is ranked at 10th most powerful
language.

10) Amar abrol is the new CEO of Air Asia.

11) Shastri Arora is MD and CEO of Airtel payment Bank.

12) Flipkart co-founder Sachin Bansal and Binny Bansal is awarded as Asian of the year 2016.

2nd Week

1) New secretary of state of USA is ExxonMobil CEO Rex Tillerson.

2) Federal reserve, Central Bank of USA raised interest rates; its chair person is Janet Yellen.
3) Most powerful person in the world according to Forbes 2016: Russian President Vladimir
Putin, Our PM Modi ranked at 9th place.

4) World's most powerful CEO by Forbes 2016: Larry page, Alphabet, Parent company of
Google.

5) VK Sharma is the new chairman of LIC and he will replace SK Roy.

6) Pokémon GO launches officially in India, partners with Reliance Jio.

7) Uber CEO Travis kalanick in visit to India without a VISA. He is now no more Uber CEO.

8) Star footballer Cristiano Ronaldo won Ballon d'or 2016. It was his 4th ballon d'or. He is from
Portugal. Argentinian Lionel Messi has won 5 ballon d'or.

9) After India, Venezuela demonetizes its largest currency note. Currency of Venezuela is
Venezuelan Bolivar. Its highest currency note is 100 Bolivar. But it kept the move on hold after
chaos.

10) Cyclone Vardah hits tamilnadu and create havoc.

11) Antonio Guterres sworn in as UN secretary general replacing Ban ki moon.

12) 10 December: Human rights day

3rd Week

1) IMF chief Christine lagarde is guilty over 422 million dollar payout.

2) Turkey cop shoots Russian ambassador Andrei Karlov "for Aleppo".

Aleppo is the largest city in Syria and the economic capital. The Syrian regime army and rebels
are fighting for control of the city.
(This update is important for XAT. Aleppo!! )

3) Karun Nair becomes 2nd Indian batsmen to score 300 runs after Virender Sehwag.

4) Indian junior hockey team won the junior world cup 2016. Kudos!!

5) Lt Gen Bipin Rawat has been named the new Army chief superseding his two senior officers.

6) India surpasses Britain to become world’s sixth-largest economy: Forbes magazine

7) Air Marshal BS Dhanoa appointed Air Chief of IAF.

4th Week

1) Viral Acharya appointed as deputy governor of RBI, he replaced Urijit Patel. This position is
vacant after Urijit Patel appointed as governor of RBI.With this appointment, 4 Deputy
Governors of RBI
A. SS Mundra
B. B.P. Kanungo
C. Viswanathan
D. V Acharya

2) India successfully tests fires nuclear capable ballistic missile Agni-5.

It is a surface to surface missile with a striking range of more than 5000 KM.

3) India's highest literacy honour Jnanpith award for 2016 is given to Bengal poet shankha
Ghosh.

4) Minimum 10000 rupee fine for holding old notes (500 and 1000), no jail term.

5) PM Narendra Modi launches UPI (Unified payment interface) based mobile payment app
called BHIM (Bharat interface for money).

6) The Union Ministry for Petroleum & Natural Gas has met the 1.5-crore target for LPG
connections that were to be added under the Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana (PMUY) in the
2016-17 financial years.

All the best by GKmojo