1. 7th edition of Mountain Echoes literary festival 2016 will be held in __________ (Bhutan) in August 2016. It is an initiative of India-Bhutan Foundation in association with Siyahi, a literary organization ?
2. Bornean __________ species has been declared critically endangered by International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources (IUCN) ?
3. A Coup Attempt by Military neutralized in ___________, aimed at dethroning current president Tayyip Erdogan ?
4.According to a survey conducted by Skytrax,
Top 5 best airlines in world are - ______________ (1st), Qatar Airways (2nd), Singapore Airlines (3rd), Cathay Pacific (4th), ANA All Nippon Airways (5th).?
5. _________ and India signed agreement for construction of a 1,320 megawatt (MW) coal fired power plant near Sundarbans. India's Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited (BHEL) was selected under an open international tender for constructing this super thermal ?
6. __________ scientists identified Culex quinquefasciatus mosquito as another type of Zika-transmitting mosquito. It was identified by researchers from the public laboratory Fundacion Oswaldo Cruz (Fiocruz) ?
7. ________ inducted its largest indigenously-built transport aircraft named as Y-20 ?
8. __________ showcased world’s largest amphibious aircraft -‚ AG 600. ?
9.___________s internet regulator has put a ban on major online companies, to stop original news reporting ?
10. _______ electronics firm LeEco announced to buy American TV manufacturer Vizio for $2 billion. ?
11. Facebooks Internet drone named ‚Ëœ__________ passed first full-scale test. The flight test was undertaken in Arizona (US) went for 96 minutes. Aquila is solar solar-powered internet drone being designed to beam the Internet service to remote areas of the world. It is developed by Facebooks Connectivity Lab. ?
12. First direct bus service between Pokhara (________) and New Delhi (India) launched ?
13. First international film, arts and animal welfare festival Animal-Human-Nature Continuum started in _________ (India). It will highlight relationship among animals, humans and nature ?
14. Forbes list of worlds highest paid celebrities has listed Bollywood stars Shahrukh Khan and Akshay Kumar at 86th and 94th place respectively. _________ is at top of list with $170 million USD yearly earnings. ?
15. Government approved Bilateral Investment Treaty (BIT) with _________. The Treaty promotes and protects investments from either country in territory of other country, with objective of increasing bilateral investment flows ?
16. Government approved MoU with __________ for strengthening cooperation in Information and Communications Technology (ICT) and Digital Economy ?
17. Government approved Revised Cost Estimate of ongoing 1020 MW Punatsangchhu-II Hydroelectric Project (HEP) in __________, that seeks provide surplus power to India ?
18. Government approved signing Air Services Agreement with _________, To promote air connectivity between two countries. India also approved MoU in Drug demand reduction and prevention of illicit trafficking in narcotic drugs and import of pulses ?
19. Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd (HAL) and ________ firm Safran Helicopter Engines will establish a support centre in India for rotorcraft customers ?
20. India and __________ revised Double Taxation Avoidance Agreement (DTAA), under which capital gains tax will be levied on the sale of shares of investments made after April 1, 2017 ?
21. India approved MOU with ________ in field of Rural Development and Poverty Alleviation ?
22. India approved MOU with ______ in field of Traditional Systems of Medicine and Homeopathy ?
23. India contributed __________ USD to United Nations Trust Fund in support of victims of sexual exploitation and abuse by peacekeepers. With this India became the first country to make a contribution to the fund and to start UN fund for sex abuse victims. The Trust Fund was established in March 2016 under United Nations Department of Field Support (DFS) ?
24. India will be Partner Country of INNOPROM 2016 (largest annual international industrial trade fair of ___________). Commerce Minister Smt Nirmala Sitharaman will Lead Indian Delegation Of 110 Companies To ______ ?
25. Indian Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare and U.S Agency for International Development (USAID) launched second phase of ____________ Triangular Training Programme, bringing specialized agriculture training to 1,500 agricultural professional across Africa and Asia ?
26. International Monetary Fund announced $5.34 billion program for ________ to help strengthen its finances, that are hit by crash in oil prices and fight against the Islamic State group ?
27. Karnataka Region Economic and Trade Organisation (KRETO) and Sanya People Municipal Government (China) signed MoU to foster trade between ________ (China) and Karnataka ?
28. With this, _________ becomes first Indian company to receive a direct manufacturing contract from Airbus as a Tier 1 supplier, will supply airframe parts for Airbus AS565 MBe Panther helicopter ?
29. Mother Teresa International Film Festival (MTIFF) will start from _______ in August 26 and will travel across world to mark canonisation of Mother Teresa on September 4, 2016 ?
30. Networked Readiness Index (NRI) Report by Geneva - based World Economic Forum (WEF) has ranked Top-5 countries - Singapore (1st) Finland (2nd), Sweden (3rd), Norway (4th), United States (5th). India was placed at ______ position in this list ?
31. PM Narendra Modi and PM of ___________ Sheikh Hasina jointly inaugurated Petrapole Integrated Check Post (ICP), through video-conference. Petrapole ICP is located in North 24 Parganas district of West Bengal ?
32. PM Narendra Modi radio programme Mann Ki Baat will now also be telecast to ___________ , on All India Radio's upcoming Bangla language service channel Akashvani Maitree ?
33. Permanent Court of Arbitration (PCA) in The Hague (__________) rejected Chinas claims to economic rights across large swathes of South China Sea, as part of case brought by Philippines. Ruling came from an arbitration tribunal under United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS), which China and Philippines have signed ?
34. ________ declared Zika Virus outbreak as a health emergency across northern half of country after 102 people were infected with the virus. ?
35. Researchers from Laval University in Quebec (________) will conduct worlds first Zika vaccine test on humans ?
36. __________ approved a legislation consisting of a package of controversial anti-terror amendments, named as Big Brother law. The nick-name Big Brother law was coined by Edward Snowden (USA intelligence contractor turned privacy activist) ?
37. Scimago Institutions Rankings 2016 has ranked India's Council of Scientific & Industrial Research (CSIR) at _______ place in world among government institutions ?
38. _______ Based oil energy explorer Cairn asked Indian Government to pay nearly $6 billion as compensation for hurting its business through a tax dispute of $1.6 billion raised by India. Cairn then took its case to international arbitration court in The Hague. ?
39. Search Giant Google acquired Moodstocks, a ________ based startup that develops machine-learning based image recognition technology for smartphones ?
40. Social Security agreement between India and ________ shall come into force from 1st October 2016. With this, number of India's operational Social Security Agreements (SSA) will be 16. SSA are concluded by Ministry of External Affairs along with Employees’ Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO). ?
41. Solar Impulse 2 become first aircraft to circle globe using solar energy after landing in Abu Dhabi. It travelled 26744 miles since starting from Abu Dhabi in March 2015. Solar Impulse 2 is a _______ long-range solar-powered aircraft project ?
42. __________ rolled out Gemcitabine InfuSMART in Europe. InfuSMART is a technology in which oncology products are developed in a ready-to-administer (RTA) bag ?
43. Sustainable Development index (SDI) 2016 ranked India at _________ out of 149 countries. Top 5 Countries are Sweden (1st), Denmark (2nd), Norway (3rd), Finland (4th), Switzerland (5th). Bottom 5 Countries: Chad (145th), Niger (146th), Congo (147th), Liberia (148th) and Central African Republic (149th) ?
44. Tropical storm Typhoon Nepartak struck ______ Fujian Province. ?
45. _______ declared 3-month emergency across nation after a failed military coup to overthrow democratically elected government ?
46. UN General Assembly approved agreement to make _____________ part of UN as a related organisation ?
47. USA Department of Treasurys Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) designated top officials of __________ regime along with Leader Kim Jong-Un for abuses of human rights. This is the first time that USA has sanctioned North Korean leader over human rights abuses ?
48. World Health Organisation (WHO) declared _____________ free of measles, after no case of the disease was registered in 2015. Eradication of measles in __________ is conclusion of work of WHO and Pan-American Health Organization (PAHO) ?
49. World Health Organization (WHO) has certified _______ as Yaws, Maternal and Neonatal Tetanus free country ?
50. As per latest report by WaterAid - ‚ËœCaught Short‚œHow lack of toilets and clean water contribute to malnutrition, ________ has highest number of children suffering from stunting (less growth) in world, with 4.8 crore children suffering from stunted growth ?
51. _______ acquired NetSuite (first cloud company), for 9.3 billion USD ?
52. _______ has developed a new online abuse detecting algorithmm, better than most existing products. It uses machine laerning and carries 90 % accuracy in recognizing unsuitable speeches ?