1. 13th World Robot Olympiad to be organized by National Council of Science Museums (NCSM) and India STEM Foundation in _____ in November 2016 ?
2. Asian Development Bank will provide ____ loan for Second Bangladesh‚India Grid Inter connectivity project under SASEC Programme(South Asia Sub‚regional Economic Co‚operation). ?
3. BBIN (______) Friendship Motor Car Rally started from Silchar, Assam. It aims at highlighting connectivity and seamless movements of vehicles across borders in these 4 nations through implementation of BBIN Motor Vehicles Agreement (MVA). ?
4. Beer Maker Anheuser‚Busch InBev accquired SABMiller for ____ to create a company that makes almost a third of the beer consumed worldwide ?
5. Centre for Development of Telematics (C‚DOT) (Under Ministry of Communication and Information Technology)'s product ______ has been named best product capable of bridging gaps in connectivity at vast rural part of India. during ITU Telecom World 2015 at Budapest (Hungary). ?
6. ______ is building world’s biggest animal cloning factory in Tianjin to recreate sniffer dogs, racehorses, pets and beef cattle ?
7. ______ will build world’s first salt lake data centre in Qinghai ?
8. ______ 's Parliament ratified Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank agreement that establishes legal framework for Bank. 54 founding members of bank signed agreement in June 2015 provides legal framework for Institution of AIIB. ?
9. Chinese Currency _______ has been included in worlds elite currencies by IMF (International Monetary ). It will pave way for more use of renminbi in International trade and finance. Just four other currencies ‚ the dollar, the euro, the pound and the yen ‚ have this IMF designation. ?
10. During 10th G20 Summit in _____ ‚ India and Australia signed Nuclear deal for supply of Uranium from Australia to India. India became first country to buy Uranium from Australia without being a signatory to Nuclear Non‚Proliferation Treaty. Australia has about a 40 % of world’s Uranium resources and annually exports 7,000 tonnes. ?
11. During recent International Conference ‘Networking the Networks’ in _____, India along with Bangladesh, Bhutan, Nepal, Maldives, Sri Lanka and Myanmar decided to form South Asian Regional Intelligence and Coordination Centre on Transnational Organized Crime (SARICC) for information sharing about organized crimes ?
12. Minister of State for Home Affairs, Kiren Rijiju Inaugurated first SAADMEx (______) 2015 in Delhi. Eight member nations of South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) attended the meet. ?
13. Food and Drug Administration of _____ approved human consumption of a genetically engineered (GE) Salmon ?
14. Forbes Worlds Most Powerful People 2015 List has been topped by Russian President ______ for third year in a row. Followed by German Chancellor Angela Merkel and US Prez Barack Obama. Indias Narendra Modi is at ninth ?
15. Goverment approved amending Double Taxation Avoidance Convention with Kuwait and ______ for avoidance of double taxation and prevention of fiscal evasion. ?
16. Government approved Memorandum of Understanding with Colombia for strengthening cooperation in Tourism and with _____ for co‚operation in energy. ?
17. Government approved Memorandum of Understanding for including ______ as additional foreign language in Kendriya Vidyalayas ?
18. Government approved Memorandum of Understanding with ____ for cooperation in field of Animal Health ?
19. Government approved signing Tripartite Agreement among India, Brazil and South Africa (IBSA) for IBSA Fund for Alleviation of Poverty and Hunger. IBSA countries contribute ____ each annually to the Fund ?
20. Government proposed to extend Currency Swap Arrangement for SAARC Member Countries by two years upto November 14, ____. Under this facility, RBI offers swaps of varying sizes to each SAARC Member countries (Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka) under US$ 2 billion. ?
21. Government ratified Articles of Agreement (AoA) of Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB). Headquarters will be in Beijing (China). China is largest stakeholder with 30.34 % stake. India will be second‚biggest shareholder with 8.4 % and Russia will have 6.5 % stake. Total Paid up capital will be ______ ?
22. As per ICT Development Index by UN International Telecommunications Union, India is ranked ______ out of 167 nations in level of information and communication technology access ?
23. India and ____ signed Standard Operating Procedure in New Delhi to operationalize Agreement on Coastal Shipping signed in June 2015. ?
24. India exchanged Notes with _____ for Loan of Rs. 5,536 crore for Chennai Metro Rail Project (IV) and Ahmedabad Metro Project. ?
25. India ranked world’s _____ most valued ‘Nation Brand’ with increase of 32% in it’s brand value to 2.1 billion dollars. US remains on top with valuation of 19.7 billion dollars followed by China and Germany as per annual report on world’s most valuable nation brands by Brand Finance. ?
26. India re‚elected to Council of International Maritime Organization for 2 years at 29th Assembly of IMO in London. International Maritime Organization's Headquarters is in _____ with Koji Sekimizu as Current Chief ?
27. Indian culture week organized at China's _____ City ?
28. International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) Launched ______ Program for creating affordable assistive devices for persons with physical disabilities living in rural areas ?
29. International Energy Agency World Energy Outlook 2015 - Tightening oil balance will lead to price around 80 dollars per barrel by 2020. Emissions trajectory implies temperature increase of ______ by 2100 ?
30. ____ Launched its First fully commercial satellite Mission by launching Canada's Telstar 12V. ?
31. Legatum Prosperity Index 2015 ranked ____ at top In terms of overall prosperity for seventh year in a row. Central African Republic was at bottom among 142 countries and India ranked 99th . ?
32. Aung San Suu Kyi won _____s presidential elections ?
33. ____ reopened its Consulate General in Mumbai after four decades of closure in 1973. ?
34. Operation _____ is US military's operation for against Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) ?
35. _____ and China started ambitious 46 billion US Dollar economic corridor project as China acquired over 2,000 acres of land in Balochistan to develop strategic Gwadar port of 1.62 Billion USD ?
36. President approved _____ Gauvansh Sanrakshan and Gausamvardhan Bill. Key provisions are ‚ Cow slaughter will cause 3 ‚ 10 years imprisonment and Exporting cows for slaughter will cause 3 ‚ 7 years Imprisonment ?
37. ___ declared emergency for 30 days on grounds of threat to national security ?
38. ___ inaugurated Mahatma Gandhi International Centre (MGIC) in Matale ?
39. ____ ‚chaired Independent Commission on Doping in Sports submitted its report to World Anti‚Doping Agency (WADA) in Vienna, Switzerland. ?
40. _____ signed agreement with Egypt to build Egypt's first nuclear power plant at Dabaa with capacity 1200 MW ?
41. _____ allowed women to vote and contest in municipal elections for the first time ?
42. Scientists revealed that Himalayas were born about _____ ago when India and Eurasia initially smashed into each other ?
43. _____ announced to not to allow any country to set up naval base on its territory ?
44. Tax Justice Network released Financial Secrecy Index 2015 ranked India at ___ rank is moderately secretive among 92 countries. Top five secretive are ‚ Switzerland, Hong Kong, USA, Singapore and Cayman. Most Transparent are ‚ Slovenia, Dominica, Finland, Cook Islands and Montserrat ?
45. First Quacquarelli Symonds (QS) Graduate Employability Rankings placed India's IIT Kharagpur (77th) and _____ (93) among top 100 institutes in the world. Top 3 universities are Stanford, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and Harvard University ?
46. Times Higher Education Ranking for Engineering & Technology's top 100 Institutes List included India's _______ 99th in the List. US institutions Stanford (1st), CalTech (2nd)and Massachusetts Institute of Technology (3rd) are at top three ?
47. Tropical Cyclone Chapala hits _____ triggering heavy flooding ?
48. ____ Shoot Down a Russian Sukhoi 24 Warplane that was Attacking Terrorist Group ISIS in Syria ?
49. UN Human Cost of Weather Related Disasters report showed that over between 1995 ‚ 2015, natural disasters have hit _____ the most ?
50. US drugs Firm _____ agreed to buy Ireland based Allergan for 160 billion USD making it biggest ever deal in history of healthcare sector ?
51. ____ Parliament approved amendment to countrys Labour Code prohibiting all forms of discrimination at workplace including discrimination against homosexuals ?
52. Union Territory of ____ will host worlds longest beach festival starting December 1, 2015. The 75‚day festival Festa Di Diu will go on till February 2016 ?
53. United Nations General Assembly's Disarmament Committee adopted resolution submitted by ______ calling for abolition of nuclear arms. Resolution was adopted by 156 countries, 17 abstained from voting and 3 voted in against ?
54. United Nations Security Council adopted resolution 2249 sponsered by ______ calling all nations to take all necessary measures to prevent and suppress terrorist acts of Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) and other extremist groups ?
55. ______ government's initiative earned place in Guinness Book of World Records by planting 10 lakh saplings in one day and previous record of 8 lakh 50 thousand trees in a single day ?
56. Wipros chairman _____ is ranked 4th amongst worlds top 20 philanthropists with his $8 billion Donations till Date, as per Wealth‚X and Business Insider. Bill Gates is first with donations of $27 billion ?
57. World Economic Forum Global Gender Gap Report 2015 ranked India at ____ position. Top nation is Iceland and worst nation in gender equality is Iran. ?
58. World Health Organization officially declared African Nation ____ as Ebola‚free ?
59. World Meteorological Organization stated that global average surface temperature in 2015 is likely to be ______ Celsius above preindustrial era, which will be warmest ever recorded ?
60. World’s second largest diamond ever has been discovered in _____ . The 1,111‚carat diamond measures 2.5 inches by 2.2 inches ?
