1. Tejaswin Shankar (Delhi) smashed 12‚year‚old national senior record of high jump with his 2.26 meters jump., during 32nd National Junior Athletics Championships in _________ (Tamilnadu) ?
2. 36th India International Trade Fair (IITF) has started at Pragati Maidan, New Delhi (Organized by Ministry of Commerce and Industry). 2016 IITF‚„s partner country is ____________ and focus country is Belarus. Madhya Pradesh and Jharkhand are partner states and Haryana is focus state ?
3. 2 member team of International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) has been sent by UNESCO to Bhitarkanika National Park (Odisha___________), for assessment of bio‚diversity of unique mangrove eco‚system of park ?
4. 2016 Urban Mobility India conference held in _________ (Gujarat), with theme ‚Å“Planning Mobility for City‚„s sustainability‚ ?
5. 6th Kathakar: International Storytellers Festival held in __________. It has been Organized by Indira Gandhi National Centre for Arts (IGNCA) ?
6. As per Controller General of Patents, Designs and Trade Marks, _________ products have been registered as geographical indications since September 2003. ?
7. _____________ Government launched Lakshya Bhagirathi campaign to complete 108 identified irrigation projects that could not be completed ?
8. _____________ launched Startup Mentorship Circle as a unique platform to help in connecting start‚ups with global marketplace. Under this, Large corporate houses will mentor 100 start‚ups over 2 years ?
9. Defence Research & Development Organisation (DRDO) signed MoU with _____________________ to establish a ‚ËœJoint Advanced Technology Centre‚„ (JATC). DRDO will support JATC in equipping it with advanced research facilities that will enable faculty and scholars to conduct advanced research and transform the JATC as Centre of Excellence ?
10. Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) seized about 23.5 metric tonnes of Mandrax Tablets (Methaqualone) from ____________ (Rajasthan), In one of biggest seizure of Narcotic Drugs & Psychotropic Substances ever ?
11. Election Commission of India (ECI) launched online survey for Overseas Indian Citizens in collaboration with ___________ . Aim is to assess awareness about registration and voting process and to also gather opinion about their preferred method of voting. Survey findings may be seen at www.everyvotecounts.in ?
12. Employees' State Insurance Corporation (ESIC) launched 'Kahin Bhi‚Kabhi Bhi' medical service for its insured in _________ region under which beneficiaries can visit day‚care units for minor ailments ?
13. First titanium project of India started its test production Ganjam district of _______________, established by Saraf Group. It will produce 36,000 tons of titanium slag and 20,000 tons of pig iron per year. Raw material of plant is ilmenite, which would be procured from Odisha Sands Complex, a unit of Indian Rare Earths Limited (IREL) ?
14. Global Rajasthan Agritech Meet (GRAM) held in _________, with focus on doubling income of farmers through suitable technologies and agricultural activities. Australia, Netherland and Israel are international partners of this meet ?
15. _____________ tied up with Archaelogical Survey of India (ASI), for 360 degree virtual tour of 280‚odd monuments across India. ASI has allowed _______________ for creating virtual tour of monuments, to be available in maps ?
16. Government approved heavy fine and ban on celebrities who endorse products making unrealistic and dodgy claims. First time offender celebrities to be fined Rs ___________ and banned for 1 year. Repeating offenders to be fined Rs 50 lakh and banned for 3 years (No jail term) ?
17. Government is developing a NDR (_________________) to compile metadata of different agencies and re‚engineer feature data sets for improving their use. Department of Science and Technology (DST) will be the nodal coordinating agency of the NDR, that will require all agencies state, private and academic, collecting and storing geospatial data to provide details of data they store ?
18. Government launched Pradhan Mantri Surakshit Matritva Abhiyan (PMSMA) to provide free health check‚ups to pregnant women at government health centres and hospitals. Scheme is applicable only for pregnant women in their pregnancy period of __________ months ?
19. Government will bring a new green urban mobility scheme that will have a central assistance of Rs ___________ crore, In order to create non ‚ motorised transport infrastructure in cities like footpaths and cycle‚tracks, mainly 6 large cities of India ‚ Delhi, Mumbai, Chennai, Kolkata, Bengaluru and Hyderabad ?
20. Government will open _______________ in every Parliamentary Constituency to impart skill training to people and make them employable. ?
21. ________ government will start Deendayal generic medicine stores to provide 24 hours service and sell around 1000 generic drugs to poor at 40 ‚ 80 % less rates ?
22. HRD Minister Prakash Javadekar inaugurated world‚„s largest digital national building initiative ‚Å“______________‚. Through this, HRD ministry is keen on reaching out to all technology institutions in India and challenge students to offer innovative solutions to approx 500 daunting problems faced by our nation, which will be published on innovate.mygov.in ?
23. Indian Army launched ‚Å“Operation school chalo‚ in South ____________ under a local slogan ‚ËœChyem ne zaroorat Daulat‚o‚ubab, Faqat Gochum School te Kitab (I don‚„t need money and fame, I need books and school‚„) ?
24. Indian archaeologists will use LIDAR (________________) technology to survey archaeological evidence, flora and fauna in ancient Rajgir hills in Bihar, as part of inter‚disciplinary Rajgir Archaeological Survey Project (RASP) ?
25. _________ and Tamil Nadu became last states to roll out National Food Security Act (NFSA). With this, NFSA Act has been implemented in all States and Union Territories. 81.34 crore people will now get wheat at Rs. 2/ kg and rice at Rs. 3/ kg ?
26. ____________ became first state to adopt Fly Ash Utilization Policy. It paves way for generating wealth from waste, seeking 100% use of fly ash generated from thermal power plants and biogas plants ?
27. _____________ became first state to have a cyber‚police station in each district to take on cyber criminals. State government is converting 42 state‚of‚the‚art cybercrime labs into cyber police stations simultaneously ?
28. ___________ government signed agreement with Canada to implement a joint action plan on urban infrastructure development in state. ?
29. Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change constituted 4 member team for conservation and management of Loktak Lake in _______ ?
30. Ministry of Health and Family Welfare launched Healthy India Initiative magazine and ____________ mobile App, for promotion of health and to strengthen health communications programmes ?
31. Ministry of Home Affairs extended Armed Forces Special Powers Act (AFSPA) in 3 districts of ____________ ‚ Tirap, Changlang and Longding, as they have been ‚Å“disturbed area‚ under Section 3 of AFSPA ?
32. Ministry of Information and Broadcasting has put hold its order imposing a oneday ban on Hindi channel _____________ (09‚11‚ 2016). Ban was imposed over its live coverage of Pathankot terror attack, violating Programme/Advertising Code ?
33. Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE) issued Guidelines for bidding process for setting up of __________ MW Wind Power Project connected to inter‚state transmission system (ISTS) ?
34. Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship has launched of Pradhan Mantri Yuva Yojana (PMYY) to scale up an ecosystem of entrepreneurship for youngsters. Scheme is launched for 5 years period (2016 ‚ 21) with project cost of approx _______________ crore rupees ?
35. Ministry of Textiles signed agreement with ethnic apparel brand _________________ and launched India Handloom Brand garments at it’s flagship store in New Delhi ?
36. ____________ Government signed MoU with Software Technology Parks of India (STPI) for setting up of four more centres at Angul, Jajpur, Koraput and Sambalpur. Taking number of STPI centres in State to 8, highest in India. ?
37. PM Narendra Modi inaugurated Asia‚„s largest man‚made Jungle Safari (800 acre) at Naya Raipur and launched Saur Sujala Yojana in _______________. Under this, solar powered irrigation pumps of 3HP and 5HP capacity will be distributed to farmers at subsidised price. ?
38. Professional Social Network __________ signed MoU with Ministry of Human Resource Development to create more job opportunities for Indian students.___________’s ‘Placements’ product will be adopted by all Indian colleges affiliated with All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) ?
39. _________ Government launched Aware and Care campaign by flagging off 100 Information Education Communication (IEC) mobile vans. Aim is to inform people about diseases like cancer, hepatitis‚C, cervical cancer and preventive measures to be taken at early stages ?
40. Regional news Unit of Radio Kashmir Jammu started morning news bulletin in _________ language ?
41. Scientists from ______________ claimed to discover evidence of lost river Chandrabhaga in Odisha ?
42. ________________ Chief Minister Pawan Chamling laid foundation stone of Bhaleydhunga Skywalk Project at Dhapper in Yangan. It will be the world‚„s highest skywalk at height of 10,300 feet ?
43. Supreme Court scrapped _______'s Termination of Water Agreements Act 2004, that allows it to stop sharing Ravi, Beas waters with other States. This Verdict is seen as a Big respite for Haryana that is suffering from lack of water due to ________ not working on SYL (Satluj Yamuna Link) Canal project ?
44. Thiruvananthapuram ( ______________
) reported highest cases of breast cancer. It has been termed as country's breast cancer capital, with cases at a record high of 40 per / lakh women ?
45. Under program LEEP (___________) , Government is aiming to enhance freight transportation in India through improving cost, time, tracking and infrastructure ?
46. ______________ High Court banned any construction activities near glaciers ?
47. Vigilance Awareness Week is observed every year from ____________ across India to promote probity in public life and achieve a corruption free society. 2016 theme of the week is ‚Å“Public participation in promoting integrity and eradicating Corruption‚ ?
48. In World Bank‚„s report ‚ India‚„s State Level Energy Efficiency Implementation Readiness‚„ ‚ ______________ topped with overall score of 42.01 followed by Rajasthan (41.89), Karnataka (39.34) and Maharashtra (39.29) ?
49. World’s largest online homestay marketplace, Airbnb signed MoU with SEWA (Self-Employed Women’s Association of India ) to promote tourism in rural areas, beginning in _________ ?
50. World’s first Genetic Garden of Halophytes (naturally occurring salt-tolerant plants) inaugurated at Vedaranyam in __________, set up by M S Swaminathan Research Foundation (MSSRF) founded by M S Swaminathan, father of Indian Green Revolution. It will have over 1,600 species belonging to 550 genera and 117 families of Halophytes plants ?
51. Wangala - annual post-harvest festival of Garo tribe, held in __________ ?
52. _____________ has been designated as Regulatory Authority for Delhi, under Real Estate (Regulation & Development) Act 2016. ?
53. Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) launched revamped version Toll-free _____________,‚ to help residents get quick access to information about Aadhaar. ?
54. Trial run of ____________ Metro train flagged off by UP CM Akhilesh Yadav. ?
55. Textile Minister Smriti Irani launched‚ ___________
identity cards seheme for artisans in Ahmedabad (Gujarat). ?
56. Texiles Minister Smriti Zubin Irani inaugurated Apparel & Garment Making Centre at Imphal (__________), made under North-East Region Textile Promotion Scheme (NERTPS). ?
57. ____________ government signed MOU with Microsoft Corporation for digital programme. ?
58. Supreme Court ordered search engines Google, Yahoo and Microsoft’s Bing to stop displaying advertisements relating to ___________ ?
59. Supreme Court ordered cinema halls to mandatorily play ____________ before every screening of shows, as a measure of showing respect. ?
60. Supreme Court dismissed a plea filed by _______________ to review a 2014 apex court judgment banning Jallikattu, a Bull taming sport played in state on Mattu Pongal day as a part of Pongal celebrations ?
61. ______________ Government will start Annapurna Rasoi Programme to provide quality meal at less price to weaker section and labourers. Food under this programme will be provided at subsidized rates of breakfast @ rs 5 per plate and lunch/dinner @ rs 8 per plate. ?
62.___________ -based company Finkick Adventures organized India‚„s First Underwater Festival, to promote awareness about state of marine life and encourage people to conserve it ?
63. Qaumi Ekta Week (National Integration Week) observed 19 - 25 November -
- November 19 - National Integration Day.
- November 20 - Welfare of Minorities Day.
- November 21 - Linguistic Harmony Day.
- November 22 - Weaker Sections Day.
- November 23 - Cultural Unity Day.
- November 24 - Women’s Day.
- November 25 - __________ ?
64. President Pranab Mukherjee launched National Student Startup Policy (NSSP), formulated by All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE). It aims to create _____________ technology based student start-ups and a million employment opportunities within 10 years. ?
65. Palampur Assembly Constituency became India’s first e-assembly constituency at Kangra district in _____________. Residents may now know development works going on, and also send their requirement about funds for different schemes in their respective areas online ?
66. PM Narendra Modi launched‚ Indian Police at Your Call‚ mobile app in ___________. The app is a GIS Map based interface for citizens to locate police stations nearby. ?
67. PM Narendra Modi laid Foundation Stone of All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) at ___________ (Punjab). ?
68. PM Narendra Modi flagged off Humsafar train (equipped with several advacned facilities) between Gorakhpur and Delhi, from Kushinagar (_____________). ?
69. ___________ Government inaugurated 55,000-tonne per annum (TPA) Odisha ferro-chrome plant set up by Tata Steel at a cost of Rs 542 crore in its Gopalpur Industrial Park in Ganjam . ?
70. Mobile Application ‚Å“R-MITRA‚ (Railway Mobile Instant Tracking Response & Assistance) launched by _________ Railway for security of passengers especially women passengers in Kolkata and suburban areas of the zone. ?
71. ______________ , largest uniformed youth organisation in world, celebrated 68th Raising Day. ?
72. MoU approved among New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization (_______________), Indian Ministry of Finance and and All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) concerning ICT based Green Hospital at AIIMS in Delhi. ?
73. Ministry of Culture released Commemorative Coin of 500 and a Circulation Coin of 10 on occasion of 500th anniversary of ______________’s visit to Vrindavan (Uttar Pradesh). ?
74. Kala Utsav 2016, annual festival to celebrate talent of school children all over India, held in ________ . Students from Leh-Ladakh region of J&K participated for the first time. ?
75. ______________ government created‚ Nizi Niyozan Abhikaran and Gharelu Kamgar (viniyam) vidheyak 2016‚ as strict law against placement agencies involved in exploiting people on pretext of giving employment outside state ?
76. _____________ Government launched Jhelum-Tawi flood recovery project to push rehabilitation of infrastructure after 2014 floods in state. India had signed $250 million loan agreement with World Bank for this project ?
77. India’s longest expressway (302 KM) connecting Agra and _________________ has been inaugurated, built by Uttar Pradesh Expressways Industrial Development Authority (UPEIDA) in just 23 months. During inauguration, 6 fighter jets (3 Mirage 2000s and three Sukhois) of Indian Air Force (IAF) touched down on expressway. ?
78. India‚„s first Cherry Blossom Festival held at Shillong (__________). It is widely celebrated in Japan. ?
79. Indian Railways will soon introduce Tri-Netra (________________) system on its trains to reduce train accidents. ?
80. Income Tax department will implement‚ first phase of‚ ‘Project Insight’ from May 2017 to monitor high value transactions, with a view to curbing the circulation of black money. It has IT Contract with __________ ?
81. In order to promote research in field of fertilizers, ICFNR(________________) has been set up as an Institution exclusively devoted to promotion of research in fertilizers. ?
82. _____________ government made it mandatory to fit auto-dippers in all four wheeled transport vehicles, As per Rule 106 of the Central Motor Vehicles Rules, 1989. ?
83. Governmenty approved inclusion of _____________ new castes and modification in 13 other castes in Central list of Other Backward Classes (OBCs) in 8 states - Assam, Bihar, Himachal Pradesh, Jharkhand, Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh, Jammu & Kashmir and Uttarakhand. ?
84. Government declared Zakir Naik’s NGO, IRF (___________________), as an ‘unlawful organisation’ and banned it for five years. ?
85. Government approved forming‚ special committee for inter-linking of rivers‚ in compliance with a 2012 Supreme Court order. Committee will help in monitoring precious projects to be carried out under National Perspective Plan _________________.?
86. Government approved establishment of National Institute of Sowa Rigpa at Leh (___________), at a cost of 100 Crores. Tibetan Medicine system is known as Sowa Rigpa (Amchi) ?
87. Government approved closure of Kota Unit of _____________ and transfer of Its Palakkad Unit to Government of Kerala. ?
88. Government approved ______________ Urban Transport Project Phase III, with total cost of Rs 10947 crores. It is expected to be completed in next 5 years during 13th Plan period. ?
89. Government approved Assistance of ___________ crores for 36384 displaced families from Pakistan occupied areas of Jammu & Kashmir (POJK) and Chhamb in several wars with pakistan till date. 5.5 lakh cash benefit per family will be disbursed to displaced families through Direct Benefit Transfer (DBT).
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90. Government approved _________ new special economic zona (SEZs) for IT and biotechnology across Telangana, Haryana and Karnataka. ?
91. Government approval negotiating position adopted by India at 28th Meeting of Parties (MoP) to Montreal Protocol in Kigali (___________).
- Kigali meet was held in October 2016 with aim of including HFCs in the list of chemicals under Montreal Protocol. Montreal Protocol of Vienna Convention for Protection of Ozone Layer which entered force in January 1989, aimed to phase out the ozone depleting substances (ODS).
- India negotiated baseline years within a range of 2024 to 2030 for phasing down use of HFCs. India will completely phase down of HFCs in 4 steps - 10% in 2032, 20% in 2037, 30% in 2042 and 85% in 2047. Freeze year for India will be 2028, with a technology review in 2024 to 2025. ?
92. ___________ will become first Indian state to become cashless from December 31, 2016. People will be able to buy daily use items through Mobile wallets. ?
93. Construction of Rail-cum-Road bridge over ____________ at Bogibeel with linking lines (73 km) is being done at cost of approx 5000 crores, expected to complete in 2017-18. It will be India's longest rail-cum-road bridge. ?
94. Civil Aviation Minister ______________ launched‚ AirSewa‚ portal and mobile app as an initiative to offer convenient and hassle-free air travel experience. It will include mechanism for grievance redressal, flight status information and airport Information etc. ?
95. Chief Minister of _____________, Pema Khandu allowed renaming Chief Minister’s Trophy for Football and Volleyball (men’s and women’s) after martyr Hangpan Dada. ?
96. ____________ became first Indian state to adopt a resolution on demonetization of high-value currency notes. ?
97. Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) for first time deployed a team of 135 women commandos (232 battalion) in anti-Naxal operations in __________. ?
98. Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) launched portal‚ _____________ to provide easier access to academic documents online. ?
99. Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs approved setting up 1 Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya (JNV) in each of __________ uncovered districts, with an outlay of INR 2,871 crores (upto 2024-25). Approx 35,000 students will be benefitted from these JNVs, along with permanent employment for 2914 persons. ?
100. Bollywood Film ___________, (Directed by Aniruddha Roy Chowdhury and starring Amitabh Bachchan) has been invited for a special screening at the United Nations head quarters in New York. ?
101. ________ government launched‚ Har Ghar Bijli Lagataar‚ programme to provide free electricity connection to 50 lakh households above poverty line. ?
102. ___________'s Haflong will host‚ Judima Festival‚ in December 2016. ?
103. Asia’s first cycle highway inaugurated in ___________. This 207 km long cycle highway runs between Etawah and Agra. It is approx 7 feet wide and runs parallel to main highway. ?
104. As per report, India's present installed nuclear power capacity is _________ MW. It will be enhanced by 1000MW once Kudankulam Unit-2's commercial operations begin by end of 2016. ?
105. ____________ Government launched‚ Smart Water Distribution Monitoring‚ application on‚ ourvmc.org.‚ Using this portal , people can check the status of drinking water in water tanks nearby. ?
106. ____________ leads 500 cities in undertaking IEC (Information, Education and Communication) Swachh awareness generation activities under Swachh Survekshan-2017, launched by Ministry of Urban Development. IEC performance has been assessed by Ministry while evaluation of other parameters of Swachh Survekshan-2017 will be done by Quality Council of India. ?
107. According to data from Registrar General of India, Sex Ratio at Birth (SRB) has declined to ______________ in 2014 from 898 in 2013 and 909 in 2011.
- Highest SRB is in Lakshadweep (1043), Andaman and Nicobar Islands (1031) and Arunachal Pradesh (993).
- Lowest SRB is in Manipur (684), Rajasthan (799) and Tamil Nadu (834). ?
108. After Demonetization, ___________ government allowed payment of land registry fee the demonetised 500 and 1000 currency notes. ?
109. 1st Annual Conference of Directors-General of Police of States held at Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel National Police Academy (SVPNPA) in Hyderabad (___________) ?
110. 2nd Windmill Festival (known as India’s first International Children’s festival), will be held at Reliance Jio Garden in ___________ in January 2017. ?
111. 2016 Great Indian Film and Literature Festival (GIFLIF) will be held at in ___________ (Haryana) from December 2 to showcase spirit of Indian film and literature. ?
112. 2016 Global Citizen India festival held in _________ (Maharashtra), to bring together popular culture and public policy. ?
113. 10-day‚ Sangai Festival 2016‚ held in _____________ with theme‚ Destination _____________ . ?
114. 10 day long Losar festival‚ began in Ladakh (___________), to mark beginning of New Year. ?
