1. Tejaswin Shankar (Delhi) smashed 12yearold 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 biodiversity of unique mangrove ecosystem of park ?
4. 2016 Urban Mobility India conference held in _________ (Gujarat), with theme “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 startups with global marketplace. Under this, Large corporate houses will mentor 100 startups over 2 years ?
9. Defence Research & Development Organisation (DRDO) signed MoU with _____________________ to establish a ‘Joint 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 BhiKabhi Bhi' medical service for its insured in _________ region under which beneficiaries can visit daycare 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 280odd 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 reengineer 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 checkups 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 cycletracks, 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 “______________”. 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 “Operation school chalo” in South ____________ under a local slogan ‘Chyem ne zaroorat Daulatoubab, 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 interdisciplinary 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 cyberpolice station in each district to take on cyber criminals. State government is converting 42 stateoftheart 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 “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 _____________ (0911 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 interstate 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 manmade 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, hepatitisC, 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 “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) ?
