1. 104th Indian Science Congress (ISC) 2017 will be held at Sri Venkateswara University in Tirupati (___________) in January 2017 ?
2. 43rd edition of India International Knit Fair 2016 held at India Knit Fair Complex in Tirupur in __________ ?
3. 47th International Film Festival of India (IFFI) will be held in __________ in November 2016. South Korean director Im Kwon-taek will be honoured with Lifetime Achievement Award at 47th IFFI ?
4. 5th India International Silk Fair (IISF) 2016 held in _____________ ?
5. Abhaneri festival held at Abhaneri village in Dausa (___________), to promote rural tourism in area ?
6. According to 2011 census data, _______ % of population of Differently abled persons in age-group of 5-19 (65 lakh total) in 2011 were attending educational institutions. ?
7. According to SAFAR (________________), Delhi‚„s air quality is very poor. The average (24-hour rolling) of PM2.5 and PM10, suspended respirable pollutants, were recorded as 120.8 and 248 micrograms per cubic metre as against safe limits of 60 and 100 ?
8. __________ government signed a FinTech Cooperation agreement with Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) to promote innovation in financial services ?
9. As per a study by National Council of Applied Economic Research, ______________ has played important role in reducing ‚Ëœsocioeconomic disparities‚„ existing in maternal care ?
10. BHEL commissioned 660 Mw coal-based supercritical thermal power unit in ____________(Uttar Pradesh) ?
11. Bathukamma floral festival celebrated by Hindu women in _________ ?
12. Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) approved mechanism for revision of __________
price for supply to Public Sector Oil Marketing Companies (OMCs). Revised price will facilitate OMCs to carry out __________ Blended Petrol (EBP) Programme for 2016-17 ?
13. Delhi Indira Gandhi International Airport's _________ (IGIA) achieved Platinum rating from Indian Green Building Council (IGBC) ?
14. Delhi Lieutenant Governor Najeeb Jung dissolved Delhi __________, referring It‚„s constitution to a Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) probe for alleged corruption ?
15. Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion (DIPP) and World Bank's Ease of Doing Business India Report 2016 stated that _____________ jointly topped Ease of Doing Business Reforms Ranking 2015-16 ?
16. Department of Personnel & Training (Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions) launched _____________ App. The mobile application aims to update on Appointments Committee of the Cabinet (ACC) appointments and postings on real time basis and to bring transparency ?
17. Doordarshan signed agreement with _________________ regarding the transmission of 4 Gyan Darshan Educational channels ?
18. Election Commission of India (ECI) amended Conduct of Election Rules __________ to facilitate e-transfer of postal ballot. It will empower a returning officer in any constituency to send postal ballots to an eligible voter by electronic means ?
19. Election Commission of India (ECI) collaborated with __________ to register young voters in 5 states going to polls in 2017 - Uttar Pradesh, Punjab, Goa, Manipur and Uttarakhand. ?
20. Global Conference to Strengthen Arbitration and Enforcement in India held in _____________ with title - National Initiative On Strengthening Arbitration And Enforcement In India ?
21. _____________ Tourism department launched vessels popularly known as ‚ËœDuck Boats‚„ to boost tourist footfall ?
22. Government allowed ______________ to sub-lease over 300 acres of land for setting up India‚„s first Medipark (Medical Park) at Chengalpet near Chennai in Tamil Nadu ?
23. Government approved 515 crores for development of proposed Sagar Port project in ________ ?
24. Government approved Cadre Review of ___________ ?
25. Government approved establishment of Indian Institute of Management (IIM) at _______________ in a temporary campus at Old Government College of Engineering & Technology from 2016-17. ?
26. Government approved establishment of NAD (_____________), aimed to establish a Digital Depository for school learning certificates, degrees and other academic awards of Higher Education Institutions, on the pattern of a Securities Depository ?
27. overnment approved formation of an Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER) at Berhampur (_________), at cost of Rs 152 crores for initial three years (2016-19). ?
28. Government constituted a Committee Under Joint Commissioner, Department of Animal Husbandry, Dairy and Fisheries (__________) to Monitor situation arising out of avian influenza (H5N8), Also called Bird Flu ?
29. Government decided to establish at least one ___________ in each of districts in country, to provide technical assistance to farmers ?
30. Government held tripartite talks with Kuki National Organisation (KNO) and United People's Front (UPF) of _________ to find solution to their long standing demand of homeland and political future. ?
31. Government integrated 250 mandis in 10 states with e-NAM (_____________) in first phase. Target is to integrate 585 mandis by March 2018 ?
32. Government launched MSS (________________) as a surveillance network to check illegal mining using latest satellite technology. It is Developed by Indian Bureau of Mines (IBM) in coordination with Bhaskaracharya Institute for Space Applications and Geo-informatics (BISAG) Gandhinagar ?
33. Government made _________ mandatory for availing cooking gas (LPG) subsidies after November 2016 ?
34. Government reconstituted Inter State Council (ISC) and its Standing Committee, under Clause 2 of Inter State Council order 1990. It will be headed by PM Narendra Modi and Members include Chief Ministers of all states, Six Union Ministers. Minister of Home Affairs ________ is chief of standing committee of ISC ?
35. Government stated that _________ is third state after Gujarat and Andhra Pradesh, to have declared Open Defecation Free (ODF) in Urban Areas ?
36. Government will invest 15000 crore rupees to increase capacity of Panipat refinery in _____________ to 25 Million Tonnes from existing 15 Million Tonnes ?
37. __________ Government will observe 2017 as‚ Garib Kalyan Varsh, aimed at welfare of poor people and generating employment opportunities. State Government also started a ‘Farm Tourism’ scheme to boost tourism to villages. ?
38. _________ became third Open Defecation Free state after Sikkim and Himachal Pradesh under Swachh Bharat Mission (SBM) (Gramin). ?
39. Home Minister Rajnath Singh announced that India-Pakistan's 3323-km border will be completely sealed by December ___________. Besides, a new concept of Border Security Grid (BSG) has been envisaged, which will take final shape after considering suggestions of all stake holders related to border security. ?
40. Home Minister Rajnath Singh laid foundation stone of building for Pt. Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Institute of Archaeology of Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) under Ministry of Culture at ________ (Uttar Pradesh) ?
41. India's First International Arbitration Centre inaugurated in _________ (Maharashtra), to provide an arbitration platform for Indian business houses to negotiate commercial disputes ?
42. India’s first startup magazine‚ ________, launched by Adhish Verma and Arunraj Rajendran ?
43. India‚„s first ‚Å“Design Yatra‚ started in Kozhikode (_______), spread awareness and popularize designs. It will travel to 29 cities by February 2017, covering 15,000 kms. It is launched by the Institute of Indian Interior Designers (IIID) ?
44. International Energy Agency (IAE) will partner with India to implement its UJALA (_____________) initiative globally for energy savings ?
45. IHSN (_______________) Toolkit workshop held by Ministry for Statistics and Programme Implementation in Delhi. Micro data Management Toolkit is open source data, DDI (Data Documentation Initiative) compliant application for cataloguing and dissemination of Metadata & Microdata ?
46. __________ become first state to implement Direct Benefit Transfer (DBT) in Kerosene in four districts - Chatra, Hazaribagh, Khunti and Jantara ?
47. Krishna Water Disputes Tribunal II (KWDT-II) headed by ________ decided to not to relook into allocation of Krishna River water among four states - Maharashtra, Karnataka, Telangana and Andhra Pradesh ?
48. In Life Expectancy data by Registrar General of India (2010 - 2014), ___________ has highest Life Expectancy at all ages, except at Birth (At Birth - which Kerala is at top - 74.9 years. Average Life expectancy in India has grown to 67.9 years in 2010-14, up from 49.7 years in 1970 ?
49. _________ government will launch‚ Lalima Abhiyan‚ in November 2016, to make state free from anaemia ?
50. ____________ Government allocated approx 40 hectare land to Department of Atomic Energy (DAE) to build LIGO (Laser Interferometer Gravitational Wave Observatory) India Project at Dudhala village in Hingoli district ?
51. ______ government launched Kaushalya Setu for accommodting students in skill development courses who failed to clear Class 10th / 12th exam. ?
52. _________'s Human rights activist (Called as Iron Lady) Irom Sharmila announced formation of her political party named Peoples Resurgence and Justice Alliance (PRJA) ?
53. Minister for Agriculture and Farmers Welfare, Radha Mohan Singh informed that egg availability in India is _________ per person per year, while it should be about 180 eggs per person per year.?
54. Minister for Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation Uma Bharti released first installment of Rs. 1500 crore to states as central assistance for 99 prioritized irrigation projects under AIBP (_____________). Amount is meant for 50 projects in 9 states. Total funds required for completion of all 99 projects is 77595 crore. ?
55. Ministry of _____________ signed MoU with Common Services Centre (SPV of Ministry of Information Technology) for enabling online submission of applications under Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana (Urban) ?
56. Ministry of Railways and _________ signed MoU for smart railway stations, valid for 5 years. ?
57. Ministry of Railways declared Okha-Kanalus and the Porbandar-Wansjaliya railway sections of ___________ as Green Train Corridors (All trains through these routes will be equipped with bio-toilets). ?
58. Ministry of Road Transport & Highways made it mandatory for all automobile manufacturers to provide emission and noise pollution details for every vehicle they produce, from April __________ onwards. Govt amended Form 22 under Central Motor Vehicles Act, 1989 through which manufactures provide the initial certification of compliance of vehicles ?
59. Ministry of Road Transport and Highways launched IBMS (_____________), to create an inventory of all bridges in country and rate structural condition of bridges, to help in their timely repair and rehabilitation work. IBMS will have info on over one lakh fifty thousand bridge structures ?
60. Ministry of Science and Technology has launched two new schemes - Biotech KISAN (__________) and Cattle Genomics in order to apply science to boost rural economy ?
61. Ministry of Shipping sanctioned Capital Dredging Project of Ro Pax Ferry Services between Gogha & Dahej, in Gulf of Cambay in __________ under Sagarmala programme. otal project cost is estimated to be Rs 234 Crore of which 50% will be funded by the Government under Sagarmala ?
62. Ministry of Urban Development approved projects worth 114 crores under HRIDAY (_________) scheme for improving infrastructure facilities around core heritage sites in five cities - Varnasi (Uttar Pradesh), Amritsar (Punjab), Dwaraka (Gujarat), Puri (Odisha) and Warangal (Telangana) ?
63. NITI Aayog identified three key areas for reforms needed to be implemented by states, for reviving Agriculture sector - Agricultural market reforms, Land lease reforms and Reforms related to forestry on private land. NITI Aayog released an index to rank States and UTs based on ease of Agriculture and opportunities for farmers for enhancing their income. State of ____________ is at top in this index ?
64. National Centre for Antarctic and Ocean Research (NCAOR) Goa has established a high altitude research station in Himalaya called __________, at a remote region in Spiti, Himachal Pradesh ?
65. National Seismic Programme (NSP) been launched by Minister of State for Petroleum and Natural Gas Dharmendra Pradhan in _________ to trace hydrocarbon resources like oil and natural gas in Mahanadi basin ?
66. National Summit on Fortification of Food held in _________, to address interventions in combating micronutrient malnutrition in country ?
67. ___________________ government launched Madhubabu Aain Sahayata Sibir‚„ (MASS) scheme to provide legal assistance to deprived sections of the society at the grassroots level. It has been named after Odia lawyer Madhu Babu, who is considered as the first lawyer of this state ?
68. PM Narendra Modi announced that India's first Railway University will be set up in _____________ (Gujarat) ?
69. PM Narendra Modi inaugurated Shaurya Smarak' war memorial in _____________, Madhya Pradesh ?
70. PM Narendra Modi laid foundation stone of Urja Ganga, ambitious gas pipeline project in _____________ (Uttar Pradesh). Project Is aimed at providing piped cooking (PNG) gas and CNG gas for the vehicles to eastern region of India. It is being implemented by GAIL. It include Laying a 2,050-km pipeline connecting Jagdishpur (UP) to Haldia (West Bengal) by 2018 ?
71. PM Narendra Modi launched National SC/ST hub and Zero Defect, Zero Effect (ZED) scheme for MSMEs at ______________ in Punjab. He also dedicated to the nation 3 hydropower projects at Koldam, Parbati and Rampur in Himachal Pradesh ?
72. PM Narendra Modi launched campaign _____________, through which people can send their Diwali greetings and messages to soldiers to boost their morale. Messages can be sent via Narendra Modi App, MyGov.in, and All India Radio.?
73. President Pranav Mukherjee inaugurated Sardar Patel Heart Institute at Ankleshwar in __________ ?
74. ________ High Court dissolved State Other Backward Classes (OBC) Commission as it was constituted without State Assembly enacting any legislation for it ?
75. Researchers from Indira Gandhi Krishi Vishwavidyalaya (IGKV) _________________ developed a protein-enriched rice variet, with 10% protein content. It is 3% more than what is found in any popular variety and has 30 PPM (parts per million) zinc content ?
76. Safe Motherhood Week Observed in __________, to decrease 'Mother Mortality Rate' (MMR) and 'Infant Mortality Rate' (IMR). ?
77. Second Rashtriya Sanskriti Mahotsav (RSM) 2016 held in Indira Gandhi National Centre for Arts (IGNCA), _________ ?
78. State Counsellor of __________, Aung San Suu Kyi Visited India and signed three agreements - Designing an academic and professional building programme for insurance industry of ________, Cooperation in Power Sector and Banking Supervision between RBI and Central Bank of _________ ?
79. Telangana Government in its biggest administrative reform created 21 new districts, taking number of districts to __________ ?
80. __________ government organised traditional state festival of 'Bathukamma' and it entered into Guinness Book of World Records, with about ten thousand women participating ?
81. USA lifted Over 20 years old Economic sanctions against _________ ?
82. Government will fast-track four projects in Indus river basin to increase irrigation area in ____________ by 2 lakh acres. India has decided to exploit to maximum water of Pakistan-controlled rivers Indus, Jhelum and Chenab as per Indus Water Treaty (IWT) ?
83. ____________ High Court ordered state government to completely ban sale of whitener, after death of a teenager from sniffing an excess of it. ?
84. Vice President and Rajya Sabha Chairman Hamid Ansari has recognised a group of 22 MPs belonging to smaller parties and certain Independents as a consolidated bloc - ______________. It will be the third largest group of MPs in the Rajya Sabha, after Congress and BJP. ?
85. Vigilance Awareness Week is observed every year from ___________ across India to promote probity in public life and achieve a corruption free society. 2016 theme is ‚Å“Public participation in promoting integrity and eradicating Corruption‚ ?
86. Women of India Festival 2016 of organic products held in ____________ ?
87. World Economic Forum (WEF) India Summit held in __________ with theme Fostering an Inclusive India through Digital Transformation ?