1. 9th India Chem 2016 International Conference inaugurated by Anant Kumar(Minister for Chemicals & Petrochemicals) in _________(Maharashtra). It is organized by Department of Chemicals and Petrochemicals and FICCI ?
2. Incredible India Tourism Investment Summit‚2016 held in __________ ?
3. According to Endemic Vascular Plants of India Report by Botanical Survey of India (BSI), ___________ accounts for highest number of flowering plant species that are endemic to India (found only in India), followed by Kerala and Maharashtra ?
4. Agriculture Minister ________ laid foundation stone of Gokul Gram at Mathura in Uttar Pradesh for conservation and development of native cattle breeds. Government will set up 14 such Grams across country as part of Rashtriya Gokul Mission ?
5. ____________ became 2nd state after Gujarat to achieve 100% electrification of households, as per report by JM Financials. About 35% rural households in Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Bihar, Odisha and Assam still lacked access to power supply ?
6. Annual 5‚day socio‚religious Solung festival of Adi tribe held in _________ ?
7. __________’s first Pradhan Mantri Jan Aushadhi Store opened in Itanagar ?
8._________’s first Pradhan Mantri Jan Aushadhi Store opened in Itanagar ?
9. As per latest National Sample Survey Office (NSSO) sanitation survey in rural areas, __________ is cleanest state in India, followed by Kerala, Mizoram and Himachal Pradesh. Jharkhand comes last in list of 26 states ?
10. _______ School Examination Board will link exam forms with Aadhaar card to avoid duplication ?
11. Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs approved initiation of Third Phase of TEQIP (___________) as a Central Scheme with outlay of Rs. 3600 crore (1330 crore as external assistance from World Bank) ?
12. Cauvery Supervisory Committee headed by Shashi Shekhar directed Karnataka to release 3000 cusecs of water per day to _________ ?
13. Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) launched _________ facility for online redressal of taxpayers’ grievances. These grievances can be related to refunds, Income Tax Returns (ITRs), Tax Deducted at Source (TDS), and Permanent Account Number (PAN). ?
14. Centre for Strategic and International Studies (USA)'s report on status of Women's participation in workplaces in India has stated that ________ is best State / UT and Delhi is worst in terms of women's participation in workplaces ?
15. ___________ Administration and French Development Agency (AFD) signed MoU on Smart City Project and 'Technical Cooperation' in the field of Sustainable Urban Mobility ?
16. ___________ successfully tested a radar system that uses quantum entanglement to beat stealth technology of modern military aircrafts. Previously, USA was only country haiving stealth‚defeating quantum radar technology ?
17. ____________ signed MoU with Indian Council of Forestry Research and Education (ICFRE) for effectively monitoring of environment related issues in coal mining projects ?
18. ___________ Police launched mobile application for senior citizens to provide immediate assistance to them in distress ?
19. Delhi government increased retirement age of doctors working in its hospitals to 65 years and Delhi's Race Course Road has now been renamed as _____________. It has Official Residence of India's Prime Minister ?
20. Department of Animal Husbandry, Dairying and Fisheries (Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers welfare) declared India free from Avian Influenza (______) ?
21. Department of Posts launched toll free number ‚Ëœ_______________‚„ to register postal complaints. Service will be operational for 12 hours on working days between 0800 hrs to 2000 hrs ?
22. Department of Telecom (DoT) introduced helpline Urja Mitra for updates about electricity supply. Consumers can now dial __________ and get update from their respective power distribution companies about outages in their area through ‚ËœUrja Mitra Helpline'?
23. Finance Ministry decided that ___________ will be included under harmonised master list of infrastructure sub‚sectors ?
24. First Nomad Film Festival 2016 started at India Islamic Cultural Centre in _____________ to raise awareness and change perceptions regarding denotified tribes. The tribes were listed as ‘Criminal Tribes’ under 1871 Criminal Tribes Act during the British rule ?
25. First exhibition on childhood cancer awareness held in __________ (Uttar Pradesh). ?
26. Forbes '100 Richest Indians' list has named Reliance Chairman Mukesh Ambani at top (22.7 Billion USD) for ninth consecutive year. Patanjali co‚founder Acharya Balkrishna entered This year's Forbes Richest Indians List at _______ place with $2.5 billion net‚worth owing to his 97% stake in Patanjali Ayurved Ltd ?
27. ___________ Tourism department hosted first‚of‚its‚kind Vintage Bikeand Car Festival and it will host a bird festival in November 2016 with state bird Bulbul as logo ?
28. Government announced 2,520 cr to be spent on rejuvenation of ghats and infrastructure in Uttar Pradesh's _________ City, to make it Suramya, Samunnat, Sanyojit Kashi under Smart City Plan. ?
29. Government announced special package of 200 crores for supporting sports infrastructure and 500 crore for Tourism Infrastructure in state of ________ ?
30. Government approves subsidized helicopter services in State of _____________ and Himachal Pradesh on a pilot basis in 10 sectors, as per stipulation that most inaccessible destination points should be chosen ?
31. Government release special Commemorative Postage Stamp on occassion of 100th anniversary of ___________ ?
32. Grand Buddhist festival Naropa which occurs in every 12 years, started at 17th century Hemis Monastery in _________ ?
33. _______________ is first Union Territory to have signed RCS Agreement with Ministry of Civil Aviation (Regional Connectivuty Scheme). Before Puducherry, states of Gujarat, Jharkhand and Maharashtra have signed this agreement. ?
34. Gumthala Garhu Village near Pehowa in Kurukshetra district became first Wifi hotspot village in ___________ ?
35. Haryana Government announced Charkhi Dadri as _________ district, carved out of Bhiwani District ?
36. Health Ministry launched ‚Å“Leprosy Case Detection Campaign (LCDC)‚ to eradicate leprosy from India and it launched Mission Parivar Vikas in ____ districts of 8 States to improve family planning services. Aim is to reach replacement level fertility goals of 2.1 by 2025 ?
37. _______ cabinet amended Hydropower Policy 2006 in respect to transfer of shares to non‚residents ?
38. Himachal Pradesh government notified guidelines for transparent auction and scientific mining and hiked penalty for offences under mining act and signed MoU with ________________ government for developing a smart integrated township in Jathiadevi near Shimla airport. ?
39. Indian Railways launched ‘_______’, to make rail travel comfortable for elderly, differently‚abled and ailing travellers. ?
40. India's first international conference on cooking gas held in Bhubaneswar (_______) ?
41. India‚„s largest civilian research and development agency CSIR (______________) completed its platinum jubilee (75 years of operations). CSIR became operational on 26 September 1942 ?
42. ____________ government launched Scooty for College Girls Scheme. As per the scheme, eligibility for a scooty is based on minimum percentage and annual family income of 65 % and Rs.4 lakh respectively. College going girl students will be given 50 % subsidy on purchase of a Scooty ?
43. ___________ State Wildlife Board declared Ankasamudra tank in Hagari Bommanahalli taluk as a bird conservation reserve ?
44. Minister of Food Processing Industries Harsimrat Kaur Badal laid Foundation Stone of _________ Mega Food Park., to be developed at cost of 117 crores over an area of 100 acres ?
45. Ministry of Civil Aviation approved 4 new airport projects ‚ 3 in __________ (Bhogapuram, Dagadarthi (Nellore) and Orvakallu (Kurnool)) and Kothagudem in Telengana ?
46. Ministry of Civil Aviation prohibited use of _________‚„s Galaxy Note 7 smartphone on board an aircraft. This has been done in light of several incidents globally, involving battery of Galaxy Note 7. ?
47. Ministry of Drinking Water and Sanitation, Rural Development and Panchayati Raj released Swachh Survekshan for rural India. A total of 22 hill districts and 53 plain areas were assessed under Gramin Swachh Survekshan launched in May 2016. ________ was judged as cleanest district in Hills category and Sindhudurg as cleanest in Plains category ?
48. Ministry of Home Affairs approved use of Pelargonic Acid Vanillyl Amide (PAVA) shells as an alternative to pellet guns for crowd protests in ____________ ?
49. Ministry of Petroleum & Natural Gas launched __________ campaign, aimed at promoting use of natural gas in the country ?
50. Ministry of Urban Development shortlisted ___________ cities from 12 States in list of 3rd batch of Smart Cities Mission. These cities were shortlisted based on scores obtained in latest round of the Smart City Challenge competition in which total 63 cities had participated. Competition was topped by Amritsar in Punjab. With 5 cities, Maharashtra has the highest number of cities. ?
51. Mobile phone Maker Gionee signed MoU with ___________ government to set up manufacturing hub with investment of Rs 500 crore (later would be increased to 1,500 crores) ?
52. NHPC (Natinal Hydro Power Corporation) signed pact with BHEL for renovation of 180 MW Baira Siul power station in ________ ?
53. ______________ for first time successfully sequenced DNA in space, on International Space Station (ISS). The genome sequencing was undertaken by astronaut Kate Rubins as part of Biomolecule Sequencer experiment ?
54. National Board for Wildlife (NBWL) approved Rs. 10000 crore Ken - ___________ river interlinking project. It is India‚„s first inter‚State river interlinking project (Uttar Pradesh ‚ Madhya Pradesh). Main feature of this project is a 230‚km long canal and a series of barrages and dams (Makodia and Dhaudhan dams) connecting Ken and Betwa rivers. It will irrigate 3.5 lakh hectares in Madhya Pradesh and 14,000 hectares of Uttar Pradesh, in Bundelkhand ?
55. National Mission on Bioeconomy launched in Shillong (_____________) by Institute of Bio‚resources and Sustainable Development (IBSD) under Ministry of Science and Technology. The purpose of the mission is to boost rural economy by utilizing bio‚resources ?
56. Noted Yog Guru and founder of Patanjali group Baba Ramdev laid foundation stone of Patanjali Mega Food and Herbal Park in __________ (Maharashtra)?
57. Nuakhai, agrarian mass festival of Kosali people celebrated in western _____________ to welcome new rice of the season. Every year, the festival is observed on panchami tithi, the day after Ganesh Chaturthi. ?
58. _________ CM Naveen Patnaik announced to share his thoughts on different issues through radio for 10 minutes every month, through Biju Goan Radio ?
59. ___________ Government launched Biju Kanya Ratna Yojana (BKRY) for improving Sex Ratio at Birth (SRB) and Child Sex Ratio (CSR) in the three districts ‚ Ganjam, Dhenkanal and Angul ?
60. _________ government launched pension scheme for construction workers, which will benefit 25 lakh beneficiaries. Construction workers above 60 years will get pension of Rs 300 / month while workers above 80 years will get pension of 500 / month. ?
61. __________ government signed 15 year lease agreement with Falcon Marine Exports for operation of Jagatjore Shrimp Culture Project in coastal Kendrapara sddistrict. It will fetch revenue of 13 crore rupees to government ?
62. Paryavaran Bhawan located in CGO Complex (New Delhi) has been renamed as _____________ Bhawan ?
63. State High Court quashed ______________ government's decision to complete banning liquor in the state, saying that its is ultra vires to Constitution (beyond state government's legal authority). Liquor ban law was made more stringent after Assembly passed Excise and Prohibition Bill that stated all adult members of family could be arrested for 7 years if liquor was found stored in house ?
64. ___________ Lt Governor Kiran Bedi launched ‚ËœShramdaan movement‚„ as part of Swachh Bharat and Swachh Puducherry initiative ?
65. _________ High Court become Fourth State to provide e‚Stamp facility, after Delhi, Chhattisgarh and Himachal Pradesh?
66. ___________ became first Indian state to adopt centre’s Street Lighting National Programme (SLNP) in all its urban local bodies (ULB). Almost 5 lakh conventional street lights have been replaced with LED street lights across the state ?
67. __________‚„s education department partnered with USA based technology firm Cisco to promote digital learning across state using virtual digital room solutions ?
68. Reserve Bank of India (RBI) cancelled certificate of registration of 5 NBFC (_____________)‚ Simco Consultants, Lunkad Securities, Rajvir Marketing and Investments and Crystal Investments and Shri Jaya Investments Agency. Certificates were cancelled in exercise of the powers conferred on it under Section 45‚IA (6) of the Reserve Bank of India Act, 1934. ?
69. Software major __________ entered into a joint venture (JV) with Saudi Prerogative Company to offer IT services in middle eastern country, with 70% of JV owned by Infosys ?
70. Southern state of ___________ entered into joint venture agreement with Railways for rail projects in state under 51:49 equity partnership ?
71. __________ government signed MoU with Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) to promote education. ISRO will help to improve services of state‚„s educational channel ‚ËœMana TV‚„ by using Satcom ?
72. To boost tourism in State of __________, Government extended facility to travel by any airlines to visit this state on LTC (Leave Travel Concession), under Special Dispensation Scheme for Central Government employees, for upto September 2018. ?
73. __________ government appointed Actor Nawazuddin Siddiqui as brand ambassador of its flagship programme 'Samajwadi Kisan Beema Yojana'. Scheme provides cashless treatment upto Rs 2.5 lakh and Rs one lakh for organ transplant ?
74. Water Resources Ministry signed MoU with Agriculture Ministry for speedy implementation of __________ programme, by encouraging farmers of over 5,000 villages along Ganga River to take up organic farming to curb pollution caused by chemical fertilisers ?
75. _________ government announced to install monorail from Budge Budge in South 24‚Parganas to Ruby Connector in Kolkata, a 14‚kilometre‚long monorail route. It will cost 4216 crore rupees. ?
