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Target/Application: The message of - China partnership for the New Book Fair 2016 was “Renaissance of Civilizations- 103rd Indian Science Congress Place: Mysuru, Karnataka 1,000 titles in major Indian languages Agenda/Issue: Prime Minister Narendra Understandingfrom ancient throughto contemporary exchanges“. times Over Modi inaugurated the 103rd edition of were displayed with the intention to help the Indian Science Congress (ISC) on promoting culture and languages. January 3, 2016 in Mysuru, Karnataka. The Padma Awards theme of this edition of the Congress was “Science and Technology for Indigenous Place: Development in India.” Agenda/Issue: President of India announced Target/Application: During the inaugural the names of recipients of year 2016 Padma speech Prime Minister gave a new mantra awards and approved conferment of 112 Padma Awards on 26 January, 2016. Energy, Empathy and Equity”. The Congress Target/Application: The Padma awards andaims target to bring five Estogether – “Economy, eminent Environment, scientists, are conferred by the President of India at research scholars to popularize science and the Rashtrapati Bhawan around March/ April every year. Padma Awards, the a 5 day event which ended on 7 January, country’s highest civilian awards, are foster2016 athat scientific witnessed temperament. deliberations This wasand conferred in three Categories viz. Padma Vibhushan, Padma Bhushan and Padma fraternity from across the globe. Many Shri. This year’s list comprises 10 Padma presentationscientists from of different papers byuniversities the scientific and Vibhushan, 19 Padma Bhushan and 83 Padma research delivered plenary talks at the Shri Awardees. The Awards were given in congress on subjects like Space Science, various disciplines: art, social work, public Nano Science, Technology & Applications affairs, science and engineering, trade and for the Swachh Bharat Mission and Diseases industry, medicine, literature and education, and drug development.This will help to sports, civil service which will inspire other integrate and fuse various application of sciences into the governmental schemes Giriputrika Kalyana Pathakam Scheme and policies. luminary to excel in these fields. Launched 24th World Book Fair Place: Andhra Pradesh Place: New Delhi Agenda/Issue: Andhra Pradesh Government Agenda/Issue: The 24th edition of New has launched Giriputrika Kalyana Pathakam Delhi World Book Fair held at Pragati Maidan Scheme to support the tribal women in their in New Delhi from January 7-9. This year the quest for livelihood on 22 January, 2016. The theme of fair was “Vivid Bharat – Diverse scheme seeks to reduce rampant infant mortality India” based on Cultural Heritage of India. and child marriages among tribal people. CA-168 EVENTS 2016 EBD_9043

Target/Application: The scheme will enterprises in the state on Feb 9, 2016. The scheme would facilitate free online of ` 50,000 to each tribal woman who providegets married. a onetime The amount financial will be assistance directly investors interested in investment on disbursed to the bank accounts of the registrationmicro, small and medium self-certification enterprises to and the service businesses. Target/Application: CM Raman Singh had beneficiary through District Tribal Welfare issued directives to simplify the process Office.mandatory To avail conditions. the benefits of this scheme, each beneficiary would have to fulfil some entrepreneurs so that they could take its BSNL 4G Service Launched ofadvantage. registration The scheme and self-certification would facilitate free for Place: Agenda/Issue: Bharat Sanchar Nigam the investors interested in investment on Limited (BSNL) has started 4G services onlinemicro, registrationsmall and medium and self enterprises certification and to at Chandigarh in Punjab circle promising service businesses. The investors can enroll a speed of up to 100 Mbps on Jan 13, 2016. themselves online through website of the Industries department which will be based telecom service provider in India to launch With4G service this after launch, Airtel BSNL (1st), becameAircel (2nd), fifth ENVIS Portal Launched Vodafone (3rd) and Reliance Jio (4th). on self certification process. Target/Application: Now, customers will Agenda/Issue: A new Environment Information System (ENVIS) portal and within few seconds which at present takes mobile application is launched on 17 behours able on to current download 2G/3G large networks. files upto BSNL 1 GB February, 2016. It is a central sector Scheme will also provide 4G services to government of the MOEFCC implemented since 1982. agencies for video camera surveillance, Target/Application: The portal http:// envis.nic.in runs parallel with the Digital land security service in India. India Objective, which works on improving trafficIndia’s management First Aviation solutions Park Launched and home- the digital literacy in the environment Place: Gujarat sector and deliver services digitally all Agenda/Issue: District to strengthen the over the country. The purpose of the aviation sector, Gujarat is going to have a scheme is to integrate country-wide aviation park, on 10th Feb, 2016. efforts in environmental information It is an integrated aviation park that aims to collection, storage, collation, retrieval and provide a single platform for manufacturing dissemination. activities and human resources related to 2016 League the aviation sector. Place: . Target/Application: Jaypee the park is scheduled to get operational by Agenda/Issue: clinched the 2016 edition of the Hockey The first phase of India League after beating the Kalinga State Aviation Infrastructure Company theLtd end(GUJSAIL) of fiscal is planning year 2016-2017. to develop Gujarat this match played at the Birsa Munda Hockey park on Public Private Partnership (PPP) model.This aviation park will have slew LancersStadium onin 21Ranchi, February, they 2016.defeated In theKalinga final of facilities including an airstrip, helipad, Lancers by 6-1 goals. training school and space for setting up Target/Application: Hockey India League small manufacturing units among others. It has immense potential to create direct in India organized by Hockey India, the and indirect employment for highly-skilled (HIL)governing is a professionalbody for the field sport hockey in leagueIndia. resources in the area of aerospace and avionics. The league was established in 2013 and is sanctioned by International Hockey Udyam Aakansha Scheme Launched Place: Chhattisgarh franchisee based teams having players from Agenda/Issue: The Chhattisgarh government FederationIndia and around (FIH). the Currently, world. 2015 there edition are six of has launched Udyam Aakansha Scheme the league was won by . for promoting micro, small and medium Rupinder Pal Singh () was EVENTS 2016 CA-169

Player of the Tournament. Mark Knowles Setu Bharatam Project Launched (Punjab Warriors) was Man of the Match. Agenda/Issue: PM Narendra Modi Armaan Qureshi (Punjab Warriors) was launched the ` 50,000 crore ‘Setu Bharatam’ Goal of the Match. Armaan Qureshi was . project to make all national highways free emerging Player of the Match. of railway crossings by 2019 on 4 March, 2016 2016. This project will be implemented by the Union Ministry of Road Transport and Place: Highways. Agenda/Issue: won the Ranji The project aims Trophy for a record 41st time over Saurashtra Target/Application: to make all national highways free from on 26 February, 2016. With this victory, railway level crossing by 2019 to ensure Mumbai clinched Ranji title for record 41st road safety. Union Ministry of Road time (10 of them being won with innings Transport and Highways already has launched an Indian Bridge Management Target/Application: Shreyas Iyer was System to map 1,50,000 bridges across the thewins) highest after playing run scorer in record of 45the finals. series with country. So far inventory of 50,000 bridges 1321 runs. Shahbaz Nadeem with 51 wickets was the highest wicket taker of the cycle of condition survey will be completed competition. Ranji Trophy is a domestic hasby June been 2016. prepared under it and the first

India between teams representing regional IRNSS-1F Satellite Launched cricketfirst-class associations. cricket championship The trophy playedis named in Place: Sriharikota. Agenda/Issue: Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) has successfully launched 1934.after EnglandAt present, and Sussexthe championship cricketer Kumar is playedShri Ranjitsinhji between 27 and teams was which first include played 21 in Navigational Satellite System (IRNSS) th states (of 29 Indian states) and Delhi (UT). India’s1F satellite sixth on navigation 10 March, Indian 2016. Regional It was The format of Ranji Trophy is Round-robin. launched by ISRO’s workhorse satellite launch vehicle, PSLV-C32 rocket from Satish Kerala First Digital State Declaration Dhawan Space Centre (SHAR), Sriharikota Place: Kerala in Andhra Pradesh. It was PLSV’s 34th mission. Agenda/Issue: The President declared Target/Application: The IRNSS will provide accurate position information country on 27 September, 2016. It was service to users in India and the region announcedKerala as theby President first digital after state launching in the a IRNSS 1F satellite is part of the space digital empowerment campaign of state at extendingsegment satellites up to 1,500 of the km IRNSS from systemthe border. that a function to be held in Kozhikkode. The has total constellation of seven satellites. It campaign aims at bridging the digital divide has a 12 year mission life. by 2020. It will be located in the Geosynchronous Target/Application: The President lauded transfer orbit (GTO) in the space with a Kerala’s progress in becoming digitally 20,657 km apogee (farthest point to Earth) enabled, after the launching of the pilot and 284 km perigee (nearest point to Earth). Akshaya e-literacy project in Malappuram district in 2002. Kerala was able to achieve Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana Launched this feat due to the combined efforts Agenda/Issue: The Union Government of the government and various social launched Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana organizations in the state. Kerala has (PMUY) for providing free of cost LPG successfully linked all villages in the state (cooking gas) connections to women from with broadband connectivity under the BPL Households on 1st May, 2016. National Optical Fibre Network (NOFN) It was launched by Prime Minister Narendra Modi with the tagline-Swachh Indhan, The broadband connectivity has helped Behtar Jeevan. toproject. provide It ishigh-speed first state internetin country in toall dogram so. Target/Application: A sum of ` 8000 crore panchayats and remote areas of the state.

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LPG connections to BPL households. Under Indian Coast Guard Ship Arnvesh Place: Visakhapatnam monetary support of about 1,600 rupees to Agenda/Issue: ICGS Arnvesh, the fast patrol getPMUY, a connection each of the of beneficiaries cooking gas. will It includes receive vessel (FPV) of the Indian Coast Guard was administrative cost, pressure regulator commissioned at Visakhapatnam, Andhra booklet and safety hose. The scheme seeks Pradesh on 21 March, 2016. The ship is to empower women and protect their primarily intended to undertake coastal health by shifting them from traditional patrol, surveillance at sea, anti-smuggling, cooking based on unclean cooking fuels or anti-piracy operations and search and on fossil fuels to clean cooking gas. rescue operations. It is propelled by 2016 Asia Cup T20 Trophy Target/Application: triple Rolls Royce Kamewa water jets and Place: Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium, Dhaka. Agenda/Issue: can achieve a maximum speed of 33 knots, Asia Cup title on 6th March at the 2016 andnavigational carry a crew and communicationof five officers and equipment 34 men. edition of the AsiaIndia Cup clinchedtournament their held sixth in Theincluding vessel night is fitted vision with capabilities. the state-of-the-art Its main Bangladesh on 6 March, 2016. armament comprise 40/60 Bofors guns. Target/Application: India won all of its 2016 Hockey India Annual Awards matches played in Asia Cup 2016 beating Agenda/Issue: At the Hockey India second Bangladesh twice, Pakistan, Sri Lanka and annual awards, Indian hockey team’s UAE once. The continental title was held in goalkeeper PR Sreejesh and Deepika of Bangladesh from 24 February to 6 March the women hockey team won the Dhruv 2016. It was the 13th edition of the Asia Cup. Batra Player of the Year award for men and women, respectively on 28 March, 2016. Target/Application: Asunta Lakra It was the fifth to be held in Bangladesh and 3rd Season of Upcoming Player of the Year Award (Women the first to be played using the T20 format. under 21) was presented to Preeti Dubey, Place: New Delhi and the Jugraj Singh Upcoming Player of the Agenda/Issue: Patna Pirates won their Year Award (Men - under 21) was presented maiden Pro Kabaddi League title after to Harjeet Singh. defeating U Mumba 31-28 on 6th March, 2016. 63rd National Film Awards 2015 Target/Application: Patna Pirates had a Agenda/Issue: The 63rd National Film splendid run during the third season of the Awards 2015 were announced on 28th Pro Kabaddi League. Rohit Kumar of Patna March, 2016. Awards were given in three Pirates was awarded Best Raider and Mohit categories; Feature Films, Non Feature Chillar of U Mumba the Best Defender of the Films and Best Writing on Cinema. Match. Target/Application: Best Feature Film: Baahubali 70th Best Debut Film of A Director: Masaan Place: SEC Railway Stadium, in Nagpur Best Popular Film Providing Wholesome Agenda/Issue: Services retained the Santosh Entertainment: Bajrangi Bhaijaan Trophy National Football Championships Asia’s Largest Optical Telescope ARIES title after beating hosts 2-1 in Place: Nainital Agenda/Issue: Prime Minister Narendra Target/Application: National camper Arjun Modi and his Belgian counterpart Charles the final on 14th March, 2016. Tudu scored twice in the space of 11 minutes Michel remotely launched Asia’s biggest (26th and 37th) to help Services clinch telescope, the Aryabhatta Research Institute of Observational Sciences (Aries), annual Indian football tournament played built with Belgian assistance in Nainital intheir India fifth andtitle overall.was founded Santosh in Trophy 1941. isThe an District, Uttrakahnd on 30 March, 2016. Trophy is named after the late Maharaja Sir Target/Application: Aries, the largest Manmatha Nath Roy Chowdhary of Santosh. optical telescope of its kind in Asia, is a EVENTS 2016 CA-171 product of Indo-Belgian collaboration. It aimed at providing credit to Scheduled will be used to study star structures and Caste (SC), Scheduled Tribe (ST), and women borrowers in the non-farm sector been located at a height of 2,500 metres at on 5th April, 2016. The scheme is intended magneticDevasthal fieldin Nainital structures district. of The stars. site It was has to promote entrepreneurship among chosen for getting a clear view of the sky. SC/ST and women and further give a The ARIES optical telescope has mirror of 3.6 m diameter. The telescope facility has programme. been incorporated with high end technology Target/Application:push to government’s A financialWeb Portal inclusion for which enables it to be operated with the online registration and support services help of remote control from anywhere in will be provided. Under the scheme, 1.25 the world. lakh bank branches will provide loans up to 1 crore rupees to SC/ST and women White Tiger Safari Opened in Madhya entrepreneurs. Thus it will help in creating Pradesh 2.5 lakh entrepreneurs throughout the Place: Mukundpur, Madhya Pradesh country. Agenda/Issue: Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan inaugurated 2016 Asian Nations Cup Chess the World’s maiden ‘White Tiger Safari’ at Tournament Mukundpur in Satna district on 3rd April, Agenda/Issue: Indian men won the Asian Nations Cup Chess tournament with a 3-1 adjacent to the Mukundpur Zoological Park. 2016.It is spread The first over of an its area kind of safari 25 hectares is situated and by 3-1 score played in Abu Dhabi on 6th has been built at the cost of 50 crore rupees. victory over Vietnam in the final round Target/Application: The sanctuary at Indian Grandmasters S P Sethuraman and Mukundpur, 20km from Rewa, is currently April,K Sasikiran 2016. won In the 2nd final and round 4th boards match, home to only one white tiger, Vindhya. The while, B Adhiban and Vidit Santosh Gujrathi safari houses three white tigers, including drew their respective matches. two females named Vindhya and Radha and Target/Application: This was the third one male named Raghu. time that Indian men won the event. They won at Esfahan, Iran in 2005 and Kolkata in Gatiman Express Flagged Off 2009. Place: New Delhi World Health Day Agenda/Issue: Railway Minister Suresh Agenda/Issue: April 7th was celebrated as the World Health Day a global health Prabhuwhich will flagged cover the off distance the much-awaited from Agra to awareness day. GatimanNizamuddin Express station in on 90 5thto 100 April, minutes. 2016 This year’s focus was-scale up prevention, strength care, enhance surveillance. Target/Application: The Nizamuddin- 3rd Asia Ministerial Conference on speed service in railways, which will run Tiger Conservation Agraat a Gatimanspeed of Express160 kilometer is the first per semi-high hour. It covers the 200 km distance between two Place: New Delhi. destinations in one hours and 40 minute Agenda/Issue: Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurate the 3rd Asia Ministerial Conference on Tiger Conservation which (100It has minutes). high-power The train emergency will run sixbraking days took place in New Delhi from April 12-14, a week except Friday in both directions. 2016. passenger information system and sliding Target/Application: The conference system,doors in automaticthe coaches. fire alarm, GPS—based is being co-organized by Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change, Stand up India Scheme Launched for National Tiger Conservation Authority, SC/ST, Women Global Tiger Forum, Global Tiger Initiative Agenda/Issue: Prime Minister Narendra Council, Wildlife Institute of India, WWF Modi launched the ‘Start Up India’ initiative and Wildlife Conservation Trust. CA-172 EVENTS 2016 EBD_9043

Twitter Seva Launched By Union 6th Heart of Asia Conference Government For Start-Ups Place: New Delhi Agenda/Issue: The Union Government Agenda/Issue: The 6th Heart of Asia (HoA) has launched a “Twitter Seva” to address - Istanbul Ministerial Process was held issues an in New Delhi on 26 April, 2016 with the and importers, and other stakeholders objective of bringing peace and stability to on 22ndd April,grievances 2016. of Instartups, this regard, exporters an Afghanistan. The conference was attended institutionalised mechanism with a special Twitter cell has been created in the Ministry likely to deliberate on a host of issues like of Commerces Industry. by officials of a number of countries and is terrorism. Target/Application: Queries on matters Target/Application:combating challenge The of extremismmain objective and relating to Department of Commerce of the conference is to bring peace and and Department of Industrial Policy and stability to Afghanistan and speeding up its Promotion (DIPP) will be answered through reconstruction with a focus on enhancing this service. It will also address queries investment and connectivity to the country. regarding the Directorate General of Foreign HoA conference is a part of the Istanbul Trade (DGFT), , SEZs, Directorate General of Process established in 2011 which provides supplies and Disposals, tea, rubber, coffee, a platform to discuss an agenda of regional spices, Agricultural and Processed Food cooperation with Afghanistan at its centre. The 14 member countries of HoA engage in (APEDA). result-oriented cooperation for a peaceful Products Export Development Authority World Earth Day a secure and prosperous region as a whole. Agenda/Issue: 22nd April is every Theand 14 stable participating Afghanistan countries and, by are extension, Russia, year celebrated as the Earth day all over China, India, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Iran, the world to demonstrate support for Kazakhstan, Kyrgyz Republic, Tajikistan, environmental protection. Turkmenistan, Saudi Arabia, UAE, Target/Application: Earth year 2016’s Azerbaijan and Turkey. theme is ‘Trees for the Earth.’ World Intellectual Property Day Agenda/Issue: World Intellectual Property 2016 Sultan Azlan Shah Hockey Day is annually celebrated on 26th April to Tournament highlight importance of intellectual property Place: Ipoh, Malaysia rights (patents, trademarks, industrial Agenda/Issue: Australia dashed India’s designs, copyright) in encouraging innovation hopes to clinch their ninth Sultan Azlan and creativity. Shah Hockey title with a thumping 4-0 Target/Application: It is celebrated to win on 16 April, 2016. India settled at the raise awareness of how patents, copyright, second position and was followed by New trademarks and designs impact on daily Zealand (defending champion) at the third life and to celebrate creativity, and the position. This was the second time India contribution made by creators and innovators to the development of societies across the globe. Target/Application:had finished with the silverEarlier, medal Australia in seven final appearances. Asia’s First Rice Technology Park in had won the Sultan Azlan Shah Hockey Gangavati Tournament in 1983, 1996, 2004, 2005, Karnataka 2007, 2011, 2013 and 2014. They also Place: hold record of most titles win of this Agenda/Issue: Karnataka Government has tournament. The Sultan Azlan Shah Cup is Park in Gangavati in Koppal district on 9thdecided May, to set2016. up Asia’sApart first from Rice it Technology the state tournament held in Malaysia. It began in government has decided to set upa Maize 1983an annual as a biennialinternational contest. men’s The fieldtournament hockey Technology Park at Ranebennur in Haveri became an annual event after 1998. district. Both parks will be established on EVENTS 2016 CA-173 the public-private participation model as a an electro-mechanical activator. The missile one-stop solution to all problems of rice and also has its own mobile launcher, secure maize growers. data link for interception, independent Target/Application: These parks would tracking and homing capabilities and pave the way for opening new avenues for sophisticated radars. rice and maize growers to add value to their Single Rooftop Solar Power Plant produce and get better returns and also enhance quality of the produce. Place: Amritsar Agenda/Issue: World’s largest Single SAIEVAC Ministerial Meeting Rooftop Solar Power Plant inaugurated Place: New Delhi in Amritsar in Punjab on 18th May, 2016. The plant has been set up with the cost Agenda/Issue: The fourth edition South Asia Initiative to End Violence Against of 139 crore rupees and would generate Children (SAIEVAC) Ministerial Meeting took place in New Delhi from 9-11 May, cleanhelp inand abating green energy4-lakh sufficienttonnes of to carbonpower 2016. The meeting assessed progress and approximately 8,000 homes. It will also developments of the past decade of regional 2 The Rs 139-crore effort of SAIEVAC and identify priorities for Target/Application: solardioxide energy (CO ) in plantthe next here 25 years.has become country’s largest, with solar panels spread Target/Application: over 82 acres on eight rooftops of sheds SAIEVAC for the next five years. of the South Asian Association for Regional and a capacity to generate 19.5 MW. The Cooperation (SAARC)SAIEVAC nations is created apex body to clean power produced from this plant will bring governments of the region into active be purchased by the Punjab State Power engagement for child protection against violence. It will set strategies and agree on phase (7.5 MW) of this project was launched commitments to ensure the security and Corporationin September Limited2013 and (PSPCL). was synchronised The first protection of the children of the region. with the grid in April 2014. Air Defence Interceptor Missile, Ashwin Green-concept Based State Data Centre Place: Abdul Kalam Island, Balasore. Agenda/Issue: Himachal Pradesh became Indigenous Advanced Air Agenda/Issue: Data Centre (SDC), designed using green Defence interceptor missile, Ashwin thedata first centre state conceptin the country on 5th to haveJune, a2016. State The SDC will offer 101 people-oriented The test was the twelfth test of interceptor services online through an integrated data successfully test fired on 16th May, 2016. base. It would integrate the websites of Bengal. Of the 11 tests held earlier, 9 were various departments and all services can be successful.missiles fired The from interceptor a warship inmissile the Bay was of accessed through the integrated data base. Target/Application: It is a major green Island (formerly known as Wheeler Island) initiative as all services would be provided test fired from the complex of Abdul Kalam in Balasore district off coast. online and paperless governance will Target/Application: Advanced Air Defence (AAD) interceptor missile, Ashwin is country which has been designed using the advanced version of low altitude becomegreen data a reality.centre Itconcept is first to SDC minimise in the supersonic ballistic interceptor missile. power requirement and increase power It is indigenously developed by Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) and is capable of destroying any utilisationWorld Environment efficiency. Day incoming hostile ballistic missile. It is Agenda/Issue: World Environment Day capable of destroying any incoming hostile was celebrated on June 5 to educate global ballistic missile is 7.5-meter long and weighs around 1.2 tonnes. It has a diameter of less environmental action to protect nature and than 0.5 meter. It is single-stage solid rocket awarenessthe planet Earth. to tiger-express The Theme for take 2016 positive is ‘Go propelled guided missile. It is equipped with Wild for Life (Zero Tolerance for the Illegal a hi-tech computer, a navigation system and Wildlife Trade)’. CA-174 EVENTS 2016 EBD_9043

Target/Application: WED was established DIET faculty and principals, policy makers by the United Nations General Assembly in at district, state and national level and the 1972 to mark the opening of United Nations general public. Conference on the Human Environment NIVARAN Portal Launched 1972 which began in Stockholm. Agenda/Issue: The Indian Railways has World Oceans Day launched NIVARAN portal to address Agenda/Issue: The World Oceans Day was different grievances on 1st July, 2016. observed globally on 8th June every year Target/Application: It is an online system to raise global awareness about oceans for redressal of service related grievance problems. of serving, and former railway employees. Target/Application: The day also seeks The system’ will also provide employees of to provide a unique opportunity to honour, Indian Railways facility for lodging appeal protect, and conserve the world’s oceans. to the higher authority in case the decision is not found satisfactory. Highest controlling The theme for 2016 is “Healthy oceans, authorities will also be able to monitor the healthy planet”. Thailand Eliminated Mother to Child HIV progress of grievance redressal by field Place: Thailand Khangchendzonga National Park offices through this system. Agenda/Issue: WHO announced, Thailand Place: Istanbul ,Turkey. Agenda/Issue: Khangchendzonga National eliminate mother-to-child transmission Park (KNP) in Sikkim has been named a ofhas HIV become and syphilis the first on country 8th June, in Asia 2016. to world heritage site by the World Heritage Previously, Cuba was the only other country Committee (WHC) of UNESCO on July 18, 2016. Khangchendzonga National Park mother-to-child transmission under the WHO’sand first criteria country back in inthe July world 2015. to eliminate (KNP) was added in the mixed heritage site Target/Application: Globally, 220,000 category of the list i.e. it exhibits qualities of new cases of HIV were recorded in babies bothfrom naturalIndia to and make cultural it to the significance. list. With in 2014 and syphilis caused some 200,000 Target/Application:this, it became the first ‘mixed’ heritage site stillbirths and neonatal deaths in 2012. The one of the widest altitudinal ranges of any chances of mother-to-child transmission protected area worldwide.The It parkhas a exhibitsunique of HIV to their children during pregnancy diversity of lowlands, steep valleys and are 15-45% if they are untreated. The snow-clad mountains and the world’s third risk of transmission of virus in the new highest peak, Mt. Khangchendzonga. born can reduced with the medication of antiretroviral medicines. PATA Awards Place: Indonesia Teacher Education Portal Prashikshak Agenda/Issue: The reputation of Kerala Launched Tourism has increased after being conferred Place: New Delhi Agenda/Issue: Union HRD Ministry Association Awards (PATA) on 21 July, launches Prashikshak, an online teacher with2016. two Kerala gold Tourism gongs at won the Pacific the awards Asia Travel in the education portal for District Institutes Travel Advertisement Broadcast Media and of Education and Training (DIETs) on 30 E-Newsletter categories respectively. Kerala had also June, 2016. It seeks to strengthen DIETs Target/Application: featured in the awardees’ list last year for and bring quality teachers into the school education system. Travel Association (PATA) awards are Target/Application: It is an open online the Murizis Heritage Project. Pacific Asia platform for collecting and reporting and are sponsored by Macau Government data from all DIETs which will help in given by Pacific Asia Travel Association the establishment of a strong monitoring presented every year in recognition of the mechanism. Prashikshak users will Tourismachievements Office of (MGTO). 25 separate These organisations awards are comprise pre-service teacher educators, and individuals. EVENTS 2016 CA-175

Kundakulam Nuclear Power Project 2016 Kabaddi World Cup Place: Tamil Nadu Place: Ahmedabad, Gujarat Agenda/Issue: On 11th August, 2016, Unit 1 Agenda/Issue: The 2016 Kabaddi World of the Kundakulam Nuclear Power Project Cup in Ahmedabad, Gujarat from 7 to 22, (KNPP) became India’s single largest October 2016. nuclear generation unit with capacity Target/Application: The tournament featured of 1000 megawatt (MW). The KKNPP is 12 teams, namely United States of America, located in Tirunelveli district in Tamil Nadu, England, Australia, Iran, Poland, Thailand, around 650 km from Chennai. It is built Bangladesh, South Korea, Japan, Argentina under India-Russian Nuclear agreement of and Kenya. India on 22 October, 2016 won 1988. the World Cup defeating Iran. Target/Application: This power project has been designed to cater to the power E-Library Sugamya Pustakalaya supply requirement in Tamil Nadu, Agenda/Issue: Sugamya Pustakalaya an Karnataka, Kerala and Andhra Pradesh. online library for persons with visual KKNPP is India’s nuclear power plant to disabilities has been launched on 24th use imported PWR technology. It has VVER August, 2016. (Water-Water Energetic Reactor) type light Target/Application: The online library has water reactors. The reactors are built by been created in collaboration with National the NPCIL (Nuclear Power Corporation Institute of Visually Handicapped (NIVH), member organizations of Daisy Forum of Company, a subsidiary of Rosatom. India (DFI), Bookshare and powered by TCS of India) and Russia’s Atomstroyexport The first Wi – fi Enabled Village Gumthala Access. Sugamya Pustakalaya is an online Garhu library for Divyang and houses publications Place: Haryana across diverse subjects and languages and Agenda/Issue: Gumthala Garhu near multiple accessible formats. Pehowa in Kurukshetra district became the National Institute of Visually Handicapped

3rd September, 2016. of visual disability working under the Target/Application:first Wi – fi enabled villageThis infacility Haryana uses on administrative(NIVH is a premier control Institute of the Union in theMinistry field bandwidth of 10 mbps through BSNL’s state of Social Justice and Empowerment. of the art network and since it is a hotspot, Scramjet Engine Flight Tested simultaneously. Place: Sriharikota multiple users can access the benefits Agenda/Issue: The Advanced Technology Mission Bhagiratha Vehicle (ATV), a sounding rocket carrying Place: Telangana Agenda/Issue: The Mission Bhagiratha from Sathish Dhawan Space Centre Sriharikotta project was launched by state Government inadvanced Andhra scramjet Pradesh engines,and has successfullywas flight-tested met at Komatibanda Village, Gajwel in Medak all the intended parameters on 28th August, District of Telangana on 7th August, 2016. 2016. Target/Application: The objective of the Target/Application: The scramjet uses mission includes providing 100 litres of clean drinking water per person in the villages and 150 litres per person in the thehydrogen test, Air as Breathing fuel and Propulsion oxygen from System the urban households. Under it safe drinking atmospheric air as the oxidiser. During water will be provided to about 25000 rural habitations and 67 urban habitations. was(ABPS) successfully using hydrogen tested. asIndia fuel hasand becomeoxygen Apart from providing a sustainable and from the atmosphere air as the oxidiser, permanent solution to the drinking water testing of a scramjet engines. This mission woes, it also aims to rejuvenate more than isthe afourth milestone country for to demonstrateISRO’s future the spaceflight 45000 water tanks. transportation system. CA-176 EVENTS 2016 EBD_9043

Indira Gandhi International Airport India and Russia has begun in Russian city Place: Montreal, Canada. of Vladivostok on 23rd September, 2016. Agenda/Issue: Target/Application: The main focus of carbon neutral airport on 27th September, 2016. The announcementIGI became in Asia-Pacific’s this regard firstwas on Counter-Terrorism Operations in semi made by the Airports Council International mountainousthis edition of bilateraland jungle military terrain exercise under is (ACI) during the Airport Carbon United Nations Mandate. Best Horticulture State Award ceremony to IGI in Montreal, Canada. Place: Haryana Accreditation certificate presentation Target/Application: The IGI airport Agenda/Issue: Haryana has won ‘Best is managed by private operator Delhi Horticulture State’ award of the Indian International Airport Ltd (DIAL), a joint Council of Food and Agriculture (ICFA) venture between the Airports Authority of on 9th September, 2016. The award was India (AAI) and GMR Group-led consortium. bestowed upon the state for its concerted Indira Gandhi International Airport serves efforts made to increase the income of the as the primary civilian aviation hub for the farmers in horticulture. National Capital Region of Delhi, India. Target/Application: At present, about 2.5 India Wins Historic 500th Cricket Test lakh hectares of land is under horticulture in Haryana. The state government has Place: Kanpur ambitious target to increase it up to 9 lakh Agenda/Issue: India has won the test hectares. For this purpose, state government match against New Zealand by 197-runs in has decided to set a Horticulture University their historic 500th cricket Test in Kanpur in the state. Government will set up biggest on 26th September, 2016. Horticulture Mandi of the country at Ganaur Target/Application: This victory was on the pattern of Shenzhen Mandi of China India’s 88th on the home turf. It also gave and Rungis Mandi of France. them a 1-0 lead in the three-Test series. India’s First LIGO Laboratory to Come India, US Joint Military Training up in Hingoli, Maharashtra Exercise Yudh Abhyas 2016 Place: Hingoli , Maharashtra Place: Ranikhet, Uttarakhand Agenda/Issue: Agenda/Issue: India and United States Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory) laboratory will beIndia’s set up in first Aundh LIGO in Hingoli (Laser Abhyas 2016 concluded at the Chaubattia district of Maharashtra. The proposal is Joint Military Training Exercise Yudh Military Station in Ranikhet, Uttarakhand. approved on 10th September, 2016. It was conducted from 14 to 27 September, 2016. The YudhAbhyas 2016 aimed at Target/Application: It will be third such strengthening and broadening the inter- operability and cooperation between the laboratory in the world and first outside the Indian and US armies. are located in Hanford, Washington and in Livingston,United States. Louisiana. The existing two laboratories Target/Application: The bilateral military The LIGO-India laboratory will help to YudhAbhyas series which started in the year bring considerable opportunities in cutting exercise was the 12th edition in the edge cutting edge technology for Indian Program. The YudhAbhyas 2016 had industries. 2004 under US Army Pacific Partnership Rashtriya Ekta Diwas Brigade Headquarter based Command Post Agenda/Issue: Rashtriya Ekta Diwas is witnessed Field Training Exercises of observed on 31 October to commemorate birth anniversary of Vallabhai Patel. Exercise.India and Russia Joint Military Exercise Indra 2016 Target/Application: The idea of Rashtriya Place: Vladivostok Ekta Diwas was mooted by PM Narendra Agenda/Issue: The eighth edition of joint Modi in October 2014 to mark the birth anniversary of Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel. military exercise ‘Indra-2016’ between EVENTS 2016 CA-177

Himachal Pradesh Declared India’s between India and Sri Lanka since 2013. The Second Open Defecation Free State Place: Himachal Pradesh both nations was successfully conducted in Septemberprevious edition 2015 at of Pune, the exerciseMahrashtra. between Agenda/Issue: Himachal Pradesh becomes the second State in the country after Sikkim Target/Application: The main focus of this to achieve the Open Defecation Free State on 28th October, 2016. operability while carrying out Counter Target/Application: Himachal Pradesh has Terrorismedition of joint(CT) exercise and Counter is to enhance Insurgency inter- successfully achieved total rural sanitation (CI) operations under the UN Mandate. This coverage of 100% in the state. Besides, all 12 districts in state were declared as well as in two stages in which both armies will getbilateral familiar military each exercise other’s will be conductedrespective methodology of such operations, arms and verifiedNational as Ayurveda ODF. Day equipment and the command and control Agenda/Issue: systems. Day was observed on 28 October on the occasion of DhanwantariThe first NationalJayanti. Ayurveda India, China Conduct Second Joint Tactical Exercise Target/Application: Union Government has decided to celebrate National Ayurveda Place: Ladakh Day every year on the occasion of Agenda/Issue: India and China have Dhanwantari Jayanti. This day marks birth date of Lord Dhanvantari, which occurs “Sino India Cooperation 2016” in Ladakh before two days before Diwali on Dhanteras. regionconducted along second the Line joint of military Actual exerciseControl (LAC) in Jammu and Kashmir on 20th Judicial Committee on OROP Report October, 2016. Place: New delhi Target/Application: Agenda/Issue: The Union had appointed Hand in Hand series of India-China joint one man judicial the committee under the The exercise compliments Chairmanship of retired Chief Justice of cooperation and maintain peace and Patna High Court L Narasimha Reddy in tranquilitymilitary exercises along border that aims areas to enhanceof both December 2015. It submitted its report on countries. 26th October, 2016. Target/Application: The OROP scheme Himansh, India’s Remote, High-altitude Station Opened in Himalayas rank and same length of service uniform Place: Spiti, Himachal Pradesh. aimspension to regardless provide ex-servicemen of date of retirement of same Agenda/Issue: A high altitude glaciological research station in Himalaya called Himansh had retired from the same rank and they began functioning in a remote region in Spiti, providedhad served that for the an ex-servicemen equal number concerned of years. Himachal Pradesh on 11th October, 2016. Under this scheme, pension will be re- Himansh station will provide much needed future enhancements in rates of pension glaciers and its hydrological contribution. fixedwill beevery automatically five years of passed ex-servicemen to the pastand Thefillip researchto the scientific lab has research been established on Himalayan by pensioners. the National Centre for Antarctic and Ocean India-Sri Lanka Joint Military Exercise Research (NCAOR) in Spiti Valley, one of the Mitra Shakti 2016 most uninhabited parts of the country. Place: Ambepussa, Sri Lanka. Target/Application: Researchers will Agenda/Issue: The fourth edition of the use this station as a base for undertaking surveys that would digitize the glacier ‘MITRA SHAKTI 2016’ began at Sinha motion and snow cover variations with India-SriRegimental Lanka Centre Jointin Ambepussa, Military Sri Exercise Lanka on 24th October, 2016. Mitra Shakti series region has the largest concentration of glaciersexceptional outside precision. the polar Thecaps. It Himalayan is called bilateral defence cooperation initiatives the “Water Tower of Asia”. of bilateral exercises is one of the major CA-178 EVENTS 2016 EBD_9043

India’s first Social Boycott Bill Passed be also used for Weather, climate modeling in Maharashtra and seismic data processing. Place: Maharashtra Advanced Guided Missile Destroyer Agenda/Issue: The Maharashtra Assembly Mormugao launched passed the Prohibition of Social Boycott Place: Mumbai, Maharashtra Agenda/Issue: Indian Navy’s indigenously judicial bodies on 13th April 2016. With built most Advanced Guided Missile Stealth Bill, which seeks to crack down on extra- Destroyer ‘Mormugao’ was launched in country to adopt a comprehensive law to Mumbai, Maharashtra on 17th September, thisroot Maharashtraout oppression became carried first out state by parallel in the 2016. It has been Christened ‘Mormugao’ justice delivery system (kangaroo court) in after the Mormugao port of Goa, the home the name of age old traditions, caste and State of Union Defence Minister Manohar religion. Parrikar. Target/Application: Under this Act, Target/Application: The stealth vessel anyone found guilty of imposing any was built by government-run Mazgaon social boycott on an individual or a group Dock Shipbuilders Ltd and belongs to of individuals can be imprisoned up to Visakhapatnam class of ships being constructed under Project 15B. Mormugao disallows social boycott of any individual has a displacement of 7,300 tonne with threeor groups years by andcaste can panchayats be fined or Rs1 groups lakh. of It individuals or by its members or by social maximummissiles. It speedis equipped of over with 30 knots.surface-to- It is offence registered under the act will be fittedsurface also missiles, with surface-to-air the Barak-8 missiles long-range and orcongnizable economically and bailable. influential It will persons. be tried The by anti-submarine rocket launchers. It is also capable of carrying two anti-submarine warfare helicopters. aNew judicial Advanced magistrate Towed of the Artillery first class. Artillery Gun System Counter Terrorism Conference 2016 Agenda/Issue: India’s Defense Research Place: Jaipur and Development Organization (DRDO) Agenda/Issue: President Pranab Mukherjee inaugurated the Counter-Terrorism Conference a new towed gun currently being developed on 2nd February, 2016. The conference successfullyfor the Indian conducted Army on 15thproof July, firing 2016. tests of recognises that terrorism is undoubtedly the single gravest threat that humanity is Target/Application: The new gun will facing today. Target/Application: He strongly condemned the recent terror attacks in the region and allegedlykilometers, be dependingcapable of firingon the five ammunition rounds in he said the states who encourage and shorttype. duration with a maximum range of 40 support provide sanctuary to terrorists Super Computer PARAM-ISHAN Place: IIT Guwahati The conference recognised that strong shouldmeasures be againstidentified such and states held must accountable. be taken. Agenda/Issue: PARAM ISHAN has been jointly developed by IIT Guwahati and C urgent measures to counter and prevent the -DAC (Centre for Development of Advanced The conference also expressed the need for Computing). It has a peak computing power radicalization. Countering terrorism can spreadbe successful of terrorism, by shaping violent publicextremism opinion, and bites capacity. society building and growing a concerted Target/Application:of 250 Teraflops and PARAM three hundredISHAN is terathe and integrated counter- terrorism policy. fastest and most powerful computer in North East, Eastern and Southern region of Hydro-Electric Projects in Himachal India outside Bengaluru (Karnataka). It was Pradesh inaugurated on 20th September 2016. It will Place: Himachal Pradesh help to augment the research initiatives and Agenda/Issue: Prime Minister Narendra also in creating an ecosystem for attracting Modi inaugurated three hydro-electric projects (HEPs) with a generating capacity right talents to the field of research. It can EVENTS 2016 CA-179 of 1,732 MW in Himachal Pradesh on 18th in year 2015 compared to 10.9 million October, 2016. tonnes in year 2014. Vietnam was ranked Target/Application: These three hydro- electric projects are Koldam HEP: It is tonnes. China has remained the number one thirdimporter largest countr ricey exporterof rice in thewith year 6.4 2015.million National Thermal Power Corporation Incredible India Tourism Investors (NTPC).Parbati4×200 MW capacity HEP: It project is Stage-III executed project by Summit 2016 with a capacity of 530 MW of National Incredible India Tourism Hydropower Corporation (NHPC). Agenda/Issue: Investors Summit (IITIS) 2016 began in New Rampur HEP: It is 412 MW capacity Delhi on 21st September, 2016. It was a three project of Sutlej Jal Vidyut Nigam (SJVN). day summit that has been organized by the These three projects will collectively play Union Ministry of Tourism in association with an important role in boosting the Hydro- Tourism Finance Corporation of India (TFCI) power sector of Himachal Pradesh. and Confederation of Indian Industry (CII). Smart India Hackathon Launched Target/Application: The summit was focused on Investment Opportunities in Agenda/Issue: The Union Ministry of Human Resource Development (HRD) has various sectors in India which includes launched Smart India Hackathon 2017 Road, Highways, Oil and Gas, Urban Infrastructure, Railways and many more. on 10th November, 2016. It is the world’s IITIS will provide a common platform for largest digital national building initiative. domestic and international investors to Through this initiative, HRD Ministry is keen meet project owners from across Indian to reach out to all technology institutions states and the private sector. It will host in the country and challenge students to presentations of investible properties, offer innovative solutions to some of the session on why invest in India, Micro of daunting problems faced by our nation. Small and Micro Enterprises (MSME) in Target/Application: The Hackathon aims tourism sector. Agartala-Akhaura Rail Link 30to lakh find students digital from solutions technology by harnessing institutes Agenda/Issue: Government has increativity remotest and parts technical of India. expertise Besides, it of seeks over sanctioned `580 crore for Agartala- to spark several institute-level hackathons Akhaura railway link Project to connect countrywide and help build a funnel for Kolkata (West Bengal) with Tripura via ‘Startup India, Standup India’ campaign. Bangladesh on 9th February, 2016. The initiative will help to institutionalize It is 15 km long strategic railway route that a model for harnessing the creativity and would connect the Indian Railways with the skills of youth for nation-building. Bangladesh Railways. Target/Application: between Agartala and Kolkata will be reduced to only 550 Thekm once1,650-km the newexpanse rail track is linked through Bangladesh. The India Overtakes Thailand As World’s Largest Rice Exporter by 2017. This project will play important Agenda/Issue: India has gone past workrole inon thisIndia’s project ‘Act is expectedEast’ Policy to complete and is Thailand as the world’s largest rice trade between the two countries. It will also expectedreduce the to currentimprove 1700 connectivity km road and distance boost onexporter January in 201528, 2016. by exporting It was announced 10.23 million by between Kolkata to Agartala via narrow Charoentonnes as Laodhammatas per Thai rice who exporters is a Chairman report Chicken Neck Siliguri corridor to just 350 km by railway. Association Yes Bank Wins Green Bond Award Target/Application:of Bangkok based Thailand Thai Rice ranked Exporters second on the list of the world’s largest rice Place: Agenda/Issue: India’s leading private million tonnes of rice to the world market lender LondonYes Bank Stock has Exchangewon the prestigious exporting countries which has exported 9.8 Top Events And People 2016-General Awareness and Current Affairs Vol 1 for Competitive Exams

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