Alan rickman as severus snape
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• The multilateral agency that was formally
opened by the China’s President Xi Jinping on 16 January 2016
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Asian
Infrastructure Investment Bank
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• The Indo-Swiss pair that won the 2016 WTA
Apia International Sydney tennis title
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Sania
Mirza (India) & Martina Hingis (Switzerland)
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• At the 61st Filmfare Awards ceremony, the
best film award was won by
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Bajirao Mastani
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• As per the World Development Report
released by the World Bank on 14 January 2016, the amount India saved
annually by using Aadhaar on account of decreased leakages
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1
billion US dollars
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• At the 61st Filmfare Awards ceremony, the
best actor award was won by
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Ranveer Singh
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• She was conferred with the Prof MV Pylee
Award for the Distinguished Academician of India
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Dr
Jancy James
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• He was conferred with the Sree Chitra
Thirunal National Award 2015 by the Vice President of India Hamid Ansari
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T P
Sreenivasan
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• The state that was conferred with the
Krishi Karman Award 2014-15 by the Union Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers
Welfare
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Madhya
Pradesh
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• The 23rd Conference of the Speakers and
Presiding Officers of the Commonwealth Countries was held at
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Kota
Kinabalu in Malaysia
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• The 68th Army Day was celebrated on
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15
January 2016
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• The Indo-Swiss pair that broke a
22-year-old world record by winning their 29th consecutive women’s doubles
match
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Sania
Mirza (India) & Martina Hingis (Switzerland)
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• The country which formed a four-member
eminent persons group to review all bilateral treaties with India
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Nepal
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• The region which was declared as Ebola free
by the World Health Organisation
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West
Africa
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• State Bank of India launched India’s first
startup focused bank branch called SBI InCube in
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Bengaluru, Karnataka
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• The Assistant General Secretary and
Spokesman of All India Muslim Personal Law Board who died on 15 January 2016
is
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Mohammed Abdul Rahim Qureshi
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• The Russian tennis player who will be
inducted into the International Tennis Hall of Fame on 16 July 2016 is
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Marat
Safin
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• The Bollywood actor, known for his role of
the astrologer Guran in Lagaan, who died on 14 January 2016 is
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Rajesh
Vivek
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• The famous actor, known for playing the
character of Severus Snape in Harry Potter series, who died on 14 January
2016 is
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Alan
Rickman
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• He authored the book titled Objective
Railway Engineering- Track, Works & Others released on 14 January 2016
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MM
Agarwal
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• He won the Times Now Amazing Indians Awards
2016 in the ‘The Eco Saviours’ Category on 14 January 2016
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Late
Kallen Pokkudan
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