DOWNLOAD PDF1. Madhya Pradesh has signed MoU with IFC to build world’s largest solar plant |
2. No Tax for 3 years on profits of startups: PM Modi |
3. Union Government launched 4 mobile Health services to strengthen public health infrastructure |
4. Haryana records 900+ girls in sex ratio at birth |
5. Modi becomes 2nd most followed Indian on Twitter |
6. Vizag: World Bank funds a zoo for the First time |
7. CIC asks varsities to charge Rs.2 for answer sheet |
8. Tsai Ing-Wen elected Taiwan’s first Woman President |
9. Economic Sanctions against IRAN lifted |
10. Chinese scientist invented a new bio-artificial liver device designed from human liver cells |
11. SoftBank to raise Indian Investments to $10 billion |
12. Jet Airways and Bangkok Airways entered into Frequent Flyer Partnership |
13. Analjit Singh resigned as chairman of Max Financial Services Ltd |
14. SBI to raise up to 15k crore by March 2017 |
15. Gold prices rise Rs.340 to hit over 2-month high |
16. Postal Department to open 1000 ATM’s by March |
17. India ranks first in Business Operation |
18. Air India seeks 4300 crore from government for 2016-17 |
19. MakeMyTrip being probed for 75 crore Tax evasion |
20. Easterine Kire wins The Hindu Prize, 2015 |
21. India attains Top Spot in ICC Test rankings |
22. England defeated South Africa by 7 wickets on the third day of the third test in Johannesburg to take an unassailable 2-0 lead in the four match series. |
23. Virat Kohli fastest to reach 7,000 runs in ODIs |
24. Australia defeated India by 3 wickets in Third ODI to take an unassailable lead 3-0 in the 5 match ODI series |
25. BCCI Bans Indian team from Casinos in Australia |
26. Guptill-Williamson set record T20I partnership. |
27. World Bank to be anchor investor in Rail Development Fund |
28. World Bank to extend $20 million for reconstructing Visakhapatnam’s IGZP |
29. Flipkart, M&M in tie-up for online bookings of KUV100 |
30. FIPB clears 5 FDI proposals worth Rs 6,050 cr, Cadila gets nod |
31. HPCL gets green nod for Rs 18,400 cr Vizag refinery expansion |
32. 2016 DSC Prize for South Asian Literature conferred upon Anuradha Roy |
33. 61st Britannia Filmfare Awards 2015 |
34. Dr Jancy James selected for Prof MV Pylee Award |
35. Easterine Kire wins The Hindu Prize, 2015 |
36. The Look of Silence won award at 9th Annual Cinema Eye Honours |
37. Tsai Ing-wen chaired as the Taiwan’s first Female President |
38. HSBC appoints Ravi Menon as CEO of Indian asset mgmt arm |
39. China to land probe on dark side of moon in 2018 |
40. Virat Kohli breaks De Villiers’ record to reach 7000 ODI runs |
41. Veteran journalist Gopal Krishna Roy dead. |
42. President launches countrywide Pulse Polio Programme for 2016 |
43. Union government released draft for the right of transgender person bill, 2015 |
44. UN demoted India GDP forecast for 2016 to 7.5% |
45. World Development Report 2016 dubbed “Digital Dividends” released |
46. Banks to issue 2nd tranche of gold bond scheme |
47 NASA To Launch New Ocean-Monitoring Satellite, Jason-3. |
48 Anuradha Roy Wins $50,000 DSC Prize For ‘Sleeping on Jupiter’. |
49 Taiwan opposition leader Tsai wins presidential vote. |
50 President launches countrywide Pulse Polio Programme for 2016. |
51 Xi launches Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank. |
52 Marat Safin Inducted Into International Tennis Hall of Fame. |
53 SBI launches SBI E-Smart SME to offer loans to e-commercesellers. |
54 AirAsiaX to Relaunch India Flights, Seeks More Rights. |
55 6lst Filmfare Awards presented in Mumbai. |
56 Analjit Singh resigned as chairman of Max Financial Services Ltd. |
57 Jet Airways and Bangkok Airways entered into Frequent FlyerPartnership. |
58 Sania Mirza, Martina Hingis won 2016 WTA Apia InternationalSydney Title. |
59 Dr Jancy James selected for Prof MV Pylee Award for theDistinguished Academician of India. |
60 Delhi-based writer Ankita Anand won the Lorenzo Natali MediaPrize for work on Khap panchayats. |
61 Kamal Hassan and Gautam Ghosh added in Shyam Benegalcommittee. |
62 India and Japan conducted joint Coast Guard exercise SahyogKaijin 2016. |
63 China to land probe on dark side of moon in 2018. |
64 PM Modi conferred the Times Now Amazing Indians Awards2016. |
65 World’s First Zoo Backed By World Bank In This Indian City. |
66 Postal Department to open 1,000 ATMs by March this year. |
67 Economic growth to be lower than 7% in 20 15-16: PChidambram. |
68. World’s largest Tricolour to be hoisted in Ranchi |
News highlights : 17 January 2016
