APJ abdul kalam black stone statue
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1.Union Ministry of Finance will organise
India Investment Summit in New Delhi
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2.The second volume of memoirs of President
of India Pranab Mukherjee was released with title The
Turbulent Years – 1980-1996
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3.UP IPS Aparna Kumar scales Mount Vinson
Massif: The highest peak in Antarctica
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4. Assam Regiment won the Best Marching
Contingent title on the occasion of the Republic Day
Parade
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5. Union Minister of Urban Development M
Venkaiah Naidu announced names of 20 smart cities
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6. NGT asked Government’s to fix
environmental norms on noise pollution in residential areas near
airports
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7. India overtook Thailand as the world’s
largest rice exporter in the year 2015
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8. Gyan Jyoti app helped rural Indian women
use modern contraceptives
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9. India successfully test fired Akash
missile at Chandipur
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10. Union Government formed expert panel to
review Specific Relief Act, 1963
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11. Madhya Pradesh to impose ban on polythene
from January 2017
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12. Union Government launched National Job
Portal for Persons with Disabilities
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13.MSDE signed MoU with Yashaswi Academy to
provide 1 lakh trade apprentices for youth
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14.Customs Department Launches Mobile app
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15. China and Iran signed 17 agreements to
broaden Bilateral Cooperation
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16. France’s Justice Minister Christiane
Taubira resigned
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17. Japanese Economy Minister Akira Amari
resigned
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18.World Health Organization set up a Zika
emergency team
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19. A British woman Sue York became the first
person in the world to have a pancreas transplant
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20. 31 members of OECD signed an agreement
that will stop companies from using complex tax
arrangements
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21. Iran, Airbus signed deal to buy 118
Airbus planes
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22. IMF implemented 2010 Quota and Governance
Reforms
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23. Tom Hanks is America’s favourite movie star
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24.Asian Development Bank and Government of
India signed $80million loan agreement
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25. Bank of Japan announced introduction of
negative interest rates from February to counter
deflationary trend
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26.Well-known wild life film maker Naresh
Bedi chosen for V Shantaram Life Time Achievement
Award at MIFF 2016
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27.Persons of Indian origin awarded Medal of
order of Australia
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28.Indian Human Rights Activist Henri
Tiphagne chosen for Amnesty International Human Rights
Award 2016
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29.Intelsat launched the first of its new
Epic telecommunications spacecraft named Intelsat 29e
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30.Google’s AlphaGo software defeated the
European champion of the board game Go
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31.NASA: Hubble Space Telescope spots
monstrous hydrogen Smith Cloud boomeranging back to
our galaxy
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32. Marriott launches first dual branded
Indian hotel
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33.Yahoo shuts operations in Mexico, Argentina
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34.Facebook giant Mark Zuckerberg became
Sixth richest person in the world
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35. Airtel and Axiata to merge Bangladesh
operations
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36.Mirza-Hingis win Australian Open Doubles
Title
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37.Pakistan Cricketer Imran Farhat retired
from International Cricket
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38.Australian diving player Matthew Mitcham
retired from the sport
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39.Navneet Kaur, Santosh Kadale won gold in
Senior National Rowing Championship
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40.Ishika Shah won 12th Sub-Junior National
Snooker championship title
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41. Indian women's cricket team script
historic series win in Australia
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42. India clinch series with 27 run win
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43. Puducherry Lt Governor AK Singh launched
MITRA app for women safety
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44. Indo-Pak Agreement on Rail Link Extended
for Three Years
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45. UNICEF launched 2.8 billion US dollar
humanitarian appeal for children
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46. Sania Mirza, Martina Hingis won 2016
Australian Open women's doubles tennis title
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47. JS Deepak appointed as new Telecom
Secretary
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48. Nisid Hajari won
2016 William E. Colby Award for Best Military Book
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49. Cabinet of
Somalia agreed on Election Model outlined by Mogadishu Declaration 2015
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50. IMF implemented 2010 Quota and Governance Reforms
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51. Govt lowers GDP growth rate to 7.2%
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52. Expert panel to review Specific Relief
Act, 1963 constituted
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53. Former
President APJ Abdul Kalam’s Black Stone Statue Unveiled In Odisha
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54. 31 countries signed MCAA to boost
transparency in international tax matters
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55. Japan’s Central Bank adopts Negative
Interest Rate policy
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56. Apollo Munich ties up with Axis Bank
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57. Allan Border Medal 2016 presented to
David Warner
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58. William E Colby award bestowed upon
“Midnight’s Furies” – A Book on India’s Partition
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59. AB
De Villiers Named South Africa’s Test Captain, Full Time.
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60. Henri Tiphagne selected for Amnesty
International Human Rights Award 2016
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61. Agartala, Aizawl get $80 mn loan from
Asian Development Bank
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62. Twitter Inc has appointed Leslie Berland
as CMO
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63. Gurdeep Singh designated as CMD of NTPC
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64. Justice Sanjay Mishra appointed as
Lokayukta of Uttar Pradesh
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65. Indian
Army provides schooling to over 570 J&K students.
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66. Akash missile successfully test fired at
Chandipuri in Odisha
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67. Stockholm to get World’s first 5G Network
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68. BWF ranking elevated P V Sindhu to World
No. 11
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69. Adam Lewis Panel set up to safeguard
integrity in Tennis
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70. Pakistan Cricketer Imran Farhat retired
from International Cricket
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71. Former minister and freedom fighter
Maheswar Baug died
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72. Prime Minister
Narendra Modi says, India's policy should make a positive difference to the
rest of
the world; Emphasizes on
opportunities for everyone.
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73. Kerala High Court
stays Thrissur Vigilance Court order to register FIR against Chief Minister
Ommen Chandy in
connection with solar scam.
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74. Supreme Court asks
Centre to set up an expert panel within 4 weeks to look into service
conditions of nurses
employed in private hospitals.
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75. NIA arrests prime
accused Mohd. Rafeeq in 2014 Bengaluru Church Street bomb blast case.
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76. Centre forms Expert
Group to monitor the spread of Zika Virus and suggests measures to deal
with it.
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77. Fishermen from Tamil
Nadu and Puducherry call off their strike.
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78. Sensex surges 401
points; Rupee strengthens 45 paise against dollar.
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79. India clinches 3match
T-20 cricket series, beating Australia by 27 runs in the 2nd match.
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80. Classes resume in
Hyderabad Central University after 10 days; Protest of students continues.
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81. Actress Waheeda
Rehman honoured with special award on 6th Yashwant International Film
Festival
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82. Kamlesh Kumar
Pandey – Chief Commissioner for Persons with Disabilities
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83. Ten Non-Official
Directors appointed in banks
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84. Amlendu Tiwari,
Om Nagar get Jananpith’s Navlekhan award
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85. USAID extends
funding for projects for TB-free India
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86. IRCTC limits
passengers to just 6 tickets a month
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87. Abhinav Bindra
honoured Diploma of Honour and President’s Button by International Shooting
Sport Federation (ISSF)
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88. Jefferson
Airplane’s Paul Kantner dies at 74
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89. Apple acquires
educational startup Learnsprout
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90. Union Government
announced 1st batch of 20 smart cities from 11 States and Delhi
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91. Union Government
formed expert panel to review Specific Relief Act, 1963
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92. Commemorative
Coin of 150 rupees & Circulation Coin of 10 rupees on Lala Lajpat Rai
released
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