Current Affairs Jan-2016
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Here is the current affairs for the month of Jan-2016. Current Affairs form a very important part of General awareness section asked in competitive exams. Many questions in these competitions are framed from current affairs sheet.
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National
- Harsh Vardhan has launched National Biotechnology Programme
- Pakistani singer Adnan Sami has been granted Indian citizenship
- India ranks 52nd in Tourism and Travel Competitive Index: WEF
- Union Government is going to roll out LPG-like Direct Benefit Transfer (DBT) scheme for kerosene
- “Amma Seeds” scheme for formers lunched by Tamil Nadu Government
- Jharkhand Government inaugurated land bank web portal nic.in
- Nitin Gadkari announces road projects worth 41,000 cr for Telangana
- Kakatiya thermal plant commissioned in Telangana
- Union Cabinet Approved Standup India Scheme to Promote Entrepreneurship among SC/ST and Women
- ‘Operation Dhangu’, the codename given to the mission to eliminate the terrorists in the Pathankot Air Force Station
- Punjab Bans Manufacture of Gutkha, Pan Masala
- KMC Ties up with UK to make Kolkata a Green City
- Haryana child sex ratio rises by over 5%
- Jallikattu in T.N., bullock cart race in Maharashtra cleared
- Mysore to get India’s 1st River Gallery
- Sri Lankan parliament begins process to adopt new Constitution
- Government Launches 2 Online Forums to Improve LPG Customer Service
- Governor’s rule imposed in Jammu and Kashmir
- Techies turn 3 villages of Madhya Pradesh into free Wi-Fi zone
- Telangana University opens e-resource centre for TSPSC exams
- International Kite festival started in Ahmadabad
- Telangana Government made gender education as compulsory in graduate level
- Second Indian Institute to clone Buffalo: CIRB Hisar
- Kerala First to achieve 100% primary Education
- 20th National Youth Festival inaugurated in Naya Raipur
- BSNL starts 4G service with soft launch in Chandigarh
- Jharkhand to add drinking water crisis in local disasters list
- Sikkim becomes India’s First Fully Organic state
- Army Day 2016 celebrated in India in remembrance of first Army Chief Kodandera Madappa Cariappa
- Ranchi to hoist world’s largest Tricolour
- Polythene bags banned in Ghaziabad from Jan 22
- India slips to 89th rank in global talent competitiveness
- India’s Mukesh Ambani, Azim Premji & two others among world’s 62 super-rich
- Maharashtra first state to give maternity leave in Surrogacy
- Jodhpur’s Umaid Bhawan Palace named the world’s best hotel of 2016
- New bird species named Himalayan Forest Thrush found in India
- High Speed Public Wi-Fi service started at Mumbai Central Station
- Sushma Swaraj to attend 1st India-Arab ministerial Meet
- 20 Feet High Sea Walls to come up in Odisha
- France President Francois Hollande to be Chief Guest on 67th Republic Day of India.
- Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes Amendment Act, 2015 came into force
- President’s rule imposed in Arunachal Pradesh
- French army soldiers became the first foreign military contingent to take part in India’s Republic Day parade
- India’s first blind friendly train, from Mysuru to Varanasi
- AIR launches 24*7 classical music channel
- Ahmedabad nominated for UNESCO heritage city tag
- Kerala To Host Global Skill Summit
- Commemorative Coin of 150 rupees & Circulation Coin of 10 rupees on Lala Lajpat Rai released
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Current Affairs Jan-2016 English
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