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Current Affairs 16th March 2016

Current Affairs 16th March 2016

Daily Current affairs News Updates about the National and International events were listed here. Candidates those who are preparing for IBPS/SBI/PO/Clerk exam and all other competitive exams can use this.

 

National News:

  • Child labourer numbers drop 64% in 10 years
  • Parytak Mitra Programme to enable Students to act as Tourist Facilitators
  • Maharashtra Cabinet approved Prohibition of Social Boycott Bill, 2016
  • Cabinet Ministers are Public Authorities under Right to Information Act, 2005: CIC
  • Health Minister JP Nadda launched project ‘Clean Street Food’
  • Union Government notified Maximum Sale Price of Bt Cotton Seed
  • Maritime India Summit 2016 to be held in Mumbai
  • Singareni 600 MW power unit synchronised in Telangana
  • 46 countries to participate in 9th Defence Expo in Goa
  • “Advancing Asia: Investing for the Future” Conference
  • Telangana presents Tax-Free State Budget
  • Delhi tops in crimes against foreign tourists
  • Anand Sharma elected unopposed to Rajya Sabha
  • 6-yr-old youngest to climb Kangchenjunga camp
  • Post Office account holders can operate their accounts from any branch
  • Uttar Pradesh government to launch a campaign to protect sparrows
  • Delhi government may launch app-based bus service

International News:

  • Myanmar gets 1st civilian President in 50 years
  • UNESCO and CJ Welfare Foundation signed agreement to start a pre-school animation series Rainbow Ruby
  • India, Indonesia joint training exercise Garuda Shakti IV began at Magelang
  • 4th World Congress of Biosphere Reserves inaugurated at Lima
  • 13th meeting of Broadband Commission for Sustainable Development held in Dubai
  • Dubai to host robot Olympics in 2017
  • Putin orders withdrawal of troops from Syria
  • Vatican to approve Sainthood for Mother Teresa
  • Australia to re-open trade office in Iran

New Appointments:

  • Altico Named Naina Lal Kidwai as its New Non executive Director
  • Sonam Kapoor becomes the new face of Kalyan Jewellers



Banking & Business:

  • India Post selects Deloitte as consultant for Payments Bank
  • SBI releases Rs 1,465 crore under OROP scheme
  • Moody maintains SBI & IDBI ratings unchanged
  • Kotak Mahindra Group ties up with Canada Pension Plan for investment in Indian stressed assets
  • Bangladesh’s bank governor resigns on $81 million cyber theft
  • French major Michelin ties up with Snapdeal to Sell Tyres Online
  • Pfizer-owned cough syrup Corex banned in India
  • BSNL approves sharing network with Reliance Jio
  • Wipro joins hands with US firm Emailage

Sports:

  • British teen leads team to drone Racing title
  • Sachin Tendulkar to launch his fashion brand
  • First ever Paralympics Games starts in Arunachal Pradesh
  • Sports Ministry revises guidelines for appointment of Government observers

Science & Technology:

  • Fossils of 250-million-year-old reptile Teyujagua discovered in Brazil
  • Thumbnail-size frog named Microhyla Laterite discovered in India’s wastelands
  • Skype for Web allows landline, mobile calls
  • Microsoft stops supporting bitcoin payments
  • Xiaomi to open two new production units in India

Awards & Honours:

  • Sanjay Gupta, Jagran Group CEO and Dainik Jagran editor, chosen IAA Editor of the Year
  • Justin Bieber honoured at Kids’ Choice Awards

Obituaries:

  • Booker prize-winner Anita Brookner died
  • Lloyd Stowell Shapley, Nobel Prize winner in Economics, died
  • Jazz Singer and Grammy Nominee Ernestine Anderson died

 

Preeti Singh

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