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October 2016

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Current Affairs 1st October, 2016  Which country announces postponement of 19th SAARC Summit in Islamabad – Pakistan  Tamil Nadu tops list of endemic flowering plants – BSI  Who gets the Infrastructure Status - Sports Sector  Which airport was awarded Best Tourist Friendly Airport by Andhra Pradesh Tourism - Tirupati Airport  Bihar Prohibition of Liquor Act quashed by - Patna High Court Current Affairs 2nd October, 2016  Nation pays homage to whom on his 147th birth anniversary - Mahatma Gandhi  International day of what observed across the world - Non-Violence Current Affairs 3rd October, 2016  India ratifies which agreement - Paris Climate Agreement  On 3rd October which day has been observed across the world - World Habitat Day  Indian-origin Kiara Nirghin wins - Google Science Fair prize 2016  Abu Dhabi Crown Prince to be Chief Guest on - 2017 Republic Day Current Affairs 4th October, 2016  Japan’s Yoshinori Ohsumi wins 2016 Nobel Prize in – M...

September 2016

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Current Affairs  1st September 2016  2016 BRICS Convention on Tourism begins in - Madhya Pradesh  Sony Pictures to acquire sports channels of which channel for 385 million US dollar – Zee  Bezwada Wilson, Thodur Madabusi Krishna receive - Ramon Magsaysay Award 2016  Union Cabinet approves grant of Permanent Residency Status for - Foreign Investors  Who has been appointed as Chancellor of TERI University - Ashok Chawla  Indian-origin Ajei Gopal named CEO of – ANSYS Current Affairs  2nd September 2016  Reliance Industries launches Reliance Jio offering - Free Voice Calls, cheap Data Plans  Which two countries signed the agreement in area of Maritime Transport - India, Egypt  LG Electronics Inc ties up with whom on smart-home services - Amazon.com  Which country is at 35th rank in World Bank’s 2016 Logistics Performance Index – India  First BRICS film festival begins in - New Delhi  Guinness World Records declare Majuli as the largest river islan...

August 2016

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Current Affairs 1st August2016  Union Government constitutes what for timely implementation of Central Schemes – DISHA  Madras HC will be now called as - Tamil Nadu HC  Maiden Agartala to Delhi broad gauge train service launched by - Railway Ministry  Patna Pirates wins 4th season of - Pro Kabaddi League  2016 German Grand Prix of F1 won by - Lewis Hamilton  Tokyo elects whom as first female governor - Yuriko Koike Current Affairs 2nd August2016  Who is named as President of Microsoft India - Anant Maheshwari  Indian Medical Council (Amendment) Bill, 2016 passed by - Parliament  A book titled R D Burmania: Panchamemoirs authored by Chaitanya Padukone released  2016 PEN/Heim Translation Fund Grants wins by - Anita Gopalan  Rani Singh Nair appointed as Chairman of – CBDT Current Affairs 3rd August2016  West Bengal Cabinet cleared proposal to rename the state as – Bengal  Which country to carry out first human gene editing trial for lung cancer – China...