Page-15 of Current Affairs - January, 2016
Government constitutes Arvind Panagariya committee to fast-track bullet train project
Union Government has constituted a committee to fast track the Mumbai-Ahmedabad High-Speed Rail Corridor, meant for connecting two cities with bullet trains. The committee is tasked to interact with the Japanese counterpart for taking further steps in implementation of Mumbai-Ahmedabad High-Speed Rail ..
Month: Current Affairs - January, 2016
DAC approves major changes in Defence Procurement Procedure
The Defence Acquisition Council (DAC) chaired by Union Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar has approved major changes in the new Defence Procurement Procedure (DDP) 2016. These changes were made in DPP 2016 to streamline defence acquisitions and give a big impetus ..
Month: Current Affairs - January, 2016
Music Legend David Bowie passes away
Music Legend David Bowie passed away on 10 January 2016 in New York, United States following a battle with liver cancer. He was 69. He was one of the most influential musicians of 1970s and was famously known for his ..
Month: Current Affairs - January, 2016
India-Australia Social Security Agreement comes into operation
India-Australia social security Agreement signed between both countries came into operation. This agreement will enable people of both nations to avail retirement benefits in each other’s country and will boost bilateral business linkages. Key facts The social security Agreement will ..
Month: Current Affairs - January, 2016
First female F1 driver Maria Teresa de Filippis passes away
The first female F1 (Formula One) driver Maria Teresa de Filippis passed away on 8 January 2016 in Italy. She was 89. She is remembered as a first female pioneer in motor racing, a sport mainly dominated by men after ..
Month: Current Affairs - January, 2016
Binny Bansal appointed as CEO of Flipkart
Homegrown e-commerce giant Flipkart has promoted co-founder Binny Bansal to the post of Chief Executive Officer (CEO) from current post Chief Operating Officer (COO) of the company. He will succeed incumbent CEO Sachin Bansal (since inception of company) who has ..
Month: Current Affairs - January, 2016
January 12: National Youth Day
In India, January 12 is being observed as National Youth Day. This day marks birth anniversary of social reformer, philosopher and thinker Swami Vivekananda. On this day, numbers of functions are being organised nationwide to celebrate the birth anniversary of ..
Month: Current Affairs - January, 2016
Telangana becomes first State to make gender education compulsory at graduate level
Telangana has become the first State in the country to introduce compulsory gender education at the graduate level. In this regard, state government has introduced bilingual textbook titled ‘Towards a World of Equals’ on a pilot basis in engineering colleges. ..