Page-22 of Current Affairs - January, 2016

President Pranab Mukherjee gives assent to 5 key bills

January 4, 2016

Presdent Pranab Mukherjee has given assent to five key bills as per the provisions of Article 111 of the Constitution of India. These key five legislations were passed by both the houses of Parliament, Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha in ..

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India won 2015 SAFF football championships

January 4, 2016

India has won the 2015 South Asian Football Federation (SAFF) championship for record seventh time. In the final match played at Thiruvanantapuram (Kerala), India defeated defending champion Afghanistan by 2-1 goal score. Jeje Lalpekhlua (72nd minute) and Sunil Chhetri (101th) ..

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Amputee mountaineer Arunima Sinha scales Mount Aconcagua in Argentina

January 4, 2016

India’s star amputee mountaineer Arunima Sinha has successfully scaled Mount Aconcagua in Argentina as part of her Mission 7 Summits. It was her 5th successful summit of the Mission 7 Summits that she had climbed on December 25, 2015 after ..

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NABARD inks MoU with NRSC for monitoring Watershed Projects

January 4, 2016

National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Hyderabad-based National Remote Sensing Centre (NRSC) for web-based monitoring of watershed projects. Under this MoU Web-based monitoring will be undertaken for India-German Watershed Development ..

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Telangana government launches e-Vahan Bima Scheme

January 4, 2016

Telangana Government has launched e-Vahan Bima Scheme to issue motor insurance policy in digital form. With this, Telangana became the first state in the country to legally accept motor vehicle insurance policy in digital form. About e-Vahan Bima Scheme The ..

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4th January: World Braille Day

January 4, 2016

Every year World Braille Day is being observed across the world on 4 January to mark the birth anniversary of Louis Braille, inventor of Braille script or Braille code. Observance of the day helps people to spread the importance of ..

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Veteran CPI leader AB Bardhan passes away

January 2, 2016

Veteran Communist Party of India (CPI) leader Ardhendu Bhushan Bardhan passed away in Mumbai, Maharashtra. He was 92. He has been a leading figure of the trade union movement and left politics in India and had played a key role ..

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Government to roll out DBT scheme for kerosene from April 1, 2016

January 2, 2016

The Union Government is going to roll out LPG-like Direct Benefit Transfer (DBT) scheme for kerosene from 1st April 2016. The scheme in the initial phase will be implemented in selected 26 districts of eight states. These states are Haryana, ..

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