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Danny Willett wins 2016 US Masters Golf
Danny Willett (28) from England won the prestigious 2016 US Masters Golf tournament. It was his first major championship with a score of 283 (−5) and three strokes ahead of runners-up Lee Westwood (UK) and the defending champion Jordan Spieth ..
Month: Current Affairs - April, 2016
Novak Djokovic wins 2016 Miami Open Title
World Number One tennis player Novak Djokovic from Serbia has won the 2016 Miami Open Title in the men’s singles category. In the final match played on outdoor hard courts at the Tennis Centre at Crandon Park Florida, US, he ..
Month: Current Affairs - April, 2016
4th Nuclear Security Summit begins in Washington
The fourth edition of Nuclear Security Summit (NSS) began in Washington, United States to discuss a gamut of issues pertaining to nuclear security. In this edition of summit, heads of about 53 countries and representatives of five international organisations including ..
Month: Current Affairs - April, 2016
Researchers reveal first 3D map of Zika virus structure
Researchers from the Purdue University in Indiana in United States have achieved a breakthrough by revealing the first 3D map of the Zika virus structure It is considered as one of the major breakthrough in the battle against the mosquito-borne ..
Month: Current Affairs - April, 2016
General Lori Robinson nominated as first US female combatant Chief
United States (US) Air Force General Lori Robinson has been selected as the next head of the US military’s Northern Command. With this she becomes the first woman to head a US combatant command as the position is one of ..
Month: Current Affairs - March, 2016
US President Barack Obama nominates Merrick Garland for US Supreme Court
President Barack Obama has nominated veteran appeals court judge Merrick Garland (63) to be the next US Supreme Court Justice. His nomination comes to vacancy in the US Supreme Court which was created after the death of SC Justice Antonin ..
Month: Current Affairs - March, 2016
Nobel Prize winner economist Lloyd Stowell Shapley passes away
Renowned American mathematician and Nobel Prize-winning economist Lloyd Stowell Shapley passed away on 12 March 2016. He was 92. He had contributed to the fields of mathematical economics and especially game theory. He was considered one of the fathers of ..
Month: Current Affairs - March, 2016
India moves to WTO against US on temporary working visa issue
India has filed a complaint against the United States decision to impose high fees L-1 and H-1B categories of temporary working visas in the World Trade Organisation (WTO). US had imposed fees on certain applicants for L-1 and H-1B categories ..