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· Union Cabinet approves amended DTAA
between India and Tajikistan.
· The Union Government has launched
Lucky Grahak Yojana to encourage consumers and Digi Dhan Vyapar Yojana to
encourage merchants for transition to digital payments.
· The Union Cabinet has approved MoU
signed between ISRO and United States Geological Survey (USGS) for Cooperation
in t exchange and use of US Land Remote Sensing Satellite Data.
· The seventh edition of India,
Maldives bilateral EKUVERIN Exercise 2016 began at Kadhdhoo, Laamu Atoll,
Maldives.
· Union Cabinet approves India’s
approach to climate change negotiations at COP22 to UNFCCC.
· Pakistan Army has successfully test
fired an enhanced version of an indigenously-designed Babur cruise missile.
· The Union Cabinet has approved the
draft Major Port Authorities Bill, 2016 to replace the existing Major Port
Trusts Act, 1963.
· The Union Cabinet has approved MoU
between Ministry of Rural Development and Food and Agriculture Organisation
(FAO)
· Prime Minister Narendra Modi was
placed at 9th position among 74 of the world’s most powerful people list
released by the Forbes Magazine.
· The Union Government has extended the
facility of e-Tourist Visa (e-TV) Scheme for citizens of 161 countries.
· The fifth edition of the India-Arab
Partnership Conference was held in Muscat, Oman
· Haryana became the first state in the
country to launch Mahila Police Volunteer (MPV) initiative for safety of women.
· The UN cultural body UNESCO has accorded
world heritage status to Brazilian city of Rio de Janeiro (nicknamed as
Marvelous City).
· The Oxford English Dictionary (OED)
has officially added word ‘Brexit’ in it.
· Assam government has launched
‘Sustainable Action for Climate Resilient Development in Majuli’ (SACReD,
Majuli) to make river island Majuli country’s first ever Carbon Neutral
district by 2020.
· NTPC, NALCO ink MoU to establish a
2.4 GW power project at Gajmara, Odisha.
· Rajasthan Government has launched
Annapurna Rasoi Scheme
· Indian Navy’s eight landing craft
utility (LCU) L-58 was launched by Garden Reach Shipbuilders and Engineers Ltd
(GRSE) in Kolkata, West Bengal.
· Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Yojana
comes into effect.
· The Union Government has appointed
Air Marshal Birender Singh Dhanoa as the next Chief of the Air Staff of the
Indian Air Force (IAF).
· The Union government has appointed
senior IPS officer Rajiv Jain as the new chief of Intelligence Bureau
(IB).
· China has launched its first
fully-owned overseas satellite ground station near the North Pole enabling it
to collect satellite data anywhere on the Earth at fastest speed in the world.
· The Union Government has appointed
Lt. Gen. Bipin Rawat as new Chief of Army Staff (CoAS).
· The Union Government has appointed
senior IPS officer Anil Dhasmana as new chief of Research and Analysis Wing
(RAW)
· India and Tajikistan have signed four
agreements in areas including on double taxation avoidance, money laundering
and counter-terrorism.
· The NASA has successfully launched
constellation of eight mini-satellites as part Cyclone Global Navigation
Satellite System (CYGNSS) into space to improve hurricane forecasting.
· The Department of Telecom (DoT) will
soon launch ‘Tarang Sanchar’ portal
· The Union Power Ministry is going to
launch new mobile application GARV-II to provide real time data of all six lakh
villages of the country.
· The Union AYUSH Ministry has launched
‘Swasthya Raksha Programme’ to promote health and health education in villages.
· The Union Government has decided to
set up a single permanent Tribunal to adjudicate all inter-State river water
disputes.
· According to recent World Health
Organization (WHO) survey of 33 countries has shown that African nations
developing lifestyle diseases.
· The Madras High Court has banned all
unauthorised Sharia courts in mosques across Tamil Nadu
· PM lays foundation stone of country’s
first Indian Institute of Skills in Kanpur.
· Renowned Tamil poet Thiruvalluvar’s
statue unveiled in Haridwar.
· India and Kyrgyzstan sign 6
agreements in various fields.
· India ranked 4th in the Global Wind
Power Installed Capacity index
· According to report published in
Forbes magazine, India has surpassed its colonial masters United Kingdom to
become world’s sixth-largest economy in GDP terms for first time after nearly
150 years.
· Union Cabinet approves creation of
Indian Enterprise Development Services.
· Long range nuclear-capable subsonic
cruise missile Nirbhay was testfired
· Kaisa Matomaki and Maksym Radziwill
have been jointly won the 2016 SASTRA-Ramanujan award for mathematics for their
‘revolutionary’ collaborative work on short intervals in number theory.
· Hong Kong, a China-administered
special territory has decided to withdraw visa-free facility for Indians from
January 23, 2017.
· Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s cabinet
approved approved 5.13 trillion yen ($43.6 billion) in defence spending for the
fiscal year starting in April 2017.
· China successfully launched TanSat, a
global carbon dioxide (CO2) monitoring satellite to understand the effects of
climate change.
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