Current Affairs 2016

India and Venezuela have signed an oil production deals worth about 1.45 billion US dollar to increase oil production.

Technology giant Google has tied up with Archaelogical Survey of India (ASI) for 360 degree virtual tour of 280-odd monuments across the country.

The sunrise state Andhra Pradesh has been ranked number one in the World Bank̢۪s Energy Efficiency Implementation Readiness.

Latvia has become the first country in the Baltic Sea area to sign a Memorandum of Understanding to link up with China̢۪s One Belt and One Road (OBOR) Initiative.

The seventh edition of India-Bangladesh joint military exercise SAMPRITI-2016 has commenced to practise counter-terrorism and disaster-management operations.

The Union Government launched Pradhan Mantri Surakshit Matritva Abhiyan (PMSMA) to provide free health check-ups to pregnant women at government health centres and hospitals.

• Food Security Act implemented throughout country
• Paris Agreement on Climate Change enters into force
• Maharashtra becomes first state to launch cyber police stations in all districts

Veteran Bollywood actress and Rajya Sabha MP Rekha will be honoured by the upcoming Dubai International Film Festival (DIFF) with a Lifetime Achievement Award.

Maharashtra has become the first state in the country to have a cyber-police station in each district to take on cyber criminals. In this regard, state government is converting 42 state-of-the-art cybercrime labs into cyber police stations simultaneously.

The Paris Agreement to combat climate change officially entered into force after 55 parties to the convention accounting for at least 55% of total GHG (greenhouse gas) emissions ratified it.

The GST Council has finalised 4 tier Goods and Services Tax (GST) rate structure with a multiple-slab rates, including the cess for the new indirect tax regime.

The Union Government has announced that the National Food Security Act (NFSA), 2013 which envisages supply of subsidised foodgrains has been implemented across the country.