Current Affairs 2016

The Indian Coast Guard Ships (ICGSs) �Aryaman� and �Atulya� were commissioned into Indian Coast Guard in Kochi, Kerala.

The National Commission of Women (NCW) has held that triple talaq was a �highly misused� custom and Government should scrap it to protect the rights of Muslim women.

Pakistan has warned India that it will take appropriate action if India violates the Indus Water Treaty (IWT) unilaterally.

The Union Government has signed $650 million loan agreement with the World Bank for construction of the Eastern Dedicated Freight Corridor (EDFC)-III project.

Supreme Court has frozen all financial transactions between the BCCI (Board of Control for Cricket in India) and state cricket associations.

• Railway ministry inks MoU for Smart Railway Stations
• No relook into allocation of Krishna water: Tribunal
• India, China conduct second Joint tactical Exercise in Ladakh

India and China have conducted second joint military exercise "Sino India Cooperation 2016" in Ladakh region along the Line of Actual Control (LAC) in Jammu and Kashmir.

The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) is going to declare the Kashmiri Red Stag (also known as Hangul) as a Critically Endangered species.

The Union Ministry of Railways has declared the Okha-Kanalus and the Porbandar-Wansjaliya railway sections of Gujarat as Green Train Corridors.

The Krishna Water Disputes Tribunal II (KWDT-II) headed by Justice Brijesh Kumar, has decided to maintain status quo on the allocation of Krishna River water among all four riparian states viz. Maharashtra, Karnataka, Telangana and Andhra Pradesh.

Maharashtra government has launched 'Kaushalya Setu', a skill development programme for students.

The Union Ministry of Railways and Union Urban Development Ministry have inked Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for smart railway stations.