Current Affairs 2016

Deepa Malik has created history by winning silver medal in Women̢۪s shotput at the 2016 Rio Paralympics.

• Haryana wins Best Horticulture State award
• Mariyappan Thangavelu wins India’s first Gold medal at 2016 Rio Paralympic Games
• Mandi, Sindhudurg emerge cleanest Districts in India: Gramin Swachh Survekshan

Mandi in Himachal Pradesh and Sindhudurg in Maharashtra have emerged the cleanest districts in India according Gramin Swachh Survekshan.

Haryana has won ‘Best Horticulture State’ award of the Indian Council of Food and Agriculture (ICFA).

Mariyappan Thangavelu has won India̢۪s first gold medal at the 2016 Rio Paralympics. He won the gold medal in the Men̢۪s High Jump T-42 event with jump of 1.89 metres.

The Indian Coast Guard (ICG) has commissioned well-equipped offshore patrolling (OPV) vessel named ‘Sarathi’.

The Union Government has launched Urja Mitra Helpline through which customers can get information on power outages from distribution companies by dialing 14401.

The world̢۪s first daily driverless bus service has started in Lyon, France which will run in the city̢۪s Confluence area.

• ISRO’s GSLV-F05 launches advanced weather satellite INSAT-3DR
• Assam’s Majuli becomes first island district of India
• Novel on Apatani tribe of Arunachal Pradesh wins MM Bennetts Award

The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), a US space agency has launched OSIRIS-REx spacecraft to collect samples from an asteroid 101955 Bennu and return to Earth.

India along with 10 other member countries of World Health Organisation̢۪s (WHO̢۪s) South-East Asian Regional Committee has decided to set up a dedicated fund aimed at building preparedness for health emergencies in the region.

The 28th and 29th Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Summit was held in Vientiane, Laos from 6th to 8th September 2016. Prime Minister of the Lao PDR H.E. Thongloun Sisoulith was Chairperson of the summit.