Current Affairs January, 2016

The Defence Acquisition Council (DAC) chaired by Union Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar has approved major changes in the new Defence Procurement Procedure (DDP) 2016.

Music Legend David Bowie passed away on 10 January 2015 in New York, United States following a battle with liver cancer. He was 69.

The 73rd Annual Golden Globe Awards ceremony was organized at Beverly Hills, California, United States (US).

The first female F1 (Formula One) driver Maria Teresa de Filippis passed away on 8 January 2016 in Italy. She was 89.

This agreement will enable people of both nations to avail retirement benefits in each other̢۪s country and will boost bilateral business linkages.

Telangana has become the first State in the country to introduce compulsory gender education at the graduate level. In this regard, state government has introduced bilingual textbook titled ‘Towards a World of Equals’ on a pilot basis in engineering colleges.

Scientists at the Central Institute for Research on Buffaloes (CIRB) in Hisar, Haryana have successfully produced a cloned buffalo offspring named Cirb Gaurav.

• Current Affairs weekly bullets is the collections of weekly current affairs in the form of bullet points so you can grab it in easily. Here, we have brought the bullet points of current affairs from 1st to 9th January, 2016.

• 24th edition of New Delhi World Book Fair begins.
• Governor’s rule imposed in Jammu and Kashmir.
• Sania Mirza, Martina Hingis win 2016 WTA Brisbane International Tennis trophy.

Homegrown smartphone maker Micromax has appointed Vikas Thapar as its Vice-President for Finance.

Ace Indian tennis player Sania Mirza and her Swiss partner Martina Hingis have won the 2016 WTA Brisbane International Tennis trophy in the women̢۪s doubles category.

Noted Hindi writer and journalist Ravindra Kalia passed away in New Delhi after suffering from liver cirrhosis. He was 78.