Current Affairs 2016

India has joined a group of nearly 40 countries that have signed a Europe-led clampdown on tax evasion and corruption.

The Union Information and Broadcasting ministry has framed a New Print Media Advertisement Policy for Directorate of Advertising and Visual Publicity (DAVP).

• PM Narendra Modi addresses US Congress
• Russia honours UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon with Order of Friendship Award
• India-US ink six agreements

India and the United States (US) have signed six agreements to enhance bilateral cooperation in various fields.

Russia has honoured UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon with Order of Friendship Award.

Eminent Indian-origin professor Lord Kumar Bhattacharyya has been awarded the prestigious Regius Professorship in Manufacturing by Queen Elizabeth II.

Pakistan has topped in the list of 19 countries figuring in the 2016 Malware Infection Index (MII) in the Asia-Pacific region.

The United States has recognised India as a major defence partner which will pave way to bring it closest US allies for defence related trade and technology transfer.

The World Bank in its report on global economic prospects has cut global growth forecast to 2.4% in 2016 and at 2.8% in 2017.

According to recently released BP Statistical Review of World Energy India has surpassed Japan to become the world̢۪s third-largest oil consumer.

The International Tennis Federation (ITF) has banned former Russian World No. 1 tennis player Maria Sharapova for two years over doping charges The ban was imposed on her Independent Tribunal of ITF appointed under Tennis Anti-Doping Programme found that she had committed an Anti-Doping Rule Violation.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi addressed the joint session of the US Congress on 8 June 2016.