Current Affairs 2016

• Lucknow to host 2016 Junior hockey World Cup
• Father of modern Nepali music Ambar Gurung passes away
• RBI rates unchanged in 2nd bi-monthly monetary policy review for year 2016-17

Multilateral lending agency Asian Development Bank (ADB) has signed a loan agreement with India for providing new loan of 200 million dollars to upgrade 176 km of roads in Jharkhand.

The Lucknow city of Uttar Pradesh is going to host the 2016 Junior Men̢۪s hockey World Cup.

The Election Commission (EC) has urged the Union Government to amend the electoral law Representation of the People Act (RPA), 1951 to empower it to either postpone or countermand elections if evidence emerges of use of money to influence voters.

Union Home Ministry has decided to form new reserve battalion will be raised and it will be named after Maharana Pratap. It will be called Maharana India Reserve Battalion.

Father of modern Nepali music and composer of the country̢۪s national anthem Amber Gurung passed away in Dhapasi. He was 79 and was suffering from diabetes and Parkinson̢۪s disease.

India has signed loan agreement of US 12 crore dollars with the Asian Development Bank (ADB) to improve irrigation and water management infrastructure in Odisha.

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) in its second bi-monthly monetary policy review for year 2016-17 has maintained status quo in key policy interest rate.

The World Health Organization (WHO) has announced that Thailand has become the first Asian country to eliminate mother-to-child HIV transmission.

• Gujarat Government announces IT policy to promote IT-based start-ups
• Himachal Pradesh becomes first state to launch green-concept based State Data Centre
• Gangetic River dolphin declared city animal of Guwahati

Bollywood actress Dia Mirza was named as the ambassador for Swachh Saathi (student internship) programme.

India has become the co-chair of Working Group on Maritime Situational Awareness (WG-MSA) under Contact Group on Piracy off the Coast of Somalia (CGPCS).