Current Affairs 2016

• Union Railways Ministry launches Rail Humsafar Saptaah
• Mamata Banerjee sworn-in as West Bengal Chief Minister for a second term
• Noted Marathi literary critic R G Jadhav passes away

The Union Ministry of Railways has launched Rail Humsafar Saptaah, a week-long initiative to highlight significant achievements made by Indian Railways in all spheres.

Bharti Enterprises founder and Chairman Sunil Bharti Mittal (58) was bestowed with 2016 Harvard Business School Alumni Achievement Award.

Barack Obama became the first incumbent US president to visit Hiroshima memorial, site of the world̢۪s first atomic bombing dropped on August 6, 1945.

Noted Marathi critic and litterateur R G Jadhav passed away in Pune, Maharashtra following prolonged illness. He was 83.

The Union Government has given its final approval to setting up of National Investment & Manufacturing Zone (NIMZ) in Kalinganagar, Odisha.

Mamata Banerjee was sworn-in as the Chief Minister of West Bengal for second successive five-year term at oath taking ceremony held on Red Road.

• Union HRD Ministry launches Bharatavani Portal
• Union Cabinet approves National Capital Goods Policy 2016
• Union Cabinet gives approval to 6 new IITs

The Union Ministry of Human Resource Development (HRD) has launched the multilingual knowledge portal www.bharatvani.in It was launched by Union HRD Minister Smriti Zubin Irani at Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh as part of Union Government̢۪s Digital India Mission.

As per recent study conducted by Assocham-KPMG, India has emerged as the world̢۪s fifth largest electronic waste (e-waste) producer.

A new NASA (National Aeronautics and Space Administration)-led study has found that sea ice cover surrounding Antarctica has been increasing slightly.

Saudi Arabia̢۪s Islamic Development Bank (IDB) has decided to open its first branch in India at Ahmedabad, Gujarat.