Current Affairs 2016

United States (US) President Barack Obama has appointed an Indian-American engineer Manjit Singh as the member of President�s Advisory Council on Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships (PACFBNF).

As per recently released World Health Organisation�s (WHO) Urban Air Quality Database for 2016, Delhi is no longer most polluted in the world in terms of air quality.

Several Singaporean and Hong Kong English terms including wah, shiok and yum cha were added into the Oxford English Dictionary (OED).

India and other 5 countries viz. Canada, Iceland, Israel, New Zealand and China have signed OECD�s (Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development) Multilateral Competent Authority Agreement in Beijing (China).

India�s largest private sector bank ICICI Bank has launched country�s first contactless business credit card in association with Jet Airways for small and mid-sized enterprises (SMEs).

The Supreme Court has upheld constitutional validity of penal laws on defamation as the right to life under Article 21 includes the right to reputation.

• President presents National Florence Nightingale Awards to 35 nursing personnel
• Indian Air Force Electronic Maintenance Management System launched
• Private airlines equally accountable to disabled: SC

The Supreme Court, in a 54-page judgment, described the condition of noted disabled rights activist Jeeja Ghosh four years after a private airline crew �pulled her out� of the plane at the Kolkata airport merely because the captain felt she was a threat to the flight.

The National Pharmaceutical Pricing Authority (NPPA) has fixed ceiling price of 54 drug formulations used for treatment of cancer, bacterial infections, diabetes and hypertension.

The Supreme Court of India has ruled that Telecom companies will not compensate mobile phone users for inconvenience caused by call drops.

Indian Air Force has launched its Electronic Maintenance Management System (e-MMS) Project, an automated military maintenance system. It was inaugurated by the Chief of Air Staff, Air Chief Marshal Arup Raha at the Air Force Station in Pune, Maharashtra.

President Pranab Mukherjee has presented the National Florence Nightingale Awards to thirty-five nursing personnel from across the country.