Current Affairs 2016

The Union Government has constituted a three member committee to prepare a policy framework for taxi and other transport operators.

Shashank Manohar has stepped down as President of Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) with immediate effect

Parliament has passed the Anti-Hijacking Bill, 2016 to widen ambit of law dealing with this anti-hijacking crime.

Scientists from the Queen̢۪s University (Canada) have developed the world̢۪s first holographic flexible smartphone named HoloFlex.

• 4th SAIEVAC Ministerial Meeting begins in New Delhi
• UK’s first baby born using Next-Generation DNA sequencing method
• Rural Sanitation Initiatives for Ganga Rejuvenation launched in Jharkhand
• Single emergency number ‘112’ to be operational throughout India from January 1, 2017

The fourth edition South Asia Initiative to End Violence Against Children (SAIEVAC) Ministerial Meeting has begun in New Delhi.

United Kingdom̢۪s first baby named Biagio Russo was born in Oxford using Next-generation DNA sequencing (NGS) method.

Indian Army had conducted major military training exercise ‘2016 Chakravyuh-II’ in Suratgarh, Rajasthan.

The Union Government has launched nine projects initiatives for rural sanitation initiatives for conservation of river Ganga in Jharkhand.

Mrugank Paranjape took charge as managing director (MD) and chief executive officer (CEO) of Multi Commodity Exchange (MCX), country̢۪s largest commodity exchange.

Serbian Tennis player Novac Djokovic (World no. 1) won the 2016 Mutua Madrid Open title in the men̢۪s single category.

The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) has unveiled the first global digital elevation (topographic model) of Mercury.