Current Affairs 2016

The Union Government has imposed an anti-dumping duty of up to US 149 dollars on imports of N-Butyl Alcohol from five countries viz. European Union (EU), Malaysia, Singapore and US.

• Viswanathan Anand conferred with 2016 Hridaynath Mangeskar Award
• India, Germany sign Implementation Agreement on Ganga Rejuvenation
• Nauru becomes 189th member of IMF, World Bank

Five-time world chess champion Vishwanathan Anand (46) was honoured with the 2016 Hridaynath Mangeshkar Award.

India and Germany have signed an Implementation Agreement for Ganga Rejuvenation under the Namami Gange Programme in New Delhi.

The Constitutional Council of Nepal has selected Justice Sushila Karki (63) for the post of Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the country.

The Republic of Nauru, a tiny South Pacific island nation in Pacific Ocean became the 189th member of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and World Bank i.e. Bretton-Woods institutions.

Indigenously developed surface-to-air supersonic Akash missile System was successfully test fired from complex-3 of the Integrated Test Range (ITR) at Chandipuri in Odisha.

India ranked 44th with total score of 30 among 50 different countries in the 2016 Global Connectivity Index (GCI) report compiled by Chinese telecom giant Huawei.

The Maharashtra legislature has unanimously passed the Maharashtra Prohibition of People from Social Boycott (Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal) Bill, 2016 to end the menace social boycott practiced by extra-judicial institutions like caste and community panchayats.

• Haryana Government decides to rename Gurgaon as Gurugram
• Global Tiger population increased for the first time in 100 years by 22%: WWF & GTF
• Dogri Poetess Padma Sachdev selected for 2015 Saraswati Samman

Former Indian Army Chief General (retd) JJ Singh was conferred with the prestigious Officer of the Legion of Honour, the highest French civilian distinction.

Haryana Government has decided to rename Gurgaon as Gurugram. State government also has renamed Mewat as Nuh.