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Page-12 of Current Affairs - January, 2016

IMD changes language in weather forecasting

The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has changed the languages and also re-defined terms that are not scientifically precise in weather forecasting. In this regard, IMD has issued official...

January 13, 2016

RDL inks MoU with AP Government to set up naval facility at Visakhapatnam

Reliance Defence Ltd (RDL) has inked Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Andhra Pradesh Government to set up a world class naval facility in the state. It was announced...

January 13, 2016

Government constitutes Arvind Panagariya committee to fast-track bullet train project

Union Government has constituted a committee to fast track the Mumbai-Ahmedabad High-Speed Rail Corridor, meant for connecting two cities with bullet trains. The committee is tasked to interact with the...

January 12, 2016

DAC approves major changes in Defence Procurement Procedure

The Defence Acquisition Council (DAC) chaired by Union Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar has approved major changes in the new Defence Procurement Procedure (DDP) 2016. These changes were made...

January 12, 2016

Music Legend David Bowie passes away

Music Legend David Bowie passed away on 10 January 2016 in New York, United States following a battle with liver cancer. He was 69. He was one of...

January 12, 2016

India-Australia Social Security Agreement comes into operation

India-Australia social security Agreement signed between both countries came into operation. This agreement will enable people of both nations to avail retirement benefits in each other’s country and...

January 12, 2016

First female F1 driver Maria Teresa de Filippis passes away

The first female F1 (Formula One) driver Maria Teresa de Filippis passed away on 8 January 2016 in Italy. She was 89. She is remembered as a first...

January 12, 2016

Binny Bansal appointed as CEO of Flipkart

Homegrown e-commerce giant Flipkart has promoted co-founder Binny Bansal to the post of Chief Executive Officer (CEO) from current post Chief Operating Officer (COO) of the company. He...

January 12, 2016

January 12: National Youth Day

In India, January 12 is being observed as National Youth Day. This day marks birth anniversary of social reformer, philosopher and thinker Swami Vivekananda. On this day, numbers...

January 12, 2016

Telangana becomes first State to make gender education compulsory at graduate level

Telangana has become the first State in the country to introduce compulsory gender education at the graduate level. In this regard, state government has introduced bilingual textbook titled...

January 11, 2016

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