GENERAL AWARENESS BRIEFLY--NOVEMBER/DECEMBER 2016
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The
venue of the recent meet of the Organisation of the Islamic Cooperation (OIC)
Foreign Ministers — Tashkent
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The
central force which celebrates its raising day on 24 Oct — ITBP
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The
venue of the first National Tribal Carnival held recently — New Delhi
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The
present chief minister of Manipur who was attacked by the militants recently — Okram Ibobi Singh
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The
chairman ofTata Group who was removed recently — Cyrus Mistry
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The
present Prime Minister of New Zealand who visited India recently —John Key
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The city
where PM Narendra Modi recently launched a 1,500-km-long gas pipeline costing
251,000 cr, called "Urja Ganga" — Varanasi
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The
country India defeated to win the 2016 Kabaddi World Cup final — Iran
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Winner
of the 2016 FIFA U-17 Women's World cup — North
Korea
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The
venue of the recently held first ever global conference to strengthen
Arbitration and Enforcement — New Delhi
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Gujarat's
first green airport and second green airport in the country after Kochi — Vadodara International Airport
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The
mascot for the 2018 FIFA World Cup being hosted by Russia — Zabivaka (a wolf)
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The new
high-value currency note the RBI is going to issue – Rs. 2,000
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The
govt's initiative in which the fares will be capped at Rs.2500 for one-hour
flights on unserved and under-served routes — UDAN (Ude Desh .ka. Aam Naagrik)
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The
SBI's 5th zone in North East announced recently — Silchar
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The
country to which the World Bank has pledged USD 2-bn aid package to tackle
climate change — Bangladesh
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The
state which has declared `Bathukamma' as a state festival — Telangana
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The new
political party launched by Irom Sharmila in Manipur — People's Resurgence and Justice Alliance (PRJA)
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The
first Indian city to be officially declared as one of the venues for hosting
the U-17 World Cup 2017 by FIFA — Kochi
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The
state which has launched `Kaushalya Setu' scheme, a skill development programme
for students — Maharashtra
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The
first indigenously made nuclear submarine operationalised recently —INS Arihant
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The
place where PM Narendra Mod i recently launched the National SC/ST Hub — Ludhiana
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The
Indian sportsperson appointed as a member of the International Olympic
Committee's (IOC) Athletes' Commission — Saina
Nehwal
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The
eminent writer selected for Matrubhumi Literary Award recently C Radhakrishnan
• India's next Ambassador/PR of India to the UN Conference on Disarmament,
Geneva — Amandeep Singh
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The
country which commissioned its most advanced stealth guided missile destroyer
Zumwalt recently — US
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The year
in which the International Cricket Council (ICC) has decided to organise the
first ever ICC Women's World T20 event - 2020
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The
country with which Cipla has signed an MoU for setting up the first biosimilars
manufacturing facility -South Africa
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The
present chairman of the BRICS Bank or the New Development Bank - KV Kamath
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Winner
of men's singles title at the Chinese Taipei Open - Sourabh Verma
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Winner
of the 1st BRICS U-17 Football Tournament 2016 held at Goa - Brazil
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The
safest place in world as per a recent report carried out by the World Economic
Forum (WEE) - Finland
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The
total deposits (highest till date) reported by the Indian banking system in Sep
2016 as per the data released by the RBI – Rs.100
lakh cr
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The new
Director General of Foreign Trade (DGFT) - Ajay
Kumar Bhalla
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The
Indian scientist who has been awarded the prestigious [AFT Young scientist
scholarship award in the US - Kirtiraj
Kundlik Gaikwad
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The
country-to which China recently offered about $24 billion dollar credit line - Bangladesh
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The city
where PM Narendra Modi recently (on 14 Oct) inaugurated "Shaurya
Smarak" - Bhopal
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The
brand ambassador of Valvoline Cummins India Virat Kohli
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The
RBI's Executive Director who was recently appointed as a Whole-Time Member of
market regulator SEBI - Gurumoorthy
Mahalingam
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The
present chairman of SEBI - UK Sinha
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The king
of Thailand and the world's longest-serving monarch who died recently aged 88 -
Bhumibol Adulyadej
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The
former Director-General of CSIR who has been conferred the V Krishnamurthy
Award for excellence by Centre for Organisation Development - RA Mashelkar
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The 9th
UN Secretary-General who will take over from Ban Ki-moon -Antonio Guterres
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India's
new ambassador to Eritrea — Amrit Lugun
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The high-altitude
glacial lab of India located in Spiti Valley in the Himalayas which started
functioning recently — Himansh
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The
country with which the Indian Navy conducted the 28th Coordinated Patrol and
Second Bilateral Maritime Exercise in the Andaman Sea recently — Indonesia
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The
first Indian lender to complete a banking transaction using Blockchain
technology — ICICI Bank
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The
country which has announced to quit commonwealth group after the grouping's
decision to penalise the island nation, over the ouster of its previous President
in 2012 —Maldives
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The
public sector lender which recently sealed a principal sponsorship contract
with badminton Olympians PV Sindhu and K Srikanth — Bank of Baroda
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The
former CM of Uttarakhand who has been conferred with a prestigious award by the
Ugandan govt for promoting human values through his literature — Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank
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India's
ranking among the highest US security holding countries — 12th
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The
person reappointed as the PM by the king Mohammed VI in Morocco — Abdelilah Benkirane
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India's
current ranking on the International Food Policy Research Institute's (IFPRI)
Global Hunger Index (GI-II), 2016 — 97th
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The day
to be observed as the First World Tsunami Awareness Day — 05 Nov
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The city
where the Kabaddi World Cup was held at the Arena by TransStadia, India's first
convertible stadium — Ahmedabad
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Winner
of the women's singles title of China Open 2016 — Agnieszka Radwanska
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The day
on which the Paris Agreement on climate change entered into force recently — 4 Nov
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Winner
of the Martin Ennals Award 2016 — Ilham
Tohti, China
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Winner
of the Japanese Grand Prix Fl championship — Nico Rosberg
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Winner
of the men's singles title of China Open 2016 — Andy Murray
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The
Indian shooter awarded by the International Shooting Sport Federation (ISSF)
awarded as the `Champion of Champions' title for pistol shooting in 2016 — Jitu Rai
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The
Indian scheme the International Energy Agency (IAE) is going to implement globally
— UJALA
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Winner
of the women's singles title of the Russian Open Grand Prix — Ruthvika Shivani Gadde
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The
state which has added 21 new districts recently and now there are 31 districts
— Telangana
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The
joint military exercise conducted between India and China in Punc in
Maharashtra recently — Hand-in-Hand
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The
amount the govt will receive by selling 964.80 MHz of spectrum — Rs.65,789 cr
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Winner
of the 24th Ekalavya Award for the year 2016 — Srabani Nanda.
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China's
new ambassador to India — Luo Zhaohui
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The
state whose traditional state festival "Bathlikamma" found a place in
the Guinness Book of World Records recently — Telangana
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The city
where India's first international arbitration centre was inaugurated recently - Mumbai
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The
scheme launched by Madhya Pradesh to make the state anaemia-free - Lalima Abhiyan
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India's
next Ambassador to Austria - Renu Pall
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The
Sikkim CM awarded with prestigious "Sustainable Development Leadership
Award" by President Prartab Mukherjee - Pawan Chamling
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The head
of the RBI Internal Working Group (IWG) on Rationalisation of Branch
Authorisation Policy - Lily Vadera
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The host
country for the 2016 Asian Ministerial Conference for Disaster Risk Reduction
(AMCDRR) - India
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India's
communication satellite launched recently from the spaceport of Kourou in
French Guiana- GSAT-18
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The new
Chairman and CEO of the Jammu and Kashmir Bank - Parvez Ahmed
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Winner
of the first BRICS Under-17 football tournament held in Goa -Brazil
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The
former Portugal PM who has been elected as the next Secretary-General of the
United Natiobs - Antonio Guterres
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The
present Prime Minister of Sri Lanka who visited New Delhi recently - Ranil Wickramasinghe
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The new
reverse repo rate after the 4 Oct monetary policy review by the RBI - 5.75 per cent
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The city
where the country's first Medipark is going to be set by public sector
undertaking HLL Lifecare - Chennai
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The
present statutory liquidity ratio (SLR) - 20.75 per cent
PART B
- Certificate of Honour, which is
awarded to Sanskrit, Pali, Prakerit, Arabic and Persian Scholars is – Maharshi Badrayan
- The head of Boachasanvasi
Akshar Purushottam Sanstha (BAPS) who died recently is – Swami Maharaj
- Rank of India in latest Bank
index of World Bank 2016 is – 130th
- The state in which Hindustan
Copper Limited (HCL) launched India’s first facility to produce nickel is - Jharkhand
- The country which has launched
the world’s first quantum communication satellite is - China
- Service which was launched by
Indian Railways in Tripura is - RORO
- The state with which famous
writer B.P. Kesri belongs to - Jharkhand
- The first ‘Arunachal Ratna
Award’ has been conferred to – Bomto
Kamdak
- The IIT which has adopted five
villages in Uttar Pradesh under the Namami Gange programme is – IIT Kanpur
- Freestyle wrestler Sakshi Malik
(23) won India’s first medal at the 2016 Rio Olympic Games by clinching the
bronze in the _____ category. – 58kg
- The ministry which has launched
a mobile app that integrates various social media handles of over 170 Indian
missions on a common platform is – Ministry
of External Affairs
- Gobind Tej related to – Film industry
- The player who became the first
Indian player to reach the Rio Olympic badminton women’s singles final is – P.V. Sindhu
- Technology major IBM announced
the opening of the first Open Power Research Facility (OPRF) in – IIT Bombay
- How many members are there in
NSG (Nuclear Supplier Group), 2016 - 48
- UDAY stands for – Uttkrisht Double Decker Air Conditioned
Yatri Express
- Number of Indian companies who
have been named in Fortune magazine’s “Change the World” list of top 50
companies is - 2
- Recently, the person who has
been appointed as an advisor in Prasar Bharti is – Sunil Arora
- The country from where Usian
Bolt hails from - Jamaica
- Noted politician Ram Charit
died. The party with which he belongs to - BJP
- The 1st Indian
Governor of RBI was – C D Deshmukh
- The present chairman of TRAI is
– R S Sharma
- The title of “Father of India’s
booming IT sector” by Times Magazine is given to –
N
R Narayana Murthy
- Fortune’s 2016 “Change the
World” list is topped by – GlaxoSmithKline
- First woman who hold the
position in the Canadian parliament is – Bardish
Chaggar
- The country which defeated
Germany to win their first gold medal in the men’s football at Rio Olympics is
- Brazil
- Dr. Najma Heptulla was sworn-in
as the 18th Governor of - Manipur
- Recently Scientists discovered
Gymnothorax indicus in the Bay of Bengal, which is a new species of – EEL
- President Pranab Mukherjee
launched ______ channel, an initiative which will provide a platform for
blending content both from India and Bangladesh and preserving Bengali culture.
– Akashvani Maitree
- The country from which the
noted director Abbas Kiarostami hails from - Iran
- The International Kabaddi
Federation (IKF) announced that the 2016 Kabaddi World Cup will be hosted in - Ahmedabad
- Recently, a mobile app “Kisan
Suvidha” for farmers is launched by – Prakash
Singh Badal
- The state which became the
first state in the country to launch DNA Index System (DIS) for DNA profiling
of criminals is – Andhra Pradesh
- The prestigious 25th
Vyas Samman 2015 is conferred to – Sunita
Jain
- The Brand Ambassador of Haryana
state for ‘Beti Bachao Beti Padhao’ initiative is – Sakshi Malik
- The company on which, the
National Green Tribunal imposed a 
100 crore fine over environmental damages in a
2011 oil spill case is – Adani
Enterprises
100 crore fine over environmental damages in a
2011 oil spill case is – Adani
Enterprises
- The Brand Ambassador of the
Indian Psychiatric Society is – Deepika
Padukone
- “Genome Savior Award” is given
in the field of - Agriculture
- The first state which have a
child friendly court is - Goa
- The newly appointed Group
President & Country Head for Mid-Corporate Banking of Yes Bank is – Amit Sanan
- The book “Patriots, Poets and
Prisoners: Selections from Ramananda Chatterjee’s The Modern Review, 1907-1947”
is released by – Hamid Ansari
- The bank which has been
declared as D-SIB by RBI – ICICI Bank
- Forbes list of “Highest paid
actors of 2016” is topped by – Dwayne
Johnson
- Number of banks, for which the
NPCI’s Unified Payments Interface (UPI) has started is - 21
- The person who was awarded with
the first IEI-IEEE Award for Engineering Excellence – 2015 is – G. Satheesh Reddy
- With regards to T.V. Content,
the full form of BCCC is – Broadcasting
Content Complaints Council
- The prestigious “Young
Scientist Medal” Award 2016 is won by – Askandar
Iqbal
- The ‘POCSO e-box’ in New Delhi
for the Protection of Children from Sexual Offenses is launched by – Maneka Gandhi
- Founder of Amazon company is – Jeff Bezos
- The cash prize which is given
in Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award 2016 is – 7.5
Lakh
- The pair which was defeated by
Sania Mirza with Monica Niculescu of Romania in women’s double to won the
Connecticut Open doubles title is – Kateryna
Bondarenko & Chuang Chiajung
- The 3rd position in
Belgium Grand Prix Formula-1 Race 2016 was secured by – Lewis Hamilton
- India has been ranked _____
according to the World Risk Report 2016 released by the United Nations
University Institute for Environment and Human Security. – 77th
- Jammu-based poetess and
novelist Padma Sachdev has been awarded with the prestigious Saraswati Samman
for the year 2015 for her autobiography _____. - Chitt-Chete
- The UN Women’s Advocate for
Gender Equality and Women Empowerment in India is – Aishwaryaa Rajinikanth
- The prestigious Biju Patnaik
Sports Award has been conferred to – Purnima
Hembram
- The US and India signed an
important agreement which will allow both the countries to use each other’s
bases as well as assets for replenishment of supplies and refueling The
agreement called as – Logistics Exchange
Memorandum of Agreement (LEMOA)
- SBI Mutual Fund has appointed
_____ as its Managing Director and Chief Executive. – Anuradha Rao
- The state which became the
first state to distribute 2 crore LED bulbs under the Government of India’s
Unnat Jyoti by Affordable LEDs for all (UJALA) scheme is - Gujarat
- The minimum entry age for plan
‘Max Life Future Genius Education Plan’ which is runned by Max Life Insurance
is – 21 years
- The international organization
with which “Connecting to complete” report is related to – World Bank
- Kishore Kumar Mohanty and
______ will be honoured with the prestigious Nalco Guru Kelucharan Award for
2016. – Jharana Das
- The ministry which has signed
MoU with Amar Chitra Katha to publish and distribute a special edition of the
comic book, focusing on Swachh Bharat Mission is – Ministry of Urban Development
- The first regular commercial
flight in more than _____ years from the US to Cuba has been started. - 50
- Renowned artist Sudarsan
Pattnaik has won people’s choice award for his _____ sand sculpture made during
an international championship in Russia. – Mahatma
Gandhi
- The country with which NSDC has
entered into a cooperation agreement for skill development in India’s aviation
sector is - USA
- The unanimously elected
National President of the Indian Medical Association for the year 2016-17 is – K. K. Aggarwal
- According to the Academy of
Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, the lifetime achievement award in Oscar 2016,
is awarded to – Jackie Chan
- BRICS group Film Festival of
five countries (Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa) was held in - Delhi
- The Indian Council of Forestry
Research and Education (ICFRE) for effectively monitoring of environmental
related issues signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with - CIL
- The party with which West
Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee belongs to - TMC
- The bank which has launched a
card-less mobile-based payment solution ‘mVisa’, to make a payments at retail
outlets easier is – DCB Bank
- The company which has built the
world’s largest OLED tunnel in Berlin to mark the 50th anniversary
of the first TV it produced is - LG
- The first Asian who awarded
with the prestigious Heritage Heroes Award by the IUCN is – Bibhuti Lahkar
- Urjit Patel has assumed charge
as the ____ Governor of the Reserve Bank of India. 24th
- According to the wealth
research firm New World Wealth, the country which is the most ‘unequal’ country
in the world is - Russia
- The country who won the Brazil
Open badminton tournament of the year – 2016 is - India
- The country which was declared
as malaria-free by the World Health Organisation which called it a ‘remarkable
public health achievement’ is – Sri
Lanka
- The chairman of ISRO is – A S Kiran Kumar
- “Bharatshree Alankaran” 2016 is
awarded to – Gyan Sudha Mishra
- According to the latest QS
World University Rankings 2016-17, the global ranking of the Institute of
Science (IISc), Bangalore is - 152
- The first Indian woman
cricketer who get the prestigious life membership of Marylebone Cricket Club
(MCC) IS – Anjum Chopra
- The film which has been awarded
with the best film at the 1st BRICS film festival is - Thithi
- The campaign which was launched
by Union Minister of State (Independence Charge) for Petroleum and Natural Gas,
Dharmendra Pradhan which aimed at promoting the use of gas in the country is – Gas4India
- The 14th ASEAN-India
Summit was held at - Laos
- The NGO which received the
prestigious UNESCO Confucius Prize of this year was – Jan Sikshan Sansthan
- “Bharat Bharti Samman” is the
biggest literature prize of state – Uttar
Pradesh
- The company which is among the
top 10 of the 250 global energy businesses, according to the ‘Platts Top 250
Global Energy Company Rankings’ 2016 is – Reliance
Industries
- Recently appointed Chairman and
Managing Director of Uranium Corporation of India Limited (UCIL) is – C.K. Asnani
- According to the ‘Swachh
Survekshan’ for rural India, the district which bagged the cleanest districts
in India is - Mandi
- The only Indian origin woman in
Fortune 51 Most Powerful Women list 2016 is – Indira Nooyi
- For online redressal of
taxpayers’ grievances, the facility which was launched by Central Board Direct
Taxes is – e-nivaran
- The Bank which became the first
bank in India to deploy “software robots” is – ICICI bank
- The country in which world’s
first daily driverless bus service has started is - France
- The Union Government has
launched Urja Mitra Helpline through which customers can get information on
power outages from distribution companies by dialing - 14401
- The state which has won ‘Best
Horticulture State’ award of the Indian Council of Food and Agriculture (ICFA)
is - Haryana
- The launch of ‘Paridhaan’, an
apparel brand that’ll include jeans and office wear in the market is announced
by – Baba Ramdev
- Indo-American Chamber of
Commerce of Greater Houston awarded ______ with the ‘Young Professional of the
Year’ award. – Malisha Patel
- The Murugappa Gold Cup Hockey
Tournament of this year is won by – Indian
Railways
- ‘Friendship-2016’ is a joint
military exercise between – Pakistan and
Russia
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