· China signaled that
it was ready to consider India’s participation in the China Pakistan Economic
Corridor (CPEC)
· An Inter-Ministerial
Central Team headed by Mr. Praveen Vashista to visit Tamil Nadu to do an
on-the-spot assessment of the situation in the wake of Cyclone storm ‘Vardah’
· Japan Aerospace
Exploration Agency (JAXA) successfully launched a solid fuel rocket named
Epsilon-2
· France becomes the
first country in the world to use drones for postal works
· Modern Bengali poet
Shankha Ghosh was chosen for the 52nd Jnanpith Award for 2016
· Prime Minister, Mr.
Narendra Modi laid the foundation stone of a Madan Mohan Malviyya Cancer center
in Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh; the dedicated centre will be built at an expense of
Rs. 500 crore
· Ms. Girija
Vaidyanathan was sworn in as the 45th Chief Secretary of Tamil Nadu
· India’s R. Ashwin was
named ICC Cricketer of the Year 2016 (Sir Garfield Sobers Trophy) and also won
the Test Cricketer of the Year
· Union government has
decided to launch a toll-free number ‘1955’ in order to take a feedback from
the telecom subscribers on call drop issue. The code has been allotted for
Interactive Voice Response System (IVRS) on call drops.
· India has been
selected to host the fifth edition of the Global Conference on Cyber Space
(GCSS) in 2017.
· Nepal to hold
military exercise with China (PRATIKAR – 1) on Feb 10, 2017
· Bank of Baroda has
become the first Indian company to sign up as a National Supporter for the FIFA
U-17 World Cup India 2017, which will be held from Oct 06-28, 2017 across 6
cities
· India has been ranked
4th in the Global Wind Power Installed Capacity index after China, USA and
Germany with cumulative installed wind power generation capacity of 28,279 MW
in 2016.
· India’s first
cashless bazaar inaugurated in Raipur
· First ever road
tunnel underneath the Bosphorus Strait in Istanbul connecting Europe to Asia
inaugurated in Turkey
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