- Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu announced "Lifeline Express is all set to get 2 additional coaches for cancer treatment".
- The India-Russia Indra NAVY-2016 naval exercise held in the city of Visakhapatnam and in the Bay of Bengal.
- Dr BR Ambedkar's birth anniversary to be observed on Water Day.
- Vijaya Bank has been adjudged ‘Best Bank for SME Lending’ by ASSOCHAM.
- Reserve Bank of India keeps rates unchanged in its 5th Bi-monthly monetary policy.
- US President elect Donald Trump named as Time Magazine's Person of the Year 2016
- US President elect Donald Trump appoints ex-CEO of WWW Linda McMahon to head the government's small business Admin.
- US President-elect Donald Trump appoints oil giant Exxon Mobil's CEO Rex Tillerson as the next Secretary of State
- Shah Rukh Khan named as "Kids Ikon of the Year"
- Justice JS Khehar to be the next Chief Justice of India
- Justice Mian Saqib Nisar appointed as next Chief Justice of Pakistan
- Chief Minister of West Bengal forms anti-child trafficking panel
- "Mahila E-haat" ties up with India Post and SBI for more payment options to buyers.
- IOC, BPCL, HPCL has signed a pact to set up India's biggest oil refinery
- Bharat Earth Movers Limited Ltd (BEML) has bagged the ‘CII National Quality 2016 Award’.
- French Capital Paris has sucessfully implemented an odd even formula to tackle air pollution.
- Union Government Gives approval of 31.25 KM Pune Metro Rail Project at the total costs of Rs.11,420 Cr.
- Venezuela to launch a New Currency of 20,000 bolivar banknotes to help during countrie's economic crisis.
- ISRO launched Remote sensing satellite Resourcesat-2A into the orbit by using PSLV-C36 from Satish Dhawan Space Center in Sriharikota.
- Union Government announces package for promotion of digtal & cashless econmy in India with a discount of 0.75% on purchase of Petrol/Diesel through ATM Cards
- Uttrakhand Banned liquor in 3 districts i.e. Uttarkashi, Rudraprayag, Chamoli.
- The World Bank has cancelled $100 million (Rs.674 crore) loan to Pakisatn for natural gas efficiency project.
- Union Government scrapped its 10% import duty on wheat.
- The Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) bans use of newspapers for packing foods
- Bluetooth-5 came up with double speed and four times longer range
- Japan Launched a spaceship "Magnetic Fishing Net" to collect space garbage from Earth's orbit out into the atmosphere.
- India and Vietnam singed MoU on Civil nuclear cooperation deal.
- India's Rank 7th among 163 countries in Global Terrorism Index 2016. Iraq Topped in this List followed by Afghanistan.
- Ranveer part of Men Of The Year list by Man's World magazine
- Union Government decides to print plastic currency notes
- Union Gov. launched a 24hours free Tv channel "Digi Shala" for cashless economy.
- Anandeshwar Temple in Kanpur adopts e-wallets for donation.
- Union Gov. launched Toll Free No. 14444 for e-payment to support cashless transactions.
- Iqbal Sayed(Civil Engineer) from Mumbai becomes 1st Indian to win meal at Mr. Olympia
- 57 Km Long World Longest Tunnel i.e. Gotthard Base Tunnel (GBT) officially opened in Swizerland.
- "Paolo Gentiloni" appointed as new Italian Prime Minister
- President launched a campaign '100 Million for 100 Million Campaign', on his 81st birthday, to end child labour, child slavery and violence against children.
- Narmada Sewa Yatra begins from Amarkantak from where the River Originates is aimed at making the Narmada, the lifeline of MP to become pollution free.
- The "Ryan Gosling" and "Emma Stone" starrer 'La La Land' has won the 'Best Picture' at 22nd Critics' Choice Award
- "Casey Affleck" has won "Best Actor" award at 22nd Critics' Choice Award for 'Manchester by the Sea'.
- "Natalie Portman" has won "Best Actress" award at 22nd Critics' Choice Award for 'Jackie'.
- "Game of Thrones" has won the award for 'Best Drama Series'at 22nd Critics' Choice Award.
- "Varun Aditya" from Indian has won first place for 'Animal Portraits' by National Geography.
- EU & Cuba MoU on political dialogue and cooperation.
- Cristiano Ronaldo named world's best footballer of 2016 after winning the Ballon d'Or award.
- An mobile app on breastfeeding protection called "Stanpan Suraksha" launched.
- English as the most powerful language followed by Mandarin by WEF.
- IDFC Bank appoints Veena Mankar as Non-Executive Chairperson.
- Harry Potter tops Amazon's best-selling books of 2016.
- John Glenn, first American in orbit, dies at 95.
- Bill English appointed as New-Zealand's Prime Minister
- Pankaj Advani clinches World Billiards Title at IBSF World Billiards Championship.
- António Guterres sworn in as the 9th UN Secretary-General.
- India-UK Conference on Ease of Doing Business inaugurated in Delhi.
- Michael Jordan highest-paid athlete according to Forbes Lists.
- Google parent Alphabet named company of the year by Fortune
- PR Sreejesh Appointed as Goalkeeping Mentor of Indian Junior Hockey Team.
- Pakistan Lifts Undeclared Ban on Import of Ginned Cotton from India.
- Akbar Ebrahim elected as the president of the Federation of Motor Sports Clubs of India
- India becomes world’s 4th largest defence spender
- Priyanka Chopra appointed as UNICEF Global Goodwill Ambassador
- Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg named America's Richest Entrepreneur under 40
- Gujarat tops list of states in LED bulb distribution
- Malaysia enthrones new King "Sultan Muhammad V" (15th King) in Kuala Lumpur.
- Yes Bank tied-up with grocery delivery startup Grofers to deliver up to Rs. 2,000 cash to customers when they order grocery worth minimum Rs. 1,000 online.
- Smriti Mandhana named as the first-ever ICC Women's Team of the Year
- Olympian Shiva Thapa wins gold in national boxing c'ships.
- Two Banks of Abu Dhabi i.e. FGB and NBAD to Merge as the Biggest Bank in Gulf Nation
- Himachal Pradesh becomes the 18th Indian State to join UDAY SCHEME.
- Suresh Prabhakar Prabhu has launched a website of National Rail Plan, 2030 (NRP-2030)
- Union govt ties up with Intel for water, air quality monitoring systems.
- L&T bags the contract of Sardar Patel Stadium in Gujarat to become the world’s biggest cricket stadium in terms of seating capacity.
- PV Sindhu wins Most Improved Player of the Year award
- Goggle CEO "Larry Page" named world's most powerful CEO in Forbes Lists.
- Russian President Vladimir Putin named World's Most Powerful Person in Forbes Lists.
- Dipa Karmakar’s biography to be co-authored by her coach Bishweshwar Nandi.
- China launches advanced weather satellite Fengyun-4.
- Gov. of Uttar Pradesh and Tata Trust Ties to Strengthen Public Distribution System.
- First India China Think-Tanks Forum held in New Delhi.
- Virat Kohli Becomes First Indian Captain To Score Three Double Centuries.
- Goa can have only one official language i.e. "Konkani".
- India has topped Asia in innovation and has emerged as the third biggest country worldwide in terms of new innovation centres, according to research by consulting firm Capgemini.
- AR Rahman's soundtrack for footballer Pele's biopic 'Pele: Birth of a Legend'shortlist for 'Best Original Score' By Oscar 2017.
- Mumbai teacher nominated for Global Teacher Prize 2017 in UK
- Shahid kapoor & Sonam kapoor named PETA's hottest vegetarians of 2016
- Saina Nehwal named an 'Integrity Ambassador' by the Badminton World Federation to promote "clean, fair and honourable sport."
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