current affairs 2016
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Central Institute of Plastic Engineering & Technology (CIPET) signs MoU with Karnataka Government for setting up Advanced Polymer Laboratory in Bengaluru.
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Sarangi player Pandit Ram Narayan has been selected for the Maha lifetime achievement award for year 2015- 2016.
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Mrs. Aruna Sethi (ICoAS 1985), Principal Adviser (Cost), took over the charge of Indian Cost Accounts Service (ICoAS) as Head on 1st February, 2016.
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Former chief secretary of Gujarat D J Pandian has been appointed vice-president and chief investment officer of the newly-created Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB).
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A case has been registered against Raibahadur Dugar sugar mill at Laksar in Uttarakhand for allegedly discharging effluents in the Ganga river.
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‘We can. I can.’ That is the tagline for the 2016 World Cancer Day on 4 February.
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The US-led Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP), one of the biggest trade deals in history, was signed in New Zealand on Feb 4 by all 12 member nations amid loud protests.
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Canada blood agencies have announced a temporary restriction on blood donations aimed at keeping the Zika virus out of the nation’s blood supply.
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Hyderabad-based Bharat Biotech has filed for global patent of two vaccine candidates – a recombinant vaccine and an inactivated vaccine – for Zika virus.
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The Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) launched the country’s first anti-diabetic ayurvedic drug for type two Diabetes mellitus named Blood Glucost Regulator (BGR-34)
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NASA’s Jupiter-bound solar-powered Juno spacecraft has successfully executed a manoeuvre to adjust its flight path, setting the stage for its rendezvous with the solar system’s largest planet.
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Kerala emerges as winner of 61st National School Athletics championship.
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