New Appointments
1. Who is appointed as the chancellor of The Energy and Resources Institue (TERI) University?
Ashok Chawla
2. Who has received Magsaysay Award for the year 2016?
TM Krishna and Bezwada Wilson
3. Who is sworn in as the acting Governor of Tamil Nadu.?
Chennamaneni Vidyasagar Rao
4. Who has been appointed as the Knight of the National Order of the French Legion of Honour ?
Kiran Mazumdar Shaw
5. Who has been appointed as the 24th Governor of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI)?
Urjit Patel
6. Who has been appointed as the Chairman and Managing Director (CMD) of state owned Uranium Corporation of India Limited (UCIL)?
C K Asnani
Honors & Awards
1. Who has won the 2016 Italian Grand Prix
Nico Rosberg
2. Who have won the 2016 Brazil Open Grand Prix title of Badminton in the mixed doubles category?
Pranaav Jerry Chopra and N Sikki Reddy
3. Who has won prestigious ‘Heritage Heroes Award’ of the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN)?
Bibhuti Lahkar
4. WHich Indian film won the best film award at the first BRICS Film Festival concluded in New Delhi?
Thithi
Banking & Financial Awareness
1. What is India's ranking in World Bank’s 2016 Logistics Performance Index?
35th
2. Which bank has introduced ‘Software Robotics’ for power banking operations?
ICICI Bank
Schemes
1. Which scheme has been launched for providing apprenticeship training to over 50 lakh youngsters in order to create more jobs?
National Apprenticeship Promotion Scheme (NAPS)
2. Which Yojna has been launched by Odisha government for the development of girls in 3 districts of the state?
Biju Kanya Ratna Yojana
Events
1. Where did the 2016 BRICS Convention on Tourism take place ?
Khajuraho in Madhya Pradesh
Miscellaneous
1. With whom has Gujarat signed a MoU to build small airports?
Ministry of Civil Aviation and Airport Authority of India
2. Which scheme has been launched recently by Indian Railways ?
Insurance scheme for passengers traveling on E-ticket.
3. Name the first foreign government to issue the foreign bonds?
Canada's British Columbia Province
4. Where did the first BRICS film festival take place?
Sirifort Auditorium Complex in New Delhi
5. Which island has been declared as the largest river island in world by Guinness World Records?
Majuli, Assam
6. Who is the president of Egypt?
Abdel Fattah El Sisi
7. With which country has India signed 12 agreements in different areas of cooperation to boost bilateral relations?
Vietnam
8. Where was the G-20 summit for 2016 held?
Hangzhou, China
9. What is the name of advanced weather satellite launched by ISRO?
INSAT-3DR
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