1. 12th South Asian Games began in Guwahati on 5th February 2016.
2.
50% of government jobs in Assam will be reserved for women, Chief Minister
Tarun Gogoi recently
announced.
3. A
12-member team of the Indian Army was participated in the “Cobra Gold”
multilateral exercises,
which was hosted by Thailand, along with its counterparts from China and Pakistan.
4. A
404.2 carat diamond, the world's 27th largest diamond, worth around $20 million
was discovered
in Africa. It is by far the biggest diamond found in the region.
5. A
report by the Central Electricity Authority has stated that power generation in
India grew by 6%
in January 2016
6.
According to a recently released United Nation's report, India has been named
the third most disaster-hit
nation in 2015.
7.
According to a report by Delhi government, breathing the air of the national
capital has adverse effects
on lungs which are worse than smoking cigarettes.
8.
According to a report by Greenpeace, Air pollution in India is higher than that
of China.
9.
According to recently released MHRD data, 96 million schoolchildren were
covered under the Midday
Meal Scheme in 2015-16.
10.
According to SocialCops analysis of data from the National Tiger Conservation Authority,
the tiger
population (over 1.5 years of age) in India has increased since 2006.
11.
According to the data released by the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB), Muzaffarpur (Bihar)
and Varanasi (UP) are most polluted cities in India.
12.
After scoring a total of 199 runs in three T20Is against Australia at an
average of 199.00, Virat Kohli
became the top-ranked T20I batsman in the world.
13.
American space agency NASA has invited the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO)
among other
space agencies for a meeting in the US to discuss a possible international
collaboration on a
Mars mission
14.
As per a survey of Britons by Scottish investment company Scottish Widows,
former British
PM Margaret
Thatcher is the most influential woman of the last two centuries.
15.
Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi tabled interim budget of over 33 thousand 687
crore rupees for
the first six months of the next financial year.
16.
Australia's Adam Voges surpassed Sir Don Bradman‟s batting average of 99.94.
17.
Author Ruskin Bond has announced that he will be writing his autobiography in
three volumes.
18.
Bihar became the 6th state to join Union Government‟s UDAY Scheme for financial restructuring
of
debt of power distribution companies. [after Rajasthan, Chhattisgarh,
Jharkhand, Uttar Pradesh
and Gujarat]
19.
Britain is set to get the world's biggest wind farm after the proposal for the
1.2-gigawatt Hornsea
Project One in northern England was accepted.
20.
British Formula One racing team Manor Racing has signed Indonesia‟s Rio
Haryanto, making
him the
first Indonesian Formula One driver.
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