CURRENT AFFAIRS 2016
JANUARY 2016:
.. 1 -- A.B.Bardhan (92), veteran Communist Party of India leader in New Delhi.
.. 2 -- Terrorists attack the Pathankot Airbase of the Indian Air Force. Seven Jawans and 6 terrorists were killed in the encounter.
.. 4 -- Mumbai boy Pranav Dhanawade hits record breaking unbeaten 1009 at an inter-school cricket tournament in Mumbai.
.. 7 -- Jammu & Kashmir Chief Minister Mufti Mohammed Sayeed passes away.
.. 14 -- The WHO declares an end to the deadliest Ebola outbreak.
.. 16 -- "" Start up India "" & "" Stand up India "" schemes launched by the Prime Minister
.. -- The U S lifts sanctions against Iran.
.. -- Taiwan's opposition leader Tsai Ing Wen wins presidential polls.
.. 20 -- ISRO launched IRNSS-1E, the fifth of the seven satellited Indian Regional Navigation Satellite System into space from Sriharikota.
.. 24 -- Amit Shah reelected as the Chief of the Bharatiya Janata Party.
.. 25 -- India and France sign the MoU for the purchase of Rafale fighter jets.
.. 30 -- Tamilnadu CM launches "Greater Chennai Corporation" including 42 additional local bodies.
.. 31 -- Novak Djokovic wins the Australian Open Men's Singles Tennis title.
FEBRUARY 2016:
.. 1 -- The National League for Democracy of Myanmar Member of Parliaments took part in historic Parliament session.
.. -- Senior IPS officer Archana Ramasundaram assumes charge as the first lady Director General of the Border Security Force.
.. 3 -- Balram Jakkar (92) former Lok Sabha Speaker and a Congress Leader passed away in New Delhi.
.. 9 -- Sushil Koirala (77) former Nepal PM died in Kathmandu.
.. 15 -- Prithika Yashini, a transgender from Tamilnadu, becomes India's first transgender Police Official, appointed as Sub-Inspector.
.. 16 -- Boutros Boutros Ghali (93) former UN Secretary General died in Cairo, Egypt.
.. 19 -- President's rule in Arunachal Pradesh lifted and Kalikho Pul sworn in as CM.
.. 20 -- The 14th Tamilnadu Assembly passes bills amending Municipal and Panchayat laws to raise the quota for women from 33 to 50 % in local bodies.
.. 25 -- The Railway Budget presented with no changes in passenger fares. Optional insurance cover and cuisine of choice offered to travellers.
.. 28 -- The Central Government sets up the Bank Board Bureau with former CAG Vinod Rai as its first chairman.
.. 29 -- Union Budget presented with sops for farmers, the poor and vulnerable sections of society. Allocates 87,765 Crores to boost rural development.
.. -- Former Chief Justice of India H L Dattu takes over as the National Human Rights Commission chairperson.
MARCH 2016:
.. 4 -- Purno Agitok Sangma (68) former Lok Sabha Speaker and a famous politician, died in New Delhi.
.. 6 -- The Justice Vishnu Sahai Commission absolves the SP Government in U P of direct responsibility for the 2013 Muzzafarnagar riots that left 60 dead and 60000 homeless.
.. -- Air India operates ""world's longest"" all women non-stop flight from New Delhi to San Francisco covering around 14,500 km in close to 17 hours.
.. -- Malayalam actor Kalabhavan Mani died in Kochi.
.. 9 -- The Lok Sabha passes The Enemy Property (Amendment and Validation) Bill, 2016, amending the Enemy Property Act, 1968.
.. -- The Sri Lankan Parliament adopts a resolution to convert itself into a Constitutional Assembly.
.. 10 -- The Rajya Sabha passes a landmark Real Estate Bill.
.. -- The ISRO successfully puts into orbit India's sixth dedicated navigation satellite, the IRNSS - 1F from Sriharikota.
.. 11 -- The Lok Sabha clears the Aaadhaar (Targeted Delivery of Financial and other Subsidies, Benefits and Services) Bill 2016 as money bill.
.. 14 -- PM announces the "One Rank One Pension" scheme to the Army men of India.
.. 16 -- Parliament passes the Aadhaar Bill, 2016.
.. 27 -- President's rule imposed in Uttarakhand.
.. 28 -- Telecom Commission gives nod for "112" to be single number for all emergencies.
.. 29 -- Pakistan's five member Joint Investigation Team visits the Pathankot air base.
.. 30 -- The Bihar Assembly unanimously passes the new Bihar Excise (Amendment) Bill 2016 banning sale and consumption of country made liquor across the state.
.. -- Htin Kyaw is elected/sworn in as the first civilian President of Myanmar in about 50 years history.
.. 31 -- 26 persons killed, 88 persons injured as the 2.2 km long Vivekananda Flyover collapsed in Kolkatta.
APRIL 2016
.. 3 -- West Indies wins the men's and women's ICC World t20 titles in Kolkatta.
.. -- The CM of Madhya Pradesh inaugurates India's first Tiger Reserve for White Tigers at Mukundpur, Satna Dist.,
.. 4 -- The Central Government orders the formation of a special agency to probe Indians who figure in the "" Panama Papers"".
.. -- Peoples Democratic Party leader Mehbooba Mufti is sworn in Jammu Kashmir first woman Chief Minister.
.. 5 -- ""Gatiman Express"" the fastest train in the country, is launched in New Delhi.
.. -- PM of India unveils the ""Stand up India"" scheme at a function in Noida.
.. -- The Human Resource Development Ministry announces the Choice of the Indian Institute of Technology, Chennai as the best institution of its kind.
.. 8 -- The Shani Shingnapur temple in Maharashtra lifts the 400 year old ban on the entry of women into the sanctum sanctorum.
.. 10 -- 109 people killed and 1090 injured in a fire works accident at the Puttingal Devi Temple at Paravur in Kerala, goes awry.
.. 12 -- Gurgaon has been renamed as "Guru Gram" by the Haryana, and Mewat District as Nuh District.
.. 16 -- 7.8 magnitude earthquake rattles Ecuador.
.. 20 -- The Indian Navy grants permanent commission to seven women officers and formalises plans to grant it in eight branches from 2017.
.. 21 -- Environmentallist R K Pachauri accused of sexual harassment steps down as a member of the TERI governing council.
.. 28 -- PM Narendra Modi names India's own navigational system NAVIC (Navigation with Indian Constellation) after the launch of the seventh and final satellite of the Indian Regional Navigation Satellite System, the IRNSS 1G from Sriharikota, A.P.
.. 29 -- The Gujarat government announces a 10 percent quota for economically backward in general category.
.. 30 -- The Supreme Court says no to diesel run cabs in the National Capital Region.
MAY 2016
.. 1 -- PM launches the ""Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana"" which aims at providing five crore LPG connections to women in BPL households over the next three financial years at a cost of Rs.8000 crore.
.. -- The Real Estate (Regulation and Development) Act, 2016 comes into force in Tamilnadu.
.. 2 -- Industrialist Vijaya Mallaya resigns from Rajya Sabha
.. -- Balraj Madhok (96), one of the founders of the Bharatiya Jana Sangh, died in New Delhi.
.. 3 -- 63rd National Film Awards presented.
.. 9 -- Over 37000 files pertaining to India among 2.6 tetrabyte of Panama papers data released by the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists.
.. 13 -- The Supreme Court upholds law criminalising defamation.
.. 16 -- South Korean author Han Kang wins the Man Booker International Prize for her book "The Vegetarian" and shares it with her translator Deborah Smith.
.. 17 -- Union Urban Development Minister Venkaiah Naidu flags off the trial run of the country's first driverless metro train at Mukundpur in New Delhi.
.. 19 -- The AIADMK emerges victorious in Tamilnadu polls.
.. -- The Trinamool Congress trounces the Left Front in West Bengal and retains power.
.. -- The Congress is routed in Kerala by the LDF.
.. -- The BJP captures Assam.
.. -- In Puducherry Congress-DMK alliances wins.
.. 21 -- Afghan Taliban leader Mullah Akhtar Mansour is killed in a U S drone strike in Pakistan.
.. 23 -- Jayalalitha is sworn in Tamilnadu Chief Minister
.. 24 -- Sarbananda Sonowal is sworn in Assam's first BJP Chief Minister.
.. 25 -- Pinrayi Vijayan takes over as CM of Kerala.
.. 26 -- The Punjab and Haryana High Court stays the reservation for Jats and five other communities provided by the Haryana Government.
.. 27 -- TMC supremo Mamata Banerjee is sworn in as CM of West Bengal for the second time.
.. 29 -- The Central Government decides to cancel all tenders for defence equipment won by Italy's Finmeccanica.
.. -- Kiran Bedi is sworn in as Lt. Governor of Puducherry.
.. -- Sunrisers, Hyderabad beats Royal Challengers, Bangalore to become the IPL Champions.
.. 31 -- Admiral Sunil Lanba assumes charge as the 23rd Chief of the Naval Staff.
JUNE 2016
.. 1 -- The world's longest rail tunnel -- 57 Km -- Gotthard Base Tunnel -- providing a rail link under the Swiss Alps between northern and southern parts of Europe inaugurated.
.. 3 -- Heavy weight boxing legend Muhammad Ali passes away.
.. 5 -- Manohar Aich (104), India's earliest body builder and Mr. Universe, died in Kolkatta.
.. 6 -- Congress leader V. Narayanasamy is sworn in Puducherry CM.
.. 8 -- P. Rama Mohana Rao is appointed TN Chief Secretary.
.. 12 -- The Islamic State's leader Abu Bakr al Baghdadi is killed in an air raid by the US led coalition in Raqqa, Syria.
.. 15 -- The NDA government approves the country's first National Civil Aviation Policy for increasing air connectivity.
.. 18 -- Avani Chaturvedi, Bhawana Kanth and Mohana Singh become Air Force's first women fighter pilots.
.. 20 -- The Central Government announces ""radical liberalisation"" of the FDI regime and allows 100 per cent foreign holdings in defence, civil aviation and pharmaceutical sectors.
.. 22 -- The ISRO's PSLV C 34 rocket launches 20 satellites weighing 1288 kg in total at one go from the SDSC in Sriharikota.
.. 27 -- India joins the 34 member Missile Technology Control Regime at a ceremony in New Delhi.
.. -- Mysuru's young ""King"" Yaduveer Krishnadatta Chamaraja Wadiyar marries Trishika Kumari of Rajasthan's Dungarpur royal family.
.. 30 -- Gays, lesbians and bisexual persons not third gender, rules the Supreme Court.
JULY 2016
.. 1 -- Light Combat Aircraft "Tejas" designed and built in India joins the IAF squadron Flying Daggers at a ceremony in Bangalore.
.. 2 -- In a reshuffle in the Central Government Ministries, Prakash Javadekar is elevated to Cabinet rank and given HRD portfolio. Smriti Irani shifted to Textile Ministry and Venkaiah Naidu gets I & B ministry.
.. -- The Union Government approves a change in the names of the Madras, Bombay and Calcutta High Courts.
.. 5 -- NASA's solar powered 1.1 billion dollar "Juno" spacecraft successfully enters Jupiter's orbit after a five year journey from Earth.
.. 6 -- AP CM Chandrababu Naidu inaugurates the Pattiseema project linking the Krishna and Godavari rivers.
.. 8 -- The Supreme Court ends immunity enjoyed by armed forces in disturbed areas.
.. -- Hizbul Mujahideen commander Burhan Wani is short dead in a gunfight in J & K.
.. 9 -- Umar Mansour, mastermind of the 2014 attack on the Army School in Peshawar, Pakistan, is killed in a U S drone strike in the Bandar area of Afghanistan.
.. 10 -- The second reactor of Kudankulam Nuclear Power Plant in Tirunelvely, Tamilnadu attains criticality.
.. 10 -- Serena Williams and Andy Murray wins the women's and men's Wimbledon singles title respectively.
.. 12 -- The Permanent Court of Arbitration at the Hague, The Netherlands, rejects the legal validity of the ""nine-dash line"" - the demarcation underlying China's claim to most of the South China Sea.
.. 13 -- Theresa May takes over as Britain's New Prime Minister.
.. 19 -- The Lok Sabha passes bills awarding statutory status to the NEET from the next academic session. States' quota to stay.
.. -- Rohit Khandelwal, a Hyderabad based model, becomes the first Indian ever to win the Mr.World title.
.. 21 -- Indian PM and Bangladesh PM inaugurate the Petrapole-Benapole Integrated Checkpost in Kolkatta.
.. 22 -- An IAF aircraft AN 32, en route to Port Blair from Chennai, with 29 passengers, goes missing over Bay of Bengal.
.. 24 -- Nepal PM, K.P.Sharma Oli resigns, before facing a non-confidence motion.
.. 26 -- The Lok Sabha passes the Child Labour (Prohibition and Amendment) Bill, 2016 that allow children under 14 to work in family enterprises.
.. -- Solar Impulse 2, piloted by Swiss pioneer Betrand Piccard, completes the first around the world flight without the use of fossil fuel in Abu Dhabi, covering 42,000 Km in 17 stages across four continents.
.. 27 -- The foundation stone for the Kalam memorial is laid at his burial site in Pei Karumbu near Rameswaram, Tamilnadu.
.. -- The Lok Sabha passes the Benami Transations (Prohibition) Amendment Bill, 2015.
.. -- Bezwada Wilson, social activist and T.M.Krishna are named for the Ramon Magasaysay Award 2016.
.. -- Social Activist Irom Sharmila of Manipur ends her fast and announces her entry into politics with a party soon.
.. 31 -- Tripura Sundari Express linking Agartala and Delhi is flagged off by Union Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu in Agartala.
.. -- Foundation stone laid for the India-Bangladesh BG link between Agartala and Akhaura.
AUGUST 2016
.. 1 -- The Tamilnadu Assembly passes a resolution urging the Centre to rename Madras High Court as High Court of Tamilnadu.
.. 3 -- The Rajya Sabha passes, the Constitution Amendment Bill paving the way for the Goods & Services Tax.
.. -- The CPN Maoist (Centre) Chief Pushpa Kamal Dahal ""Prachanda"" is elected Nepal Prime Minister for a second time.
.. 4 -- The Delhi High Court holds that the Lt. Governor is the "administrative head" of the capital and it continues to be a Union Territory.
.. 7 -- Vijay Rupani is sworn in as the 16th CM of Gujarat .
.. -- The Kerala Congress (M) ends its 35 year old relationship with the UDF.
.. 8 -- All the 443 members present in the Lok Sabha barring the AIADMK, vote in favour of the Constitution 122nd Amendment Bill 2014, paving the way for the Goods and Services Tax.
.. The Mental Health Care Bill, 2013 which seeks to decriminalise suicide is passed by the Rajya Sabha.
.. T.K.V. Desikachar (78), Yoga exponent, died in Chennai.
.. 9 -- Manipur's ""Iron Lady"" from Sharmila ends her 16 year fast seeking repeal of the AFPSA in Imphal.
.. -- Former Arunachal Pradesh CM Kalikho Pul allegedly commits suicide in Itanagar.
.. 10 -- PM Narendra Modi, Russian President Vladimir Putin and TN CM Jayalalitha dedicate to the nation the first unit of the Kudankulam Nuclear Power Corporation through videoconferencing.
.. 11 -- Former Pakistan cricket team captain Hanif Mohammad, who held the record for the longest innings in Test cricket, passes away.
.. 12 -- Assam becomes the first state to pass/ratify the Constitution Amendment Bill on GST
.. 14 -- Usain Bolt out sprints Justin Gatlin for his third straight 100 mtr. Olympic gold.
.. -- Dipa Karmakar of India finishes fourth in the vaults final of the women's gymnastics event.
.. 16 -- The Bihar Assembly ratifies the GST bill in a special session.
.. 17 -- Najma Heptullah is appointed Manipur Governor.
.. -- V.P.Singh Badnore becomes Punjab Governor.
.. -- Banwarilal Purohit is made the Governor of Assam.
.. 18 -- Machchli, the world's oldest tigress in the wild, dies at the Ranathambore National Park in Rajasthan.
.. -- Usain Bolt retains his 200 mtr title.
.. -- P.V.Sindhu of India, wins women's badminton Olympic Silver Medal -- the first Indian to do so.
.. 20 -- Maharashtra Government drafts its own internal security act -- Maharashtra Protection of Internal Security Act, the first state to do so.
.. -- Brazil defeats Germany to win the Olympic football gold for the first time.
.. 21 -- Tamil film actor Kamal Hassan is chosen for "Chevalier" award by the French Government.
.. 22 -- S.R.Nathan (96) former Singapore President, at the Singapore General Hospital.
.. 24 -- The Union Government clears the Surrogacy (Regulation) Bill, 2016 banning commercial surrogacy in India. Only childless, straight Indian married couples are eligible.
.. A 6.2 magnitude earthquake in Italy leaves 250 dead and 368 injured. Two villages -- Amatrice and Pescara del Tronto are totally destroyed.
.. 26 -- Women can enter the "sanctum sanctorum" of Haji Ali Dargah in Mumbai -- declares the Bombay High Court in a landmark judgement.
.. 29 -- India and Myanmar sign MoUs to build 69 bridges and to upgrade the Kalewa-Yagyi road section.
.. -- The West Bengal Assembly passes a resolution changing the name of the State to Bengal in English and Bangla in Bengali.
.. -- P.V.Sindhu, Sakshi Malik, Dipa Karmakar and Jitu Rai considered for Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award.
.. 31 -- Brazilian Senate impeaches and removes from office President Dilma Rousseff. Confirms Vice President Michel Temer as President.
.. -- Carnatic Singer T.M.Krishna and social activist Bezwada Wilson among six who are presented with the Ramon Magsaysay award for 2016.
SEPTEMBER 2016
.. 1 -- The Tamilnadu government raises "Maternity Leave" for government staff to nine months.
.. 2 -- Ch. Vidyasagar Rao assumes charge as Acting Governor of Tamilnadu.
.. -- The National Green Tribunal gives green signal to the Vizhinjam seaport in Thiruvananthapuram.
.. 3 -- India Post releases a commemorative postage stamp to celebrate the canonisation of Mother Teresa, at a ceremony in Mumbai.
.. 4 -- Pope Francis proclaims Mother Teresa of Kolkata a saint at a canonisation mass attended by over one lakh pilgrims at Vatican.
.. 6 -- Urjit Patel assumes office of the RBI Governor.
.. -- The Centre announces a special package for Andhra Pradesh valid for five years (till 2020).
.. 8 -- President Pranab Mukherjee gives assent to the Constitution Amendment Bill on Goods & Services Tax.
.. -- ""one country in our neighbourhood produces and exports terror"" says PM Narendra Modi at the 14th ASEAN India Summit in Vientiane, Laos and demands sanctions against Pakistan.
.. 8 -- The Indian Space Research Organization launches successfully INSAT 3D R satellite.
.. 9 -- North Korea conducts its largest atomic test in the Punggye-ri area.
.. 10 -- Thangavelu Mariyappan of Tamilnadu, wins gold in the men's T42 High Jump gold at the Rio Paralympic Games.
.. 12 -- Arunachal Pradesh Governor J.P. Rajkhowa is dismissed by President Pranab Mukherjee.
.. -- The Union Cabinet gives nod for the setting up of the Goods & Services Tax Council and its Secretariat.
.. 14 -- Former Indian Cricketer and Politician Navjot Singh Sidhu resigns from the BJP.
.. -- Reliance Communications signs pact to merge wireless business with Aircel Ltd., making the largest ever consolidation in the telecom sector.
.. 17 -- India's latest guided missile destroyer "Mormugao" is launched at the Mazagaon Docks in Mumbai.
.. 21 -- The Union Cabinet decides to do away with the 92 year old practice of a separate Railway Budget and to merge it with the General Budget.
.. -- Chennai Metro Rail's second line from Little Mount to Chennai airport by the TN CM.
.. 22 -- TN CM Jayalalitha hospitalized.
.. 23 -- India signs deal with France for the purchase of 36 Rafale fighter jets in New Delhi.
.. 26 -- The Union government decides to suspend talks on the Permanent Indus Commission until ""terror comes to an end"".
.. The PSLV launches eight satellites, including weather satellite SCATSAT land two satellites, PRATHAM and PISAT from Indian academic institutions from Sriharikota and places them in two different orbits.
.. Pakistan's National Assembly passes a landmark bill, giving Hindus the right to register marriages.
.. 27 -- India decides to boycott the 19th SAARC summit in November in Islamabad.
.. 28 -- Shimon Peres (93), former Israeli President, at a hospital in Tel Aviv.
.. 29 -- The Indian Army carries out surgical strikes targetting eight terrorist ""launchpads"" along the Line of Control in Pakistan occupied Kashmir and inflicts significant casualities.
.. 30 -- Pakistan announces indefinite postponement of the SAARC summit.
OCTOBER 2016
.. 1 -- The Government receives bids worth more than Rs.53,000 crores on the firt day of the biggest ever auction of the country's telecom spectrum.
.. 2 -- India ratifies the Paris Agreement on Climate Change.
".. 3 -- Japan's Yoshinori Ohsumi wins the 2016 Nobel Medicine Prize for his pioneering work on autophagy.
.. -- The U S announces suspension of talks on Syria with Russia.
".. 4 -- The Supreme Court puts on hold order to set up the Cauvery Management Board. Gives nod for appointing a ""technical team"".
.. -- Three British born scientists, David Thouless, Duncan Haldane and Michael Kosterlitz are awarded the 2016 Nobel Prize in Physics for revealing unusual states of matter, potentially helping work on future quantum computers.
.. -- Hurricane Matthew pummels Haiti leaving 877 dead.
".. 5 -- Jean Pierre Sauvage of France, Britain's J.Fraser Stoddart and Bernard Feringa of the Netherlands are awarded the 2016 Nobel Prize for Chemistry for developing molecular machines.
".. 7 -- Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos wins the 2016 Nobel Peace Prize.
.. -- The U S lifts economic sanctions on Myanmar.
".. 10 -- All the portfolios of TN CM (in hospital since September 22) are reallocated to Finance Minister O. Panneerselvam.
.. -- The 2016 Nobel Prize for Economics is jointly awarded to Harvard and MIT economists Oliver Hart and Bengt Holmstrom for their contributions to contract theory.
".. 13 -- American singer and lyricist Bob Dylan is awarded the 2016 Nobel Prize for Literature.
.. -- The UN General Assembly formally appoints former Portuguese Prime Minister Antonio Guterres as the new Secretary General.
.. -- The Maldives quits the Commonwealth.
".. 15 -- India and Russia sign 16 deals, including one on the Rs.39,000 Crore S 400 missile systems to boost air defence after the summit between Indian PM and Russian President.
.. 16 -- The 8th BRICS summit in Goa, ends with the adoption of the "Goa Declaration", pledging opposition to terrorism.
.. 18 -- Rights activist Irom Sharmila launches a new political party named "Peoples Resurgence and Justice Alliance".
.. 19 -- The Rajasthan High Court orders dissolution of the State OBC Commission.
.. 20 -- Former UP Congress President Rita Bahuguna joins the BJP.
.. 21 -- The Rajasthan government promulgates an ordinance for setting up of a new OBC Commission.
.. 23 -- INS Viraat, the world's oldest aircraft crrier is accorded a grand send off and withdrawn.
Gurgaon city is officially renamed as ""Gurugram"".
.. 24 -- The Tata Sons board sacks Cyrus Mistry as Chairman. Ratan Tata to be interim chairman.
.. 25 -- Paul Beaty's "The Sell Out" wins the Man Booker Prize, in the process making him the first U S writer to bag the award.
.. 26 -- The Madras High Court quashes the Tamil Nadu Establishment of Private Law Colleges (Prohibition) Act, 2014 that imposed a blanket ban on setting up of private colleges in the State, declaring it ultra vires of the Constitution.
.. 27 -- Mehmood Akhtar, a Pakistan High Commission staffer is declared persona non grata a day after being caught receiving defence related information from two Indian ""spies"" and asked to leave India.
.. -- Chinese President Xi Jinping is made ""core"" leader of the Communist Party of China.
.. 29 -- The Indian festival " Deepavali" for the first time celebrated in the United Nations.
NOVEMBER 2016
.. 4 -- The Paris Agreement on climate change enters into force.
.. 7 -- India and the UK sign two MoUs on ease of doing business and intellectual property-related issues.
Delhi orders de-registration of diesel vehicles older than 15 years.
.. 8 -- Rs.500 and Rs.1000 rupee notes case to be legal tender (demonetisation) , as announced by the PM.
.. 9 -- Kamala Harris becomes the first Indian American Senator of California, U S.
.. 11 -- India signs a historic civilian nuclear deal with Japan during the annual bilateral summit in Tokyo and becomes the first non NPT nation to ink such a pact.
.. 15 -- The Supreme Court dismisses refuses to stay notification on demonetisation.
.. 16 -- The Supre Court dismisses Tamil Nadu's plea to review its 2014 judgement banning Jallikkattu.
.. 17 -- PAN CARD made mandatory for all new bank accounts, except those opened under the Jan Dhan Yojana.
.. 20 -- Renowned playback singer S.P. Balasubrahmanyam is conferred the Centenary Award for Indian Film Personality of the Year 2016 at the inaugural of the 47th International Film Festival of India, in Panaji, Goa.
.. 21 -- India becomes an associate member of the Geneva based European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN) following the signing of an agreement in Mumbai.
.. 22 -- M. Balamuralikrishna (86) Carnatic vocalist and composer, dies in Chennai.
.. -- M G K Menon (88) former ISRO Chairman, dies in New Delhi.
.. 23 -- Nikky Haley is named US Ambassador to UN.
.. 24 -- The exchange of old Rs.1000 and Rs.500 notes at banks and post offices stopped.
.. 25 -- The Supreme Court orders a blanket ban on the sale of fire crackers in Delhi and the NCR.
.. -- Fidel Castro (90) former Cuban President dies in Cuba.
.. 28 -- Atleast 75 people, including all but three of the members of the Brazilian football team ""Chapecoense Real"" are killed after a chartered plane hits a mountainside in Cerro Gorda in Colombia.
.. 30 -- The Supreme Court orders all cinema halls to mandatorily play the national anthem before every screening and all those present have to ""stand up"" to show respect.
.. -- Competition Commission of India gives nod for the merger of Bharatiya Mahila Bank Limited with SBI.
DECEMBER 2016
.. 1 -- Crown Prince Maha Vajraiongkorn becomes the new King of Thailand.
.. 4 -- Former Greens leader Alexander Van der Bellen wins Austrian presidential polls.
.. 5 -- TN CM Jayalalitha (68) dies of heart failure and other health issues. (buried on 6th December at the Marina Beach near MGR Samadhi)
.. -- New Zealand PM John Key announces resignation.
.. 7 -- The ISRO launches RESOURCESAT 2A remote sensing satellite from Sriharikota.
.. -- The Enforcement Directorate launches nationwide scrutiny of bank records on the suspicion that huge sums in demonetised currency got illegally exchanged.
.. -- Atleast 97 persons are killed after a 6.5 magnitude earthquake strikes Pidie Jaya district of Indonesia.
.. -- Cho S.Ramasamy (82) Tamil actor, Editor of Tamil magazine ""Thuglak"" in Chennai
.. 9 -- Former Chief of the Indian Air Force Air Chief Marshal S P Tyagi (retd) is arrested by the CBI in New Delhi along with his cousin Sanjay Tyagi in the Rs.3767 Crore August Westland VVIP Chopper deal. The ED arrests his lawyer Gautam Khaitan.
.. -- The Centre announces that National Eligibility and Entrance Test can be taken in regional languages.
.. 11 -- Italy's former Foreign Minister Paolo Gentiloni is named PM following the resignation of reformist leader Matteo Renzi in the wake of a referendum defeat.
.. Venezeula demonetises 100 Bolivar Bills (currency).
.. 12 -- Cyclone Vardah makes landfall in Chennai with wind speeds touching 110 - 120 kmph, leaving behind a trail of destruction.
.. -- Pankaj Advani wins the World Billiards title (points format).
.. -- Christiano Ronaldo of Portugal, wins his fourth ""Ballon d'Or"" Award.
.. 14 -- The Rajya Sabha passes the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Bill, 2014, with more benefits.
.. 15 -- The Supreme Court bans States and the Union Territories from granting licences for liquor shops along National and State Highways across the country, from 1.4.2017.
.. 16 -- The Supreme Court orders the setting up of a five judge constitution bench to test the validity of the November 8 demonetisation notification.
.. -- The Lok Sabha passes the Rights of Persons With Disabilities Bill, 2014.
.. -- The winter session of Parliament ends without transacting crucial business.
.. -- Italy's top court orders retrial of two top executives of Finmeccanica in the Agusta Westland bribery case.
.. -- London's iconic Big Ben closes doors to visitors as it is to undergo a 29 million pound renovation set to take three years.
.. 19 -- Justice Jagdish Singh Khehar is appointed the 44th Chief Justice of India.
.. -- America's electoral college confirms Donald Trump's election as the US President.
.. 21 -- Income Tax raids are held at the residential and office premises of TN Chief Secretary P. Rama Mohana Rao in Chennai.
.. -- The 2016 SASTRA Ramanujan Award for mathematics is jointly awarded to Maksym Radziwill of McGill University, Canada and Kaiisa Matomaki of University of Turku, Finland
.. 22 -- Girija Vaidyanathan is appointed TN Chief Secretary
.. -- Delhi Lt. Governor Najeeb Jung resigns.
.. -- Ravichandran Ashwin of India wins the ICC Cricketer of the Year and the Test Cricketer of the Year awards.
.. 31 -- Anil Baijal is sworn in Delhi Lt. Governor.
.. -- General Bipin Rawat takes over as Army Chief
.. -- Air Chief Marshal Birender Singh Dhanoa becomes Chief of the Air Staff.