Monthly Current Affairs October 2016 “PLACES IN NEWS” key points to Remember.
Abhaneri’ festival would be held at the Abhaneri village in Dausa district, Rajsthan to promote rural tourism in the area for two days.The festival would witness artistes performing ShehnaiVaadan, puppet show,Behrupia, Raavanhatha, among others at Chand Baori and Harshat Mata temple.
A major step was taken towards ensuring safety of bridges in the country, when the Minister of Road Transport & Highways and Shipping Shri Nitin Gadkari formally launched the Indian Bridge Management System (IBMS) in New Delhi.
Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis declared Nagpur as the first digital district of India in Mumbai. All 776 gram panchayats in Nagpur district have been digitally transformed.
Puducherry Lt Governor Kiran Bedi in the presence of Chief Minister V Narayansamy declared Velrampet lake and surrounding area as open defecation free.
The Union Cabinet here approved “mini Ratna” public sector undertaking HLL Lifecare to sub-lease its land for setting up the country’s first medical devices manufacturing park in Chennai.
Madhya Pradesh’s diamond mineral block had been auctioned. The block was believed to have a precious stone deposit worth Rs 106 crore .This is the first diamond mineral block of the country which has gone under the hammer. Hatupur Diamond mineral block was successfully auctioned at Panna district in the Madhya Pradesh.
The five-day long Durga Puja was celebrated by the Hindu community throughout the state of Nagaland. The Puja celebration began with Sasthi Puja, followed by Mahasaptami, Mahaashtami, Mahanavami, and the Bijaya Dashami, when the celebration would culminate.
Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis launched the Mumbai Centre for International Arbitration (MCIA), spread over 7,000 square feet at Nariman Point in south Mumbai.
Telangana, carved out of Andhra Pradesh, came into existence on June 2, 2014 as the 29th state of India with 10 districts.The state government carried out the biggest administrative reform, creating 21 new districts. The total number of districts in the state went up to 31 from 10.
The Union Cabinet has approved the setting up of an Indian Institute of Management school in Jammu among other approvals that were cleared. The announcement of the establishment of an IIM in Jammu comes as part of PM Narendra Modi’s development package for Jammu and Kashmir. The project will involve a cost of Rs.61.90 crore in temporary campus for the initial four years from 2016
to 2020.
to 2020.
Petroleum and Natural Gas minister Dharmendra Pradhan inaugurated the National Seismic Programme(NSP) at Taranga in Baleswar district of Odisha. The NSP aimed to undertake a fresh appraisal in all sedimentary basins across India, especially where no/scanty data is available, to have a better understanding of the hydrocarbon potential of India.
Odisha celebrated Kumar Purnima festival. It is celebrated on the last day of the Ashwin month, the Kumar Purnima festival is the occasion to observe the birthday of Lord Kartikeswara, the son of Lord Shiva and Goddess Parvati.
Suresh Prabhu inaugurated and dedicated the “Okha-Kanalus and Porbandar-Wansjaliya Sections in Gujarat of Western Railways as Green Corridor Sections.
Arunachal Pradesh is one of the land of tribes. The festivals here are abound with zest and life – based on aspects related to nature and agriculture. Dance is the soul of all the festivals here; performed with pride and belief.
First ‘Happiness Junction’ of India was inaugurated in Bihar’s Sonepur railway station of the East Central Railway (ECR) by Sonepur Divisional Railway Manager (DRM) Manoj Kumar Aggarwal.
The Uttarakhand High Court ordered a complete ban on the sale of whitener in the state following the death of a teenager from sniffing an excess of it for a kick in the district.
Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar announced that the state government has decided to observe 2017 as the “Garib KalyanVarsh”, with schemes to be spread next year for the poor.
After Sikkim, Himachal Pradesh became Open Defecation Free (ODF) state said by Chief Minister Virbhadra Singh on October 29, 2016. The hill state of Himachal has become the first large state has successfully achieved a total rural sanitation coverage of 100 per cent in the state in its all 12 districts.
Haryana become the first state to give the benefit of 7th Central Pay Commission (CPC) to its employees with effect from January 1, 2017 said by Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar.After Haryana, Odisha Government announces to implement recommendations of 7th Pay Commission for its employees from January next year
Railway Minister launches a new train service between AnandVihar to Ballia in Uttar Pradesh through video-conferencing in New Delhi.
The Prime Minister Narendra Modi attended the function to mark the 50th anniversary of the establishment of the High Court of Delhi. The theme of the Golden Jubilee Celeberations has been fixed as “Justice for all”.
India’s first ‘Design Yatra’ launched by the Institute of Indian Interior Designer(IIID) in Kerala to spread awareness and take designs to the masses, India’s first ‘Design Yatra’,launched by the Institute of Indian Interior Designers(IIID)