Union Government Notification of Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (Pet Shop) Rules, 2016

Date: 16 December, 2016 Place: New Delhi

Indian Navy’s eight landing craft utility L-58 launched by GRSE

Date: 16 December, 2016 Place: Kolkata,               West

Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Yojana comes into effect

Date: 17 December, 2016 Place: New Delhi

China opens 1st fully-owned satellite ground station

Date: 16 December, 2016 Place: Beijing  (China)

India, Tajikistan sign four agreements

Date: 17 December, 2016 Place: New Delhi

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‘Swasthya Raksha Programme’  launched by the AYUSH Ministry

Date: 16 December, 2016 Place: New Delhi

PM lays foundation stone of country’s first Indian Institute of Skills

Date: 19 December, 2016 Place: Kanpur

across country in coming years. Government clears creation of Indian Enterprise Development Services

Date: 19 December, 2016 Place: New Delhi

Hong Kong revokes visa-free entry to Indians

Date: 21 December, 2016 Place: Hong     Kong      (China)

Cabinet approves ordinance to pay salaries via cheques

Date: 21 DEcember, 2016 Place: New Delhi

Japan approves biggest defence budget

Date: 22 December, 2016 Place: Tokyo   (Japan)

Odisha government launches Biju Sishu Surakshya Yojana

Date: 22 December 2016 Place:  Bhubaneswar    (Odisha)

GST Council approves Draft Central, State GST laws

Date: 23December,2016 Place: New Delhi

Sahitya Akademi Award 2016

Date : 21 December, 2016 Place: New Delhi

India’s first 2G Ethanol Bio-refinery to be set up in Punjab

Date: 23December,2016 Place: Bhatinda(Punjab)

Agni 5, India’s longest range nuclear capable missile, test launched

Date: 26 December, 2016 Place: Balasoredistrict                (Odisha)

China tests new jet fighter FC-31 Gyrfalcon

Date: 26 December, 2016 Place: Beijing  (China)

PM Modi lays foundation stone of 900 km Char Dham highway

Date: 27 December, 2016 Place: Dehradun           (Uttrakhand)

China launches two high-resolution remote sensing satellites

Date: 28 December, 2016 Place: Beijing

Assam Government launches Health Insurance Scheme Atal-Amrit Abhiyan

Date: 25 December, 2016 Place: Guwahati            (Assam)

Government launches IVRS platform to tackle call drops

Date: 23               December,         2016 Place: New Delhi

President gives assent to Payment of Wages (Amendment) Ordinance, 2016

Date: 28 December,2017 Place: New Delhi

Union Cabinet approves ordinance to make possession of old notes penal offence

Date: 28 December, 2016 Place: New Delhi

Key announcements of PM Narendra Modi’s new year eve’s speech

Date: 31December,2016 Place: New Delhi

World’s Most Heat Resistant Materials Identified

Date: 27th, December 2016 Place: Delhi

Indian Railways will Partner with JICA for Mumbai Ahmedabad High Speed Rail Project

Date: 21st December, 2016 Place: Delhi

Caterpillar Train

Date: 28th, December 2016 Place: Haryana

UPI Based Mobile Payment app BHIM

Date: 31st,December2016 Place: New Delhi

Huge ‘Dead Zone’ Found in Bay of Bengal

Date: 19th December, 2016 Place: Bay of Bengal

National Death Registry

Date: 27th, December, 2016 Place: New Delhi

ONGC to Set Up New Basin in Agartala

Date: 12th, December 2016 Place:  Guwahati

Russian Military Plane Crash

Date: 20th December, 2016 Place: Black                Sea,       Sochi

Nepal Rejects India’s ‘Open Sky’ Offer

Date: 20th December, 2016 Place: New Delhi

3-Parent Technique Legally Approved by UK

Date: 15th December, 2016 Place: United             Kingdom

Tsunami Early Warning-System for South China Sea (SCS) Countries

Date: 11th, December 2016 Place: New Delhi

World Bank Declares Pause to Protect Indus Water Treaty

Date: 12th, December 2016 Place: Washington, D.C.

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