Current affairs lecture -1

The Nobel Prize in Physics 2015 was awarded

jointly to Takaaki Kajita and Arthur B.
McDonald "for the discovery of neutrino
oscillations, which shows that neutrinos have
mass"
 The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2015 was awarded
jointly to Tomas Lindahl, Paul Modrich and Aziz
Sancar "for mechanistic studies of DNA repair".
The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2015
was divided, one half jointly to William C.
Campbell and Satoshi mura "for their
discoveries concerning a novel therapy against
infections caused by roundworm parasites" and
the other half to Youyou Tu "for her discoveries
concerning a novel therapy against Malaria"
 The Nobel Prize in Literature 2015 was
awarded to Svetlana Alexievich "for her
polyphonic writings, a monument to suffering
and courage in our time".
 Noble in bravery
The Nobel Peace Prize 2015 was awarded to
National Dialogue Quartet "for its decisive
contribution to the building of a pluralistic
democracy in Tunisia in the wake of the Jasmine
Revolution of 2011".

The Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic

Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel 2015 was
awarded to Angus Deaton "for his analysis of
consumption, poverty, and welfare".
 Alejandro Aravena is an Chilean architect from
Santiago, Chile.. He won the Pritzker
Architecture Prize in 2016.
Time person of the year
 Man booker prize 2015
The winner of the Man Booker Prize 2015
was Marlon James with A Brief History of
Seven Killings.
 Man booker international 2015
Innovative Hungarian writer Lszl
Krasznahorkai is tonight announced as the
winner of the sixth Man Booker International
Prize
 awards
THE 88TH ACADEMY AWARDS CEREMONY, presented
by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
(AMPAS) categories.
They are Best Picture: Spotlight.
Best Actor: Leonardo DiCaprio (The Revenant).
Best Actress: Brie Larson (Room).
Best Supporting Actor: Mark Rylance (Bridge of Spies).
Best Supporting Actress: Alicia Vikander (The Danish
Girl).
Best Director: Alejandro G. Irritu (The Revenant).
Best Original Screenplay: Tom McCarthy (Spotlight
 Best Original Song: Writings on the Wall
(Spectre).
 Filmmaker Sanjay Leela Bhansali and actor
Ranveer Singh have been chosen for the
prestigious 2016 Pandit Dinanath Mangeshkar
Award.
 Eminent poet Dr Bhagwati Lal Vyas has been
selected for the 2015 Bihari Puraskar for his
anthology of Rajasthani poems Katha Sun Aawe
Hai Sabad
published in 2010. Dr Vyas through his poetry
has highlighted the increasing tendencies of
commercialization and degradation of human
values.
 About Bihari Puraskar Instituted by the K K
Birla Foundation in 1991. Given annually for
an outstanding literary work in Hindi or
Rajasthani published during last 10 years by a
Rajasthani writer.
 Veteran Film Actor and Director Manoj Kumar
has been selected for the prestigious 47th
Dadasaheb Phalke Award for the year 2015.
 the award is conferred by the Union Government
on person for outstanding contribution to the
growth and development of Indian Cinema.
Established in 1969 to commemorate the birth
centenary year of father of Indian cinema
Dadasaheb Phalke. It is the highest official
recognition (award) in Indian cinema.
 British mathematician Andrew Wiles (62) was
named as the winner of the prestigious 2016
Abel Prize.
He was selected by the Norwegian Academy
of Sciences and Letters for solving a centuries
old hypothesis (equation), Fermats Last
Theorem
 An Indian student Geetakshi Arora has been
awarded the inaugural Noor Inayat Khan Prize
for her excellent dissertation on Goddess
Myths in Graphic Novels: Reimagining Indian
Feminity.
 THE 63RD NATIONAL FILM AWARDS FOR YEAR 2015 WERE ANNOUNCED
ON 28 MARCH 2016. BAAHUBALI:
The Beginning (Tamil, Telugu) directed by S. S. Rajamouli was selected as
the Best feature film.
Bajrangi Bhaijaan (Hindi) directed by Kabir Khan Best Popular film
providing wholesome entertainment
Best Actor: Amitabh Bachchan (Piku).
Best Actress: Kangana Ranaut (Tanu Weds Manu Returns).
Best Direction: Sanjay Leela Bhansali (Bajirao Mastani).
Best Film on Social Issues: Niranayakam (Malayalam) directed by V. K.
Prakash.
Best Supporting Actor: Samuthirakani for the film Visaranai (Tamil).
Best Supporting Actress: Tanvi Azmi for the film Bajirao Mastani (Hindi).
Best Childrens Film: Duronto (Hindi) directed by Soumnedra Padhi.
 The National Film Awards are most prominent
most prominent film award ceremonies in
India.
Established: 1954.
These awards are presented by the President
of India in the official ceremony
 Prime Minister Narendra Modi had conferred 2014-15 Krishi Karman Awards to various states in a
ceremony held at New Delhi.

The awards were presented in two different categories viz.

Total foodgrain production and Individual Crops.

Winner of Krishi Karman Awards 2014-15

Total foodgrain production:

These states are Madhya Pradesh: For production greater than 10 million tonnes in Category I
States. Himachal Pradesh and Odisha: For production between 1 and 10 million tonnes in Category
II States.

. Individual Crops: Total 5 winning states were awarded a trophy, a citation and a monetary award of
2 crore rupees.

These states are Haryana, Assam: Rice. Rajasthan: Wheat. Chhattisgarh: Pulses. West Bengal: Oil
Seeds.
 Prime Minister Narendra Modi was conferred Saudi
Arabias highest civilian honour- the King Abdulaziz
Sash.

The prestigious award was bestowed upon Indian

Prime Minister by incumbent Saudi Arabias King
Salman bin Abdulaziz at the Royal Court.
About King Abdulaziz Sash The award has been named
after Abdulaziz Al Saud, the founder of the modern
Saudi state. The award is bestowed upon citizens of
Saudi Arabia and foreigners for meritorious service to
the Saudi Kingdom.
 Well-known Hindi scholar and writer Sunita
Jain's poetry collection "Kshama" has been
selected for the prestigious Vyas Samman
2015.

Instituted by the K K Birla Foundation, the

award carries an amount of Rs 2.50 lakh and is
given to outstanding literary work in Hindi
authored by an Indian citizen.
 jnanpith award
This Award is sponsored by the Bharatiya
Jnanpith trust, which is a literary and cultural
organisation that was set up in 1944, by the
late Sahu Shanti Prasad Jain and his wife Rama
Jain. The Jain family are the publishers of The
Times of India newspaper.
The Jnanpith Award : It carries a cash price of
Rs 11 lakhs, a citation plank and a bronze
replica of goddess Saraswati.
 51 st jnanpith award raghuveer chaudhary
gujrati writer
 1. January :
1) January-In January there are 5 important days
1)12 Jan-National youth day (rashtriya yuva diwas)
2) 15 Jan-Army day (sena diwas)
3)24 Jan-National girl child day (rashtriya balika diwas)
4) 25 Jan- National tourism day/ voter day
5) 30 Jan- National martyr day(rashtriya shahid diwas)/ Anti leprosy day

No. Of days=5 so,

Story subject- January me mere ghar 5 tarah ke log aaye

Trick with story- January me mere ghar paanch tarah ke log aaye jinme 12 yuva,15 sena ke log,24 balikaye,25-
25 tourism aur voter or 30 shahid ke parivar ke log jo leprosy ke shikar the.

Note-12,15,24,25,30 is days.

 2. February :
1) 4 feb- world Cancer day
2) 28 feb-National Science day

In February only 2 important days.

No of days-2(both related to science)

Story subject- February me science ne 2 experiment kiye

Trick-" February me science ne do experiment kiye jinme 4 cancer ke marizo ko

thik karne me 28 vigyan(science) ka use hua".

 3. March :
1)8 mar- International women day
2) 9 mar-world kidney day
3) 15 mar-world consumer right day
4)20 mar- world sparrow day/happiness day(khushi diwas)
5) 21 mar- World forest day
6) 22 mar- world water day
7) 23 mar- meteorological day
8) 24 mar- World T.B day

No. Of days=8

Note-(because of all days are WORLD days) Subject- march ki 8 world famous Ghatnaye

Trick with story-

8 women ki 9 kidney 15 consumers ko 20 sparrow ke through khushi khushi 21 forest me 22 water boat ke jariye
23 metro stations par 24 T.B ke marizo ko becha gaya.

 4) April:

1) 2 april -Autism awareness day in short (AADami)/World autism day

2) 7 april- world health day
3) 21 april- Civil service day
4) 22 april- Earth day
5) 24 April- National Panchayati Raj day

No. Of days=5
Subject-chaar (april is 4th month) ka paanch

Trick with story-

2 AADamiyo be acche helath ke sath (7) 21 baar civil service ka exam diya or ve do do (22) bar is
dharti (earth) par pass hue or end me 24 vi baar me unhe Panchayat vibhag mila.

 5) May:
1) 1 may- international labour day
2) 3 may- world press freedom day
3) 11 may- National technology day
4) 21 may- Anti- terrorism day/death of Rajiv gandhi
5) 31 may- Anti-Tobacco day

No. Of days=5
Subject- Paanch ka panch

Trick with story-

1 (ek) Rajiv naam ka labour tha jisey 3 press (stri) free me miley the jo 11vi sadi ki technology se
bane the par 21vi sadi me kuch terrorist ne Rajiv ko mar kar usey 31 rupaye me Tobacco company
ko bech diya.

 6) June :
1) 5 june- World environment day ( everyone
knows)
2) 21 june- World Yoga day ( latest hai sb jante
hai)

 7) July :
1) 1 july - National Doctor's day
2) 11july - world population day

No. Of days- 2
Subject- Sath(7)-sath (7) 2 kadam chale---

Trick with Story-

1 doctor ne san 20'11' ke population ko control kiya.

 (8) August :
1) 6 August- hiroshima day
2) 9 aug- Nagasaki day
3) 12 aug- International youth day
4) 29 aug- National Sports day/ Dhyan chand day
No. Of days=4
Subject- 8(aug) ka adha 4
Trick with story-
"6 heros ne 9 naago ko 12 saal ke youth ko 29 bar
dhyan se khelne ko diya".
 (9) September :
1) 5 sept- teacher's day
2)8 sept- world literacy day
3) 14sept- Hindi diwas
4) 15 sept- Engineer's day in India
5) 16 sept- World Ozone day
No. Of days=5
Subject- "5 sept. Ko teacher's day hota hai"( hum sabhi jante hai iska
mtlb sept. Me 5 days hote hai)
Ab baki ke 4 days
Trick with story-
"8 world ke literate person ko 14 hindi pe,15 engineering pe or 16 Ozone
day pe essay likhwaya gaya".
 (10) October:
1) 2 oct- National non violence day/Gandhi day
2) 8 oct- Airforce day
3) 9 oct- world post office day
4) 24 oct- United nation day
.
2oct ko gandhi ji ne Ahinsa(non-violence) ka nara diya.

"8 Airforce ne 9 letters post kiye 24 UN countries ko"

 (11) November:
1) 17 Nov- World Students day
2) 18 nov- World Adults day
3) 19 nov- World Citizens day
4) 26 nov- National laws day

Trick with story-

"17 saal ke students jab 18 saal ke adults hue to unhe
19 saal ke Citizens ne unhe 26 national laws sikhaye".
 (12) December:
1) 1 dec- AIDS day
2) 2 dec- World computer literacy day
3) 4 dec- Navy day
4) 10-dec- human rights day
5) 14 dec- National Energy Conservation Day
6) 24 dec- national consumers day
7) 25 dec- Good governance day(India)
No. Of days- 7
Subject- December ke sath sath (7) saal bhi chala gaya.
Tricks with story-
"1 Add (AIDS) me likha tha 2 computer literate ki jarurt hai 4 dino ke ander Navy
me jiske liye 10 human ne apne rights ke sath apply kiya or 14 dec. Ko full energy
ke sath interview diya or 24 ghante me unhe national consumers ki post mili , is
tarah 25 saal me unhe Good gov. Job mil gai" :))
 person in news
Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal has been named among the worlds
50 greatest leaders by Fortune magazine. He is sole leader from India in
the list and has been placed at 42nd position.

2016 edition is Fortune magazines third annual Worlds 50 Greatest

Leaders list and it has been topped by Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos.

Key facts Top 10: Jeff Bezos (1st position), Angela Merkel (2nd), Aung San
Suu Kyi (3rd).

Indian Americans in the list: Indian-American Nikki Haley and Resham

Saujani were placed at 17th and 20th position respectively. Nikki Haley is
South Carolinas Governor and Resham Saujani is founder and CEO of tech
organization Girls Who Code.

 Retired Chief Justice of Sikkim High Court

Justice Permod Kohli has been appointed as
the Chairman of Central Administrative
Tribunal (CAT).
 he Chairman of the National Human Rights
Commission (NHRC) Justice HL Dattu has been
appointed as member of the International
Coordinating Committee Bureau (ICCB) of
National Human Rights Institutions (NHRI-ICC)
Bureau in Geneva.
 Time Magazine has named Indian Prime Minister
Narendra Modi among the 2016 edition list of 30
most influential people on the internet. He was
placed at 15th position.

Kanye West (US).

Joy Cho (South Korea).

 Mother Teresa, a Roman Catholic religious
sister and missionary will be elevated to
Sainthood i.e. will be made a saint of the
Roman Catholic Church on September 4, 2016.
In this regard, Pope Francis has approved a
decree recognising a second miracle
attributed to Mother Teresas intercession
with God.
 Myanmars Parliament elected Htin Kyaw (69)
as the first civilian (non-military) President of
the country after 53 years of military rule. He
was candidate of National League for
Democracy (NLD) party and was elected after
securing 360 of the total 652 casted votes.
 Veteran Egyptian diplomat Ahmed Abul Gheit
(73) has been selected as Secretary General of
the Arab League.
The 22-member league voted unanimously in
favour of Aboul Gheit who was only contender
for the post at its ministerial meeting held in
Cairo, Egypt.
 The Union Government has appointed former
Supreme Court (SC) judge Justice Balbir Singh
Chauhan (66) as Chairman of the 21st Law
Commission of India (LCI
 Indias pioneering film archivist and film
scholar Paramesh Krishnan Nair passed away
in Pune, Maharashtra. He was 82.
 Microsoft Co-founder, Bill Gates has retained
the title of the worlds richest person in the
Forbes 30th annual ranking of the worlds
billionaires list (2016 edition).
 Top 5 billionaires: Bill Gates ($75 billion),
Mr. Amancio Ortega ($67 billion),
Mr. Warren Buffett ($60.8 billion),
Mr. Carlos Slim Helu ($50 billion) and
Jeff Bezos ($45.2 billion)
 Among Indians: Indias richest person Mukesh
Ambani, Chairman of Reliance Industries was
placed at 38th position with net fortune of
$20.6 billion.
He was followed by Dilip Shanghvi (44th) and
Azim Premji (55th).
 Former Chief Justice of India (CJI) HL Dattu
took charge as the Chairman of the National
Human Rights Commission
 Dinesh Sharma has been unanimously elected
as the Chairperson of the Governing Council
of International Fund for Agriculture
Development (IFAD).
 Senior IPS Officer Alok Kumar Verma has taken
charge of new Police Commissioner of Delhi
on February 29, 2016
 Gianni Infantino (45) of Switzerland has been
elected as new President of Fdration
Internationale de Football Association (FIFA), a
global governing body of football.
 The Union Government has appointed
Rajendra Singh as the Director General (DG) of
Indian Coast Guard (ICG), countrys coastal
protection force.
 The Indian Air Force (IAF) has conducted its
flagship day-night exercise Iron-fist 2016 at
Pokhran firing range in Rajasthan.
The fourth edition of the India-Indonesia Joint
Training Exercise Garuda Shakti has begun at
Magelang in Indonesia.
 The 7th edition of India, Seychelles joint
military exercise LAMITYE 2016 concluded in
Victoria, Mahe Island, Seychelles. The
fourteen day exercise was conducted at
Seychelles Defence Academy (SDA), Victoria
from February 15 to 28, 2016.
 The fifth edition of IBSAMAR 2016 trilateral
naval exercise between Brazil, India and South
Africa kicked off in Goa
 For the first time, India has participated in the
Cobra Gold 2016 multilateral amphibious
exercise hosted by Thailand after 12 member
Indian Army delegation joined it.
 The 9th edition of India-Nepal Combined
Military Exercise Surya Kiran IX has
commenced at Pithoragarh district of
Uttarakhand
 The International Fleet Review (IFR) 2016, an
international military exercise hosted and
conducted by Indian Navy was inaugurated in
Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh. Theme of this
edition on IFR is United through Oceans and its
objective is to enhance mutual trust and
confidence with neighbouring navies by inviting
their ships to participate in the event.
 Department of Industrial Policy and
Promotion (DIPP) of Union Government has
given its final approval to Kerala Governments
approval to set up Indias first Defence
Industrial Park at Ottappalam.
 The 15th edition of bilateral exercise by the
Indian Coast Guard and its Japanese
counterpart titled Sahayog-Kaijin 2016 has
begun off the coast of Chennai, Tamil Nadu in
the Bay of Bengal.
 Every year 23rd March is being observed as
World Meteorological Day (WMD). The theme
for 2016 year is Hotter, Drier, Wetter. Face
the Future.
 Indias Agasthyamala Biosphere Reserve (ABR)
was included in the World Network of
Biosphere Reserves of United Nations
Educational, Scientific and Cultural
Organization (UNESCO).
 With the addition of the ABR, total 10 of the 18
biosphere reserves in the country have made it to the
list of World Network of Biosphere Reserves.
The other 9 Biosphere Reserves are: Nilgiri (Western
Ghats), Gulf of Mannar (Tamil Nadu), Sunderban (West
Bengal), Nanda Devi (Uttarakhand), Nokrek
(Meghalaya), Pachmarh (Madhya Pradesh), Similipal
(Odisha), Achanakmar-Amarkantak (Madhya Pradesh
and Chhattisgarh) and Great Nicobar
 Every year World Water Day (WWD) is observed
globally on 22 March to preserve and ration
consumption of water.

2016 Theme: Better Water, Better Jobs. It focuses on

the central role that water plays in creating and
supporting good quality jobs.
 Every year 21st March is being observed as
International Day of Forests to raise
awareness of the importance of all types of
forests and of trees outside forests.

Theme for 2016: Forests and water.

 The world sparrow day is being observed
every year on March 20 to raise awareness of
the house sparrow and other common birds
to urban environments and threats to their
populations
 The tenth edition of World Wide Fund for
Natures (WWFs) Earth Hour was observed
across the World on 19 March 2016 from 8:30
pm to 9:30 pm local time
 Every year 3rd March is being observed as World
Wildlife Day (WWD) to celebrate and raise
awareness of the worlds wild fauna and flora.
Significance of Day: It calls for taking up urgent
steps to fight wildlife crime which has wide-
ranging environmental, economic and social
impacts. 2016 theme: The future of wildlife is in
our hands. While the main focus of this years
global campaigns are African and Asian
elephants.
 Every year World Wetland Day (WWD) is
observed on 2 February. The theme for the
world wetland day for year 2016 is Wetlands
for our Future Sustainable Livelihoods.
 According to the recently released India State of
Forest Report (ISFR) 2015, Indias forest and tree
cover has been increased by 5081 Square
kilometre. The total forest and tree cover in the
country is 79.42 million hectare, which accounts
for 24.16 per cent of the total geographical area.

 India and France have launched International

Solar Alliance (ISA) at the Conference of
Parties (CoP21) Climate Conference in Paris,
France. It was jointly by Prime Minister
Narendra Modi and French President Francois
Hollande in presence UN General Secretary
Ban Ki-moon.
 It will function from the Gurgaon based
National Institute of Solar Energy (NISE).
 The Union Ministry of Health and Family
Welfare launched Indias first indigenous
rotavirus vaccine named Rotavac to combat
infant mortality due to diarrhoea.
 Every year 25th March is being observed as
International Day of Remembrance of the
Victims of Slavery and the Transatlantic Slave
Trade
 2016 Theme: Remember Slavery: Celebrating
the Heritage and Culture of the African
Diaspora and its Roots
 Anshu Gupta, from India. He is being
recognized for his creative vision in
transforming the culture of giving in India, his
enterprisingleadership in treating cloth as a
sustainable development resource for the
poor, and in reminding the world that true
giving alwaysrespects and preserves human
dignity.
 Sanjiv Chaturvedi, for Emergent Leadership,
from India. He is being recognized for his
exemplary integrity, courage and tenacity in
uncompromisingly exposing and painstakingly
investigating corruption in public office, and
his resolute crafting of program and system
improvements to ensure that government
honorably serves the people of India.
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 2016 LAUREUS WORLD SPORTS AWARDS

World No 1 tennis player Novak Djokovic from Serbia has

won 2016 Laureus Sportsman of the Year Award. He has
won it forsecond time after winning it in 2012.

US tennis legend Serene Williams has won the 2016

LaureusSportswoman of the Year Award. It was her fourth
LaureusAwards after she won it in 2003, 2007 and 2010.

2016 LAUREUS WORLD SPORTS AWARDEES

Sportsman of the Year: Novak Djokovic (Tennis), Serbia.
Sportswoman of the Year: Serena Williams (Tennis), United
States
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