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Awards
Sikkim CM Pawan Chamling conferred with Nepal’s literary award
Pankaj Advani creates history by winning Asian 6-Red Snooker title
Delhi-based NGO Routes 2 Roots awarded Inter-cultural Innovation Award 2016
Indian-American students sweep top three spots in 2016 National Geographic Bee Contest
Sunil Mittal receives 2016 Harvard Alumni award
Pakke Tiger Reserve in Arunachal Pradesh wins 2016 India Biodiversity Award
Indian-American scientist Arnab De wins Springer Theses Award
Indian author Aditi Krishnakumar wins 2016 Scholastic Asian Book Award
Sports
Sunrisers Hyderabad win 2016 Indian Premier League title
Discus thrower Seema Punia qualifies for 2016 Rio Olympics
Mohun Bagan wins 2016 Indian Federation Cup football tournament
Anurag Thakur unanimously elected BCCI President
Government
Mamata Banerjee sworn-in as West Bengal Chief Minister for a second term
Union Government approves NIMZ in in Kalinganagar, Odisha
Union Cabinet approves India, Maldives MoU for cooperation in field of tourism
Union Government shortlist 13 Cities for Smart Cities Mission in 2nd batch
Sarbananda Sonowal sworn-in as Assam Chief Minister
Union Cabinet approves Amendments in the Constitution (Scheduled Tribes) Order, 1950
Union Cabinet approves MoU between ISRO and United Arab Emirates Space Agency
Pinarayi Vijayan sworn-in as Kerala Chief Minister
Union Cabinet gives approval to 6 new IITs
President appoints Kiran Bedi as Lieutenant Governor of Puducherry
Odisha Governor promulgates ordinance for official use of Odia
Union Cabinet approves National Capital Goods Policy 2016
International affairs
US lifts embargo on sales of lethal weapons to Vietnam
US Bioengineer Frances Arnold becomes first woman to win Millennium Technology Prize
India’s first reusable space shuttle RLV-TD launched
India, Iran and Afghanistan sign historic land transit trade agreement
China sign two agreements with Sudan to build nuclear reactor
World Bank launches Pandemic Emergency Finance Facility
Important days
29 May: International Day of United Nations Peacekeepers
Science and Technology
Chemical additive Potassium bromate is carcinogenic: CSE Study
Scientists discover new property of light based on Angular Momentum
ISRO to test Air-breathing Propulsion System
Miscellaneous
Union HRD Ministry launches Bharatavani Portal
India, World Bank ink US$ 100 million loan agreement for Karnataka Urban Water Supply Modernization
NGT bans light and heavy diesel vehicles over 10 years in six major cities of Kerala
Indigenously built INS Tarmugli commissioned in Indian Navy
NALCO signs MoU with Iran to set up smelter plant in Chabahar
S K Sharma appointed CMD of Nuclear Power Corporation of India
Union Railways Ministry launches Rail Humsafar Saptaah
Lakshadweep becomes first UT to sign 24×7 ‘Power for All’ document
India, Australia sign MoU to enhance R&D capabilities in biotech
Indian Air Force successfully test fires Brahmos missile at Pokaran
Union HRD Ministry to launch ASMITA, student tracking system
India fifth largest producer of e-waste: Assocham-KPMG Study
Sea ice cover around Antarctica is rising: NASA-led study
Islamic Development Bank to open its first branch in India at Ahmedabad
20 Nirbhaya buses with multiple IT-enabled safety measures launched
Punjab and Haryana HC stays quota for Jats, five other communities in Haryana
India’s first integrated web portal to promote Net Zero Energy Buildings launched
NASA successfully deploys BEAM, first inflatable room attached to International Space Station
Vice Admiral AR Karve takes charge of Southern Naval Command
Indian Railways conduct trial run of High-Speed Spanish Talgo Train
Indian Railways, PEC sign MoU to set up Kalpana Chawla Chair on geospatial technology
India’s own submarine assembly workshop inaugurated at Mazgaon
