Being strong with Current Affairs and General Knowledge is an added advantage in Defence Exams and SSB Interview, though this is not the only deciding factor, but this is an important factor because it shows how much aware you are of your surroundings, your country and international affairs. In this Article we will See important AFCAT Exam Current Affair of January 2016 which could prove helpful in preparation of competitive written exams or interviews.
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AFCAT Exam Current Affair of January 2016
- India successfully test fired Akash missile at Chandipur
- India-France inked 16 pacts including chopper venture
- 67th India’s Republic Day celebrated
- Rekha honoured with 3rd National Yash Chopra Memorial Award
- Ashok Chakra awarded posthumously to Lance Naik Mohan Nath Goswami
- India-France signed 14 Agreements including 36 Rafale Aircraft deal
- President Pranab Mukherjee announced 2016 Padma Awards
- PM Narendra Modi released book titled The Z Factor written by Subhash Chandra
- Rahul Thakkar won an Oscar Award for technical achievement
- Japan lifted nuclear sanctions on Iran
- India’s largest flag with tallest flagpole hoisted at Ranchi
- India won Blind T20 Asia Cup
- Parrikar presented Rakshamantri Award for excellence for 2012-13 and 2013-14
- PSLV-C31 successfully launched IRNSS-1E satellite
- 68th Army Day celebrated on 15 January
- Anuradha Roy won 2016 DSC Prize for Sleeping on Jupiter
- 21st Critics’ Choice Awards presented in California
- NASA launched SpaceX Falcon 9 Rocket with Jason-3 Ocean-monitoring satellite
- Taiwan elected Tsai Ing-wen as first female President
- Viktor Troicki defeated Grigor Dimitrov to win 2016 WTA Apia International Sydney title
- First infected case of mosquito-borne Zinka virus recorded in the US
- DAC approved major changes in Defence Procurement Procedure
- Book titled Jawaharlal Nehru and The Indian Polity in Perspective released by Hamid Ansari
- 1971 Bangladesh Liberation War hero Lieutenant General JFR Jacob died
- DRDO successfully test-fired anti-tank missile Nag in Rajasthan
- Delhi-based writer Ankita Anand won the Lorenzo Natali Media Prize for work on Khap panchayats
- India and Japan conducted joint Coast Guard exercise Sahyog-Kaijin 2016
- Sania Mirza-Martina Hingis won Brisbane Tennis trophy
- DRDO successfully test fired New Tank Ammunition for Arjun MBT
- 73rd Annual Golden Globe Awards announced in California
- 11th World Hindi Day observed on 10 January
- Book titled MARU BHARAT SARU BHARAT authoured by Jain Acharya Maharaj released
- Balkrishna Garg conferred with 2015 Harikrishna Devsare Baalsahitya Award
- China began testing first Tibetan language search engine Cloud Tibet
- Lionel Messi won Ballon d’Or award 2015
- Kullu’s Nati folk dance entered Guinness Book of World Records
- Indigenously Built ASW Corvette INS Kadmatt commissioned in Visakhapatnam
- French soldiers to march down Rajpath on Republic Day 2016 along with Indian troops
- Operation Green Hunt to hunt Maoists
- President promulgated Enemy Property (Amendment and Validation) Ordinance, 2016
- Syed Kirmani conferred with 2015 Col. CK Nayudu Lifetime Achievement Award
- CRPF to deploy women commandos in anti-Naxal operations
- Union Government approved 33 percent representation of women in CAPFs
- Harper Lee’s Go Set a Watchman topped 2015 US Bestseller List
- Apurvi Chandela broke world record to win gold at Swedish Cup Grand Prix
- Arunima Sinha scaled Mount Aconcagua in Argentina
- India won the 2015 SAFF championships
- India successfully test-fired indigenously developed MBRL Pinaka II at Pokhran
- Terrorist attacked IAF Airbase at Pathankot
- Radha Krishna Mathur took oath as Chief Information Commissioner of India
- India-Nepal Bus Service resumed after 27 years
