top currant affair 29 2016

Facebook giant Mark Zuckerberg became Sixth richest person in the world

Mark Zuckerberg has become the 6th richest person in the world. This data has been revealed by the Bloomberg’s Billionaires Index. Number 1 position is set by Bill Gates followed by Amancio Ortega & Warren Buffett. Mukesh Ambani of India is ranked at 31st place, Ajim Premji at 54th and Shiv Nadar at 71st. Mark stands behind Mexican telecommunications tycoon Carlos Slim Helu.

j S Deepak appointed new Telecom Secretary

J. S. Deepak has been appointed as the new telecom secretary. He replaced Rakesh Garg. J.S. Deepak is an IIM-Ahmedabad alumnus. Rakesh Garg has been shifted to minority affairs. Aruna Sharmahas been appointed the new IT secretary. She is a 1982 batch MP cadre IAS officer

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Navneet Kaur, Santosh Kadale win gold in Senior National Rowing Championship

Navneet Kaur of Punjab state won two gold medals in the 34th Senior National Rowing Championship. The competition was at Hussainsagar Lake in Hyderabad. She completed the feat in 8:26.83 seconds to win the first place in the 2000m open single scull race. Santosh Kadale also won gold in men’s single scull.

The largest solar system discovered by a team of astronomers

Astronomers from United States, United Kingdom, and Australia have discovered the largest solar system of galaxy, which has a lonely planet. The name of the planet is 2MASS J2126. The mass of the planet is 12-15 times that of Jupiter. The solar system is approximately 3 times the size of the previous widest star-planet pair.

Sania Mirza and Martina Hingis won Australian Open women’s doubles title

Sania Mirza and Martina Hingis have won the Australian Open women’s doubles title. The beat Czech duo Lucie Hradecka  and Andrea Hlavackova. Sania Mirza and Martina Hingis have extended their triumphant streak to 36 matches, winning 8 titles in a row

List of 20 smart cities under ‘Smart Cities Mission’ announced by the government

Venkaiah Naidu announced the names of the first batch of 20 urban centres out of 100 cities on Thursday, February 28th, 2016. Narendra Modi launched the smart city programme in June 2015 to develop 100 smart cities. 20 cities were selected for the year 2016 and 40 more will be listed in 2017, remaining later.

Cameras trapped evidence of Snow leopards in mountains of North Sikkim

The snow leopard has been spotted in North Sikkim by WWF-World Wide Fund, India. , The endangered animal was spotted while carrying out the pilot project of WWF. International Union for Conservation of Nature stated that the snow leopards are endangered species. The total estimated population in its range countries as per IUCN’s estimates is between 4,080 and 6,59

Iran to buy 118 Airbus jets for $27 billion

Iran has signed 2 agreements with Airbus. The agreements have been signed to buy 118 aircrafts as well as a comprehensive civil aviation co-operation package. When the President of Iran, Hassan Rouhani, visited France, then the agreements were signed

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The freedom fighter and former minister Maheswar Baug passes away

The freedom fighter and former minister Maheswar Baug passed away in Balasore, Odisha. He was 85 years of age. In the year 1961, he was elected to the State Assembly from Basta constituency and in 1977 he became the minister for health. During that time, Nilamani Routray was the Chief Minister.

Meet the youngest girl to run desert marathons

Bengaluru: The absolutely petite woman who introduces herself as Samantha Gash is a farcry from what one would expect when one is waiting to see an avid ultra-marathoner.