· The person who has been appointed as CEO of NATGRID, a robust intelligence gathering mechanism to track terror suspects and incidents - Ashok Patnaik
· World historian and author notable for his work "The Rise of the West: A History of the Human Community", who passed away recently - William H.McNeill
· Mission launched by Union Government to evacuate Indian citizens from war-tom South Sudan -Operation Sankat Mochan
· The apex development Bank in India which recently celebrated its 35th foundation day - NABARD
· The Indian state which created a world record by planting over 5 crore saplings in ten hours -Uttar Pradesh
· The scheme recently launched by Union Government to impart skill training to one crore people by 2020- Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Vikas Yojana
· The recipient of Eenam -Swaralaya Bharat Murali National Award 2016 - Kamal Hassan
