Current Affairs and OSCAR WINNERS 2016 COMPLETE LIST

The full list of 2016 Oscar winners that were announced OSCAR SUNDAY!  and Current Affairs 29 Feb 2016

1. The Union Home Minister Shri Rajnath Singh inaugurated Integrated Operations Control Room (IOCR), Bhaskaracharya Institute for Space Applications and Geo Informatics (BISAG) & Tele-medicines projects.

2. The Afghan passport has been identified as the least powerful in the world and the German Passport is the most powerful passport in the world for third year in row. Indian Passport has been placed at 48th position in the list of 50 Most Powerful Passports in the world.

3. Gianni Infantino of Switzerland has been elected as the President of World football’s governing body (FIFA). He will replace 79 years old Sepp Blatter. Gianni is also the General Secretary European Governing body (UEFA).

4. President Pranab Mukherjee launched country’s largest conservation project and Kerala’s first green project ‘Muziris Heritage project’ at the oldest port town, about 50 km from Kochi.

5. Bollywood actor Ranveer Singh will be awarded with the Master Dinanath Mangeshkar Award.

6. Malyalam Filmmaker Rajesh Pillai died. He was 41.

7. The Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror Films has nominated India’s mega-budget film “Baahubali: The Beginning” for the 42nd Saturn Awards under five categories.

8. Uttarakhand’s Gurmeet Singh turned out to be the winner as a record number of seven Indian 20 km race walkers bettered the Rio Olympics qualifying standards on a fast Jaipur course in the National Championships.

9. According to the Economic Survey 2015-16, India is far from being a full tax-paying democracy with about 5.5 per cent of the people who earn paying tax and only 15.5 per cent of the net national income being reported to the tax authorities.

The complete list of 2016 Oscar Winners are here! View the list of winners below from OSCAR SUNDAY

Mad Max: Fury Road had 10 nominations and took home the most awards with 6 Oscar wins! As viewers awaited, excitement ensued when Leonardo DiCaprio won his first Oscar for Best Actor showcasing his role in The Revenant.

Full list of 2016 Oscar winners 

BEST PICTURE
Spotlight - WINNER

ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE
Leonardo DiCaprio, The Revenant - WINNER

ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE
Brie Larson, Room - WINNER

ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
Mark Rylance, Bridge of Spies - WINNER

ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
Alicia Vikander, The Danish Girl - WINNER

ANIMATED FEATURE FILM
Inside Out - WINNER

CINEMATOGRAPHY
The Revenant - WINNER

COSTUME DESIGN
Mad Max: Fury Road - WINNER

DIRECTING
The Revenant - WINNER

DOCUMENTARY (FEATURE)
Amy - WINNER

DOCUMENTARY (SHORT SUBJECT)
A Girl in the River: The Price of Forgiveness - WINNER

FILM EDITING
Mad Max: Fury Road - WINNER

FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
Son of Saul - WINNER

MAKEUP AND HAIRSTYLING
Mad Max: Fury Road - WINNER

MUSIC (ORIGINAL SCORE)
The Hateful Eight - WINNER

MUSIC (ORIGINAL SONG)
“Writing’s On The Wall,” Spectre - WINNER

PRODUCTION DESIGN
Mad Max: Fury Road - WINNER

SHORT FILM (ANIMATED)
Bear Story - WINNER

SHORT FILM (LIVE ACTION)
Ave Maria Day One Everything Will Be Okay (Alles Wird Gut) Shok Stutterer - WINNER

SOUND EDITING
Mad Max: Fury Road - WINNER

SOUND MIXING
Mad Max: Fury Road - WINNER

VISUAL EFFECTS
Ex Machina - WINNER

WRITING (ADAPTED SCREENPLAY)
The Big Short - WINNER

WRITING (ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY)
Spotlight - WINNER

It all starts on the red carpet at the 88th Academy Awards, hosted by Chris Rock

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