Important Current affairs of January 2016

·         President of Iran is Hassan Rouhani, Capital is Tehran and Currency is Rial.

·         The WHO (World Health Organisation)- Headquartered ( Geneva-Switzerland ) declare country Guinea as Ebola free on dec-2015.

·         Lallianzuala chhangte of Mizoram became the youngest ever goal scorer of india.

·         In August Karnataka (First state) to Declare as drought hit state.

·         LRSAM (Long Range Surface to Air Missile) BARAK-8 successfully test fired from INS Kolkata on dec-29-2015. Jointly carried out by Indian Navy DRDO & ISRAEL Aerospace Industries.

·         Giorgi Kvirikasgvili became the 12^th PM of Georgia (Capital-Atlanta, Currency- Lari).

·         Lieutenant General Mohinder puri released a book titled Kargil Turning the Tide.( a accounts of war between India & Pakistan in the year 1991 as a Victory).

·         BHEL (Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited)- CMD ( Atul sobti  - term 5 year) commissioned prayaraj  power project unit of 660 MW in uttar Pradesh on 30^th dec-2015. BHEL is a power plant owned by Government of india .

·         Russia’s Rostech satate corporation signed an agreement with HAL ( Hindustan Aeronautics Limited) with the aim to built 200 kamov 226T Helicopter under the guidelines of Make in India .

·         Reliance Jio launched 4^th Generation Telecom service by using long term Evolution Technology.

·         ASEAN (Association of South East Asian Nations ) launched ASEAN Economic Community 

ASEAN is a political and Economical Organisation was established in the year 1967. By 5 member      countries : Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore and Thailand. Now  5 more countries have joined the Association :-  Cambodia, Brunei, Laos, Myanmar,Vietnam.

·         PM Modi laid the foundation stone of 14 lane  Delhi Meerut Expressway.

·         Sanjay subrahmanyam awarded with Sangita kalandhi award.

·         Harpal singh kumar , an Indian origin awarded with knighthood from Queen Elizabeth 2^nd .

·         Virat kohli Awarded with Polly umrigar Award.

·         Government of India linked the LPG subsidy to Income , Now consumer has taxable income more than Rs.10 lakh he/she will not get Cylinder on subsidy rate.

·         Haryana state set the Educational qualification for Municipal Polls.

·         Telangana became the first state to launched the e-vahan bima scheme ,the main purpose of this scheme is to issue  motor insurance policy in digital form.

·         Javed Ahmed appointed as DGP of Uttar Pradesh.

·         Arunima sinha became the first Female amputee to climb 5 mountains of the world , Mt Aconcagu (6960.8mt) it is the highest mountain outside Asia and also known as Second Everest.

·         France Declares economic emergency.

·         Akshay kumar is the brand ambassador of the league ( premier badminton League).

·         Somnath temple to invest gold monetisation scheme .

·         Madhya Pradesh government has signed a pact with IFC members of World Bank to set up the world largest Solar energy plant with capacity of 750MW.

·         Anuradha roy’s novel – Sleeping on Jupiter has won the prestigious DSC prize for South Asian Literature.

·         Tsai-ing-wen elected Taiwan’s first female president, ms. Tsai leads the democratic Progressive Party (DPP) that wants independence from china.

·         India slips to 89^th rank in global competitiveness, India’s ranking is worst among the five BRICS countries with China leads the pack with  global rank of 48.

·         World’s oldest man Yasutaro koide died at 112 age in Japan.

·         India ranked 3^rd in the world after china and Us for issuing 12 million passport in 2015.

·         India and Nepal was flagged off via Champawat district in uttarakhand after the gap of 27 years.

·         President of India Pranab mukherjee has given assent to five key bills as per provisions  of Articles 111 of constitution of india. (1). Arbitration and conciliation act 2015. (2).Scheduled castes and Schedule tribes ( prevention of Atrocities) Amendment  Act 2015. , (3) The Atomic energy ( Amendment) Act 2015. ,(4) The payment of Bonus . (5) Commercial courts , commercial division Act 2015.

·         India’s third largest IT exporter Wipro Ltd. Has appointed Abid Ali Z.Neemuchwala  as the CEO .

·         RK Mathur has sworn as 8^th CIC ( Chief Information Commissioner).

·         PM Modi inaugurated the 103^rd edition of the Indian Science in Mysuru, Karnataka.

·         Scientists has discovered presence of  several colonies of an invasive species of Snowflake coral off the coast of thiruvananthapuram and kanyakumari.

·         Union government abolishes export duity on Iron ore pellets.

·         At the Age of 15 years old Pranav Dhanawade created a world record by scoring 1009 runs in HT Bhandari Cup.

·         Union government reserves 33% posts of women constables in CAPFs.

·         India’s Apurvi  Chandela won gold medal in women’s 10 meter air rifle event shooting score,and creat a new world record at the 2015 swedish cup Grand prix.

·         Andhra bank launches IMPS (Immediate payment service) for money transfer.

·         Union government has decided to merge Ministry of Overseas Indian Affairs (MOIA) with the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA).

·         Counter-Terrorism and  Counter-Insurgency bilateral Military Exercise Shakti-2016 is started by India and France.

·         The Banker a monthly publication of Financial Times awarded RBI Governor  Raghuram rajan with the Central Banker of the Year Award (Global and Asia Pacific).

·         Governments reappoints urjit patel as deputy governor of RBI for 3 year.

·         Sania Mirza and Martian Hingis wins Brisbane international tennis championship 2016.

·         Sailesh appoints as Registrar General and Census Commissioner.

·         Lionel Messi From Argentina  has won the 2016 FIFA Ballon award.

·         First Female F1 driver Maria Teresa de Filippis passes away.

·         Union Government has constituted a committee to fast track the Mumbai-Ahmedabad High speed Corridor, meant for Connecting Two cities with bullet trains .

·         Kerala has become the first state to achieve 100% primary education.

·         Anti-tank missile Nag was successfully test fired at Mahajan field firing range in  Rajasthan.

·          Virat kohli fastest ot reach 7000 runs , 24 centuries in ODI cricket.

·         India’s largest automaker (by revenue) Tata Motors Ltd has appointed Guenter Butschek as CEO.

·         Sikkim becomes India’s first fully organic state.

·         Tamil Nadu CM J Jayalalithaa launched a round that clock call center called Amma call center.

·         ISRO successfully launched the IRNSS 1-E satellite,it will provide navigation ,tracking and mapping services to the Indian sub continent.

·         Mamta Binani elected  as president of ICSI ( Institute of Company Secretaries of india).

·         Bihar cabinet approved 35% reservation for women in government jobs .

·         The 19^th edition of National Conferance on e-Governance has begun on 21th January 2016 in Nagpur , Maharashtra.

·         Senior IRS officer Atulesh Jindal appointed as Chair man of CBDT.

·         Google ( CEO- Sundar pichai)  in partnership with  Indian Railways , launched its first free high speed public WiFi service  in the country at the Mumbai Central Railway Today.

·         Denmark is the best country in the world for  women to live according to a survey conducted by American media company US News and  World survey.

·         Jan-Dhan: Deposits in a/c  opened under financial inclusion programme Pradhan Mantir Jan Dhan Yojana have crossed the Rs 30,000Cr.

·         PV sindhu ( Pusarla Venkata sindhu) has won the 2016 Malaysia Master Grand Prix Gold Badminton title.

·         The first solar power operated mini-water supply plant of Maharashtra was commissioned in Hingna  village  of Mounda Taluka in Nagpur district.

·         India’s 1^st blind friendly train , from Mysuru to Varanasi, made its Maiden Journey on Tuesday Morning.

·         On 26 January 2016 The Republic day in india, first time foreign( French army) participated.

·         The berlin-based corruption watchdog Transparency International has put India at rank 76 out of 168 countries.

·         India Become the world’s largest rice exporter in 2015 by overtaking Thailand.

·         Leslie Berland appointed as CMO of Twitter.

·         Gurdeep singh has been appointed as CMD of NTPC ( National Thermal Power Corporation).

·         Justice Sanjay Mishra has been appointed as new Lokayukta  of UP.

·         In Chandipuri ( Odisha) Indigenously – built surface to – air Akash missile was successfully test fired.