January
27 – 31, 2016 Events
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INDIA
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Ø MoS for Culture and Tourism,
Dr. Mahesh Sharma released a Commemorative Coin of Rs 150 and a Circulation
Coin of Rs 10 on Late Lala Lajpat Rai
Ø Government announced the 20
winners of the Smart City Challenge competition for financing during this
financial year; 20 cities propose an investment of Rs.50,802 cr over five years
[3 cities from Madhya Pradesh, two each from Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Tamil
Nadu, Gujarat, Maharashtra and Rajasthan and one each from the remaining five
made it to the winning list]
Ø India test fired its
indigenously-built surface-to-air Akash missile from complex-3 of the
Integrated Test Range (ITR) at Chandipuri in Odisha
Ø Ministry of HRD appointed
Ashok K Roopanwal (former judge of Allahabad HC) as the one - man commission of
inquiry into the circumstances that led to the suicide of Rohit Vemula in
Univeristy of Hyderabad
Ø Education is not merely
getting Good Grades or Academic Awards but to provide value based Education
which will lead to Good Society- Union Agriculture and Farmers Welfare
Minister, Mr. Radha Mohan Singh
Ø Adventure Expedition
‘PRADAKSHINA’: Circumnavigation of India by Indian Air Force Paramotors Team
‘SKYRIDERS’
Ø Union Health Minister, Mr.
JP Nadda holds a high level meeting on Zika Virus
Ø Supreme Court asked the
Centre to set up panel to look into the grievances pertaining to service
conditions of nurses employed in private hospitals
Ø Central rule in Arunachal
Pradesh is in national interest: Government files counter-affidavit in Supreme
Court
Ø Kudankulam Nuclear power
plant is not safe; the reactor is one of the dangerous in the country: former
chairman of AERB (Atomic Energy Regulatory Board), Mr. A. Gopalakrishnan
Ø In a first, all woman naval
team to go around the world under sail (by Aug 2017)
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BILATERAL ISSUES
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Ø 1st Ministerial Meeting of
Arab-India Cooperation Forum held in Manama
Ø The maiden consignment of six
metro coaches built in Baroda for export to the Australian Government were
shipped from Mumbai Port
Ø US Agency for International
Development’s (USAID) has extends the funds for the TB-free India project.
[India has the highest number of tuberculosis cases in the world]
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STATES SCAN
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Ø Assam: BJP named Union
Sports Minister, Mr. Sarbananda Sonowal as its Chief Ministerial candidate
Ø Bihar: Chief Minister, Mr.
Nitish Kumar witll be awarded this year's K. Veermani Award for Social Justice
Ø Gujarat: President, Mr.
Pranab Mukherjee returned the controversial Gujarat Anti - terrorism
Legislation Bill [Gujarat Control of Terrorism and Organised Crime - GCTOC]
Ø Kerala: Vigilance Court in
Thrissur has asked to file FIR against Chief Minister, Mr. Oomen Chandy in
Solar Panel Scam; High Court stayed this order
Ø Kerala: alarming rise in
coliform count in River Pampa; crossed all its permissible limits, posing
alarming health risks [coliform count: test of water contamination in which the
number of colonies of coliform bacteria (E. Coli) per 100 mm of water is
counted]
Ø Kerala to initiate G-Taxi
for transgenders
Ø Madhya Pradesh: scheme
"Roshini" launched; special weekly clinics for women
Ø Maharashtra: 14th edition of
Mumbai International Festival for Documentary, Short and Animation Films – MIFF
2016 was inaugurated [Veteran wildlife filmmaker Naresh Bedi honoured with V
Shantaram Award]
Ø Odisha: Anwesh Sahoo to
represent India at Mr. Gay World (to be held in Malta)
Ø Puducherry Lt Governor AK
Singh launched MITRA app for women safety
Ø Rajasthan: sets a minimum
wage for domestic help; minimum pay for 8 hours / day is Rs. 5642 / month
Ø Uttar Pradesh: Justice
Sanjay Mishra appointed as Lokayukta of Uttar Pradesh
Ø Uttar Pradesh: Hindi film
'Airlift' was declared tax free
Ø Uttar Pradesh signs MoU
under UDAY scheme; Rajasthan, Chhattisgarh and Jharkhand have already signed
the MoU under UDAY
Ø West Bengal: Food Security
scheme named as "Khadya Sathi" launched
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TAMIL NADU
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Ø World's second oldest
municipal corporation, Chennai corporation has been declared as Greater Chennai
Corporation (GCC); area of GCC is 426 sq. km
Ø 31st edition of India
International Leather Fair (IILF) in Chennai
Ø (Ex) AIADMK MLA, Mr. Paza
Karuppaiah tears into the government; says politicians and officials joins hand
together and make money in each and every thing
Ø Centre has asked the Tamil
Nadu Government to come up with Nokia plant revival package within two weeks
time
Ø Once again, the road in
Chennai Central caves in (created a three-feet deep carter)
Ø Chief Minister, Ms.
Jayalalithaa inaugurated the 7 projects signed in the GIM - 2015; also
foundation stone to be laid for 7 projects signed in GIM - 2015
Ø A trial court has sentenced
21 past students of Tamil Nadu Ambedkar Law College to three years in jail in
connection with 2008 clash in the college premises
Ø "Step Up Stay Up"
- an awareness campaign to say the bus commuters to avoid footboard travel in
the Chennai City
Ø Chennai Corporation opened
31 Amma Canteens
Ø After many years, all
thermal units owned by TANGEDCO as well as those in joint venture are working
and to full capacity; State meet a record of 13, 500 MW on Jan 27, 2016
Ø Tamil Nadu is the only state
to submit plan to protect Western Ghats
Ø VVPAT to be implemented in
12 - 15 Assembly Constituencies in 2016 Elections
Ø CB-CID takes over case of
Villupuram college girl deaths
Ø Tamil Nadu to get its first
800 MW thermal power plant
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AROUND THE WORLD
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Ø Eritrea: makes it mandatory
for men of the nation to marry at least two wives; failing to adhere by the
orders will lead to life imprisonment with hard labour.
Ø UNICEF launched a 2.8
billion US dollar appeal to reach 43 million children in humanitarian emergencies
worldwide
Ø China, Iran signed 17
agreements to broaden bilateral cooperation
Ø Japan: unveiled country’s
first stealth fighter aircraft X-2.
Ø Zika Virus effect
- England: all men should
use condoms for 28 days after coming home from countries like Brazil or Mexico
- Authorities in Ecuador,
Colombia and El Salvador have also recommended couples to avoid pregnancy for
the time being
- USA expanded a travel
warning for pregnant women
- Brazil and USA agreed to
launch a high - level bilateral group to develop vaccine against the Zika virus
- WHO is considering to
declare Zika as an international emergency
- WHO predicts 4 million
cases due to Zika virus
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ECONOMICS
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Ø Mobile phone production in
India has reached 100 million - Union Telecom Minister, Mr. Ravi Shankar Prasad
Ø India and ADB signed
$80million loan agreement to continue improving infrastructure in two North
Eastern State Capital cities [Shillong (Meghalaya), Aizawl (Mizoram), Kohima
(Nagaland), Gangtok (Sikkim) and Agartala (Tripura)]
Ø India along with Brazil,
Russia and China joined the IMF's top 10 elite club; with this voting share of
India is increased from 2.3% to 2.6% [others in the top 10 are: USA, Japan,
France, Germany, Italy and UK]
Ø Government has revised GDP
projection from 7.3% to 7.2%
Ø 11th Annual Banking Summit,
in Mumbai
Ø TCS, Infosys and Wipro
joined US President Barack Obama's new tech initiative ("Computer Science
for All")
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SPORTS
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Ø India's Kynan Chenai
(Shooting) gets 2016 Rio Olympic berth
Ø India's Ayonika Paul
(Shooting) gets 2016 Rio Olympic berth; 11th player from India (in Shooting) to
get Olympic quota
Ø Adam Lewis headed
Independent Review Panel set up to safeguard integrity in Tennis
Ø Piereo Futtipaldi (Brazil)
won the MRF Challenge Cup 2016
Ø Australian Open 2016: Novak
Djokovic won the Men's Singles title; his sixth title in Australian Open;
equals Roy Emerson's record
Ø Australian Open 2016:
Angelique Kerber (Germany) won the women's singles title by defeating Serena
Williams
Ø Australian Open 2016: Sania
Mirza - Martina Hingis won 2016 Women's Doubles title; it was their maiden
Australian Open title and the third successive Grand Slam doubles title after
their victories in the 2015 Wimbledon and US Open
Ø India's P. Srikanth won the
Syed Modi International Title (Badminton) by defeating Yuxiang
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MISC
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Ø Aparna Kumar, IPS officer of
Uttar Pradesh cadre, became India's first civil servant to scale Mount Vinson
Massif, the highest peak in the Antarctica
Ø Henri Tiphagne: Indian
activist who is selected for the 8th Human Rights Award by Amnesty
International Germany
Ø Documentary film,
"Magic Weavers of Killimangalam" won a prize at the Global Folklorist
Challenge in USA
Ø Jan 30: Anti - Leprosy Day
Ø Censor board is often
misused by party in power: film director Mani Ratnam
Ø Director of the Kudankulam
nuclear power plant (NPP) construction site, Ramayah Shanmuga Sundar has been
conferred with “Order of Friendship” by Russia to recognize his contribution
towards the implementation of the NPP Kudankulam project.
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BOOKS
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Ø Second volume of “The Turbulent Years – 1980-1996” was
released; author: President, Mr. Pranab Mukherjee
Ø Book "Midnight's Furies: The deadly Legacy of
India's Partition" by Nisid Jahari won the William E. Colby Award 2016
Jan 24 - 26 Jan 27 - 31
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