Current Affairs - January 2017

Current Affairs - January 2017

• ·        Trump bans 7 nations from entering US
• ·        Dragon Ball Z Goku to be 2020 Olympics ambassador
• ·        India ranks sixth on eight great power sin 2017
• ·        Apple named most innovative company 2016
• ·        2016 was the hottest year ever recorded – UN
• ·        Norway to become first country to switch off FM radio
• ·        Donald Trump names Dan Coats as US intelligence Chief
• ·        2017 International Year of sustainable Tourism for Development – UN
• ·        Antonio Guterres takes Charge as UN Secretary- General
• ·        China announces ban on ivory trade by end of 2017
• ·        Bengaluru is Most Dynamic City in the World
• ·        India Ranked 78th in Global Passport Index
• ·        India slips to 92nd rank on global talent competitiveness Index
• ·        India, Pak exchange lists of nuclear sites
• ·        India post releases stamp cover on Sindhu, sakshi and Dipa
• ·        Nation Pays Homage to Netaji on his 120th Birth Anniversary
• ·        India’s First Madame Tussauds Museum in Delhi
• ·        PM Narendra Modi announces Pravasi Kaushal Vikas Yojana
• ·        Google introduces tools for small business in India
• ·        NPL syncs a Leap Second with Indian Tim.
• ·        First Laser Technology-Based Check-Post In India
• ·        Pointers on PM’s Speech
• ·        Goa to be first state to offer online postal ballots
• ·        TN assembly Unanimously passes Jallikattu Bill
• ·        National Anthem in Gujarat set New World Record
• ·        Dharamshala declared as second capital of Himachal Pradesh
• ·        Bengal’s Sitalpati gets UNESCO recognition
• ·        Kozhikode becomes 1st Elderly-Friendly Corporation in Kerala
• ·        TN Govt launched mobile app “Pinakini” for Tourism
• ·        Kerala launched its First Solar Powered Boat Aditya
• ·        Telangana state celebrated 6 days International Kites Festival from 12th of January
• ·        PM Modi inaugurates Nobel Prize exhibition in Gujarat
• ·        Haryana to  set up “Prarambh School for Teachers Education”
• ·        Ninth edition of Jaipur International Film Festival
• ·        Island Tourism Festival 2017 begins in Andaman and Nicobar
• ·        Govt launches Swachh Bharat Survekshan 2017 in 500 cities
• ·        Delhi registers India’s highest per capita income
• ·        A.P Govt launches NTR Arogya Raksha Scheme
• ·        PM Modi inaugurate Indian Science Congress at Tirupati
• ·        Mori in Andhra Pradesh gets Smart Digital Village tag
• ·        Sikkim became India’s First Fully Organic State in 2016
• ·        PM Modi Inaugurated Vibrant Gujarat Global Investors Summit 2017
• ·        The 20th National Conference on e-Governance began in Visakhapatnam
• ·        International Conference on Yoga for Diabetes
• ·        14th Pravasi Bharatiya Divas convention begins in Bengaluru
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• ·        Donald Trump Sworn in as 45th us President
• ·        Filmfare Awards 2017: Dangal, Aamir Khan, Alia Bhatt bag top honours
• ·        Amitabh Bachchan get US Embassy award for fighting TB
• ·        Shradha, Ghyan Sham Kumar Devansh Chosen for 2016 Jnanpith Awards
• ·        British – Indian Professor receives “Knighthood” from Queen
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• ·        Former CAG Chief Vinod Rai appointed as BCCI Chief
• ·        Serena Williams wins Australian Open for 23rd Grand Slam
• ·        Roger Federer Wins Australian Open
• ·        Usain Bolt loses an Olympic Gold Medal
• ·        Gujarat Beat Mumbai by 5 Wickets To Win Ranji Trophy
• ·        Ranieri named as FIFA coach of the year 2016
• ·        Virat Kohli Named ODI, T-20 captain
• ·        Satish Kumar Clinches Sixth consecutive gold
• ·        Nadal wins Mubadala Tennis Championships
• ·        India GDP growth to slow to 7.1% in FY 17
• ·        NRIs can exchange defunct notes up to June 30: RBI
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• ·        Two NASA missions to study early Solar system
• ·        Astronomers discover powerful cosmic double Whammy
• ·        Agni-IV Missile Successfully test fired
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• ·        President appoints Banwarilal as Governor of Meghalaya
• ·        A.K. Verma Appointed as New CBI Chief
• ·        RBI Appoints  Surekha Marandi as executive director
• ·        Justice Jagadish Singh Kehar sworn is an CJI
• ·        David R Syiemlieh appointed as new UPSC Chairman
• ·        Sunil Lanba appointed as Chairman of Chiefs of Staff Committee
• ·        Birender Singh Dhanoa takes charge as new Air Force Chief
• ·        Bipin Rawat takes over as Army Chief
• ·        Justice Saqib Nisar appointed as Chief Justice of Pak
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• ·        19 year old Yana Kudryavtseva, 13 times world champion in gymnastics retired
• ·        Britain Ambassador to Europe Union Quits
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• ·        Holly Wood legend actor John Hurt dies at 77
• ·        National award – winning filmmaker Deepak Roy dead at 67
• ·        Padmashree awardee K. M. Philip passes away
• ·        Iran Former President Rafsanjani died
• ·        Former West Bengal Minister Saral Deb Passes away
• ·        Veteran Actor Om Puri Passes away
• ·        Former Union Minister Balasaheb Vikhe Patil passes away
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• ·        Union Govt launches mobile app for Haj Piligrimage
• ·        BHIM becomes the most popular Android app in India
• ·        Amazon wins patent to launch Drone Deliveries
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• ·        DU becomes first public Versity with ‘monumental’ flag
• ·        China to build world’s highest altitude Telescopes in Tibet
• ·        Miss France Iris Mittenaere Crowned Miss Universe 2016
• ·        Former wrestler Mahavir Singh Phogat’s biography released
• ·        National Immunization Day-29 January
• ·        India Celebrates its 68 Republic Day
• ·        National Girl Child Day Observed on 24 January
• ·        69th Army Day – 15th January 2017
• ·        January 12: National Youth Day
• ·        January 10th celebrated as 11th World Hindi Day
• ·        Birth Anniversary of Savitribai Phule- 3 January