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
- · 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
- · 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
- · Two NASA missions to study early Solar system
- · Astronomers discover powerful cosmic double Whammy
- · Agni-IV Missile Successfully test fired
- · 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
- · 19 year old Yana Kudryavtseva, 13 times world champion in gymnastics retired
- · Britain Ambassador to Europe Union Quits
- · 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
- · Union Govt launches mobile app for Haj Piligrimage
- · BHIM becomes the most popular Android app in India
- · Amazon wins patent to launch Drone Deliveries
- · 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
