January 11 – 13, 2016 News
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INDIA
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Ø Indian Navy presented a guideline document on
Humanitarian Assistance and Disaster Relief (HADR) during Indian Ocean Naval
Symposium (IONS) in Bangladesh; IONS 2016 is held at Dhaka; Theme of IONS 2016 is
"Fostering Partnership in IOR:
Charting course for Maritime Cooperative Engagement"
Ø Scientists at the CIRB,
Hisar claimed to have successfully produced a cloned buffalo offspirng
"Cirb Gaurav"; CIRB becomes world's third and India's second
institute to produce cloned buffalo
Ø India observed (Jan 12) as
National Youth Day (on the birthday of Swami Vivekananda); theme: "Indian Youth for Development, Skill and
Harmony"; 20th National Youth Festival organised in Raipur,
Chhattisgarh from January 12 to 16, 2016 [For More Details, click Here]
Ø Is it constitutional to keep
women off Sabarimala Hills? - Supreme Court
Ø Supreme Court wants separate
law to deal with child rape
Ø Mr. Devender Kumar Sikri, an
officer of 1975 batch of Indian Administrative Service (IAS) took oath as the
Chairman of Competition Commission of India (CCI)
Ø A trial court in Tuticorin,
convicted 23 foreign nationals; all of whom were onboard a detained U.S. anti -
piracy vessel M.V. Seeman Guard Ohio
Ø Ministry of Tourism to
launch "Paryatak Mitra", a new capacity building programme to train
youth for tourist facilitation
Ø Union Railway Ministry
inaugurated implementation of E-enabled Track Management System (in Northern
Railways)
Ø Mission Indradhanush added
Four new vaccines; inactivated polio vaccine, adult Japanese Encephalitis
vaccine, Rotavirus vaccine and Measles Rubella vaccine [For More Details, click Here]
Ø Vice President, Mr. Hamid
Ansari inaugurated the Interfaith Conference at Malappuram in Kerala
Ø First Group of Secretaries
presents ideas and suggestions to PM; Prime Minister Narendra Modi set up eight
groups of Secretaries for focussed attention on areas like - Good governance,
inclusive growth, employment generation, education and health, Swachch Bharat
and energy efficiency
Ø Union MoS for Culture, Dr.
Mahesh Sharma inaugurated an Exhibition on Lala Lajpat Rai entitled “Lala
Lajpat Rai – A Selfless Patriot” at a function to commemorate “150th Birth
Anniversary of Lala Lajpat Rai”
Ø NHAI has signed Memorandum
of Understanding with National Remote Sensing Centre (NRSC) under Indian Space
Research Organization (ISRO) and North East Centre for Technology Application
and Research (NECTAR) for use of spatial technology for monitoring and managing
National Highways
Ø Union Cabinet chaired by the
Prime Minister has approved the ‘Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana’; There will be a uniform premium of only 2%
to be paid by farmers for all Kharif crops and 1.5% for all Rabi crops
Ø Union Cabinet chaired by the
Prime Minister has given its approval for India becoming a member country of
the International Energy Agency - Ocean Energy Systems (IEA-OES) by signing the
Implementing Agreement (IA)
Ø Union Cabinet chaired by the
Prime Minister has given its ex-post facto approval for the Memorandum of
Understanding (MoU) between India and Maldives which was signed in January,
2014 on cooperation in the field of Health.
Ø Pathankot attack: Pakistan
detains JeM chief Masood Azhar
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BILATERAL ISSUES
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Ø SAHYOG – KAIJIN – XV: India
- Japan Coast Guard Exercise in Bay of Bengal (Jan 15-16)
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STATES SCAN
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Ø Andhra Pradesh government
has announced its retail policy -the first state to do so
Ø Andhra Pradesh: MoUs worth
Rs. 1.95 lkah crore signed at Andhra Pradesh investment meet (CII – Sunrise
Andhra Pradesh Investment Summit 2016)
Ø Bihar: government has
decided to impose 13.5% VAT on samosa, salted peanuts, mosquito repellents and
a few branded snacks to make up the revenue loss by liquor ban
Ø Himachal Pradesh: Nati, the
folk dance of Kullu district was listed in the Guinness Book of World Records
as the largest folk dance in the world
Ø Kerala: K. R. Narayanan
National Institute of Visual Science and Arts was inaugurated by Vice -
President, Mr. Hamid Ansari at Kottayam
Ø Kerala: Vice President, Mr.
Hamid Ansari conferred the Sree Chithira Thirunal Award upon Ambassador T.P.
Sreenivasan
Ø Maharashtra: Chief Minister,
Mr. Devendra Fadnavis unveiled “Laman Diva” as the logo of the first Make in
India (MII) Week scheduled to be held in Mumbai between February 13 and 18,
which will be inaugurated by Prime Minister
Ø Maharashtra: Congress wins
in local body elections; ruling BJP pushed to fourth position
Ø Maharashtra: saw 3228 farmer
suicides in 2015
Ø Odisha: Forest department
has began the annual bird census in Chilika, the largest winter resort for
migratory birds in the Indian subcontinent
Ø Rajasthan: 23rd
International Camel Festival - 2016 at Bikaner
Ø Telangana: becomes the first
state to introduce compulsory gender education at the graduate level
Ø West Bengal: Ghulam Ali's
concert; Ghulam Ali is a Ghazal maestro
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TAMIL NADU
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Ø Supreme Court bans
jallikattu, after a day Central Government passes a law on conducting the
jallikattu; SC asks what is the need for this festival?; Tamil Nadu Chief
Minister, Ms. Jayalalithaa urges Prime Minister, Mr. Narendra Modi to bring an
ordinance on conducting jallikattu
Ø Chief Minister, Ms.
Jayalalithaa extended financial aid to two budding shooting and fencing
championships (R. Rithik - Shooting [Rs. 4 lakh incentive]; C. A. Bhavani -
fencing [Rs. 25 lakh every year for five years])
Ø State Arcaeological
Department has taken up a programme for strengthening the conservation of the
excavation site at Utkottai Maligaimedu village, Gangaikondacholapuram, where
the famous Chola ruler Rajendra Chola I had constructed his palace
Ø Contributions to the Chief
Minister's Public Relief Fund for rehabilitation of the flood affected people
in the state has touched Rs. 303.90 crore
Ø State Government has fixed
the SAP (State Avised Price) of sugarcane for the 2015 - 16 season at Rs. 2850
per tonne; farmers unhappy
Ø Final Assembly Session of
the present AIADMK government begins on Jan 20
Ø A doctor-turned collector
has achieved something that could turn health policies on their head. Mr. Daraz
Ahmed's intervention programme has brought down maternal death to near-zero in
four years in the District of Perambalur
Ø Amma Maternity Sanjeevi
scheme was launched by Chief Minister, Ms. Jayalalithaa; eleven types of
medicinal powders will be given to pregnant women and based on siddha doctors
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AROUND THE WORLD
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Ø US deployed a B-52 bomber on
a low-level flight over South Korea, a show of force following North Korea's
nuclear test
Ø Egypt: Arab League Foreign
Ministers was held at Cairo
Ø Nepal: elected as UNICEF’s
executive board member for 2016-2018
Ø Economist Paul Kaba Thieba
was named as the Prime Minister of Burkina Faso by the President Roch Marc
Christian Kabore.
Ø US, Jordan signed Joint
Action Plan on cooperation to counter Nuclear Smuggling; US has similar
agreements with 13 other countries, including Iraq, Ukraine and Lithuania
Ø US President, Mr. Barack
Obama outlines four-point agenda for future
(1) making the economy work
for everyone
(2) making technology work
for everyone
(3) retaining American
leadership in the world without becoming its policeman
(4) overcoming the current
hosility in US domestic politics
Ø Fighters from ISIS are
expanding their attacks on Libya's oil facilities
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ECONOMICS
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Ø Reliance to set up Rs. 5000
crore naval shipbuilding unit near Viag, Andhra Pradesh
Ø The President Designate of
Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB), Mr. Jin Liqun called on Prime
Minister, Mr. Narendra Modi, in New Delhi
Ø China allowed RBI to enter
into its forex market
Ø India’s largest e-commerce
platform Flipkart.com named co-founders Binny Bansal as its new chief executive officer
(CEO). He will succeed Sachin Bansal.
Ø 3rd India – CLMV Business
Conclave being organized by the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) in
collaboration with the Ministry of Commerce and Industry, held at Chennai;
CLMV: Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar and Vietnam
Ø Lenovo to launch new
smartphone under Google’s Project Tango
Ø BSNL starts 4G service with
soft launch in Chandigarh
Ø Canada - India FTA (Free
Trade Agreement) talks delayed
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SPORTS
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Ø Railways team by defeating
Kerala in both the Men's and Women's team won senior National Volleyball
Championship held at Bengaluru; third place bagged by Tamil Nadu in both
categories
Ø Anthony Amalraj and Manika
Batra clinched the Men's and Women's crown of the Senior National Table Tennis
Championship held at Hyderabad'
Ø Milos Raonic (Canada) won
the Men's Singles in Brisbane International Tennis 2016
Ø Qatar Open (Tennis): World
No. 1 Novak Djokovic defeated his rival Rafael Nadal to win the Qatar Open
title.
Ø Lionel Messi has won the FIFA world player of the year
award for a record fifth time
Ø Multi - million dollar FIFA
museum (at Zurich), to be opened on Feb 28
Ø First female F1 driver Maria
Teresa de Filippis passes away
Ø Aditi Chauhan is the first
Indian woman to play in English league football.
Ø Sania Mirza and her Swiss
partner Martina Hingis have equalled the record for the longest women's doubles
winning streak by advancing to the WTA Sydney International Semifinals; won
their 28th consecutive match
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MISC
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Ø San Francisco based global
NGO Girls in Tech (GIT), working towards empowering women in technology and
entrepreneurship, has launched India operations and made Hyderabad as its hub
Ø 73rd Golden Globe Awards:
The Revenant, Mozart in the Jungle emerged as the top winners; Best Actor -
Leonardo Di Caprio for The Revenant; Best Actress - Brie Larson for Room
Ø Researchers at a university
in Britain have developed viruses that could halt the decline of “Muga”
caterpillar in India which produces one of the finest silks in the world.
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BOOKS
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Ø Book "Jawaharlal Nehru
and The Indian Polity in Perspective”, edited by Prof. (Dr.) P.J. Alexander
Ø Book “Creating Leadership” by
Ms. Kiran Bedi
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