DATE- WISE Current AFFAIRS FOR THE MONTH OF JAN-2014
1.
Mammen Mathew, the Chief Editor
of Malayala Manorma has been chosen for prestigious journalism Lokmanya Tilak
National Award
2.
India scrapped the 3600 crore
rupees to supply 12 VVIP chopper deal with Agusta Westland due to breach of the
pre-contract Integrity Pact.
3.
Chief of Army Staff Bikram Singh
took Charge as Chiefs of Staff Committee Chairman on 2-jan-2014
4.
Corey Anderson of Newzealand broke Afridi’s record of fastest century in
One Day International against West Indies on 1 January 2014.
5.
The festival of Losar is being
celebrated across Ladakh region of Jammu and Kashmir with traditional and
religious fervor on 2-jan-2014.
6.
Latvia became the 18th member of
the euro zone.
7.
Iran has said that the interim
nuclear deal agreed upon with the six major world powers will come into effect
from the 20 January 2014
8.
Super Computer PARAM Yuva-II was rated 1st in India and 44th in the world.
9.
The Cabinet Committee on Economic
Affairs approved the Central Sector Scheme, ILDP(Indian Leather Development
Program )
10.
India and Saudi Arabia has signed
an agreement to protect the interests and rights of Indian domestic sector
workers in the Saudi Arabia.
11.
The Cabinet Committee on Economic
Affairs approved the proposal for construction of Transmission system from Alusteng
(Srinagar) to Leh
12.
The Wimbledon Foundation has
teamed up with HSBC and All India Tennis Association (AITA) to launch The Road
to Wimbledon event in India
13.
WBHRC chairman Justice Ashok
Kumar Ganguly resigned from the post of honorary professor of the National
University of Juridical Sciences.
14.
Shri S.K. Sharma was appointed as
Chairman and Managing Director of Bharat Electronics Limited (BEL)
15.
World Braille Day is absorbed
across the world on 4 January to commemorate the birthday of Louis Braille, who
is credited for inventing the language.
16.
India and Maldives have been
signed 3 Memorandum of Understandings on 4-jan-2014
17.
Manmohan Singh has launched total
E-literacy project in Kerala.
18.
Tata Consultancy Services (TCS)
decided to set up the world's largest corporate learning and development centre
in Thiruvananthapuram
19.
Infosys Ltd appointed B. G.
Srinivas and U.B. Pravin Rao as presidents of Infosys Ltd
20.
Assam will launch its adult
vaccination drive against Japanese Encephalitis(A deadly disease (swelling up)
of the brain ) .
21.
Ruling party of Bangladesh, Awami
League secured an absolute majority in the Parliamentary elections on 6-jan-2014.
22.
King of Bhutan, Jigme Khesar
Namgyel Wangchuck and Queen Jetsun Pema Wangchuck will be on a five-day visit
to India.
23.
Serena Williams won the Brisbane
International Title 2014
24.
Aditya Joshi, a young shuttler from Madhya Pradesh became the
first male junior badminton player from India to be ranked top in the world.
25.
Telugu film actor Uday Kiran allegedly committed suicide at his
house. He was one of the youngest winners of the filmfare award as best actor.
26.
R. Chandrashekhar
was appointed as President of National Association of Software and Service
Companies (NASSCOM) on 4 January 2014.
27.
Bajaj Allianz General Insurance
launched an all women branch in Pune
28.
Former Supreme Court Judge,
Justice A K Ganguly has resigned as the Chairman of the West Bengal Human Rights
Commission (WBHRC).
29.
Mahesh Mangaonkar won Open du Gard squash title
30.
The world Famous Dhanu Yatra of Bargarh started on 6 January 2014.
It tells the story of killing of King Kansa by Lord Krishna.
31.
Environmental
information dissemination centre set up at Chennai Corporation Middle School in
Choolai, TamilNadu.
32.
Union Ministry
of Human Resource Development announced Maulana Azad Taleem-e-Baligan scheme on
07-jan-2014
33.
India defeated Pakistan to win
2014 Under-19 Asia Cup in the final match played at Sharjah cricket Stadium in
Abu Dhabi on 4 January 2014.
34.
Facebook acquired Bengaluru-based Little Eye Labs for 90 crore
rupees on 7 January 2014
35.
Seventh Global Insurance Summit was held at Hyderabad in Andhra
Pradesh on 8 January 2014.
36.
Kumari Selja gave away the Dr. Ambedkar National Merit Awards to
meritorious students belonging to Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes.
37.
Kelkar panel submitted report
to Union Oil Ministry A
Committee was set up under Vijay Kelkar on 13 May 2013 to suggest ways of
raising domestic oil and gas output
38.
Co- Founder of
Twitter, Biz Stone unveiled a new mobile service called Jelly on 8 January 2014
39.
Prime Minister
of Tunisia, Ali Larayedh resigned from his office.
40.
Ministry of Environment and Forest cleared the Tawang-II hydro
project in Arunachal Pradesh
41.
The Union
Cabinet approved the introduction of the National Youth Policy, 2014 (NYP,
2014) on 9 January 2014.
42.
The South Korean
steel maker POSCO has received environment clearance from MoEF for a steel
plant worth 52000 crore rupees in Odisha.
43. World Hindi Day observed in India by the Ministry of External
Affairs on 10 January
44.
Platform number
one of Gorakhpur railway station of Uttar Pradesh has entered into the Limca
Book of Records as longest rail platform in the world.
45.
ONGC Men &
Chhattisgarh Women won 28th Federation Cup National Basketball Championship.
46.
71st Golden
Globe Awards were announced at Los Angeles on 11 January 2014.
·
Best Motion Picture, Drama: 12
Years a slave
·
Best Director - Motion Picture:
Alfonso Cuaron for Gravity
·
Best Actress in a Motion
Picture: Cate Blanchett for Blue Jasmine
·
Best Actor in a Motion Picture,
Drama: Mathew Mc Conaughey for Dollas Buyers Club
47. Prime Minister Manmohan Singh laid the foundation of 2,800
Megawatt nuclear power plant in Fatehabad district of Haryana on 13 January
2014. K/ AS Anu vidhuyut Paryojna.
48. Sheikh Hasina along with her Cabinet of 49 Ministers was
sworn-in before President Abdul Hamid on 12 January 2014.
49. Andhra Pradesh bagged the Oil and Gas Conservation Award for
the best performance among the big States.
50. P.K.Goyal, Director of Indian Oil Corporation (IOC) was
awarded the Best CFO Award on 12 January 2014
51.
Cristiano Ronaldo won the FIFA Ballon d’Or award for 2013
52. SC has directed the Government to place the report of Justice
Shah Commission on illegal mining in Odisha and Jharkhand to it by 27 January
2014.
53.
Vijay Zol selected as the Captain of India to lead the ICC
Under-19 Cricket World Cup.
54. The 151st birth anniversary of Swami Vivekananda was
celebrated on 12 January 2014.
55. Anju Bobby George was declared winner of the World Athletics
Championships long jump final held in
Monte Carlo in 2005. The decision of the IAAF came following the
disqualification of the Gold Medalist Tatyana Kotova of Russia for doping.
56. 66th Army Day was observed on 15 January
57.
India and Japan
held joint exercise in Kochi Coast on 14 January 2014.
58.
Karnataka became the first State in India to provide Universal
Health Coverage to its population.
59.
Jimmy Walker of the US won the Sony Open golf tournament held in
Hawaii on 13 January 2014.
60. Arunachal Pradesh witnessed the first trial run of a rail
engine on 15 January 2014
61. Indian Coast Guard Ship Abhinav was commissioned in Kochi by
the Director General of Coast Guard Vice Admiral Anurag G Thapiyal.
62.
India and South Korea have signed nine pacts in different areas to
deepen economic cooperation and bolster defence engagements.
63.
Famous Marathi
writer and Social activist, Namdeo Dhasal died in Mumbai.
64.
Defence Ministry has justified its decision to scrap INS Vikrant
to High Court of Mumbai as it has completed its operational life.
65.
Vice President
of India, Hamid Ansari released a book entitled Sangharsh ke safar ka nayak
Mulayam written by Omveer Tomar on 17 January 2014
66. Hery Rajaonarimampianina declared as the new President of
Madagascar
67.
Tamil Nadu Governor, Rosaiah inaugurated 15th Express Technology
Sabha on 17 January 2014.
68.
Netherlands won
the Hero Hockey World League Final by defeating New Zealand 7-2 at Major Dhyan
Chand National Stadium in New Delhi.
69.
Lewis Clarke
became the youngest person to trek to the South Pole.
70.
National Urban
Health Mission was launched by the Union Health Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad on
20-jan-2014
71.
Wal-Mart
registered a new Company called Wal-Mart India Private Ltd in India
72.
India has
test-fired nuclear-capable surface-to-surface Agni-IV missile with a range of
4000 kilometer from Wheeler Island of Odisha on 20-jan-2014.
73.
Cyrus Mistry won
the DSC prize 2014 for South Asian literature for his book Chronicles of a
Corpse Bearer
74.
Union Cabinet has granted the
minority status to Jain community and this nod has enabled the community to
avail the benefits in government schemes.
75.
The
International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) and the Abu Dhabi Fund for
Development (ADFD) on 19 January 2014 announced approximately 41 million dollar
in concessional loans for renewable energy projects in developing countries
76.
RBI Deputy
Governor, Anand Sinha retired on 20 January 2014 and his portfolio has been
allocated to other three Deputy Governors
77.
RBI Deputy
Governor, Anand Sinha retired on 20 January 2014 and his portfolio has been
allocated to other three Deputy Governors
78.
The mayor of
Bangui, Catherline Samba-Panza, is the first woman to be elected as the interim
president of the Central African Republic.
79.
Aruna Bahuguna first woman to
be appointed chief of National Police Academy
80.
Google acquired
Bengaluru based Impermium for 9 million dollar on 20 January 2014.
81.
Egypt approved
the new constitution in a referendum
82.
Indian born
Prof A.J.Paulraj have been awarded with
prestigious 2014 Marconi Society Prize for developing the theory and
application of MIMO antennas
83.
Union Government launched
National Waterway-4 project in Tamil Nadu
84.
Sam Pitroda Expert Committee
constituted by Information and Broadcasting Ministry to review the
institutional framework of Prasar Bharti has submitted its report on 25 January
2014
85.
Stanislas
Wawrinka won the Australian Open men’s singles title by defeating Rafael Nadal
6-3, 6-2, 3-6, 6-3 in Melbourne
86.
Dhruva-3 indigenous High
Performance Computing System inaugurated in Hyderabad on 27-jan-13
87.
Padma Vibhushan Awads to
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Name
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Discipline
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State/ Domicile
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Dr. Raghunath A. Mashelkar
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Science and Engineering
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Maharashtra
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B.K.S. Iyengar
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Others-Yoga
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Maharashtra
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88. Karl Slym, MD of Tata Motors died after falling from hotel
building in Bangkok,
89.
National Communal Harmony
Awards 2013 won by Centre for Study of Society and Secularism
90.
Saina Nehwal won
the Syed Modi International India Grand Prix title 2014
91.
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (USFDA) banned the import of
products from Ranbaxy’s Toansa plant in Punjab, India on 27 January 2014.
92.
Tunisian
Assembly passed the new Constitution laying the foundations for a new democracy
on 28-jan-2014.
93.
Ukraine’s Prime
Minister Mykola Azarov resigned on 28 January 2014
94.
Prime Minister
inaugurated NAWADCO as a new Central Public Sector Enterprise that will remain
under the Ministry of Minority Affairs.(national wafa development cooperation.
95.
Anand Kumar,
founder of Super30 classes was conferred with 2014 Ramanujan Mathematics Award
in Rajkot.
96.
New technocratic
government of Tunisia headed by Prime Minister Mehdi Jomaa was sworn in
97.
Sumit Malik
winner of 400m gold in men’s 400m race of Lusofonia Games has been stripped off
from his medal for violating anti-doping rules.
98.
Kathy Cross
became the first woman to be appointed in an ICC umpires panel as an Associate
and Affiliate panel of International umpires
99. Arun Kumar Gupta has been appointed as the CMD of Shipping
Corporation of India
100.Union Government raised the quota of subsidised LPG
cylinders to 12 cylinders per household in a year on 30 January 2014.