Current Affairs of February 2016 - Part 7

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1) Christine Lagarde (60) of France has been appointed as Managing Director of IMF( International Monetary Fund) for the 2nd Five year term. Her new term will start from 5th July 2016 till 2021 .

- IMF is an organization of 188 countries in the world , working to encourage global monetary cooperation, facilitate international trade, etc. whose headquarters is located in Washington D.C ( USA)





2) Kalilkho Pul has become the 9th Chief Minister of Arunachal Pradesh after Governor JP Rajkhowa used his discretionary powers to appoint him.

- In December 2015 , of the 60 MLA’s of State Assembly 21 out of 45 ruling Congress party MLA’s rebelled ( act against) along with 11 BJP and 2 Independent MLA and extended support to Kalikho PUl to form new government.


3) Sameer Anjan, famous Bollywood Lyricist has created world record by composing 3524 songs in 650 Movies. Guinness Book recorded as the Most prolific Bollywood lyricist.

4) “Swachh Himachal Padhai bhi Safai bhi “ campaign is launched by Himachal Pradesh Cricket Association (HPCA) in Dharmasala.

- HPCA becomes the first cricket association to work towards Swatch Bharat Abhiyan , an initiation by Union government

5) Pakistan Parliament house, located in capital Islamabad becomes 1st in world to run entirely on Solar Power .
- This project was supported by China by contribution of 55 million dollars after Chinese President Xi Jinping visted and addressed Pakistan Parliament in 2014 .

6) Indian origin Ismail Mohammed conferred with Knighthood by French government for his lifelong contribution to promotion of arts .
- He was bestowed with Knight of the Order of Arts and Literature by France Ambassador Elisabet Barbier .

7) Controller General of Patents , Design and Trademarks (CGPDTM) has issued an order excluding software patents in its revised guidelines for computer Related Inventions (CRI)

- Implication : Software developers and star ups will now have freedom to innovate without worrying about infringement notices in CRI area




8) Indian Origin Amar Singh is appointed as Police Commissioner of Malaysia Capital city Kuala Lumpur . Prior to this appointment he was working as Deputy director of CID .

9) Confederation of Indian Industries (CII) has inked MoU with Dubai exports to boost the trade and explore business opportunities.
- CII is a NGO of Indian Businesses which works to create conductive environment for the growth of industries in the country.

10) Bihar becomes 6th state to Join UDAY ( Ujwal Discom Assurance Yojana) scheme for financial restructuring of debt of power distribution companies.
- Before Bihar, 5 other states which joined UDAY scheme are Rajasthan, Chattisgarh, Jharkhand, Uttar Pradesh and Gujarat.

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February 2016 Current Affairs

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• February 2016  Current Affairs - Part 1
• February 2016  Current Affairs - Part 2
• February 2016  Current Affairs - Part 3
• February 2016  Current Affairs - Part 4
• February 2016  Current Affairs - Part 5
• February 2016  Current Affairs - Part 6
• February 2016 Current Affairs  - Part 7

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January 2016 Current Affairs

January Month Current Affairs- Part 1

January Month Current Affairs- Part 2

January Month Current Affairs- Part 3

January Month Current Affairs- Part 4

January Month Current Affairs- Part 5

January Month Current Affairs- Part 6

January Month Current Affairs- Part 7

January Month Current Affairs- Part 8

January Month Current Affairs- Part 9

January Month Current Affairs- Part 10

January Month Current Affairs- Part 11

January Month Current Affairs- Part 12

January Month Current Affairs- Part 13

January Month Current Affairs- Part 14

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Latest Current Affairs- February 18th 2016

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1.Vilas A.Tonapi appointed as Director of Indian Institute of Millet's Research (IIMR) which is the central agency to work on all aspects of millets research and development under the aegis of Indian
council Of Agricultural Research(ICAR).
- Main center of IIMR is located in Hyderabad(Telangana) and two other center's at Solapur (Maharashtra) and Warangal (Telangana)

 2. " Nagaland is Changing , But ..." film has won Golden Beaver best film award in the institutional category at the 6th National Science Film festival held in Mumbai.
-The movie is based on conservation efforts by villagers and has been directed by Gurmeet Sapal , produced by Nagaland Forest  Department.

3.Vidya Balan is felicitated with "Pride of Kerala" award by world Malayalee council and Kairali
TV .Vidya balan has featured in various big movies like Lage Raho Munna Bhai, Bhool Bhulaiyaa, The Dirty Picture.
- Vidya Balan also received Padma Shri in 2014.








4. Indian Ambassador to Tajikistan , Biraja Prasad passed away to due cardiac arrest . He was the youngest IFS officer to be appointed as India's ambassador to any country.
- After joined as Indian Foreign Service , IFS officer in 1998 he worked in various diplomatic assignments  and worked as undersecretary to  Russia,  West Europe etc.


5. US, Canada and Mexico have signed MoU( Memorandum of Understanding) on Climate Changes and Energy  collaboration .
- Under this MoU , these 3 North American Countries will share information in key areas  of clean energy technologies, low carbon electricity , energy efficiency,carbon capture, climate change adaptation, etc.

6. West Indies has won the ICC Under 19 Cricket World Cup 2016  by defeating India in the final match which was held in Bangladesh.
- Player of the tournament was the  Mehidy Hasan Miraz of Bangladesh



7.  3 MoU's  have been signed on the Day 1 of the "Make in India week" in Mumbai.
-  Sterilite Group has inked MoU with Maharasthra to set up an LCD manufacturing unit, Raymond Industries inked MoU with Mahashtra toinvest 1400 crore rupees for manufacturing abric, linen yarn and garmenting , hindustan Coca Cola inked MoU with Mahrashtra to set up Juice manufacturing facility in Vidarbha .

8. Tiruchirapalli  City of Tamilnadu has won Best City  performer in Behavioral Change Communication Award presented by Nankiah Naidu in the Swach Sarvekshan Function.

9. India and Sweden have inked MoU on Technical Cooperation in Rail Sector . The main objective of it is to achieve concrete results with regard to bilateral trade, research , investment and technology transfer.

10. Bharat Heavy Electronics Limited, (BHEL) has started a 101 Mega Watt gas based Power Plant in Tripura .

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Latest Current affairs - February 14th

1.  O N V Kurup (84), a noted malayalam poet and lyricist passed away in thiruvananthapuram, Kerala. ONV, Ottaplakkal Nambiyadikkal Velu Kurup  was awarded Kerala and Kendriya saahitya academy awards and Padmashri in  1998, Padma Vibhushan in 2011.
-  He was awarded with country's highest literary award  Jnanpith award in 2007 for his contribution to the malayalam literature.





2.  Banaras Hindu University, BHU has turned 100 years  which was established  on 13th February, 1916 by Indian freedom fighter Pt Madan Mohan Malviya.  The Motto of BHU is  Vidyaya mritamasnute(Sanskrit) , "Knowledge imparts immortality"(English)
- On this occasion, Supreme court judge Pinaki Chandra Ghosh was the Chief guest who will attend seminar on higher education and contribution of BHU .





3. Ashok Chawla has been appointed as Chairman of TERI( The Energy and Resources Institute)  who will succeed B V Sreekantan  .  Ashok Chawla  is former chairman of Competition Commission of India (CCI) .
- TERI  aims to focus on formulating local and national level strategies for shaping global solutions to critical issues.

4. Prime Minister Modi has  inaugurated "Make in India" Center at MMRDA grounds in Mumbai. On this occasion, Finland PM Juha Petri Sipila and Sweden PM Kjell Lofven were also present along with Maharashtra CM Fadnavis.
-Modi also inaugurated  "Make in India Week"  at NSCI  Worli  which is the flagship event that seeks to provide greater momentum to the Make in India initiative and to promote India as a preferred manufacturing destination globally.


5. Pakistan Cricket Umpire , Asad Rauf  has been banned for 5 years by BCCI after he was found guilty of corrupt practices.This decision has been announced by BCCI President Shashank Manohar who headed disciplinary committee.
- Earlier Asad Rauf  served as part of ICC elite panel . He was withdrawn by Pakistan after allegations against him broke out.

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Latest Current Affairs - February 12th

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(1) India and UAE inked 9 bilateral agreements for cooperation in various sectors . These agreements were signed during  2nd day  of  Abu Dhabi Prince, Sheikh Mohamed Bin Zayed Al Nahyan visit to India.
- The 9 bilateral agreements include
     a) MoU on Technical Cooperation in Cyber Space and combating cyber crime
 

 b) MoU on Participation institutional investors in infrastructure investments
     c) General Frame work agreement on renewable energy cooperation
     d)  MoU on exploration and use of outer space for peaceful purpose
      e) MoU on Trade
      f) MoU on Bilateral Currency swap agreement
      g) MoU for bilateral cooperation in the insurance sector
      h) Executive Programme for cultural cooperation
      i) Letter of intent for skill development and recognition of qualifications



(2)  Davinder Singh, Indian- origin lawyer becomes Vice-Chairman of  International Chamber of Corporate responsibility and Anti-corruption.
Commerce (ICC ) commission on
 -  Davinder Singh is currently working as Chief Executive of  Drew & Napier, who was also a MP of Singapore from 1988-2006.






(3) Union  Railway ministry has launched 3 IT enabled  apps to bring transparency in Indian Railways as part of Digital India, launched by Railway minster Suresh Prabhu.
- The 3 IT enabled applications (apps) are a)  E-booking of disposable linen on trains b)Hand held terminals for TTEs and c) paperless unreserved tickets booking

(4) Karnataka mobile one m-governance model  wins Gold Medal  at World Government Summit
held in Dubai, which is received by Karnataka e-governance secretary  Srivatsa Kirshna


-  m-governance model of Karnataka is world's largest multimode mobile governance platform  which offers 4,500 services onto single integrated platform that can be accessed on smart phones, web portal , sms .







(5)Wipro Ltd , India's 3rd largest IT exporter has acquired United States based HealthPlan Services for 460 million dollars  as part of Wipro traditional "String of pearls" .
- This acquisition will help Wipro to participate in US health care insurance industry.

(6) Harinder Sindhu , an Indian origin  Australian has been been appointed as Australian High Commissioner to India  replacing  Patrick Suckling.   She is 2nd Indian rooted  envoy to India with Indian roots after Peter Varghese.
- Prior to this appointment she was working as  Career officer in Department of foreign affairs and trade.

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Today Latest Current Affairs - February 10th

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   1) February 10^th  has been  Celebrated as “National Deworming Day”   which aims to prevent and cure  Parasitic worm infectons among pre school and school age children across India.

-        - This National Deworming Day is launched in 2015 by Union ministry of Health and Family Welfare , which on this day ( February 10) distributes Albendazole Tablets to all targeted children.

    

    2)  Panchayati Raj Minster Kailash Yadav(65) of Uttar Pradesh state has passed away in Gurgaon on 9^th February due to brain stroke.

-   -  He worked as Revenue and Industrial development in Mulayam Singh government from 2003 to 07.

   

    3)  Rajendra K Pachauri is appointed as Executive Vice Chairman of TERI ( The Energy Resources institute ).

-  - TERI is a non profit research institution that conducts research work  in the fields of energy , environment and sustainable development.

    4)  Maharashtra grabs No. 1 position in IIRIS ( Internet Readiness Index of Indian States) in the report published in Internet and Mobile Association of India and Indicus Analytics.

     -  Top 5 states in IIRIS: Maharashtra, Karnataka, Gujarat, Telanagana, Tamil Nadu

    

    5) A new species of Hydroid  polyps discovered in Red Sea which are emitting green fluorescence

-    - These species were found near Saudi Arabia .

     6)  Telecom Regulatory Authority of India , TRAI has issued Prohibition of Discriminatory Tariffs for Data Services Regulations,2016  which  prevents Telecom service providers from offering or charging discriminatory tariffs for data services on basis of content accessed by consumer  

    

     7) Former Prime Minster , Sushil Koirala (79) of Nepal has passed away on 9^th February due to pneumonia in Kathmandu.  He was the 37^th prime minster of Nepal from  February 2014 to September 2015 as leader of Nepali Congress(NC).

        -  During his tenure as PM, 4 major political parties reached an agreement which resulted in unopposed adaptation of New Republic Constitution of Nepal.

      

     8) India and Nepal combined Military Exercise “Surya Kiran IX “begin at Pithoragarh in Uttarakhand on 9^th February, which will last for 14 days and ends on February 21^st.

      

     9) Chettinad Cotton Saree gets Indian Handloom  brand tag after checking its various quality parameters.

-Chettinad cotton sarees also known as “Kandaangi” which is the traditional saree of Chettinad region in Sivaganga  District of Tamilnadu.

     

    10) Renowned Urdu Poet and Lyricist , Nida Fazli (78) passed away on 8^th February due to heart attack in Mumbai.  His famous works include Lafzon ke phool, Mor naach, Mulaaten etc. and he received Khusro Award , Best poetry award from Maharashtra urdu Academy , Sahitya Akademi Award(1998)

     

    11) Joshna Chinappa , Indian ace squash player has wonGold Medal  in the 12^thSouth Asian Games (SAG) in the women’s singles match by defeating  Pakistan player Maria Wazir .

     12)   Sapna Devi, of India has won Gold medal in  women Wushu Taulu  ( Changquan) competition a the 12^th South Asian Games (SAG)  scoring 9.45 pts.

 -  Wushu sports is an exhibition and full contact sport derived from traditional Chinese martial arts .

  

   13)   Union Government of India has launched a 24X7 Toll free multi-language tourist information line for international tourist in 12 international languages besides English and Hindi which are namely  French, Arabic, Italian,German , Korean, Japanese,Portugese, Chinese, Russian and Spanish.

-          -This toll free help line will provide information relating to tourism and travel in India to the international and domestic tourists.

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Current Affairs for Bank Exams- February 2016 - Day 2

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1) Sudhir Tailang (56), a noted Indian Cartoonist has passed away on 6th January because of cancer in Gurgaon, Haryana.
- He was conferred with India’s 4th highest civilian award Padma Shri in the year 2004 for h is contribution in the art of Cartooning.

2). Prime Minister Modi dedicated Paradip Oril Refinery to the nation. This was Indian Oil Corporation’s (IOC) 11th refinery to be set up at Paradip in Odisha with installed capacity of 15 million tones per annum (MMTPA)
- Major products from it are Premium Grade high speed diesel and motor spirit.

3) India and chine troops have held their first joint tactical exercise code named Sino- India Cooperation 2016 in Chushul- Moldo in Jammu and Kashmir.
- Sino-India Cooperation 2016 is mainly focused on Joint actions coordinated to tackle the aspects of humanitarian aid and disaster relief.

4) National Institute of Science Education and Research (NISER) permanent campus in Jatani , near Bhubaneswar(Odisha) is inaugurated by Narenda Modi .
- Objective of NISER is to train and nurture human resources in the field of Sciences for the knowledge economies of the future.

5) American Singer and writer Dan Hicks(74) passed away on February 6th after battle with cancer . his last albums was Live at Davies which was released in 2013
- His songs I Scare Myslef , Canned Music and How can I miss you are very famous.

6) Basmati Rice gets Geographical Indication Tag (GI) for the approved 7 states. This Tag will be issued to Basmati rice variety which is grown in 7 states in the Indo-Gangetic plains i.e Punjab, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, UP, J&K.
-This GI Tag would help to preserve unique identity of India’s aromatic basmati rice in International markets.


7) Project SURISE has been launched for prevention of AIDS in the North East States of India ,specially among people injecting drugs by Union Health and Family Welfare Minister, J P Nadda.
- Project sunrise aims to bring people living with HIV/AIDS in to national mainstream and create more awareness about AIDS in these North East States

8) International Fleet Review 2016 (IFR) which is an international military exercise hosted and conducted by Indian Navy is inaugurated in Visahkapatnam of Andhra Pradesh . This edition of IFR is themed “United through Oceans”
- This 4 day review from 4th February to 8th February aims at assuring the country of Indian Navy’s preparedness, high morale and discipline

9) United States Astronaut, Edgar Mitchell who was the 6th man to walk on the moon has passed away in Florida,US.
- As a Module Pilot of Apllo 14 mission, he had spent 9 hours on moon in the year 1971

10) South Asian Games (SAG), 12th edition has begun in Guwahati, Assam at the Indira Gandhi Athletics Stadium.
- Over 2500 athletes from 8 SAARC counties are participating in the 288 events of this SAG.

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Current Affairs for bank exams, February 2016- part 1

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1) Pietro Fitipadi, Brazilian Racer has won the 2015 MRF Challenge Formula 2000 Championship . He earned 244 points in total and stood top among other racers. Tatiana Calderon , Colombian Racer has finished in 2nd position with total 199 points. –It is the 4th Edition of MRF Challenge Formula 2000 Championship which began at Yas Marin Circuit in Abu Dhabi in October 2015 and ended in January 31st 2016 at Madras Motor Racing track.

2) Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion (DIPP) of Union government of India has approved Kerala governments proposal on setting up India’s First Defense Park at Ottapalam in , Kerala.
- This park will be part of Make in India Programme and Make in Kerala programme

3) Novak Djokovic(Serbia) has won the 2016 Australian Open Men’s singles Title of Tennis by defeating Andy Murray(Britain) in the final match on January 31 st. This is his 6th Australian Open Title which he had earlier won in 2008,2011,2012,2013,2015.

4) Sunil Lamba ( Vice Admiral) took over as Flag Officer Commanding in Chief (FOC-in-C) of Mumbai Western Naval Comman(WNC) , Mumbai at a ceremonial parade organized at INS Shikra. Prior to this appointment Sunil Lamba was Commander in chief of Southern Naval Command at Kochi. He took over the charge from SPS Cheema who had to retire.

5) India and Afghanistan have signed an agreement for visa free travel for diplomatic passport holders of the two countries. This agreement has been signed after Afghanistan Governament Chief Executive officer, Abdullah Abdullah met Indian Prime minister and External affairs minister.

6) Surajkund International Crafts Mela (30th Edition) begins at Faridabad in Haryana State. The Mela is inaugurated by Haryana Chief Minsiter Manohar Lal Lhattar. -Telangana is theme State and India and China are two countries

7) Kidambi Srikanth ( India) won the Syed Modi International Grand Prix Gold Championship Badminton title 2016 in Men’s singles category defeating Chinese player Huang Yuxiang in the final match played at Lucknow (UP).

8) K Durga Prasad, is appointed as Director General (DG) of Central Reserve Police Force(CRPF). Earlier he worked as Director of Special protection Group and also as Special director general of the CRPF.

9) Reserve Bank of India rates in its 6th bi monthly monetary policy review for year 2016 has kept its key policy interest rates unchanged . So the  unchanged at previous rates as follows a) Repo Rate-6.75 percent b)Reverse Repo Rate-5.75 percent C) Bank Rate - 7.75 percent D) Cash Reserve Ratio (CRR) – 4.0 percent

10) Archana Ramasundaram(58) has become th 1st Woman Director General of Sahastra Seema Bal (SSB) . She will be in office till 20 September 2016 . _ Prior to this appointment she worked as Director for National Crime Record Bureau.

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General Awareness for Bank Exams (January) - Part 14 (Final)

1) Indian Science Congress,103 rd edition has been inaugurated by Naredra Modi on January 3rd in Mysuru, Karnataka. This year theme of the congress is “Science and Technology for Indigenous Development in India” Narendra Modi has given 5 E’s mantra in speech “Economy, Environment, Energy, Empathy, Equity”

2) 33% Reservation for women constables in CAPFs has been approved by Government. CAPF stands for Central Armed Police forces

3) Justice Lodha committee submitted its recommendations of BCCI reforms to Supreme Court of India.

4) Syed Kirmani conferred with 2015 Col CK Nayudu Life time achievement award in Mumbai for his contribution to cricket.

5) Former Chief Justice of India, SH Kapadi(68) passed away in Mumbai . He was 38th Chief Justice of India from May 2010 to September 2012.

6) Export Duty on Iron Ore pellets has been abolished by central government which was 5% Earlier.

7) Pranav Dhanawade creates world record by scoring 1009 runs at school level tournament in HT Bhandari Cup , and under 16scholl tournament held in Mumbai. He was representing KC Gandhi High school . He scored 1009(not out) runs in 323 balls .

8) Ganga Gram Yojana to develop 1600 villages in UP situated along banks of Ganga River has been launched by Union minster for Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation Uma bharti at Puth Village in Hapur district of UP.

9) Flippo Grandi (Italy) becomes new UN High Commissioner for Refuges (UNHCR) for a tenure of 5 years succeeding Antonio Guterres.

10) Union Government has approved creation of a Credit Guarantee fund for MUDRA loans. MUDRA stands for Micro Units Development Refinance Agency.

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General Awareness for Bank Exams( January)- Part 13

1) Union Government inked Financing agreement with world bank to fund education of minorities for Nai Manzil scheme- Education and Skills training for minorities. Total project size is 100 million dollars out of which 50 million dollar will be available as credit from World Bank.

2) Government constituted Kamlesh Chandra Committee to study wage structure of Gramin Dak Sevaks in the Department of Posts(DoP)

3) Shyam Bengal committee constituted to revamp the Central Board of Film Certification ,CBFC.

4) Telangana government launched e- Vahan Bima Scheme to issue motor insurance policy in digital form. With this Telangana became first state in country to accept motor vehicle insurance policy in digital form.

5) 4th January is celebrated as World Braille Day to mark birth anniversary of Louis Braille, the inventor of Braille script . Braille script or code is language that could be felt and once can read anything without seeing (Blind People code)

6) AB Bardhan (92), a Veteran Communist Party of India (CPI) leader passed away in Mumbai. He has been a leading figure of the trade union movement and left politics in India

7) India has won 2015 SAFF football championship for record 7th time. In the final match played at Thiruvananthapuram( Kerala) India defeated defending champion Afghanistan by 2-1.

8) RK Mathur sworn in as 8th Chief Information Commissioner of Central Information commission.

9) Abid Ali Neemuchwala appointed as CEO of Wipro

10) Reserve Bank of India has imposed 1 crore fine on State Bank of Travencore for violation of some of its instructions.

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General Awareness for Bank Exams(January) - Part 12

1) RBI Governor Raghuram Rajan is conferred with Central Banker of the Year Award (Global and Asia Pacific) for the year 2016.

2) Devendra Kumar Sikri is appointed as Chairman of CCI ( Competitive commission of India) for a tenure of two and half years succeeding present Chairman Ashok Chawla.

3) Ministry of Overseas Indian Affairs (MOIA) is merged with Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) . This decision is taken to avoid duplication of work and to improve efficiency as announced by Sushma Swaraj.

4) River Information System (RIS) was launched by Government to facilitate safe and accurate inland water way navigation . In first phase it will cover 145 km Haldia to Farakka on Ganges river which is implemented by Inland Waterway Authority of India.

5) India’s economic growth rate is projected at 7.8% by World Bank in its Global Economic prospect report for the year 2016.

6) Jammu&Kashmir Chief Minister Mufti Mohammad Sayeed (79) passed away due to multiple organ failure at AIMS in New Delhi. He started second tenure as CM on March 1st , 2015 from Peoples Democratic party (PDP)

7) Sam Pitroda has been appointed as Technology Advisor to Odisha government . Sam Pitroda is famously known as Father of Indian telecommunications revolution.

8) Drug Authentication and Verification Application project of Department of commerce has won 2015 eASIA award under Trade Facilitation category.

9) Indi’s Petronet LNG ink revised contract with RasGas of Qatar to import gas at a significantly lower price than earlier. The new rate would save consumer around 4000 crore.

10) Harpal Singh, an Indian origin cancer expert is honored with KNIGHTOOD from Queen Elizabeth II for his influential work on prevention and treatment of cancer. Harpal singh is the Chairman of Board at national Cancer research Institute and also Chairman of Cancer Outcomes Strategy Advisory Group (COSAG) in England.

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General Awareness for Bank Exams (January) - Part 11

1) Veteran Poet Balrishan Garg is honoured with 2nd edition of Harikrishan Devasare Baalsahitya Award 2015 for his collection of poems for children with title ‘Baal Geet’.This award is presented by Sahitya Akademi President vishwanath Prasad Tiwari and National Book Trust Chiarman Baldeo bhai sharma.

2) Sailesh ( Senior IAS ) appointed as Registrar General and Census Commissioner (RGGC)| of India up to the date of July 28th ,2017 . Previous RGGC was C Chandramouli

3) January 10th is celebrated as World Hindi Day.

4) Sania Mirza(India)- Martina Hingis(Switzerland) pair has won WTA Brisbane International Tennis Trophy 2016 in the women’s doubles category by defeating Angelinque Kerber- Andrea Petkovic (Germany pair) in the final match.

5) Victoria Azarenka (Belarus) has won the WTA Brisbane International Tennis trophy in the Women’s singles category by defeating Angelique Kerber (Germany) .

6) President Pranab Mukherjee has Promulgated ENEMY PROPERTY(AMENDMENT AND VALIDATION) ORDINANCE, 2016 to make amendment to Enemy property act, 1968 These amendments seeks to deal with loopholes in existing law.

7) Governor rule has been imposed in Jammu Kashmir as process of formation of new government following death of chief minster Mufti Mohammad Sayeed is going to take time and governor NN Vohra recommended it.

8) Urjit Patel reappointed as Governor of RBI for a second term by Union government. So, his tenure is extended for another 3 years. Urjit patel looks after Monetary policy, Economic Policy Research, Deposit insurance, etc.

9) New Delhi World Book Fair 24th edition was inaugurated by HRD Minister Smriti Irani on 9th January .This year’s theme is ‘Vivid Bharat-Diverse India’. The message of India-china partnership for this book fair is “Renaissance of Civilizations- understanding through exchanges”

10) Pravasi Bharatiya Diwas 14th Edition was held in New Delhi inaugurated by External affairs minister Sushma Swaraj on January 9th . On this two important announcements were made 1.Issuing of Aadhar cards to Non resident Indians 2. Gulf country going women workers to go thorugh only government agencies to prevent slavery

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General Awareness for Bank Exams (January)- Part 10

1) EPFO(Employment Provident Fund Organization) has won the National Award on e-Governance for launching Universal Account Number(UAN) for the year 2015-2016 in innovational use of technology in e-Governance category.

2) Central Government constitutes Arvind Panagariya committee to fast- track bullet train project in the Mumbai –Ahmdedabad High-speed Rail Corridor meant for connecting two cities with bullet trains. Arvind Panagariya is the vice chairman of NITI Ayog.

3) Defense Acquisition Council(DAC) chaired by Union Defense Minister Manohar Parikar has approved major changes in New Defense Procurement Procedure DDP 2016 .These changes aims to streamline defiance acquisitions and indigenization (Self dependent) of defense sector though ‘Make in India’ initiative

4) Barcelona FC forward Lionel Messi (Argentina|0 has won the 2016 FIFA Ballon d’Or Award for being the best foot ball player . It is his 5th time to receive this award . Earlier he had won it in 2010,2011,2012,2013.

5) Music Legend David Bowie(69) passed away on 10th January in New York with liver cancer . He was most influential musicians of 1970’s for his creative musicianship . The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust has brought him international fame in 1972. He had won tow grammy awards and 3 Brit Awards.

6) First Female F1(formula one) driver Maria Teresa de Filippis (86) passed away on 8th January 2016 in Italy. She raced for Maserati team in five world championship Grand Prix titles.

7) Online e-commerce giant Flipkart has promoted it’s co-founder Binny Bansal to Chief Executive Officer (CEO) and its present CEO is appointed as Executive Chairman of the company.

8) Telangana becomes first State to make gender education compulsory at graduation level. The gender education touches upon subjects like male-female relationships, female-centric history, strands of Women’s movements across world etc.

9) Stan Wawrinka (Switzerland) won the 2016 Chennai Open title by defeated Borna Coric of Croatia in the finals. This is his 3rd consecutive Chennai title win (2014, 15,16) and also in 2011.

10) Milos Raonic from Canada has won 2016 WTA Brisbane International Tennis Trophy in the men’s singles category defeated Roger Federer from Switzeralnd

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General Awareness for Bank Exams(January) - Part 9

1) Indigenously built 3rd generation Anti-Tank missile ‘ Nag’ was successfully test fired at Mahajan Field firing Range in Rajasthan .The missile successfully hit the target 4 km away during a night trial validating capability of Imaging-Infrared Seeker (IIS)

2) 68th Indian Army Day was celebrated on January 15th . On this day in 1949 Lt.Geneal Kodandera Madppa Cariappa became first Indian commander in chief of Indian Army succeeding British Army General.

3) British best loved actor Alan Rickman(69) passed away in London , England with cancer. He is known famous in movies like Harry Potter, Die Hard and Robin Hood etc. Alan Rickman won Golden Globe Award, Emmy Award , Screen Actors Guild award.

4) Indian Institute of Science and Research (IISER) first phase of permanent campus has been inaugurated at Vithura in Thiruvanathapuram,Kerala state by HRD minister Smriti Irani. This institute is dedicated to scientific research and science education of international standards.

5) Ebola Outbreak in west Africa has been declared End by World Health Organization(WHO) after known chains of transmissions have been stopped. Liberia was worst hit western African country y this deadly outbreak which killed around 4809 people.

6) Union Cabinet approved “Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana”, a new crop insurance scheme to boost farming sector in the country. This scheme aims to reduce the premium burden on farmers and ensure early settlement of crop assurance claim for the full insured sum.

7) MoU between India and Maldives in the field of Health care is approved by Union Cabinet. This MoU facilitates greater cooperation between two countries and to develop human resources in health care.

8) Kerala becomes the first state in India to achieve 100% primary education which is declared by Vice president Hamid Ansari during his speech at special ceremony organized at Thiruvananthapuram. “Athulyam Scheme” is Kerala’s flagship primary education drive.

9) Lt Gen JFR Jacob (92), 1971 India-Pakistan war hero passed away on January 13th New Delhi. He is also best known for role in liberation of Bangladesh.

10) BSNL(Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited) has launched high speed 4G(4th Generation) telecom services at Chandigarh in Punjab circle. With this launch BSNL became 5th 4G service provider in India after Airtel(1st), Aircel(2nd ), Vodafone(3rd ),Reliance Jio (4th)

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