Current Affairs of January 2015, Daily updates date wise

Subject: Daily Updates For this Month, Current Affairs For the Month of January 2015

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31/01/2015 & 30/01/2015:

• IIT Bombay launches mass open online courses
• Send money 24x7 using only your phone's address book by HDFC
• 1964 Nobel Prize in physics Charles Townes died of laser
• Jaipal Singh, a Gujarat-cadre IFS officer, has been appointed Private Secretary to Minister of State for Home Affairs Haribhai Parathibhai Chaudhary.
• Agni 5, successfully test-fired OF 5,000 km.
• Coal India stake sale fetches Rs. 22,600 crore
• Base year change pushes 2013-14 GDP growth to 6.9%
• India tops Credit Suisse Emerging Consumer Scorecard 2015
• Uniformity, innovation coming to credit data
• Krishna Chaudhary appointed as the Director General of ITBP
• Serena Williams beats Maria Sharapova to win Australian Open
• West Indies all-rounder Dwayne Bravo has announced his retirement from Test cricket.
• India overtakes China as world’s leading gold consumer
• Defence Secretary RK Mathur is given additional charge of Department of Defence Research and Development (DDR&D).

29/01/2015:

• Shekhar Sen appointed as Chairman of Sangeet Natak Akademi
• Nation remembers Lala Lajpat Rai on his 150th birth anniversary
• BrahMos to be integrated with Sukhoi 
• Governor nominates Anglo-Indian in Jharkhand Assembly
• Centre to dilute stake in CIL
• S Jaishankar took charge as Foreign Secretary, replacing Sujatha Singh

28/01/2015:

• Kalyan Singh sworn in as Himachal Pradesh Governor
• Hockey Olympian Jaswant Singh Rajput passes away
• Arundhathi Subramaniam won Khushwant Singh Memorial Prize for Poetry when God is a Traveller
• RBI signs an information sharing agreement with Brazil’s Central Bank
• Gujarat Technological University launches e-Raksha centre to fight cybercrime
• Ancient star with five Earth size planets discovered
• K Durga Prasad appointed as the Special DG of CRPF
• Sean Abbott has won Bradman young cricketer of the year award 2015.

25/01/2015 & 26/01/2015 & 27/01/2015:

• Cartoonist R.K. Laxman says in his autobiography, The Tunnel of Time.
• Libby Lane, first female bishop of England consecrated
• Paulina Vega Miss Colombia crowned Miss Universe 2015 in Miami
• Modi to hold first meeting of NITI Aayog on February 6
• Major Mukund Varadarajan, Naik Neeraj Kumar Singh posthumously awarded with Ashok Chakra
• Anti-austerity Syriza party wins Greece’s general elections
• Argentine playmaker Juan Roman Riquelme retired from Football

24/01/2015:

• Hindu share dips below 80%, Muslim share grows but slower
• Kerala government slaps Rs 54 cr fine on 4 online traders major Flipkart fine of Rs 47.15 cr, Jabong.Com Rs.3.89 cr, Vector e-commerce Rs 2.23 cr and Robemall Apparels Rs 36 lakh.
• SBI inks 100 mn euro loan pact with European Investment Bank for lending to private businesses in the country.
• 9 Crore sign up for LPG cash-subsidy scheme out of a total customer base of 15.33 crore, have joined the Direct Benefit Transfer for LPG (DBTL) scheme and Rs 2,262 crore
• National Girl Child Day - 24th January

23/01/2015:

• Saudi Arabia King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz Died
• Jhumpa Lahiri Won DSC Prize for South Asian Literature.
• India observes 118th birth anniversary of Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose
• RBI directs banks to display all loan costs
• South Korean President Park Geun-hye has nominated ruling party lawmaker Lee Wan Koo to replace Prime Minister Chung Hong-won .
• Kerala to get first International Institute of Music on 2nd Jan

22/01/2015:

• Prime Minister Narendra Modi Launched “Beti Bachao Beti Padhao” campaign.
• Justice Easwar Appointed As Interim Chairman of Delhi and Districts Cricket Association (DDCA).
• Jasjit Ahluwalia Appointed as Dean of School of Public Health at Rutgers University.
• Microsoft unveils Windows 10 and ‘HoloLens’
• Pakistan bans JuD, Haqqani network
• OPEC, oil companies clash at Davos over price collapse
• Sunil Sood to succeed Marten Pieters as Vodafone India CEO
• Modi launched ‘Beti Bachao-Beti Padhao’ scheme in Haryana
• Suzlon sells German unit for Rs. 7,200 crore
• Pakistan's Ex-Foreign Minister Khurshid M Kasuri penned 'Neither a Hawk nor a Dove'

21/01/2015:

• Union Government Launched HRIDAY scheme.
• Economist Bibek Debroy Takes Over As Member of NITI Aayog. 
• Microsoft Unveils Virtual Assistant Cortana For Windows Handsets
• Government to allocate 36 coal blocks to PSUs
• India world's second-most trusted nation: Survey
• 2015 World Economic Forum Annual Meeting.

20/01/2015:

• India’s Tiger Population Increases By 30% In Past Three Years around 2,226. 
• European Union Lifts Ban On Import of Indian Mangoes. 
• Ayonika Paul and Annu Raj Singh Won Gold At 4th Gun For Glory Shooting Championship. 
• Periyar Tiger Reserve Won NTCA Award. 
• The eighth edition of the ZEE Jaipur Literature Festival all set to begin
• Hyderabad to host World Congress on Information Technology in 2018
• India’s growth to reach 6.3 per cent in 2016: UN WESP report
• Singapore's GIC to invest Rs 1,020 crore in Bandhan Financial Services
• Shubham, 13, Silicon Valley’s youngest entrepreneur, develops Braille printer
• Twitter buys Indian mobile marketing start-up ZipDial
• Filmmaker Pahlaj Nihalani appointed as chairperson of CBFC
• Former PM Manmohan Singh adopted Pachim Bekeli Gaon Panchyat
• TCS ends RIL's 23-year run as most profitable firm

18/01/2015 & 19/01/2015:

• Filmmaker Pahlaj Nihalani Appointed as new Censor Board chief. 
• Eminent Political Scientist Rajni Kothari Died. 
• Indian American Frank Islam Presented with Martin Luther King Award. 
• Twitter Appoints Taranjeet Singh As Sales Head For India Operations. 
• Manjul Bhargava to lead Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s teach in India programme
• Twitter ropes in Taranjeet Singh to head business in India
• 24 Children, including 8 girls selected for National Bravery Awards
• PSU bank employees to hold 4-day strike from Jan 21 on wage revision issue
• Indian-American Frank Islam receives Martin Luther award
• Telecom Commission clears Rs 3700-cr base price for 2,100-MHz
• Kudankulam Nuclear Plant Restarts Power Generation
• AB de Villiers: South Africa batsman smashes century record
• Sydney Open 2015:
• Women's: Czech Petra Kvitova beats  Karolina Pliskova.
• Men's: Viktor Troicki defeated Mikhail Kukushkin.
• NASA, NOAA found 2014 Warmest Year In Modern Record. 
• Ellen Hoog Named As FIH Player of the Year

17/01/2015:

• LCA Tejas Ready for Crucial Handover to Indian Air Force.
• Filmmaker Shaji N Karun quits Censor Board.
• Beagle 2 spacecraft found intact on surface of Mars after 11 years
• S.K. Sinha - first non-Muslim to lead the Bangladesh’s top judiciary,
• Book on Sonia Gandhi titled The Red Sari written by Javier Moro released in India
• HAL Chairman R K Tyagi conferred with JGBS-Top Rankers’ Excellence Award
• Sania Mirza wins Sydney Open title with Bethanie.
• Union Minister Smriti Irani Laid Foundation Stone For IIM-Visakhapatnam.
• Nepal Names Deep Kumar Upadhyay As India Envoy new ambassador to Indi.
• China To Start Building Five Nuclear Reactors In 2015

16/01/2015:

• Haryana picks Ramdev as brand ambassador
• Censor Board chief Leela Samson decides to quit
• Siddhartha Chatterjee appointed as CTO of Persistent Systems Ltd
• Noted RTI activist Subhash Chandra Agrawal conferred with Giraffe Hero award 2015
• China Food and Drug Administration approved new vaccine to treat Poliomyelitis.
• Union Government Launched Venture Capital Fund for Scheduled Castes. 
• Stephen Constantine Appointed As Indian Men’s Football Head Coach. 
• Jammu and Kashmir gets National E-Governance Award 2014-15. 
• Veteran Freedom Fighter Ghelubhai Naik Died

15/01/2015:

• PM Narendra Modi to launch 'Beti Bachao' scheme
• Reserve Bank of India (RBI) cut the reverse repo rate by 25 basis points to 7.75%.
• Pakistan to ban JuD and Haqqani network
• Army Day celebrated on 15 January
• Anupam Shrivastava appointed as CMD of BSNL.
• Hari Shankar Brahma Is New Chief Election Commissioner. 
• Brett Lee Announced Retirement From All Forms Of Cricket.
• Noted RTI Activist Subhash Chandra Agrawal Won Giraffe Hero Award 2015

14/01/2015:

• H.S.Brahma to be the next chief Election Commissioner of India.
• DRDO chief Avinash Chander removed
• PVR set to acquire movie exhibition company SPI Cinemas popularly known as Sathyam Cinemas.
• Union Ministry of Health proposed COTPA (Amendment) Bill 2015
• Bharatiya Mahila Bank inks pact with Lakme Salons to fund franchisees
• Canara Bank bags 3 MSME awards
• Infosys CEO dedicates $250 million to innovate in India
• India will catch up with China’s growth rate in 2016-17: World Bank.
• Sanskrit scholar Prabhu Nath Dwivedi Conferred The Sahitya Akademi Award. 
• Former CBI chief Resigns As UPSC Member. 
• Joseph Vaz Canonized As Sri Lanka’s First Saint

13/01/2015:

• AS Kiran Kumar appointed as new ISRO chief.
• Raghuram Rajan named Governor of the Year, Jacques de Larosiere winning the Lifetime Achievement Award, Claudio Borio was handed the inaugural award for Economics in Central Banking Awards 2015.
• Retail inflation up at 5% in Dec on higher food prices
• India’s Mars Orbiter team won 2015 Space Pioneer Award in the science and engineering category from the US based National Space Society (NSS).
• Indian restaurant Zomato acquired U.S.-based rival Urbanspoon
• Deepak Parekh appointed as Chairman of BAE Systems India (Services) Private Limited
• Australia launched Online Visa Pilot Programme for Indian business and tourism visitors
• Cristiano Ronaldo retains the Ballon d’Or

12/01/2015:

• Microsoft ties up with Idea for paid apps, games
• National Youth Day observed across India on 12 January
• NRIs can vote through postal ballots
• SDSC-SHAR director MYS Prasad chosen for Vikram Sarabhai Memorial Award 2015
• EC announces Delhi Assembly poll dates; voting on Feb 7, counting on Feb 10
• Stan Wawrinka wins Chennai Open. 
• 72nd Golden Globe Awards announced in Beverly Hills, California

1.     Best Motion Picture-Drama: Boyhood
2.     Best Actor in a Motion Picture- Drama: Eddie Redmayne, The Theory of Everything
3.     Best Actress in a Motion Picture-Drama: Julianne Moore, Still Alice
4.     Best Motion Picture-Comedy or Musical: The Grand Budapest Hotel
5.     Best Actress in a Motion Picture - Comedy or Musical: Amy Adams, Big Eyes
6.     Best Actor in a Motion Picture-Comedy or Musical: Michael Keaton, Birdman
7.     Best Animated Film: How To Train Your Dragon 2
8.     Best Foreign Language Film: Leviathan (Russia)
9.     Best Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture: Patricia Arquette, Boyhood
10.     Best Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture: J.K. Simmons, Whiplash
11.     Best Director-Motion Picture: Richard Linklater, Boyhood
12.     Best Screenplay: Birdman
13.     Best Original Score - Motion Picture: Johann Johannsson, The Theory of Everything
14.     Best Original Song - Motion Picture: John Legend and Common, "Glory," Selma

11/01/2015: 

• Vibrant Gujarat: PM Narendra Modi promises to make India easiest place to do business
• World Bank projects 6.4% economic growth in India in 2015
• SunEdison and Omnigrid Micropower Company (OMC), merged.
• Federer notches 1,000th match win, claims Brisbane title.
• Thomas Kurian Is New Oracle President. 
• Advanced Electronic Warfare (EW) Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) was successfully tested onboard the country’s Light Combat Aircraft (LCA) Tejas-PV1 Suite.

10/01/2015:

• John Kerry Heads for India to Attend the Vibrant Gujarat Summit
• Sindhushree Khullar appointed as the Chief Executive Officer of NITI Aayog
• Rajiv Mehta appointed new DGP of Meghalaya.
• ISRO Scientist M.Y.S.Prasad Choosen For Vikram Sarabhai Award
• Sirisena's first overseas visit will be to India
• UN to Host New Libya Peace Talks in Geneva Next Week
• Vice President Mohammad Hamid Ansari presented Pravasi Bharatiya Samman Awards 2015
• SpaceX Launches for NASA, Aims for Rocket Landing at Sea

09/01/2015: 

• Mahinda Rajapaksa concedes defeat to opposition candidate Maithripala Sirisena
• SEBI proposes e-IPO norms(Electronic-Initial public offer)
• Qantas rated as ‘World’s Safest Airline for 2015′
• KKR (Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co), American multinational private equity firm, had set up a non-banking financial company. 
• Governor’s rule imposed in Jammu and Kashmir from Jan9 .
• Vaccine Raksha Blu for bluetongue disease launched.
• Legendary Gospel Singer Andrae Crouch Died. 
• Chinese Physicist Yu Min Awarded State Preeminent Science and Technology Award 2014.

08/01/2015:

• 13th Pravasi Bharatiya Divas Sammelan at Mahatma Mandir in Gandhinagar, Gujarat.
• 12 dead in shooting at French satirical weekly Charlie Hebdo in Paris
• Person of Indian Origin (PIO) and Overseas Citizenship of India (OCI) schemes merged,Coins and stamps released at PBD.
• Person of Indian Origin (PIO) and Overseas Citizenship of India (OCI)
• Atul Khare appointed as the UN Under-Secretary-General
• New Jersey to host international conference on Hindi in April
• Gujarat govt announces industrial policy for 2015.
• Mali President Names Modibo Keita As New Prime Minister.
• Former Chief Justice RK Manisana Died.
• Australia's Qantas Named World’s Safest Airline. 
• YP Singhal Named new Haryana DGP

07/01/2015:

• Railways' earnings up by over 12% uring April-December 2014,
• Google, New ally for 'Digital India' project
• IBA raises wage revision offer to 12.5%
• Amitabh Bachchan named as the Brand Ambassador of AP health sector
• President signed Ordinance to amend Citizenship Act, 1955
• Nilesh Shah resigned as MD & CEO of AXIS Capital Limited

06/01/2015: 

• P Krishnamurthy appointed as Private Secretary of Union Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar
• Union Cabinet approved to set up India-based Neutrino Observatory in TN
• Former Minister of State for PWD Ram Prasad Kamal died

04/01/2015 & 05/01/2015:

• LED bulb distribution under domestic efficient lighting programme (DELP) in Delhi.
• Laxman, SP Balasubrahmanyam new Swachh Bharat ambassadors
• 18 Jharkhand villages identified under 'Green India Mission'
• Arvind Panagariya to be Vice-Chairman of PM Narendra Modi's NITI Aayog
• Government to implement new Companies Act that includes setting up Investor Education and Protection Fund Authority (IEPFA) and National Financial Reporting Authority (NFRA).
• DDA plans smart city in Dwarka, flats for senior citizens in 2015.
• Kiran Bhai Vadodaria Elected As Indian Newspaper Society (INS) president. 
• Veteran Chinese Sports Administrator He Zhenliang Died. 

03/01/2015:

• ICICI Launches Digital Village Project in Gujarat
• Gyan Sangam: Government on its way to overhaul public sector banks
• West Bengal is organising Bengal Global Business Summit
• Kumar Sangakkara fastest to 12,000 runs in Tests
• Intel invests $24.8 million to speed up launch of Google Glass rival
• RBI relaxed KYC rules for Non-Banking Financial Companies.
• PM Narendra Modi Inaugurates 102nd Session Of The Indian Science Congress in Mumbai.
• R.Koteeswaran Took Charge As New CMD of Indian Overseas Bank.

02/01/2015: 

• Krishan Kant Paul will be sworn in as the sixth Governor of Uttarakhand on January 8.
• R.K. Srivastava took over as the new chairman of Airports Authority of India (AAI) replacing Sudheer Raheja.
• Uttarakhand governor Aziz Qureshi transferred to Mizoram
• BHEL bags first key power project in Telangana
• LIC International launches co-branded credit card with UAE's First Gulf Bank
• Government to prioritise drugs, states to revive Jan Aushadhi Pharmacies
• R Koteeswaran takes over as new Indian Overseas Bank CMD.
• Veteran Scientist Vasant Gowarikar Died. 
• Petra Kvitova Named Right To Play Ambassador

01/01/2015: Ezorif Welcomes You Happy New Year . . . 2015 . . .

• ISRO chairperson K Radhakrishnan retires
• Chhattigarh declares "Plastic Carry Bag Free State".
• Kishore Kumar Sansi takes charge as MD and CEO of Vijay Bank. 
• 65 years Planning Commission renamed " NITI Aayog" called as National Institution for Transforming India, Ayog .
• Tropical storm Jangmi struck Philippines.
• M. Sathiyavathy is new DGCA (Directorate General of Civil Aviation) chief Sathiyavathy is expected to assume charge on Monday, replacing Prabhat Kumar . 
• NASA's SMAP instrument to measure Earth's soil
• A K Mittal appointed railway board chairman
• Noted journalist Boobli George Verghese died
• Government splits CMD post in Public Sector Banks
• Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh launches women safety mobile app 'Himmat'. 
• Dilma Rousseff Sworn In For Second Term As Brazilian President. 
• A.K. Mittal Appointed As New Chairman of Railway Board.
• India To Host 2nd International Indian Ocean Expedition.