Current Affairs Capsule January 2016- All the Current Affairs for Banking, UPSC,

SSC etc. in short and bullet form for Fast Revision. Click on the Current Affairs

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RV Easwar Committee submits reports

ISRO successfully launches IRNSS-1E satellite

India ranks 89th in Global Talent Competitiveness Index 2015-16

Bihar Government approves 35% job reservation for women

World Economic Forum meet begins in Davos, Switzerland

National Family Health Survey's first Report released

India saved 1 billion US dollars annually using Aadhaar: World Bank

Lenovo partners with Google’s Project Tango

UNWTO released World Tourism Barometer

Oxfam report: An Economy for the 1%

Sikkim becomes India’s first fully organic state

BSE launches algorithm trading test

Guenter Butschek appointed as MD and CEO of Tata Motors Ltd

France declares economic emergency

AIIB formally opens in Beijing

Tsai Ing-wen elected as first female President of Taiwan

The Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act, 2015 comes into force

61st Filmfare Awards announced

‘Sahayog – Kaijin 2016’ joint Coast Guard exercise

Sania Mirza, Martina Hingis win 2016 WTA Apia International title of Tennis

SBI Launches First Dedicated Branch For Startups – SBI InCube

Anuradha Roy wins 2016 DSC Prize for South Asian Literature

‘Start-up India, Stand-up India’ action plan launched

Madhya Pradesh selected for Krishi Karman Award for year 2014-15

India’s Grid-linked solar generation capacity crosses 5,000 MW mark

Loan agreement signed with World Bank for Neeranchal National Watershed

Project

Indian Army Day: 15 January

Dinesh Sharma of India elected to board of directors of AIIB

US lifts nuclear sanctions on Iran

Nag anti-tank missile successful test fired

India to join the International Energy Agency – Ocean Energy Systems

Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana approved by cabinet

Kerala becomes first state to achieve 100% primary education

President gives assent to The Sugar Cess (Amendment) Bill, 2015

EPFO wins National Award on e-Governance for UAN

Arvind Panagariya committee formed to fast-track bullet train project

Telangana makes Gender education compulsory

Stanislas Wawrinka wins 2016 Chennai Open title

CIRB Hisar becomes second institute to clone buffalo in India

DAC approves major changes in Defence Procurement Procedure

India-Australia Social Security Agreement comes into operation

73rd Annual Golden Globe Awards announced

Lionel Messi wins 2016 FIFA Ballon d’Or award

NASA’s Kepler spacecraft finds 100 new alien planets orbiting other stars

Sailesh appointed as Registrar General and Census Commissioner

Urjit Patel reappointed as Deputy Governor of RBI for a second term

Sania Mirza, Martina Hingis wins 2016 WTA Brisbane International Tennis trophy

Enemy Property (Amendment and Validation) Ordinance, 2016 promulgated

Governor’s rule imposed in Jammu and Kashmir

Raghuram Rajan awarded 2016 Central Banker of the Year Award

Devender Kumar Sikri appointed as Chairman of CCI

India to grow at 7.8% in year 2016: World Bank Report

India-France military exercise Shakti-2016 begins

ICICI Bank partners with FINO PayTech for payments bank space

J&K Chief Minister Mufti Mohammad Sayeed passes away

Kate Atkinson wins 2015 Costa Novel Award

ASW corvette INS Kadmatt commissioned in Visakhapatnam

River Information System launched

Ministry of Overseas Indian Affairs to merge with MEA

Union Government decides to directly shift from BS-IV to BS-VI Emission norms in

2020

Union Cabinet approves Stand Up India Scheme for women and SC/ST

Apurvi Chandela sets world record in 10m air rifle

Andhra Bank launches IMPS for money transfer

Union Government launches Ganga Gram Yojana

Filippo Grandi takes charge as UN High Commissioner for Refugees

Four new Elements added to complete Seventh row of Periodic Table

Union Government abolishes export duty on iron ore pellets

Toilets mandatory to contest Panchayat polls in Bihar

Pakistan and Sri Lanka agree to expand FTA

Former CJI SH Kapadia passes away

BCCI Annual Awards 2015 declared

Pranav Dhanawade makes world record by scoring 1009 runs at school level

tournament

Invasive species of snowflake coral discovered off coast of Thiruvananthapuram

Union Government reserves 33% posts of women constables in CAPFs

Mary Barra elected as Chairman of General Motors Board of Directors

Nokia completes acquisition of Alca-Lucent

Jharkhand Government launches Land bank web portal

CRPF to deploy women commandos in anti-Naxal operations

Jharkhand signs MoU with Centre for power scheme UDAY

Lodha Committee on BCCI reforms submits its report

India-Nepal friendship bus service resumes

RBI imposes Rs 1 crore fine on State Bank of Travancore

103rd Indian Science Congress Held

RK Mathur sworn in as 8th Chief Information Commissioner

Abid Ali Neemuchwala appointed as CEO of Wipro

Arunima Sinha scales Mount Aconcagua in Argentina

India wins the 2015 SAFF championship

President gives assent to 5 key bills

World Braille Day observed on 4th January

e-Vahan Bima Scheme launched by Telangana Govt

Japan and South Korea agrees on Issue of Comfort Women

Atul Sobti appointed as CMD of BHEL

NABARD, NRSC signed MoU for monitoring Watershed Projects

G D Bandgaiyan appointed DG of National Centre for Good Governance

Former Newcastle United goalkeeper Pavel Srnicek died

Marathi poet Mangesh Keshav Padgaonkar passed away

Giorgi Kvirikashvili elected as Prime Minister of Georgia

Satyavati Berera becomes COO at Big 4 in India

Raghuveer Chaudhary selected for 51st Jnanpith Award

Guinea officially declared Ebola-free by WHO

Shyam Benegal Committee formed to revamp Censor Board

Kamlesh Chandra Committee formed by Union Government

DBT scheme for kerosene to be rolled out

Veteran CPI leader A B Bardhan died

India’s Petronet LNG signs revised contract with RasGas of Qatar

DAVA project of Deparment of Commerce bags 2015 eASIA award.

India and Pakistan exchange lists of nuclear facilities

‘Nai Manzil’ scheme to be funded by World Bank

CCEA approves Amended Technology Upgradation Fund Scheme

Union Cabinet approves India-Australia Civil Nuclear Cooperation deal

Raptor MoU approved by Union Cabinet

Union Cabinet approves construction of 69 bridges in Myanmar

Barak 8 Missile successfully tested from INS Kolkata

Harpal Singh Kumar knighted by Queen Elizabeth II

Ian Murdock, founder of Debian Linux, passed away

Prayagraj Super Thermal power project commissioned

National Biotechnology Development Strategy 2015-2020 unveiled

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