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January 2015 current afairs

1.T Suvarna Raju takes charge as chairman of Hindustan AeronauticsLimited

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T Suvarna Raju has taken charge as chairman of state-run Hindustan Aeronautics Limited

(HAL)

2.Sergio &attarella elected as 'resident of (taly


)anuary *! "#$%o comments

ta!"#s $ar!iament has e!ected constitutiona! court judge Sergio Mattarellaas the

countr"#s $resident.

%.+nion ,overnment releases -ommemorative 'ostage Stamps onSwachh .harat &ission


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&nion 'overnment has re!eased set of three ommemorative ostage Stam$s

on Swachh Bharat Mission (!ean ndia *ission).

This set of % stam$s +as re!eased ," &nion *inistr" for ommunications nformation

Techno!og" and issued ," e$artment of osts.

/.Serena /illiams wins Australian 0pen "#$ /omen1s Singles title



Serena 0i!!iams of &nited States has +on Austra!ian $en 213 0omen#s Sing!es tit!e.

n the 4na!s she defeated Russia#s *aria Shara$ova ," score of 5-%6 7-56 7-3.

0ith this +in Serena 0i!!iams has +on 5th Austra!ian $en tit!e and 18th 'rand S!am

tit!e.

3.First -anister2based Agni23 missile successfully test2fired


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9or the 4rst time6 a canisterised version of Agni-V missile+as successfu!!" test-4red on

%1 :anuar" 213 from 0hee!er s!and o; disha coast.

This +as the third successfu! 363?36@ km. t +i!! a!!o+ ndia to strike targets across Asia and intouro$e

t is a % stage so!id fue!!ed missi!e +ith com$osite motor casing in the second and

third stage

3.Scientist 3 4 Saraswat joins as full2time member of %(T( Aayog



9ormer R chiefVijay umar Saraswathas taken charge as fu!! time-mem,er of

Bationa! nstitution for Transforming ndia (BT) Aa"og.

5.Senior ('S officer 4rishna -haudhary appointed as new (T.' 5,



Senior S oCcer rishna !hau"haryhas ,een a$$ointed the ne+ irector 'enera!(') of the #n"o-$i%etan Bor"er &olice '#$B&()

7.,ujarat government launches Taluka 'lanning Atlas project


)anuary *#! "#$%o comments

'ujarat government has !aunched $alu*a &lanning Atlas '$&A( +roject.

t +as !aunched ," hief *inister Anandi,en ate! at a function he!d in 'andhinagar6

'ujarat.
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@.6imbabwe 'resident Robert &ugabe appointed as -hairman of African+nion



Dim,a,+e#s resident Ro%ert Muga%ehas ,een a$$ointed as hairman of African

&nion (A&).

8.(ndia tops -redit Suisse emerging consumer scorecard "#$


)anuary *#! "#$ -omment

ndia has to$$ed in the !ist of !re"it Suisse emerging consumer scorecar"

2015, among the 8 emerging economies)

This scorecard +as $re$ared ," 4fth annua! merging onsumer Surve" ," the redit

Suisse Research nstitute.

ey acts

The surve" had intervie+ed consumers across nine emerging economies inc!uding

=raEi!6 hina6 ndia6 ndonesia6 *eFico6 Russia6 Saudi Ara,ia6 South Africa and Turke".

Ran*ing o other countries. =raEi! (2nd)6 ndonesia (%rd)6 Saudi Ara,ia (/th)6hina (3th)6 Turke" (5th)6 *eFico (7th)6 Russia (@th) and South Africa (8th).

1.,%LF founder Subhash ,hisingh passes away



'orkha Bationa! Li,eration 9ront ('BL9) founder Su,hash 'hisingh has $assed a+a" in

Be+ e!hi. He +as 7@
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11.7minent singer Shekhar Sen appointed as -hairman of Sangeet %atakAkademi


)anuary "8! "#$%o comments

minent singer6 com$oser6 !"ricist and actor She*har Senhas ,een a$$ointed as the

chairman of the Sangeet /ata* A*a"emi 'S/A(

12.%ation pays tributes to Lala Lajpat Rai on his $#th birth anniversary



n 2@ :anuar" 2136 nation $aid tri,utes to nationa! mart"r of freedom movement6 alaaj+at Raion his 13th ,irth anniversar".

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1%.Subrahmanyam )aishankar appointed as new Foreign Secretary



&nion 'overnment has a$$ointed Su%rahmanyam Jaishan*aras the ne+ Secretar" of

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His name +as c!eared ," A$$ointments ommittee of the a,inet (A) chaired ," rime

*inister Barendra *odi.

He +i!! ,e re$!acing incum,ent 9oreign Secretar" Sujatha Singh +hose tenure +as

curtai!ed +ith immediate e;ect. She had assumed oCce in August 21% and +as due to

retire in August 213

1/.,ujarat Technological +niversity launches e2Raksha centre to fightcybercrime



'ujarat Techno!ogica! &niversit" ('T&) has !aunched e-Ra*sha Research !entre to

cur, rising menace of c",ercrimes.

13.&aharashtra to observe (ndustries 5ay on September :



*aharashtra government has announced that6 Se$tem,er 17 (on Gish+akarma :a"anti)

+i!! ,e o,served as #n"ustries ayin each district.

15.Australian cricketer Sean Abbott wins .radman young cricketer of theyear award


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Austra!ian cricketer Sean A%%ott has +on =radman "oung cricketer of the "ear a+ard

213.

0hi!e6 Steve Smith +as a+arded the A!!an =order *eda! and ,eing named ,oth Test and

one da" $!a"er of the "ear.

Sean A%%ott is the ,o+!er6 +ho +as un+itting!" at the centre of the tragic death of

hi!!i$ Hughes. n Bovem,er 21/6 he had de!ivered ,ouncer to Hughes that hit him in

head during a SheCe!d Shie!d match at the S' against South Austra!ia

17.R.( signs an information sharing agreement with .ra;il1s -entral .ank


)anuary ":! "#$ -omment

Reserve =ank of ndia (R=) has signed a *emorandum of &nderstanding (*o&)

on Supervisory Cooperation and Exchange of Supervisory Information+ith =raEi!#s

entra! =ank- Banco !entral "o Brasil 'B!B(.

[email protected]' Sinha appointed as secretary


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)anuary ":! "#$%o comments

hurch of ng!and has consecrated Reverend Li,," Lane as its 4rst fema!e ,isho$ in a

ceremon" he!d at ork *inster (a 'othic cathedra!) in northern ng!and

21.7minent cartoonist R4 La>man passes away


)anuary "?! "#$%o comments

minent cartoonist6 i!!ustrator and humorist Rasi+uram a4man$assed a+a" in une.

He +as 8/

His creation:

He is ,est kno+n for creation of iconic character $he !ommon Man6 for his dai!"cartoon stri$6ou Sai" #tin The Times of ndia(T). t +as started in 1831. Thischaracter he!d a mirror to the societ" and targeted $o!iticians for more than 4ve decades.

n 18@@6 commemorative $ostage stam$ of The ommon *an +as re!eased ," thendian osta! Service on the 13th anniversar" T.

He a!so created a $o$u!ar mascot for the Asian aints grou$ ca!!ed 6attuin 183/.

Other Works:

His cartoons have a$$eared in Hindi 4!ms such as *r. *rs. in 1833 and a Tami!

4!m Iamaraj.

His creations a!so inc!ude the sketches dra+n for the te!evision ada$tation of*a!gudi a"s (+ritten ," his e!der ,rother R I Bara"an and directed ," Shankar Bag).

Awar"s. He is reci$ient of Padma Bhushan (1971)6 Padma i!hushan(23)and"amon #agsaysay $%ardfor :ourna!ism6 Literature and reative ommunication Arts(18@/).

is Auto%iogra+hy.The Tunne! of Time> An Auto,iogra$h".

Boo*s.He had $u,!ished numerous short stories6 essa"s6 and trave! artic!es6some of +hich +ere co!!ected in &he 'istorted #irror (*). His nove!s inc!ude &he +ote,"iviera- &he #essengerand the short stor" co!!ection Servants of India.
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22.-olombia1s 'aulina 3ega crowned &iss +niverse "#$



o!om,ia#s &aulina Vega+as cro+ned 5%rd *iss &niverse after ,eating out contenders

from the &nited States6 &kraine6 :amaica and Bether!ands

2%.&ajor &ukund 3aradarajan and %aik %eeraj 4umar Singh awardedAshok -hakra posthumously



T+o arm" $ersonne!6 *ajor Mu*un" Vara"arajanand Baik/eeraj umar Singh+ere

a+arded the highest $eacetime mi!itar" honour6 the Ashok hakra $osthumous!" ,"

resident rana, *ukherjee

./'adma Awards "#$


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resident rana, *ukherjee has announced the names of Reci$ients of this "ear#s adma

a+ards. He a$$roved conferment of 1/ adma A+ards

2015 Padma Vibhushan Awards

(t is the second highest civilian award@ (t is awarded for e>ceptional and distinguished service@

Sr No Name of the Awardee Discipline State/Domicile

L@ 4@ Advani 'ublic Affairs ,ujarat

" Amitabh .achchan Art &aharashtra

* 'rakash Singh .adal 'ublic Affairs 'unjab

5r@5@3eerendra Heggade Social /ork 4arnataka

$ 5ilip 4umar Art &aharashtra

? Swami Rambhadracharya 0thers +ttar 'radesh

: 'rof@ &alur Ramaswamy Srinivasan Science

ngineeringTamil %adu

9 Shri 4ottayan 4@ 3enugopal 'ublic Affairs 5elhi

8 Iarim A! Hussaini Aga Ihan

(9oreigner)Trade B (ndustry FranceC+4

2015 Padma Bhushan Awards

(t is the third highest civilian award@ (t is awarded for distinguished service of high order@


1

)ahnu .arua Art Assam


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" 5r@ 3ijay .hatkar Science

ngineering

&aharashtra

* Swapan 5asgupta Literature

ducation5elhi

Swami Satyamitranand ,iri 0thers +ttar 'radesh

$ %@ ,opalaswami -ivil Service Tamil %adu

? 5r@ Subhash -@ 4ashyap 'ublic Affairs 5elhi

: 5r@


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2015 Padma Shri Awards

(t is the fourth highest civilian award@ (t is awarded for distinguished service in any field@


5r@ &anjula Anagani &edicine Telangana

" S@ Arunan Science

ngineering4arnataka

* 4anyakumari Avasarala Art Tamil %adu

5r@ .ettina Sharada .aumer Literature

ducation)ammu B 4ashmir

$ %aresh .edi Art 5elhi

? Ashok .hagat Social /ork )harkhand

: Sanjay Leela .hansali Art &aharashtra

9 5r@ Lakshmi %andan .ora Literature

ducationAssam

8 5r@ ,yan -haturvedi Literature

ducation&adhya 'radesh

# 'rof@


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8 5r@ Sunil )ogi Literature

ducation5elhi

"# 'rasoon )oshi Art &aharashtra

" 5r@ 'rafulla 4ar Art 0dhisa

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17/42

27.Saina %ehwal wins Syed &odi ,rand 'ri> ,old badminton tournament"#$


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tit!e 213

28.'ooja Thakur2 first woman officer to lead guard of honour atRashtrapathi .havan


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18/42

0ing ommander &ooja $ha*urhas ,ecome the 4rst +oman oCcer to !ead the

ceremonia! 'uard of Honour at Rashtra$athi =havan

%.%ational 3oters 5ay observed on "$th )anuary every year



ver" "ear /ational Voters8 ay '/V(is o,served on 23th :anuar".

This "ear i.e. 213 is 4fth Bationa! Goters# a" and theme of this "ear is 7asy

Registration, 7asy !orrection

%1.Arundhathi Subramaniam wins inaugural 4hushwant Singh &emorial'ri;e for 'oetry



oetessArundhathi Subramaniamhas +on the inaugural Khushwant Singh

Memorial Prize for Poetry.

She has ,een conferred this $riEe for her +ork When God is a Traveller. Her name +as

announced at a $riEe ceremon" he!d at :ai$ur Literature 9estiva!.

%2.Shanta 4umar -ommittee on Restructuring of F-( submits report to '&
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$he other 9 e4+erts are.Anis =aj+a (akistan)6 9unmi !onisakin (Bigeria)6 Sahe!

Sahara Ahmedou u!d-A,da!!ah (*auritania)6 har!es etrie (9rance)6 'ert Rosentha!

('uatema!a) and dith 'race Ssem$a!a (&ganda)

%3.S.( signs ## mn euro loan pact with 7(.


)anuary "*! "#$%o comments

ndia#s !argest ,ank State =ank of ndia (S=)6 has signed a !oan agreement for 1

mi!!ion euro (a,out Rs 7 crore) +ith uro$ean nvestment =ank (=)

%5.)humpa Lahiri wins 5S- 'ri;e for South Asian Literature "#$



ndian American u!itEer riEe-+inning authorJhum+a ahirihas +on $restigious S

riEe for South Asian Literature 213. 9ifth edition of this $riEe +as announced at the

:ai$ur Literature 9estiva!.

She has received the $restigious K36 S riEe for her ,ook$he owlan") Her ,ook

+as chosen ," 3 judges from 73 ,ooks.

The Lo+!and is a ta!e of t+o ndian ,rothers during time of 183#s in a!cutta. t de$icts

stor" of ,oth ,rothers one +ho get invo!ved in the BaFa!ite movement in the !ate 185s

and the other !eaves for the &nited States

Jhumpa Lahiri Her origina! name is /ilanjana Su"eshna.

:or*s- Her de,ut short stor" co!!ection Interpreter of #a,adies (1999)has +onthe 2 u!itEer riEe for 9iction.

Her 4rst nove! +as 0amesae (*)+as ada$ted in a movie +ith the same name

+hich +as directed ," *ira Bair. Suresh Ia!$enn acted in this movie. &he 2o%,and

(1*).
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urrent!"6 she is a mem,er of &S resident#s ommittee on the Arts and

Humanities.

%7.3odafone appoints Sunil Sood as (ndia -70



Godafone has a$$ointedSunil Soo"as the hief Fecutive Ccer () for its ndia

o$erations. He +i!! ,e 4rst ndian of Godafone.

%@.'rof 4aptan Singh Solanki sworn2in as governor of 'unjab


)anuary ""! "#$%o comments

Har"ana governor &ro a+tan Singh Solan*itook over the additiona! charge of

'overnor of unja,. He +i!! ,e %/th governor of unja,

%8.+nion ,overnment launches .eti .achao2.eti 'adhao campaign


)anuary ""! "#$ -omment
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&nion 'overnment has !aunched am,itious Beti Bachao-Beti &a"hao'BBB&(cam$aign

to save and em$o+er gir! chi!d.

The scheme +as !aunched ," rime *inister Barendra *odi from ani$at in Har"ana.

:hy aryana was chosen to launch Beti Bachao-Beti &a"hao cam+aign

/.7conomist .ibek 5ebroy takes over as member of %(T( Aayog


)anuary ""! "#$%o comments

conomist Bi%e* e%royhas taken over as the fu!!-time mem,er of Bationa! nstitution

for Transforming ndia (BT) Aa"og.

7arlier on $ )anuary "#$! 'rime &inister %arendra &odi had appointed .ibek 5ebroy along with

Scientist 3 4 Saraswat as full time member of %(T( Aayog@

@+nion ,overnment launches HR(5AD scheme


)anuary "! "#$%o comments

&nion government has !aunched a eritage !ity e3elo+ment an" Augmentation

ojana 'R#A(scheme to $reserve and rejuvenate the rich cu!tura! heritage of the

countr".

&nion governments am,itious Rs 3 crore HRA $roject +as !aunched ," &r,an

eve!o$ment *inister Genkaiah Baidu in Be+ e!hi.

n the initia! $hase6 12 heritage cities have ,een identi4ed +hich +i!! ,e rejuvenated and

deve!o$ed under HRA.

$he 12 cities are. Amritsar6 Garanasi6 'a"a6 uri6 Ajmer6 *athura6 +arka6 =adami6

Ge!ankanni6 Ianchi$uram6 0aranga! and Amaravati.

"@'radhan &antri )an 5han Dojana features into ,uinness book of /orldRecords
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