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Monday, 1 February 2016

Important note : 5 ( Jan Month Current Affairs)

1) Indian Government to get Rs. 726 crore via 2nd tranche of gold bond scheme

Important info :- The scheme is aimed at reducing demand for gold in physical form by encouraging people to buy the commodity in demat or the paper form

2) Sobhagya Advertising Service has been selected the Best public relations Agency of the year 2016.

3) Sania Mirza and Martina Hingis have won the Australian Open women's doubles champions

4) Puducherry Governor AK Singh launches MITRA app

About MITRA app :-

i) The Android based application can send emergency SOS messages when in danger or emergency.
ii) It is an initiative of the Puducherry Police, the App can be used with ease and without anyone noticing it. Though this can be used by anyone, Police expects that it will be more useful to women, children and the aged.
iii) The person in danger needs only press the power button of his/her mobile three times to launch the applicatSecretary

5) J.S. Deepak appointed as new Telecom Secretary

6) India, ADB sign $80 million Loan Agreement to Improve Urban Services in Agartala and Aizawl

Note:- The previous programs tranches have provided assistance to five other cities in the Northeast—Shillong (Meghalaya), Aizawl (Mizoram), Kohima (Nagaland), Gangtok (Sikkim) and Agartala (Tripura).

7) ISA ( International solar alliance) - the First International and Inter-Governmental Organisation have Headquartered in India

Important Points:-

(I) For making solar energy a valuable source of affordable and reliable green and clean energy in 121 member countries.
(ii) Headquarter :- National Institute of Solar Energy (NISE), Gwalpahari, Gurgaon
(iii) Indian Government has dedicated 5-acre land in NISE campus for the ISA Headquarters and also has contributed Rs 175 crore for ISA corpus fund and also for meeting expenditure for initial five years.

Important note : 4 ( Jan Month Current Affairs)

1) ‪‎India became‬ the ‪‎world‬'s ‪‎largest‬ ‪rice exporter‬ (2015: India overtakes Thailand)

1st - India
2nd - Thailand
3rd - Vietnam

2) ‪China‬ remained the ‪number‬ ‪one‬ ‪importer‬ of ‪rice‬.

3) ‪Supreme‬ Court ‪appoints‬ Justice ‪Sanjay‬ Mishra as new ‪UP‬ ‎Lokayukta‬ ( Previous : Virendra Singh )

4) ‪‎Intelsat‬ has ‪launched‬ the ‪first‬ of its new ‪Epic‬ ‪telecommunications‬‪ spacecraft‬. (Intelsat is the Commercial satellite giant)

5) ‪Manoj‬ Sinha, MoS Railways has inaugurated a new ‪‎private freight‬‪ terminal‬ at ‎Sachana‬ village near Viramgam in ‪Ahmedabad‬.

6) ‎Indian Government‬ announces the first 20 ‪smart‬ ‪cities‬ in India

7) Minister of State in the Prime Minister's Office and Atomic Energy and Space, ‪Jitendra‬ Singh has inaugurated the Hall of Nuclear Power in New Delhi

8) Smriti Irani releases literary calendar 2016 of NCPUL ( National Council for Promotion of Urdu Language)

9) Chinese President Xi launches Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank. (The bank was formally established in Beijing on December 25, 2015)

10) Andhra Bank has announced the launch of the Sovereign Gold Bond Scheme Tranche-II

Important points :-

Its 2,755 branches
Eligible persons (individuals, joint persons, associations and trusts)
Can apply For #minimum 2 gm and the #maximum of 500 gm
A rate of interest of 2.75 per cent per annum and a rate of Rs. 2,600 per gm for subscriptions under SGB Tranche-II.
Tenor of the bonds is eight (8) years with provision for premature cancellation after Five (5) years

12) Haiti has been hit by an outbreak of the Zika virus. It is a mosquito-borne ailment similar to Dengue fever that is rapidly spreading through the Caribbean.

13) CONCOR to set up Rs. 450 crore multi-modal logistics park at Kakinada

Info:-
(I) Investment of about Rs. 450 crore
(II) Andhra Pradesh government has allotted 89.35 acres of land to CONCOR on lease for 60 years at Rs. 100 per acre per annum

14) Bhaskar Bhat becomes Tata SIA Airlines Chairman

SBI have seven non-banking Subsidiaries

The list is as follows:

SBI Capital Markets Ltd
SBI Funds Management Pvt Ltd
SBI Factors & Commercial Services Pvt Ltd
SBI Cards & Payments Services Pvt. Ltd. (SBICPSL)
SBI DFHI Ltd
SBI Life Insurance Company Limited
SBI General Insurance

Important Notes - 3 (Jan Moth Current Affairs)

1) ‪French‬ utility firm ‪EDF‬ has signed a ‪MoU‬ with Nuclear Power Corp of India Ltd (‪NPCIL‬) for the ‪construction‬ of ‪six‬ EPR nuclear ‪reactors‬at ‪Jaitapur‬, India.

2) India ranks 1st in ICC Test rankings

3) Former Delhi Police Commissioner Y S ‪Dadwal‬ and retired IAS officer G S Patnaik‬ ‪appointed‬ as the ‪advisors‬ to ‪Arunachal‬ governor

4) ‪OYO‬ Rooms‬ ‪appoints‬ ‪Dinesh‬ R as its ‪new‬ ‪chief‬ human resources officer (‪HRO‬)

5) ‪Vuclip‬ #appoints ‪Vishal‬ Maheshwari as its India’s Country Manager

6) ‪Tata‬ ‪Motors‬ appoints ‪Gunter‬ Butschek as its new #chief

7) ‪Eagles‬ ‪guitarist‬ ‪Glenn‬ Frey passes away at New York

8) World's oldest man Yasutaro Koide passes away in Japan

9) Legendary classical danseuse Mrinalini Sarabhai passes away in Ahmedabad

10) 4th All India Police Archery Championship begins in Nagaland

11) India's multi-wavelength space-based observatory #ASTROSAT has completed more than 100 days in orbit.

12) The Kerala Cabinet has approved the proposals of the 10th pay commission which is expected to drill a Rs. 7,222 crore hole into the state exchequer.

13) The Asian Development Bank (ADB) will provide $ 200 million in loans to small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in rural Bangladesh to help them gain access to medium and long-term credit

14) Indian Government to set up 100 plastic technology institutes in India

15) 19th National Conference on e-Governance begins in Nagpur

Important Notes - 2 (Jan Moth Current Affairs)

1) Lance Naik Mohan Nath Goswami posthumously awarded Ashoka Chakra

2) ‪‎West‬ ‪Bengal‬ Chief Minister, Mamata Banerjee has inaugurated of the 40th International ‪Kolkata‬ ‪Book‬ ‪Fair‬ -the world’s largest non-trade fair.

3) Indian President Shri Pranab Mukherjee has formally inaugurated the‪ ‎Shiv‬ ‪‎Nadar‬ ‪‎University‬ and dedicated it to the nation at Dadri, Gautam Buddha Nagar (Uttar Pradesh).

4) Arundhati Bhattacharya appointed chairperson of IIM Sambalpur ( For next 5 years)

5) India, France signs 16 agreements ( including : Airbus Group and Mahindra for the manufacture of ‪helicopters‬ and also signed three MoUs under the ‪‎SmartCity‬ theme )

6) India, World Bank signs Financing Agreement for ‪‎Bihar‬ ‪‎Kosi‬ ‪‎Basin‬ Development Project for US$ 250 million

7) ICCW announces National Bravery Awards for 2015 : 25 children including 3 girls and 22 boys have been selected.

8) ‪World‬ Bank to fund zoo in ‪Andhra‬ Pradesh ( ‪Hudhud‬ Disaster Recovery Project)

9) ‪‎Nandi‬ ‪Natakotsavam‬, prestigious state-organised theater ‪‎festival‬ begins in #Andhra ‪Pradesh‬

10) Pradhan Mantri Sinchai Yojna to be implemented in all 51 districts of Madhya Pradesh. (Centre has given over 60 crore rupees)

11) Former Governor of Sikkim and a long-standing leader of the BJP, ‪V‬‪ Rama‬ ‪Rao‬ passes away in Hyderabad

12) DoP( Department of Posts) plans to open 1000 ATMs under core banking system by March 2016

13) Pranab Mukherjee launches Pulse Polio programme for 2016

14) Indian writer Anuradha Roy has won the prestigious DSC Prize for South Asian Literature :- for her novel 'Sleeping on Jupiter' at the Galle Literary Festival in Sri Lankdistrict.

15) International Finance Corporation (IFC) tie up with Madhya Pradesh, one of the world's largest ultra-mega solar power plants is being set up at Gurh in Rewa district.

Important Notes - 1 (Jan Moth Current Affairs)

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CBDT appoints Atulesh Jindal as its new chief
Alice Vaidyan appointed as new CMD of GIC Re
PV Sindhu wins Malaysia Masters Grand Prix Gold Badminton title
India, World Bank signs Financing Agreement for Jhelum and Tawi Flood Recovery Project
PM releases 100 secret files on Netaji
Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jayalalithaa has launched the AMMA Micro Loans scheme to help small traders affected by the recent floods.
Suresh Prabhu launches free public Wi-Fi service at Mumbai Central Station. rolled out by Indian Railway’s telecom arm, RailTel in collaboration with Google.
Largest and tallest tricolour hoisted at Ranchi
PNB Housing Finance likely to go for an initial public offering in 2017
RBI to introduce new banknotes of 500 rupees and 100 rupees denominations with enhanced security features
India ranks 89th in global talent competitiveness
India expected to be world's fastest growing economy: United Nations World Economic Situation and Prospects 2016 report have been launched

First 20 smart cities under 'Smart Cities Mission'

1. Bhubaneswar, Odisha
2. Pune, Maharashtra
3. Jaipur, Rajasthan
4. Surat, Gujarat
5. Kochi, Kerala
6. Ahmedabad, Gujarat
7. Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh
8. Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh
9. Sholapur, Maharashtra
10. Davangere, Karnataka
11. Indore, Madhya Pradesh
12. New Delhi Municipal Corporation
13. Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu
14. Kakinada, Andhra Pradesh
15. Belagavi, Karnataka
16. Udaipur, Rajasthan
17. Guwahati, Assam
18. Chennai, Tamil Nadu
19. Ludhiana, Punjab
20. Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh