January 2016 Current Affairs: In this chapter, information has been given about the latest current affairs based on India and the world in the month of January 2016 from the point of view of upcoming competitive examinations. Here you can find various fields of India and the world like: Appointments, Resignations, Sports and Sportsmen, Politics, Awards and Honors, Important Days, Deaths, Reports, Business, Planning, Politics, Education, Books and Authors, Economy, Accidents, Science, Technology You can get general knowledge about important current affairs related to geography, records, settlement, convention and entertainment etc.
31 January 2016 | Sports Current Affairs World No. 1 tennis player Novak Djokovic of Serbia won the Australian Open men’s singles title. Djokovic is the sixth Australian Open title. World No. 2 player Andy Murray defeate by Novak in the final match 6-1,7-5, 7-6. |
30 January 2016 | Agreements Current Affairs India and Pakistan have extended their agreement relating to rail communication by mutual consent through diplomatic channels for next three years. The agreement, signed on 28 June, 1976, enables India-Pakistan rail communication both in respect of goods and passenger traffic. |
29 January 2016 | Sports Current Affairs Indian tennis ace Sania Mirza and her Swiss partner Martina Hingis beat seventh seeded Czech combination of Andrea Hlavackova and Lucie Hradecka to win Australian Open women’s doubles. |
28 January 2016 | Awards Current Affairs Three Indian-Origin, Chennupati Jagadish, an eminent professor at Australian National University (ANU) in Canberra, Jay Chandra, an eye doctor in New South Wales, and Sajeev Koshy, a dentist in Melbourne, received Order of Australia medal for the year 2016 announced on the Australia Day. |
27 January 2016 | Politics Current Affairs President Pranab Mukherjee at evening approved the Union Cabinet’s recommendation for the imposition of President’s rule on Arunachal Pradesh. |
26 January 2016 | Indian Current Affairs India has donated 40 ambulances and 8 buses to various hospitals, non-profit charitable organisations and educational institutions in Nepal at a function at the Indian embassy in Kathmandu on 67th Republic day of India. |
25 January 2016 | Indian Current Affairs India’s largest tricolour was hoisted atop the tallest pole at Pahari Mandir in Ranchi, by Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar. This flag will remain hoisted for 24 hours and shall be illuminated with the help of twenty sodium vapour lights at night. |
24 January 2016 | Sports Current Affairs Two-time World Championship bronze-medallist, India’s P.V. Sindhu made a rousing start to the new season as she clinched the Malaysia Masters Grand Prix Gold title after defeating Scotland’s Kristy Gilmour in straight games in the final in Penang. |
23 January 2016 | Obituaries Current Affairs Former Deputy speaker of Gujarat Assembly and social worker Nirmala Gajvani passed away at the age of 87 on 21st January. She was the first woman deputy speaker of Gujarat Assembly. she married Dr. Hassanand Gajwani at 16 and, due to the partition of India and Pakistan, was forced to flee as a refugee with her 10-month old infant son in 1947. |
22 January 2016 | Awards Current Affairs In the 14th edition of the travel site’s Travelers’ Choice Awards, the Umaid Bhawan Palace was named the best hotel of 2016, with a five out of five bubble rating among its 840 guests. |
21 January 2016 | Indian Current Affairs Bihar government announced 35% reservation for woman in all government jobs in the state all level. The decision was taken at a meeting of the state cabinet presided over by chief minister Nitish Kumar. |
20 January 2016 | Science Current Affairs PSLV-C31, successfully launched the 1425 kg IRNSS-1E, the fifth satellite in the Indian Regional Navigation Satellite System (IRNSS) today morning (January 20, 2016) from Satish Dhawan Space Centre SHAR, Sriharikota. This is the thirty second consecutively successful mission of PSLV and the eleventh in its ‘XL’ configuration. |
19 January 2016 | Sports Current Affairs The snooker player Ronnie O’Sullivan win a sixth snooker master award on 19th January 2016. His unique ability to make such a taxing game so ridiculously simple and aesthetically pleasing is the reason why he described himself in a media conference after his 13-12 defeat to Barry Hawkins, without a hint of arrogance, as the “figurehead” of the sport. |
18 January 2016 | Business Current Affairs The Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) on 18 January 2016 launched “Algorithm Trading Test Environment”(ATTE) service in partnership with Symphony Fintech Solutions Pvt Ltd. The BSE is Asia’s oldest stock exchange and, at present, is the world’s fastest stock exchange with a speed of 6 microseconds. |
17 January 2016 | Appointments Current Affairs Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) chairman Tsai Ing-wen made history on 17th January. She has been sworn in as first president of Taiwan and calling for “positive dialogue” with Beijing. Chen Chien-jen was sworn in as vice-president. |
16 January 2016 | Entertainment Current Affairs 61st Filmfare award ceremony for 2015 held in Mumbai. Ranveer Singh and Deepika Padukone win the filmfare Best Actor and Actress Award. The Movie Bajirao Mastani is the best movie announced by 61st Filmfare award. |
15 January 2016 | Indian Current Affairs Sikkim has become India’s first fully organic state by implementing organic practices on around 75,000 hectares of agricultural land. It was 12 years ago in 2003 when the Pawan Chamling-led government decided to make Sikkim an organic farming state through a declaration in the legislative assembly. |
14 January 2016 | Obituaries Current Affairs Britain Actor Alan Rickman, one of the best loved and most warmly admired British actors of the past 30 years, has died in London aged 69 due to cancer. Rickman found a fresh legion of fans with his role as Professor Snape in the Harry Potter films. |
13 January 2016 | Education Current Affairs Kerala has become the first state in the country to achieve total primary education in the primary education equivalency drive of the state literacy mission — Athulyam. Around 2.6 lakh candidates appeared for the 4th standard equivalency examination in June 2015 and 2.2 lakh candidates qualified. |
12 January 2016 | Education Current Affairs Indian state Telangana has become the first State in the country to introduce compulsory gender education at the graduate level; without repeating gender stereotypes in its bilingual textbook titled, ‘Towards a World of Equals. |
11 January 2016 | Sports Current Affairs The first woman to compete in a world championship Formula One grand prix Maria Teresa de Filippis has been died at the age of 89. The Italian started three grand prix races in a privately entered Maserati 250F, finishing a best place of 10th at Spa-Francorchamps in |
10 January 2016 | Appointments Current Affairs The government on 10th January re-appointed Urjit Patel as the deputy governor of Reserve Bank of India for a three-year term, ensuring continuity for the team spearheading the country’s monetary policy under RBI Governor Raghuram Rajan. Patel is the fourth deputy governor, the other three being HR Khan, R Gandhi and SS Mundra. |
9 January 2016 | Sports Current Affairs Woman double No 1 pair Sania Mirza and Martin Hangis won the women’s doubles title of the $1 million Brisbane International at the Queensland Tennis Centre. This is the Indo-Swiss pair’s 26th win in a row and the first title of 2016. They have now won six titles on the trot — the longest winning streak in the category since the 1994 season when Gigi Fernandez and Natasha Zvereva were on a 28 match-winning streak. |
8 January 2016 | Person Current Affairs Reserve Bank of India (RBI) Governor Raghuram Rajan was named The Banker magazine’s Global and Asia-Pacific Central Bank Governor of the Year 2015, for stabilising the Indian rupee, initiating key reforms to attract much needed foreign capital in the country and reining in a runaway price appreciation. |
7 January 2016 | Obituaries Current Affairs Jammu and Kashmir’s chif minister Mufti Mohammad Sayeed passed away on 7th January due to multiple organ failure in New Delhi at the age og 79. Mr Sayeed, a two-time chief minister, started his second tenure on March 1st, 2015 in alliance with the BJP, after having led the State government between 2002-05 previously. |
6 January 2016 | Appointments Current Affairs Danish pharmaceutical company Novo Nordisk today announced Indian cricket star Sachin Tendulkar as brand ambassador for the disease awareness campaign ‘Changing Diabetes’ initiated by it in India. In India 69.2 million people have diabetes and by 2035, it is estimated that 123.5 million people will have diabetes. |
5 January 2016 | Appointments Current Affairs Former defence secretary Radha Krishna Mathur has been cleared for the post of as the eighth Chief Information Commissioner (CIC). He will be serving for nearly three years, making him the second-longest serving CIC. The high-level selection panel headed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi Tuesday and approved by President Pranab Mukherjee. |
4 January 2016 | Appointments Current Affairs The Uttar Pradesh Police is headed by Director General of Police (DGP) S. JAVEED AHMAD (IPS) of 1984 Batch. UP Police is the largest police force in the world working under a single command. It was formed in 1863 as the Office of the Inspector General of Police, Uttar Pradesh under the Police Act of 1861. |
3 January 2016 | Awards Current Affairs Cancer expert Harpal Singh Kumar, whose parents fled to India from Pakistan during partition and later moved to Britain, He is received a knighthood by Queen Elizabeth II for his “influential” work in the annual New Year’s Honours list that includes several other Indian-origin individuals on 31st December 2015. |
Delhi Police entered in Limca Book of Records today2 January 2016 | Miscellaneous Current AffairsDelhi Police got the Limca Book of Records for solving the biggest cash heist case of the the country in November 2015. On November 27, the driver of a cash transit van allegedly fled with Rs 22.50 crore, following which the entire southeast district of Delhi Police was put into action. In less than 10 hours, the police tracked down the driver and recovered the stolen amount. |
Air Marshal Rakesh Kumar Singh Bhadauria1 January 2016 | Appointments Current AffairsAir Marshal Rakesh Kumar Singh Bhadauria became a Deputy Chief of the Air Staff on 1st January, a post that oversees the critical procurement process of the force. With a career spanning over more than 35 years, Bhadauria has commanded a Jaguar Squadron and a premier Air Force base in the South Western Sector. |
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