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Jan 2015 Events (fourth week: Jan 25-31, 2015)
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Jan 25
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National Voters Day observed (Theme: "Easy Registration,
Easy Correction")
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National Tourism Day observed
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Goa hosts Indo-Russian Musical Festival ZimaFest
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After threats from the UN that it would put the Great Barrier
Reef on the 'in-danger' list, Australia ordered a ban on dumping of dredge
spoils there.
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Maharashtra to buy Ambedkar Home in London
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Kerala Commercial Taxes Department has slapped a fine of Rs
53.63 crore on four online trading companies including Flipkart and Jabong
for allegedly doing illegal business in the state
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Signing of three MoUs between the State Governments of Andhra
Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh, and Rajasthan and the U.S. Trade and Development
Agency on 25 January 2015 to develop Vishakhapatnam, Allahabad, and Ajmer as
Smart Cities with the participation of U.S. industry, in furtherance of the
commitment made by the Leaders in September 2014.
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2015 Indian Open Grand Prix Gold (Syed Modi Crown): Saina Nehwal
and Kashyap won the titles
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Divya Prakash Sinha appointed as Security Secretary in the Union
Cabinet Secretariat
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Jan 26
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India celebrates its 66th
Republic Day; theme:"Women's power or Nari Shakti"; US President
Barack Obama was the Chiefguest for the Republic Day
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President presented the
Ashok Chakra Award (nation’s highest peacetime gallantry award) posthumously to Major Mukund Vardharajan
and Naik Neeraj Kumar Singh
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Paulina Vega of Colombia
was crowned Miss Universe 2014.
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Argentine playmaker Juan
Roman Riquelme retired from Football
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Famous Greek Singer Demis
Roussos Died
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The President of India
Pranab Mukherjee approved the conferment of Padma Awards 2015 on 104 persons
from the fields of activities including art, social work, public affairs,
science, trade, medicine, literature and education, sports, civil service,
etc.
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Republic Day advertisment
on Preamble has no words of 'socialist' and 'secular'
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Eminent Cartoonist R. K.
Laxman passed away
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In Republic Day message,
China tells India don't fall into 'trap' laid by USA
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Republic Day's 'politics'
Tableau show in Delhi: Most of the non-BJP State Government's Tableaus are
not allowed (Tamil Nadu, Kerala, West Bengal, Odisha, Punjab and Delhi)
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Though Jayalalithaa may
be convicted by Court and facing the cases in High Court; but it is full of
her portraits only in Chennai on Republic Day.
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Jan 27
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Alexis Tsipras was sworn in as Prime Minister of Greece.
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Apple Inc recorded highest quarterly profit of 18 billion US
dollar. The company sold 74.5 million iPhones in quarter ending December 2014
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K Durga Prasad was appointed as the Special Director General
(DG) of the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF)
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Chandigarh launched a smart city app named Smart Chandigarh
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Samsung to set up mobile unit in Noida
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Excavations have begun at the two Harappan sites in Rajasthan
and Haryana
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IAS Officer in TN (Umashankar) involving in Christianity
preaching; TN Government issues notice to him to stop such things; IAS
officer says "it his personal right and govt cant interfere" and
moves HC. - this triggered heating debate over Civil Service Officers
behaviours
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US can be India's best partner – Obama
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Sri Lankan President to slash Presidential term from 6 years to
5 years
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Facebook shutdown for 45 minutes across the globe
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Jan 28
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India's Ambassador to the
US, Dr. S Jaishankar was appointed as the Foreign Secretary
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Hockey Olympian Jaswant
Singh Rajput died following a prolonged illness.
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Jordan offered to free
female jihadist in exchange for Jordanian pilot held by ISIS; no mention
about Japanese hostage
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Government decided not to
appeal in Vodafone tax dispute case
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Iran: Foreign women can
watch men's volleyball in the country but Iranian women not allowed
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Renowned singer, music
composer, lyricist and actor Shekhar Sen appointed as Chairman of Sangeet
Natak Akademi
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India and Oman signed MoU
in the field of tourism
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BRICS International Youth
Forum held at New Delhi
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Malayalam actor and
comedian Mala Aravindan passed away
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Union Government launched
Website, Logo, Vision, Mission of NHIDCL (National Highways and
Infrastructure Development Corporation Limited)
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Jan 29
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Bihar government has formulated a plan to install machines on
the lines of bank ATMs from which beneficiaries would be able to draw their
share of foodgrains using a smart card.
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Australia’s former golfer Kelvin David George Nagle died in
Sydney
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Sri Lanka's first woman Chief Justice Ms. Shirani who was impeached
by the then Pres Rajapaksa was bought back to the post by the new President
Sirisena; then retires
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University of Hyderabad wins visitor’s award for ‘Best
University’
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"Beating the Retreat" - official closing of Republic
Day function held
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Republic Day Parade – 2015 Awards Announced; Brigade of Guards
Regiment & Sikh Regiment Adjudged Joint Winners of Marching Contingent
Amongst Services
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In the tableaux category, first position has gone to Maharashtra
Tableau, which depicted “Wari to Pandharpur” (the pilgrimage to Pandharpur).
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The Ministry of Youth Affairs & Sports has revised the
Scheme of Special Awards to medal winners in international events and their
coaches
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The Malaysian government officially declared the disappearance
of Malaysian Airline flight MH370 an accident and said that there were no
survivors.
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Jan
30
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18th National Conference on e-Governance at Gandhi Nagar,
Gujarat (Theme: "Digital Governance-New Frontier")
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Anti-Leprosy Day Observed
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Justice Kanakasabapathi Sripavan is the second Tamil to be Chief
Justice of the Sri Lankan Supreme Court
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Cricket: India to host ICC Twenty20 World Cup in 2016
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Cricket: 2017 Champions Trophy will be hosted by England; 2017
Women’s World Cup will be held in England;2018 Women’s Twenty20 World Cup
will be organised in the West Indies and England will host the 50-over World
Cup in 2019
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The Union Cabinet reconstituted the Empowered Committee on
setting up of Semiconductor Wafer Fabrication (FAB) manufacturing facilities
in the country. The reconstituted committee will be headed by NITI Aayog
member V K Saraswat
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Ecuador has restricted the operation of three Indian-made Dhruv
military helicopters after a string of accidents
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18th Indian Birding Fair begins at Jaipur, Rajasthan. The fair
will be dedicated to biodiversity conservation.
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Former Union Minister Ms. Jayanthi Natarajn quits Congress
Party; she slammed Congress Party's Vice-president Mr. Rahul Gandhi
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10% of disinvestment in CIL fetched Rs. 22, 557 crore
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Commemorative Postage Stamp on Swachh Bharat was released
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Jan 31
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35th edition of National Games begins at Thiruvananthapuram,
Kerala
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Sean Abbott of Australia named as the Bradman Young Cricketer of
the Year 2015; Allan Border Medal won by Steve Smith
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Rajasthan: yoga and surya namaskar for all schools
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Hospitals in Spain uses 'stem cell therapy' to treat damaged
hearts
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Pakistan reiterated its opposition to India's permanent UN
Security Council (UNSC) membership
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The Ministry of Statistics & Programme Implementation has
released the new series of national accounts, revising the base year from
2004-05 to 2011-12. The base year of national accounts was last revised in
January 2010.
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The Income Tax Department has been awarded GOLD by the
Government of India under category “Cat-I-Excellence in Government Process
Re-engineering” for National Award on e-governance 2014-15.
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Govt has instituted two National Awards in Statistics in the names
of two renowned Statisticians - Prof. P. V. Sukhatme and Prof. C. R. Rao.
These awards will be given in alternative years.
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Agni V test fired successfully
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Krishna Chaudhary appointed as Director General of ITBP
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Serena Williams won the Australian Open 2015 – Women’s Singles
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