Saturday, January 31, 2015

Events of Jan fourth Week (Jan 25-31, 2015)


Jan 2015 Events (fourth week: Jan 25-31, 2015)









Jan 25
National Voters Day observed (Theme: "Easy Registration, Easy Correction")
National Tourism Day observed
Goa hosts Indo-Russian Musical Festival ZimaFest
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.
Maharashtra to buy Ambedkar Home in London
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
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.
2015 Indian Open Grand Prix Gold (Syed Modi Crown): Saina Nehwal and Kashyap won the titles
Divya Prakash Sinha appointed as Security Secretary in the Union Cabinet Secretariat






Jan 26
India celebrates its 66th Republic Day; theme:"Women's power or Nari Shakti"; US President Barack Obama was the Chiefguest for the Republic Day
President presented the Ashok Chakra Award (nation’s highest peacetime gallantry award)  posthumously to Major Mukund Vardharajan and Naik Neeraj Kumar Singh
Paulina Vega of Colombia was crowned Miss Universe 2014.
Argentine playmaker Juan Roman Riquelme retired from Football
Famous Greek Singer Demis Roussos Died
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.
Republic Day advertisment on Preamble has no words of 'socialist' and 'secular'
Eminent Cartoonist R. K. Laxman passed away
In Republic Day message, China tells India don't fall into 'trap' laid by USA
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)
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.





Jan 27
Alexis Tsipras was sworn in as Prime Minister of Greece.
Apple Inc recorded highest quarterly profit of 18 billion US dollar. The company sold 74.5 million iPhones in quarter ending December 2014
K Durga Prasad was appointed as the Special Director General (DG) of the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF)
Chandigarh launched a smart city app named Smart Chandigarh
Samsung to set up mobile unit in Noida
Excavations have begun at the two Harappan sites in Rajasthan and Haryana
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
US can be India's best partner – Obama
Sri Lankan President to slash Presidential term from 6 years to 5 years
Facebook shutdown for 45 minutes across the globe





Jan 28
India's Ambassador to the US, Dr. S Jaishankar was appointed as the Foreign Secretary
Hockey Olympian Jaswant Singh Rajput died following a prolonged illness.
Jordan offered to free female jihadist in exchange for Jordanian pilot held by ISIS; no mention about Japanese hostage
Government decided not to appeal in Vodafone tax dispute case
Iran: Foreign women can watch men's volleyball in the country but Iranian women not allowed
Renowned singer, music composer, lyricist and actor Shekhar Sen appointed as Chairman of Sangeet Natak Akademi
India and Oman signed MoU in the field of tourism
BRICS International Youth Forum held at New Delhi
Malayalam actor and comedian Mala Aravindan passed away
Union Government launched Website, Logo, Vision, Mission of NHIDCL (National Highways and Infrastructure Development Corporation Limited)





Jan 29
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.
Australia’s former golfer Kelvin David George Nagle died in Sydney
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
University of Hyderabad wins visitor’s award for ‘Best University’
"Beating the Retreat" - official closing of Republic Day function held
Republic Day Parade – 2015 Awards Announced; Brigade of Guards Regiment & Sikh Regiment Adjudged Joint Winners of Marching Contingent Amongst Services
In the tableaux category, first position has gone to Maharashtra Tableau, which depicted “Wari to Pandharpur” (the pilgrimage to Pandharpur).
The Ministry of Youth Affairs & Sports has revised the Scheme of Special Awards to medal winners in international events and their coaches
The Malaysian government officially declared the disappearance of Malaysian Airline flight MH370 an accident and said that there were no survivors.







Jan
30
18th National Conference on e-Governance at Gandhi Nagar, Gujarat (Theme: "Digital Governance-New Frontier")
Anti-Leprosy Day Observed
Justice Kanakasabapathi Sripavan is the second Tamil to be Chief Justice of the Sri Lankan Supreme Court
Cricket: India to host ICC Twenty20 World Cup in 2016
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
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
Ecuador has restricted the operation of three Indian-made Dhruv military helicopters after a string of accidents
18th Indian Birding Fair begins at Jaipur, Rajasthan. The fair will be dedicated to biodiversity conservation.
Former Union Minister Ms. Jayanthi Natarajn quits Congress Party; she slammed Congress Party's Vice-president Mr. Rahul Gandhi
10% of disinvestment in CIL fetched Rs. 22, 557 crore
Commemorative Postage Stamp on Swachh Bharat was released







Jan 31
35th edition of National Games begins at Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala
Sean Abbott of Australia named as the Bradman Young Cricketer of the Year 2015; Allan Border Medal won by Steve Smith
Rajasthan: yoga and surya namaskar for all schools
Hospitals in Spain uses 'stem cell therapy' to treat damaged hearts
Pakistan reiterated its opposition to India's permanent UN Security Council (UNSC) membership
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.
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.
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.
Agni V test fired successfully
Krishna Chaudhary appointed as Director General of ITBP
Serena Williams won the Australian Open 2015 – Women’s Singles


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