Current Affairs- January 2012

January 31st, 2012

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Current Affairs : January 1, 2012

Welcome 2012
Important scheduled Events of 2012
Samoa and Tokelau are the first to toast in 2012
PM identifies 5 Key challenges for India in 2012
Rajasthan: Doctors call off strike
Earthquake in Japan:
Nigeria: 50 people killed in violence
Syria: Draft agreement signed
FDI surges by 36% during January-October
Dalailama performs Kalchakra Puja at Bodhgaya
Novak Djokovic wins ATP World Tennis Championship
Pakistan assumes seat as non-permanent member of UNSC
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Current Affairs: January 2, 2012

Government to allow QFIs to invest in India
CEC pitches for Constitutional amendment for protection of ECs
India and Macau to sign DTAA
Iran test fires missile
US blocks aid to Pakistan
India-Pakistan exchange list of Nuclear Installations
Sikkim Rail Project
Andhra Pradesh increases upper age limit for joining Government services
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Current Affairs : January 3, 2012

99th Indian Science Congress
US President signs 662 billion dollar defence spending bill into law
Maximum Newspapers published from UP
Postal stamp released in memory of late Puran Chandra Gupta
Exports register increase of 17% in November 2011
Fiji decided to lift emergency law
Peoples Democratic Front (PDF) formed in Manipur
RBI hints decline in policy rates
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Current Affairs: January 4, 2012

99th Indian Science Congress Inaugurated at KIIT
Important announcements made by PM at 99th Indian Science Congress
Iran moderates its threat on Strait of Hormuz
Bihar: Lokayukta Act comes in force
Knud Bartels: New Chairman of NATO’s Military Committee
Madhya Pradesh Cow Slaughter Prohibition (Amendment) Bill 2010 gets presidential assent
Kharif crops may make all time record
Finance Ministry working on Savings Bank Account number portability
Indian Gymnast struck 4 Golds at Dhaka
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Current Affairs: January 5, 2012

Prof Trinh Xuan Thuan gets ‘Kalinga Chair’ award
EU agreed in principle to ban import of Iranian oil
11th Auto Expo Starts in New Delhi
Union Cabinet approves filling up of backlog vacancies in SC and ST
Cabinet approved insurance for Overseas Indian Workers
Cabinet approved making hallmarking of jewellery mandatory
Rs. 19000 Crore approved for Katra – Quazigund Railway line project
Voting in Karbi Anglong Autonomous District Council in Assam underway
6000 Indira Awas to be constructed in Saranda Forests
Rally in support of Kim Jong-Un
China initiates action against traders who tortured Indian Traders
India Free from Bird Flu: Says Government
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Current Affairs : January 6, 2012

Election Commission takes various steps for effective implementation of Model Code of Conduct
New TRAI guidelines on consumer grievance redressal
Army Chief General V K Singh visits Myanmar
Food Inflation comes down
15th World Sanskrit Conference Inaugurated in New Delhi
Kamla Persad Bissessar arrives India
Dalai Lama conferred Mahatma Gandhi International Award for Peace and Reconciliation
Pravasi Bhartiya Diwas 2012
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Current Affairs: January 7, 2012

10th Pravasi Bhartiya Divas begins in Jaipur
Trinidad and Tobago support India’s UNSC ambitions
Government to lower the lower age bar from the central pension scheme
Sukhram surrenders to a local Court
Kerala CM interacts with Tamil Nadu journalists
100 years of African National Congress
Jamaica to go republic
Government soon to notify 100% FDI in single-brand retail
Qatar Open Championship: Rafael Nadal Crashes out
Australia Defeats India in second Test at Sydney
10th Pravasi Bhartiya Divas begins in Jaipur
Trinidad and Tobago support India’s UNSC ambitions
Government to lower the lower age bar from the central pension scheme
Sukhram surrenders to a local Court
Kerala CM interacts with Tamil Nadu journalists
100 years of African National Congress
Jamaica to go republic
Government soon to notify 100% FDI in single-brand retail
Qatar Open Championship: Rafael Nadal Crashes out
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Current Affairs: January 8, 2012

The growth in current fiscal may be 7.0-7.5% says Government
Government to introduce Pension and Life Insurance Fund for overseas Indian workers
Pakistan releases Indian nationals and fishermen as goodwill gesture
Carnic Fest inaugurated at Car Nicobar
Milos Raonic wins Chennai Open Singles Title
Jo-Wilfried Tsonga wins Qatar Open Tennis Championship
The growth in current fiscal may be 7.0-7.5% says Government
Government to introduce Pension and Life Insurance Fund for overseas Indian workers
Pakistan releases Indian nationals and fishermen as goodwill gesture
Carnic Fest inaugurated at Car Nicobar
Milos Raonic wins Chennai Open Singles Title
Jo-Wilfried Tsonga wins Qatar Open Tennis Championship
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Current Affairs: January 9, 2012

10th Pravasi Bhartiya Divas (PBD) Concludes
Pravasi Bhartiya Samman 2012
20 Indians held hostages by Somali Pirates rescued by NATO
EC reschedules the Poll Dates in Uttar Pradesh
Madhya Pradesh to launch Panch Parmeshwar scheme
Iran producing Enriched Uranium at Fordo: IAEA
NCPCR proposes Shiksha Samvad for states
Magh Mela starts at Allahabad
10th Pravasi Bhartiya Divas (PBD) Concludes
Pravasi Bhartiya Samman 2012
20 Indians held hostages by Somali Pirates rescued by NATO
EC reschedules the Poll Dates in Uttar Pradesh
Madhya Pradesh to launch Panch Parmeshwar scheme
Iran producing Enriched Uranium at Fordo: IAEA
NCPCR proposes Shiksha Samvad for states
Magh Mela starts at Allahabad
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Current Affairs: January 10, 2012

Government allows 100% FDI in single brand retail
Certificates By Unrecognised Teachers Training Institutes Invalid: Supreme Court
India & Israel sign extradition treaty
PM Releases a report on malnutrition and hunger
Moody’s upgrades India’s short-term foreign currency rating
FIFA Awards: Lionel Messi bestowed with the FIFA Ballon d’Or award for 3rd Consecutive Year
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Current Affairs: January 11, 2012

EC asks Government to withhold 4.5% minorities sub quota
Government lowers the Minimum Export Price of Onion
Pakistan: Army coup fears loom large
National Billiards and Snooker Championship Begins in Pune
No Bailouts for Private Airlines: says Government
India to Provide 100 Million USD Credit to Mali
Kamla Prasad Bissessar visits her ancestral village
Daniel Ortega sworn in as President of Nicargua for third term
Gujarat: 4 Day International Kite Festival Begins
Sheikh Hasina visits Agartala
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Current Affairs: January 12, 2012

National Youth Day observed
Setting up of NCTC Approved by the Cabinet
National Policy on Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances, NDPS Approved
Rashtriya Swasthya Bima Yojana coverage extended
Poll Monitoring System, PMS approved by Election Commission
Third Phase of Red Ribbon Express launched
IIP grows 5.9% in November 2011
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Current Affairs: January 13,14, 2012

Government permits to prosecute 21 social networking sites
Higher Acreage of Wheat reported
13 Somali Pirates captured in Indian Ocean
Abhinav Bindra bags gold in 12th Asian Shooting Championships
Rs. 70 Crore sanctioned to BRO
Shaurya Diwas observed
Makarsakranti celebrated
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Current Affairs: January 15, 2012

137 foundation day of Indian Metrological Department observed
15th Round of Indo-China Border Talks begins in New Delhi
Bhogali Bihu festival celebrated in Assam
Pongal celebrated in Tamil Nadu and Other parts of South India
Makaravilakku festival celebrated in Kerala
Ma Ying-jeou re-elected president of Taiwan
Australia wins Test Series
Moiben Laban wins Mumbai Marathon 2012
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Current Affairs : January 16, 2012

Pakistan’s Parliament passes a pro-democracy Resolution
Army Chief General V K Singh drags government to Supreme Court
Health Ministry Declares 2012 as “Year of Intensification of Routine Immunization”
Sukma inaugurated 23rd district of Chhattisgarh
Government rejects media reports of Urea Price Hike
5th World Future Energy Summit begins in Abu Dhabi
Google & Facebook tell the Delhi court that they can’t control content
Indian economy to grow 7.7 percent in 2012: UN
Inflation falls to 7.47 percent in December
India’s winners at Asian Shooting Championship in Doha
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Current Affairs: January 17, 2012

India China Agree on a Joint Working mechanism for Border Issue
Government will soon allow FDI in Airlines to 49%
IB Ministry declares Citizen Charter
India & Sri Lanka sign 5 MOUs
Import & Excise Duty on Gold, Silver & Diamond pegged to value
Martin Schulz elected President of European Parliament
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Current Affairs: January 18, 2012

Gujarat High Court upholds the appointment of Lokayukta
24 Children selected for National Bravery award for 2011
Children born out of inter-caste marriages cannot be denied the benefits of reservation: SC
PFC pacts with NLM to Accelerate Saakshar Bharat Programme
India handover Sri Lanka the IInd Phase of Galle to Hikkaduwa Railway Line
Grant Kogan: First adaptive athlete in history to reach the South Pole
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Current Affairs January 19, 2012

Suresh Kalmadi granted Bail
Gujarat Government moved to SC
Economic Growth slated to be 7.2%: FM
Bangladesh Army foils coup attempt
India International Coffee Festival organized at New Delhi
Indians rescued from Costa Concordia return home
Law commission recommends to make Anti-Dowry law less stringent
R.V. Kanoria is new FICCI president
Bihar to go for First Industrial Survey of the State
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Current Affairs : January 20, 2012

Jaipur Literature Festival, begins
SC dismisses the PIL of Grenadiers Association
People of A & N First to get Resident Identity Smart card, RIC
India signs USD 130 Million agreement with World Bank for NE projects
R.Natraj apointed chairman of TNPSC
Merck-Tagore award established by Merck Pharma
Pakistan’s Ajmal becomes world’s highest-ranked spinner
Sand artist Sudarshan to receive Godavari award
Planning Commission approves Rudrasagar Drainage Development Scheme for Tripura
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Current Affairs: January 21, 2012

40th Manipur Day celebrated
40th Meghalaya Day Observed: 21st January
Ms Bhu Devi receives first RIC Smart Card of India
Pandit Jasraj sings in Antarctica
Indian-American gets 20-yr sentence for money laundering
Sri Lankan novelist wins $ 50,000 prize at Jaipur Literature Festival
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Current Affairs: January 22-23, 2012

T.R. Ramachandran re-elected Press Club of India president
Leshka project in Meghalaya starts Power generation
Sudarshan to represent India in Japan Snow sculpture contest
Shahid Afridi appointed UN Goodwill Ambassador against drug abuse
Team Anna decides to observe 26 January as ‘Save Republic Day’
Justice (retd) Chandrashekaraiah sworn in as Upa Lokayukta in Karnataka
Angad Cheema wins All India Amateur golf title
Pattipulam: First village in India Mainland to get RIC Card
Shoe thrown at Rahul Gandhi
Govt approves convergence of MPLADS with MGNREGA
Bihar gets its first all-women police station
Rajasthan becomes Ranji Champion for Second Consecutive Time
Nation rememebers Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose
Government allows 100 % FDI in NE power sector
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Current Affairs: January 24, 2012

Al-Qaeda takes over Yemen city
PGI tag to boost Darjeeling tea exports
National girl child day Observed on January 24
Dutch Teen sailor circles globe solo
India, European Union join hands for Anti-Piracy Military Operations
RIL approves buyback
New national permit scheme of goods carriages
Madhya Pradesh Government endorses its Wind Energy Project Policy-2012
Khamliana and Abdul Bari share Communal Harmony Award
RBI Cuts CRR to 5.5%
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Current Affairs: January 25, 2012

India and Thailand sign MOU in Defense Cooperation
National Voters day celebrated
Foundation of Ghogha-Dahej Ro-Ro service laid down by Narendra Modi
76th senior national badminton championship: Results
Sam Pitroda launched India’s 1st ‘e-tutor tablet’
817 police personnel Awarded Police medals
Summary of President’s speech on eve of Republic Day
Aurangabad enters ‘Guinness Book…for largest simultaneous singing of National Anthem
Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports recommends name of Dhyan Chand for Bharat Ratna
Himachal Pradesh Day celebrated
Agreement between India & Pakistan on settlement of Transit Fee Issue for TAPI
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