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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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Current Affairs : January 26, 2012
- Kartar Singh Duggal passes away
- Kerala Governor M.O.H. Farook passed away
- Ellora-Ajanta festival begins
- Nagaland Govt declares 2012-13 as ‘Year of Youths-cum-Tribal Festival’
- 63rd Republic Day celebrated in INDIA
- Quick Facts: Lakshya II
- Quick Facts: Republic Day Chief Guest →Ms Yingluck Shinawatra
- Important Facts about Republic Day Guests of India:
- Sneha Shekhawat becomes first woman to lead IAF contingent at Republic Day
- Quick Facts: C-130J Super Hercules aircraft
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Current Affairs: January 27-28, 2012
- IGNOU bags best teaching practices award
- India, Canada take vow to fasttrack CEPA
- Union Cabinet approves commencement of 3rd phase of UID
- IAF conferred best marching contingent award at R-Day parade
- US to issue 14% more visas for Indians
- US to cut down army by 1 lakh
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Current Affairs: January 29, 2012
- India signs agreement to set up Vivekananda Chair at Chicago University
- Iran Parliament debates on banning oil sales to Europe
- India, Bangladesh to jointly set up thermal power plant at Khulna
- Arab League suspends monitoring mission in Syria
- UN appeals for $1.28 bn to fund its 2012 humanitarian operations
- Leander Paes becomes first Indian to complete career Grand Slam
- 2012 Australian Open: Main Winners
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Current Affairs : January 30-31, 2012
- India’s Per Capita Income: Rs 53,331 per annum
- Kaushik Basu presents outlook for the economy in 2012-13
- Test Flight of ‘Lakshya’ Successful
- Sports Ministry releases Rs. 8 Crore for Medal Hopefuls in London Olympics
- India’s Economic growth revised down to 8.4%
- ‘Me-Dam-Me-Phi’ festival celebrated across Assam
- RBI to issue ` 500 note with rupee symbol
- Government releases ` 250cr for Saranda Action Plan in Jharkhand
- Indian Hockey team for London Olympic Qualifiers Announced
- India Remembers Mahatma Gandhi on his death anniversary
- Amalraj wins Senior National Table Tennis title
- Guru Nanak Darbar: Largest Gurdwara in Gulf region opens
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