Current Affairs- January 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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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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Month: Current Affairs - January, 2012

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