Page-17 of Current Affairs - January, 2015

Government appoints Alur Seelin Kiran Kumar as ISRO chairman

January 13, 2015

Alur Seelin Kiran Kumar has been appointed chairman of Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO). His name was cleared by the Appointments Committee of the Cabinet (ACC), headed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi. He will replace former ISRO chairman K Radhakrishnan ..

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Border haat to enhance trade between India, Bangladesh opens in Tripura

January 13, 2015

India and Bangladesh inaugurated third border haat in Srinagar-Purba on the Tripura-Bangladesh border. It was inaugurated by Union Commerce and Industries Minister Nirmala along with her Bangladeshi counterpart Tofail ahmed in the presence of Tripura Chief Minister Manik Sarkar. This ..

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Justice S K Sinha becomes first Hindu Chief Justice of Bangladesh

January 13, 2015

Justice Surendra Kumar Sinha was appointed Chief Justice of Bangladesh by President Mohammad Abdul Hamid. With this appointment, he has become the first Hindu to hold highest judicial post  in the Muslim-majority country. He will succeed incumbent Chief Justice Md Muzammel ..

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Cristiano Ronaldo wins FIFA Ballon d'Or award for the third time

January 13, 2015

Cristiano Ronaldo has won the FIFA Ballon d’Or award for year 2014. He has earned this title of world’s best football player for a third time. Earlier he was conferred with award in 2008 and 2013. He has retained this highest ..

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Arvind Panagariya takes charge as Vice-Chairman of NITI Aayog

January 13, 2015

Eminent Economist Arvind Panagariya has taken charge as first Vice-Chairman of the newly-created National Institution for Transforming India (NITI) Aayog on 13 January 2015. After taking charges, he was briefed about newly created NITI Aayog by its CEO Sindhushree Khuallar and ..

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Odhisa’s Sun Temple gets ASI’s Adarsh Monument tag

January 13, 2015

  Sun Temple at Konark, Odhisa has been the coveted with Adarsh Monument tag by the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI). Along with Sun Temple, three other monuments of eastern India were given Adarsh Monument tag. They are Hazarduari Palace in ..

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Idukki district of Kerala becomes India’s first district with rural broadband network

January 13, 2015

Idukki district of Kerala has become first district in India to have high speed Rural Broadband Network i.e. National Optical Fibre Network (NOFN) Internet connectivity. Union Minister of Information Technology and Communications Ravi Shankar Prasad commissioned this Hi-speed rural broadband ..

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Union Government appoints Pournima Gupte as IRDA actuary

January 13, 2015

Union Government has appointed Pournima Gupte as member (actuary) of Insurance Regulatory Authority of India (IRDA). With her appointment, IRDA got an actuary after a gap of three years. Since 2011, this post was lying vacant after R Kannan retired ..

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