Page-3 of Current Affairs - January, 2015

US tech giant Apple reports largest quarterly profit in history

January 29, 2015

US technology giant Apple, has reported the biggest quarterly profit of 18 billion US dollar. It is the biggest quarterly profit ever made by any public company in World and broke the previous record of ExxonMobil which had earlier topped ..

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Hike Messenger introduces free voice calling service to its users

January 29, 2015

Hike Messenger, a home-grown chat application has introduced free voice-calling feature called Hike Calls to its users. This feature will allow its users to call each other for free, over 2G, 3G and Wi-Fi and across the globe in over ..

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SC directs search engines to block sex determination advertisements

January 29, 2015

Supreme Court (SC) has directed search engines like Google India, Yahoo and Micrsoft’s Bing to block advertisements on sex determination and strictly comply with the laws. This ruling was given by SC bench comprising of Justices Dipak Misra and Prafulla ..

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Subrahmanyam Jaishankar appointed as new Foreign Secretary

January 29, 2015

Union Government has appointed Subrahmanyam Jaishankar as the new Secretary of Ministry of External Affairs (i.e. Foreign Secretary). His name was cleared by Appointments Committee of the Cabinet (ACC) chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi. He will be replacing incumbent ..

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Maharashtra government issues Letter of Intent to buy B R Ambedkar’s London house

January 28, 2015

Maharashtra government has issued Letter of Intent (LoI) to buy Dr Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar’s London house to the Indian High Commission in United Kingdom(UK). This is the house where architect of the Indian Constitution Ambedkar had lived in 1920 during ..

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Sri Lanka’s new government reinstates impeached chief justice Shirani Bhandaranayake

January 28, 2015

Sri Lanka’s new government led by President Maithiripala Sirisena has reinstated former Chief Justice Shirani Bhandaranayake to her former position. She was impeached by the previous government of former President Mahinda Rajapaksa. With this move, country’s new government is attempting ..

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Kalyan Singh sworn in as Himachal Pradesh Governor

January 28, 2015

Rajasthan Governor Kalyan Singh has sworn in as the 26th Governor of Himachal Pradesh. He was administered oath of office by Himachal Pradesh High Court Chief Justice Mansoor Ahmed Mir at oath taking ceremony held at Raj Bhawan in Shimla. ..

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Veteran Malayalam actor Mala Aravindan passes away

January 28, 2015

Veteran Malayalam actor Mala Aravindan has passed away in Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu. He was 76. He was best known for his work as a comedian, character artist in Malayalam films and was also noted theatre personality. He was also the president ..

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Ancient star with five Earth size planets discovered by astronomers

January 28, 2015

Astronomers have discovered a star that is 11.2 billion years old and has at least five Earth-size planets. It was discovered by team of astronomer’s after analyzing data from NASA’s planet-hunting Kepler spacecraft for over four years. Key findings This ..

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Gujarat Technological University launches e-Raksha centre to fight cybercrime

January 28, 2015

Gujarat Technological University (GTU) has launched e-Raksha Research Centre to curb rising menace of cybercrimes. This research Centre will provide solution for issues related to cyber security by encouraging research and enhance capability in this field. Key facts e-Raksha Research ..

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