Page-14 of Current Affairs - January, 2016

Governor’s rule imposed in Jammu and Kashmir

January 9, 2016

Governor’s rule has been imposed in the state of Jammu and Kashmir (J&K) for sixth time as the process of formation new government following the death of Chief Minister Mufti Mohammad Sayeed is taking some time. It was imposed after ..

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Government reappoints Urjit Patel as Deputy Governor of RBI for a second term

January 9, 2016

The Union Government has reappointed Dr Urjit Patel as Deputy Governor of Reserve Bank of India (RBI) for a second three-year term. As Deputy Governor of RBI, Dr Patel looks after Monetary Policy, Economic Policy Research, Deposit Insurance, Statistics and ..

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24th edition of New Delhi World Book Fair begins

January 9, 2016

The 24th edition of New Delhi World Book Fair began at Pragati Maidan in New Delhi. It was inaugurated by Union Human Resource Development (HRD) Minister Smriti Irani. This year the theme of fair is “Vivid Bharat – Diverse India” ..

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Sri Lanka initiates process to formulate new constitution

January 9, 2016

The process to formulate new constitution in Sri Lanka has begun to replace the current executive president headed constitution. In this regard, a resolution to set up a Constitutional Assembly was presented in the Parliament by Sri Lankan Prime Minister ..

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13th Pravasi Bharatiya Diwas held in New Delhi

January 9, 2016

The 14th edition of Pravasi Bharatiya Diwas (PBD) was held in New Delhi. The event was inaugurated by the Union External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj and attended by Priti Patel, United Kingdom’s Minister of State (MoS) for Employment. On this ..

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Devender Kumar Sikri appointed as Chairman of CCI

January 8, 2016

Union Government has appointed former IAS Devender Kumar Sikri as Chairman of Competition Commission of India (CCI). He will succeed Ashok Chawla whose tenure ended as the Chairman of CCI. He will have tenure of two and half years i.e. ..

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Government decides to merge Ministry of Overseas Indian Affairs with MEA

January 8, 2016

Union Government has decided to merge Ministry of Overseas Indian Affairs (MOIA) with the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA). This decision has been taken to avoid duplication of work and to improve efficiency in line with Union Government’s broad principle ..

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Union Government launches River Information System

January 8, 2016

India’s first River Information System (RIS) was launched by Union Government facilitate safe and accurate inland waterway navigation. It has been launched in phases and the first phase will cover 145-km stretch of National Waterways 1 (Phase I- Haldia to ..

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ASW corvette INS Kadmatt commissioned in Visakhapatnam

January 8, 2016

Anti-submarine warfare (ASW) corvette INS Kadmatt has been commission in the Indian Navy by Chief of the Naval Staff Admiral R K Dhowan at naval dockyard in Visakhapatnam It is the second ship of Project 28 (P28) class ASW corvettes ..

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India to grow at 7.8% in year 2016: World Bank Report

January 8, 2016

The Global Economic Prospect report published recently by the World Bank (WB) has projected a robust 7.8 per cent growth for the Indian economy in the year 2016. In its report bank also has cited strong investor sentiment in India ..

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