NATIONAL UPDATES:
1.
DRDO successfully test fired New Tank Ammunition for Arjun MBT: DRDO
successfully test fired the new Penetration-cum blast (PCB) and Thermobaric
(TB) Ammunition tank at Chandipur, Odisha. This was specially designed for
Arjun Main Battle Tank (MBT).
2.
NALCO to develop Bhubaneswar as floral hub: Under corporate
social responsibility, National Aluminium Company will begin several beautiful
projects and steps to enhance green cover and horticulture activities in the
capital city.
3. Country’s first woman SHO of GRP: Popular
among her colleagues as ‘Lady Dabang’, Archana Singh has been appointed as the
first woman Station House Officer (SHO) of the Government Railway Police (GRP).
INTERNATIONAL UPDATES:
1.
73rd Golden Globe Awards announced in California: The
73rd Annual Golden Globe Awards were announced on 11 January 2016 at
Beverly Hills, California, USA. These annual awards honour the best in Motion
Pictures and Television for the Year 2015. The Revenant won the Best Motion
Picture award-Drama, while best Actor and best Director Awards were conferred
to Leonardo DiCaprio and Alejandro Inarritu for the same movie. Brie Larson won
the best actress award for ‘The Martian’.
2.
Process to formulate new constitution began in Sri Lanka: In
this regard, the Sri Lankan PM Ranil Wickremesinghe presented a resolution in
the Parliament to set up a Constitutional Assembley.
3.
Japan elected as UNICEF’s executive board member for 2016-18: Nepal’s
Permanent Representative to United Nations, Durga Prasad Bhattarai, was also
unanimously elected vice-president to the Bureau of Executive Board of the
UNICEF for 2016.
OTHER UPDATES:
SPORTS:
1. Milos
Raonic of Canada won 2016 Brisbane International Tennis men’s singles trophy by
defeating Roger Federer.
2. Rene
Holten Poulsen named Denmark’s sportsperson of 2015.
3. ICC
announces MoneyGram as Event Partner; signs 8-year deal.
AWARDS:
4.
Balkrishna Garg conferred with 2015 Harikrishna Devsare Baalsahitya Award.
OBITUARIES:
5. British Singer David Bowie died at
the age of 69.
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