NATIONAL UPDATES:
1.
Ambitious Odd-even scheme of Delhi Government started off in New Delhi: The
ambitious odd-even scheme of Delhi Government, a first such intervention in the
country to combat spiralling air pollution, got off to a decent start on New
Year with volume of cars on the city roads coming down significantly amid
deployment of thousands of policemen and moderately augmented public transport.
2.
D K Hota to be the new CMD of defence PSU BEML Ltd.
3.
DAVA project of Department of Commerce won 2015 e-ASIA Award: Drug
Authentication and Verification Application Project won the 2015 e-ASIA Award
under Trade Facilitation category. The award was announced by Asia Pacific
Council for Trade Facilitation and Electronics Business (AFACT) in Tehran,
Iran.
INTERNATIONAL UPDATES:
1.
Iran’s leading banks will soon open branches in India: Iran’s
leading banks will open branches in India to energise commercial ties between
New Delhi and Tehran. The decision was amongst a slew of commercial measures
taken by the India-Iran Joint Commission that met for the first time.
2.
Pakistan’s singer Adnan Sami gets Indian Citizenship: The
Union Home Ministry cleared the proposal to grant Adnan Sami the citizenship of
India. Mr. Sami, who has been staying in India since 2011, will now have to
fill a citizenship form at the Home Ministry’s office in Delhi and pay Rs
13,700.
3.
India-origin Software Engineer wins UK award: An
Indian-origin software engineer named Nandagopal Lakshminarayanan has won a
prestigious award in the UK for creating an innovative electronic smart key
system which enables the creation and management of keys and locks that cannot
be copied or picked.
OTHER UPDATES:
FINANCE/BANKING:
1. Reserve Bank of India asked banks to
open branches in villages with a population of more than 5000: The
banking regulator has asked banks to submit a roadmap on how many branches they
will be opening by 31st March 2017.
SPORTS:
2. Magnus
Carlsen won the Qatar Masters Open chess tournament.
AWARDS:
3.
Vocalist Sanjay Subrahmanyam conferred with 2015 Sangita Kalanidhi award.
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