NATIONAL UPDATES:
1.
25 children including 13 girls selected for National Bravery Awards: The coveted Bharat award has been conferred on
8-year-old Late Kumari Tarh Peju of Arunachal Pradesh, who sacrificed her life
while saving two of her friends from drowning. The prestigious Geeta Chopra
award has been conferred on 18 year old Tejasweeta Pradhan and 17-year-old
Shivani Gond of West Bengal who showed immense courage fearlessly helping police
and NGO in uncovering an international sex racket leading to the arrest of the
mastermind in Delhi. The Sanjay Chopra award has been given to 15-year-old
Sumit Mamgain of Uttarakhand who displayed outstanding bravery in fighting a
leopard to save his cousin.
2.
India signs financing agreement of $48 million with World Bank for Nagaland
Health Project: About six lakh
people will directly benefit from the Health Project with improvements in
higher-level facilities as well as system-wide investments. The objective of
the project is to improve health services in Nagaland. Communities in targeted
locations will benefit from project activities at the community and health
facility levels.
3.
Mysuru Printing Press breaks record by printing highest number of currency
notes in December 2016: The Bharatiya Reserve Bank Note MudranPvtLtd, a fully controlled
subsidiary of RBI has set records in currency note printing.The RBI Note Mudran
printing press in Mysuru printing highest number of currency notes in December
2016 breaking all its past record. It printed 10.9 million currency note in a
day that even broke the world record made an American currency printing press
of printing 8.7 million notes in a day.As per the data, 1350 million currency
notes were printed in December 2016 in Mysuru which employess 650 workers who
work for 12 hours in two shifts.
4. Market Regulator SEBI tightens
Mergers and Acquisition norms among unlisted firms: The public shareholding of the resultant entity created by the
merger of an unlisted and a listed company has to be more than 25%. The
unlisted entity can only merge with those companies that are listed on
exchanges such as the National Stock Exchange (NSE) and BSE.
5. IMF cuts India’s growth rate to
6.6% due to Demonetization: The
International Monetary Fund (IMF) has cut India's growth forecast for the
current fiscal by one percentage point, citing demonetisation woes from 7.6% to
6.6%. It sees India ceding the tag of the world's fastest growing major economy
to China in FY17.
6. Tamil Nadu: 170th Sadguru
Sri Thyagaraja Aaradhana Festival ends on 17th January 2017: The Aaradhana festival which was inaugurated on 13th of this month
was a treat to carnatic music lovers. Sadguru Thyagaraja is one of the great
musical trinity alongwith Muthusamy Dikshitharand ShyamaSastrigal.
7.
BHEL commissions 500 MW Thermal Unit in West Bengal: Government owned Bharat Heavy Electricals
Limited (BHEL) has commissioned new 500 MW Thermal Unit in West Bengal. This
was the second 500 MW at Sagardighi Thermal Power Station (TPS) Phase II
project in Murshidabad district of West Bengal.
8. IIMC to start post graduate
course in Urdu journalism: Information
and Broadcasting Minister M Venkaiah Naidu launching a post graduate course in
Urdu journalism at the Indian Institute of Mass Communication in New Delhi.
9.
Kozhikode Corporation becomes 1st Elderly-Friendly
Corporation in Kerala: The
Kozhikode Corporation state government has planned to setup Senior citizen’s
club, Day care centres as a part of Vayomitram project for the welfare of the
elder people in the state.
INTERNATIONAL
UPDATES:
1.
Pakistan Navy receives two ships from China to ensure Security along Gwadar
Port: China has sold
two naval ships to Pakistan to protect the strategic Gwadar port and trade
routes under the USD 46 billion China-Pakistan Economic Corridor. The ships
named Hingol and Basol gets its name from nearby rivers in Pakistan.China will
provide two more ships to Pakistan Navy named Dasht and Zhob after two
districts in Balochistan.
OTHER UPDATES:
FINANCE/BANKING:
1. Future Group’s & SBI Card
launch premium co-branded card: Future
Group’s fashion and lifestyle departmental store Central joined with SBI Card
launched a second co-branded credit card to offer benefits to consumers in the
premium lifestyle and fashion space.
SPORTS:
2.
Valtteri Bottas replaces Nico Roseberg at Mercedes and joins Lewis Hamilton: Valtteri Bottas has been confirmed as Lewis Hamilton's new
team-mate for the forthcoming Formula One season after he was finally unveiled
by Mercedes at their headquarters.
3.
Sports Minister Vijay Goel inaugurates Khelo India competitions: The Minister of State for Youth Affairs and Sports Shri Vijay Goel
inaugurated the Khelo India National level Competitions on various sports for
Under-14 and Under-17 children in New Delhi.
AWARDS:
4.
Kiran Doshi won The Hindu Prize 2016: Kiran Doshi won The Hindu Prize 2016 at the 7th
edition of The Hindu Lit for Life festival 2017 held in Chennai from January
14-16, 2017. The festival was inaugurated by contemporary artist Gulamohammed
Sheikh at Sir Mutha Kiran Doshi Conferred 'The Hindu Prize
2016' for Jinnah Often Came to Our House Venkatasubba Rao Concert Hall in
Chennai.
OBITUARIES:
5. National Award winning film maker Deepak Roy
passed away at the age of 67.
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