1.
India & Kazakhstan sign 5
protocol to amend Double Taxation Avoidance Convention: India and Kazakhstan have signed the five
national capital a Protocol to amend the existing Double Taxation Avoidance
Convention (DTAC) between the two countries which was earlier signed on 9th
December, 1996 for the avoidance of double taxation and for the prevention of
fiscal evasion with respect to taxes on income.
2.
4th Assam International Agri-Horti
show to begin in Guwahati: Fourth Assam International
Agri-Horti show will begin in Guwahati.Assam.State Chief Minister
SarbanandaSonowal will inaugurate the show.
3. Three Days International Conference on Yoga for Diabetes
Organised in New Delhi: The Minister of State for AYUSHShriShripadYessoNaik
inaugurated the International Conference on “Yoga for Diabetes” which began in
New Delhi on January 4, 2017.
4. Centre approves assistance of Rs 1782 crore for Karnataka:
The Centre
has approved an assistance of over 1782.44 crore rupees for Karnataka. The
state will get this sum from the National Disaster Relief Fund as drought
relief.
5. Island Tourism Festival 2017 to begins in Andaman &
Nicobar: The
Island Tourism Festival 2017 will begin today at Port Blair in Andaman &
Nicobar islands. Lt. Governor Jagdish Mukhi will inaugurate the mega event at
ITF Ground this evening.
6. The Government has imposed an anti-dumping duty ranging from 6.30 US
dollars to 351.72 US dollars per tonne on imports of jute and its products from
Bangladesh and Nepal.
7. Launch
of IPR Enforcement Toolkit for Police and IPR Awareness Campaign for Children:The toolkit has been jointly prepared by Cell for
IPR Promotion and Management (CIPAM) and Federation of Indian Chambers of
Commerce and Industry (FICCI).
8. S Padmanabhan Appointed as Chairman of Tata Power: Tata Sons has nominated S Padmanabhan as the
Chairman of Tata Power Co Ltd with immediate effect, in place of Cyrus
Mistry.He is also the executive chairman of Tata Business Excellence Group.
Recently he was appointed as the head of group for human resources for Tata
Sons.
9. IBM has appointed Karan Bajwa as Managing Director of IBM India Pvt Ltd,
succeeding Vanitha Narayanan who has been appointed as chairman of the Indian
subsidiary.
INTERNATIONAL UPDATES:
1. Sir Tim Barrow has been appointed as the
Britain’s ambassador to the EU: A UK Senior diplomat Sir Tim Barrow was appointed the new
ambassador to the European Union (EU). ii.He replaced Sir Ivan
Rogers.He previously served in the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, as a
representative to various bodies of the European Union, and as British
Ambassador to Ukraine 2006–2008.
2. Capgemini Appoints Anil Jalali of IBM as HR head for India Operation:French Consulting Corporation, Capgemini has
appointed Anil Jalali as Chief Human Resources Officer for its India operation.
OTHER
UPDATES:
FINANCE/BANKING:
1.
SIDBI ties
up with LIC for capital support to enterprises: Small Industries Development Bank of India (SIDBI) on Thursday said it
has tied up with Life Insurance Corporation of India (LIC) for augmenting
capital support to enterprises in the country.
2.
Karnataka Bank launches group Personal Accident Insurance Scheme named KBL
Suraksha: Karnataka Bank has launched a month-long campaign
to promote a group personal accident insurance scheme for savings bank
account-holders. ‘KBL Suraksha’, which was launched on January 2, will be in
force till January 31.
SPORTS:
3.
DilipVengsarkar steps down from MCA
vice-president post: Former India captain DilipVengsarkar has
submitted his resignation as vice-president of the Mumbai Cricket Association
(MCA).
OBITUARIES:
4. Sitar Player
Abdul HalimJaffer dies at 88: Renowned Sitar maestro Abdul HalimJaffer
Khan died due to cardiac arrest. He was 88.Abdul HalimJaffer Khan was an Indian
sitar player and received the national awards Padma Shri (1970) and Padma
Bhushan (2006) and was awarded the SangeetNatakAkademi Award for 1987
5. Veteran actor Om Puri has passed away after a massive
heart attack.The actor was 66.
BOOKS AND AUTHORS:
6. Vice President Hamid Ansari on 4 January 2017 released a book titled The
People's President: Dr APJ Abdul Kalam.
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