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GA UPDATES FROM 26th DEC TO 17th JANUARY
1. Raghuvar Das to be first non-tribal Chief Minister of
Jharkhand.The BJP-AJSU alliance had won absolute
majority in the recent Assembly polls bagging 42 out of the
total 81 seats.

Master (IM) Murali Karthikeyan, IM Aravindh
Chithambaram and Kumaran Balaji won their respective
matches to clinch the Gold
i. Russia defeated Ukraine 3.5-0.5 in the final round to
come at second place and win the Silver medal

2. PM Modi nominates Kapil Sharma, Saurav Ganguly,
Kiran Bedi for 'Swachh Bharat Abhiyaan' nine people
including Nagaland Governor Padmanabha Acharya,
classical dancer Sonal Mansingh, Ramoji Rao of Eenadu
group and Aroon Purie of India Today group.He also
nominated some organisations which included Institute of
Chartered Accountants of India, Eenadu and India Today
groups besides 'dabbewale' of Mumbai, who deliver homemade food to lakhs of people in the city.
3. Death toll rises to 81, operations launched against NDFB
militants along the border with Arunachal Pradesh.
4. President signs two key ordinance on insurance and coal
allowing hike in the FDI cap in the insurance sector and
facilitating e-auction of coal blocks.
i.The NDA Government had recommended promulgation of
these ordinances after failing to get them passed in
Parliament.
ii. The Coal Mines (Special Provisions) Bill, 2014 was
passed by the Lok Sabha but could not be taken up for
discussion in the Rajya Sabha, pushing the government to
recommend a re-promulgation of the coal ordinance.
iii. In case of the insurance amendment bill, the
Government recommended promulgation of a fresh
ordinance, allowing hiking the FDI cap in the sector from
26 to 49 per cent.
iv. The government hopes the increased FDI cap would
bring in additional capital inflow of USD 6-8 billion to the
insurance sector.
v. While the Insurance Laws Amendment Bill, 2008 had
been approved by the Select Committee of the Rajya Sabha,
it could not be taken up for discussion in Parliament owing
to pandemonium over the conversion row, among other
issues.
5. India won Gold in World Youth Under-16 Chess
Olympiad against Turkey 3.0-1.0 in the final round at the
FIDE (Federation Internationale des Echecs) tournament
held at Gyor, Hungary.Te three Indians International

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6. India joins UN body to strengthen early warning system
for natural disasters.India in association with the United
Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the
Pacific (UN-ESCAP) announced contribution of US$ 1
million to the Multi-Donor Trust Fund for Tsunami,
disaster and climate preparedness in Indian Ocean and
Southeast Asian Countries.
i. India is a 'Regional Service Provider' for the Indian Ocean
Tsunami Warning and Mitigation System (IOTWS), which
became operational in 2011.
ii. India is also an active member of the ESCAP/World
Meteorological Organization Panel on Tropical Cyclones.

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7. Union Government launched health mission- 'Mission
Indradhanush'.Jagat Prakash Nadda, Health and Family
Welfare Minister launched the mission with an aim to
cover all those children who are unvaccinated or are
partially vaccinated against seven vaccine preventable
diseases which include diphtheria, whooping cough,
tetanus, polio, tuberculosis, measles and hepatitis B, by the
end of the year 2020.
8. Microsoft’s chief Saty Nadella to help in digital India
initiative.He also met Finance Minister Arun Jaitley and
Telecom Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad and discussed
modernisation and security of the government’s digital
infrastructure, among other issues.
9. NYK Auto to set up Ro-Ro terminal at Pipavav port.
i. NYK Auto Logistics (India), a part of automotive ocean
transportation and logistics major NYK Group of Tokyo,
has entered into an agreement with Gujarat Pipavav Port
Ltd. (APM Terminals Pipavav) to set up a dedicated Rollon/Roll-off (Ro-Ro) automobile yard at Pipavav port in
Gujarat.
ii.Under the arrangement, Gujarat Pipavav Port has subleased 85,000 sq. meters of land for 10 years inside its
premises to NYK Auto to develop a dedicated common
user integrated Ro-Ro terminal.
iii. NYK group operates 18 Ro-Ro terminals globally,
including seven in China, Thailand and Singapore.
iv. Gujarat Pipavav Port will provide all the port and
related facilities for ensuring smooth and seamless flow of
automobile cargo.

10.DRDO conducts maiden test-flight of Panchi,the
wheeled version of the unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV)
Nishant, capable of taking off from and landing on small
airstrips, had its maiden flight from an airfield at Kolar in
Karnataka.
i. The aim of the flight, which lasted 25 minutes, was “to
demonstrate that Panchi can take off and land on its
wheels.
ii. Panchi was designed and developed by the Aeronautical
Development Establishment (ADE), a Defence Research
and Development Organisation (DRDO) facility at
Bengaluru.
11. Tata Motors country's largest automobile company
flags off 123 AC buses in Ahmedabad
equipped with automatic transmission.These buses are in
addition to the order bagged by Tata Motors for 3,200
buses under the JNNURM-phase II scheme and are meant

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to reduce driver fatigue and provide for a superior
commuting experience.The buses, built by Tata Marcopolo,
are being operated by private operators.
12. Trevor Bull appointed as CEO and MD of Aviva India
Life Insurance.He succeeded TR Ramachandran who led
Aviva India since October 2008. Bull will take charge of the
post from January 2015.
13. India’s Ankita wins maiden ITF singles title after
defeating British teenager Katy Dunne in straight sets in a
one-sided final.She lift her maiden $25,000 ITF singles title
at the Deccan Gymkhana in Pune.This was the India no.1
woman singles player’s maiden $25,000 title and the 294ranked Ankita expressed her delight over becoming the
first from the host nation to clinch a title in the tournament
after 14 years. Ankita earned 50 WTA points, She broke
her rival’s serve five times in two sets while dropping her
own only once in the title clash.
14. Amitabh Bachchan honoured with Yash Chopra
Memorial Award.Maharashtra Governor C. Vidyasagar Rao
honoured him with the award, which was given to Lata
Mangeshkar last year.
15. To re-energise the mutual fund industry, regulator Sebi
to set up expert panel to suggest measures for increasing
distribution of MF products through digital modes such as
internet and mobiles. The panel, a sub-committee of Sebi's
Advisory Committee on Mutual Funds, will look into
various options and steps required to boost the
penetration of mutual fund products through use of digital
channels for their sale.The sub-committee, to be headed by
M N Gopinath, will submit a report to the Sebi Advisory
Committee.
16. Save paper: Officials asked to write notes on both
sides.With an aim of saving precious paper pulp, Labour
Department of the Delhi government has asked all its
officials, including all deputy commissioners, to write
notes on both sides of paper and type in single space.The
department has issued a circular directing officials to take
such steps to minimise the impact on environment as trees
are the major source of paper pulp production.
17. France hopeful of $6-billion surface-to-air Maitri
missile project. The project for joint development and
production between India's Defence Research and
Development Organisation (DRDO) and France's MBDA,
was initiated in 2007. An MoU to co-develop the missile
was signed during French President Francois Hollande's
visit to India in February last year.The range of SRSAM will
be of 40 km, Akash's range is only 25 km.
18. Congress marks 130th Foundation Day.Established in
1885.

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19. US and NATO combat forces marks end of war fought
for 13 years in Afghanistan.From January 1, the US-led
International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) combat
mission, will be replaced by a NATO “training and support”
mission.
20. Tata Coffee names Sanjiv Sarin as Managing Director
and CEO designate after the retirement of Hameed Huq,
the current MD and CEO.
21. AirAsia QZ8501: Indonesia plane 'at bottom of sea'.162
died
22. L&T Hydrocarbon bags Rs 894 cr offshore contract
from ONGC(Oil & Natural Gas Corporation) for additional
development of the Vasai East project.
i. The Rs 2,500 crore project will result in incremental oil
production of 1.83 million metric tonne (MMT) and
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incremental gas production of 1.971 billion cubic metres
(BCM) by 2030.
ii. L & T Hydrocarbon Engineering (LTHE) has bagged the
contract from ONGC to improve recovery factor of Vasai
East field where production started in 2008, and it is
scheduled to be completed by April 2016.
23. PM chairs high-level meeting with Government officials
on 'Smart City' initiative.
24. Black money: Over 1,000 individuals and companies
under Sebi scanner for allegedly using stock markets to
evade taxes and launder money through companies mostly
existing on paper.
25. Dhoni retires from Test cricket with immediate effect,
citing strain of playing all formats, after his team lost the
Border - Gavaskar Trophy to Australia.
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26. Virat Kohli named captain
i. Virat Kohli is named the new captain of the Indian Test
team.He will be the 32nd Indian Test captain and will take
the reign in the full time manner from the Sydney
Test.Kohli first captained India as a stand in captain in the
first test of the series at Adelaide.
27. 8 FDI proposals worth Rs 35 crore cleared including
that of CSC Computer Sciences International Operations
and Life Positive Pvt Ltd.CSC has sought permission for
setting up a proposed LLP with an investment of about Rs
30 crore.
i. While, Life Positive seeks to increase foreign equity
participation from existing 96 per cent to 99 per cent and
induction of further FDI of about Rs 4.61 crore by foreign
collaborators.
ii. Among others, government cleared proposals of
Mahanagar Gas Limited, Medicamen Biotech Ltd,
TutorVista Global Private Ltd, Ventura (India) Pvt Ltd,
Syssmart Services LLP and Mahindra CIE Automotive Ltd.
28. Super 30 among top 3 pioneering education initiatives
i. A Japanese media group has selected Mathematician
Anand Kumar’s Super 30 among three pioneering
initiatives in the field of education.Two others academic
institutions, namely Japan’s educational club, which works
for education to children from lower and middle classes,
and France’s reading and writing club, working with a
mission to arrest declining educational standards in the
country, find berth as initiatives across the world by
Japanese media group Asahi Shinbun.

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29. Union Cabinet approved hike of government stake in
IFCI to 51 percent.The increase in government stake will
be through infusion of 60 crore rupees by way of
acquisition of preference shares from existing share
holders.

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i.As a result, India’s oldest financial institution IFCI will
now become a government owned company.
ii. The current shareholding of Union government in IFCI
after inclusion of the preference share capital was 47.93
percent. Therefore, IFCI was not a Government Company
under section 2(45) of the Companies Act, 2013.
iii. IFCI was set up in 1948 and it is a statutory corporation
under the Industrial Finance Corporation Act, 1948.

30. RBI liberalised norms for Overseas Direct Investment
by Indian companies
i. The liberalization of norms was part of series of
amendment done by RBI from time to time in the Foreign
Exchange Management (Transfer or Issue of any Foreign
Security) (Amendment) Regulations, 2004.
ii. Liberalised norms • Bank may permit creation of charge on the shares of the
Joint Venture/Wholly Owned Subsidiary/Step down
Subsidiary (JV/WOS/SDS) of an Indian party in favour of a
domestic or overseas lender for securing funded and/or
non-funded facility.
• The loan availed by the JV/WOS/SDS from the
domestic/overseas lender shall be utilized only for its core
business activities overseas and not for investing back in
India in any manner whatsoever.
• Bank may permit creation of charge on the domestic
assets of an Indian party in favour of an overseas lender
for securing the funded and/or non-funded facility.
• Bank may permit creation of charge on the overseas
assets (excluding the shares) of the JV/WOS/SDS of an
Indian party in favour of a domestic lender for securing the
funded and/or non-funded facility.
31. Palestinian statehood resolution fails at UNSC:The UN
Security Council has failed to adopt a Palestinian statehood
resolution that set a deadline for the withdrawal of Israeli
forces from Palestinian territories by 2017.
i.The long-anticipated draft drew the support of eight
countries -- Argentina, Chad, Chile, China, France, Jordan,
Luxembourg, Russia -- just one shy of the nine needed to
pass a resolution in the absence of a veto by any of the
Council’s five permanent members.
ii. The United States and Australia opposed the resolution
while the United Kingdom, Nigeria, South Korea, Rwanda
and Lithuania abstained.
32. Kudankulam commercial power: SEBs to pay more per
unit:The significance of commercial generation of power
from the first unit at the Kudankulam Nuclear Power
Project is that the Nuclear Power Corporation of India

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Limited (NPCIL) will start charging money from the State
Electricity Boards (SEBs) to which it sells the electricity.
R.S. Sundar, Site Director, Kudankulam Nuclear Power
Project, said Kudankulam-1 had been generating its full
power of 1,000 MWe from December 10, 2014.
33. Cristiano Ronaldo voted Europe’s top footballer:The
results of the survey showed 89 of the 144 European
sports reporters queried named the Real Madrid forward
as the region’s top player,for the second year in a row
carried out by Uruguay’s El Pais daily.
i.German goalie Manuel Neuer (Bayern Munich) and
Argentina’s Lionel Messi (Barcelona) came in distant
second and third places, with 19 and 16 votes,
respectively.
34. Gmail blocked in China, Great Firewall suspected:The
Google disruption began in the run-up to the 25th
anniversary of the government’s bloody crackdown on
pro-democracy
demonstrators
around
Beijing’s
Tiananmen Square on June 4, 1989.
35. Lupin’s HIV drug gets USFDA nod:Drug firm Lupin has
received tentative approval from the U.S. health regulator
to market a generic version of Prezista tablets, used in
treating HIV infection.The company has received tentative
approval from the United States Food and Drugs
Administration (FDA) to market its Darunavir Ethanolate
tablets in multiple strengths in the American market,
Lupin said in a statement.
i. Last week, the company had received USFDA approval to
market a generic version of ViiV Healthcare’s Epivir
Tablets, used in treating HIV infection, in the American
market.

36. IRDA renamed to Insurance Regulatory and
Development Authority of India
Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority (IRDA)
was renamed as Insurance Regulatory and Development
Authority of India on 30 December 2014.
i. The change in name came in to effect after the
promulgation of Insurance Laws (Amendment) Ordinance,
2014, by the President of India on 26 December 2014.
ii.The amendment was done to the Insurance Regulation
and Development Act, 1999 by inserting the words India
after Development Authority in Section 105 of the
Ordinance amends section 2 (1)(b) of the IRDA Act.
37. Union Government signed 75 million dollar loan deal
with ADB for KIUWMIP

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i. Union Government on 30 December 2014 signed a loan
agreement with the Asian Development Bank (ADB) for 75
million dollar and 1.8 million dollar grant for Karnataka
Integrated Urban Water Management Investment Program
(KIUWMIP).
ii. The funds will be used to improve water resource
management in three towns of Karnataka, namely Byadagi,
Davanagere and Harihar in the Upper Tungabhadra subbasin.
iii. This project will help increase water treatment capacity
by 15000 cubic meters per day.
38 Krishan Kant Paul to be Uttarakhand 6th Governor:Mr.
Paul, Meghalaya Governor, would continue to hold the
office of the Governor of Manipur.
39. Uttarakhand governor Aziz Qureshi transferred to
Mizoram.
West Bengal governor K N Tripathi meanwhile has been
asked to take additional charge of Meghalaya.
40. Pakistani fishing boat carrying explosives sets itself on
fire after being chased by Indian Coast Guard in Arabian
Sea near Indo-Pak maritime boundary. The incident came
a month after sixth anniversary of the Mumbai terror
attack.

41. BHEL bags first key power project in Telangana:BHEL
will set up first Supercritical Thermal Power Plant in
newly formed state of Telangana. The company has bagged
contract worth Rs. 3,810 crore.
i. The order is for setting up the 1x800 MW Supercritical
Thermal Power Plant on EPC (Engineering, Procurement &
Construction) basis at Kothagudem in Khammam District
of Telangana.
ii. To this effect, an advance cheque of Rs. 350 crore was
handed over by the Chief Minister of Telangana, K.
Chandrasekhar Rao to Chairman & Managing Director.
iii. The project is targeted to be commissioned in 36
months on fast track basis with both BHEL and TSGENCO
setting up teams to expedite clearances and execution of
the project.
42.India's LIC International launches co-branded credit
card with UAE's First Gulf Bank.
It is first of its kind payment solution. This is the first time
that an insurance firm has entered into a strategic alliance
with a bank in the gulf country. LIC International,
established in Bahrain in 1989 by LIC of India to facilitate
residents in the gulf region, has over 350 million
policyholders worldwide.
43. Government to prioritise drugs, states to revive Jan
Aushadhi Pharmacies.Government is considering a
proposal to trim the list of drugs being distributed through
Jan Aushadhi outlets to 40-50 mass consumption ones
from the 320 medicines enlisted to be part of stock at
present.
44. R Koteeswaran takes over as new Indian Overseas
Bank CMD. Prior to this, Koteeswaran was serving Bank of
India as its Executive Director.He replaces M Narendra
who has superannuated
45. LED there be light: Modi launches scheme to brighten
Delhi
i. Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched a scheme for
LED bulb distribution under domestic efficient lighting
programme (DELP) in Delhi.
ii. Describing the LED bulb as a ‘prakash path’ (way to
light), Mr. Modi said that it is much more economical to
conserve power than to produce power.
iii. LED bulbs shall be distributed in a phased manner from
March 2015 onwards, an official statement said.
iv. The entire project of installing LED bulbs for domestic
and street lighting in 100 cities is targeted for completion
by March 2016.
v. In Delhi, LED bulbs will be provided to all domestic
consumers at an initial payment of Rs 10 each and
recovery of Rs 10 each for 12 months from their electricity
bill.

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46. Laxman, SP Balasubrahmanyam new Swachh Bharat
ambassadors
The Centre on Monday nominated cricketer V.V.S. Laxman,
chess player Koneru Humpy, playback singer S.P.
Balasubrahmanyam , MPs K.Kavitha, Jayadev Galla,
badminton icon P.Gopichand, corporate personalities
B.V.R. Mohan Reddy, J.A.Chowdary, Rameshwar Rao and
Gopichand, G.S. Rao from medical field, lyricist S. Ashok
Teja, Telugu actor Nitin and media personality V.
Radhakrishna.
i.The nomination was formally made by Union Urban
Development Minister M. Venkaiah Naidu at a function in
Hyderabad.
47. Sports ministry recommends Saina Nehwal's name for
Padma Bhushan

48. 18 Jharkhand villages identified under 'Green India
Mission' for undertaking eco-friendly development
programmes in the areas falling under Seraikela forest
division in Seraikela-Kharswan district of Jharkhand.
i.The main objective of the mission was to develop the
ecological and economic scenerio by choosing different
developmental schemes including rain water harvesting
and greenery among others.
49. Arvind Panagariya to be Vice-Chairman of PM
Narendra Modi's NITI Aayog
i. Eminent free-market economist Arvind Panagariya has
been appointed to run Indian prime minister Narendra
Modi's new policy commission, or NITI Aayog.He is Indianborn economics professor at Columbia University in New
York.
Note: Niti Aayog has been set up to modernise economic
strategy after decades of Soviet-style central planning.
50. Government to implement new Companies Act that
includes setting up IEPFA Investor Education and
Protection Fund Authority and NFRA National Financial
Reporting Authority within six months.
i. NFRA will be responsible for monitoring, compliance
review and overseeing quality of service, enforcement and
standard setting in accounting and auditing.
iv. IEPFA, which will be set up under the new Companies
Act, will manage investor education and protection fund. If
the amount deposited with companies is not claimed for
more than seven years, it will go to IEPFA.
51. DDA plans smart city, flats for senior citizens in 2015

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i. A smart "world-class" city in Dwarka, exclusive
apartments for senior citizens, a financial hub, electric
buses for Delhi and erecting the city's tallest building are
among DDA's major plans this year.
52. World Cup 2015 squad announced: The Board of
Control for Cricket in India on Tuesday released its 15member squad for the World Cup 2015.Mahendra Singh
Dhoni (c), Shikhar Dhawan, Rohit Sharma, Virat
Kohli,Ajinkya Rahane, Suresh Raina, Ambati Rayudu,
Ravindra Jadeja , Ravichandran Ashwin, Axar Patel,
Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Ishant Sharma, Mohammed Shami,
Stuart Binny and Umesh Yadav. India will start it's World
Cup campaign against Pakistan on 15th of February.
53. Five-day coal strike begins
i. The Trade union have gone on strike to protest against
’disinvestment and restructuring of State-run Coal India’
and to press for their other demands including the rollback of what they call as “process of denationalizing of coal
sector”.
ii.The strike can affect coal production of up to 1.5 million
tonnes a day and may also hit supplies to power plants
which are already grappling with fuel shortages.
iii. All five major trade unions of the coal PSU had
boycotted a meeting called by Coal Minister Piyush Goyal
last week.
54. ISRO gears up to launch IRNSS 1D which would put in
place India's own navigation system on par with the Global
Positioning System of the US.
i "The launch campaign for IRNSS 1D has come, which
starts on January 16. Within two months, all components
from other ISRO labs have to reach Sriharikota. The launch
is likely after March 15.
ii. IRNSS 1D is the fourth in the series of seven satellites,
the national space agency is planning to launch to put in
place the Indian Regional Navigation Satellite System
(IRNSS).
55. P Krishnamurthy appointed as Private Secretary of
Union Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar. He is appointed
for a five-year period or on co-terminus basis with the
minister's tenure.He served as the Director of National
Institute of Fashion Technology (NIFT) from 2011 to 2014.
56. Union Cabinet approved to set up India-based Neutrino
Observatory in TN. The INO laboratory will host
experiments such as the neutrino-less double beta decay
and the search for dark matter.
i.The INO project will be set up near Pottipuram village in
the Bodi West Hills of Theni district in Tamil Nadu. The
project is at an estimated cost of 1500 crore rupees.

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61. Google CEO Larry Page emerges as 'business person of
the year' for 2014 edging past the likes of Alibaba cofounder Jack Ma and Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg,
according to Fortune magazine.
57. Former Minister of State for PWD (Public Works
Department) Ram Prasad Kamal died.
58.Mahinda Rajapaksa concedes defeat to opposition
candidate Maithripala Sirisena in the presidential election.
i. Sirisena met the next Prime Minister Ranil
Vickramaisnghe at the Independence Square, Colombo to
discuss the future course of action.
ii. Less than two months ago, when the president called
snap elections, this outcome was unimaginable. There was
no big opposition candidate in sight.
iii.. Then suddenly Mr Sirisena, then the health minister,
switched sides, propped up by heavyweight politicians and
later supported by many minority groups.
59. SEBI proposes e-IPO norms (Electronic-Initial public
offer)
i. Investors can bid for shares through Internet and
eventually on mobiles, while already listed PSUs will be
provided a 'fast-track' route for share sales to meet the
disinvestment targets.
ii. For already listed companies ,Sebi has proposed a fasttrack route for raising of funds through FPOs (Follow-on
Public Offers) or Rights Offers (where funds can be raised
from existing shareholders).
iii. The fast-track route of raising capital has been
proposed for companies having public shareholding
market valuation of as low as Rs 250 crore, as against Rs
3,000 crore currently.
iv. Currently, applications for IPOs can be uploaded on a
real-time basis only through ASBA (Application Supported
by Blocked Amount). Only self-certified syndicate banks
are authorised to manage it.
v. With regard to fast-track issuances of Follow on Public
Offer (FPO) and rights issue, Sebi proposed that route can
be extended to companies having an average market
capitalisation of between Rs 250 crore to Rs 3,000 crore.
60. Qantas rated as ‘World’s Safest Airline for
2015′:AirlineRatings.com, safety and product rating
website, has announced its top ten safest airlines and top
ten safest low cost airlines for 2015 from the 449 it
monitors.Making up the remainder of the top ten in
alphabetical order are: Air New Zealand, Cathay Pacific
Airways, British Airways, Emirates, Etihad Airways, EVA
Air, Finnair, Lufthansa and Singapore Airlines.Over its 94year history Qantas has amassed an extraordinary record
of firsts in safety and operations and is now accepted as
the world’s most experienced airline.

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62. KKR partners GIC to set up India real estate lending
company
i. KKR (Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co), American
multinational private equity firm, had set up a nonbanking financial company in the country for lending to
the real estate sector, with an investment from Singapore
sovereign wealth fund GIC.
ii. Singapore’s sovereign wealth fund GIC, which has shown
interest in the realty segment in the recent past, will also
invest in the newly formed company.
63. Governor’s rule imposed in Jammu and Kashmir on the
Governor N.N. Vohra's recommendations.
i. More than a fortnight after the results of the Assembly
elections have been out, neither PDP which emerged as the
single largest party with 28 seats nor BJP with 25 could get
the magic figure of 44 to stake claim to form a government
in the 87-member House. NC has 15 MLAs while the
Congress 12.
64. Vaccine Raksha Blu for bluetongue disease launched by
Gachibowli facility of Indian Immunologicals Limited (IIL)
in Hyderabad, Telangana with an aim to minimise the
economic loss of the animal farming community that
occurs due to bluetongue disease.Per dose of the vaccine
will be available for farmers at an expense of 5 rupees.
NOTE: The vaccine is the result of collaborative efforts of
IIL, TANUVAS (Tamil Nadu University of Veterinary and
Animal Sciences) and ICAR (Indian Council of Agricultural
Research). The vaccine was developed in three years.

65. Tatas’ Vistara starts flying:Tatas hold a majority 51 per
cent stake in Vistara — a joint venture with Singapore
Airlines, which holds the remaining 49 per cent. The first
Vistara flight flew from Delhi to Mumbai today — over six
decades after Tata Airlines was rechristened as Air India,
and eventually nationalised in 1950s.
66. Vibrant Gujarat: PM Narendra Modi promises to make
India easiest place to do business with a stable tax regime
and a predictable, transparent and fair policy environment.
ii. a single window clearance for projects is being set up at
both central and state level.

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ii. According to the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), India would be the
only country among world's top economies which would
increase its pace of growth this year.
iii. Recent initiatives towards a favourable enviornment is FDI in construction has been liberalised, 100 per cent
foreign investment has been allowed in railways, the
defence sector has been opened for FDI up to 49 per cent
and a similar level in the insurance sector.
67. Investers Boom in Gujrat: Reliance will invest
Rs.1,00,000 crore in Gujarat across its businesses,
including the Gujarat petrochemical complex, in the next
18 months.
i. As part of the investment programme, RIL will partner
with thousands of small businesses and Gujarati
entrepreneurs to create virtuous cycle of prosperity, Mr.
Ambani said.
ii. Kumarmangalam Birla said the diversified Aditya Birla
Group will invest Rs. 20,000 crore over a period of time in
the state to ramp up capacities across various existing
facilities.
iii . On the anvil are brownfield expansions at our cement
plant in Sevagram, the VSF plants in Vilayat and Bharuch,
and along with that, expansion in metal plants (among
others) here.

68. World Bank projects 6.4% economic growth in India in
2015:World Bank President Jim Yong Kim said that the
Indian economy is likely to grow at 6.4 per cent in 2015
and accelerate further in the next year.
i.After slowing to sub-five per cent growth in the previous
two financial years, the economy has started showing signs
of pick-up as it expanded by 5.7 per cent and 5.3 per cent
in the second and third quarter of 2015.
ii. Mr. Jim said, he was “very encouraged” by the recent
proposal of a Constitution amendment bill for Goods and
Services Tax.
iii. GST will create one common market and substantial
saving for companies on logistics, especially if the
structure of the GST is uniform.
69. Facebook is the leader of social media, a survey by a
US-based global think tank Pew Research Centre that
involved 1,597 internet users revealed that 71 per cent of
US adults were hooked to Facebook in 2014.
70. SunEdison inks pact with OmnigridMicropower
Company (OMC), which is engaged in building small-scale
power plants with renewable sources have entered into an
agreement to develop 5,000 rural projects, representing
250 MW of electricity, throughout India over the next
three to five years.
ii. SunEdison and OMC have an offering that can help
telecommunication organisations meet their regulatory
requirements and provide energy to local communities.
iii. SunEdison is currently building 60 mini grids across
India - this initiative will further accelerate our efforts
towards the Prime Minister's Energy Vision of making
electricity available 24 hours a day, 365 days a year.
80. Federer notches 1,000th match win, claims Brisbane
title and collected his 83rd title with a win over thirdseeded Milos Raonic of Canada in the Brisbane
International final.
i. The 17-time major winner broke Raonic’s serve in the
third game and again in the opening game of the second
set before Raonic broke back for 2-2 and then dominated
the tiebreaker.
81. NRIs can vote through postal ballots:Centre gave their
nod to the proposal prepared by a 12-member committee
led by Vinod Zutshi, Deputy Election Commissioner, for
‘Exploring Feasibility of Alternative Options for Voting by
Overseas Electors’.
i.The Centre told the Supreme Court that the EC’s
recommendation to extend voting rights to NRIs through
postal ballots have been accepted in letter and spirit.
ii. Chief Justice H L Dattu and A K Sikri asked the Centre to
inform it about “further steps taken to implement the
suggestions.”

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iii. The poll panel had contended that the move to allow
NRIs to use proxy voting on the lines of defence personnel
and e-ballot facility will require changes in the law and a
legislative framework.
82. The 72nd Golden Globe Awards announced in Beverly
Hills, California.
ii. Coming of age tale "Boyhood" won the coveted Golden
Globe for best drama.
ii. while the quirky period caper "The Grand Budapest
Hotel" was the surprise winner for best comedy or
musical, in a big upset to awards season front-runner
"Birdman."
List of award winners •
Best Motion Picture-Drama: Boyhood

Best Actor in a Motion Picture- Drama: Eddie
Redmayne, The Theory of Everything

Best Actress in a Motion Picture-Drama: Julianne
Moore, Still Alice

Best Motion Picture-Comedy or Musical: The Grand
Budapest Hotel

Best Actress in a Motion Picture - Comedy or Musical:
Amy Adams, Big Eyes

Best Actor in a Motion Picture-Comedy or Musical:
Michael Keaton, Birdman

Best Animated Film: How To Train Your Dragon 2

Best Foreign Language Film: Leviathan (Russia)

Best Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture: Patricia
Arquette, Boyhood

Best Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture: J.K.
Simmons, Whiplash

Best Director-Motion Picture: Richard Linklater,
Boyhood

Best Screenplay: Birdman

Best Original Score - Motion Picture: Johann
Johannsson, The Theory of Everything

Best Original Song - Motion Picture: John Legend and
Common, "Glory," Selma
83. Govt to sell stake in PSUs:Finance Minister Arun Jaitley
said the divestment programme would be pursued on
priority and involve more than one PSU during this period.
There are reports that the government is looking to sell 10
per cent stake in Coal India to raise Rs 24,000 crore.The
government has realised Rs 1,715 crore from
disinvestment proceeds so far in the current fiscal 201415.Government have set a target of Rs 43,425 crore from
sale of its shares in listed companies.

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84. Microsoft ties up with Idea for paid apps, games.Idea
users will be able to purchase premium apps and games
from the Windows Store on Microsoft Lumia as well as
other Windows-based smartphones and pay for them
through integrated billing.
85. National Youth Day observed across India on 12
January to mark the birth anniversary of social reformer,
philosopher and thinker Swami Vivekananda.This is the
152nd birth anniversary of Swami Vivekananda.He is best
known for his inspiring speech at the Parliament of the
World's Religions in Chicago in 1893 in which he
introduced Hinduism, his words began with words, Sisters
and brothers of America.
86. Satish Dhawan Space Centre (SDSC)-SHAR(Sriharikota
Range) director MYS Prasad chosen for Vikram Sarabhai
Memorial Award 2015

87. EC announces Delhi Assembly poll dates; voting on Feb
7, counting on Feb 10 held in a single phase for 70
Assembly seats. The total electorate of Delhi is 1.3 crore
and the total number of total stations are 11763. Model
Code of Conduct has come into force from today.In 2013,
the BJP had emerged as the single largest party with 31
MLAs, followed by AAP which got 28 MLAs.
88. Stan Wawrinka wins Chennai Open over Slovenian
qualifier Aljaz Bedene it was the second consecutive title
victory at Chennai and third overall for the top-seeded
player, who did not drop a set in the tournament.
89. AS Kiran Kumar appointed as new ISRO chief. He was
the director of Satellite Application Centre and joined ISRO
in 1975.He was also behind the success of India's Mars
Orbiter Mission which entered the Martian orbit on
September 24.Kumar has contributed to the design and
development of Electro-Optical Imaging Sensors for
Airborne, LEO and GEO platform based imaging sensors
starting from Bhaskara TV payload to the latest TMC
adHySI payloads for Chandrayaan-1 missions.
90. Raghuram Rajan named Governor of the Year in
Central Banking Awards
i.Jacques de Larosiere winning the Lifetime Achievement
Award after a lengthy struggle for monetary order while
Claudio Borio, head of the monetary and economic
department at the Bank for International Settlements, was
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Banking, designed to recognise significant contributions to
the field.
ii. This is a recognition of the part the Reserve Bank of
India and its staff have been playing in bringing
macroeconomic stability to the Indian economy.
91. Retail inflation up at 5% in Dec on higher food prices as
prices of some food items, including fruits and vegetables,
increased.In November, retail inflation based on the
Consumer Price Index (CPI) was at 4.38 percent, the
lowest level since government started computing the new
series of data in January 2012.The consumer inflation rose
to 5.32 percent in urban India and 4.71 percent in rural
area during December.
92. India’s Mars Orbiter team wins US award,Space
Pioneer Award, in the science and engineering category
from the US based National Space Society (NSS).
i.This award will be presented to an ISRO representative
during the National Space Society’s 2015 International
Space Development Conference, the 34th ISDC, to be held
in Toronto, Canada.
Note - India’s Mars Orbiter launched on Nov 5, 2013 that
went into Mars orbit on Sep 24, 2014 achieved two
significant mission firsts in terms of an Indian spacecraft
that has gone into orbit around Mars on the very first try
and that no other country has ever done this. Secondly, the
spacecraft is in an elliptical orbit with a high apoapsis, and
has a high resolution camera which is taking full-disk
colour imagery of Mars.The Mars Orbiter programme team
located in Bangalore is headed by Mylswamy Annadurai.

93.Zomato(Indian restaurant search services provider)
acquires U.S. -based rival Urbanspoon firm for about $50
million in one of the biggest overseas deals by an Indian
startup.
i. Company is said to be in talks to raise about $100 million
in fresh funding.
ii. The acquisition of Urbanspoon, which marks Zomato's
entry into the United States, Canada and Australia, will
result in its presence in 22 countries, covering more than
one million restaurants.
iv. Founded in 2008, Zomato is currently valued at around
$660 million.
94. Deepak Parekh appointed as Non-Executive Director
and Chairman of BAE Systems India (Services) Private
Limited:Deepak Parekh appointed as a Non-Executive
Director and Chairman of BAE Systems India (Services)
Private Limited with effect from 1 January 2015.

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95. Australia launched Online Visa Pilot Programme to
make it easier for Indian business and tourism visitors to
apply online visa for travelling Australia.
i. It covers online lodgement of subclass 600 visas for
Indian business and tourism visitors. It will be rolled out
through selected travel agents across India.
ii. India has the potential to contribute between 1.9 billion
US dollars and 2.3 billion US dollars annually to tourism
industry by 2020.
96. Portugal’s Cristiano Ronaldo retains the FIFA Ballon
d’Or for the second year in a row and the third time in his
career, ahead of Argentinean Lionel Messi and Manuel
Neuer of Germany.
i. Joachim Low’s feat in guiding Germany to the 2014 FIFA
World Cup earned him the Coach-of-the-Year award.
ii. Colombian James Rodriguez won the Puskas Award for
the goal of the year.
iii. Contributing to Ronaldo’s win were 37.66% of the votes
coming from 181 of the national team coaches, 182 of the
national team captains, and 181 of the media
representatives who voted.
iv. Messi was second with 15.76% and Neuer, third with
15.72%.
97. H.S.Brahma to be the next chief Election Commissioner
of India replaced Veeravalli Sundaram Sampath, Chief
Election Commissioner, demits office on 15th January
2015, capping less than six years of an eventful tenure.
H.S.Brahma will be the 19th Chief Election Commissioner
of India, He was the other election Commissioner along
with Ahmed Zaidi in the outgoing Sampath regime.
98. DRDO chief Avinash Chander removed by thre Modi
government 15 months before his contract was supposed
to end.
Chander was also the scientific advisor to the defence
minister.Chander is the chief architect of Agni series of
ballistic missile systems.The action could have been taken
against the backdrop of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's
comment that the 'laid back' attitude in the DRDO will not
be tolerated.
99. The Ajay Bijli PVR set to acquire Chennai's premier
movie exhibition company SPI Cinemas popularly known
as Sathyam Cinemas.This could end up to be the biggest
deal in India's multiplex sector. the deal may close for a
rather steep valuation of approximately Rs 750-1,000
crore for just 40 odd screens, located predominantly in the
Southern metro.last month Carnival Cinemas paid a little
over Rs 700 crore to buy out Anil Ambani's Big Cinemas
that has 242 screens across the country.

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100. Union Ministry of Health proposed COTPA
(Amendment) Bill 2015
i. The Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare on 13
January 2015 proposed the Cigarettes and Other Tobacco
Products (Prohibition of Advertisement and Regulation of
Trade and Commerce, Production, Supply and
Distribution) (Amendment) Bill 2015 (COTPA).
ii. The bill seeks to amend some provisions of Cigarettes
and Other Tobacco Products (Prohibition of Advertisement
and Regulation of Trade and Commerce, Production,
Supply and Distribution) Act, 2003.
iii. Provisions of the COTPA (Amendment) Bill 2015
• The bill proposes to ban on-site advertising of tobacco
products and shops selling cigarettes and other tobacco
products will no longer be able to display the brand names.
• It proposed scrapping of designated smoking areas from
hotels, restaurants and airports making an exception only
for international airports to prevent exposure of nonsmokers to harmful emissions.
• The penalty for smoking in restricted areas has been
raised from 200 to 1000 rupees.

i. Infosys CEO Vishal Sikka met Prime Minister Narendra
Modi and disclosed that his company will spend USD 250
million (over Rs 1,500 crore) to fund innovations in
software and services in India.
ii. Infosys will develop software for managing the kumbh
mela scheduled in Ujjain (Madhya Pradesh) in 2016.
iii. The chief of India’s second largest IT services firm also
discussed with Modi ways in which the company can
participate in the Prime Minister’s vision of smart and
digitally empowered India.
iv. Infosys formed USD 500 million Innovation Fund. Of
this, Rs. 1,500 crore, will be dedicated to just innovation in
India.
104. India will catch up with China’s growth rate in 201617: World Bank
i. The World Bank has said that India would catch up with
China’s growth in the year 2016-17.
ii. The World Bank in its report also forecast a growth rate
of seven per cent each in the fiscal year 2016 and 2017 as
against China’s 7 per cent and 6. 9 per cent respectively.
iii. Regional growth is projected to rise to 6.8 per cent by
2017, as reforms ease supply constraints in India, political
tensions subside in Pakistan, remittances remain robust in
Bangladesh and Nepal, and demand for the region’s
exports firms.

101. Bharatiya Mahila Bank inks pact with Lakme Salons to
fund franchisees
i. Bharatiya Mahila Bank today inked an agreement with
HUL arm Lakme Salons to bring easy financing options to
fuel women entrepreneurship.
ii. This partnership would help encourage more women to
become Lakme Salon's business partners.
iii. Mahila Bank has opened the 40th branch and will close
the fiscal with 40 more.
iv. The loan book of the bank currently stands at Rs 400
crore and has plans to close the fiscal with Rs 800 crore
and deposit books to Rs 1,000 crore from the present Rs
600 crore.
102. Canara Bank bags 3 MSME awards
i. Canara Bank has bagged three awards at the annual
flagship event "MSME Banking Excellence Awards-2014"
organised by Chamber of Indian Micro, Small and Medium
Enterprises (CIMSME).
ii. Canara Bank has been adjudged as the "Best Bank
Award-Winner" among other awards.
iii. The awards were presented by Union Minister for
MSME Kalraj Mishra on the occasion.
103. Infosys CEO dedicates $250 million to innovate in
India

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105. PM Narendra Modi to launch 'Beti Bachao' scheme on
22 january and will focus on a multi-sectoral approach to
tackling the problem of the vanishing girl child.
i. the Modi government's big bang flagship scheme will be
`Beti Bachao, Beti Padhao' (BBBP), which will help address
the country's low child sex ratio.
ii. The Rs 100-crore scheme is expected to be monitored by
the Maneka Gandhi-headed ministry of women and child
development (WCD) in coordination with the ministries of
health and HRD.
iv. The Objectives •
To prevent genderbiased sex selection by stringent
enforcement of laws, especially by strengthening the
implementation of PreConception and Pre-Natal
Diagnostic Techniques (Pro hibition of Sex Selection)
Act, 1994 (PC&PNDT Act) with strict punishments for
violations.

BBBP will also ensure access and availability of
essential requirements related to nutrition,
healthcare, education and protection and elimination
of discrimination against a girl child which can lead to
low self-esteem, lifelong deprivation and exclusion
from the mainstream.

Initiatives will be taken to encourage girls to express
their views and to be heard, to help them participate
actively , effectively and equally at all levels of social,
economic, and political leadership.

v. Targets of the Scheme •
A toilet in every girls' school in 100 vulnerable
districts.

An innovation fund at state-level to encourage best
practices in improving child sex ratio (CSR) and
gender inequities.

District-level awards to schools strengthening girl
child education.

106. RBI Changed Key Rates
i. In a move that brought huge cheer to the markets,
Reserve Bank of India (RBI) cut the reverse repo rate by 25
basis points to 7.75%.
ii. The central bank kept the Cash Reserve Ratio ( CRR)
unchanged at 4.0%.
iii. Reasons for the Repo Cut :

Plunging Oil prices in the Global arena and hence
in India keeping the Inflation levels in the check.

WPI increased at the rate of a mere 0.11% as
against the expected increase of 0.6%.

Retail inflation is at 5% as against an expected
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Fiscal deficit target is well in reach at 4.1%.

107. Pakistan to ban JuD and Haqqani network
i. Pakistan plans to ban 10 terror outfits, including 26/11
mastermind Hafiz Saeed-led Jamaat-ud-Dawa (JuD) and
the dreaded Afghan-based Haqqani Network, a move seen
by experts as a "paradigm shift" in the country's security
policy in the wake of Peshawar school massacre.
ii. The move came a day after the US declared the fugitive
chief of the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan Mullah Fazlullah as
a 'Specially Designated Global Terrorist'.
iii. The UN security council designated the JuD a front for
the LeT after the Mumbai attacks. Since then, the UN and
US have sanctioned several JuD leaders.
108. Naqvi gets 1-year jail term
i. Union Minister of State for Parliamentary and Minority
Affairs Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi and 19 others were were
convicted by a Rampur court for breaching prohibitory
orders in the run-up to the 2009 Lok Sabha election and
sentenced to a one-year jail term.
ii. In 2009, Section 144 was imposed in Rampur when local
BJP workers staged a protest after the arrest of the BJP
district president. Over 200 people were named in the
charge sheet.
109. Centre to implement biometric attendance system
soon
i. The Centre is set to implement Aadhaar-based biometric
system for attendance in all government departments and
state-owned entities spread across Delhi.
ii. Department of electronics & information technology
(DeitY) has so far implemented Aadhaar Enabled
Biometric Attendance System (AEBAS) in 54 government
locations in Delhi that requires fingerprint-based
attendance for employees entering into the office premise.
iii. We are rolling out biometrics attendance system in 394
government organizations and agencies within the Delhi
region while 300 of them have actually started working on
implementing it.
110. The 67th Army Day celebrated on 15 January.
i.The day is celebrated to commemorate the day, when
Lieutenant General (later Field Marshal) K M Cariappa on
15 January 1949 became the first Indian Commander-inChief of the Indian Army post Independence. He had
succeeded General Sir Francis Butcher, the last British
Commander-in-Chief of India.
ii. To mark the day, all three service chiefs, Army Chief
General Dalbir Singh Suhag, Chief of Naval Staff Admiral
Robin K Dhowan and Air Chief Marshal Arup Raha paid
tributes at the Amar Jawan Jyoti at India Gate by laying
floral wreath and remembering the martyred soldiers.

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111. Anupam Shrivastava appointed as CMD of BSNL
approved by Appointments Committee of the Cabinet
(ACC).
ii. BSNL's Director Enterprises A N Rai is currently
handling the additional charge of CMD.
112. Australian pace bowler Brett Lee retires from all
forms of cricket after a 20-year career. Lee played 76 Tests
for Australia, taking 310 wickets, and 221 one-dayers with
380 dismissals.
113. Haryana picks Ramdev as brand ambassador to
promote yoga and ayurveda in a big way, and has
appointed yoga guru Ramdev as its brand ambassador.
i. a herbal forest would be developed over thousands of
acres of land in the state where plants of 25 thousand
species of ayurvedic herbs would be grown under the
supervision of the yoga guru and his close aide Balkrishna.
iii. An ayush wing was being established in all the hospitals
of Haryana for which 550 doctors would have to do a
refresher course under the supervision of the yoga guru.
iv. Haryana would be developed into an Ayurvedic
University whereas a yogic centre of international
standards would be built in Panchkula.
114. Censor Board chief Leela Samson decides to quit
i. Citing "interference, coercion and corruption of panel
members and officers" appointed in the Central Board of
Film Certification (CBFC) by the Union Information &
Broadcasting Ministry, Bharatnatyam danseuse Leela
Samson has quit as Censor Board chief.
ii. She put in her papers amid reports that the Film
Certification Appellate Tribunal (FCAT) had cleared the
release of the film MSG – The Messenger of God featuring
Dera Saccha Sauda chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh in the
lead role.
115. Siddhartha Chatterjee appointed as Chief Technology
Officer CTO of Persistent Systems Ltd with effect will be
based at the United States branch of the company.

116. Noted RTI activist Subhash Chandra Agrawal
conferred with Giraffe Hero award 2015 by a US-based
NGO The Giraffe Heroes Project for his bravery in utilising
the Right to Information (RTI) Act, 2005 for public good
despite innumerable challenges. Agrawal also holds the
Guinness record of filing highest number of published
letters to the editors.

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117. China Food and Drug Administration approved new
vaccine S-IPV to treat Poliomyelitis
i. The vaccine S-IPV is known as Ai Bi Wei in China. It is
manufactured by the Institute of Medical Biology of the
Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences located in Kunming,
southwest China's Yunnan province. The vaccine will be
given to Chinese children as part of routine disease
prevention and will help the global fight against the polio
virus. The World Health Organization is also considering
use of this new vaccine in its global polio treatment
program.

118. RBI issued final guidelines for banks to act as
Insurance brokers
i. Earlier, the banks were allowed to undertake insurance
business as agents of insurance companies on fee basis
with an aim to increase insurance penetration in the
country.
ii. The banks were allowed to look forward for
participation in insurance business in accordance to Union
Government’s notification in which it allowed banks to do
business of insurance under Section 6(1)(o) of the Banking
Regulation Act, 1949.
119. Trade deficit of India declined to ten month low in
December 2014
i. Trade deficit of India declined to ten month low of 9.43
billion US dollars in December 2014. The data was
released by the Union Ministry of Commerce & Industry.
ii. The trade deficit in December 2014 was narrowed by 44
percent from November 2014 due to fall down of global oil
prices and fall of demand for gold.
iii. Imports of India declined by 4.8 percent to 34.8 billion
US dollars in December 2014 as compared to 36.6 billion
US dollars in December 2013.
iii. Exports of India fell by 3.8 percent to 25.4 billion US
dollars and outbound shipments were valued at 26.4
billion US dollars in December 2014.
120. The first of the indigenously-built Light Combat
Aircraft LCA Tejas Ready for Crucial Handover to the
Indian Air Force. Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar is
expected to hand over the aircraft to Chief of Air Staff Air
Chief Marshal Arup Raha.
ii. This will start the process of induction of fighters being
built at home under a project that was commenced in 1983
and has already cost the exchequer over Rs.17,000 crores.
iii. 20 aircraft will be built by 2017-2018, to make the first
squadron of the aircraft.

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iv. The LCA programme was initiated in 1983 to replace
the ageing MiG-21s in Indian Air force's combat fleet but
has missed several deadlines due to several reasons.
121. K.Tamilmani Chief Controller of Aeronautics Cluster
in DRDO likely to be interim DRDO chief. The government
on Tuesday terminated the 18-month contract of Dr.
Chander and asked him to step down on January 31, ahead
of his term that would have ended in May 2016.

122. Filmmaker Shaji N Karun quits Censor Board: Another
12 members of the Board followed Leela Samson
suggestion of quitting “en masse” and tendered their
resignations.
ii. CBFC members including Ira Bhaskar, M.K. Raina, Pankaj
Sharma, T.G. Thyagarajan, Shaji Karun, Anjum Rajabali,
Shubra Gupta, Nikhil Alva, Rajeev Masand, Mamang Dai,
K.C Sekhar Babu and L.K. Prabhu tendered their
resignations on Saturday in a joint email to I&B Minister of
State Rajyavardhan Rathore.

daughter-in-law to her current status of being the only
Indian politician to have refused Prime Ministership.
iv. Originally, the book was written in Spanish language
and was titled El Sari Rojo. It was first published in 2008.
v. The English version of the book was not allowed to
release in India in 2010 because it was argued by the
Congress Party and Sonia Gandhi's lawyers that the book is
full of untruths, half-truths, falsehoods, defamatory
statements, completely imaginary and invented
conversations
126. Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) Chairman R K
Tyagi conferred with JGBS-Top Rankers’ Excellence Award
for CEO of the year 2014.HAL recently contributed to the
success of Mars Orbiter Mission and GSLV Mk III launch in
2014.
126. Sania Mirza wins Sydney Open title with Bethanie it
was 23rd of her career when she and Bethanie MattekSands shocked top-seeded Americans Abigail Spears and
Raquel Kops-Jones in the summit clash of the Sydney
International.Sania and Bethanie earned 470 ranking
points each and split $39,000 as prize money.

123. Beagle 2 spacecraft found intact on surface of Mars
after 11 years.
i. Beagle 2 was launched in 2003 onboard the European
Space Agency’s Mars Express spacecraft. It was designed to
land on the planet’s surface on Christmas Day that year but
following ejection from Mars Express it was never heard
from again.
ii. UK’s Beagle 2 successfully landed on the surface of Mars
in 2003 but failed to fully deploy its solar panels. Without
these, it could not communicate with Earth and scientists
lost contact.
iii. The discovery images come from the HiRISE camera on
Nasa’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter.
iv. Beagle 2 cost around £50m. It was comparatively cheap
for a space mission, with some industrial work being
performed on a cost-only basis.
124. Justice Surendra Kumar Sinha S.K. Sinha - first nonMuslim to lead the Bangladesh’s top judiciary,
That is the 21st Chief Justice of Bangladesh.
125. Book on Sonia Gandhi titled The Red Sari is an
unauthorized biography of Congress Party President
written by spanish Javier Moro released in India
i.The book describes about how Sonia Gandhi’s courage,
honesty, and dedication have made her a leader in the eyes
of one-sixth of humanity that is from her idyllic childhood
to her passionate love affair, and from her days as a docile

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