~*~ Top Current Affairs of 24 January 2014 ~*~ ******************************************** 1. Dr. Tej Vir Singh from Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh won the 2013 UNWTO Ulysses Prize for Excellence in the Creation and Dissemination of Knowledge. Dr.Singh is the professor and Founding Director of the Centre for Tourism Research & Development (CTRD) in India. 2. Minister of Mines, Dinsha Patel launched the Advanced Light Helicopter named Garuda Vasudha of Geological Survey of India from the Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd (HAL), Bangalore. The Garuda Vasudha a Dhruv category built by HAL dedicated to the nation. 3. Oil minister M Veerappa Moily approved inter-company number portability across the country, allowing cooking gas consumers to change LPG dealers/service providers on the lines of the facility available in mobile telephony. 4. Arogyaswami Joseph Paulraj, the Indian born Scientist and Professor (Emeritus) at Stanford University was awarded with prestigious 2014 Marconi Society Prize. He was awarded for developing the theory and application of MIMO (Multiple Input Multiple Output) antennas. 5. Sudhir Mahato (58), the former Deputy Chief Minister of Jharkhand died following a heart attack at Ghatsila in Singhbhum district. He is a leader of the JMM (Jharkhand Mukti Morcha). 6. According to the consulting firm Tholons, Banglore is the most attractive IT/ITeS outsourcing location in the world. Six Indian cities are part of the top 10 most attractive outsourcing locations in the world. 7. University of Cumbria in UK has become the first public varsity in the world to allow students to pay their tuition fees with the digital currency bitcoin. 8. Jelly doughnut rock discovered by NASA Mars rover was revealed on the tenth anniversary of the Mars rover’s landing on the planet. The researchers named the rock as Pinnacle Island, which is high in composition of three elements sulfur, magnesium and manganese. 10. Reserve Bank of India constituted an Expert Committee to Review Governance of Boards in India. The expert committee will be chaired by PJ Nayak, the former Chairman and CEO of Axis Bank. 10. Olympic Council of Asia (OCA) has recognized Sambo, the Russian martial art and has become part of the Asian Games. The decision of recognition to Sambo Union of Asia was taken by the Executive Board of OCA. The board decided to include Sambo in the Asian Games was later ratified by the OCA General Assembly. 11. Indias economy is projected to grow at a slower-than-expected rate of 5.3 per cent this year, according to a United Nations report which said the countrys slowdown may have bottomed out. 12. In order to minimise the risk of defaults, RBI has issued revised guidelines for loan restructuring norms by non-banking financial companies, NBFCs. The key provisions include that the relaxation or extension of commencement of projects will not amount to restructuring for infrastructure, non-infrastructure and corporate real estate projects. RBI, further, said that a special classification benefit will be provided to corporate debt restructuring cases, including small and medium enterprises. The benefit will, however, be withdrawn with effect from April 1 next year. 13. Nations largest lender State Bank of India on Friday strengthened its social media presence with the launch of its channel on popular video sharing website Youtube and said it will also be launching its handle on the micro-blogging site Twitter soon. 13. Kerala Tourism has been conferred the United Nations Award for creating innovative initiatives for sustainable tourism, the first time India has ever won the recognition. 14. The Railways has decided to earmark berth no. 71 in coach S-1 in all the trains having security escort. 15. Cumbria University of UK became the first public university to accept fees in Bitcoin 16. India and France are working on building the third Indo-French satellite designed for climate change studies 17. Sara Errani and Roberta Vinci of Italy retain womens doubles title in Australian Open beating Russias Ekaterina Makarova and Elena Vesnina. 18. Alok Sinha, Joint Secretary- Ministry of Civil Aviation, has been appointed as the Chairman of Airports Authority of India (AAI), who has been given additional charge of the new post. He replaced V P Agarwal who was removed from the Chairman post. 19. China’s Lenovo – the world’s biggest PC maker – has agreed to acquire IBM’s low-end server business for USD 2.3 billion. About USD 2 billion will be paid in cash with the rest in Lenovo stock. Whlie IBM is selling its x86 “low-end” server business, which includes the System x, BladeCenter and Flex System products, it is retaining its powerful mainframe and storage business. Lenovo bought IBM’s PC business in 2005. 20. FIFA have named a track by Pitbull and Jennifer Lopez as the official anthem for the 2014 World Cup in Brazil. We Are One (Ole Ola), which also features Brazilian singer Claudia Leitte, will be performed at the opening ceremony at the Arena de Sao Paulo on the 12th of June. *********************************************
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