9 January 2015 Current Affairs 1. Which airline was named as the world’s safest airline in a report published by AirlineRatings that was released on 7 January 2015? – Qantas (The national airline of Australia) 2. Virat Kohli became the highest scorer in a Test series in Australia as he passed 619 runs in the series on 8 January 2015 while batting in the first innings in the fourth and final test of the Test series against Australia at the Sydney Cricket Ground (SCG). Whose record of 619 runs he broke? – Rahul Dravid 3. Which Indian diplomat was appointed as Under-Secretary-General in a department of the United Nations (UN) as announced by United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on 7 January 2015? – Atul Khare 4. Twelve people, 10 journalists and two policemen, have been killed, and 10 others wounded in the shooting massacre at the Paris headquarters of satirical newspaper Charlie Hebdo. 5. Prime Minister Narendra Modi formally inaugurated the 13th Pravasi Bharatiya Divas at Mahatma Mandir in Gandhinagar, Gujarat. 6. The Person of Indian Origin (PIO) and Overseas Citizenship of India (OCI) schemes have been merged to ensure one type of facilities and also grant exemption from weekly police reporting. 7. ICICI Bank on 7 January 2015 launched contactless credit cards and debits cards called Coral Contactless Credit Card and Expressions Wave Debit Card respectively. 8. Atul Khare was on 7 January 2015 appointed as the United Nations (UN) Under-Secretary-General, Department of Field Support (DFS). He will succeed Ameerah Haq of Bangladesh. 9. The International Hindi Conference with the theme of Expanding World of Hindi: Possibilities and Challenges, would be held in New Jersey in April 10. The Gujarat government on Thursday announced its new industrial policy for 2015 aimed at making the state a global manufacturing hub, ahead of the Vibrant Gujarat Summit set to begin from 11th January.
Posted on: Sun, 11 Jan 2015 05:38:11 +0000
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