Current Affairs.. → President Pranab Mukherjee has appointed Harishankar Brahma as the new Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) of India. He will be 19th CEC of India and succeed V S Sampat who had retired after attaining age 65 on 15 January 2015. He will take charge From tomorrow on 16 January 2015. [He hails from assam and He is second person from North East India to become Chief Election Commissioner after J. M. Lyngdoh.] → United States has designated Maulana Fazlullah, chief of Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP)- an outfit of Pakistan’s Taliban, as global terrorist and has imposed sanctions against him. → Indian cricket team has unveiled new eco-friendly ODI jersey ahead of the triangular series starting in Australia on 16 January 2015. It was unveiled in Melbourne. This eco-friendly jersey kit is made by BCCI’s official apparel sponsor Nike → In India, Army Day is being observed every year on 15 January. On 15 January 2015, it will be the 67th Indian Army Day → India’s open water swimmer Bhakti Sharma has set a new world record by swimming 1.4 miles in 52 minutes in one degree temperature in the Antarctic Ocean. → Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh has handed over Resident Identity Card (RIC) readers to Navy Chief Admiral R K Dhowan and Coast Guard Director General Vice-Admiral A G Thapliyal. → Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has cut down repo rate by 25 basis points to 7.75 percent from 8 percent, with immediate effect. It was announced ahead of the scheduled date of monetary policy announcement on 3rd February 2015 as part of RBI’s 6th bi-monthly monetary policy statement. #Read_and_share_with_your_friends
Posted on: Thu, 15 Jan 2015 17:29:16 +0000
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