Current Affairs 05-Jan-2015: -------------------------------------------------------------- Panagariya is an Alma matter of Rajasthan University and holds a Ph.D. degree in Economics from Princeton University. He is a Professor of Economics at Columbia University. Sutirtha Bhattacharya took charge as full-time Chairman and Managing Director of Coal India Limited. He succeeds S Narsing Rao who resigned from the post in June 2014 to join Telangana government. Jiji Thomson on 2 January 2015 resigned as Director General of Sports Authority of India (SAI) with immediate effect. Thomson took charge of SAI in March 2013. Indian Coast Guard (ICG) ship Rajratan returned back to Porbandar harbor on 4 January 2015 after completing 48-hour long search operation at and around the site the Pakistani terror boat sank. Scientists at University of Southampton has planned to grow first life on Mars under project Lettuce on Mars. Mumbai Tiffin Box Suppliers Association General Secretary (GS) Gangaram Laxman Talekar passed away on 31 December 2014 following a heart attack Named after a mythical dragon Jiaolong, the Chinese deep sea manned submersible in search of active hydrothermal vent dived in the southwestern Indian Ocean. Prime Minister (PM) Narendra Modi on 5 January 2015 launched a National Programme for LED-based Home and Street Lighting in New Delhi to reduce energy consumption. Madhu Kinnar won the Mayoral election Chhattisgarh’s Raigarh Municipal Corporation. She won the election by defeating her nearest rival BJP’s Mahaveer Guruji by 4537 votes. Kerala’s O T Anilkumar bagged title of Chennai Open FIDE Rating Tournament (Category B) played at Nehru Stadium, Chennai. The theme of the International Hindi Conference 2015 is Expanding World of Hindi: Possibilities and Challenges. Israel stopped transfer of about 500 million shekels of taxes for the month of December 2014 that was collected on behalf of the Palestinians to the Palestinian Authority Government. China on 4 January 2015 launched website weain.mil.cn to guarantee transparency in arms procurement. Specialty chemicals firm SRF Limited on 1 January 2015 acquired the pharmaceutical propellant business brand Dymel of American chemical firm DuPont for 20 million US dollars The former International Olympic Committee (IOC) member and Vice President He Zhenliang died on 4 January 2015 in Beijing following a brief illness. Veteran Gujarati actor Upendra Jethalal Trivedi passed away on 4 January 2015 in Mumbai following respiratory arrest. Andy Murray won the ATP World Tennis Championship in Abu Dhabi after Novak Djokovic withdrew from the final match.
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