Current Affairs 24-Jan-2015: ----------------------------------------------------- National Girl Child Day is observed on 24 January 2015 across the nation. Prime Minister presented National Bravery Awards 2014 to 24 awardees. -8 girls and 16 boys were conferred with National Bravery Awards. Four of them have been awarded posthumously. The awardees receive a medal, certificate and cash incentive. Also, they will participate in the Republic Day parade. RBI simplified procedure for External Commercial Borrowings Policy. - The directions have been issued under sections 10(4) and 11(1) of the Foreign Exchange Management Act, 1999. Changes are effected during the tenure of the ECB. Goa to host Indo-Russian Musical Festival ZimaFest. - The festival will host various worlds best DJs and bands like Alisa, Dolphin, Parikrama and DJ sets by Karsh Kale, Mara, Kohra, Janux, XP Voodoo, Christ Burstein FT, Victoria Bourke, Bhavishyavani Future Soundz FT. M. Mat. Yingluck is the first Prime Minister to be impeached by parliament in Thailand’s history. The impeachment was a result of an allegation for failing to stop corruption in rice-pledging scheme. SBI signed a loan agreement for 100 million Euro with European Investment Bank. - EIB is a long-term lending institution of the European Union. The loan will be utilised for lending to private businesses in India. The agreement was signed on 19 January 2015. The agreement was facilitated by SBI Capital Markets. UN Secretary–General appointed Saraswathy Menon in peace-building panel. - The others on the seven-member panel, formally known as advisory group on the review of the peace-building architecture, include a retired Pakistani major general, Anis Bajwa and Charles Petrie of France, who headed an internal review panel on UN actions in Sri Lanka. Kerala to get first International Institute of Music. - Kerala Culture Minister K C Joseph on 22 January 2015 announced setting up of the International Institute of Music in Kerala.
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