Latest Updates 1st & 2nd Jan 2015 _____________________________ • Australia will return to India an ancient Buddha statue which had landed up at an art gallery in Canberra after being stolen from India. • The government on Thursday replaced the 65 year-old Planning Commission a relic of the Socialist era -with a Niti Aayog or National Institution for Transforming India, marking a major shift in policy making by involving states. • Delhi Police has launched Himmat, a mobile application to help women send out alerts and notify police, family members and friends during a crisis. • A 5,000 year-old under ground city thought to be the largest in the world has been discovered in central Turkey . • China is touting a new light tank designed specifically for operations in the high-altitude rugged terrain in Tibet region which borders India. • Mohin Chavan and Manalisha Sonowal grabbed a gold medal each in the 17th Asian Youth and 22nd Junior Women Weightlifting Championships in Doha, Qatar, on Thursday . • George Clooney has been awarded with the Male Grooming Icon of 2014 while David Beckham was the runner-up for the award. • Pitching for greater cashless banking transactions, PM Modi on Friday said this could be the best solution to curb black money. • Using derogatory terms like “chinki“ for people from the northeast may land abusers in jail for up to five years. • The Delhi and District Cricket Association (DDCA) on Friday suspended its president S P Bansal and general secretary Anil Khanna on charges of financial irregularities. • Columbia University professor Arvind Panagariya is a front-runner for the post of vice-chairman at the newly created Niti Aayog the policy think tank for the central and state governments. • NDA government is set to roll out setting up of 300 village clusters in the next five years with Rs 6,000 crore investment under its urban scheme. • Seattle-based startup Be Labs has announced the successful completion of beta testing for Strings, a new messaging app that gives users complete control over their personal conversations. • Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff kicked off a second term vowing to tackle corruption. • North Korean leader Kim Jongun’s sister Kim Yo Jong has married the son of one of the country’s most powerful officials. • Mario Cuomo, the three-time governor of New York died on Thursday at his home in Manhattan at the age of 82. • Australian broadcaster Channel Nine has dismissed the criticism of injured Australian skipper Michael Clarke turning commentator for the third and fourth Tests against India. • The Sports Ministry on Friday cleared the National Boxing Federation of India’s name as `Boxing India’, a body recognised as a permanent member of the International Boxing Association.
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