NEWS/CURRENTS..-1-2-3- JAN 2015 1. National Judicial Appointments Commission (NJAC): National Judicial Appointments Commission (NJAC) ordinance 2014 passed by President of india, which gives the executive an equal role in the appointment of judges to the highest judiciary, as a constitutional body. 2. NITI Ayog: Centre replaces 64-year old Planning Commission with NITI(National Institution for Transforming India) Ayog. 3. Gyan Sangam held at Pune: Government holds two-day retreat Gyan Sangam with banks and financial institutions to come up with ideas to rejuvinate the sector. Inaugurated by Shri Jayant Sinha, Minister of State for Finance at National Institute of Banking Management (NIBM), Pune, Maharashtra. 4. IRDA (Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority) will now be known as Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority of India (IRDAI). 5. Himmat: A mobile application Himmat for women to send a distress call to police control room and their relatives in case of any emergency launched by Home Minister Rajnath Singh. 6. 102ND Indian Science Congress: “102nd Indian Science Congress” to be held from 03- 07 January 2015 in Mumbai. 7. M.P. Bezbaruah Committee: to look into the various concerns of the citizens hailing from the North Eastern States who are living in different parts of the country and to suggest suitable remedial measures including legal measures which could be taken up by the Government. 8. Spartan(new Browser): Microsoft Corporation launched new browser Spartan with Windows 10. It will be unveiled on 21st January 2015 . 9. PAHAL: Direct Benefit Transfer Scheme for LPG is renamed as Pratyaksh Hanstantarit Labh( PAHAL) 10. Saiyid Hamid: Tallest Figure in Muslim Academia passed away. He was conferred Sir Ross Masood Lifetime Achievement Award 2014 for Excellence in Leadership, Education, Community and Public Service. He was the last surviving ICS officer in India. 11. Nuclear Power Project at Kudankulam, Tamil Nadu: NPCIL (Nuclear Power Corporation of India Ltd) approved for permission of commercial power generation as first 1,000 MW unit of Kudankulam Nuclear Power Project. 12. Keshari Nath Tripathi: New Governor of West Bengal and Meghalaya. 13. M Sathiyavathy: appointed as the new and the first female Director General of CivilAviation of the country. 14. Cristiano Ronaldo: Europe’s best football player of the year 2014. 15. AK Mital: appointed as new Chairman of Railway Board & ex-officio Principal Secretary to the Indian government. 16. K Radhakrishnan: Chairperson of Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) retired. Ad-hoc Chairman of ISRO is Shailesh Nayak. 17. FDI INFLOWS in India: During the calendar year 2014 (i.e. during January- September, 2014), FDI equity inflows of US $ 22.43 billion have been received. This represents increase of 24% over the FDI equity inflows of US $ 18.07 Billion received during the corresponding period (January- September 2013) of the previous calendar year (2013). Total FDI into India, since April, 2000, including equity inflows, reinvested earnings and other capital, is US $ 345.29 billion (April, 2000-September, 2014). 18. Dineshwar Sharma: Director, Intelligence Bureau. 19. Prakash Mishra: Director General, Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF); Director General, ITBP. 20. Pudhari: A Marathi newspaper celebrated Platinum Jubilee at Kolhapur. 21. Pride of India Science & Technology Exhibition: In inaugurated by Union Minister for Science and technology, Shri Harshvardhan in Mumbai. 22. Centre launches a web portal for online approval of movement of Over Dimensional (OD) and Over Weight Cargo (OWC). 23. Ministry of Labour and Employment introduces accreditation system for ITIs across the country. To promote excellence in vocational training across 12000 ITIs in the country. 24. Extra cover: (a) TRAI: Telecom Regulatory Authority of India. (b) ADB: Asian Development Bank. (c) PK(Amir Khan’s Movie) is TAX FREE in UP. (d) INS: inertial navigation systems. (e) FOG: Fiber Optic Gyroscope Happy Reading..... blog: moinsheikh.wordpress/2015/01/03/1-2-3-jan-2015newscurrents/
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