Current Affairs 14th January 2017
NATIONAL:
- Rs.77,000 cr deal for bullet train signed between Gujarat govt and Indian Railways
- Use of Nylon manjas is banned by Mumbai Police in the festival of Makar Sankranti
- New leave system to curb resentment is introduced in CISF
- Bollywood actress Katrina Kaif to be a speaker at Oxford University
- Indian national Javed Iqbal is handed over by Pakistan to India Army
- The Delhi government has declared the capital free of bird flu, three months after the outbreak was reported
- Indian Airline ‘IndiGo’ to ferry mortal remains of Northeast people for free
- Sanitary pad vending machines to be installed in Harayana govt colleges
- Central govt employee’s minimum monthly pension is increased to 9,000 per Person
- Post-harvest festival Bhogali bihu is to be celebrated in Assam
INTERNATIONAL:
- Japanese PM Shinzo Abe signs 1 trillion yen aid package to Philippines
BANKING NEWS:
- Airtel launches its payments bank across India
BUSINESS AND ECONOMY NEWS:
- SpiceJet signs deal for 205 planes worth $22 bn with Boeing
- Retail inflation hits 3-year low of 3.41% in December
- Industrial production grows 5.7% in November
SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY:
- Guided Pinaka successfully test-fired at Chandipur in Odisha
- India’s first solar-powered boat launched in Kerala
- Physicists create a new form of hydrogen
AWARDS AND HONOURS:
- Joe Biden Vice Prez of US receives “Presidential Medal of Freedom” Award
APPOINTMENTS:
- Chandrasekhar becomes Director in Arnab Goswami’s Republic
- N. Chandrasekaran appointed as a chairman of Tata Sons
- Rajesh Gopinathan becomes new CEO of TCS
SPORTS NEWS:
- Former world cham’p ‘Sarita Devi’ set to become India’s 1st female professional boxer
- Indian Football team reached 129th rank their best FIFA ranking in over a decade
- ‘Diplomats Cricket Championship Cup’ is announced by Consulate General of India in Dubai