Current Affairs 14th January 2017

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