Current Affairs 19th January 2017

Current Affairs 19th January 2017

NATIONAL:

• Black boxes developed by HAL for flights got approval from IAF
• Two ‘non-performing’ IPS officers given premature retirement by Govt
• ‘Karang island’ becomes first cashless island in India located in Manipur
• Kerala : Virtual reality kiosks to be set up at airports of the state by Kerala Tourism
• Haryanay CM grants ₹10 cr to Yogeshwar Dutt’s village on his wedding
• Global passport-strength list India ranks 78th position : Survey
• Indian Agriculture Research Institute approves to setup an Off-campus in Jharkhand
• 58th India International Garment Fair starts at New Delhi
• ‘Mawlynnong’ the cleanest village of  Asia becomes role model for cleanliness
• Community radio awareness workshop organised by union govt in Raipur
• Bengaluru tops in world’s most dynamic city list released at  WEF
• Pratibha-Parva being observed 3-day in Madhya Pradesh

INTERNATIONAL:

• $500 million got transfered to Green Climate Fund by US President Obama

BUSINESS AND ECONOMY NEWS:

• Five General Insurance Companies got approval in stock exchanges by CCEA
• Data center startup SimpliVity boughty by HP Enterprise for $650mn
• US based Qualcomm announces investment of ₹57.7 crore in India
• Facebook to get participate in world’s biggest startup campus through Station F
• UN report said that India’s economy to grow by 7.7% in 2016-17

APPOINTMENTS:

• N Chandrasekaran appointed as Chairman of Tata Motors
• European Parl elects Antonio Tajani as new President

AWARDS AND HONORS:

• Actress Shabana Azmi nominated for Asian Film Awards for ‘Neerja’
• Legends Club added Former Indian cricketer Kapil Dev into ‘Hall of Fame’

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY:

• “16 Psyche” the mission to explore iron-rich asteroid got NASA approval

SPORTS NEWS:

• The record of longest ever Aus Open match played between Karlovic, Zeballos