Current Affairs 20th January 2017
NATIONAL:
- World’s longest moustache record holded by Ram Singh Chauhan of Rajasthan
- Gujarat govt employees get pay hike of up to 124%
- Union HRD Minister launches ‘ShaGun’ web portal for Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan
- Indian Army to get helmets of 1.58 lakh that can withstand 9mm bullet
- For safety of it’s delivery staff Flipkart launches mobile app with SOS button
- ‘Research Park’ for startups to be build at IIT Bombay
- 28th Dantan Gramin Mela starts today in West Bengal
- Resolution on return of Kashmiri Pandits back to Kashmir got passed in J&K Legislative Assembly
- Consumers, merchants win prizes worth Rs 61 cr in Digi Dhan Melas
- Jaipur Literature festival begins
INTERNATIONAL:
- Venezuela authorises new currency notes, coins
BANKING NEWS:
- HDFC cuts lending rate by 0.15 per cent for existing customers
BUSINESS AND ECONOMY NEWS:
- Google buys Twitter’s mobile app tool ‘Fabric’
SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY:
- Scientists names 3 diseases that could cause next global health emergency
AWARDS AND HONOURS:
- Priyanka wins favourite TV actress at People’s Choice Awards
SPORTS NEWS:
- 65-year-old sets record at National Shooting Championship
