Current Affairs 20th January 2017

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