Current affairs 20160101

Current Affairs

1. AAP’s Odd-Even Plan.
2. UN’s 2030 Sustainable Development Goals.
3. One Child Policy in China.
4. Petronet’s Qatar contract.
5. Loon : Google’s project for providing internet via aircraft-sized baloons.
6. Bank’s lending rate.
7. Gramin Dak Sewak
8. Nai Manzil : India - World Bank deal for financing of minority education.
9. Interviews for Class-III and IV government jobs abolished.
10. Gorkha Janmukti Morcha.
11. 15 new civil subdivisions in Assam.
12. Chinese Port Dalian
13. Dr Abdul Kalam Wheeler Island.
14. nuclear capable surface-to-surface ballistic missile Agni-I
15. New exo-planet, dubbed GJ 1132b discovered.
16. Forbes Magazine ranks Narendra Modi as World’s Ninth Most Powerful Person.
17. Dilip Kumar conferred with Padma Vibhushan.
18. FIFA President Sepp Blatter and UEFA boss Michel Platini.
19. Smart Cards for Unorganized Workers.
20. Accessible India Campaign
21. Mormugao port in Goa
22. Indo Pak Agreement on the Prohibition of Attack against Nuclear installations.
23. Rabi Crops.

Jobs
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Personality

1. R.S. Sharma : TRAI Chairman
2. Pullela Gopichand : National Badminton Coach
3. Prasad Mangipudi : Premier Badminton League franchisee owner.
4. Hari Menon : Big Basket
5. Hassan Rouhani : Iran’s President.
6. Harpal Singh Kumar : UK-based cancer expert knighted by Queen Elizabeth II.
7. Javeed Ahmad : new DGP of UP.
8. Virat Kohli,Mithali Raj : Cricketer of the year.
9. Bajrang Punia, Ritu Phogat : Gold winners at National Wrestling Championship.
10. Kamlesh Chandra : Head of comittee to study wage structure of Gramin Dak Sevaks.
11. Ravichandran Ashwin : Number one Test bowler and all-rounder in the ICC rankings for 2015.
12. Haider al-Abadi : Prime Minister of Iraq.
13. Steve Smith : ICC Cricketer of the Year for 2015

Terms

1. IAMAI : The Internet and Mobile Association of India.
2. Whistleblower
3. Basel III compliance.
4. AIFF : The All India Football Federation.
5. SAFF cup : South Asian Football Federation, Trivandrum
6. NIA : National Investigation Agency
7. Gorkhaland Territorial Administration (GTA)
8. United NAtion’s Millennium Development Goals (MDGs)
9. Frank Worrell Trophy
10. Shilp Guru Awards.