Thursday 16 January 2014

CURRENT AFFAIR 16-Jan-2014

Dr Girija Vyas , Union Minister for Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation has launched the Housing Start Up Index (HSUI) logo, web site and monitoring tool “Integrated Urban Poverty Monitoring System” (IPoMs) for JnNURM and Rajiv Awas Yojana ( RAY).

India and South Korea have signed nine pacts in different areas to deepen economic cooperation and bolster defence engagements.

Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar said country's foodgrain production this year is likely to surpass the previous record of 259.29 million tonnes achieved in 2011-12 crop year.

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) included Hong Kong and Macau in the sensitive list.

Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal on Thursday asked police to suspend four of its officers for allegedly refusing to act against sex and drug gangs and in a case of burning a woman.

An eminent Indian-American scientist and president of the prestigious Carnegie Mellon University in the US has been named a member of the Chinese Academy of Sciences.

Renowned Marathi poet and firebrand activist Namdeo Dhasal passed away after a prolonged illness.

The 86th annual Academy Award nominations for best motion picture have been announced in Beverly Hills, Calif., by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.

The World Bank has projected India's economy will grow over 6 per cent in 2014-15 and 7.1 per cent by 2016-17 as global demand recovers and domestic investment increases.

India's headline inflation based on wholesale prices eased to five-month low of 6.16 percent in December as the vegetable prices softened, government data showed.

Rajeev Kher, a 1980 batch IAS officer, was appointed Secretary in the Department of Commerce.

The world's super rich people hold a fifth of their wealth in property, estimated at $5,328 billion, while Asia's ultra rich have a greater share in real estate, a report says.

Tata Consultancy Services( (TCS), India's top IT services provider by market value, expects sales growth to accelerate next fiscal year after it beat quarterly profit estimates on increasing overseas demand for outsourcing services.

The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) gave its approval for extension of the Special Package of Industrial Incentive for the States of Himachal Pradesh and Uttarakhand from 7th January, 2013 to 31st March, 2017.

In a significant move, India and Sri Lanka have decided to release over 400 fishermen, currently in custody of each other, in the next two weeks, a senior Agriculture Ministry official said in Delhi today.

Namdeo Laxman Dhasal, Dalit poet and author, ideologue and founder of the Dalit Panthers Party, died.

ONGC and Oil India will bailout government on Indian Oil Corporation disinvestment by picking up 10% equity in the country's largest petroleum retailer by next week.

Tamil Nadu government has sanctioned 1.75 crore rupees towards conducting two world level events in Chennai.

World number one Rafael Nadal rolled into the third round at the Australian Open with a dominant win over 17-year-old home hope Thanasi Kokkinakis on Thursday.

Indian golfer Anirban Lahiri seemed headed for a fine and flawless outing before a late double bogey blotted his first round card in the Kings Cup at Hua Hin on Thursday.

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