Tuesday 21 January 2014

Current Affairs 21-Jan-2014

Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh reviews progress of infrastructure and development projects in the northeast.

Bahuguna (56), who belongs to Andhra Pradesh cadre, is at present posted as the Special Director General, CRPF, at its headquarters in the national capital.

The mayor of Bangui, Catherline Samba-Panza, is the first woman to be elected as the interim president of the Central African Republic.

CERT-In detected a private information stealing virus Dexter in the Indian online banking transactions space.

Union Cabinet approved to set up a Rail Tariff Authority.

Government has appointed senior police officer Aruna Bahuguna as the new chief of the Hyderabad-based National Police Academy, alma mater for IPS officers in the country.

The Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion (DIPP) under the Ministry of Commerce and Industry announced the launch of the eBiz platform along with two DIPP services and an integrated payment gateway.

RBI has constituted an Expert Committee to Review Governance of Boards in India, which will be chaired by PJ Nayak, former Chairman and CEO of Axis Bank.

Union Cabinet has granted the minority status to Jain community and this nod has enabled the community to avail the benefits in government schemes.

Veerappa Moily, announced to set-up a MOT to carry out re-assessment work of hydrocarbon resources in 26 sedimentary basins in India.

National Urban Health Mission was launched by the Union Health Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad.

An English version of a book on Raghunath Mandir, detailing historical background and architecture of the shrine located in Jammu, where a large number of devotees from all over the country come to pay obeisance, has been launched.

In a setback to unaided private schools, the Delhi HC today dismissed their plea seeking a stay on city government''s nursery admission guidelines.

Google acquired Bengaluru based Impermium for 9 million dollar on 20 January 2014.

Cyrus Mistry won the DSC prize 2014 for South Asian literature for his book Chronicles of a Corpse Bearer.

Drug major Cipla announced the appointment of Sameer Goel as Country Head - India, with effect from Jan 20.

The Pakistan Cricket Board has appointed former Test player Muhammad Illyas as its new national chief selector, a post he had held in the past.

Lewis Clarke became the youngest person to trek to the South Pole.

Odisha has been selected as the Best State for providing self employment to the urban poor under SJGRY (Swarna Jayanti Sahari Rojgar Yojana), official sources said.

Netherlands won the Hero Hockey World League Final by defeating New Zealand 7-2 at Major Dhyan Chand National Stadium in New Delhi.

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