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Miscellaneous
ImportantAppointments
ShaileshNayakwasappointedastheinterimchairmanofISROaftertheretirementofK
Radhakrishnan
ASKiranKumarwasappointedasthenewchairmanofISRO.
HSBrahmawasappointedasthenewChiefelectioncommissionerofIndiaSucceeding
VSSampath.
SJaishankarwasappointedasthenewForeignsecretaryreplacingSujathasingh.
OperationSmile
Tofindmissingchildrenandreunitethemwiththeirparents.
RecentlylaunchedbytheHyderabadPoliceDepartment.
AlsolaunchedinTrichybytheTNPoliceDepartment.
CamelFestivalwascelebratedeveryJanuaryinBikaner(Rajasthan).
Awards
LeelaSamson(BharathanatiyamArtist)wasgiventhetitleNatyaKalaAcharya.
PadmaAwards(Jan2015)
104personswereselectedintotalfromvariousfieldsforPadmaawards.Amongthem,
PadmaVibhusan9awardees
PadmaBhusan20awardees
PadmaShri75awardees
Alsoincludes17women.
awardeesfromTamilNadu
MalurRamaswamySrinivasanPadmaVibhusan(ScienceandEngineering)
GopalaswamiPadmaBhusan(CivilService)
SudhaRaghunathaPadmaBhusan(Art)
KanyakumariAvasaralaPadmashri(Art)
PVRajaramanPadmashri(civilservice)
RVasudevanPadmashri(Civilservice)
Ashokchakra
NaikNeerajKumarSingh
MukundVaradharajan
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ImportantBooksinNews
MeeNathuramGodseBoltoyaplaywrittenbyPradeepDalvi.
MadhorubhaganauthoredbyPerumalMurugan
KailashSatyarthi
HandedoverhisNobelMedaltothePresidentofIndiaPranabMukherjee.
ThemedalwillbekeptatthemuseumintheRashtrapathibhavan.
PriyaPillai
AGreenpeaceactivistwhoaddressedtoBritishParliamentariansfromIndiathroughSkype
afterbeingbarredtoleaveIndia.
SheexplainedaboutherworkintheMahanregioninMadhyaPradesh.
SaudiArabia'skingAbdullahdiedandthekingshipwaspassedtohisbrotherSalman.
MetrotrainservicesatMantriSquarestation(InBangalore)wasstoppedfor5minstorescueaBlack
Kite(abird).
PoojaThakur
becamethefirstwomentoleadtheguardofhonourforUSpresidentBarrackObama.
RKLaxmaneminentCartoonistpassedaway.

Polity
NonresidentialIndianscannowcasttheirvotesfromabroadwithoutbeingphysicallypresentintheir
constituenciesthroughepostalballotsystemsorproxyvoting.
Therepresentationofpeopleact2010,Section20(A)statingthattheNRIshouldbe
physicallypresentintheirrespectiveconstituenciestovotewasrepealed.

Economics
NITIAayog
ThePlanningcommissionwasreplacedbyanewinstitutioncalledNITIAayog.
TheAbbreviationforNITIAayogisNationalInstitutionforTransformingIndia.
Itsmainrolewillbeformulationofpolicies.
DKMittalCommittee
DKMittalCommitteeunderthechairmanshipofDKMittaltosuggestwaystoincrease
therevenueofrailwayssubmitteditsreport.
KamarajarPortLimitedLocatedatEnnorehasplannedtoexpanditscargohandlingcapacityto100
milliontonnes.
HRIDAY
HRIDAYHeritageDevelopmentandAugmentationIndiaYojana.
HRIDAYwaslaunchedbythecentralgovernmenttopreserveandrejuvenatethecultural
heritageofthe12cities.
TheKanchipuramandVelankanniwasalsoamongthelistofcities.
Thegovernmenthasallocated500croresfortheproject.
IndiaPosthonoredMumbai'sDabbawalaswithareleaseofacommemorativespecialcoveron
Dabbawalas.
DisinvestmentinCoalIndiaLimited
Thecentralgovernmentsold10%ofitssharesinCoalIndiaLimitedandraisedRs.22,555
Crores.
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Thetotaldisinvestmenttargetforthecurrentfiscalyear20142015isRs.43,425Crores.

HealthandEnvironment
NationalbiodiversityCongress2015
ThesecondeditionofnationalbiodiversitycongressistobeheldinThiruvanthapuram
(Kerala)inFebruary2015.
Theme:"Biodiversity:AccessandBenefitSharing"
66TigerDeathsreportedin2014
TamilNadutopsthelistwith15tigerdeathsfollowedbyMadhyaPradesh(14),
Uttarkhand(8).
KirloskarVasundaraInternationalFilmFestivalKVIIF
TheonlyfilmfestivalofIndiadedicatedtoenvironmentalissues.
The9theditionofthisfilmfestivalistobescheduledfrom16thJan2014inPune.
Theme:ZeroWaste:Beginswithus
Sofosbuvir
AdrugusedtotreathepatitisCviruswhichaffectsLivermanufacturebyGileadsSciences.
RecentlytheIndianpatentOfficerejecteditspatentapplication.
MildtremorswererecordedinseveralplacesofAndhraPradeshwithmagnitude1.8inRichterscale.
18thIndianBirdingFair
ItwasheldattheMansagarLakeinJaipur(Rajasthan).

ScienceandTechnology
IndiaBasedNeutrinoObservatoryINO
Itisaproposedundergroundlaboratorytostudyatmosphericneutrinos.
TobeconstructedatPottipuraminBodiWesthillsofTheniDistrictofTamilNadu
PambanBridge
ItisthefirstcantileverbridgeofIndia.
28corrodedoldgirdersofPambanbridgewasreplacedwithnewgirders.
AgniV
RecentlytestfiredfromacanisterattheWheelerIsland.
Itisanuclearcapableintercontonentalballisticmissile.
Range:5000km
Payload:1100kg

World
Hijab
Itmeansheadscarfusuallywornbymuslimwomen
RecentlytheHijablawwhichimpliescompulsorywearingofHijabismade
unconstitutionalinIran.
USAimposednewsanctionsonNorthKoreanGovernmentofficialsanditsdefenseindustriesfora
cyberattackonSony.
CapitalofNorthKoreaPyongyang
ThreeGorgesDam
Itistheworld'slargestHydroelectricDam.
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Itrecentlysetanewrecordofhighestannualpowerproduction.
ItislocatedontheYangtzeRiver(China).
TerroristAttackinParis
12peoplewerekilledinaterroristattackonCharlieHebdomagazineofficeinParis.
KolindaGrabarKitarovicwaselectedasthefirstwomenpresidentofCroatia.
JohnFKennadyAirport(Newyork)
Theworld'sfirstdedicatedterminalforanimalsistobeopenedattheJohnFKennady
airportinNewyork.
Missuniverse
PaulinaVegaofColumbiawascrownedMissUniverse2014atFlorida(US).
MH370
MalaysiaformallydeclaredtheMH370disappearanceanaccident.
Thepassengersandthecrewmemberswerepresumedtobedead.
KSripavanappointedasthenewchiefJusticeofSrilanka.
HewasthesecondtamiltobeappointedastheCJofSrilanka.

Sports
35thNationalGames2015
The35theditionofthenationalgamesbeganattheGreenfieldstatiumin
Thiruvananthapuram(Kerala).
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SachinTendulkarwasappointedastheGoodwillambassadorofthe35thnationalgames.

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