20.01.

2017

Meghalaya CM Dr. Mukul Sangma reviews implementation of various schemes, programmes in depts. of Agriculture, Horticulture of
Garo Hills at Tura.
#UAE crown prince Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan will be the Chief Guest at #RepublicDay function this year
#Gambia: Senegalese troops enter in support of #AdamaBarrow, who was sworn in as President on Thursday after winning last
month's election.
PunjabRoyals bagged #ProWrestling League Season 2 title.
Senior IPS officer Alok Verma appointed next CBI Directo

18.01.2017

Ecclesiastical : relating to the Christian Church or its clergy.

1st flight likely to take off next month under govt's ambitious regional connectivity scheme- #UDAN (Ude Desh Ka Aam Naagrik).
ISRO Chairman A.S. Kiran Kumar : ISRO successfully maneuvered orbit planes of #MarsMission to enhance capacity of battery.
Printing Of #Budget2017 Documents to start today with 'Halwa' Ceremony. FM Arun Jaitley to participate in Halwa Ceremony.
chief guest at India's Republic Day celebrations in 2015, President Obama
China's President #XiJinping
HRD Minister Prakash Javdekar launches web portal #ShaGun for Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan at #NewDelhi.
Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan (SSA) a Centrally Sponsored Scheme implemented by Government of India in partnership with State
Governments, is Indias main programme for universalising elementary education. Its overall goals include universal access and
retention, bridging of gender and social category gaps in education and enhancement of learning levels ofchildren.

Launched in the year 2000-2001, SSA has achieved considerable success in universalising elementary education.Today, there are
19.67 crore children enrolled in 14.5 lakh elementary schools in the country with 66.27 lakh teachers at elementary level.

The interventions under SSA include, building of school infrastructure, provisioning for teachers, periodic teacher training and
academic resource support, making available learning resources for children like textbooks, computers, libraries; equity being the
focus, residential schools for girls known as the Kasturba Gandhi BalikaVidyalayas have been set up, identification of children with
special needs and providing them need based support including aids and appliances;monitoring and supervision for making
schools effective and building local level accountability by engaging with community based organisations.

Manipur CM #OkramIbobiSingh meets HM Rajnath Singh over NH-2 blockade

17.01.2017

1.Chief of Army Staff General #BipinRawat

national #bravery awards 2016 -Bharat award has been conferred on 8 year old Late Kumari Tarh Peju of Arunachal Pradesh, who
sacrificed her life while saving two of her friends from drowning.
Basi, world's oldest #Giantpanda in captivity, turns 37 years old, equivalent to a human over 100 years old in Fuzhou, E China's
Fujian.
Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc.. Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe
Eugene A. Cernan, the last astronaut to leave his footprints on the surface of the moon, has died yesterday. He was the second
American to walk in space and one of three men to have flown twice to the moon. But he's best remembered as commander of
Apollo 17, the last mission to the moon in December of 1972.
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Army day jan 15 69th #ArmyDay is being observed today.

Day marks taking over of Indian Army by first Indian Commander-in-Chief, Field Marshal KM Cariappa.

#MaghMela in #Allahabad
Ken-Betwa river linking project gets clearance from expert advisory committee.
RakeshSharma, first #Indian to travel in space was born on 13 Jan 1949.He was conferred with honour of Hero of Soviet Union &
Ashok Chakra.
US President Barack Obama awarded Vice President Joe Biden with the highest civilian honour, commemorating an extraordinary
man with an extraordinary career in public service.
Launch of Submarine KHANDERI. Khanderi, the second Scorpene class submarine launched; The submarine has the ability to launch
attack whilst underwater or on surface.
Chief of the Air Staff Air Chief Marshal BS Dhanoa
Mexican President Enrique Pea Nieto
#Norway becomes first country to cease #FM radio broadcasting
SwamiVivekanandaJayanti celebrated as #NationalYouthDay : jan12
Kenyian President Uhuru Kenyatta
1st #Digi Dhan Mela in Andhra Pradesh concluded in #Vijayawada.
Jai Jawan Jai Kisan - 2nd PM of India #LalBahadurShastri
Chief Election Commissioner #NasimZaidi
New @UN Secretary-General #AntonioGuterres
CAPART - Council for Advancement of People's Action and Rural Technology
nodal agency for catalysing and coordinating the emerging partnership between voluntary organisations and the
Government for sustainable development of rural areas. Ministry of Rural Development
President of Rwanda Paul Kagame
Cristiano #Ronaldo was named the world's best player at the inaugural Best FIFA Football Award
La La Land sweeps #GoldenGlobes awards by winning in all seven categories including top award of best Musical or Comedy.
MCLR
Roberto Bautista Agut of Spain holds trophy after defeating Daniil Medvedev of Russia in the final of ATP Chennai Open.
PIO cards to OCI card
Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Portugese counterpart Antonio Costa to inaugurate Pravasi Bharatiya Divas in Bengaluru
today.
Novak Djokovic has won the Qatar Open tennis title.
A flock of greater flamingos fly over the Sambhar Salt Lake, Jaipur.
Black rice gaining popularity in #Assam particularly in #BarakValley.
#Assam CM Sarbananda Sonowal
AndhraPradesh CM Chandrababu Naidu lays foundation for Purushottampatnam Lift Irrigation Scheme on River #Godavari.
The Kishanganga Hydroelectric Plant is an $864 million dam which is part of a run-of-the-river hydroelectric scheme that is designed
to divert water from the Kishanganga River to a power plant in the Jhelum River basin
Govt imposes anti-dumping duty on #Bangladesh, #Nepal #JuteProducts
Former head of USAID - US Agency for International Development Rajiv J Shah is set to be named as president of the Rockefeller
Foundation, one of America's largest and most influential philanthropies.
PM Narendra Modi at 350th #PrakashParv celebrations of #GuruGobindSingh ji in #Patna.
The US space agency NASA announces 2 unmanned missions to asteroids designed to study one of earliest eras in history of solar
system.Named-Lucy and Psyche, NASA hopes to launch them in 2021 and 2023, respectively.
Haitian businessman Jovenel Mose has been officially declared winner of November's #PresidentialElection
Justice Jagdish Singh Khehar sworn-in as the Chief Justice of India.

Scientists in #Ireland discover brand-new #organ inside human body, one that has been
hiding in plain sight in our #DigestiveSystem.
The mesentery was long-believed to be made up of separate structures.But a new study has
shown that it is one continuous #organ.
Mesentery is a fold of the peritoneum which attaches the stomach, small intestine, pancreas,
spleen, and other organs to the abdomen.
 Chillies could cure #cancer after research finds #capsaicin kills diseased cells.
Capsaicin is the compound that gives chilies their special kick, but while it can easily make
some people cry from its fiery taste. It could also be used to cure various types of cancer,
including that of the breast, colon or pancreas
United Nations new Secretary General #AntonioGuterres has said, he is no miracle maker,
but has big ambitions.Mr Guterres said, he wants to shake up the global body and get all 193
member nations to come together to solve the problems the world is facing.
Satopanth Glacier,origin of river Alaknanda
Cabinet Committee on Parliamentary Affairs decides to convene Budget Session of
Parliament from 31st of January; Budget to be presented on 1st of Feburary.
David R Syiemlieh appointed new UPSC chairman.
India successfully test-fires 4000 Km range intercontinental ballistic missile Agni-IV from
Odisha coast
 #India successfully test-fires intercontinental surface-to-surface nuclear capable ballistic
missile #AgniIV.
Compared to the Pershing missile of the US in terms of technology, Agni-IV has many
cutting-edge technologies which can meet global standards. The missile can be fired from
locations deeper in the Indian hinterland, making it very difficult for the enemy to track and
destroy it. The missile also possesses a submarine launch capability.