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Current Affairs Capsule January 2015 Part-1

Greetings to all the avid followers of SSBCrack. In our endeavor to accouter all of you with all the aspects which are required to become an officer in the defense services, we bring another installment of current affairs. The month of January marked the end of an eventful year and host of hopes for the coming year. So here we go.

Current Affairs Capsule January 2015 Part-1

  1. Maithiripala Sirisena becomes the new president of Srilanka after defeating the incumbent Mahinda Rajapaksa in a close fought battle. Sirisena was a former health minister in the Rajapaksa government.
    Maithiripala Sirisena
  2. The Armed Forces Special Powers Act (AFSPA) was extended for another year in the state of Assam. The whole state of Assam was declared a disturbed area in the wake of recent attacks by militants.
  3. Niti Aayog replaces the planning commission of India. NITI (National Institute for Transforming India) Aayog will work both as a think tank and a policy forum to make India a front runner in the list of leading countries of the world. Arvind Panagariya and Sindhushree Khullar have been named the vice chairman and chief operating officer respectively of the NITI Aayog respectively. The Prime Minister of India will be the Chairman of this Aayog.
    Niti Aayog
  4. A.K Mittal appointed as new chairman of the Railway Board. He superseded many big players to grab this post. It is expected that he will expedite the railway reforms to revive the ailing railways.
    A.K Mittal appointed
  5. Union Cabinet approved setting up of India based Neutrino observatory laboratory (INO). The project will be set up in Bodi West Hills, Tamil Nadu. It is a world class underground laboratory to study neutrino from close quarters.
  6. Pakistan enacts new law to create constitutional military courts to try terrorists. This law would give a tough message to the terrorists who often wriggle out from civil courts.
  7. On 9th January, the13th Pravasiya Bharatiya Diwas was celebrated. On this occasion, the Persons of India Origin (PIO) and Overseas Citizenship of India (OCI) scheme was merged to aid the Indians settled in foreign countries. The Prime Minister also announced visa on arrival for them.
  8. Kumar Sangakkara became the fastest batman to score 12,000 runs in test cricket. It took 224 innings for him to achieve this feat while breaking the record of Sachin Tendulkar who took 247 innings.
    kumar-sangakkara
  9. Boxing India gets recognition from the ministry of sports as the governing body of the sport in India. It is expected that the new body will streamline the organizational structure and improve the condition of boxing in India.
  10. Union Sports ministry propounded the name of ace shuttler Saina Nehwal for the Padma Bhushan Award. Saina had earlier expressed her displeasure for being neglected by the ministry.
    Saina Nehwal
  11. Indian diplomat Atul Khare named as UN Under Secretary General for field support. He will be accountable to provide field support to various peace keeping and political missions of the United Nations.
  12. NASA’s (National  Aeronautics and Space Administration) famous Kepler Telescope achieves a formidable feat by making its 1000th exo planet discovery. An exo planet is a planet that does not orbit the sun and instead orbits a different celestial body.
  13. Greece dissolves its parliament ahead of the snap elections to be held on 25th January. The dissolution ensued after the parliament failed to elect a president in the third and final round of voting.
    Current Affairs January 2015
Its time to bid goodbye for now, keep giving your views and reviews in the comment box below. You may also contact me personally on vardaan.parashar@gmail.com. JAI HIND

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Vardaan Parashar
Vardaan Parasharhttps://ssbcrack.com/
Apart from being a defence enthusiast, I have great zeal towards patriotic and welfare activities. I hail from a rich defence background with my dad being a retired commandant in the Indian Coast Guard. I am currently pursuing Mechanical Engineering and wish to join DRDO one day.
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