1-National Affairs
- 13th Pravasi Bhartiya Divas Apna Bharat, Apna Gaurav set to begin in gandhinagar tomorrow.
- Will be held from 7th to 9th January 2015 at Gandhi nagar gujrat.
- This day is being observed since the year 2003.
- This year marks 100 years of mahatama gandhi’s return to india.
- Donald RabindraNauth Ramotar will be the chief guest at the 13th Pravasi Bhartiya Divas.
- On 05th January 2015, the government of India launched LPG Schemes for provide the benefits to BPL families. Now, BPL families can get 5 kg cooking gas cylinders under Free Trade LPG Scheme.
- Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched a commemorative coin to mark 175th birth anniversary of Tata Group founder Jamsetji Nusserwanji Tata. He became Father of Modern Industry in India.
- Trade Unions of Coal Sector went on a five-day strike on 06th January 2015 to protest against disinvestment
2-New Appointments
- West Bengal governor Keshari Nath Tripathi was sworn in as Meghalaya governor.
- Mr.K.N. Tripathi become 19th governer of this hill state meghalaya, succeeding Krishan kant Paul Who have been made uttrakhand governer.
- Sutiratha Bhattacharya took charge as coal india’s full time chairman and managing director a post which had been lying vacant for over six month , amid the miner facing pressure to ramp up production. Prior to this, Bhattacharyawas the CMD of state –owned Singareni Collirries Company.
- 17 persons appointed as Brand Ambassadors of Swachh Bharat Campaign by the Government of India on 05th January 2015 in which the famous International Cricketer V.V.S. Laxman is one of the persons.
- Sindhushree Khullar appointed as the CEO of NITI Aayog.
3-Visitors
- President of Guyana Donald RabindraNauth Ramotar will on a six day visit tomorrow during which he will attend the pravasi bhartiya Divas and hold the top leadership
4-People in New
- Delhi police yesterday said that the death of Sunanda Pushkar, the wife of farmer union minister, Shashi Tharoor was unnatural and caused by poisoning.
- Thailand police arrested Gurmeet Singh, an alleged killer, who was involved in the assassination of former Punjab Chief minister BEANT SINGH and several others.
5-Bussiness Economy
- Sensex tumbles 855 points in its worst single –day fall in five and a half years, closes below 27,000 mark.
6-Awards & Honors
- Andhra Pradesh government yesterday appointed bollywood megastar Amitabh Bachchan as brand ambassador for health and medical sector.
- Nobel laureates Amartya Sen gave away the Infosys Prize for the year 2014 to six scientists yesterday the awardees are,
- Engineering and computer science- Jayant Harista professor , supercomputer Education and Research Centre (SERC) and chair , Department of Computer Science and Automation (CSA) Indian Institute of Science.
- Humanities- Shamnad Basheer , founder and managing Trustee, Increasing diversity by increasing access (IDIA) , bengaluru and founder, Spicy IP.
- Mathamatical Science- Madhu Sudan , Principal Researcher, Microsoft Research.
- Physical Science- Srivari Chndrashekhar, Chief Scientist and Head Division of Natural Products Chemistry CSIR- Indian Institute of Chemical Technology Hyderabad .
- Social Science- Esther Doflo, Professor, Department of Economics at Massachusettes Institute of Technology.
7-Sports
- Indian national selectors have announced the 15- members squad for the ICC World Cup 2015, scheduled to take place in Australia and New Zeeland from February 2015.
- Mahendra Singh Dhoni has been named the captain while Virat Kohli will be the vice captain of ICC World Cup after being handed over the Test Captaincy recently. Five man selection panel , however ignored Yuvraj Singh.
- National Sub-Junior Billiards Title 2015 won by S. Shrikrishna on 05th January 2015 after defeating Ishpreet Singh Chadha.
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