National
Jharkhand first state to sign MoU with Centre for power scheme UDAY
Jharkhand, a mineral-rich but energy-deficit state has become first state in country to sign Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on Ujwal Discom Assurance Yojana (UDAY) scheme with Union Government. â€Â¦Ã¢€Â¦Ã¢€Â¦Read More
Union Government reserves 33% posts of women constables in CAPFs
The Union Government has reserved 33 per cent posts of Constables for women in Central Armed Police Forces (CAPFs) to enhance their representation. â€Â¦Ã¢€Â¦Ã¢€Â¦Read More
International
Sri Lanka, Pakistan to expand FTA
Sri Lanka and Pakistan have agreed on the inclusion of services and investment in the bilateral free trade agreement. â€Â¦Ã¢€Â¦Ã¢€Â¦Read More
Business and Economy
Export duty on iron ore pellets taken off
The government has reduced the export duty on iron ore pellets to zero from five per cent, a move that will make the commodity more competitive amid subdued demand and weakening prices. â€Â¦Ã¢€Â¦Ã¢€Â¦Read More
Andhra Bank launches IMPS for money transfer
Andhra Bank has launched Immediate Payment Service (IMPS) at all its branches in association with the National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI). â€Â¦Ã¢€Â¦Ã¢€Â¦Read More
Reliance capital gets CCI nod to acquire Goldman Sach’s fund arm
Reliance Capital Asset Management (RCAM) has received nod from Competition Commission of India (CCI) to acquire Goldman Sachs’s mutual funds and exchange-traded funds business in India. â€Â¦Ã¢€Â¦Ã¢€Â¦Read More
Sports
Syed Kirmani conferred with 2015 Col CK Nayudu Lifetime Achievement Award
Former Cricketer Syed Kirmani was honoured with the Col CK Nayudu Lifetime Achievement Award in Mumbai (Maharashtra) for his contribution to Indian cricket. â€Â¦Ã¢€Â¦Ã¢€Â¦Read More
With 1009 in 323 balls, Mumbai teen Pranav Dhanawade scripts rare record
Mumbai teenager Pranav Dhanawade scripted history by becoming the first batsman ever to notch up a four-figure score by smashing an unbeaten knock of 1009 in an inter-school tournament in Mumbai. â€Â¦Ã¢€Â¦Ã¢€Â¦Read More
Australia withdraws from U19 Cricket World Cup in Bangladesh
Australia withdrew from the ICC Under-19 cricket World Cup in Bangladesh, claiming that the security threat in the country remains as high as it was when the senior team’s Test tour was postponed last year. â€Â¦Ã¢€Â¦Ã¢€Â¦Read More
Duleep Trophy to be day-night matches, played with pink ball
The prestigious Duleep Trophy will return to the domestic first class cricket calendar in the 2016-17 season in a new avatar with matches being day-night affairs played with a pink ball, it was announced. â€Â¦Ã¢€Â¦Ã¢€Â¦Read More
Death
Former Chief Justice of India S.H. Kapadia passes away
Sarosh Homi Kapadia, the 38th Chief Justice of India, bid farewell to the world in Mumbai. He was 68. â€Â¦Ã¢€Â¦Ã¢€Â¦Read More
Science
Invasive species of snowflake coral discovered off coast of Thiruvananthapuram
Scientists have discovered presence of several colonies of an invasive species of snowflake coral (Carijoa riisei) off the coast of Thiruvananthapuram and Kanyakumari. â€Â¦Ã¢€Â¦Ã¢€Â¦Read More
Current Affairs: 5th January, 2016 Current Affairs Round up December, 2015.
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