Current Affairs 9th January, 2016

National

Centre revokes ban on Jallikattu

With just days left for Pongal festival to start, the Ministry of Environment and Forests has invoked “culture and tradition” to bring jallikattu back. â�¦â�¦â�¦Read More

Premji most generous Indian, Mukesh ranks sixth - Hurun India Philanthropy

Azim Premji, 70, chairman of Wipro, is the most generous Indian of the year for the third time in a row with donations worth Rs. 27,514 crore to the education sector, says Hurun India Philanthropy List 2015. ���Read More

Government decides to merge Ministry of Overseas Indian Affairs with MEA

Union Government has decided to merge Ministry of Overseas Indian Affairs (MOIA) with the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA). ���Read More

Union Government launches River Information System

India’s first River Information System (RIS) was launched by Union Government facilitate safe and accurate inland waterway navigation. â�¦â�¦â�¦Read More

ASW corvette INS Kadmatt commissioned in Visakhapatnam

Anti-submarine warfare (ASW) corvette INS Kadmatt has been commission in the Indian Navy by Chief of the Naval Staff Admiral R K Dhowan at naval dockyard in Visakhapatnam. ���Read More

International

Newly built Mao’s statue demolished in China

The absence of government approval has apparently caused the demolition of a giant gold painted statue of Communist China’s founding father Mao Zedong. â�¦â�¦â�¦Read More

Mein Kampf published in Germany for first time since WWII

A German historical institute is launching an annotated edition of “Mein Kampf,” the first version of Adolf Hitler’s notorious manifesto to be published in Germany since the end of World War II. â�¦â�¦â�¦Read More

India and France have started their eight-day counter-terrorism and counter-insurgency bilateral military exercise Shakti-2016 in Rajasthan. ���Read More

Business and Economy

India to grow at 7.8% in year 2016: World Bank Report

The Global Economic Prospect report published recently by the World Bank (WB) has projected a robust 7.8 per cent growth for the Indian economy in the year 2016. ���Read More

Banks asked to consider quota for SC/ST staff

The Supreme Court asked the Centre and public sector banking authorities to consider providing reservation to Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes employees in promotion to officers’ ranks at all levels. â�¦â�¦â�¦Read More

New Appointments

RBI Dy Governor Urjit Patel gets second term

Urjit Patel, Deputy Governor of Reserve Bank of India (RBI) in-charge of the monetary policy department, has been re-appointed for a term of three years. ���Read More

Bhanumurthy appointed as the new COO of Wipro

A few days after the appointment of Abidali Neemuchwala as CEO of India’s third largest IT services provider, Wipro has made more changes in its senior leadership structure. â�¦â�¦â�¦Read More

Sam Pitroda appointed as Technical Advisor of Odisha Government

Renowned telecom engineer and inventor Sam Pitroda has been appointed as Technology Advisor to the Odisha Government. ���Read More

Current Affairs: 8^th January, 2016
Current Affairs Round up December, 2015.