Current Affairs January, 2016

The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi has appointed Amitabh Kant as the chief executive officer of NITI Aayog. The appointment will take effect after Mr.Kant retires from service in March.

�Show me the man and I will show you the rule,� BJP leader Shatrughan Sinha is quoted as saying in the context of politics within the party in his biography �Anything But Khamosh,� released.

ICICI Bank will partner FINO PayTech to foray into the payments bank space.

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Union Ministry of Road Transport & Highways has decided to implement the stricter emission norms of Bharat Stage (BS) VI from 1st April 2020 in a bid to curb vehicular pollution.

The British writer, Kate Atkinson has won the 2015 Costa novel award for her novel God in Ruins, the companion her previous novel to Life After Life.

Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir Mufti Mohammad Sayeed passed away of multiple organ failure in New Delhi after nearly a week-long hospitalisation. He was 79.

• Cabinet approves conversion of MUDRA into SIDBI bank.
• Union Cabinet gives nod to MoU with Bangladesh for operation of traditional haats.
• Kerala adopts Lt. Col. Niranjanâ��s family.

The Union Cabinet has approved the Stand Up India Scheme to promote entrepreneurship among Scheduled Caste/Scheduled Tribes (SC/ST) and Women entrepreneurs.

The Kerala Cabinet decided to adopt the family of Lt. Col. E.K. Niranjan, the NSG commando who was killed in the Pathankot terror attack.

Taxi-hailing app Uber announced a new start-up mentorship programme in the country in partnership with Invest India called �uberEXCHANGE�.

Tata Trusts and leading global food manufacturer Mars Incorporated have entered into a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to work together to advance agriculture development, address malnutrition and improve food safety in India.