Current Affairs January, 2016

The Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act, 2015 came into force 15 January 2016. In this regard, Union Ministry of Woman and Child Development has issued orders for enforceable of Act.

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• Marat Safin to become 1st Russian in International Tennis Hall of Fame.
• Sania-Martina duo win Sydney International.
• WHO declares end of Ebola outbreak in West Africa.

Seeded No.1, Sania and Martina were down and almost out when they were trailing 1-6, 2-5 against French third seeds Caroline Garcia and Kristina Mladenovic. But the Indo-Swiss combine staged a remarkable comeback to eventually win the second set 7-5 and the super tie-break 10-5 in an hour and 14 minutes.

Retired star Marat Safin will become the first Russian to be inducted into the International Tennis Hall of Fame.

Bollywood actor Rajesh Vivek, mainly known for his roles in superhits like ‘Lagaan’ and ‘Swades’, died due to a heart attack in Hyderabad. He was 66.

The World Health Organization (WHO) has declared the end of Ebola virus outbreak in West Africa after all known chains of transmission have been stopped.

Union Government has inaugurated the first phase of permanent campus of the Indian Institute of Science Education & Research (IISER) at Vithura in Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala.

British actor Alan Rickman passed away in London, England. He was 69 and was suffering from cancer.

Union Ministry of New and Renewable Energy has announced that India̢۪s grid-connected solar power generation capacity has crossed the 5,000 Mega Watt (MW) mark.

The indigenously-built third generation anti-tank missile Nag was successfully test fired at Mahajan Field Firing Range in Rajasthan.

The 15th edition of bilateral exercise by the Indian Coast Guard and its Japanese counterpart titled ‘Sahayog-Kaijin 2016’ has begun off the coast of Chennai, Tamil Nadu in the Bay of Bengal.