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LIST OF NEW APPOINTMENTS

1. Sushil Koirala become new PM of Nepal. He replace Khil Raj Regmi.

2. Satya Nadella appointed as CEO of Microsoft.

3. R.K.Tiwari appointed new Chairman of CBDT.

4. N Ramachandran was elected President of Indian Olympic Association (IOA).

5. Justice Ashok Kumar Mathur appointed head of 7th Central Pay Commission

6. Harish Rawat appointed 8th Chief Minister of Uttrakhand. He succeeded Vijay Bahuguna.

7. Manoj Vaish took charge as MD & CEO of MCX.

8. Aruna Bahuguna first woman to be appointed chief of National Police Academy.

9. Janet Yellen new Chairperson of Federal Reserve.

10. R. Chandrashekhar appointed the President of NASSCOM (National Association of Software and Service Companies)

11. J.N.Chaudhary was appointed as new head of NSG (National Security Guard)

12. Arvind Ranjan was appointed the full time chief of the Central Industrial Security Force (CISF).

13. Ashok Lavasa, appointed the New Civil Aviation Secretary. He succeeded K.N.Srivastava.

14. M. Veerappa Moily appointed as the new Environment and Forests Minister.

15. Siddarth Birla took charges as President of FICCI.

16. Subrahmanyam Jaishankar became the ambassador of US

17. B. G. Srinivas and U.B. Pravin Rao appointed as presidents of the Infosys.

18. Sushma Singh to take over as new Chief Information Commissioner
She succeed Deepak Sandhu.

19. Harsh Kumar Bhanwala appointed Chairman of National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD).

20. Usha Sangwan appointed first woman managing director of LIC.
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New Zealands Kathy Cross becomes to first Female Umpire in ICC Umpires’ Panel.

New Zealand's Kathy Cross became the first woman to be inducted in an ICC umpires' panel when she was named as an Associate and Affiliate International official following the annual review and selection process.
Cross has previously officiated in the Women's World Cup in Australia in 2009 and in India in 2013. Cross said she was thrilled with her induction into the panel.

Highlights of the RBI's third quarter review of monetary policy Following are the highlights of RBI's third quarter review of monetary policy: * Key lending rates hiked by 0.25 per cent to 8% * Cash reserve ratio kept unchanged at 4% * Marginal Standing Facility (MSF) rate stands at 9% * GDP growth to be less than 5% in current fiscal * Growth to improve to 5.5% in 2014-15 * Current Account Deficit to be below 2.5% this fiscal * March-end inflation could exceed 8% * Rate hike will set economy securely on disinflationary path * Growth likely to lose momentum in Q3 of 2013-14. * Slowdown in economy getting increasingly worrisome * Inflation is a tax that is grossly inequitable, falling hardest on the very poor * Fiscal and monetary authorities should continue to work for macroeconomic stabilisation * Henceforth, policy review to take place every two months. Next review on April 1.

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~Some quick highlights of the last week of January 2014~
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1. National Girl Child Day is celebrated today (24th January) across India to ensure that every girl is respected, valued and treated equally in society. This day is observed every year to raise awareness and consciousness towards the girl child.

2. DMK suspended Mr. Alagiri, the son of DMK Chief Mr. M. Karunanidhi from being a member of the party and also relieved him of the party posts today. The reason for the removal was stated that Mr. Alagiri who was holding the post of DMK ‘s South Zone Organising Secretary was indulging in creating confusion and disorder within the party. The Party has also said that action had been taken against many party workers indulging in anti-party activities.

3. India’s largest lender State Bank of India strengthened its social media presence with the launch of its channel on popular video sharing website Youtube yesterday and said it will also be launching its handle on the micro-logging site Twitter soon. The YouTube channel, which follows a dedicated page launch in November, will initially have information about the bank’s products and services and its legacy to begin with and will gradually include philanthropic initiatives, it said in a statement.

4. Alok Sinha, Joint Secretary- Ministry of Civil Aviation, has been appointed as the Chairman of Airports Authority of India (AAI), who has been given additional charge of the new post. He replaced V P Agarwal who was removed from the Chairman post. The move comes as the Government has set on fast track the move to involve the private sector in the modernisation of six airports including those in Chennai and Kolkata.

5. B K Divakara has taken charge as Executive Director of Central Bank of India. Following his appointment, Central Bank of India now has three EDs, B K Divakara along with Raj Kumar Goyal and Animesh Chauhan. Prior this appointment, he was a General Manager with Corporation Bank at its Head Office in Mangalore.

6. Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw of the country’s largest biotech research firm, Biocon Ltd, has been named winner of the 2014 Othmer Gold Medal, It is a top award of the US-based Chemical Heritage Foundation. The Philadelphia-based Foundation is a collections-based non-profit organisation that preserves the history and heritage of chemistry, chemical engineering, and related sciences and technologies. The collections are used to create a body of original scholarship that illuminates chemistry’s role in shaping society.

7. Sania Mirza and her Romanian partner Horia Tecau advanced into the mixed-doubles finals in the Australian Open tournament today after defeating defending champion Aussie pair of Jarmila Gajdosova and Matthew Ebden 2-6, 6-3 (10-2). They will now meet French Kristina Mladenovic and her Canadian partner Daniel Nestor in the finals tomorrow.

8. The Election Commission of India celebrated the 4th National voters Day: 25 January

9. Richard Quest won 2013 UNWTO Lifetime Achievement Award.

10.UNWTO awarded CNN’s Richard Quest with the 2013 UNWTO Award for Lifetime Achievement. The award was given in recognition of his work as a business journalist reporting on the tourism industry.

The UNWTO Award for Lifetime Achievement was presented during the UNWTO Awards Ceremony held in Madrid, Spain on 22nd January. Richard Quest is the presenter of CNN’s flagship daily business programme Quest Means Business and the monthly CNN Business Traveller, regularly covering business affairs from around the world.

11. China’s Lenovo – the world’s biggest PC maker – has agreed to acquire IBM’s low-end server business for USD 2.3 billion. About USD 2 billion will be paid in cash with the rest in Lenovo stock. Whlie IBM is selling its x86 “low-end” server business, which includes the System x, BladeCenter and Flex System products, it is retaining its powerful mainframe and storage business. Lenovo bought IBM’s PC business in 2005.

12. FIFA have named a track by Pitbull and Jennifer Lopez as the official anthem for the 2014 World Cup in Brazil. We Are One (Ole Ola), which also features Brazilian singer Claudia Leitte, will be performed at the opening ceremony at the Arena de Sao Paulo on the 12th of June.

13. Spanish top seed Nadal defeated 17-time Grand Slam champion Roger Federer by 7-6 (7/4), 6-3, 6-3 in a dominant semi-final match today to enter into Australian Open Men’s singles final. He will face Stanislas Wawrinka in the final match who is playing Australian Open final for the first time.

14. Italy’s Sara Errani and Roberta Vinci successfully defended their Australian Open women’s doubles title, after defeating Russian fifth seeds Ekaterina Makarova and Elena Vesnina by 6-4, 3-6, 7-5 today. Errani and Vinci, the top seeds, were in their third straight Australian final and the win was their fourth Grand Slam crown, following Roland Garros and the US Open in 2012 and Australia last year.
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Currency notes issued before 2005 to be withdrawn post March 31: RBI
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The notes issued before 2005 do not have the year of printing on the reverse side

The Reserve Bank of India, on 22nd January, warned that it would withdraw from circulation all banknotes that had been issued before 2005.

According to a central bank advisory, anybody who had such currency notes would have to approach a bank in order to exchange them before April 1, 2014. The RBI would start withdrawing the notes after March 31, 2014.
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1. The President of India Pranab Mukherjee presented awards for the year 2012-13 to various States and Cities for outstanding performance in different categories under the flagship schemes of the Ministry of Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation.

2. Union Cabinet has approved a proposal to constitute a Rail Tariff Authority, RTA to advise the Railway Ministry on fares.
3. Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren laid the foundation stone for the new state assembly building amid protests from residents of the area.

4. Supreme Court rules that delay in deciding mercy plea can be ground for commuting death sentence; Commutes death sentence of 15 convicts to life term.

5. The country's mineral production saw a 3.7 per cent jump in November last year over the preceding month on the back of higher coal, chromite, bauxite and iron ore output, with total value of the products recorded at Rs 17,163 crore.

6. Ennore Port Limited (EPL), Chennai and Ford India Private Limited have signed an agreement for export of Ford cars though the Ennore port for a period of 10 years.

7. In Nepal, 574 newly elected members of the second Constituent Assembly have been sworn in by the acting Chairman Surya Bahadur Thapa, the senior most member of the Assembly, at a function in the International Convention Centre in Kathmandu.

8. Cadila Healthcare Ltd (Zydus Cadila) has received final approval from the USFDA for Bupropion Hydrochloride Extended-release Tablets USP (XL) in the strength of 300 mg.

9. The dates for the next edition of the annual Jaipur Literature festival is set to be held from January 21 to January 25 in 2015, organisers said.

10. Sports broadcaster Star India announced an eight-year broadcast deal with International Hockey Federation (FIH) during which the world sport body will look to host a major event in India each year.

11. The Reserve Bank of India, on 22nd January, warned that it would withdraw from circulation all banknotes that had been issued before 2005. The notes issued before 2005 do not have the year of printing on the reverse side.
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Amul launches India’s first ‘milk ATM’ !

Automatic teller machines not only dispense money, ATM-like machines also vend other products such as chocolates and soft drinks.

But Amul has gone a step further: it will now sell milk through “Any Time Milk” vending machines.

The pilot project of this 24x7 ATM began with the installation of a vending machine at the gate of Amul Dairy in Anand town of Gujarat on Sunday.

For a Rs 10-currency note, which this machine will read through a sensor, the ATM would dispense a 300 ml pouch of Amul Taaza milk. The ATM, fitted with refrigeration facility, has a capacity to hold 150 pouches at a time.

~*~ TOP 10 CURRENT AFFAIRS of 21st January 2014 ~*~
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1. India successfully test-fired its nuclear-capable strategic missile Agni-IV, with a strike range of about 4,000 km, from a test range off the Odisha coast.

2. Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh reviews progress of infrastructure and development projects in the northeast.

3. Government has appointed senior police officer Aruna Bahuguna as the new chief of the Hyderabad-based National Police Academy, alma mater for IPS officers in the country.

4. The Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion (DIPP) under the Ministry of Commerce and Industry announced the launch of the eBiz platform along with two DIPP services and an integrated payment gateway.

5. An English version of a book on Raghunath Mandir, detailing historical background and architecture of the shrine located in Jammu, where a large number of devotees from all over the country come to pay obeisance, has been launched.

6. In a setback to unaided private schools, the Delhi HC today dismissed their plea seeking a stay on city government''s nursery admission guidelines.

7. Drug major Cipla announced the appointment of Sameer Goel as Country Head - India, with effect from Jan 20.

8. The Pakistan Cricket Board has appointed former Test player Muhammad Illyas as its new national chief selector, a post he had held in the past.

9. Odisha has been selected as the Best State for providing self employment to the urban poor under SJGRY (Swarna Jayanti Sahari Rojgar Yojana), official sources said.

10. Indian cricket icon Sachin Tendulkar will mentor 11 emerging players, including Parveez Rasool and Unmukt Chand, as part of an initiative by sports apparel giant adidas.
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~*~ TOP 10 CURRENT AFFAIRS of 20 January 2014 ~*~
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1. BJP has promised to address the country's problems through accountable and transparent governance.

2. Both Houses of Parliament will be reconvened from February 5 to 21 as part of the extended Winter Session.

3. Anish Goel, a former key Indian-American aide of President Barack Obama, has joined Washington think tank New America's National Security Programme as a Senior South Asia Fellow.

4. The Calcutta School of Music, India's oldest Western music school, celebrates its centenary in 2014.

5. India increased its holding of American government securities to $63.9 billion for the second straight month in November last year.

6. A 125-member strong Indian delegation will attend the World Economic Forum (WEF) Annual Meeting at Davos, Switzerland this week, where they will highlight efforts being undertaken to turn around the economy.

7. Weak global liquidity conditions, combined with appetite from sovereign funds and growth focused emerging-market funds may fuel investment flows into Indian equities this year, foreign brokerage RBS said.

8. Evans Ruto led a clean sweep by Kenya in the men’s race but missed narrowly in creating a new course record, while pre-race favourite Dinknesh Mekash clinched the women’s crown with ease in the 11th Standard Chartered Mumbai Marathon.

9. Amid slowing economy, indirect tax collections grew 6.2 per cent in the April-December period of this fiscal.

10. Mahendra Singh Dhoni became the first Indian wicketkeeper and fourth overall to effect 300 dismissals in ODIs when he caught a Ross Taylor nick against NZ.
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New Appointments-
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• New President of ICC - Alan Issac (N.Z.)
• New Italian Finance Minister - M.Vittorio Grilli
• New World Bank Chief Economist - Kaushik Basu
• New President of Yemen - A.Mansour Hadi
• Nepal’s Army Chief - Gaurav Shumsher Rana
• New president of World Bank - Jim Yong Kim (Koreanborn)
• New President of Germany - Joachim Gauck
• New UN mediator in Syria - Lakhdar Brahimi
• President of Nicaragua - Daniel Ortega (re-elected)
• President of Guyana - Donald Ramotar
• New Mauritius President - Rajkeshwur Purryag
• New President of Mexico - Enrique Pena Nieto
• New President of Malawi - Joyce Banda
• New President of Libya - Mohammed Magarief

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