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1. 2014 Has Been Ranked As Earth's Hottest Year Since 1880 As Per Analyses Done by National Aeronautics Current Affairs ­ January 2015 Month January 2015 Type All 230 Current Affairs were found in Month ­ January 2015 for Type ­ All 1. 2014 has been ranked as Earth’s hottest year since 1880 as per analyses done by National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) and National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). Global average temperature for 2014 was 1.24°F (or 0.69°C) warmer than the 20th­ century average. 2. Government launched two schemes to support the Scheduled Castes (SC). Named Venture Capital Fund for Scheduled Castes and Green Business scheme. Venture Capital Fund ­ Financial assistance of 15 Crore rupees for 6 years will be provided to 30 SC entrepreneurs in a year. Initial capital is 200 crore rupees Green Business ­ loan for up to 1 lakh rupees at concessional interest rate will be provided to Scheduled Castes for activities such as e­ rickshaw, Solar Pump and Solar energy powered implements, poly house etc. 3. India ­ China trade deficit increased to 37.8 billion USD in 2014. Although the bilateral trade was increased to 70.59 USD (Hike of 7.9 %). India China Trade was USD 73.9 billion in 2011, 66.57 billion in 2012, 65.57 billion in 2013 and 65.49 billion USD in 2013. China’s export to India in 2014 was 54.2 billion USD and India’s exports to China was 16.4 billion USD. The trade target of India China was 100 billion USD for 2014. 4. Indian Government's Jan Dhan Yojana has been included in Guinness Book of World Records for Opening of About 11.5 Crore Bank Accounts in short span of About five months. It makes way for government's ambitious plan to transfer annual subsidy directly to bank accounts of more than 15 crore beneficiaries to remove system leakages. 5. PM Narendra Modi launched Sukanya Samridhi Yojana small deposit scheme for girl child under Beti Bachao Beti Padhao campaign. It will ensure equitable share to a girl child in resources and savings of a family and will enable parents to open bank accounts of girls who are under 10 years of age with an interest rate of 9.1 %. 6. 12 January ­ National youth day (birthday of Swami Vivekanand). 7. 15 January ­ Army Day (India). 8. 18th National Conference on e­Governance held in Gujarat with Theme Conference was Digital Governance ­ New Frontiers. 9. 19 Jan ­ National Investigation Agency Foundation day. 10. 20th Law Commission of India headed by A P Shah submitted 253rd report Commercial Division and Commercial Appellate Division of High Courts and Commercial Courts Bill, 2015. 11. 21st screen awards ­ Actor ­ Shahid Kapoor (Haider) Actress ­ Priyanka Chopra (Mary Kom) Film ­ Queen Director ­ Vikas Bahl (Queen) Lifetime Achievement Award ­ Hema Malini 12. 24 January ­ National Girl Child Day. 13. 26 Jan ­ Indian Republic Day. 14. 30 Jan ­ World Laprosy Day. 15. 4 Jan ­ Louis Braille Day, he was the inventor of braille, a system of reading and writing used by people who are blind or visually impaired. 16. 72nd Golden Globe Award Drama Picture ­ Boyhood Actor ­ Eddie Redmayne Actress ­ Julianne Moore Musical / Comedy Picture ­ The Grand Budapest Hotel Actor ­ Michael Keaton Actress ­ Amy Adams Supporting Actor ­ J. K. Simmons Supporting Actress ­ Patricia Arquette Director ­ Richard Linklater 17. 76th Senior Table Tennis Championship 2015 ­ Soumyajit Ghosh won in Male and Mouma Das won in Female Category. 18. 9 Jan ­ Pravasi Bharatiya Divas (Mahatama Gandhi Returned to India from south africa on this day). 19. A few Good men and the angry sea has been written by Nitin Sathe on the tenth anniversary of Tsunami Tragedy. 20. Atal Bihari Vajpayee Srajan aur Mulyankan has been written by Pritam Singh. 21. Defence Research and Development Organisation got approval for building a missile launch testing facility at a site near to Krishna Delta Complex in Andhra Pradesh. The is a nesting site of Olive Ridley turtles which is an endangered species. 22. Neither a Hawk nor a Dove is written by Pakistan's Ex­Foreign Minister Khurshid M Kasuri. 23. Rajesh Khanna : Kuch to Log Khenge has been written by Yasir Usman. 24. Raksha Blu vaccine was launched by Indian Immunologicals Limited (IIL), (Telangana) To counter the bluetongue disease. 25. Relbanks issued list of 66 largest banks in the world by market Capitalization. India's HDFC was ranked 45th with 41.58 USD Market Capitalization. SBI was ranked 51st with 36.40 USD and ICICI was 55th with 33.42 USD Market Cap. Wells Fargo & Co. of US is first with market cap of 284.39 Billion USD and Industrial & Commercial Bank of China (ICBC) of China is second with market cap of 269.70 Billion USD. 26. Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud is named as new King of Saudi Arabia after King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz passed away. 27. The Lunchbox has been nominated for British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) Awards 2015 under non­English best film category. The film is the only Indian film to be nominated for 2015 BAFTA Awards. 28. Tipu Sultan : A Crussader for Change has been written by B Sheikh Ali. 29. Vande Mataram has been written by Prabodh Kumar Mishra. 30. A.K. Mittal has been appointed as Chairman of Railway Board replacing Arunendra Kumar. 31. Actor Amitabh Bachchan has been presented with Social Media Person of Year 2015 award by Internet and Mobile Association of India (IAMAI). 32. Alexis Tsipras is appointed as Prime Minister of Greece after his party SYRIZA won the Greek General Elections. 33. Amitabh Bachchan has been conferred with the second Yash Chopra Memorial Award. 34. An advanced Electronic Warfare (EW) suite made by Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) was successfully tested on Light Combat Aircraft (LCA) Tejas­PV1. 35. Andhra Pradesh Government decided to file a defamation case against State Bank of Hyderabad (SBH) as SBH Freezed Accounts of Andhra Pradesh State Council of Higher Education (APSCHE) amounting to 25 crore rupees. The accounts of APSCHE were frozen after Telangana State Council of Higher Education (TSCHE) sent a letter to various banks asking them to freeze the accounts of APSCHE as it accused APSCHE of illegally capturing off money that was to be shared between the two states. 36. Andhra Pradesh government constituted Fourth State Finance Commission under the Chairmanship of M L Kantha Rao. 37. Andhra Pradesh government launched 17 Skill Development Centres (SDC) for training and honing skills of youth and help them select the course at the time of entering college and provide source of information for employment. 38. Andhra Pradesh government signed a pact with International Crop Research Institute for Semi­arid Tropics (ICRISAT) to provide assistance in making agriculture sustainable and profitable. 39. Andy Murray (Scotland) won ATP World Tennis Championship in Abu Dhabi after Serbian Novak Djokovic withdrew from finals due to illness. 40. Anupam Shrivastava is appointed as Chief Managing Director of BSNL (Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited). 41. Arvind Panagariya has been appointed as Vice Chairman of NITI Aayog that replaced Planning Commission. Sindhushree Khullar has been appointed as CEO of NITI Aayog. 42. As per IMF (International Monetary Fund) Report ­ India's GDP Growth Rate in 2016 will be 6.5 %, It will surpass China's Expected growth rate of 6.3 % in 2016. India VS China GDP Growth Rates ­ Year India China 2013 5 7.8 2014 5.8 7.4 2015 6.3 6.8 2016 (Expected) 6.5 6.3 As per recent Reports, Number of Tigers in India has risen by 30% up to 2226 from 1706 in 2010. Nearly 70% of world's Tigers are in India. Karnataka has most number of tigers (406) followed by Uttarakhand (340) and Madhya Pradesh (308). 43. As per a recent report by Assam's Tocklai Tea Research Institute (TTRI), Assam has the potential to produce Purple Tea which is believed to be health rich and is currently grown in Kenya Only. 44. As per a recent report by ICC, India will Host the Twenty­20 cricket world cup in 2016 and England will host the ODI world cup in 2019. 45. Ashok Prasad has been appointed as new special secretary of home ministry's crucial internal security division. 46. Australia's Trade and Investment Minister Andrew Robb Visited India. 47. Australia’s national airline Qantas has been named as the world’s safest airline by AirlineRatings.com. 48. Avijit Ghosh appointed as CMD of Heavy Engineering Corporation. 49. Ayonika Paul (Railways) and Annu Raj Singh (Maharashtra) won Gold in 4th Gun for Glory Shooting Championship. 50. Baba Ramdev is named as state brand ambassador for Haryana Government. 51. Beji Caid Essebsi has been appointed as President of Tunisia. 52. Bengaluru FC won the federation cup Football by beating Dempo FC. 53. Bhagabatpur Crocodile Project in Sunderbans (West Bengal) has been given as fresh start with help of renowned experts in herpetology and best global practices in crocodile conservation to increase the number of saltwater crocodiles. In past few years, project did not see a significant increase in the number of salt­water crocodiles. The eggs to hatching ratio also declined to 40 per 100 eggs collected. 54. Bibek Debroy is appointed as a Member of NITI Aayog. 55. Book The Indian Parliament – A Critical Appraisal has been written by Sudha Pai and Avinash Kumar. 56. Boxing India has been recognised as governing body for representing boxing in India. 57. British government honored Indian Fauja Singh by prestigious British Empire medal for being world's oldest marathon runner 58. Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) approved proposal of HDFC Bank to raise the foreign holding limit to 74 % (From 73.2 Currently).
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