Current Affairs 2016-17 : January 2017

• India Post gets Payments Bank licence from RBI

After Paytm and Bharti Airtel, India Post became the third entity to receive final payments bank licence to roll-out banking operations commercially.

• PV Sindhu, Sameer Verma won Syed Modi International Badminton Championships titles • Anti-Leprosy Day observed on 30 January 2017 • Roger Federer beats Rafael Nadal to win 18th Grand Slam title • Serena Williams wins 2017 Australian Open Women’s Singles title • Dr Vijay Bhatkar appointed as Chancellor of Nalanda University • President appointed Banwarilal Purohit & P B Acharya as acting Governors • Eight sports persons get Padma Shri

Virat Kohli – cricket Shekar Naik- cricket Vikasa Gowda- Discus Throw Deepa Malik- Athletics Mariyappan Thangavelu- Athletics Dipa Karmakar- Gymnastics P R Shreejesh- Hockey Sakshi Malik- Wrestling

• Dharamsala declared as second capital of Himachal Pradesh • Manipur’s Karang became India’s first cashless island • Alok Kumar Verma appointed as CBI Director • ShaGun, a web-portal for Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan, launched • Antonio Tajani is new President of European Parliament • All India Institute of Medical Sciences signed 3 MoUs worth Rs 7670 crore • Eugene Cernan, last man to walk on Moon, passes away • Farrukh Amonatov wins Delhi International Open chess tournament • Kiran Doshi’s book titled ‘Jinnah Often Came to Our House’ won 2016 Hindu Prize • Surjit Singh Barnala, former Chief Minister of Punjab, dies • India successfully test-fires Guided Pinaka rocket • Rajesh Gopinathan appointed as Chief Executive Officer of TCS TheAim4aiims.in appointment came after the elevation of N. Chandrasekaran as Tata Sons Chairman.

• TCS CEO N Chandrasekaran appointed Tata Sons chairman A press release said Chandrasekaran will take the charge on 21 February. His appointment comes after the Tata sons removed Cyrus Mistry as the Chairman.

Barack Obama Pankaj Lal Manish Arora Aradhna Tripati • Swami Vivekananda’s birth anniversary observed as National Youth Day • 21st National Youth Festival to be held in Rohtak

The Prime Minister Narendra Modi will address the participants of the Festival through video conference on the occasion of opening ceremony.

• IIT Kharagpur alumnus Parag Havaldar wins Technical Oscar Award

• Kalyan Krishnamurthy appointed as CEO of Flipkart • Cristiano Ronaldo named Best FIFA Men’s Player 2016 • Suresh Nagarajan appointed as Chief Financial Officer of Reliance Power • Surekha Marandi appointed as Executive Director of RBI • Justice Jagdish Singh Khehar sworn in as 44th Chief Justice of India • British-Indian knighted by Queen Elizabeth II

Indian-origin Shankar Balasubramanian, has received the knighthood in the 2017 New Year Honours for his immense contribution in the field of biology and medicine.

• India successfully test-fires Agni-IV missile • Shraddha, Ghyansham Kumar Devansh chosen for 2016 Bharatiya Jnanpith Navlekhan Award

Shraddha was selected for her short story ‘Hawa Mein Phadphadati Chitthi‘ and Devansh was chosen for his poem ‘Akash Mein Deh‘.

• David R Syiemlieh appointed as Chairman of UPSC

Syiemlieh will take over the position with effect from 4 January 2017 till completion of his term as member on 21 January 2018.

• Antonio Guterres takes charge as UN Secretary General • Lieutenant General Bipin Rawat takes charge as Chief of Army Staff

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