Here I am starting
a series of monthly Current Affairs for Competitive Exams on my blog. This
series will help all my visitors to prepare for 10 to 15 questions based on
current affairs in any competitive exams like SSC, IBPS, RRB, Banks, and any
other competitive exams. Here comes the first part of my this series starting
from 1st January 2015.
Current Affairs
(Date wise Details of important events Dated:- 01st Jan. 2015 to 31st
Jan. 2015.) :-
01st
Jan. 2015
·
Union Government changes
the name of 65-year-old Planning Commission as "NITI Aayog" or
National Institution for Transforming India with some major changes in the
structure.
03rd
Jan. 2015
·
PM Narendra Modi addresses
102nd Indian Science Congress 2015 at University of Mumbai.
·
Sri Lankan batsman Kumar
Sangakkara became the fastest cricketer to reach 12000 Test runs. He achieved
the milestone in 224th innings.
05th
Jan. 2015
·
PM Narendra Modi nominated
Columbia University economist Arvind Panagariya as vice-chairman of the NITI
Aayog.
06th
Jan. 2015
·
1975-batch IAS of the
Andhra cadre Harishankar Brahma has been appointed as the Chief election
commissioner. He replaced V. S. Sampath
who will retire on 15 January.
·
Thailand police have
arrested a Sikh militant convicted for his involvement in a 1995 bomb attack
that killed Punjab Chief Minister Beant Singh and 15 other people.
·
Palestine will join the International
Criminal Court on 1 April 2015, announced UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on 6
January.
·
PM Narendra Modi released a
commemorative coin in honour of Jamsedji Tata, popularly known as father of
modern Indian industry, on his 175th birth anniversary in New Delhi.
·
Australia’s national airline Qantas was
named as the world’s safest airline by AirlineRatings.com.
07th
Jan. 2015
·
The CEO and co-founder of
Google Larry Page named as the Business person of the Year for 2014 by Fortune
magazine.
08th
Jan. 2015
·
Two day annual Pravasi
Bharatiya Divas began from today in Gandhinagar, Gujrat.
·
The 19th National Youth
Festival started in Guwahati, Assam.
·
Virat Kohli became the
first player to scores three centuries in his first three innings as captain.
09th
Jan. 2015
·
Maithripala Sirisena takes
oath as the new President of Sri Lanka.
·
TATA Group airline Vistara
starts domestic services in India from today.
·
M Karunanidhi re-elected as
DMK President for the 11th time in a row by the newly constituted general
council.
·
Pallewatte Gamaralalage Maithripala
Yapa Sirisena (Maithiripala Sirisena)
elected as new President of Srilanka.
10th
Jan. 2015
·
India lost the 4 match test
series to Australia by 2-0. Steve Smith chosen as Man of the Series.
11th
Jan. 2015
·
PM Narendra Modi addresses
at the Vibrant Gujarat Summit 2015 in Gandhinagar in the presence of US
Secretary of State John Kerry, UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon and World Bank
head Jim Yong Kim.
12th
Jan. 2015
·
72nd Golden Globe Awards
being held in Beverly Hills, California. Eddie Redmayne has won the Golden
Globe for best actor in a drama and Julianne Moore has won the Golden Globe for
best actress in a drama.
· India observed National
Youth Day to mark 152nd birth
anniversary of Swami Vivekananda.
·
Dima Hasao District of Assam got its
first broad gauge railway track.
·
The Mars Orbiter Mission (MOM) Team of
Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) won the 2015 Space Pioneer Award in
the Science and Engineering category.
13th
Jan. 2015
·
Alur Seelin Kiran Kumar
appointed as the Chairman of ISRO.
·
RBI Governor Raghuram Rajan
has been named as the "Governor of the Year" by a London-based
financial journal Central Banking.
·
Cristiano Ronaldo wins the
FIFA Ballon d'Or award for 2014 for the third time.
·
Well-known Hindi scholar and writer Dr.
Kamal Kishore Goenka is chosen for Vyas samman 2014.
14th
Jan. 2015
·
The union government
removed top missile scientist Avinash Chander as the chief of the Defence
Research and Development Organisation or DRDO.
15th
Jan. 2015
·
IPS officer and social
activist Kiran Bedi has joined the BJP.
16th
Jan. 2015
·
The chairperson of Central
Board of Film Certification (CBFC) Leela Samson resigned from the post amid
controversy surrounding the clearance of controversial film "Messenger of
God".
·
Hari Shankar Brahma took
over oath as the 19th Chief Election Commissioner of India.
·
Jammu and Kashmir (J&K) has been
selected for National e-Governance award 2014-15 for its best district level
initiative in the country.
17th
Jan. 2015
·
First indigenously built
Light Combat Aircraft (LCA) “Tejas” handed over by Defence Minister Manohar
Parrikar to the Indian Air Force.
18th
Jan. 2015
·
South African batsman AB de
Villiers scores a 31-ball hundred to break the world record for the fastest century
in One-Day Internationals in a match against West Indies at the Wanderers, in
Johannesburg. He also broke the fastest half century with 16 balls.
19th
Jan. 2015
·
The Special Investigation
Team (SIT) investigating team started questioning Congress MP Shashi Tharoor on
Sunanda Pushkar murder case.
·
Filmmaker Pahlaj Nihalani
has been appointed as the new Censor Board chairperson.
·
ICICI Bank introduces a new
facility for their customer through which they can use their twitter account to
transfer fund.
20th
Jan. 2015
·
According to latest census
report, the tiger population in the country is rise of over 30 per cent since
the last count in 2010 which is now estimated to be around 2,226.
·
European Union lifts ban on
import of mangoes from India.
21st Jan.
2015
·
Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan
Yojna (PMJDY) has made its way into the Guinness World Records for opening the
highest number of bank accounts in the least time. Under the scheme, 11.5 crore
new bank accounts have been under Jan Dhan Yojana in last five months.
22nd Jan.
2015
·
WhatsApp application is now
also available as web based application for desktop and laptops.
·
Pakistan today bans groups
Haqqani network and Jamaat-ud-Dawa.
·
The Supreme Court give a
judgment which restrained N Srinivasan from contesting in BCCI elections.
·
PM Narendra Modi launched a small
deposit scheme Sukanya Samridhi Yojana for girl child under the Beti Bachao
Beti Padhao (Save the Daughter, Teach the Daughter) campaign. The scheme was
launched at Painpat in Haryana.
23rd
Jan. 2015
·
Saudi Arabia's King
Abdullah died early on Friday and his brother Salman became the new king.
·
118th birth anniversary of
Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose has been observed across the country.
24th Jan.
2015
·
National
Girl Child Day is observed across the nation.
25th
Jan. 2015
·
US President and Indian
Prime Minister announced major breakthrough in the Civil Nuclear Agreement.
·
9 Padma Vibhushan, 20 Padma
Bhushan and 75 Padma Shri Awardees given this year on the eve of Republic Day
for for exceptional and distinguished service. L K Advani, Amitabh Bachchan,
Prakash Singh Badal, Dilip Kumar are amongst the list of Padma Vibhushan.
·
Today is observed as
National Voters' Day in India.
26th
Jan. 2015
 |
| 26th Jan 2015 Chief Guest Barack Obama with PM Modi (India) at RajGhat |
·
India celebrates its 66th
Republic Day.(Chief Guest: US President Barack Obama)
·
Eminent Cartoonist RK
Laxman dies at the age of 94 in Pune.
·
President Pranab Mukherjee
presented Ashok Chakra to family members of Major Mukund Varadarajan and Naik
Neeraj Kumar, who laid down their lives combating militants in Kashmir.
·
Paulina Vega of Colombia
was crowned Miss Universe 2015.
·
Alexis Tsipras, leader of the Syriza
anti-austerity party, sworn in as the new Prime Minister of Greece.
28th
Jan. 2015
·
IFS officer S Jaishankar
appointed as the new foreign secretary of India.
29th
Jan. 2015
·
PM Narendra Modi on
Thursday became the world's first leader to send out an audio-video tweet, when
he tweeted a conversation between him and US President Barack Obama during
"Mann Ki Baat".
·
Apple Inc recorded the
highest-ever profit of 18 billion US dollars in corporate history worldwide.
·
Sri Lankan cricketer Kumar
Sangakkara breaks the world record for the most dismissals by a wicketkeeper in
One-day internationals with 474 dismissals.
·
India will host Twenty20
World Cup in 2016.
30th
Jan. 2015
·
National Martyrs Day
observed across the Nation in the memory of Mahatma Gandhi.
·
India has raised about $3.6
billion by selling a 10 percent stake in state-run Coal India Ltd in the
largest ever equity deals in the local market.
·
Shekhar Sen appointed as
the Chairman of Sangeet Natak Akademi.
31st Jan.
2015
·
India successfully
test-launched its longest range ballistic missile Agni-5 for the third time
offs the Odisha coast.
·
The 35th National Games
starts in Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala.
·
Serena Williams of USA
beats Maria Sharapova by 6-3, 7-6 (5) to win sixth Australian Open Women title.
·
Italy’s parliament has elected
constitutional court judge Sergio Mattarella as the country’s President.
·
India will be hosting the 2nd
International Indian Ocean Expedition (IIOE) in December 2015.
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