Current Affairs January 2017

Current Affairs January 2017

• The new digital assistant introduced by Nokia for engineers and telecom operators is named
  Ans:- MIKA
• One of the most acclaimed scientists of India and architect of Indias first supercomputer and the founder Executive Director of C-DAC, who has been appointed as the new Chancellor of Nalanda University
  Ans:- Dr. Vijay Bhatkar
• The airport from which international cargo operations have re-commenced after a gap of about 13 years
  Ans:- Biju Patnaik International Airport, Bhubaneshwar
• The first military communications satellite launched by Japan from its Tanegashima Space Centre, on board H-2A rocket is named
  Ans:- Kirameki-2
• The Jamaican athlete who has been found guilty of doping in 2008 Beijing Olympics and has thus been deprived of gold medal for 4 x 100 relay alongwith his team mates (Usain Bolt, Asafa Powell & Michael Frater)
  Ans:- Nesta Carter
• The bank which has announced deployment of humanoid IRA - intelligent robotic assistant to help its branch staff in servicing customers in the next 2 years
  Ans:- HDFC Bank
• The theme of 7th National Voters Day observed on 25 January 2017
  Ans:- Empowering young and future events
• The country with which India has signed a deal to fill its Mangalore strategic oil storage facility
  Ans:- United Arab Emirates
• The place in Tamil Nadu where the worlds largest solar power plant (648-mw at a single location) has been dedicated to the nation by Adani Green Energy
  Ans:- Kamuthi, Ramanathapuram
• The new Prime Minister of Mauritius who took over following the resignation of Aneeroodh Jugnauth
  Ans:- Pravind Kumar Jugnauth
• The theme of the programme organised by Ministry of Women & Child Development on the occasion of National Girl Child Day on January 24, 2017
  Ans:- Beti Bachao, Beti Padhao
• The Urdu poet and lyricist who passed away on 22 January 2017
  Ans:- Naqsh Lyallpuri (Jaswant Rai Sharma)
• The Indian badminton player who has won the 2017 Malaysia Masters Grand Prix Gold defeating Pornpawee Chochuwong of Thailand in the finals
  Ans:- Saina Nehwal
• The European country which has legalized the use of drug marijuana for medical purposes allowing patients to buy the drug on medical prescription
  Ans:- Germany
• The public sector bank which has installed its ATM on Indias largest and latest aircraft carrier INS Vikramaditya
  Ans:- State Bank of India
• The country which has abolished visa-on-arrival facility for Indians with effect from 23 January 2017
  Ans:- Hong Kong
• The town in Kangra district of Himachal Pradesh which has been declared to be the States second capital
  Ans:- Dharamsala
• The team which has won the Pro Wrestling League season 2 title defeating Haryana Hammers in the finals
  Ans:- Punjab Royals
• The bollywood acress who has been awarded the Peoples Choice Favourite Dramatic TV Actress Award for her role in American drama series Quantico
  Ans:- Priyanka Chopra
• The island on Loktak lake of Manipur which has been declared Indias first cashless island by the Union Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology under its Digital India programme
  Ans:- Karang island
• The former captain of Indian cricket team who has been inducted into the Legends Club Hall of Fame
  Ans:- Kapil Dev
• The dedicated web portal for Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan launched by the Central Govt with an aim to capture and showcase innovations and progress in elementary education sector is named
  Ans:- ShaGun
• The State in which establishment of Indian Agricultural Research Institute has been approved by the Union Cabinet
  Ans:- Jharkhand (Gauria Karma village in Hazaribagh)
• The Indian scientist and black hole physicist, known as the Black Hole Man of India who passed away on 16 January 2017
  Ans:- C.V. Vishveshwara
• The US astronaut and the last man to walk on the moon (as on date) who passed away on 16 January 2017
  Ans:- Eugene Cernan
• The team which has won the 2017 Premier Badminton League badminton tournament defeating Mumbai Rockets in the finals
  Ans:- Chennai Smashers
• The team which has won the Ranji Trophy 2016-17 cricket tournament defeating the previous champions Mumbai in the finals
  Ans:- Gujarat
• The former Chief Minister of Punjab and also the former Governor of Tamil Nadu, Uttarakhand and Andhra Pradesh who passed away on 14 Jan 2017
  Ans:- Surjit Singh Barnala
• The month-long awareness programme launched by Govt of India for judicious utilization and conservation of petroleum products along with use of energy efficient appliances and switching to cleaner fuels is named
  Ans:- Saksham - 2017 (Sanrakshan Kshamta Mahotsav)
• The private airlines which has launched Akhiri Ahuti, a social service under which the airline would ferry free of cost the bodies of Northeast residents who die in Delhi to their homes
  Ans:- Indigo
• The CEO and Managing Director of TCS who has been chosen to be the new Chairman of Tata Sons from February 2017
  Ans:- N Chandrasekaran
• The second of Scorpene class submarines launched by Raksha Rajya Mantri Subhash Bhamre at Mazagon Dock Shipyard Limited (the first was named Kalveri)
  Ans:- Khanderi
• The place at which Ramayana Darshanam exhibition was inaugurated by the Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi through video conferencing on the occasion of birth anniversary of Swami Vivekananda
  Ans:- Kanyakumari
• The place at which National Youth Festival is being organised from 12th to 16th January with the theme Youth for Digital India
  Ans:- Rohtak
• The European country which has decided to completely replace its FM radio with Digital Audio Broadcasting by December 2017
  Ans:- Norway
• The European country which has become the first in the world to run all its trains on 100 percent wind power
  Ans:- Netherlands
• The city in which worlds first Gender Literature Festival is scheduled from 07 to 09 April 2017
  Ans:- Patna
• The nuclear capable missile test fired from a submarine by Pakistan in a step towards completing its nuclear triad (launch of nuclear weapons from land, air, and sea)
  Ans:- Babur-3
• The place at which Indias first international stock exchange “India International Exchange” has been set up by Bombay Stock Exchange
  Ans:- GIFT city, Gandhinagar
• The city in which a four-day Nobel Prize Exhibition titled The Nobel Prize: Ideas Changing the World was inaugurated by the Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi
  Ans:- Ahmedabad
• The venue of 20th National Conference on e-Governance to be held from 09 to 10 January 2017
  Ans:- Visakhapatnam
• The theme of New Delhi World Book Fair being held from 7th to 15th January 2017 at Pragati Maidan
  Ans:- Manushi
• The venue of 15th Pravasi Bhartiya Diwas Convention being held from 07 to 09 January 2017 with the theme Redefined Engagement with Indian Diaspora
  Ans:- Bengaluru
• The Sikh Guru whose 350th birth anniversary is being celebrated in January 2017
  Ans:- Guru Gobind Singh
• The renowned sitar player of Beenkar Gharana, recipient of Padma Shri (1970), Padma Bhushan (2006) who passed away on 04 jan 2017
  Ans:- Abdul Halim Jaffer Khan
• The country which has won the 2016 South Asian Football Federation (SAFF) Womens Championship defeating Bangladesh in the finals in Kanchenjunga Stadium, Siliguri
  Ans:- India
• The new Chief Justice of India
  Ans:- Justice Jagdish Singh Khehar
• The Bunkar Mitra helpline launched by the Central Govt for the assistance of handloom weavers of the country
  Ans:- 1800 208 9988
• The former Australian cricketer who has been inducted into ICC Cricket Hall of Fame
  Ans:- Arthur Morris
• The two new Hindi writers who have chosen for the Bhartiya Jnanpith Navlekhan Award 2016
  Ans:- Shraddha and Ghyansham Kumar Devansh
• The venue of 104th Indian Science Congress held from 03 Jan to 07 Jan 2017
  Ans:- Sri Venkateshwara University, Tirupati
• The new Secretary General of United Nations Organisation
  Ans:- Antonio Guterres
• The new Chairman of Chiefs of Staff Committee
  Ans:- Admiral Sunil Lanba
• The new Chief of Air Staff
  Ans:- Air Chief Marshall BS Dhanoa
• The new Chief of Army Staff
  Ans:- General Bipin Rawar
• 2017 has been declared by the United Nations as the International Year of
  Ans:- Sustainable Tourism for Development