4&5-January -2015 Current Affairs

1. Andy Murray won the ATP World Tennis Championship at Zayed Sports City in Abu Dhabi. He won the title after the world number one Novak Djokovic withdrew from the final match citing illness.

2. Union Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports recognised Boxing India (BI) as the governing body for representing boxing in India.

3. Union Sports Ministry has recommended badminton player Saina Nehwal’s name for Padma Bhushan award. As per Sports ministry, recommending her name is a special case.



4. Industrial Credit and Investment Corporation of India (ICICI) Bank has launched its own version of Digital Village Projectby adopting entire Akodara Village in Sabarkantha district of Gujarat

5. United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has decided to prepare a Tea Atlas in India’s North Eastern State Assam. This atlas seeks to create a comprehensive database of the tea gardens and socio-economic condition of its workers in state.

6. Kiran Bhai Vadodaria was elected as President of the Indian Newspaper Society (INS) for 2014-15

7. The former International Olympic Committee (IOC) member and Vice President He Zhenliang died in Beijing following a brief illness.

8. Freedom fighter and National Flag designer Pingali Venkayya was honoured by naming All India Radio(AIR) Vijayawada (in Andhra Pradesh) building .

9. International Hindi Conference-2015  will be hosted by New Jersey, United States in April 2015.Theme of 2015 edition of this conference is Expanding World of Hindi: Possibilities and Challenges.

10. Specialty chemicals firm SRF Limited acquired the pharmaceutical propellant business brand Dymel of American chemical firm DuPont for 20 million US dollars.

11. Bharat Forge Limited (BFL) acquired France-based Company Mecanique Generale Langroise (MGL) for nearly 90 crore rupees.

12. Veteran Gujarati actor Upendra Jethalal Trivedi passed away in Mumbai .

13. Edward Brooke, the first elected black US senator passed away. He was 95.He belonged to US’s Republican Party.

14. Senior Scientist and former Chairman of ISRO Vasant Ranchhod Gowarikar died after a brief illness in Pune
15.Popular Telugu actor Adusumilli Janardan Vara Prasad aka Ahuti Prasad, who has been not keeping off late passed away .

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