1. Micromax has appointed Vikas Thapar as its Vice-President for Finance.
Thapar was executive director at Avocado Management Services. He also has
worked with Bharti Airtel, One97 Communications (PayTm) and Morepen Laboratories.
2. World No. 4 Stanislas Wawrinka from Switzerland has won the 2016 ChennaiOpen title of tennis.
3. World No. 14 Milos Raonic from Canada has won the 2016 WTA Brisbane
International Tennis trophy in the men’s single category.
4. Noted Hindi writer and journalist Ravindra Kalia passed away in New Delhi after suffering from liver cirrhosis.
5. The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA’s) revamped planet-hunting Kepler spacecraft has discovered more than 100 planets orbiting other stars.
6. Flipkarthas appointed Binny Bansal as the Chief Executive Officer and Sachin Bansal as the Executive Chairman.
7. Gujarat Chief Minister Anandiben Patel on 10 January 2016 inaugurated the 28th edition of International Kite Festival at Sabarmati River front in Ahmedabad, Gujarat.
8. The 14th Pravasi Bharatiya Diwas (PBD) was held on 9 January 2016 in New Delhi.
9. Country’s largest oil marketing company Indian Oil on 11 Jan 2016 announced its partnership with logistics start-up firm Fortigo, aimed at providing technology based solutions to small truck owners.
10.Nepal has been elected to the UNICEF Executive Board, representing the group of Asia-Pacific countries for the term 2016-2018.
11. Economist Paul Kaba Thieba was named as the Prime Minister of Burkina Faso by the President Roch Marc Christian Kabore.
12. Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) successfully test fired the new Penetration-Cum Blast (PCB) and Thermobaric (TB) Ammunition tank at Chandipur, Odisha.
13. A 11-year-old Indian-origin girl in the UK has achieved the top possible score of 162 on a IQ test of Mensa, becoming one of the youngest brainiest students in the country
14. The ICC and MoneyGram International, a leading global provider of money transfer services, on 11 Jan 2016 announced an eight-year deal which confirms MoneyGram as an event partner for ICC events from 2016-2023.
15. Leonardo DiCaprio won the Golden Globe award for best dramatic actor in The Revenant on 11 Jan 2016.
16. Veteran poet Balkrishna Garg was honoured with the second edition of Harikrishna Devsare Baalsahitya Award 2015 for his collection of poems for children titled ‘Baal Geet’.
17. Maria Teresa de Filippis, the first woman to compete in a world championship Formula One grand prix, passed away on 8 January 2016 in Italy.
18. Hotspots by next fiscal: The Government is targeting to reach the 50-crore internet subscribers mark in the next 6-7 months, besides installing 2,500 Wi-Fi hotspots at 256 places by the next fiscal.
19. IT spending in the domestic market is expected to grow 13.5 per cent to Rs. 1.91 lakh crore this year.
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