1. The Delhi Police has entered the Limca Book of Records on
January 2, 2016, for solving a robbery case in November 2015. As per reports,
this is the biggest case of cash recovery in the country's crime history.
2. RBI has imposed a penalty of Rs. One Crore on State Bank of
Travancore because of violation of some of RBI's instructions including
violation of instructions of Central Repository of Information on Large Credits
(CRILC).
3. India-Nepal friendship bus service resumes after gap of 27
years
4. Pranav Dhanawade, who has broken a century-old cricketing
record on Monday, became the first batsman to score 1000-plus runs in an
innings in any form of cricket. Batting against Arya Gurukul School in a
Bhandari Cup match, Pranav reached 1000 runs in just 323 balls on Tuesday.
5. Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated the 103 Indian
Science Congress in Mysore, Karnataka. The event is being held at the
University of Mysore
6. Elements 113, 115, 117 and 118 will now be added to the
table’s seventh row and make it complete, after they were verified by the
International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry
7. LIC is offering a ‘New Year gift’ to the public in the form
of a limited-premium, non- linked and with-profit endowment assurance plan
‘Jeevan Labh’ from 04 Jan 2016.
8. The Indian Army has successfully completed user-.assisted
trials of Pinaka II, a.multi-barrel rocket launcher (MBRL) system, at Pokhran
field firing range in Rajasthan, India.
9. British writer Kate Atkinson on 4 January 2016 won the
novel-of-the-year prize at Britain’s Costa Book Awards 2015 for the second time
in three years.
10. Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) on 3 January 2015 won
the 26th Lal Bahadur Shastri Hockey tournament.
11. The Ministry of Shipping is all set to launch the River
Information System (RIS) for the inland waterways in India. The information
system aims to improve the navigational capability in the inland waterways, as
the central government is ready to expand the river network across the country
under the provisions of the National Waterways Bill, 2015.
12. Filippo Grandi, a UN official who has worked in refugee and
political affairs in the Middle East, Africa, and Asia, began his five-year
term as UN High Commissioner for Refugees on January 1, succeeding António
Guterres whose more than 10 years in office ended last week
13. Department of Posts on 1 January 2016 formed a one-man
committee to study issues related to Gramin Dak Sevaks including wage structure
and service conditions. The panel will be headed by Kamlesh Chandra.
14. Nokia completed acquisition of Alca-Lucent for 15.6 billion
euro
15. LinkedIn names Akshay Kothari as India Country Manager
16. Former Chief Justice of India Sarosh Homi Kapadia died
17. The UP Government is organizing its first “UP Pravasi Divas”
in Agra , as an initiative to further the continuing dialogue with NRI’s.
18. Paytm, a mobile payment and commerce platform has acquired
Shifu, a context-aware personal assistant application.
19. Automotive Research Association of India (ARAI) has joined
hands with the Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre (VSSC) to develop a battery for
passenger cars using technology.
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