Current Affairs - 12 January 2016

National Youth Day observed on 12 January to mark birth anniversary of Swami Vivekananda

The day is celebrated annually since 12 January 1985 to mark the birth anniversary of Swami Vivekananda, whose ideals and teachings influenced the youth for generations.

Illumina, Bill Gates & Jeff Bezos launched startup GRAIL to develop blood-based cancer tests

The test, which is also called as liquid biopsy, will use high-speed DNA sequencing machines to scour a person’s blood for fragments of DNA released by cancer cells.

Binny Bansal appointed as CEO of Flipkart

Sachin Bansal, who has been the CEO since inception, will now take on the newly-created role of Executive Chairman.

Union Railway Ministry inaugurated implementation of E-enabled Track Management System

Union Railway Minister Suresh Prabhakar Prabhu inaugurated implementation of E-enabled Track Management System (TMS)and Mobile Application of TMS on Indian Railway at Rail Bhawan in New Delhi.

Supreme Court suggested Parliament to enact separate law for child rape

The court suggested for a separate law to award more severe punishment for those who commit child rape.

Ashish Saraf appointed as Airbus Group’s vice president

Saraf will look over the Group's existing Make in India initiatives and conceive new ones for all the businesses of Airbus Group India with the aim to increase their industrial footprint in the country.

Telangana became first State to make gender education compulsory at graduate level

To introduce compulsory gender education at the graduate level, the state in second week of January 2016 introduced a bilingual textbook titled, Towards a World of Equals.

Union Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu flagged off Lokmanya Tilak-Kazipet Anandwan Express

Union Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu flagged off a new train service 22127/22128 Lokmanya Tilak(T)-Kazipet Anandwan Express by remote flagging from Rail Bhawan.

Union Government unveiled measures to improve road safety

The measures are aimed at reducing number of  road accidents by half by 2019.

CIRB became India's second centre to produce a cloned buffalo

With this achievement, CIRB became world’s third and India’s second institute to produce cloned buffalo.

Devender Kumar Sikri took oath as the Chairman of Competition Commission of India

Devender Kumar Sikri sworn in as the Chairman of Competition Commission of India (CCI). His oath to the office was administered by Union Finance Minister Aurn Jaitley.

Kullu’s Nati folk dance entered Guinness Book of World Records

The fete was achieved during the mega Kullu Nati, phrased as Pride of Kullu, which was conducted during the Kullu Dussehra on 26 October 2016.

Lionel Messi won Ballon d'Or award 2015

Real Madrid's Cristiano Ronaldo was second with 27.76 percent votes, while his Barcelona team-mate Neymar stood at the third position with 7.86 percent votes.

Legendary artist David Bowie passed away

Bowie was a legendary singer-songwriter and producer who excelled at glam rock, art rock, soul, hard rock, dance pop, punk and electronica.

RINL inked MoU with Andhra Pradesh Government for investment of 38500 crore rupees

The deal was signed during the 22nd CII Partnership Summit & 1st Sunrise AP Investment Meet, which is being held in Visakhapatnam.

China began testing first Tibetan language search engine Cloud Tibet

The search engine is expected to be released in the second half of 2016 and would serve around 1.2 million users.

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