DAILY CURRENT AFFAIRS:
20 JAN 2016
(Daily News India)
1. 33000
CRORE RUPEES SACTIONED BY UNION GOVERNMENT FOR INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS IN
TAMILNADU
i. Union Government sanctioned 33000
crore rupees for the development of infrastructure projects in Tamilnadu.
ii. The infrastructure projects include
construction of Rail-Over-Bridges, upgradation of state highways into National
Highways and major bridges in the state.
Union Road Transport,
Highways and Shipping Minister: Nitin Gadkari
2. PSLV-C31 SUCCESSFULLY
LAUNCHED IRNSS-1E SATELLITE
i. The Indian Space Research
Organisation successfully launched the Indian Regional Navigational Satellite System
1-E satellite.
ii. The satellite will provide
navigation, tracking and mapping services to the Indian sub continent.
iii. It is an independent regional
navigation satellite system designed to provide position information in the
Indian region and 1500 km around the Indian mainland.
3. INDIAN
DRIVER JEHAN DARUVALA WON LADY WIGRAM TROPHY MOTOR RACE
i. Sahara Force India Academy racer
Jehan Daruvala grabbed New Zealand's most prestigious event known as “The Lady
Wigram Trophy”
ii. It was his maiden victory in Formula
car racing.
4. INSEAD
LAUNCHED GLOBAL TALENT COMPETITIVENESS INDEX 2015-2016
i. INSEAD one of the world's leading
and largest graduate business schools launched the Global Talent
Competitiveness Index 2015-16.
ii. It was released in Switzerland during
the 46th annual summit of the World Economic Forum.
iii. The theme of the Index was Talent
Attraction and International Mobility.
iv. The index was topped by Switzerland
followed by Singapore, Luxembourg, USA and Denmark.
v. India slipped to rank 89 from 78th
this year.
5. SBI
OFFERS LOANS FOR WOMEN ENTREPRENEURS UNDER MUDRA SCHEME
i. A special loan scheme under Prime
Minister MUDRA Yojana has been launched for providing fund to need of women
entrepreneurs.
ii. State Bank of India will provide
loans to help women entrepreneurs in West Bengal who are engaged in various
handicraft activities.
iii. MUDRA scheme means Micro Units
Development and Refinance Agencis a new institution being set up by Government
of India for development and refinancing activities of micro units.
iv. The purpose of MUDRA is to provide
funding to the non corporate small business sector.
6.
WORLD’S OLDEST MAN DIES AT 112 IN JAPAN
i. The world’s oldest man Yasutaro
Koide died at the age of 112 in Japan.
ii. He died of heart failure and
pneumonia in Japan
iii. Earlier he said the key to
longevity is “To avoid overwork and live with joy”
