Lieutenant General JFR Jacob
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• The multilateral agency that released the
publication titled World Development Report 2016: Digital Dividends
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World
Bank
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• To develop Neeranchal National Watershed
Project, the Government of India signed a loan agreement with
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World Bank
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• She won the Times Now Amazing Indians
Awards 2016 in the ‘Energising India’ Category on 14 January 2016
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Mathews K Mathew
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• He was the fourth Indian to be awarded with
Lee Kuan Yew Exchange Fellowship for his contribution in development and
international harmony on 13c January 2016
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Madhya
Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Chouhan
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• Union Minister of State for Railways Manoj
Sinha on 13 January 2016 received the first broad-gauge train on trial run
between
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Badarpur-Kumarghar-Agartala section at
Agartala
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• For speedy trial of cases relating to
witchcraft incidents, the Jharkhand Government on 13 January 2016 decided to
set up fast track courts in five districts, namely
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Ranchi, Chaibasa, Khunti, Palamau and Simdega
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• Famous stage actor Brian Bedford who passed
away on 13 January 2016 is known for
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acting in and directing Shakespeare
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• The sports personality who was presented
with the Danny Kaye Humanitarian Leadership Award at the sixth biennial
UNICEF Ball is
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David
Beckham
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• The FIFA Emergency Committee on 9 January
2016 decided to dismiss Jerome Valcke from the position of
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FIFA
Secretary General
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• President Pranab Mukherjee on 8 January
2016 gave his assent to the Sugar Cess (Amendment) Bill, 2015, which has
amended the
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Sugar
Cess Act, 1982
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• The UK government rejected demands for the
re-introduction of the post-study work visa that was popular between Indian
and other overseas students from outside
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the European Union (EU)
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• The Ardh Kumbh mela was formally
inaugurated on 13 January 2016 amidst chanting of vedik hymns at
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Haridwar
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• Jharkhand government on 13 January 2016
decided to add the ongoing crisis of drinking water in the list of
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special local disasters of the State
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• President Pranab Mukherjee on 13 January
2016 gave assent to the Sugar Cess (Amendment) Bill, 2015, raising the
ceiling of the impost from 25 rupees to
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200
rupees per quintal
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• The hero of 1971 Bangladesh Liberation War
and former Governor of Goa and Punjab, died on 13 January 2015
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Lieutenant General JFR Jacob
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• Amitabh Bachchan was bestowed honorary life
membership of
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Mohammedan Sporting Club (Kolkata)
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• Bengaluru-based activist Subhashini Vasanth
on 13 January 2016 was honoured with
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Neerja
Bhanot Award
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• Edward Monser, President of Emerson, and
Punit Renjen, CEO of Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu Limited (Deloitte Global) on 12
January 2016 were appointed as the Vice Chairs of
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U.S.-India Business Council
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• The 22nd edition of Confederate of Indian
Industry (CII) Partnership Summit -cum-Sunrise Andhra Pradesh Investment
Summit was held at
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Vishakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh
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• The US Congress has stalled a planned sale
of eight new fighter jets to Pakistan, although the Obama administration is
still trying to undo the hold
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F-16
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