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Cirb Gaurav : first cloned buffalo
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• The UK government
rejected demands for the reintroduction 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 13January 2016 amidst chanting of vedik hymns at
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Haridwar
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• Jharkhand government on
13 January 2016 decided to addthe 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 gaveassent to the Sugar Cess (Amendment) Bill,
2015, raisingthe ceiling of the impost from 25 rupees to
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200 rupees perquintal
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• The hero of 1971
Bangladesh Liberation War and formerGovernor 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 membershipof
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Mohammedan Sporting Club (Kolkata)
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• Bengalurubased activist
Subhashini Vasanth on 13January 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 cumSunrise Andhra
PradeshInvestment Summit was held at
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Vishakhapatnam,
AndhraPradesh
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• The US Congress has
stalled a planned sale of eight newfighter jets to Pakistan, although the
Obama administrationis still trying to undo the hold
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F16
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• Bihar government on 12
January 2016 decided to impose13.5 percent tax on luxury items to mop up
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additional revenue
for carrying development work
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• The operation which was
launched by the Border SecurityForce to contain infiltration from Pakistan
along theinternational border in Rajasthan
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Operation Cold
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• The state which was on 12
January 2016 declared as thefirst in the country to achieve 100 percent
primaryeducation
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Kerala
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• He edited the book titled
Jawaharlal Nehru and The IndianPolity in Perspective that was released by the
Vice Presidentof India Hamid Ansari on 12 January 2016 inThiruvananthapuram
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Dr P J Alexander
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• The Chinese multinational
computer technology companythat will launch a new smart phone in
collaboration withGoogle as part of its Project Tongo
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Lenovo
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• The city in which the 5 day
long 20th National YouthFestival was inaugurated on 12 January 2016
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Naya Raipur
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• The Hall of Fame
outfielder and former Negro Leaguesplayer who died on 11 January 2016 is
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Monte Irvin
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• An international team of
scientists led by Indian American devised a new method, galactoseismology ,
todetect dwarf galaxies dominated by dark matter
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SukanyaChakrabarti
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• Participants of the Conference of QuadrilateralCoordination
Group (QCG) on Afghan Peace and
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Reconciliation process that was held in Islamabad on 11January 2016 are
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Afghanistan, Pakistan, China and the US
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• The 1975 batch Indian
Administrative Service Officersworn in as the Chairman of Competition
Commission ofIndia (CCI)
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Devender Kumar Sikri
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• Union Railway Minister
Suresh Prabhakar Prabhu on 11January 2016 inaugurated implementation of
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E enabledTrack
Management System (TMS)
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• The Supreme Court on 12
January 2016 stayed the UnionGovernment’s notification lifting ban on
controversial bulltaming sport Jallikattu during the festival of
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Pongal in Tamil Nadu
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• The Rashtriya Ispat Nigam
Limited and the Andhra PradeshGovernment signed a Memorandum of Understanding
to
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invest 38500 crore rupees
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• Ashish Saraf was
appointed as the VicePresident Industry Development, Strategic Partnerships
and Offsetsof
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Airbus Group
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• Telangana became the
first Indian State to
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introduce compulsory
gender education at the graduate level
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• Scientists at Central
Institute for Research on Buffaloes in Hisar successfully produced a cloned
buffalo offspring,which is named as
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Cirb Gaurav
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• The legendary artist,
mostly known for his androgynousalter ego Ziggy Stardust, who passed away on
10 January2016 is
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David Bowie
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