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Current Affairs January 2014 www.bankingawareness.com Corey Anderson broke Afridi’s record of fastest century in One Day International against West Indies on 1 January 2014. Mammen Mathew, the Chief Editor of Malayala Manorma has been chosen for prestigious journalism Lokmanya Tilak National Award. Chief of Army Staff Bikram Singh took Charge as Chiefs of Staff Committee Chairman. Southern Grid has been synchronously connected to the rest of the Grid of India to accomplish a mission of One Nation–One Grid–One Frequency. The festival of Losar is being celebrated across Ladakh region of Jammu and Kashmir with traditional and religious fervor. President gave his assent to the Lokpal Bill. The assented bill provides creation of an anti-graft watchdog even to the office of the Prime Minister. Latvia became the 18th member of the euro zone. Latvia gained its independence from the Soviet Union in 1991 and joined the European Union in 2004. Justice AK Ganguly resigned as honorary professor of National University of Juridical Sciences. Shri S.K. Sharma was appointed as Chairman and Managing Director of Bharat Electronics Limited (BEL). World Braille Day observed on 4 January. India has signed a credit agreement of 160 million dollar with World Bank. The agreement was signed for Rajasthan Road Sector Modernisation Project. Cristiano Ronaldo was awarded the Order of Prince Henry. Infosys Ltd appointed B. G. Srinivas and U.B. Pravin Rao as presidents of Infosys Ltd. India's Former Shooting Coach Tibor Gonczol died. India asked US Embassy not to screen movies at American Center without obtaining a licence. Raj Jain appointed as CEO of Bharti Retail. King of Bhutan, Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck and Queen Jetsun Pema Wangchuck will be on a five-day visit to India from 6-10 January 2014. ISRO successfully launched its heavy-duty rocket GSLV-D5 for placing communication satellite GSAT-14 into the orbit. Serena Williams won the Brisbane International Title 2014. Aditya Joshi became world no. 1 junior shuttler. Singer Phil Everly passed away in Burbank, California. Uday Kiran Telugu film actor died. R. Chandrashekhar was appointed as President of National Association of Software and Service www.bankingawareness.com – Visit Banking Awareness for daily updates, study materials on Bank exams.

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Corey Anderson broke Afridi’s record of fastest century in One Day International against West Indies on 1 January 2014.

Mammen Mathew, the Chief Editor of Malayala Manorma has been chosen for prestigious journalism

Lokmanya Tilak National Award.

Chief of Army Staff Bikram Singh took Charge as Chiefs of Staff Committee Chairman.

Southern Grid has been synchronously connected to the rest of the Grid of India to accomplish amission of One Nation–One Grid–One Frequency.

The festival of Losar is being celebrated across Ladakh region of Jammu and Kashmir with traditional

and religious fervor.

President gave his assent to the Lokpal Bill. The assented bill provides creation of an anti-graft

watchdog even to the office of the Prime Minister.

Latvia became the 18th member of the euro zone. Latvia gained its independence from the Soviet

Union in 1991 and joined the European Union in 2004.

Justice AK Ganguly resigned as honorary professor of National University of Juridical Sciences.

Shri S.K. Sharma was appointed as Chairman and Managing Director of Bharat Electronics Limited

(BEL).

World Braille Day observed on 4 January.

India has signed a credit agreement of 160 million dollar with World Bank. The agreement was signed

for Rajasthan Road Sector Modernisation Project.

Cristiano Ronaldo was awarded the Order of Prince Henry.

Infosys Ltd appointed B. G. Srinivas and U.B. Pravin Rao as presidents of Infosys Ltd.

India's Former Shooting Coach Tibor Gonczol died.

India asked US Embassy not to screen movies at American Center without obtaining a licence.

Raj Jain appointed as CEO of Bharti Retail.

King of Bhutan, Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck and Queen Jetsun Pema Wangchuck will be on a

five-day visit to India from 6-10 January 2014.

ISRO successfully launched its heavy-duty rocket GSLV-D5 for placing communication satellite GSAT-14 into the orbit.

Serena Williams won the Brisbane International Title 2014.

Aditya Joshi became world no. 1 junior shuttler.

Singer Phil Everly passed away in Burbank, California.

Uday Kiran Telugu film actor died.

R. Chandrashekhar was appointed as President of National Association of Software and Service

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Companies (NASSCOM) on 4 January 2014.

India defeated Pakistan to win 2014 Under-19 Asia Cup in the final match played at Sharjah cricket Stadium in Abu Dhabi on 4 January 2014.

Mahesh Mangaonkar began the New Year in the same way he ended 2013 by defeating Greg Lobban to

win PSA Tour title at the Open du Gard.

Former Supreme Court Judge, Justice A K Ganguly has resigned as the Chairman of the West Bengal

Human Rights Commission (WBHRC).

Portugal’s former footballer Eusébio died.

Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has allowed the Indian companies to issue non-convertible or redeemable preference shares or debentures to non-resident shareholders as bonus.

Munish Sharda appointed as the Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of private insurer

Future Generali India Life Insurance.

US Senate has confirmed the name of Janet Yellen as the first woman to lead the US Federal Reserve.

Prithvi II, the Nuclear capable Surface-to-Surface missile, successfully test-fired.

RBI panel has suggested to set-up specialized banks to cater to the low income households to cater to every citizen have a bank account by 2016.

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) selected the Clearing Corporation of India Ltd (CCIL) as legal entity identifiers (LEIs) on 6 January 2014.

Reserve Bank of India has allowed the Non-Banking Financial Companies (NBFCs) to lend up to 75 percent of the value of gold.

Facebook acquired Bengaluru-based Little Eye Labs for 90 crore rupees on 7 January 2014.

Seventh Global Insurance Summit was held at Hyderabad in Andhra Pradesh on 8 January 2014.

Dr. Ambedkar National Merit Awards conferred by Kumari Selja.

SEBI has made it compulsory for all investments into Collective Investment Scheme funds to be made

through banking channels and not in cash.

Kelkar panel submitted report to Union Oil Ministry on January 8, 2014.

Election Commission decided to call off the tie with Google for registering the new voters.

Reserve Bank of India relaxed Foreign Direct Investment rules.

Ali Larayedh, the Prime Minister of Tunisia resigned.

Pranab Mukherjee conferred the Pravasi Bhartiya Samman Awards to thirteen NRIs, PIOs and

organizations for their outstanding contribution.

Ministry of Environment and Forest cleared the Tawang-II hydro project in Arunachal Pradesh.

The Union Cabinet approved the introduction of the National Youth Policy, 2014 (NYP, 2014) on 9

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January 2014.

World Hindi Day observed on 10 January.

Bank of Japan and RBI concluded an agreement to raise BSA to 50 billion dollar.

ONGC Men & Chhattisgarh Women won Federation Cup National Basketball Championship.

Gorakhpur railway station entered Limca Book of Records as world’s longest platform.

The 151st birth anniversary of Swami Vivekananda was celebrated on 12 January 2014.

Israel’s Former Prime Minister Ariel Sharon died.

Louis Oosthuizen retained the Volvo Golf Champions title.

Sheikh Hasina along with her Cabinet of 49 Ministers was sworn-in before President Abdul Hamid on

12 January 2014.

Sanil Shetty and Ankita Das won their maiden men’s and women’s singles championship on 12 January

2014.

P.K.Goyal, Director of Indian Oil Corporation (IOC) was awarded the Best CFO Award on 12 January

2014.

The President of India Pranab Mukherjee inaugurated Andaman and Nicobar Tribal Research and Training Institute at Port Blair on 12 January 2014.

Cristiano Ranaldo awarded FIFA Ballon d’Or award 2013.

NABARD has reduced the refinance rates for the banks and other lending agencies by 0.20 percent to

promote rural credit and rural infrastructure.

Pranab Mukherjee presented the Sunil Gangopadhyay Memorial Award of 2012 and 2013 to

Nirendranath Chakraborty and Sankha Ghosh, respectively.

SC has directed the Government to place the report of Justice Shah Commission on illegal mining in

Odisha and Jharkhand to it by 27 January 2014.

Anju Bobby George declared winner of World Athletics Final, 2005 held in Monte Carlo.

World Bank in its Global Economic Prospects Report forecasted that economy of India will growby just 6 percent in 2014-15.

British PM ordered enquiry into Thatcher’s role in Operation Bluestar.

Jimmy Walker of the US won the Sony Open golf tournament held in Hawaii on 13 January 2014.

Famous Marathi writer and Social activist, Namdeo Dhasal died in Mumbai.

NASA discovered potentially hazardous asteroid 2013 YP139.

Tamil Nadu government has sanctioned 1.75 crore rupees towards conducting two world level events

in Chennai.

Sirajuddin Qureshi elected as the President of The Indian Islamic Cultural Centre (IICC).

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Coal India Ltd (CIL) board declared a dividend of 290 percent to its shareholders for the financial year

2013-14 on 14 January 2014.

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) included Hong Kong and Macau in the sensitive list.

Defence Ministry has justified its decision to scrap INS Vikrant to High Court of Mumbai as it has

completed its operational life.

66th Army Day was observed on 15 January in recognition of General KM Carippa who became first

Commander-in-Chief of the independent India.

Taiwanese poet Yushi was awarded the Thiruvalluvar award on Thiruvalluvar Day.

Abhijeet Gupta won his second Parsvanth International Grandmasters chess tournament on 16

January 2014.

Garry Kenneth Toomey, CEO of Jet Airways was resigned.

A team of archaeologist has discovered a tomb of the unknown Pharaonic king of dated back to about

1650 BC.

Famous Bengali actress Suchitra Sen died in Kolkota on 17 January 2014. She was 82.

IIFCL signed an agreement with the K-EXIM for infrastructure finance and covers cooperation and

investment financing related to infrastructure.

Reserve Bank of India (RBI) issued new 5 rupees and 10 rupees coins bearing images of Goddess Vaishno Devi.

Sunanda Pushkar was found dead in a five-star hotel room, which police believe is a case of suicide.

Vice President of India, Hamid Ansari released a book entitled Sangharsh ke safar ka nayak Mulayam written by Omveer Tomar on 17 January 2014.

RBI has allowed foreign investors to buy shares of South Indian Bank as foreign shareholding in the

bank has gone below the prescribed limit.

Hery Rajaonarimampianina declared as the new President of Madagascar following the result of

elections conducted with an aim to restore democracy.

Netherlands won the Hero Hockey World League Final by defeating New Zealand 7-2 at Major Dhyan

Chand National Stadium in New Delhi.

Lewis Clarke youngest person to reach South Pole.

Abhishikta S Shetty of Karnataka won Miss South India Pageant Title.

Christopher Chataway, former 5000 meter world record holder Olympian died.

Cyrus Mistry won the DSC prize 2014 for South Asian literature for his book Chronicles of a Corpse

Bearer.

India has test-fired nuclear-capable surface-to-surface Agni-IV missile with a range of 4000 kilometer

from Wheeler Island of Odisha.

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Wal-Mart registered a new Company called Wal-Mart India Private Ltd in India.

RBI Deputy Governor, Anand Sinha retired on 20 January 2014 and his portfolio has been allocated to other three Deputy Governors.

RBI has constituted an Expert Committee to Review Governance of Boards in India, which will be

chaired by PJ Nayak, former Chairman and CEO of Axis Bank.

Aruna Bahuguna first woman to be appointed chief of National Police Academy.

Google acquired Bengaluru based Impermium for 9 million dollar on 20 January 2014.

Climate change theatre opened at Pushpa Gujral Science City in Kapurthala, Punjab.

RBI panel suggested that a new consumer price index should be adopted. It has set an inflation target at 4 percent, with a band of (+/-) 2 percent.

Uttarakhand Assembly during a special session passed new Lokayukta Bill. It has replaced the

Uttarakhand Lokayukta Act passed by BJP government.

The Gross Domestic Product (GDP) of China decelerated to 7.7 percent in 2013-14.

Union Government approved Capacity Building Scheme and Rajiv Gandhi Institute for Climate Change.

Legendary actor Akkineni Nageswara Rao died at the age of 91 in Hyderabad.

CCEA approved sale of the Government’s residual stakes of Hindustan Zinc worth 16500 crore rupees.

Government holds 29.5% stakes of the company.

Ratings and Research firm CRISIL released its Indian Economic Forecast for 2014-15 on 21 January 2014.

Sudhir Mahato, the former Deputy Chief Minister of Jharkhand died.

India-born Prof A J Paulraj won 2014 Marconi Prize.

World Economic Outlook of IMF projected India’s Economic Growth at 4.5 percent for 2013-14.

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has decided to withdraw all currency notes issued prior to 2005 from circulation on 21 January 2014.

OCA recognized Russian martial art Sambo and is now a part of Asian Games.

Cumbria University of UK became the first public university to accept fees in Bitcoin.

Professor Rakesh Khurana of Indian origin appointed as Dean of Harvard College.

Shane Warne to mentor Australia's spinners for World T20 Tournament.

USA allowed the Sikh military men to wear turbans, head scarfs and other religious clothing with their

uniform.

India Women Cricket team won one day series against Sri Lanka 3-0.

Dr. Tej Vir Singh from Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh won the 2013 UNWTO Ulysses Prize on 22 January

2014.

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Richard Quest won 2013 UNWTO Lifetime Achievement Award.

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) issued guidelines for loans restructured by non-banking finance companies (NBFCs) on 23 January 2014.

Stanislas Wawrinka won the Australian Open men’s singles title by defeating Rafael Nadal 6-3, 6-2, 3-6,

6-3 in Melbourne.

Churchill Brothers beat Sporting Club de Goa to lift the 35th Football Federation Cup.

Pitroda Committee submit report to Information and Broadcasting Ministry.

National Girl Child Day observed on 24 January.

The Aviation Ministry removed V.P.Agrawal as chairman of the state-run Airports Authority of India

(AAI) on 24 January 2014.

State Bank of India launched its channel on Youtube on 24 January 2014.

MS Dhoni became the first captain to be involved in four tied ODI matches, while playing third match

against New Zealand in Auckland.

H C Meena appointed as the Secretary Security in the Cabinet Secretariat on 24 January 2014.

Rapper-turned-actress Queen Latifah won the 2014 Matrix Award on 25 January 2014.

The Election Commission of India celebrated the 4th National Voters Day across the country on 25 January 2014.

Karl Slym, MD of Tata Motors died after falling from hotel building in Bangkok, where he was to attend

board meet of Tata Motors Thailand Limited.

The Union Government of India on the eve of the 65th Republic Day function announced the Padma

Awards 2014.

Dhruva-3 indigenous High Performance Computing System inaugurated.

The Environmental Performance Index (EPI) 2014 was released on 25 January 2014.

PAN allotment procedure will undergo a change from 3 February 2014 and will ask for self-

attested copies of POI, POA and DOB documents.

India has won the basketball gold in the men’s section at the Lusofonia Games by defeating Angola 77-

70 in Goa.

Saina Nehwal won the Syed Modi International India Grand Prix title 2014.

RBI raised the Repo rate under LAF by 25 basis points from 7.75% to 8% and kept the CRR of scheduled banks unchanged at 4% of NDTL.

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (USFDA) banned the import of products from Ranbaxy’s

Toansa plant in Punjab, India on 27 January 2014.

Gen Fattah al-Sisi has promoted to the rank of Field Marshal (highest in the military), who ousted the

Islamist President, Mohammed Morsi.

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Civil Aviation Ministry decided to remove restrictions on flights of Airbus A-380 to India on 27 January

2014. Raymond Weil, the pioneer of Swiss watch died.

India Post announced to install as many as 3000 Automated Teller Machine (ATM) and 1.35 lakh micro-ATMs by September 2015 on 27 January 2014.

Salman Khurshid held a bilateral meeting with John Kerry US Secretary on the sidelines of Geneva II

meet on Syria in Montreux.

India and Japan inked MoUs to strengthen cooperation in tourism and power generation.

CBDT issued order that exempts medal winning sportsperson at Olympics, Commonwealth and Asian

Games from payment of Income Tax on cash rewards.

Pete Seeger, the singer, folk-song collector and songwriter died at Presbyterian Hospital in New York on 27 January 2014.

World’s first 3D-printer Objet500 Connex3 was launched on 28 January 2014.

National Waqf Development Corporation Limited inaugurated by Prime Minister.

Ukraine’s Prime Minister Mykola Azarov resigned on 28 January 2014.

Uttar Pradesh government launched Samajwadi Pension Yojana on 28 January 2014.

Google purchased the British artificial intelligence company DeepMind Technologies.

Ulises Estrada, the Cuban Revolutionary and associate of Che Guevara died.

Gopal Vittal has been designed as MD& CEO of India and South Asia including Srilanka and

Bangladesh.

First cantilever bridge of India, Pamban Railway Bridge, completed its 100 years.

The National Rural Livelihoods Mission and the Digital Green, a Microsoft Research Project signed a

memorandum of understanding.

Anand Kumar, founder of Super30 classes was conferred with 2014 Ramanujan Mathematics Award at

the Eighth National Mathematics Convention in Rajkot.

Manoj Kohli appointed as MD&CEO of non telecom business of Bharti Enterprises.

ICC approved introduction of International Women’s Championship.

Hero MotoCorp unveiled a 150cc hybrid diesel concept motorcycle RNT on 29 January 2014.

The Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) announced Indian rupee as a legal tender on 29 January 2014.

Six Public Sector Units (PSUs) signed memorandum of understanding to set up World’s largest 4000

MW ultra solar power project.

Ajoy Misra elevated as the CEO and MD of Tata Global Beverages Limited.

Arun Gupta appointed as CMD of Shipping Corporation of India.

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India and Fiji signed DTAA for avoidance of double taxation and prevention of fiscal evasion with

respect to taxes on income.

Kathy Cross became the first woman to be appointed in an ICC umpires panel as an Associate and Affiliate panel of International umpires.

Sumit Malik winner of 400m gold in men’s 400m race of Lusofonia Games has been stripped off from

his medal for violating anti-doping rules.

New technocratic government of Tunisia headed by Prime Minister Mehdi Jomaa was sworn in and

replaced the Islamist-led administration of the country.

Chief Minister of Uttarakhand, Vijay Bahuguna submitted his resignation to the Governor of the state.

Agriculture Ministry issued guidelines on National Mission on Oil seeds and Oil Palm.

Heena Sandhu 10 m Air Pistol score recognized as World record.

Union Cabinet approved amendments in the Central List of OBCs in 13 states and three Union

Territories as per advices received from the NCBC.

Cabinet approved Amendments to the Mental Health Care Bill.

India and the Netherlands signed an MOU in field of Sports for exchange of knowledge and experience

in the fields of sports management and others.

India overtook Japan to become the third largest crude oil importer in the World.

The Union Government decided to amend the rules governing IAS, IPS and Indian Forest Service (IFoS)

officers 30 January 2014.

Union Government raised the quota of subsidised LPG cylinders to 12 cylinders per household in a year on 30 January 2014.

India lost the fifth and final cricket ODI series of 5 matches against New Zealand by 87 runs in Westpac

Stadium at Wellington.

Organisers of Oscars withdrew the song Alone Yet Not Alone from the Best Song Nomination category

on 30 January 2014.

Allahabad High Court ordered CBI probe into alleged misappropriation of MGNREGA funds.

Economic growth for 2012-13 lowered to 4.5 percent from 5 percent estimated earlier.

India launched a Gandhi Portal named Search for Gandhi in London on 31 January 2014.

Federal Aviation Administration of the US downgraded the safety ratings of Indian aviation on 31

January 2014 from top to the second category.

Cabinet approved second Phase of Bangalore Metro Rail Project.

China marked arrival of its Year of the Horse, which is celebrated across the world by Chinese people on 31 January 2014 as the Lunar New Year.

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Person Appointed

• S.K.Sharma appointed Chairman and Managing Director of BEL

• Pradhyuman Singh appointed as pro-tem speaker of 14th Rajasthan Assembly

• Raj Jain appointed as CEO of Bharti Retail

• Infosys Ltd appointed B. G. Srinivas and U.B. Pravin Rao as presidents of Infosys Ltd

• R.Chandrashekhar appointed the President of NASSCOM

• US Senate confirmed Janet Yellen as next Chairperson of Federal Reserve

• Munish Sharda appointed as MD and CEO of Future Generali Life

• Uninor appointed Morten Sorby as new CEO

• Sirajuddin Qureshi elected as the President the Indian Islamic Cultural Centre (IICC).

• Jamila Bayaz, first women to be appointed police chief of Kabul province

• Catherline Samba-Panza, Mayor of Bangui elected CAR’s Interim President

• Aruna Bahuguna first woman to be appointed chief of National Police Academy

• Kailash Meghwal elected as the Speaker of Rajasthan Assembly

• Professor Rakesh Khurana of Indian origin appointed as Dean of Harvard College

• Egypt's Army Chief Fattah al-Sisi promoted to Field Marshal

• Gopal vittal appointed as MD&CEO of Bharti Airtel

• Manoj Kohli appointed as MD&CEO of non telecom businesses of Bharti Enterprises

• Ajoy Misra elevated as the CEO and MD of Tata Global Beverages Limited

• Arun Gupta appointed as CMD of Shipping Corporation of India.

Summit• ASSOCHAM organized Seventh Global Insurance Summit at Hyderabad.

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Obituary

• India's Former Shooting Coach Tibor Gonczol died

• Uday Kiran Telugu film actor died

• Singer Phil Everly died at age 74

• Portugal’s former footballer Eusébio died

• Vishwanath Ramachandra, the former Ranji Trophy cricketer of Mumbai died

• Israel’s Former Prime Minister Ariel Sharon died

• Famous Marathi writer Namdeo Dhasal died

• Famous Bengali Actress Suchitra Sen died

• Syedna Mohammed Burhanuddin spiritual leader of Dawoodi Bohra community died

• Christopher Chataway, former 5000 meter world record holder Olympian died

• Sudhir Mahato, the former Deputy Chief Minister of Jharkhand died

• Karl Slym, MD of Tata Motors died after falling from hotel building in Bangkok

• Raymond Weil, the pioneer of Swiss watch died

• Pete Seeger, Songwriter and Champion of Folk Music, Died

• Ulises Estrada, the Cuban Revolutionary and associate of Che Guevara died.

Person Resigned• Justice AK Ganguly resigned as honorary professor of National University of Juridical

Sciences

• Justice A K Ganguly resigned as chairman of WBHRC

• Garry Kenneth Toomey resigned from Jet Airways

• Aviation ministry removed V.P.Agrawal from position of AAI chairman

• Ukraine Prime Minister Mykola Azarov resigned

• Vijay Bahuguna, the Chief Minister of Uttrakhand resigned.

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Person to Visit

• King of Bhutan, Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck and Queen Jetsun Pema Wangchuck visited India from 6-10 January 2014.

• President of the Republic of Korea Mme. Park Geun-hye visited India from January 15-18,2014.

• Salman Khurshid held a bilateral meeting with John Kerry US Secretary on the sidelines of Geneva II meet on Syria in Montreux.

• Prime Minister of Japan Shinzo Abe visited India between 25-27 January, 2014. He was the Chief Guest at India’s Republic Day celebrations.

Person in News• Chief of Army Staff Bikram Singh took Charge as Chiefs of Staff Committee Chairman.

• MPs voted Iron lady Margaret Thatcher as the best UK Prime Minister in survey.

• MS Dhir elected as Speaker of Delhi Assembly.

• Anand Sinha, the Deputy Governor of RBI retired.

• Dr. Tej Vir Singh won the UNWTO Ulysses Prize.

• Richard Quest won 2013 UNWTO Lifetime Achievement Award.

Awards• Cristiano Ronaldo was awarded the Order of Prince Henry

• Dr. Ambedkar National Merit Awards conferred by Kumari Selja

• Andhra Pradesh bagged Oil and Gas Conservation Award, 2013.

• P.K.Goyal won Best CFO Award

• Pranab Mukherjee presented the Sunil Gangopadhyay Memorial Award of 2012 and 2013 to Nirendranath Chakraborty and Sankha Ghosh, respectively.

• Deepika Padukone won the Best Actress award and Farhan Akhtar won the Best Actor Award at the 20th Screen Awards.

• Yushi, Taiwanese poet awarded Thiruvalluvar award

• Abhishikta S Shetty of Karnataka won Miss South India Pageant Title

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• Cristiano Ranaldo awarded FIFA Ballon d’Or award 2013.

• Cyrus Mistry won the DSC prize 2014

• India-born Prof A J Paulraj won 2014 Marconi Prize

• Ela Gandhi honoured with Amadelkufa in South Africa

• National Communal Harmony Awards 2013 won by Centre for Study of Society and

Secularism

• Queen Latifah won 2014 Matrix Award

• Anand Kumar, the founder of Super30 got Ramanujan Mathematics award.

Winner of 59th Filmfare Awards 2014• Best Film - Bhaag Milkha Bhaag

• Best Director-Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra – Bhaag Milkha Bhaag

• Best Actor- Farhan Akhtar – Bhaag Milkha Bhaag

• Best Actress-Deepika Padukone – Goliyon Ki Raasleela Ram-Leela

• Best Supporting Actor-Nawazuddin Siddiqui – The Lunchbox

• Best Supporting Actress-Supriya Pathak Kapur – Goliyon Ki Raasleela Ram-Leela

• Best Male Debut-Dhanush – Raanjhanaa

• Best Female Debut-Vaani Kapoor – Shuddh Desi Romance

• Best Music Director-Ankit Tiwari, Mithoon and Jeet Ganguly – Aashiqui 2

• Best Lyricist-Prasoon Joshi - "Zinda" - Bhaag Milkha Bhaag

• Best Playback Singer – Male-Arijit Singh – "Tum Hi Ho" – Aashiqui 2

• Best Playback Singer – Female-Monali Thakur – "Sawaar Loon" – Lootera

• Critics' Choice Best Movie (Best Director)-The Lunchbox (Ritesh Batra)

• Critics' Choice Best Actor-Rajkummar Rao– Shahid

• Critics' Choice Best Actress-Shilpa Shukla– B.A. Pass

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Important Days• January 1 Army Medical Corps Establishment Day

• January 8 African National Congress Foundation Day

• January 10 World Laughter Day

• January 9 Pravasi Bharatiya Divas

• January 11 Death anniversary of Lal Bahadur Shastri

• January 12 National youth Day (Birth Day of Swami Vivekanand)

• January 15 Army Day

• January 23 Netaji Subhashchandra Bose's birth anniversary

• January 25 International Customs Duty Day, India Tourism Day, Indian Voter Day

• January 26 Republic Day

• January 28 Birth anniversary of Lala Lajpat Rai

• January 30 (Martyr's day) Mahatma Gandhi's Martyrdom Day; World Leprosy Eradication Day

• January 31 World Leprosy Eradication Day.

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