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A. I NTERNATIONAL
1. US on 31
s t
Jan 14 warned Chi na agai nst any move t o
decl are a New Ai r Def ense I dent i f i cat i on Zone ADI Z
over sout h Chi na Sea
2. Japan says t hat Chi na i s prepari ng t he announcement
about anot her Def ense Zone i n t he area of Sout h Chi na
Sea whi ch dri ves t he t erri t ori al di sput es among t he
Nei ghbori ng count ri es.
3. Mari e Harf i s t he Deput y Speaks woman of st at e Dept
4. I ndi a on 30
t h
Jan 2014 pl edged t he Nepal t o grant
assi st ance of 44. 1 mi l l i on rupees f or t he const ruct i on
of Nepal Academy s l i brary bui l di ng i n Kat mandu
5. Nepal Academy est abl i shed i n 1957 i s a premi er
nat i onal i nst i t ut i on devot ed t o t he promot i on of
Language, Li t rat ure Cul t ure phi l osophy and research
act i vi t i es
6. On 31
s t
Jan 2014 The Uni on Govt of I ndi a announced
t hat economy mi ght have expanded by 5% i n f i scal
year 2012- 13 when compared t o t he previ ous est i mat e
of 5 Percent i n account of subdued perf ormance i n
Agri cul t ure, Mi ni ng & Manuf act uri ng.
7. Organi zers of Oscar wi t hdrew t he song Al one not yet
al one f rom t he best song Nomi nat i on cat egory on 30
t h

Jan 2014
8. The composer of t he above song i s Bruce Brought on
mai l ed t he vot i ng members t o hi ghl i ght t hi s song
whi ch i s banned by t he Academy Execut i ves.
9. Thi s song i s f rom t he movi e Al one not yet al one.
10. The academy di dn t repl ace t hi s s ongs pl ace and
l ef t t he f our songs i n t he short l i st ed
11. Oscar awards are schedul ed on 2
nd
march 2014
12. The same case was were i n 1953 where t he a song
Vari et y Not ed whereas was removed f rom t he l i st
as t hi s song was used i n earl i er movi es
13. Chi na marked 31
s t
Jan 2014 as t he arri val of Year
of Horse whi ch i s cel ebrat ed across t he worl d by
Chi nese peopl e.
14. Thi s Year of Horse i s t he Chi nese Lunar New year
whi ch i s a grand Chi nese f est i val cel ebrat ed wi t h
t hei r f ami l i es
15. Nat i onal Const i t uency Assembl y of Tuni si a passed
t he new const i t ut i on on 26
t h
Jan 2014
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16. Thi s NCA Tuni si a passed wi t h 200vot es over 216
seat s i n t he assembl y
17. The Assembl y Speaker of Tuni si a Must af a Ben
Jaf ar
18. The Presi dent of Tuni si a Moncef Marzouki
19. The Pri me Mi ni st er of Tuni si a Al i Larayedh si ghned
t he same document on 27
t h
Jan 2014
20. The Parl i ament of Morocco on 23
r d
Jan 2014
unani mousl y amended an art i cl e of Penal code t hat
al l owed rapi st s of Mi nors marryi ng t he vi ct i ms
21. Thi s deci si on was done f ol l owi ng t he prot ect i on of
t he Vi ct i ms i n vi ew
22. USA Al l owed t he mi l i t ary men t o wear Turbans
Head Scarf s and rel i gi ous cl ot hi ng wi t h t hei r uni f orm
on 23
r d
Jan 2104
23. The Ceasef i re Agreement on 23
r d
Jan 2014 bet ween
t he government of Sout h Sudan and rebel s was si gned
24. Cumbri a Uni versi t y of UK has become t he f i rst
uni versi t y t o accept f ees i n Di gi t al Currency Bi t Coi n
25. Thi s bi t coi n payment i s appl i cabl e f or t wo new
courses on Compi ment ary Currenci es i n Economi c
Syst ems at I nst i t ut e of Leadershi p and Sust ai nabi l i t y
26. I AEA I nt ernat i onal At omi c Energy Agency hal t ed
I ran hal t i ng t he urani um enri chment on 20
t h
Jan 2014
as per i nt eri m deal wi t h worl d powers
27. On 21
s t
Jan 2014 Thai govt i mposed 60days
emergency t o suppress t he ant i Govt prot est t o enf orce
l aw t hi s l ead t o enf orce t he Publ i c Gat heri ngs Censor
of News. Thi s came i nt o af f ect f rom 22
nd
Jan 2014
28. The GDP Gross Domest i c Product degraded t o 7. 7
% i n 2013- 14 i n Chi na
29. Thi s was t he sl owest GDP over 14years whi ch was
rel eased by Nat i onal Bureau of St at i st i cs of Chi na on
20
t h
Jan 2014
30. Peshwar i n Paki st an has t he l argest no of Pol i o
cases i n t he year 2013 over t he worl d
31. Thi s news was reveal ed by WHO Worl d Heal t h
Organi zat i on on 17
t h
Jan 2014
32. Paki st an report ed 83 Pol i o Cases i n 2013 and 58
Pol i o Cases i n 2012 where as t he worl d wi de pol i o
report count s were 369
33. Paki st an i s t he onl y Pol i o endemi c count ry wi t h
more cases report ed
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34. The New presi dent of Madagascar Hery Raj a
Onari mam pi ani na who was t he f ormer Fi nance
Mi ni st er on 17
t h
Jan 2014
35. The sel ect i on of t he above i s a resul t of t he
el ect i ons conduct ed by on 20
t h
Dec 2013 wherei n he
t he New Presi dent gai ned 53% of t he vot es
36. Thi s was decl ared by t he Presi dent of El ect oral
Court Francoi s Rakot ozaf y
37. On 14
t h
Jan 2014 I ndi an Coast Guard Shi p I SGS
Samrat and Japan Coast Guard Shi p JGS Mi zuho
part i ci pat ed i n t he exerci se hel d at Kochi Coast
i ncl udi ng t he Cross- Deck Landi ng, Pi racy dri l l s, Search
and Rescue Demo and a Fi re Fi ght i ng Demo. The
Memorandum Cooperat i on was si gned bet ween Japan
and I ndi a f or mut ual cooperat i ve approach of Mari t i me
i ssues i n 2006
38. The New Pri me Mi ni st er Shei kh Hasi na al ong wi t h
her 49 Cabi net mi ni st ers was sworn of bef ore t he
Presi dent Abdul Hami d at t he Banghababhan t he
presi dent s house on 12
t h
Jan 2014 f or t he t hi rd t i me
39. The Presi dent of Tuni si a Al i Larayedh resi ghned on
9
t h
Jan 2014 and
40. The caret aker of t he Tuni si a was t he New Pri me
Mi ni st er Mehdi Jomaa
41. I ndi a has l aunched i t s t hi rd phase of i t s Housi ng
Proj ect i n Sri l anka on 7
t h
Jan 2014 f or t he Pl ant at i on
l aborers where 16000houses were bui l t
42. Paki st an on 2
nd
Jan 2014 announced i t s pl an t o
set up 7 new nucl ear pl ant s of 1100MW each by 2030
43. Nucl ear Power i s t he maj or source of Power i n t he
count ri es power sect or i n Paki st an by 2030
44. Lat vi a has become t he 18
t h
member of Euro Zone
Lat i va has emerged f rom t he Fi nanci al Cri si s t o
become t he Europeans f ast est growi ng economy
45. On 30
t h
Dec 2013 Chi nese Govt banned i t s of f i ci al s
f rom smoki ng i n Publ i c Pl aces.
46. Of f i ci al as cannot use t he publ i c f unds t o buy
Ci garet t es
47. No such product s shoul d be sol d out i n t he Govt
of f i ces and Part y of f i ces
48. The Popul at i on of Chi na i s 1. 35bi l l i ons and has
about 300mi l l i on smokers
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49. Chi na i s t he l argest producer and Consumer of
Ci garet t es
50. I ndi a banned smoki ng i n t he publ i c pl aces on 2
nd

Oct 2008
51. I n Asi a I ndi a Hong Kong and Chi na banned
smoki ng i n publ i c pl aces

B. I NDIA
1. On 30
t h
Jan 2014 Uni on Govt deci ded t o amend t he
rul es governi ng I AS I PS I FS t o assure t hem at l east
2years i n a gi ven posi t i on
2. On 30
t h
Jan 2014 Uni on Govt rai sed t he quot a of
subsi di zed LPG cyl i nders t o 12 Cyl i nders per year f or
househol d Thi s wi l l be af f ect i ve f rom Apri l 2014
3. I n order t o get t hi s subsi di zed cyl i nders Uni on
Govt has i nt roduced a scheme t o l i nk t he Aadhar wi t h
t he LPG cal l ed DBTL Di rect Benef i t Transf er LPG Scheme
f rom Apri l 2014 scheme
4. 99crore peopl e wi l l be benef i t ed t hrough t hi s DTBL
scheme
5. On 30
t h
Jan 2014 Uni on Govt assured t he second
phase of Bangal ore Met ro Rai l Proj ect t o i mprove t he
Publ i c t ransport syst em
6. Thi s proj ect i s named as Namma Met ro and
covers a di st ance of 72 KM di st ance i n second phase.
Thi s i s proj ect i s est i mat ed t o be compl et ed i n 5years
7. Uni on Govt makes an i nvest ment of 26405 rupees
and out of whi ch 5281 wi l l be shared by Cent ral Govt and
8983 wi l l be shared by St at e Govt Karnat aka Remai ni ng
wi l l be rai sed by Debt .
8. Compet i t i on Commi ssi on of I ndi a on 30
t h
Jan 2014
ordered a f resh probe i nt o t he st at e run mi ner Coal I ndi a
earl i er t hi s Commi ssi on has sl apped t he Coal I ndi a wi t h
1773 crore f or unf ai r busi ness ways i n Dec 2013
9. Uni on Agri cul t ure Mi ni st ry on 31
s t
Jan 2014 i ssued
t he det ai l ed gui del i nes & st rat egy f or i mpl ement at i on of
Nat i onal Mi ssi on on Oi l seeds and Oi l Pal m.
10. Under 12
t h
Fi ve year pl an t he Govt has sanct i oned
3507 crore rupees f or t he mi ssi on
11. I ndi a has overt aken t he Japan and became t hi rd
l argest crude oi l i mport er i n t he worl d. As per t he
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Reut ers on 30
t h
Jan 2014 I ndi a i mport ed 3. 86 mi l l i on
barrel s per day of t he Crude Oi l i n t he year 2013.
12. Ci vi l Avi at i on Mi ni st ry deci ded t o remove
rest ri ct i ons on f l i ght s of Ai rbus A- 380 t o I ndi a on 27
t h

Jan 2014
13. Ri ght Now onl y f our Ai rport s Del hi Mumbai
Hyderabad and Bangal ore Ai rport s are wel l i nf rast ruct ure
f or operat i ons of A- 380. However A- 380 Fl i ght s bri ngs
more advant ages t o I ndi a by provi di ng l uxury t o
passengers and Huge revenue t o t he I ndi an Govt
14. The Ai r Bus A- 380 i s a Doubl e Deck wi de body f our
engi ne ai rl i ner manuf act ured by Ai rbus of France
15. Ai r Bus A- 380 i s t he l argest passenger ai rl i ner and
provi des 525 peopl e i n a t ypi cal t hree cl ass and 853 i n
al l economy cl ass
16. The Ai r Bus A380 was f i rst made on 27
t h
Apri l
2005 and ent ered commerci al servi ce i n Oct ober 2007
wi t h Si ngapore Ai rl i nes
17. The Permanent Account Number PAN al l ot ment
process wi l l be changi ng f rom 03
r d
Feb 2014 The changed
rul es are
a. Candi dat e have t o submi t Sel f - At t est ed
copi es of Proof of I dent i t y, Dat e of Bi rt h
Proof , and Proof of Address document s
b. Candi dat e have t o produce t he ori gi nal
copi es i n t he PAN f aci l i t y Cent ers f or
Veri f i cat i on
18. Nat i onal Wat erway- Four
a. Bet ween Shol i nganal l ur and Kal pakam i n
Sout h Bucki ngham Canal i n Tami l Nadu
b. Launched on 24
t h
Jan 2014
c. Covers a l engt h of 1078km
d. Consi st s of Kaki nada, Puducherry canal
syst ems i nt egrat ed wi t h Godavari and
Kri shna Ri vers.
e. Expect ed t o compl et e i n 2years wi t h
123crore rupees
f . I t covers t he st at es of AP, TN, Puducherry
g. Nat i onal Wat erway- One From Al l ahabad
t o Hal di a wi t h 1620km t hrough
Ganges, Bhagi rat hi and Hoogl y ri vers t hi s
i s t he l argest way
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h. Nat i onal Wat erway- Two - - From Sadi ya t o
Dubri i n Assam st at e
i . Nat i onal Wat erway- Three- - From Kol l am t o
Kot t apuram wi t h 205 km l ong west coast
canal
j . Nat i onal Wat erway- Four - - From Kaki nada
Puducherry and t he same as above
k. Nat i onal Wat erway- Fi ve- - From Ori ssa and
West Bengal on Brahmani ri ver
l . Nat i onal Wat erway Si x Proposed wat erway
i n Assam St at e wi l l connect Lakhi pur and
Bhanga over ri ver Barak
19. NALSA Nat i onal Legal Servi ces Aut hori t y has
been const i t ut ed under t he Legal Servi ces
Aut hori t i es Act 1987 t o provi de f ree l egal
servi ces t o weaker sect i ons of t he soci et y and
t o organi ze l okadal at s f or ami cabl e set t l ement s
of t he di sput es
20. The st at e l egal aut hori t i es i s headed by t he
chi ef j ust i ce of t he respect i ve court
21. On 21
s t
Jan 2014 Supreme Court made i t
mandat ory t o seek vi scera t est f or t he
i nvest i gat i ng aut hori t i es f or deat h due t o
poi soni ng.
22. Thi s mandat ory not e of Vi scera Test i s made
by a bench of Just i ces Raj anna P Desai & J
Chal ameshwar
23. Fi rst af t er t he post mort em t he Vi scera shoul d
be sent t o Forensi c Sci ence Laborat ori es Then
t he prosecut i ng agency shoul d send t he report
t o Court /I nvest i gat i ng Agency
24. Vi scera Test A Test conduct ed t o i nt ernal
organs l i ke Heart l ungs Abdomen and t hi s
assi st s t he I nvest i gat i on Agency t o perf orm t he
t est s of Bl ood Semen St ai ns and soon
25. Uni on Govt approved Capaci t y bui l di ng
Scheme and Raj i v Ghandi I nst i t ut e f or Cl i mat e
Change on 21
s t
Jan 2014
26. Thi s Capaci t y bui l di ng scheme assi st s
capaci t y t o bui l d at bot h cent re and st at e l evel s
t o assess t he changes i n t he cl i mat e and
associ at ed ri sks Thi s scheme wort h 290crore
rupees augument t he vari ous act i vi t i es i n
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resonance wi t h Nat i onal Act i on Pl an and
Cl i mat e Change
27. The Raj i v Ghandi I nst i t ut e f or Cl i mat e change
have f our f unct i onal Areas
a. Envi ron and Sci ent i f i c Assesment and
model i ng
b. Economi c and Legal Anal ysi s
c. Moni t ori ng and pol i cy maki ng and
d. Trai ni ng and Capaci t y bul di ng
28. NAPCC Nat i onal Act i on pl an on cl i mat e change
was l aunched i n 2008 by t he Uni on Govt
29. Thi s NAPCC consi st s of 8 Govt mi ssi ons
proj ect i ng I ndi as cont ri but i on t owards
combat i ng cl i mat e change
30. NAPCC i ncl udes
a. Sol ar Energy
b. Enhanced Energy & Ef f i ci ency
c. Sust ai nabl e Habi t at
d. Conservi ng Wat er
e. Sust ai ni ng t he Hi mal ayan Ecosyst em
f . A green I ndi a Mi ssi on
g. Sust ai nabl e agri cul t ure and Knowl edge
pl at f orm f or Cl i mat e change
31. The St at e Act i ons Pl ans on Cl i mat e change
shoul d be i n l i ne wi t h t he Nat i onal Act i on Pl an
f or Cl i mat e Changes
32. On 18
t h
Jan 2014 Uni on Govt ext ended t he
i mpl ement at i on of Nat i onal Food Securi t y Act
NFSA f or t he st at es of Chhat t i sgarh &
Karnat aka
33. On 10 Sep 2013 The Nat i onal Food Securi t i es
Act was not i f i ed by Uni on Govt
34. TPDS Target ed Publ i c Di st ri but i on Syst em
provi des 75% of rural popul at i on and 50% of
Urban Popul at i ons by coveri ng 2/3
r d
of t he
t ot al popul at i on
35. Ant hyodaya Anna Yoj ana AAY was l aunched on
25
t h
Dec 2000 t o make TPDS more f ocused and
t arget ed t owards t he poorest of t he poor
cat egory
36. Thi s AAY provi des t he 2per kg wheat and
3perkg ri ce f or t he persons bel ow t he povert y
l i ne. The scal e of i ssue i s 25kg f or f ami l y per
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mont h i ncreased t o 35kg per mont h wi t h
af f ect i ve f rom 1
s t
Apri l 2002
37. TPDS was l aunched i n June 1997 wi t h f ocus
on poor and f rom 1
s t
Apri l 2000 t he peopl e BPL
Bel ow Povert y Li ne were al l ocat ed t he f ood
grai ns f or 50% of t he cost of t he peopl e f or APL
above Povert y Li ne.
38. On 24t h Jan 2014 NALSA Nat i onal Legal
Servi ces Aut hori t y l aunched t he 2648 vi l l age
l egal servi ce cl i ni cs across t he count ry
39. Chi ef Just i ce of I ndi a P Sat hasi vam open f ree
l egal cl i ni cs i n Newdel hi
40. NALSA provi des assi st ance i n l egal i ssues by
paral egal vol unt eers t o assi st i n get t i ng BPL
Aadhar Gas Connect i on and El ect i on I D cards
41. On 20
t h
Jan 2014 t he Uni on Cabi net approved
t o set up Rai l Tari f f Aut hori t y whi ch advi ces
t he Rai l way Mi ni st ry about f ares
42. RTA compri ses of a Chai rperson and 4
members at apex l evel
43. At present rai l way f ares are set by Rai l way
Board i n accordance wi t h Rai l way Act 1989
44. On 20
t h
Jan 2014 Uni on Cabi net grant ed t he
JAI N communi t y as t he mi nori t y communi t y
45. The JAI N communi t y i s t he Si xt h communi t y
t o get t he mi nori t y st at us. The ot her f i ve
communi t i es are
a. Musl i ms
b. Chri st i ans
c. Si khs
d. Buddhi st s
e. Parsi s and
f . Jai ns
46. 25
t h
Raod Saf et y i s cel ebrat ed i n t he week of
11
t h
Jan t o 17
t h
Jan 2014
47. The t heme f or Road Saf et y Week t hi s year was
when on t he road al ways Say Pahl e Aap .
48. The Uni on Mi ni st ry f or Road Transport and
Hi ghways and St ake Hol ders re- di ct at ed t he
measures f or Road Saf et y and reduce acci dent s
by 50% i n t he next 5years
49. The Mi ni st ry al so l aunched a new l ogo wi t h an
Ai m t o make our Roads saf er more
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50. The Mi ni st ry al so l aunched a pi l ot proj ect f or
Cashl ess t reat ment f or 30000 f or t he f i rst 48
hours f or road acci dent vi ct i ms on Gurgaon
Jai pur sect i on of NH 8.
51. Ambul ances are connect ed wi t h t he cont rol
room t ol l f ree number 1033 f or assi st ance
52. The Mi ni st ry has l aunched a New Car
Assessment program i n consul t at i on wi t h ot her
mi ni st ri es t o have suf f i ci ent saf e margi ns f or
ensuri ng t he St ruct ural St rengt h of Cars
53. Due t o consi st ent i nvest ment s i n t he Publ i c
Heal t h Sect or t he l i f e expect ancy rat e has
i ncreased f rom 63. 9 t o 69. 6 i n 2014 i . e. f or
5years
54. On 14
t h
Jan 2014 Uni on Mi ni st ry f or Rural
Devel opment deci ded t o provi de addi t i onal wage
of 50days beyond t he st i pul at ed 100days under
t he scheme MGNREGA
55. MGNREGA Mahat ma Ghandi Nat i onal Rural
Empl oyment Guarant ee Act f or ST househol ds
i n f orest areas
56. The Rural Devel opment Mi ni st er Jai Ram
Ramesh st at ed t hat t he peopl e of f orest areas
who recei ve t he l and ri ght s under t he Forest s
Act 2006 are el i gi bl e f or addi t i onal wage
payment
57. Under t he Forest s Ri ght s Act 2006 about
14l akhs were di st ri but ed and out of t hi s
8l akshs are f rom
Jharkhand, Ori ssa, Chat t i shgarh and AP Ol d
whi ch comes under I ndi ra Awaas Yoj ana
58. The Supreme Court of I ndi a on 13
t h
Jan 2014
di rect ed t he Govt of I ndi a t o pl ace t he report of
Just i ce Shah Commi ssi on on I l l egal mi ni ng i n
Odhi sha and Jharkhand. Thi s report has t o be
pl aced at court by 27
t h
Jan 2014.
59. Thi s pl aced report shoul d not be publ i c
domai n exposed unt i l i t i s t abl ed i n Parl i ament .
Thi s report shoul d be t abl ed i n t he parl i ament
wi t hi n si x mont hs of t he submi ssi on t o t he
court under Commi ssi on of I nqui ry Act 1952.
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60. The Govt of I ndi a set up a MB Shah
Commi ssi on of i nqui ry f or i l l egal mi ni ng of I ron
ore and Manganese on 22
nd
Nov 2010
61. The MB Shah commi ssi on headquart ered at
Mumbai was gi ven 18mont hs of t i me t o
compl et e t he I nqui ry f rom i t s f i rst si t t i ng
62. On 9
t h
Jan 2014 Cabi net approved t he
gui del i nes f or t el evi si on rat i ng agenci es. These
gui de l i nes were proposed by t he Mi ni st ry of
I nf ormat i on and Broadcast i ng
63. I n Aug 2008 TRAI Tel evi si on Rat i ng Aut hori t y
of I ndi a recommended t he sel f regul at i on
approach and est abl i shed t he Broadcast
Audi ence Research Counci l BARC
64. I n 2010 t he mi ni st ry of I nf ormat i on and
Broadcast const i t ut ed a commi t t ee t he revi ew
t he exi st i ng TRP under t he chai rmanshi p of
Ami t Mi t ra.
65. On 9
t h
Jan 2014 Supreme Court di rect ed
Sahara Group t o reveal t he source of t he 22885
rupees whi ch t he group has ref unded t o t he
i nvest ors.
66. I f Sahara Group f ai l s t o compl y wi t h t he same
order by 23
r d
Jan 2014 t hen t he court di rect s
t he CBI and ROC Regi st rar of Compani es f or
i nvest i gat i on
67. On 9
t h
Jan 2014 El ect i on Commi ssi on deci ded
t o cal l Googl e and t i e wi t h Googl e f or
regi st eri ng t he Vot ers and Gui di ng t he vot i ng
procedure
68. The El ect i on Commi ssi on si gned an agreement
wi t h googl e on 2
nd
Jan 2014
69. On 6
t h
Jan 2014 Del hi Hi gh court passed a
rul e t o t he Cont rol l er and Audi t or General CAG
t hat CAG can audi t t he account books of t he
Pri vat e Tel ecom compani es.
70. The dut i es and powers of CAG are enshri ned
i n Part V of art i cl e 149- 151 of I ndi an
Const i t ut i on
71. CAG audi t s t he Govt Compani es and
Corporat i ons under t he Compani es Act 1956
and CAG DPC Act 1971
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72. On 2
nd
Jan 2014 The Cabi net Commi t t ee on
Economi c Af f ai rs approved t he amendment s i n
t he Mega Power Pol i cy 2009.
73. The Obj ect i ves of Mega Power Pol i cy are
reasonabl e charges f or el ect ri ci t y suppl i ed and
i ncrease t he power avai l abi l i t y t o boost overal l
growt h avai l abi l i t y
74. The Cabi net Commi t t ee on Economi c Af f ai rs
CCEA on 2
nd
Jan 2014 approved t he proposal
f or est abl i shment of New 58 new medi cal
col l eges by upgradi ng t he exi st i ng di st ri ct
hospi t al s i n Def i ci ent St at es.
75. At Present t he count ry has 50000 MBBS seat s
and pl anni ng t o i ncrease t hi s by 5800. [ Sear ch
i n I nt er net about t he accur acy of t hi s poi nt ]
76. On 2
nd
Jan 2014 The Cabi net Commi t t ee on
El ect roni c Af f ai rs CCEA gave i t s nod f or t he
i mpl ement at i on of Rural Wat er Suppl y and
Sani t at i on Proj ect f or Low i ncome st at es Assam
Bi har Jarkhand and Ut t arpradesh
77. Thi s i mpl ement at i on of Wat er Suppl y and
Sani t at i on proj ect wi t h t he assi st ance of Worl d
Bank l ast s f or si x years
78. Thi s Proj ect wi l l hel p t he rural popul at i on f or
about 78l akh peopl e out of whi ch 48 are of
Schedul ed Cat ses SC and 8l akhs of Schedul ed
t ri bes ST
79. The i mpl ement at i on of wat er Suppl y and
Sani t at i on Proj ect wi l l i mprove t he Pi ped wat er
suppl y coveri ng 17400 habi t at i ons i n 2150
Gram Panchayat s GPs i n t he above f our st at es.
80. The Cabi net Commi t t ee of Economi c Af f ai rs
approved a proposal f or set t i ng up of CCTV and
GPS Devi ce on publ i c t ransport vehi cl es i n 32
ci t i es f or women saf et y.
81. Thi s proj ect wi l l be compl et ed f or an
est i mat ed cost of 1405crore rupees and wi l l be
execut ed i n 2years.
82. Sout hern Gri d of I ndi a had been
synchronousl y connect ed wi t h t he gri ds of
count ry on 31
s t
Dec 2013 t o accompany t he
mi ssi on One Nat i on- One Gri d- One Frequency
Cu r r e nt Af f a i r s - - J a n 20 1 4

83. The Sout hern Gri d Rai chur t o Sol apur 765kv
si ngl e ci rcui t t ransmi ssi on l i ne was acci eved by
Power Gri d Corporat i on of I ndi a
84. The Cent er has sanct i oned 1080 buses t o 13
ci t i es of 7 St at es under Jawahar Lal Nehru
Nat i onal Urban Renewal Mi ssi on JNNURM
scheme on 1
s t
Jan 2014
85. The st at es i ncl uded i n JNNURM scheme are
Bi har Andhra Pradesh Maharast ra Odi sha
Punj ab Si kki m and Tri pura
86. The JNNURM i s a massi ve ci t y moderni zat i on
scheme l aunched by t he Govt of I ndi a
87. Thi s scheme i nvest s t ot al 20bi l l i on dol l ars
over a peri od of 7years
88. JNNURM was i naugurat ed by Former Pri me
Mi ni st er Man Mohan Si ng i n t he Dec 2005 as
t he program f or i mprove t he qual i t y of l i f e and
i nf rast ruct ure i n t he ci t i es
89. I ndi a scrapped t he 3600 Crore t o suppl y 12
VVI P hel i copt er deal wi t h t he Angl o- I t al i an f i rm
August a West l and on 1
s t
Jan 2014
90. Thi s scrap f ol l owi ng t he al l eged payment
ki ckbacks t o t he t une of 360 Crore rupess pai d
i n deal
91. I ndi a previ ousl y deal t wi t h t he August a
West l and company i n 2010 t o suppl y 10
Hel i copt ers out of whi ch onl y 3 are suppl i ed
92. I n vi ew of t hi s t wo t op of f i ci al s arrest ed i n
Feb 2013 and hence t he Cont roversy came i nt o
exi st ence.
93. Uni on Fi nance Mi ni st er P Chi dambaram t ol d
t he regul at ors must i mpl ement proposal s of
Fi nanci al Sect or Legi sl at i ve Ref orms
Commi ssi on FSLRC
94. Thi s FSLRC consi st of 12 key proposal s and
t hese donot requi re l egi sl at i ve changes
95. Sushi l Kumar i s t he t wo t i me medal wi nner i n
Ol ympi cs has recei ved ei ght acres of l and by
t he Haryana Govt on 31
s t
Dec 2013
96. Thi s l and was gi ven t o set up hi s academy at
t he Mot i l al Nehru School of Sport s at Sonepat
97. Sushi l Kumar i s a Wrest l er of I ndi a who won
t he Bronze medal at t he 2008 Bei j i ng Ol ympi cs
Cu r r e nt Af f a i r s - - J a n 20 1 4

and a Si l ver medal duri ng London edi t i on l ast
year
98. Sushi l Kumar i s t he onl y person t o wi n
i ndi vi dual medal s back t o back i n t he Ol ympi cs
99. Bef ore Sushi l Kumar KD Jadhav won t he
medal i n 1952 at Hel si nki Ol ympi cs
100. He Sushi l Kumar won Gol d i n t he
f reest yl e compet i t i on at t he FI FA 2010 WWW
compet i t i on i n 66kg f reest yl e compet i t i on
101. Sushi l Kumar was awarded t he Raj i v
Ghandi Khel rat na t he hi ghest I ndi as sport i ng
hounour and Arj una Award i n 2005
102. Devendra Kumar Pat hak was appoi nt ed
as t he Speci al Di rect or General SDG f or Border
Securi t y Force BSF on 30
t h
Dec 2014
103. Devendra Kumar Pat hak an I PS 1989
Bat ch of Assam- Meghal aya cadres
104. Devendra Kumar Pat hak on 11
t h
Nov 2011
servi ng f or CRPF Cent ral Reserve Pol i ce Force
and appoi nt ed as SDG f or BSF and he l l be i n
t hi s upt o March 2016
105. The Forei gn I nvest ment Promot i on Board
FI PB on 30
t h
Dec 2013 approved t he proposal of
Vodaf one t o acqui re t he shares f rom Aj ay
Pi ramal and Anal j i t h Si ng f or over 10000crores.
106. Thi s makes Vodaf one 100percent share
company among t he Bri t i sh Tel ecom company
i nvest ors i n I ndi a
107. RBI rel eases i t s 8
t h
Fi nanci al St abi l i t y
report FSR on 30
t h
Dec 2013
108. I ndi as ext ernal sect or has i mproved wi t h
reduct i on i n Current Account Def l i ct CAD
109. CAD i s expect ed t o be 3percent of GDP
duri ng t he current year 2013- 14
110. Tej as i s t he I ndi as l i ght Combat Ai rcraf t
LCA set a new record on 27
t h
Dec 2013 of f l yi ng
500 sort i es i n 2013
111. Thi s i s t he hi ghest sort i es achi eved i n
t he cal endar
112. Previ ousl y 300 Sort i es
113. LCA I ndi as i ndi geni ous desi gned and
devel oped f ront l i ne f i ght er st art ed i n 1983 t o
repl ace t he agei ng Mi G- 21 f i ght er ai rcraf t s
Cu r r e nt Af f a i r s - - J a n 20 1 4

114. Thi s LCA was named as Tej as by At al
Bi haree Vaj payee i n 2003
115. LCA Tej as i s capabl e of f l yi ng 1700km
away.
116. Busi ness Conf i dence I ndex BCI was
rel eased by t he conf ederat i on on I ndi an
I ndust ry CI I f or t he peri od of Oct - Dec 2013- 14
117. BCI rose upt o 54. 9 duri ng t he Q4 of
2013- 14 f rom 45. 7 i n Q3
118. CI I Conf i dence of I ndi an I ndust ry
di rect or Di rect or General Chandraj i t Banerj ee

C. SPORTS
1. On 31
s t
Jan 2014 New Zeal and won t he f i ve
ODI seri es of 5mat ches agai nst I ndi a by 4- 0
af t er def eat i ng I ndi a i n t he f i f t h mat ch by 87
runs at West pac St adi um at Wel l i ngt on
2. I n t he above mat ch New Zeal and scored 304
and as Chasers I ndi a scored 216 f or al l out
3. Muni ch Worl d Cup 2013 hel d at Germany i n
Nov 2013 Heena Sandhu s score of 203. 8 i n
10m ai r pi st ol set whi ch i s t he Worl d record
on 30
t h
Jan 2014
4. Thi s Worl d record was announced by
I nt ernat i onal Shoot i ng Sport s Federat i on I SSF
5. Heena Sandhu def eat ed Zorana Arunovi c of
Serbi a by 5. 2 poi nt s i n t he wi n t he gol d.
6. Heena Sandhu st ood f i rst women i n t he worl d
record and Heena Sandhu st ood f i rst I ndi an
women t o wi n Gol d
7. Aust ral i a appoi nt ed Shane Warne as t he
speci al i st spi n consul t ant on 23
r d
Jan 2014 t o
support Darren Lehmann ahead of Aust ral i an
Campai gn i n t he worl d Twent y20 t o be pl ayed
i n Bangl adesh.
8. Abhi j eet Gupt a won hi s second Parsvant h
I nt ernat i onal Grandmast ers chess t ournament
on 16
t h
Jan 2014
9. Abhi j eet h Gupt a won agai nst El dar Gasanov of
Ukri ne
10. Abhi j eet h Gupt a al so won t he 2008 parsvant h
I nt ernat i onal Grandmast ers Chess
Tournament f or t he f i rst t i me
Cu r r e nt Af f a i r s - - J a n 20 1 4

11. Ji mmy Wal ker of t he US won t he sony open
gol f t ournament hel d i n Hawai i on 12
t h
Jan
2014
12. Thi s was hi s second PGA t our t i t l e. Hi s f i rst
PGA t our t i t l e was i n Oct 2013 t he f i rst
t ournament of t he new wraparound season
13. Vi j ay Zol of Maharast ra was sel ect ed as t he
Capt ai n of I ndi a t o l ead t he Under - 19 Cri cket
Worl d Cup by Al l - I ndi a Juni or Sel ect i on
Commi t t ee on 13
t h
Jan 2014
14. The U- 19 Cri cket Worl d Cup hel d i n UAE i n
Feb 2014
15. Cri st i ano Ronal do won t he FI FA Bal l on d Or
award f or 2013 on 13
t h
Jan 2014
16. He beat Barcel ona s Messi and f rance wi nger
Franck Ri bery i n a pol l i ng conduct ed by FI FA
17. Orders of Pri nce Henry one of t he Port ugal s
hi ghest honors i n Jan 2014
18. Sout h Af ri cas Loui s Oost hui zen ret ai ned t he
Vol vo Gol f Champi ons t i t l e at t he Durban
Count ry Cl ub hel d on 12
t h
Jan 2014
19. Oost hui zen carded a f our under par 68 t o wi n
on 12 under one shot cl ear of compat ri ot
Branden Grace68
20. Ni khant h Zareen won gol d medal at t he t hi rd
Nat i ons Cup I nt ernat i onal Boxi ng Tournament
hel d i n Novi Sad Serbi a on 12
t h
Jan 2014
21. Zareen def eat ed Pal t ceva of Russi a i n 51kg
cat egory
22. Thi s t ournament was hel d f rom 8
t h
Jan 2014
t o 12
t h
Jan 2014
23. Zareen won t he si l ver i n t he yout h Boxi ng
Champi onshi p hel d i n Bul gari a i n 2013
24. Zareen she won t he gol d medal i n 2011 i n
AI BA Womens Juni or and Yout h Boxi ng
Champi onshi p i n Turkey
25. Mahesh Mangaokar of I ndi a on 6
t h
Jan 2014
won t he open du Gard squash t i t l e t he PSA
chal l enger 5 event
26. Mangaokar 19 of Mumbai def eat ed t he t op
seeded Scot t i sh 11- 3 11- 4 11- 5 i n t he f i nal
mat ch pl ayed at Squash desarenes i n Ni mes
France t o cl ai m t he t i t l e
Cu r r e nt Af f a i r s - - J a n 20 1 4

27. Young shut l er Adi t ya Joshi f rom Madhya
Pradesh on 6
t h
Jan 2014 became t he f i rst mal e
j uni or badmi nt on pl ayer f rom I ndi a t o be
ranked as t he t op i n t he worl d. He i s of
17years ol d & resi dent of Dhar t own i n MP. He
got t he number one sl ot i n t he January
ranki ngs rel eased by t he Worl d Badmi nt on
Federat i on WBF
D. CORPORATE
1. Googl e purchased t he Bri t i sh st art - up Deepmi nd
Technol ogi es and Art i f i ci al I nt el l i gence Company on 27
t h

Jan 2014
2. Hummi ngbi rd search a Human Brai n l i ke underst andi ng
gool ge appl i cat i on hel pf ul f or humans
3. Deepmi nd Technol ogi es was f ounded by Demi s Hassabi s
a Neurosci ent i st and Comput er Geni us wi t h Shane Legg
and Must af a sul eyman
4. Googl e acqui red Bangal ore based I mpermi um f or
9mi l l i on dol l ars on 20
t h
Jan 2014
5. Facebook acqui red Bengal uru based l i t t l e eyel abs f or
90crores on 7
t h
Jan 2014 t hi s i s t he f i rst I ndi an and
t hi rd asi an company t o be acqui red by FacebookFB
6. 6 publ i c sect or uni t s PSUs of I ndi a have si gned a
Memorandum of Underst andi ng MoU on 29
t h
Jan 2014
t o set up t he Worl ds Largest 4000MW ul t ra sol ar power
proj ect i n Raj ast han
7. Thi s ul t ra Sol ar power proj ect wi l l be t he l argest si ngl e
l ocat i on sol ar pl ant spread 19000acres of l and at
Sambhar i n Raj ast han
8. Thi s proj ect wi l l be devel oped i n 2 phases i n 7- 8 years
wi t h an i nvest ment of 7500Crores
9. Fi rst Phase i s f or 1000MW and Second phase i s f or
3000MW
10. Thi s pl ant l i f e i s est i mat ed as 25 years
11. Googl e I nc and Samsung El ect roni cs Co si gned an
agreement t o cross l i cense t hei r gl obal pat ent s on 26
t h

Jan 2014
12. The manuf act urer of edi bl e oi l and f ood i ngredi ent
company on 17
t h
Jan 2014 t i ed up wi t h Fuj i Oi l Co t he
Japanese oi l and f at f i rm
13. The 2 f i rms wi l l make an i nvest ment of about
100crores on 15acre pl ant i n Bul gur on t he out ski rt s of
Hyderabad AP.
Cu r r e nt Af f a i r s - - J a n 20 1 4

14. Thi s pl ant wi l l be compl et ed i n 1year and 500t ones
of cream i s made i n t he f i rst year
15. I ndi as Largest sof t ware servi ces f i rm Tat a
Consul t ancy Servi ces deci ded t o set up worl ds l argest
Corporat e Learni ng and Devel opment cent er at
Thi ruvanant apuram Keral a
16. Thi s cent er wi l l have 50000 prof essi onal s every
year. The f oundat i on was l ai d by t he Pri me Mi ni st er
Manmohan Si ng on 4
t h
Jan 2014
17. Co f ounder of Twi t t er Bi z St one unvei l ed a new
mobi l e servi ce cal l ed j el l y on 8
t h
Jan 2014
E. SCI ENCE
1. Ast ronomers di scovered a Ri ver of Hydrogen f l owi ng
t hrough space on 28
t h
Jan 2014
2. Thi s was f ound by usi ng GBT Green Bank Tel escope of
Nat i onal Foundat i ons Robert C Byrd
3. The Hydrogen ri ver f l ow i s nearer t o a gal axy named
NGC 6946 and i s around 22mi l l i on l i ght years f rom
eart h. Team of sci ent i st s was l ed by D. J. Pi sano f rom
West Vi rgi ni a Uni versi t y
4. Worl d s f i rst 3D- pri nt er Obj ect 500 Connex3 was
l aunched on 28
t h
Jan 2014 manuf act ured by USA
5. I t wi l l be commerci al l y avai l abl e i n t he second quart er
of 2014 330000 dol l ars
6. Jel l y doughnut rock di scovered by NASA Mars rover
was reveal ed on 21
s t
Jan 2014 on t he 10
t h
anni versary
of t he Mars rover s l andi ng on t he pl anet . Thi s rock
was named as Pi nnacl e I sl and whi ch i s i n hi gh
combi nat i on of Sul phur - Magnesi um- Manganese
7. Research says t hi s i s t he ol dest rocks on Mars f ound
ever
8. Dext er a pri vat e i nf ormat i on st eal i ng vi rus was
det ect ed by Comput er Emergency Response Team
I ndi a CERT i n onl i ne banki ng servi ces t ransact i ons
9. Dext er i s part i cul arl y t hreat eni ng t o t he Credi t Card
users swi pi ng at shi ppi ng cent ersWhen card i s
swi ped at a Poi nt of Scal e t he vi rus st eel s al l t he
i nf ormat i on l i ke name, cvv number and soon and t hi s
l eak may l ead t o mi suses/hacks and al l
10. Googl e X Lab unvei l ed a smart cont act l ens t hat
can hel p di abet i cs t o measure t hei r gl ucose l evel i n
t ears on 17
t h
Jan 2014
Cu r r e nt Af f a i r s - - J a n 20 1 4

11. Thi s i s devel oped i n col l aborat i on wi t h t he f ood
and Drug Admi ni st rat i on USFDA by Bri an Ot i s and
Babak Parvi z
12. Accordi ng t o UNO 347mi l l i on peopl e are af f ect ed by
Di abet i cs worl dwi de
13. I n 2004 3. 4 mi l l i on peopl e di ed due t o Hi gh Fast i ng
Bl ood Sugar
14. The I nt ernat i onal Di abet es Federat i on dat a shows
t hat one i n 10 peopl e across t he worl d t o have
di abet es by 2035
F. APPOINTMENTS
1. Mi chel Rogers has been nomi nat ed as t he Di rect or
of Nat i onal Securi t y Agency by US Presi dent
Barack Obama.
2. Mi chel Rogers name was announced by Def ense
Secret ary of US on 30
t h
Jan 2014
3. He Mi chel Rogers wi l l t ake charge i n t he mont h of
March 2014. Previ ousl y Kei t h Al exander served as
Di rect or f or NSA USA f or ni ne years
4. Mi chel Rogers current l y Head of US Feet Cyber
Command
5. Egypt s army chi ef Gen Fat t ah al - Si si on 27
t h
Jan
2014 was promot ed t o t he rank of Fi el d
Marshal ( t he hi ghest i n t he mi l i t ary) Mohammed
Morsi i s t he Presi dent of Egypt
6. I ndi an Ameri can Prof essor Rakesh Khur ana was
appoi nt ed as t he Dean of Harvard Col l ege He wi l l
t ake charge f rom 01
s t
Jul y 2014
7. On 20
t h
Jan 2014 Cat herl i ne Samba- Panza t he
mayor of Bangui was el ect ed as t he i nt eri m
presi dent of CAR Cent ral Af ri can Republ i c.
8. She Cat herl i ne Samba- Panza i s t he f i rst Women t o
be sel ect ed t o t he post
9. On 15
t h
Jan 2014 Jami l i a Bayaz was appoi nt ed as
t he pol i ce chi ef of di st ri ct one of Kabul provi nce
10. Jami l i a Bayaz i s t he f i rst women t o be
appoi nt ed as Pol i ce Chi ef
11. There are 22 di st ri ct s i n Af gani st an and t hey
are ordered as Di st ri ct 1, 2 i n ascendi ng order of
I mport ance
12. Si raj uddi n Queresi was sel ect ed as t he
presi dent of I ndi an I sl ami c Cul t ure Cent er I I CC f or
t hi s el ect i ons were hel d on 12
t h
Jan 2014 f or I I CC
Cu r r e nt Af f a i r s - - J a n 20 1 4

Presi dent Vi ce Presi dent Members of Board and
Execut i ve Commi t t ee
13. On 6
t h
Jan 2014 The US Senat e conf i rmed t he
Janet yel l en as t he f i rst woman t o l ead t he US
Federal Reserve
14. She t akes charges on 01
s t
Feb 2014 and she
succeeded agai nst Ben Bernake now t he chai rman
of Ameri cans Cent ral Bank
15. Ben Bernake was t he Chai rman of Federal
Bank f or 8years
16. R Chandrashekar was appoi nt ed as t he
Presi dent of NASSCOM Nat i onal Associ at i on of
Sof t ware and Servi ce Compani es on 4
t h
Jan 2014
17. R Chandrashekar succeeded Som Mi t t al who
was t he presi dent f or l ast 6years
18. R Chandrashekar worked as t he chai rman of
Tel ecom Commi si on and Secret ary TCS t i l l march
2013
19. Hi s t arget i s t o bui l d 300bi l l i on dol l ars
revenue of sof t ware by 2020

G. AWARDS
1. The Recordi ng Academy announced t he 56
t h
Annual
Grammy
H. ENVI RONMENT