IMPORTANT CURRENT AFFAIRS FOR TNPSC GROUP-1 (JANUARY)

• Delhi: Mr. Anil Baijal was sworn in as the 20th Lieutenant – Governor; Chief Justice of Delhi High Court, G. Rohini administered the oath of office and secrecy to Mr. Anil Baijal.

• Jammu and Kashmir: Chief Minister, Ms.Mehbooba Mufti launched School Management Information System (SMIS), to provide a completed database of all the government schools spread across the State.

• France: Government has raised a ‘terror tax’ on property insurance policies after a series of terror attacks in 2015 and 2016.

• Core industries growth slows to 4.9% in Nov 2016 (6.6% in Oct 2016 and 5.01% in Sep 2016).

• Prime Minister Mr.NarendraModi inaugurated the 104th Indian Science Congress at Tirupati - Theme: ‘Science and Technology for National Development’.

• Justice Jagdish Singh Khekhar to be sworn in as the 44th Chief Justice of India.

• ECI IT applications SAMADHAN (Public Grievance Redressal and Monitoring System), SUVIDHA (Single Window Permission System) and SUGAM (Vehicle Management System) to be used in the elections.

• 350th birth anniversary of Sikh Guru, Guru Gobind Singh (Celebrated as "PrakashUtsav").

• Finland: has become the first country in the world to give some basic income to unemployed citizens to ensure a universal income offering greater security, especially as technological advances reduce the need for human labour.

• Indian - American, Mr. Rajiv Shah to become President of Rockfeller Foundation.

• Brisbane International 2017: SaniaMirza and BethanieMattek-Sands (USA) won the women's doubles.

• 20th National Conference on e-Governance in Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh.

• Chennai Open 2017: Spain’s Roberto BauutistaAgut won the Singles title by defeating Russia’s Daniil Medvedev.

• Qatar Open 2017: Serbia’s Novak Djokovic won the Men’s Singles title by defeating UK’s Andy Murray.

• Kerala: India's first school for transgenders opened in Kochi.

• China: to celebrate 2017 as "Year of Rooster".

• Kalyan Krishnamurthy is appointed as CEO of Flipkart.

• Four Indian–American scientists have been selected by the US President Barack Obama for the Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE).

(1) PankajLal (2) KaushikChowdhury (3) Manish Arora and (4) AradhnaTripati.

• CSIR lab develops advanced reading machine “Divya Nayan” for visually challenged.

• Bihar: World’s first “Gender Literature Festival” will be held in Patna in the second week of April.

• Haryana: Child Sex ratio at birth (SRB) in the State crossed the 900-mark in the year 2016 for the first time in almost two decades. In December 2016, the SRB in the state was 914.

• Jan 12: World Daughter Day.

• Jan 12: National Youth Day- 21st National Youth Festival at Rohtak, Haryana.

• TCS veteran picked Mr. N. Chandrasekharan to head Tata Sons.

• Kerala: Chief Minister, Mr. PinarayiVijayan inaugurated the first solar-powered boat of the state water transport department called as “Aditya”.

• KiranDoshi won "The Hindu Prize 2016" for his book "Jinnah Often Came to Our House".

• International Vaccine Institute (IVI), Seoul, South Korea.

• Exercise BRIDGE-IV: joint airforce between India and Oman in Jamnagar, Gujarat.

• EU: Italian Political Leader Antonio Tajani has been elected as the new president of the European Parliament.

• Book “Mann Ki Baat - From the Heart of the Mind” by Jeroninio Almeida and RajendranPanickar.

• Alibaba becomes worldwide sponsor of Olympic Games through 2028.

• As per scientists 3 diseases (MiddleEast Respiratory Syndorme (MERS - CoV), Lasa Fever and Nipah Virus) could case next global health emergency.

• Actress Priyanka Chopra won her second People’s Choice Award for Favourite Dramatic TV Actress for her role as CIA agent Alex Parrish in the ABC thriller TV series Quantico.

• ISKCON’s Govardhan eco village in Thane district has been conferred with the UNWTO Award for Innovation in the category of Non-Governmental Organisations(NGO) at he annual United Nations World Tourism Organisation (UNWTO) Awards for Excellence and Innovation in Tourism at Madrid in Spain.

• G-20 Agriculture Ministers’ Meeting at Berlin, Germany.

• Jan 24: National Girl Child Day.

• Indian postal department released a special stamp cover titled “Golden girls of India – Pride of Nation” - The special covers feature the 2016 Olympic medallist gymnast Dipa Karmakar, shuttler PV Sindu and wrestler Sakshi Malik. - Besides the three, the cover also depicted the image of Dipa’s coach Bishweshwar Nandi.

• Jan 25: National Tourism Day.

• Jan 25: National Voters Day.

• Film “La La Land” matched Titanic and All About Eve for most Oscar nominations ever (14 nominations).

• New Species of songbird found in western ghats.

• Dr. Vijay Bhatkar is appointed as the new Chancellor of Nalanda University.

• Australian Open 2017: Men’s Singles Final match between Roger Federer and Rafal Nadal.

• Australian Open 2017: Women’s Singles Final match between Serena Williams and Venus Williams.

• Three Indian-origin persons (Purushottam Sawrikar, Makhan Singh Khangure and Vijay Kumar) have been awarded Australia’s highest civilian honour this year for their contributions in the field of medicine and work towards the community.

FOR MORE DETAILS : Vetrii IAS Academy Chennai