General Awareness Series: Updated News Jan Week 1 - Part 3

Lets hear the latest news till date in January and update ourself with the latest happenings around the world. The news are mix of hot  elections going to be help in 5 states in India and cold of increasing happiness of China because of demonetization and cashless economy. Read to see why. 

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1. GDP SET TO FALL TO 7.1% IN FINANCIAL YEAR 17

·         It is due to the slump in manufacturing, mining and construction sectors

·         Demonetisation is also the main cause for the pull down of growth.

2. APPLE APP DEVELOPERS EARNED $20 BILLION IN LAST YEAR

·         Apple on Friday announced that its app developers earned over$20 bn in 2016 up over 40% from 2015

·         In which the several of that talented minds are from India.

3. NIA FILES CHARGE SHEET AGAINST CAPTURED PAK TERRORIST

·         National investigation agency  filed a charge sheet against Pakistani national bahadur Ali, who was arrested in Kashmir in July last year

·         He was working for terror outfit laskhar-e-Taiba and was planning to carry out attacks at several places including Delhi.

4. NEW APP SOON FOR FASTER BOOKING OF TRAIN TICKETS

·         Indian railway catering and tourism corporation launched a new ticketing app in which the passenger details for the recently booked tickets, so that they do not have to enter their details again and again.

5. INDIAN AMERICAN TEEN SWETHA PRABHAKARAN HAS BEEN NAMED TO FIRST LADY MICHELLE OBAMA’S BETTER MAKE ROOM STUDENT ADVISORY BOARD AS ONE OF 17 STUDENTS ALL OVER THE COUNTRY

6. MH370 SEARCH TO END IN TWO WEEKS

·         The hunt of missing flight MH370 will will end up in two weeks, as relatives of passenger demanded authorities push on with the search

7. COURSE OFFICERS FROM DEFENCE COLLEGE IN VISAKHAPATANAM

·         Officers from 72 staff course of the defence service staff college , Wellington visiting vizag on annual industrial and demonstration tour

·         Inter-service institution of military and defence one of the oldest military institution in the country. It was founded in the year 1905 as the staff college in Mumbai, later relocated to Quetta in Pakistan after partition; the institution was relocated in the Williamton cantonemet in Tamilnadu.

8. HYDERABAD TO HOST T20 WORLD CUP FOR BLIND

·         The league-cum-knockout event will be spread over 10 Indian cities, After its inauguration in New Delhi after January 28.

·         Rahu Dravid  has consented to be the brand ambassador for cricket association for the blind in India(CAIB)

9. CHINA DOCKED ADVANCED NEUCLEAR SUBMARINE IN KARACHI HARBOUR

·         A google earth image has shown Chinese nuclear sub marine docked in Karachi harbour in may 2016, in an indication that Beijing might be scrutinizing Indian war ships

10. 219 INDIAN FISHERMANS PLEED FROM PAKISTHAN: ONE DIES BEFORE RELEASE

·         An Indian fisher man died of heart attack in karachi jail hours before he was to be released

·         This is the second batch of Indian fisher man released from Pakistan jails since relations between the two countries became tense after the terror attack on a Indian army base in September

11. AUSTRALIAN GOVERNEMENT ASKS CITIZENS VISITING INDIA TO USE E-PAYMENTS

·         Foreigner are permitted to exchange foreign currency upto 5000rupees per week at banks and foreign exchange bureaus

·         As the ATMs will not accept cards issued by foreign countries

12. DELL INTRODUCES A NEW WAY TO INTERACT WITH COMPUTER

·         The dell canvas 27 is a 27-inch glass surface that sits flat on a desk in front of a monitor the touch surface is where a key board would normally be various widges are available to manipulate items on the computer

13. BANGALURU TO OPEN DOORS FOR 6346 PRAVASIS ON JAN 7

·          On Saturday, all roads will lead to Bangalore international exhibition centre on tumakuru road as state government representative for the pravsi bharatiya devas.

About the Author: Dinesh is from Vizianagaram and  am pursuing Btech in Mvgr college of engineering in the stream of electrical engineering. He is passionate towards the armed forces and want to become an officer in forces. He is interested in playing games and also wants to spend some time in social work. He believes in NO PAIN NO GAIN and wants to see himself in respectable position.