Banking & SSC 15th January National Current Affairs
- 222 Squadron to be Operationalised with Sukhoi-30 Fighter Jets at Air Force Station in Thanjavur on January 20
- Science Film Festival of India (SCI-FFI 2020) Being Held at Panaji (Goa): January 15-18 2020
- Centre Accepts Justice Dhingra Committee report on Delhi Police’s role in 1984 anti-Sikh riots
- Annual bull Taming Event ‘Jallikattu’ begins in Madurai, Tamil Nadu on the Occasion of Pongal
ARMY DAY
- Indian Army Day Celebrated on January 15
- On January 15, 1949, Lt General K M Cariappa Became the first Indian Commander-in-chief of the Indian Army
- General Francis Butcher was the Last British Commander-in-Chief of the Indian Army
CROSSWORD BOOK AWARDS: POPULAR AWARDS
- BUSINESS & MANAGEMENT — ANJU SHARMA for ‘Corporate Monk’
- HEALTH & FITNESS — DR JAISHREE SHARAD for ‘Skin Rules’
- NON-FICTION — GAUR GOPAL DAS for ‘Life’s Amazing Secrets’
- CHILDREN’S BOOKS — SUDHA MURTY for ‘The Upside-Down King’
- FICTION — TWINKLE KHANNA for ‘Pyjamas Are Forgiving’
- BIOGRAPHY — KRISHNA TRILOK for ‘Notes of a Dream: The Authorized Biography of A.R. Rahman’
CROSSWORD BOOK AWARDS: JURY AWARDS
- INDIAN LANGUAGE TRANSLATION: N. PRABHAKARAN for ‘Dairy of a Malayali madman’ (translated by JAYASREE KALATHIL)
- CHILDREN’S WRITING — RICHA JHA for ‘Machher Jhol’ (illustrated by SUMANTA DEY)
- ENGLISH FICTION — MADHURI VIJAY for ‘The Far Field’
- ENGLISH NON-FICTION — SHANTA GOKHALE for ‘One Foot on the Ground’
Banking & SSC 15th January International Current Affairs
- Annual Global Risks Report of Geneva-Based WEF identifies 5 global Risks: Extreme weather Events, Human-made Environmental Disasters, major Biodiversity loss, natural disasters, and failure of Climate Change mitigation and Adaptation.
- Sri Lanka: India Constructs the new Buildings for five Schools in Tamil-majority Northern Province
- China’s first and the Oldest female tractor driver Liang Jun, whose Image Features on Renminbi Currency notes, Dies at the age of 91
- Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev Resigns
Banking & SSC 15th January Economy & Business Current Affairs
- Merchandise trade data for April-December 2019-20 — Exports: USD 239.29 billion, Imports: USD 357.39 billion, Trade Deficit: USD 118.10 billion
- RBI asks Banks and Other card-issuing Companies to provide Facility to Customers to switch on and off their debit or credit Cards
- ‘Saksham’, the month-long Fuel Conservation Campaign of PCRA (Petroleum Conservation Research Association), to begin from the January 16 2020
- National Health Authority Signs MoU with ITC e-Choupal to help Farmers avail benefits of Ayushman Bharat health Insurance Scheme
- Amazon founder Jeff Bezos announces USD 1 billion Investment in India to help bring Small and medium businesses Online
Banking & SSC 15th January Sports Current Affairs
- Virat Kohli: Captain of 2019 ODI, Test Teams of the Year
- Rohit Sharma: 2019 ODI Cricketer of the Year
- Pat Cummins: Test Cricketer of the Year
- Ben Stokes: 2019 ICC’s Cricketer of The Year (Sir Garfield Sobers Trophy)
- Virat Kohli: 2019 Spirit of Cricket Award
- Marnus Labuschagne: 2019 ICC Men’s Emerging Cricketer