Banking & SSC 25th Jan Imp Current Affairs 2020

CEC Sunil Arora takes Over as the brand new Chair of the Forum of the Election Management Bodies of South Asia (FEMBoSA) for 2020
National Girl Child day Celebrated on January 24; Government announces to set up Ten Chairs in different universities within the name of eminent women to Inspire women to carry out research activities
UP Diwas Celebrated on January 24; CM Yogi Adityanath lays Foundation of 18 Atal Residential schools for kids of Labourers
Scholars from India and Russia participate in the First Ganga-Volga Dialogue of Civilizations held in New Delhi
Department of Biotechnology holds International Summit on Women in STEM (science, technology, engineering and math) – “Visualizing the Future: New Skylines” on January 23-24 in New Delhi
Latest edition of Oxford Advanced Learner’s Dictionary capabilities 26 new Indian English words, together with Aadhaar, chawl, dabba, hartal and shaadi
Dipa Chaudhury & Puneet Gupta Awarded presented Romain Rolland Prize for Translation for his or her Hindi translation of French cartoon series “Asterix”
India Successfully test-fires K-4 Submarine-Launched missile of 3500 km range off Visakhapatnam coast.
India, Bangladesh sign agreement to upgrade 50 km Ashuganj (River port)-Akhaura (land port) road in Bangladesh into 4-lane highway.
644 extremists from Eight banned outfits Surrender in Assam

India’s ranked eightieth on Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI-2019) of Transparency International; New Zealand and Denmark are Least corrupt, Somalia maximum corrupt
Ruling Nepal Communist Party wins 16 seats out of 18 in National Assembly, the Raja sabha of parliament
China: Death toll in coronavirus outbreak Climbs to 25; government authorities lock down eight Cities to prevent its spread
WEF announces the release of Global Consortium for Digital Currency Governance in order to design a framework for the governance of virtual currencies
International Day of Education observed on January 24; topic: ‘Learning for humans, planet, prosperity and peace

India’s Foreign exchange Reserves Touch a lifetime high of USD 462.Sixteen billion in the week ended January 17
Govt’s of India and the World Bank sign USD 210 million loan Agreement for State of Maharashtra’s Agribusiness and Rural transformation Project.
IndusInd Bank launches wealth management platform Pioneer Banking for high internet-really worth clients
West Bengal was into the top state in vegetable production in 2018-19 at 29.55 million tonne (MT)
Tata Steel Kalinganagar Honoured at WEF meeting in Davos for admittance into the Global Lighthouse Network

India Beat host NZ by 6 wickets in the First T20I of the Five-match Series at the Eden Park, Auckland
India’s Sonia Lather (women’s 57kg) wins Bronze at Strandja Memorial Boxing Tournament in Sofia, Bulgaria.

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