Bhartiya Sarkari Naukri: Current Affairs from 16th January to 21st January 2014 for SSC, IBPS & IAS

Jamila Bayaz was appointed as the police chief of District One of Kabul province
Hery Rajaonarimampianina declared as the new President of Madagascar
Peshawar in Pakistan had the largest number of polio cases in the world

Indian Coast Guard Ship Abhinav was commissioned in Kochi by the Director General of Coast Guard Vice Admiral Anurag G Thapiyal.
State Cabinet of Goa approved a proposal of increase in the reservation of OBC from 19.5 to 27 percent for employment in the government sector.

India and Pakistan released the joint statement providing for Non Discriminatory Market Access at 5th SAARC Business Leaders

The Gross Domestic Product (GDP) of China decelerated to 7.7 percent in 2013-14.

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) included Hong Kong and Macau in the sensitive list.
Reserve Bank of India (RBI) issued new 5 rupees and 10 rupees coins bearing images of Goddess Vaishno Devi.
RBI has allowed foreign investors to buy shares of South Indian Bank as foreign shareholding in the bank has gone below the prescribed limit.
RBI has constituted an Expert Committee to Review Governance of Boards in India, which will be chaired by PJ Nayak, former Chairman and CEO of Axis Bank.

Jimmy Walker of the US won the Sony Open golf tournament held in Hawaii
Abhijeet Gupta won his second Parsvanth International Grandmasters chess tournament
Netherlands won the Hero Hockey World League Final by defeating New Zealand 7-2 at Major Dhyan Chand National Stadium in New Delhi.

Famous Marathi writer and Social activist, Namdeo Dhasal died in Mumbai.
Famous Bengali actress Suchitra Sen died in Kolkota on 17 January 2014. She was 82.
Sunanda Pushkar was found dead in a five-star hotel room, which police believe is a case of suicide.

Taiwanese poet Yushi was awarded the Thiruvalluvar award on Thiruvalluvar Day
Deepika Padukone and Farhan Akhtar won the Best Actress(Ram-leela) and Best Actor(Bhaag Milkha Bhaag) awards respectively.
Abhishikta S Shetty of Karnataka won the 11th Edition of the Miss South India 2014 pageant at the Le Meridien in Coimbatore.
Cyrus Mistry won the DSC prize 2014 for South Asian literature for his book Chronicles of a Corpse Bearer

Vice President of India, Hamid Ansari released a book entitled Sangharsh ke safar ka nayak Mulayam written by Omveer Tomar
The 25th road safety week was celebrated from 11th to 17th January 2014
First Climate change theatre opened at Pushpa Gujral Science City in Kapurthala, Punjab

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