Bhartiya Sarkari Naukri: Current Affairs from 8th January to 15th January 2014 For SSC, IBPS & IAS

No Lost Generation initiative has been launched by UN and partners to save millions of Syrian Children from loosing generation amidst the civil war.
71st Golden Globe Awards were announced at Los Angeles on 11 January 2014.
Sheikh Hasina along with her Cabinet of 49 Ministers was sworn-in before President Abdul Hamid on 12 January 2014.

Government has launched the nation’s first comprehensive adolescent health programme named Rashtriya Kishor Swasthya Karyakram.
The Kelkar Committee submitted the first part of its report on 8 January 2014.
IRDA constituted Suresh Mathur Panel to suggest ways for improving FDI in insurance sector.
SC has directed the Government to place the report of Justice Shah Commission on illegal mining in Odisha and Jharkhand to it by 27 January 2014.
Karnataka became the first State in India to provide Universal Health Coverage to its population.
Center has decided to provide additional wage employment of 50 days beyond stipulated 100 days under MGNREGA to ST households in forest areas.

BOJ and RBI concluded an agreement for expansion of the maximum amount of the Bilateral Swap Agreement (BSA) to 50 billion dollars.

China decided to be one of the partners in the proposed National Investment and Manufacturing Zones (NIMZ) in Andhra Pradesh . Chittor, Medak and Prakasam district of Andhra Pradesh will be the centre of the NIMZ.
Facebook acquired Bengaluru-based Little Eye Labs for 90 crore rupees
Seventh Global Insurance Summit was held at Hyderabad in Andhra Pradesh. The summit was organised by National Council on Insurance of Associated Chambers of Commerce and Industry of India (ASSOCHAM).
SEBI has made it compulsory for all investments into Collective Investment Scheme funds to be made through banking channels and not in cash.
The South Korean steel maker POSCO has received environment clearance from MoEF for a steel plant worth 52000 crore rupees in Odisha.
India and Canada has signed a Letter of Intent for co-operation in Iron and Steel Sector.
World Bank in its Global Economic Prospects Report forecasted that economy of India will grow by just 6 percent in 2014-15.

A panel of Reserve Bank of India led by Nachiket Mor has suggested to set-up specialized banks to cater to the low income households. These banks will ensure that every citizen have a bank account by 2016.
Reserve Bank of India has allowed the Non-Banking Financial Companies (NBFCs) to lend up to 75 percent of the value of gold.

India defeated Pakistan to win 2014 Under-19 Asia Cup in the final match played at Sharjah cricket Stadium in Abu Dhabi .
Sanil Shetty and Ankita Das won their maiden men’s and women’s singles championship on 12 January 2014.
Nikhat Zareen won gold medal at the third Nations Cup International Boxing Tournament.
Vijay Zol selected as the Captain of India to lead the ICC Under-19 Cricket World Cup.

Platform number one of Gorakhpur railway station of Uttar Pradesh has entered into the Limca Book of Records as longest rail platform in the world.
Andhra Pradesh bagged the Oil and Gas Conservation Award for the best performance among the big States.
P.K.Goyal, Director of Indian Oil Corporation (IOC) was awarded the Best CFO Award.
Cristiano Ronaldo won the FIFA Ballon d’Or award for 2013
Pranab Mukherjee presented the Sunil Gangopadhyay Memorial Award of 2012 and 2013 to Nirendranath Chakraborty and Sankha Ghosh, respectively

Malaysia invitated India to open a branch of IIT there.
India’s first gun for women, Nirbheek was launched
World Hindi Day observed in India by the Ministry of External Affairs on 10 January
Enoch, I am a British Indian is a book written by Sarinder Joshua Duroch.
66th Army Day was observed on 15 January

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