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I am sharing the Current Affairs Daily Updates 1st January 2017.
Appointments:
S P Singh takes over as
new Chief Secretary of Telangana:
- Senior
IAS officer S P Singh has been appointed as the new Chief
Secretary of Telangana govt.
- Singh
is currently serving as Special Chief Secretary in Panchayati Raj
department.
- He
takes over the charge of office from K Pradeep Chandra, who retired from
service on Saturday.
Justice Mian Saqib Nisar
appointed as Chief Justice of Pak:
- Justice Mian
Saqib Nisar has taken oath as the 25th Chief Justice of
Pakistan.
- The
oath was administered by the country's President Mamnoon Hussain at the
President House.
- The
event was attended by Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif and other dignitaries.
Justice Nisar has replaced Justice Anwar Zaheer Jamali who retired after
serving as Chief Justice for 15 months.
Awards and Honours:
Olympic heroes and
entertainers recognised in New Year Honours 2017:
- Andy
Murray, Mo Farah and Jessica Ennis-Hill are among theOlympic stars
recognised in a New Year Honours list.
- Rio
2016 men's tennis champion Murray and double gold-winning athlete
Farah receive knighthoods, while heptathleteEnnis-Hill becomes
a dame.
- A
host of Paralympians also receive honours, including 11-times gold
medallist dressage rider Lee Pearson who receives a
knighthood.
British-Indian Shankar
Balasubramanian receives Knighthood in New Year's Honours List:
- An
Indian-origin British professor of chemistry, Shankar
Balasubramanian, received a Knighthood from Queen Elizabeth II for
his contribution to the field of science and medicine.
- Sir
Shankar Balasubramanian is an Indian-born British chemist and
Herchel Smith Professor of Medicinal Chemistry in the Department of
Chemistry the University of Cambridge.
Banking News:
SBI cuts lending rate by
0.9 per cent:
- The
country's largest lender State Bank of India (SBI) on Sunday slashed its
benchmark lending rate by 0.9% across various maturities.
- Following
this cut, home, auto, personal and other loans will become cheaper.
- The
new rates are effective from January 1, 2017.
National News:
Mori village in Andhra
gets Smart Digital village tag:
- Mori
village under
Sakhinetipalli mandal in East Godavari district of Andhra Pradesh placed
on India’s digital map by transforming completely into a Smart
Digital Village.
- Mori
has bagged the Swachh Village award recently at the
national level.
Madhya Pradesh plans to
develop 1,100 ‘climate-smart’ villages:
- Madhya
Pradesh has plan to develop 1,100 ‘climate-smart’ villages in
a period of next 6 years to prepare farmers to manage the
climate change risks timely and ensure good productivity.
- According
to the plan, 100 villages in each of the 11 agro-climatic zones of the
state would be taken up under the National Agriculture Development
Programme (NADP) and Indian National Mission on Sustainable Agriculture
with a cost about Rs 150 crore every year.
Sports News:
Somdev Devvarman retires
from professional tennis:
- Somdev
Devvarman announced
his retirement from professional tennis on his official
Twitter page on Sunday.
- He
last played against Sebastian Fanselow at USA F10 Futures, two years
ago.
- The
31-year-old’s career was hampered by a recurring shoulder injury in 2012.
- Somdev
led the Indian charge in the Davis Cup singles since his debut in 2008,
and has played 14 rubbers.
7 Year Old Kush Bhagat
Creates History at Asia Youth Chess Championship:
- Mumbai’s Kush
Bhagat made history on December 29 after winning three gold
medals in the 1st Western Asia Youth Chess Championship held in
Al Ain Chess Club, UAE.
- The
second standard student of the NSS Hill Spring International achieved the
feat in all the three categories, rapid, blitz and standard,
and became the only Indian in the world to bag all the crowns in
the competition.
