1) Defence
Minister handed over first indigenously-built Tejas to Air Force: More than
three decades after the project was sanctioned, home-grown Light Combat
Aircraft Tejas was handed over on 18 January 2015 to Indian Air Force by
Defence Minister Manohar Parikkar marking a major milestone in the country's
military aviation. The ceremony was held at Bengaluru, Karanataka. The entire
project by DRDO and Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL), including the final
induction in the Air Force and Navy, is estimated to cost over Rs 30,000 crore.
Tejas is outcome of India’s LCA programme, which began in the 1983 to replace
country’s aging MiG-21 fighters.
2) Biopic
movie on Stephen Hawking ‘The Theory of Everything’ released in India: Film
'The Theory of Everything’, was released in Indian theatres by Universal
Pictures India on 16 January 2015. This film is based on the life of Stephen
Hawking, the iconic physicist, and is based on a book on him written by his
ex-wife Jane Hawking. It features Hawking’s romance with Jane and his struggle
to live with motor neuron disease. The film is one of the front-runners for the
Oscar nominations.
3) President
launched Pulse Polio Immunization Programme: President Pranab Mukherjee
launched the Pulse Polio Immunization Programme by administering polio drops to
children aged below five years at the Rashtrapati Bhavan on 17 January 2015, on
the eve of National Immunization Day. Lauding the efforts of nearly 23 lakh
volunteers and 1.5 lakh supervisors for eradicating polio from India, Health
Minister J P Nadda said that there has been no case of wild polio since January
13, 2011.
4) 24
Children, including 8 girls selected for National Bravery Awards: Twenty
four children, including eight girls, have been selected for National Bravery
Awards for 2014. Four of the awards have been given posthumously. The children
will receive their awards from Prime Minister Narendra Modi on the 24th of
January, and will also participate in the Republic Day parade.
5) CCEA
nod to maintain higher buffer stock of foodgrains: To avoid shortage of
foodgrains once all states implement the food law, government on 16 January
2015 approved raising buffer stock and strategic reserve limits of Food
Corporation of India for both wheat and rice. The government had last changed
the buffer norms in 2005.
6) Tribal
Food Festival-2015 began: The first of its kind grand Tribal Food
Festival-2015 got a kick start by Union Minister of Tribal Affairs Shri Jual
Oram in New Delhi on 16 January 2015. This unique festival is organised by the
Tribal Cooperative Marketing Development Federation of India Limited (TRIFED)
on behalf of the Ministry of Tribal Affairs, Govt. of India at Rajiv Gandhi
Handicrafts Bhawan, New Delhi.
7) Ashok
Srinivasan won The Hindu Prize 2014: Ashok Srinivasan won The Hindu Prize
2014 for his debut collection of 13 short stories, Book of Common Signs. The
award was presented by the former Chief Justice of the Himachal Pradesh High
Court Justice Leila Seth.
8) Pankaj
Advani won National Billiards title: Indian ace Pankaj Advani routed his
PSPB colleague and ‘friend’ Dhruv Sitwala 5-0 in a flawless display of potting
en route to his seventh Senior National Billiards Championship at the Bengal
Rowing Club, in Kolkata on 17 January 2015.
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