1.India, Pakistan exchange 27th list of nuclear installations.
- India and Pakistan today exchanged, through diplomatic channels simultaneously at New Delhi and Islamabad, the list of nuclear installations and facilities covered under the Agreement on the Prohibition of Attack against Nuclear Installations between India and Pakistan.
- Static part: Pakistan:- capital- Islamabad |currency- Pakistani rupee|PM-Shahid Khaqan Abbasi| President- Mamnoon Hussain
2.Bihar CM Nitish Kumar laid foundation stones for more than 100 projects worth Rs 700 crore in Nalanda district as part of his state-wide “Vikas Samiksha Yatra”.
- Static part: Bihar:- capital -Patna|Governor -Satya Pal Malik|Valmiki National Park is located in Bihar.
3.India is hosting 10 ASEAN Leaders on 26th Jan for the first time in history.
- PM Modi stated that republic day celebrations in 2018 would be remembered through the ages.
- Static part: ASEAN:- Association of south-east Asian nations. It is a group of 10 countries. (Thailand, Vietnam, Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, Myanmar (Burma), Cambodia, Laos, Brunei)
4.Vidarbha has won the Ranji Trophy title 2017 for the first time by defeating Delhi.
- The final match was played at Holkar Stadium in Indore.
5.Arunachal Pradesh declared open defecation free.
- It is the second state to be open defecation free in north-east after Sikkim
- Static part: Arunachal Pradesh: Capital-Itanagar|CM-Pema Khandu |Governor-B D Mishra
6. Indian golfer Shiv Kapur wins Royal Cup at Pattaya, Thailand.
- Shiv Kapur is an Indian professional golfer from New Delhi.
- Static part: Thailand: Capital-Bangkok|Currency-bhat
7.PM Modi addresses celebration of the 125th year of Acharya Satyendra Nath Bose, Birth anniversary in Kolkata via video conference from New Delhi.
- S N Bose was an Indian physicist from Bengal specializing in theoretical physics. He was awarded India’s second highest civilian award, the Padma Vibhushan.
- Static part: West Bengal: capital- Kolkata|CM-Mamata Banerjee |Governor-Keshari Nath Tripathi.
8.Vijay Keshav Gokhale has been appointed as India’s new Foreign Secretary.
- Diplomat Vijay Keshav Gokhale has been appointed as foreign secretary for a tenure of 2yrs succeeding S. Jaishankar who completes his tenure by Jan 28th this month.
- Gokhale at present working as Secretary (Economic Relations) in the Ministry of External Affairs and previously served as Indian ambassador to China and Germany.
- Static part: 1.Gautam bambawale India’s ambassador to China.
2.China: capital-Beijing, currency-Renminbi(yuan).
3.Germany: capital-Berlin, currency-euro.
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