January 7th, 2018
1.France’s Gilles Simon won the Tata Open Maharashtra Tennis trophy at Balewadi Sports Complex in Pune.
- He defeated second-seeded Kevin Anderson of South Africa.
- Static Part:1.France:- Capital-Paris|Currency-Euro|President-Emmanuel Macron|Prime minister-Edouard Philippe.
2.South Africa: Capital-Cape Town|Currency-rand|President-Jacob Zuma.
2.The 31st International Kite Festival (Uttarayan) has been launched at Ahmedabad, Gujarat.
- The festival is inaugurated by Gujarat Chief Minister Vijay Rupani in the presence of Governor O P Kohli.
- Static Part: Gujarat:-It has Gir Forest National Park, Vansda National Park, Black Buck National Park.
3.The Annual Conference of DGPs and IGPs has started in Gwalior, Madhya Pradesh at BSF Academy.
- PM Narendra Modi was welcomed by CM Shivraj Chouhan at the event.
- Static Part: Madhya Pradesh:- Governor-O P Kohli |It has national parks such as Kanha, Madhav, Mandla, Panna and Pench.
4.The world’s largest ice festival has kicked off in China.
- It is known for snow sculpture art featuring animals, cartoon characters and landmarks.
- Static Part: China:-Capital-Beijing|Currency-Renminbi.
5.Switzerland’s Roger Federer and Belinda Bencic beat Germany’s Alexander Zverev and Angelique Kerber to win the Hopman Cup mixed doubles.
- Static Part: 1.Switzerland:- Capital-Bern|Currency-Swiss franc.
2.Germany:-Capital-Berlin|Currency-Euro.
6.RJD chief Lalu Prasad Yadav gets 3.5yrs jail by a special CBI court in Fodder Scam case.
Special CBI judge Shivpal Singh announced the sentence after hearing arguments on the quantum of sentencing.- Lalu Prasad Yadav was former Chief Minister of Bihar, former UPA Minister of Railways, and а former Member of Parliament of the 15th Lok Sabha.
7.Former Director General of World Trade Organization(WTO) Peter Sutherland dies at 71.
- Static Part:1.The World Trade Organization (WTO) is the organization that deals with international trade.
2.WTO:-Headquarters: Geneva, Switzerland.
8.Actor Shrivallabh Vyas passes away in Jaipur.
- Some of his popular films are Sarfarosh, Abhay, Aan: Men at Work, Lagaan, Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose: The Forgotten Hero.
9.The Union Minister of Youth Affairs and Sports, Col. Rajyavardhan Rathore launches ‘Khelo India’ logo.
- He said that it would go a long way in achieving the twin objectives of mass participation and promotion of excellence in sports.
- Khelo India School Games 2018 will be held from January 31 for under-17 age group (boys and girls) across 16 sports disciplines it will be the first time that school games will be broadcast LIVE simultaneously on TV and digital platform.
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