January 4th, 2018
1.4th January: World Braille Day.
- World Braille Day is annually celebrated on January 4, the birthday of Braille script or code inventor, Louis Braille.
2.The National Mission for Clean Ganga(NMCG) approves five Namami Gange projects in West Bengal, Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand worth Rs 295.01 Cr. 
- Out of these 5 projects, three pertain to sewage management in West Bengal, one relates to sewage management in Uttarakhand and remaining one is related to ghat improvement works in Uttar Pradesh. Projects related to sewage management are located in high pollution load towns along river Ganga.
- Static Part:1.Uttarakhand:-Chief minister-Trivendra Singh Rawat|Governor- Krishan Kant Paul|Capital-Dehradun|National Parks-Jim Corbett National Park, Rajaji National Park Etc.
2.Uttar Pradesh:-Chief minister-Yogi Adityanath|Governor-Shri Ram Naik|Dudhwa national park.
3.West Bengal:-Chief minister-Mamata Banerjee|Governor-Keshari Nath Tripathi|Sundarbans national park, Neora Valley national park, Buxa national park.
3.Union cabinet approved the establishment of new AIIMS in Bilaspur(Himachal Pradesh) under the Pradhan Mantri Swasthya Suraksha Yojana (PMSSY).
- The cost of the project is Rs.1351 crore.
- Static Part: Himachal Pradesh:-Chief minister-Jai Ram Thakur|Governor-Acharya Dev Vrat|It has Pin Valley National Park and The Great Himalayan National Park.
4.UN Security Council welcomes 6 New Non-permanent Members (Equatorial Guinea, Ivory Coast, Kuwait, Peru, Poland and the Netherlands).
- The U.N. Security Council has 15 members including five of which (China, France, Russia, Britain and United States) are permanent ones.
- The six countries who left the UN Security Council recently on December 31st are Egypt, Italy, Japan, Senegal, Ukraine and Uruguay.
- Static Part: UN Security Council Headquarters- New York, United States.
5.Indian Institute of Corporate Affairs(IICA), India Post Payments Bank (IPPB) sign MOU for the training of employees of the latter in the area of payment banking.
- Static Part: 1.India Post Payments Bank:- MD & CEO-Suresh Sethi.
2.Indian Institute of Corporate Affairs: -DG & CEO-Gyaneshwar Kumar Singh.
6.Union Cabinet has approved the signing of MOU between India and Israel on cooperation in the oil and gas sector.
- The Cooperation will facilitate promotion of investments in each other’s countries, technology transfer, R&D, conducting joint studies etc.
- Static Part: Israel:- President- Reuven Rivlin|Prime Minister- Benjamin Netanyahu|Capital-Jerusalem|Currency- Israeli new shekel.
7.Sushma Swaraj visits three South East Asian countries ( Thailand, Indonesia and Singapore) for 5days.
- The External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj will inaugurate the Regional Pravasi Bharatiya Divas of ASEAN countries in Singapore on January 7th. The theme of the event is “Ancient Route, new Journey: Diaspora in the Dynamic ASEAN- India partnership”.
- Static Part:1.Thailand:- Capital-Bangkok |Currency-Thai baht|The Prime Minister of Thailand- Prayut Chan-o-cha.
2.Indonesia:- Capital- Jakarta|Currency- Indonesian rupiah|Indonesian President-Joko Widodo.
3.Singapore:-Capital-Singapore city|Currency-Dollar|President-Halimah Yacob.
8.Union Cabinet approves Indo-Myanmar agreement on the land border crossing.
- The Agreement facilitates movement of people on the basis of valid passports and visas which will enhance economic and social interaction between the people of two countries.
- Static Part: 1.India shares 1,643-km long border with Myanmar. It passes through four northeastern states of Arunachal Pradesh, Nagaland, Manipur and Mizoram.
2.Myanmar(Also known as Burma):- Capital-Naypyidaw|Currency-Burmese kyat|President-Htin Kyaw.
9.The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs(CCEA) approves construction of bi-directional Zojila Tunnel worth Rs.6,809 cr in Jammu and Kashmir.
- Zojila pass is at an altitude of 11,578 feet on Srinagar-Kargil-Leh national highway.
- Static Part: J and K:- Srinagar is the summer capital and Jammu is the winter capital|CM-Mehbooba Mufti|Governor-Narinder Nath Vohra|It has national parks like Dachigam, Hemis, Kishtwar, and Salim Ali national park.
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