January 9th, 2018

1.Pravasi Bharatiya Divas (NRI day) is observed annually on 9 January by the Republic of India to mark the contribution of the overseas Indian community towards the development of India.

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  • Pravasi Bharatiya Divas 2018 to be held at Marina Bay Sands in Singapore on 6-7th Jan 2018. The theme of this year “Ancient Route, New Journey: Diaspora in the Dynamic India-ASEAN Partnership”.
  • Static Part: Singapore:- Capital-Singapore city|Currency-Singapore-dollar|President-Halimah Yacob.

2.Bihar Govt bans e-cigarettes in the state.

  • An electronic cigarette is run by a battery that tries to create MAIN-Banned-e-ciggarettes.jpgthe feeling of tobacco smoking.

 

 

3.Gujarat has topped logistics index chart – Commerce ministry.download.jpg

  • The chart was released by the Commerce Ministry Suresh Prabhu, it is an indicator of the efficiency of logistical services necessary for promoting exports in particular and economic growth in general.
  • Static Part: Gujarat:-CM- Vijay Rupani |Governor- Om Prakash Kohli.

4.Supreme Court says National Anthem before movie screenings is not a must in Cinema halls. 

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  • Accepting Attorney general K K Venugopal’s suggestion, the bench headed by Chief Justice of India (CJI) Dipak Misra said playing of the national anthem would be optional.

 

5.India unveils fastest supercomputer named “pratyush”.

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  • This supercomputer delivers a peak power of 6.8 petaflops.One petaflop is a million billion floating point operations per second.
  • Pratyush is the Fourth fastest computer in the world.
    1st- Japan, 2nd-USA,  3rd-UK

6.Iran bans English in Primary schools due to “cultural invasion “.no-english.gif

  • Static Part: Iran:- capital – Tehran|currency -rial|President: Hassan Rouhani.

7.AR Rahman Named Brand Ambassador of Sikkim.

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  • The renowned Indian music producer will now be campaigning for Sikkim to attract tourists and business for the state.
  • Static Part: Sikkim:- CM-Pawan Kumar Chamling|Governor- Shriniwas Dadasaheb Patil.

 

8.Bihar CM Nitish Kumar conferred with Mufti Mohammad Sayeed Award for Probity in Politics and Public Life. 

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  • This award presented by Governor N N Vohra on the second death anniversary of Jammu Kashmir CM Mehabooba Mufti’s father Sayeed.
  • Static Part: 1.Jammu khasmir:- capital -jammu and Srinagar| CM – Mehabooba mufti| Gov- Narendra nath vohra.
    2.Bihar:- capital – Patna|CM-Nitish Kumar|Gov-Satyapal malik.