DAILY CURRENT AFFAIRS:
9 JAN 2016
(Daily News India)
1. FRENCH
SOLDIERS TO MARCH IN RAJPATH ON REPUBLIC DAY 2016
i. The French soldiers will march on
Rajpath on the occasion of Republic Day with Indian troops in the presence of
President Francois Hollande.
ii. The Pesident of France Francois
Hollande is the honourable Chief Guest
for 26 January 2016 celebrations.
iii. It is for the first time that a
foreign country army will participate in the 26th January Parade, since 1950.
2.
SAILESH APPOINTED AS THE REGISTRAR GENERAL AND CENSUS COMMISSIONER OF INDIA
i. Additional Secretary of Home Affairs
Sailesh is appointed as the Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India.
ii. He will replace C Chandramauli who had completed his term on 7th January 2016.
iii. Registrar General and Census
Commissioner of India is responsible for conducting the decennial Census.
3.
INDIGENOUSLY BUILT ASW CORVETTE INS KADMATT COMMISSIONED IN VISAKHAPATNAM
i. Anti-submarine warfare corvette INS
Kadmatt was commissioned in the Indian Navy at Visakhapatnam.
ii. INS Kadmatt is the ship in
which excessive amount of weapons and
sensors had been integrated to provide a Common Operational Picture.
iii. INS Kadmatt is named on the largest island of the Lakshadweep group of Islands
Chief of the Naval Staff
: Admiral R K Dhowan
4. RBI
GOVERNOR RAGHURAM RAJAN AWARDED 2016 CENTRAL BANKER OF THE YEAR AWARD
i. Reserve Bank of India Governor
Raghuram Rajan has been honoured with the Central Banker of the Year Award for
year 2016.
ii. The award has been given by a
monthly publication of Financial Times Group.
iii. The award is given to the
officials and bankers who have contributed their best to stimulate growth and
stabilise their country’s economy.
5. TATA
STEEL HONOURED WITH PM’S TROPHY
i. Tata Steel has been declared as the
winner of Prime Minister’s Trophy for being the ‘Best Performing Integrated
Steel Plant’ in the country for the performance year 2013 – 2014.
ii. Tata steel has bagged this award
for the eighth time.
iii. Tata Steel has been honoured for
setting the benchmark of excellence in efficiency, quality and sustainability
in its all operations.
iv. The Prime Minister’s trophy has
been started in 1992-93 on the suggestion of the former Prime Minister P V
Narasimha Rao for recognising the outstanding performance of the integrated
steel plants.
6. PAVAN
KAPOOR TO BE INDIA'S AMBASSADOR TO ISRAEL
i. Senior diplomat Pavan Kapoor has
been appointed India's ambassador to Israel.
ii. He will replace Jaideep Sarkar.
iii. India is Israel's largest buyer of
military hardware such as weapons systems, missiles and unmanned aerial
vehicles.
Israeli Prime Minister:
Benjamin Netanyahu
