26th January 2018 Current Affairs

1. 8th National Voters Day - 25 January

The theme of the National Voters’ Day 2018 is ‘Accessible Elections’.January 25th is the foundation day of the Election Commission, which came into being on this day in 1950. The significance of National Voters’ Day is to encourage more young voters to take part in the political process. It is a day to celebrate the right to vote and vibrant democracy of India.

Chief Election Commissioner- Mr. Om Prakash Rawat

Election Commissioner

a. Sunil Arora

b. Ashok Lavasa

2. Kannada Actress Krishna Kumari passes away at 85

She acted in more than 125 films in Telugu and almost 50 films in Kannada, Tamil and Malayalam

Karnataka 

Capital: Bangalore

CM: Siddarmaiah

Governor: Vajubhai Vala

National Park: Bandipur National Park

3. UP Cabinet approves 'one district, one product' scheme

The Uttar Pradesh Cabinet has approved 'one district, one product' scheme to promote products indigenous to every district. `One district One Product' scheme would create over 20 Lakh jobs in the state and would help in stemming the migration of the unemployed youth from the state.

UP Diwas - 24 January 1950

Uttar Pradesh

Capital : Lucknow

CM: Yogi Adityanath

Governor: Ram Naik

National Park: Dhudhwa National Park

4.Japan commits loan of 45 billion yen for Bengaluru water project

The Government of Japan has committed Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) Official Development Assistance loan for an amount of Yen 45 billion (Rs 2587 crore approx) for Bengaluru Water Supply and Sewerage Project (Phase 3) (I). The project will provide residents of Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagar Palike (BBMP) area with a safe water supply and sewerage services.

Karnataka 

Capital: Bangalore

CM: Siddarmaiah

Governor: Vajubhai Vala

National Park: Bandipur National Park

Japan

Capital: Tokyo

Currency: Yen

PM: Shinzo Abe

5. Women and Child Development(WCD) Ministry Launched SAG( Scheme for Adolescent Girls) Scheme (earlier named as Rajiv Gandhi Scheme for Empowerment of Adolescent Girls)

Secretary, Ministry of Women and Child Development, Shri Rakesh Srivastava launched the Phase -1 i.e. the beneficiary module of the Rapid Reporting System for the Scheme for Adolescent Girls - a web based on line monitoring for the Scheme for Adolescent Girls in New Delhi today.  This Portal has been developed in collaboration with National Informatics Centre (NIC). The URL for the portal is http://sag-rrs.nic.in.
MoWCD is implementing the Scheme for Adolescent Girls (SAG) in selected 508 districts across the country

Union Minister of Women and Child Development: Maneka Gandhi(Pilibhit UP Constituency)
National Girl Child Day- 24 January

6.India Ranks 81st On Global Talent Competitiveness Index

Switzerland continues to top the list released every year on the first day of the 2018 World Economic Forum (WEF) annual meeting in Davos,Switzerland. India has improved its position from 92nd last year. India was at the 89th place in 2016 on the index that measures how countries grow, attract and retain talent.

World Economic Forum(WEF)

Head Quarter: Cologny, Switzerland 

7.Govt announces new banking roadmap, infuses Rs 88,139 crore

Centre will infuse Rs 88,139 crore — of which Rs 8,139 crore is through budgetary allocation — into the banks by issuing recapitalisation bonds this financial year.

The reform agenda is aimed at EASE – Enhanced Access and Service Excellence, focusing on six themes of customer responsiveness, responsible banking, credit off take, PSBs as Udyami Mitra, deepening financial inclusion & digitalisation and developing personnel for brand PSB. The overarching framework for the reforms agenda is “Responsive and Responsible PSBs”.

Union Minister of Finance : Arun Jaitley(Gujarat Rajya Sabha)
Finance Secretary : Hasmukh Adhia

8. Prodigee Finance granted NBFC-ND license from RBI

Bhopal Based Prodigee Finance Limited recently crossed that milestone and received their NBFC license from RBI, making it possible for the firm to provide Small and Medium sized Enterprises (SME) loans.Prodigee Finance Limited Celebrates Getting NBFC-ND License from the RBI with the Help of Enterslice.

ND- indicates Non Deposit accepting NBFC.

Reserve Bank of India(RBI)

Established: 1 April 1935(RBI Act 1934)

Head Quarter: Mumbai

Governor: Dr. Urjit Patel

9.112 Women Achievers Including India's First Female Autorickshaw Driver to be Honoured by President RamNath Kovind

Flying Officer Bhawana Kanth, Avani Chaturvedi and Mohana Singh of Indian Air Force’s first batch of female fighter pilots are also among the 112 women to be honoured. The list also includes Delhi’s first woman bus driver Vankadarath Saritha and India’s first female autorickshaw driver Shila Dawre. Sucheta Pal, first Indian to attain the position of Global Brand Ambassador for India as the Master Trainer in Zumba, also figures in the list of the 112 women achievers

10. ONGC borrows Rs 4000 crore from ICICI Bank for buying HPCL

State-owned Oil and Natural Gas Corp (ONGC) has borrowed Rs 4,000 crore from ICICI Bank on top of over Rs 18,000 crore it has taken from three other banks to part finance its Rs 36,915 crore acquisition of HPCL. ONGC to fund the acquisition of government's 51.11 per cent stake in Hindustan Petroleum Corp Ltd (HPCL).

ONGC(Oil and Natural Gas Corporation)

Headquarter: Dehradun Uttarakhand

Chairman: Shri Shashi Shankar

HPCl(Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Ltd)

Headquarter : Mumbai

Chairman; Shri Mukesh Kumar Surana

ICICI(Industrial Credit And Investment Corporation Of India)

CEO: Chanda Kochhar

Head Quarter: Mumbai

11. U.S Senate Confirms Jerome H. Powell as Federal Reserve Chairman

The Senate confirmed Federal Reserve Governor Jerome Powell as chair of the world's most influential central bank.

United State Of America(USA)

Capital: Washington DC

Currency: Dollar

President: Donald Trump(Republican Party)

12. Weightlifter Rakhi Halder Create new national Record winning gold medal in 33rd Women Senior Nationa Weightlifting Championship

Rakhi Halder of RSPB created a new national record in clean and jerk en route to a gold medal in the 63kg women's category in the 33rd Women Senior National Weightlifting Championships in Mangaluru, Karnataka.

Karnataka 

Capital: Bangalore

CM: Siddarmaiah

Governor: Vajubhai Vala

National Park: Dandipur National Park

13.Veteran Communist leader Yashwant Chavan dies at 97

Yashwantrao Balwantrao Chavan was the first Chief Minister of Maharashtra after the division of Bombay State and the fifth Deputy Prime Minister of India. He was a strong Congress leader, co-operative leader, social activist and writer.

Maharashtra

Capital: Mumbai

CM: Devender Fernadivis

Governor: C VidyaSagar Rao

14.Tamil Nadu men beat Services to win 68th Senior National Basketball Championship title

Tamil Nadu have won their 10th national title after beating Services 94-86 in the final at Nehru Indoor Stadium Chennai, Tamil Nadu

Tamil Nadu

Capital: Chennai

CM: Edapaddi K Palaniswamy

Governor: Banwari Lal Purohit

National Park: Anamalai National Park.