One linear current affairs of January 2020 is made for the quick revision of all the important news that took place in January as so many exams are on the way this blog will be helpful for the exam like SSC, Bank, and Railway exam.
Important Current Affairs of January 2020
- Bharat Airtel got approval from the telecom department to raise the FDI limit to 100%.
- India got 76 ranks in the ‘Social Mobility Index’, in 2020 released by the World Economic Forum.
- Vasdev Mohi will be honored with the 29th Swaraswati Samman for his book Chequebook published in 2012.
- The Indian Passport ranked 84th in Henley Passport Index 2020 and the list is topped by Japan.
- Reserve Bank of India has launched a mobile App MANI (Mobile Aided Note Identifier) for visually challenged People, They can identify the currency note with this app.
- The Maharashtra government has set up a committee to suggest measures to improve forest tourism.
- Dhanu Jatra festival is observed in Odisha. It is considered the largest open-air theatre in the world.
- The First edition of the “ Krishi Manthan” summit is being held in Gujarat.
- Amazon announced to invest $ 1 billion to digitize Small and Medium Businesses in India.
- Manav Thakkar is the Table Tennis Player. He becomes world no.1 in the latest International Table Tennis Federation rank in under -21.
- MS Swaminathan was awarded “ Muppavarapu Venkaiah Naidu Nationa Award for Excellence”.
- Arunachal Pradesh adopted a new logo for its Legislative Assembly, which consists of Foxtail Orchid.
- Anand Parkash Maheshwari has been appointed as Head of CRPF.
- Ben Stokes won the ‘ Sir Garfield Sobers Trophy’ for ‘ Player of the Year’, presented by the International Cricket Council ( ICC ).
- S.Sowmya received the famous ‘ Sangita Kalamithi ‘ award of the Music Academy.
- The estimated cost of the new Chandrayaan -3 project is 600 Crore as announced by the ISRO.
- Bipul Behari Saha has been elected as a bureau member of the International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry (IUPAC) for the period 2020-23
- Nagoba Jatara was celebrated in Telangana it is the second-largest Tribal festival in India.
- Under Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana – Gramin (PMAY-G) the Cental government aims to achieve housing for all by 31 March 2022.
- Koneru Humpy an Indian Grandmaster wins the World Women’s Rapid Chess Championship.
- Indian Women’s team caption Rani Rampal became the 1st ever hockey player worldwide to win the prestigious ‘World Games Athlete of the Year’ award 2019.
- Yusuf Jameel won the 2nd edition of the Gauri Lanlesh Award 2019 given in the field of Journalism.
- The 1st edition of Kelo India University Gamers will be held at the KIIT University in Bhubaneswar, Odisha.
- Rubigula’, Flame-Throated Bulbul, has been unveiled as the official mascot for the Goa 2020 National Games in Panaji, Goa.
- 9 edition of Indo-Bangladesh Military Exercise “ SAMPRITI” held in Umroi, Meghalaya.
- Chandauli district of Uttar Pradesh topped in the NITI Aayog Aspirational Districts ranking for 2019.
- Pavan Sukhdev was awarded the Tyler Prize 2020 for “ Green economy” along with the conservation biologist Gretchen C. Daily.
- India became 2nd largest producer of steel as per the World Steel Association in 2019.
- Operation Vanilla was launched by the Indian Navy to support and provide assistance to Tropical Cyclone Ava and the flood-hit Madagascar.
- 71st edition of International Boxing Tournament “ Strandja” 2020 held in Sofia, Bulgaria.
- Jasprit Bumrah became the highest wicket-taker in the T20.
- By 2024 Indian Railways target to run the entire railway network with 100% electricity.
- January 24 is celebrated as National Girl Child Day.
- Pranab Mukherjee released the Book titled “ Relentless”. It is an autobiography of Yashwant Sinha.
- Shiv Bhojan scheme is launched by the Maharashtra state government which aims to provide a meal to the poor for just Rs.10.
- Michelle Obama was honored with the “ Best spoken word album” at the Grammy awards 2020 for his book “ Becoming”.
- France will be the guest of honor at the 2022 New Delhi World Book Fair.
- In Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh India’s first e-waste clinic was inaugurated.
- United Kingdom ( Britain) left the European Union group now 27 countries are left in this group.
- GATI portal was launched by Nitin Gadkari to monitor 3 lakh rupees road project, and to raise any issues related to NHAI.
- Denmark and New Zealand topped the Corruption Perception Index 2019 released by Transparency International and India’s rank was 80 out of 180 countries.
- France will train the Indian surgeons for the Gaganyaan mission.
- Palau has banned ‘reef-toxic’ sunscreen at the diving destination.
- MS Dhoni was picked as the caption of ESPNCricnfo’s ODI Team.
- January 4 is observed as World Braille Day every year.
- Vijay Rupani has unveiled the second tallest statue of Sardar Vallabhai Patel in the world at Ahmedabad.
- Tania Shergill, an officer with the Army’s Corps of Signals, will be the first women’s parade adjutant for the Republic Day parade.
- Earthshot Prize is released by Britain’s it will be given to encourage new solutions to tackling climate change.
- The rehabilitation center for freshwater turtles was inaugurated in the Bhagalpur forest division in Bihar.
- Vinod Kumar Yadav is the chairman and CEO of the Railway Board.
- CISF has observed the Year 2020 as the ‘ Year of Mobility’.
- Port of Kolkata has been renamed the Shyama Parsad Mukherjee Port.
- Yashaswini Scheme was launched in Goa.
- Nepal has decided to make Yoga education compulsory for school children.
- Peddapalli is India’s first open-drain free district and has bagged the ‘ Swachhata Darpan Award 2020 ‘.
- ‘Sahyog-Kaijin’ exercise was conducted between India and Japan.
- Uttar Pradesh State Road Transport Corporation has launched a helpline named ‘Damini’ for women.
- Lai Haraoba festival was observed by Manipuri Meitei communities in Agartala.
- The ‘Cyber Safe Women’ initiative was launched by Maharashtra.
- Malavath Pooran has scaled Mt. Vinson Massif highest mountain in Antarctica.
- Kobe Bryant died in a helicopter crash, He was famous Basketball Player.
- Indian Railways opens its 1st waste-to-energy plants in Bhubaneswar.
- Samvidhan, a Hindi word is been declared as the Hindi word of the year 2019 by Oxford Dictionary.
- Taranjit Singh Sandhu has been appointed as India’s Ambassador to the USA.
- Sunanda Patnik passed who is known as Guruma passed away. She was a famous Odia Hindustani Vocalist.
- India ranked 51st position in Democracy Index 2019. Norway topped the list and North Korea was at the bottom in total 167 countries.
- Maharashtra has topped the medal tally of the 3rd season of the Kelo India youth games held in Guwahati. 4th season will be held in Haryana.
- Taxi service “Women with Wheels “ Launched at Indira Gandhi International Airpot.
- Jharkhand Jharia became the most polluted city in India according to Greenpeace India Report.
- India ranks 72nd on the Global Talent Competitive Index 2020. Switzerland topped the list.