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January 2017 Current Affairs for SSC and UPSC PDF | Jagaran Josh

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30th January 2017 Current Affairs | Daily GK Updates

  • Rio Olympic silver medallist PV Sindhu won Badminton World Federation (BWF) Most Improved Player of the Year award at the Players’ Reception and Gala Dinner in Dubai 

  • Max Verstappen capped off a remarkable 2016 by breaking the Formula 1 record for the most successful overtaking manoeuvres in a single season.·         The Dutch driver, who became the youngest ever F1 winner when he won the Spanish Grand Prix on his first appearance for Red Bull, made 78 passing moves during 2016, according to data calculated by Pirelli.

  • Pakistan’s former Army chief Gen. Raheel Sharif (retired) was appointed head of Islamic Military Alliance to Fight Terrorism (IMAFT), a Saudi Arabia-led military coalition of 39 nations.

  • Astronomers have discovered two of the most powerful phenomena in the universe, a supermassive black hole and the collision of giant galaxy clusters about 2 billion light years from Earth.

  • Ace Indian cueist Pankaj Advani won his 11th World Billiards (150-Up format) Championships title by beating Peter Gilchrist of Singapore in the summit clash .

  • Norway becomes the first nation to shut FM Radio network. It had convert completely to digital signals. 66% Norwegians oppose this decision and 17% are in favor. This step is taken to make Norway completely digital and this Digital radio can provide many more channels for the same price.

  • US fast-food giant McDonald’ has recently announced to sell its businesses in mainland China and Hong Kong. It aims to sell the business for $2.08 billion to Citic, a state-owned conglomerate, and the Carlyle Group The Expert Group set up to prepare Socio Economic and Caste Census (SECC) has submitted its report to the Ministry of Rural Development (MoRD). The expert group was headed by former Finance Secretary Sumit Bose.

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