The Hindu current affairs for the third week of January 2016 i.e. 11 Jan 2016 to 17 Jan 2016. As we all know exam of Railway recruitment is approaching so we have to now ready to crack the exam. Current affairs may play a very important role in the exams to get the high marks and to secure a good rank in the merit.
Abbreviation
NFSA- National Food Security Act
CIRB- Central Institute of Research on Buffaloes
CEEW- Council on Energy, Environment and Water
CMIE- Centre for Monitoring Indian Economy
SIPRI- Stockholm International Peace Research Institute
PM- Particulate Matter
IIP- Index of Industrial Production
EPFO- Employees’ Provident Fund Organization
SETU- Self-Employment and Talent Utilization
AIM- Atal Innovation Mission
MUDRA-Micro Units Development & Refinance Agency Ltd.
NAIS- National Agriculture Insurance Scheme
ICMR- Indian Council Medical Research
TTS- Thermal Target System
WIPO- World Intellectual Property Organization
PFBY- Pradhanmantri Fasal Bima Yojna
LAC- Line of Actual Control
Personalities
Chairman of Railway Board- Shri A.K.Mittal
Deputy Chief Minister of Telangana- Md. Mahmood Ali
Foreign Minister of Syria- Walid al Moualem
Chairman of CMIE- S A Dave
CEO of MUDRA- Jiji Mammen
President of South Korea- Park Geun-hye
Defense Secretary of U.S. – Ash Carter
Director General of ICMR- Soumya Swaminathan
Chief of Indian Army- General Dalbir Singh Suhag
Chief of Australian Army- Lieutenant General Angus Campbell
New Appointments
New President of the Shani Shingnapur Temple Trust- Anita Shete (First time Women)
New Indian High Commissioner to Bangladesh- Harsh Bardhan Shringla
New President of Taiwan- Tsai Ing-wen (First Female President of Taiwan)
Book, Artist & Author
“The Footprints of Partition: Narratives of Four Generations of Pakistanis and Indians” written by- Anam Zakaria (Pakistan Author)
“When the River Sleeps” written by- Easterine Kire
“The Case for India” written by- Will Durant
“Name all the Animals” written by- Alison Smith
Sports
Aircel Chennai Open 2016 Winner- Stan Wawrinka (Third Time Consecutive winner)
Runeer Up- Borna Coric
National & International Days
National Youth Day- 12th January (Birthday of Swami Vivekananda)
National Army Day- 15th January
Awards
Golden Globe Awards (73rd Edition) – Best Drama Film- The Revenant
Best Actor in Drama- Leonardo DiCaprio (The Revenant)
Best Director- Alejandro G. Inarritu (The Revenant)
Best Comedy Series- Mozart in the Jungle
Best Actor in Comedy Series- Gael Garcia Bernal (Mozart in the Jungle)
Best Supporting Actor- Sylvester Stallone (Creed)
Best Supporting Actress- Kate Winslet (Steve Jobs)
National Award on e-governance 2015-16- EPFO (For Universal Account Number)
The Hindu Prize 2015- Easterine Kire (From Nagaland)
Life Sciences Breakthrough prize for 2016- Karl Deisseroth
Business & Economy
Budget allocated for ‘Start-up India’- Rs.10000 Crore
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Place
Kanha Tiger Reserve Situated at- Madhya Pradesh
Head Quarter of CMIE- Mumbai
Constituency of Shashi Tharoor- Thiruvananthapuram
Also Read: Tips to Crack Railway RRB Exam 2016
Death
David Bowie- Singer
J.F.R. Jacob- Lieutenant General
Alan Rickman- British Actors
Anil Ganguly- Filmmaker
All The Best.