Daily Current Affairs : 26th January 2015

• Who has been declared as the first female Bishop of England - Libby Lane
• Which famous Greek Singer has passed away - Demis Roussos
• Which famous Cartoonist has passed away - Rasipuram Laxman
• Who is appointed as the Secretary (Security) in the Union Cabinet Secretariat - Divya Prakash Sinha
• Republic Day celebrated across India
• Who has been crowned as Miss Universe 2015 - Paulina Vega
• Who has been awarded Ashok Chakra - Major Mukund Varadarajan and Naik Neeraj Kumar Singh
• Which Party has won the Greece General Election - Anti-Austerity Syriza party
• Padma Awards Announced, which two personalities politely declined it - Ramdev and Sri Sri Ravi Shankar
• RBI lifted ban on carrying 1000 & 500 bank notes to which two countries - Nepal and Bhutan
• US President Barack Obama on three day visit to India
• Who was appointed as the nominee in peace-building panel by United Nation (UN) Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon - Saraswathi Menon
• Which bank signed a loan agreement with the European Investment Bank(EIB) and of how much amount- State Bank of India (SBI) signed a loan agreement for 100 million Euro
• Which day is celebrated as National Girl Child Day - 24th January
• Who has presented the National Bravery Award 2014 - PM Narendra Modi
• Which building made in Guinness World Record as largest vertical maze - Maze Tower of Dubai
• Sukanya Samridhi Yojana was launched by PM under which campaign - BBBP campaign
• Who was appointed as Interim Chairman of DDCA - R V Easwar
• Saudi Arabia King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz passed away
• Which Indian state got its first International Institute of Music - Kerala
• Who won DSC Prize 2015 for Literature - Indian American author Jhumpa Lahiri
• Which mobile messaging service made a Web browser version - WhatsApp
• Snapdeal signed 50:50 Joint Venture for TV Commerce with - DEN
• Which Committee on FCI restructuring submitted its report to PM - Shanta Kumar Committee
• What is full form of HRIDAY - Heritage Development and Augmentation Yojana
• Author of book titled Neither a Hawk nor a Dove - Pakistan's Ex-Foreign Minister Khurshid M Kasuri
• An import of which Fruit from India, EU decided to lift ban - Mangoes
• Which Tiger Reserve won NTCA biennial awar - Periyar Tiger Reserve
• Which two countries signed MoU with Sikkim to help it in development of floriculture - Netherlands and Thailand
• With which country India signed agreement on transfer of sentenced persons - Hong Kong
• Which scheme made it to Guinness World Records - Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojna