1. Haryana picks Ramdev as
brand ambassador
i. The Haryana government plans to
promote yoga and ayurveda in a big way, and has appointed yoga guru Ramdev as
its brand ambassador.
ii. Haryana's minister
of sports and health Anil Vij said a herbal forest would be developed over
thousands of acres of land in the state where plants of 25 thousand species of
ayurvedic herbs would be grown under the supervision of the yoga guru and his
close aide Balkrishna.
iii. An ayush wing was being established
in all the hospitals of Haryana for which 550 doctors would have to do a
refresher course under the supervision of the yoga guru.
iv. Haryana would be developed into an
Ayurvedic University whereas a yogic centre of international standards would be
built in Panchkula.
2. Censor Board chief Leela
Samson decides to quit
i. Citing "interference, coercion
and corruption of panel members and officers" appointed in the Central
Board of Film Certification (CBFC) by the Union Information & Broadcasting
Ministry, Bharatnatyam danseuse Leela Samson has quit as Censor Board chief.
ii. She put in her papers on Thursday
amid reports that the Film Certification Appellate Tribunal (FCAT) had cleared
the release of the film MSG – The Messenger of God featuring Dera Saccha Sauda
chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh in the lead role.
3. Siddhartha Chatterjee
appointed as CTO of Persistent Systems Ltd
i. Siddhartha Chatterjee was
appointed as the Chief Technology Officer (CTO) of Persistent Systems Ltd with
effect will be based at the United States branch of the company.
ii. Chatterjee is a graduate in
Electronics and Electrical Communications Engineering from the Indian Institute
of Technology, Kharagpur.
iii. Chatterjee has served as an
Assistant and Associate Professor of Computer Science at the University of
North Carolina, Chapel Hill from 1994 to 2001.
iv. He had also served as a
post-doctoral scientist at the Research Institute for Advanced Computer Science
(RIACS) at Moffett Field, California from 1991 to 1994.
4. Noted RTI activist Subhash
Chandra Agrawal conferred with Giraffe Hero award 2015
i. Renowned Indian RTI activist Subhash
Chandra Agrawal was conferred with the Giraffe Hero award 2015 by a US-based
NGO The Giraffe Heroes Project. ii. The award will be presented to him on 22
January 2015.
iii. Agrawal was awarded for his bravery
in utilising the Right to Information (RTI) Act, 2005 for public good despite
innumerable challenges. Agrawal also holds the Guinness record of filing
highest number of published letters to the editors.
5. China Food and Drug
Administration approved new vaccine to treat Poliomyelitis
i. Chinese drug regulator China
Food and Drug Administration (CFDA) approved a new vaccine S-IPV to treat the
Poliomyelitis.
ii. The vaccine S-IPV is known as
Ai Bi Wei in China. It is manufactured by the Institute of Medical Biology of
the Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences located in Kunming, southwest China's
Yunnan province.
iii. The vaccine will be given to
Chinese children as part of routine disease prevention and will help the global
fight against the polio virus. The World Health Organization is also
considering use of this new vaccine in its global polio treatment program.
6. RBI issued final
guidelines for banks to act as Insurance brokers
i . Reserve Bank of India issued final
guidelines for banks to act as insurance brokers. Earlier, the banks were
allowed to undertake insurance business as agents of insurance companies on fee
basis with an aim to increase insurance penetration in the country.
ii. The banks were allowed to look
forward for participation in insurance business in accordance to Union
Government’s notification in which it allowed banks to do business of insurance
under Section 6(1)(o) of the Banking Regulation Act, 1949.
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7. Trade deficit of India
declined to ten month low in December 2014
i. Trade deficit of India declined to
ten month low of 9.43 billion US dollars in December 2014. The data was
released by the Union Ministry of Commerce & Industry.
ii. The trade deficit in December 2014
was narrowed by 44 percent from November 2014 due to fall down of global oil
prices and fall of demand for gold.
iii. Imports of India declined by 4.8
percent to 34.8 billion US dollars in December 2014 as compared to 36.6 billion
US dollars in December 2013.
iii. Exports of India fell by 3.8 percent to 25.4 billion
US dollars and outbound shipments were valued at 26.4 billion US dollars in
December 2014.
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