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                          Current Affairs - January4,2016

 

PM Modi inaugurated Indian Science Congress in Mysur

Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated the 103rd edition of the Indian Science Congress (ISC) on January 3, 2015 in Mysuru, Karnataka. The theme of this edition of the Congress is “Science and Technology for Indigenous Development in India.

The association started in the year 1914 inKolkata and it meets annually in the first week of January every year.

 

Saudi Arabia severed diplomatic ties with Iran

Foreign Minister Adel al-Jubeir announced that Saudi Arabia was severing diplomatic ties with Iran after demonstrators stormed its Tehran embassy to protest against Riyadh’s execution of a Shiite cleric. Jubeir also said that all Iranian diplomats must leave Saudi Arabia within 48 hoursThe 56-year-old, a force behind 2011 anti-government protests in eastern Saudi Arabia, was among 47 convicted men put to death on Saturday in the kingdom.Both countries are also divided over a raft of issues, namely the nearly five-year war in Syria, where Iran is allied with the regime of embattled President Bashar al-Assad,and Yemen where a Saudi-led coalition is battling Iran-backed rebels.

 

Flipkart wins ‘Website of the Year India 2015.

Flipkart has been named the overall winner of the ‘Website of the Year India 2015’ in an online poll which was conducted by marketing analytics company MetrixLab. The winner was decided among over 185,000 votes on parameters of the “content, navigation, designs and recommendation intention”. The polling took place among 252 websites for 21 categories

 

The 26th Lal Bahadur Shastri Hockey tournament was won by Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) 

The 26th Lal Bahadur Shastri Hockey tournament was won by Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) after defeating Indian Railways in the final clash.

 

Tournament Awards;

Top scorer: Diwakar Ram (ONGC)

Player of the tournament: Simrandeep Singh (Railways)
Upcoming player of the tournament: Ajit Pandey (Railways)
Outstanding performance in a match: Vivek Sharma (IOC)

 

World Braille Day was observed

World Braille Day is annually celebrated on January 4, the birthday of Braille inventor, Louis Braille. The day recognizes the contributions of Louis Braille in helping blind and visually impaired people to read and write.

On this occasion, various organisations and NGO's stood together to raise awareness about the indifference towards visually disbled people.