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Current Affairs - January 9,2016

The 24th edition of New Delhi World Book Fair.

The 24th New Delhi World Book Fair will be held during January 9-17, 2016 at Pragati Maidan, New Delhi with China as the Guest of Honour Country.Human Resource Minister Smriti Irani on 9 January 2016 inaugurated the 24th New Delhi World Book Fair.

The theme of the 2016 edition is 'Vivid Bharat - Diverse India'. The message of the Sino-Indo partnership for the New Delhi Book Book Fair 2016 is -"Renaissance of Civilizations- Understanding through exchanges".

The New Delhi World Book Fair, is hosted at Pragati Maidan in New Delhi and is India's oldest book fair. The first New Delhi World Book Fair was held from March 18 to April 4, 1972 in roughly 6790 sq. mts. area with 200 participants. It was inaugurated by V. V. Giri, thenPresident of India.
This annual (previously biennial) event takes place in winters, and is organized by the National Book Trust (NBT), India. Since 2013, New Delhi World Book Fair is organised by National Book Trust (NBT) in association with India Trade Promotion Organisation (ITPO) annually at Pragati Maidan, New Delhi under MOU with ITPO.

“.cn” becomes world’s largest code domain.

China's country code domain '.cn' has become the world's most commonly used in the internet with 16.36 million users, surpassing Germany's '.de'

domain.

According to the data released yesterday by the China Internet Network Information Centre (CNNIC), which manages the domain, '.cn' had 16.36 million users by the end of 2015.

Sania Mirza and Martina Hingis won WTA Brisbane trophy.

Sania Mirza and Martina Hingis carried the dominance of 2015 into the new season, winning their sixth consecutive title by lifting the WTA Brisbane trophy on Saturday. The top seeds quelled the challenge of German wildcards Angelique Kerber and Andrea Petkovic 7-5 6-1 in mere 69 minutes.

Sania and Martina, the world number one team, have now stitched a 26-match winning streak together, which has brought them six titles in a row at the US Open, Guangzhou, Wuhan, Beijing, WTA Finals and now at Brisbane. It is the longest winning streak since Italians Sara Errani and Roberta Vinci's 25 in a row in 2012. Sara and Roberta had won five titles in a row, at Barcelona, Madrid, Rome, the French Open and Hertogenbosch.

Victoria Azarenka (Belarus) has won the 2016 WTA Brisbane International tennis trophy in the Women’s Singles Category. In the final match she defeated Angelique Kerber of Germany by 6–3, 6–1 score.

RBI Deputy Governor Urjit Patel gets second term.

The Union Government has reappointed Dr Urjit Patel as Deputy Governor of Reserve Bank of India (RBI) for a second three-year term.

RBI has four DGs--two filled from the rank and others hired from outside. Out of the last lot, one is a commercial banker and the other an economist. Governor Rajan's term is ending on September 3, this year.

The bank is headed by the Governor and the post is currently held by economist Raghuram Rajan. There are 4 Deputy Governors H R Khan,Dr Urjit Patel, R Gandhi and S S Mundra. Two of the four Deputy Governors are traditionally from RBI ranks, and are selected from the Bank's Executive Directors.

Governor’s rule imposed in Jamm

Jammu and Kashmir on Saturday came under governor's rule as process of new government formation following the death of chief minister Mufti Mohammad Sayeed.

The President cleared the recommendation of the Union home ministry for imposing governor's rule on the basis of a recommendation from J-K governor N N Vohra.

Governor's Rule has been imposed in the state of Jammu and Kashmir for the sixth time

About President rule in India;

"President's rule" refers to the imposition of Article 356 of the Constitution of India on a State whose constitutional machinery has failed. In the event that a State government is not able to function as per the Constitution, the State comes under the direct control of the central government; in other words, it is "under President's rule". Subsequently, executive authority is exercised through the centrally appointed Governor, who has the authority to appoint retired civil servants or other administrators, to assist him.

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