1.
A Amalraj won his
maiden national title by defeating A Sharath Kamal in the final of the 73rd
Senior National and Inter-State Table Tennis Championships.
2.
SEBI decided to
enhance the minimum investment amount per client managed by portfolio managers
to Rs.25 lakh from Rs.5 lakh.
3.
Pakistan's
Supreme Court on 30 January 2012 granted two more months to the judicial
commission probing the memo issue to complete its investigation.
4.
Novak Djokovic
emerged victorious in the men’s single category while Victoria Azarenka lifted
the trophy in the women category of the 2012 Australian Open.
5.
India and
Pakistan agreed in New Delhi to transit fee formula for Tapi gas pipeline
project. On the Transit Fee, both nations agreed that the negotiations would be
conducted in a transparent manner.
6.
President
conferred the Ashoka Chakra on Lt. Navdeep Singh (posthumous) on the occasion
of the 63rd Republic Day Parade 2012.
7.
Environmental
historian and political commentator Mahesh Rangarajan was selected and
appointed as director of the Nehru Memorial Museum and Library.
8.
Kerala governor
and three-time Puducherry chief minister and MP, M O H Farook died in Chennai
on 26 January 2012.
9.
HDFC Life,
private life insurance company from India launched its first international
operations with the opening of its representative office in Dubai.
10. RBI cut the cash reserve ratio (CRR) by 50
basis points from 6 per cent to 5.5 per cent with effect from 28 January 2012.
11. Sukumar Azhikode, award-winning Malayalam
writer, scholar and one of the most influential Gandhian intellectual in
Kerala, died on 24 January 2012.
12. CCEA gave final approval to Vedanta
Resources's acquisition of a majority stake in Cairn India Ltd for $8.48
billion.
13. The Union Cabinet of India on 24 January 2012
approved renaming of the Mana Airport at Raipur in Chattisgarh as the Swami
Vivekanand Airport, Raipur.
14. Singapore-based Sri Lankan author Shehan
Karunatilaka was awarded the DSC Prize for South Asia Literature 2012, at the
Jaipur Literature Festival.
15. The Controller and Auditor General, CAG
indicted the Uttar Pradesh Government of anomalies in spending around 5000
crore rupees under the National Rural Health Mission(NRHM).
16. The home ministry of India launched the first
batch of RICs (Resident Identity Cards) at Porthrapur village in Andaman and
Nicobar Islands.
17. HUL appointed Hemant Bakshi, Executive
Director of Sales and Customer Development as Executive Director-Home &
Personal Care.
18. ADB(Asian Development Bank) on 18 January 2012
signed an agreement with Union government of India to give a loan of 24.3
million US dollars to boost investment in Maharashtra Agribusiness
Infrastructure.
19. Planning commission od India approved
investment clearance for the scheme, Rudrasagar Drainage Development Scheme,
Tripura.
20. Harish Khare resigned as media advisor to
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh after Pankaj Pachauri was appointed as
Communication Advisor in the PMO.
21. US beverage maker Coca Cola retained its top
position in Interbrand's list of the top 100 global brands in 2011.
22. N. Ram stepped down as Editor-in-Chief and
Publisher of The Hindu , Business Line , Frontline , and Sportstar.
23. Union Ministry for Human Resource Development
announced that there would be a Grievance Redressal mechanisms in higher
educational institutions.
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