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Yak 28Th January 2018 Events - Of Import Daily Electrical Flow Affairs

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Daily Current Affairs of 28th Jan 2018

International Current Affairs
  • Today (28th January) is Data Privacy Day/ Data Protection Day.
    • The utilization of this twenty-four sixty minutes menstruum is to enhance awareness together with promote privacy together with information protection best practices.
    • Theme of Data Privacy Day 2018 : "Respecting Privacy, Safeguarding Data together with Enabling Trust"
  • Today is Anti Leprosy Day.
    • Anti Leprosy Day is observed internationally on January thirty or its nearest Sun to increase the populace awareness of the Leprosy or Hansen's Disease.
    • This twenty-four sixty minutes menstruum was chosen inwards commemoration of the expiry of Gandhi, who understood the importance of leprosy.
  • Pakistan was named on this twenty-four sixty minutes menstruum (28th January) inwards the twelvemonth 1933.
    • Muslim nationalist Choudhry Rahmat Ali, who is also known every bit the Founder of Islamic Republic of Pakistan National Movement, used 'Pakistan' inwards his pamphlet 'Now or Never' explaining reasons to found a split upward nation.
    • 'Pakistan' referred to the 5 northern units of India- 'P'unjab, North-West Frontier ('A'fghan) Province, 'K'ashmir, 'S'ind, together with Baluchis'tan' (PAKSTAN).
National Current Affairs
  • Today is National Immunization Day.
    • On the level of this day, President Ram Nath Kovind launched the Pulse Polio programme 2018 past times administering polio drops to children below 5 years of historic menstruum at the Rashtrapati Bhavan. 
    • More than 17 crore children of less than 5 years across the province volition live on given polio drops every bit share of the government’s crusade to eradicate polio from the country.
  • The Oxford Dictionaries announced 'Aadhaar' every bit its 2017 'Hindi Word of the Year' at the Jaipur Literature Festival today. 
    • The shortlist included words such every bit 'Mitron', 'Notebandi', 'Bahubali' together with 'Gau-rakshak', with others.
  • Today is liberty fighter Lala Lajpat Rai's 153rd nascence anniversary. 
    • He was popularly known every bit Punjab Kesari.
      He was also associated with activities of Punjab National Bank and Lakshmi Insurance Company inwards their early on stages.
  • The Union regime has approved setting upward of the long-awaited Indian Institute of Information Technology (IIIT) at Raichur (Karnataka).
    • This is sec IIIT inwards Karnataka afterwards ane inwards Dharwad.
  • Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Jai Ram Thakur today launched 24X7 ‘Gudiya’ helpline.
    • Named afterwards a 16-year  former rape together with murder victim of Kotkhai, Gudia is used for a quick constabulary answer cases of crimes against women. 
    • The Chief Minister also launched ‘Shakti Button’- a mobile app linked to constabulary command rooms for ensuring the security of women inwards the state.
Awards & Honors
  • The documentary 'Kailash', which is nigh Nobel Peace Prize winner Kailash Satyarthi and his efforts to halt kid slavery, won the 'US Grand Jury Prize: Documentary' at the Sundance Film Festival
Banking, Business & Economic Affairs
  • The Central regime announced of late that the Payments banks such every bit Airtel payments banking corporation together with small-scale finance banks such every bit Utkarsh together with ESAF volition also offering social security scheme, Atal Pension Yojana (APY), to their subscribers. 
    • Currently, the system is offered via all mainstream banks such every bit State Bank of Republic of Republic of India (SBI), Oriental Bank of Commerce together with Bank of Baroda, with others.
    • About APY :
    • Launched inwards May 2015, Atal Pension Yojana (APY) is a Government of India's former historic menstruum pension scheme, administered past times the PFRDA, together with implemented through all the banks nationwide. 
    • The system is applicable to all citizen of Republic of Republic of India aged betwixt xviii to forty years.
  • Japan has committed JICA Official Development Assistance loan for an sum of 45 billion yen (about Rs 2,587 crore) for Bengaluru Water Supply together with Sewerage Project (Phase 3).
    • Note : Nippon International Cooperation Agency (JICA) provides diverse forms of assistance for promoting economical together with social evolution inwards developing countries.
New Appointments
  • Hemant Kumar Sharma, a 2002-batch IAS officer, has been appointed every bit the Divisional Commissioner of Jammu.
    • Note : This postal service roughshod vacant afterwards the incumbent officeholder Mandeep Kumar Bhandari proceeded on fundamental deputation before this month.
  • HARMAN International, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd, today appointed Bollywood actress Priyanka Chopra as Global build ambassador for its JBL together with Harman Kardon well brands.
Sports Current Affairs
  • Swiss professional person lawn tennis histrion Roger Federer became the first manlike individual lawn tennis histrion to win 20 Grand Slam titles, afterwards winning a joint-record 6th Australian Open championship today. 
    • In the finals he defeated Croatia's Marin Cilic to win this title.
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