25 January 2016 Current Affairs

Padma Awards 2016 announced

On the eve of Republic Day, the government on 25 January 2016 announced the list of recipients of this year’s Padma awards.

Padma Vibhushan

1. Ms. Yamini Krishnamurthi Art- Classical dance   Delhi
2. Shri Rajinikanth Art-Cinema  Tamil Nadu
3. Shri Ramoji Rao Literature & Education-Journalism  Andhra Pradesh
4. Shri Shri Ravi Shankar Others-Spiritualism  Karnataka

Padma Bhushan

5. Shri Anupam Kher Art-Cinema  Maharashtra
6. Shri Udit Narayan Jha Art-Playback Singing  Maharashtra
7. Ms. Saina Nehwal Sports-Badminton  Telangana
8. Ms. Sania Mirza Sports-Tennis  Telangana

Padma Shri

9. Smt. Prathibha Prahlad Art- Classical Dance  Delhi
10. Shri Ajay Devgn Art-Cinema  Maharashtra
11. Ms. Priyanka Chopra Art-Cinema  Maharashtra


India, France ink MoU on purchase of Rafale jets

“French President François Hollande on 25 January 2016 met Prime Minister Narendra Modi at Hyderabad House in New Delhi. The two countries have signed an MoU on purchase of Rafale fighter jets.Mr. Hollande arrived in India for a three-day visit on Sunday. He will be the Chief Guest at the Republic Day parade on January 26.
Modi-Hollande bilateral talks: Key issues
-Upgrade of strategic partnership established in 1998
-Talks on counter-terror cooperation and Homeland security dialogue.
-Completion of Inter Governmental Agreement for purchase of 36 Rafale aircrafts.
-Nuclear issues over current Jaitapur plant, discussions on more nuclear plants.
-Space cooperation, including launch of satellite for climate change research.
-Renewable energy MoU and global solar alliance.”


France commits €300 million for solar energy

French President Francois Hollande on 25 January 2016 committed €300 million (around $325 million or Rs. 2,200 crore) over the next five years for the global development of solar energy. “The French Development Agency will allocate for the development of solar energy €300 million over the next five years,” Mr. Hollande said after inaugurating the interim Secretariat of the International Solar Alliance at Gurgaon, with Prime Minister Narendra Modi.The International Solar Alliance, envisaged to bring together 122 countries that lie wholly or partly between the Tropic of Cancer and the Tropic of Capricorn, is an initiative announced by Mr. Modi at the COP 21 Summit in Paris in November. The member countries are to be those that enjoy 300 or more days in a year of bright sunlight.


Lance Naik Mohan Nath Goswami posthumously awarded Ashok Chakra

Lance Naik Mohan Nath Goswami from the Army’s elite Para Special Forces has been awarded the Ashok Chakra, the country’s highest peacetime gallantry award, posthumously for his role in saving two colleagues during an encounter with militants in Kashmir last year. Another of his colleague, Subedar Mahendra Singh was awarded Kirti Chakra for his valiant actions in the same operation. These are among the 365 gallantry awards and other defence decorations approved by President Pranab Mukherjee on the eve of the 67th Republic Day Celebrations. These include four Kirti Chakras, 11 Shaurya Chakras, one Bar to Sena Medal, 48 Sena Medals, four Nao Sena Medals, two Vayu Sena Medals in addition to 298 Distinguished Service medals. Subedar Mehendra Singh was awarded the Kirti Chakra for his “exemplary leadership, selflessness and courage beyond compare”. The other Kirti Chakra was posthumously awarded to Sepoy Jagdish Chand from the Defence Security Corps for his display of raw courage in tackling terrorists during the attack on the Pathankot air base on January 2.Among the four Navy gallantry awards, three went to personnel at INS Shikra, the naval air station in Mumbai, for their efforts in the rescue of vessels in distress.In the Air Force, the two Vayu Sena Medals (Gallantry) went to Wing Commander Nirmal Kumar Bakshi and Wing Commander Rajiv Dobhal, both Mi-17 helicopter pilots, for their role in Operation Maitri to provide relief operations in adverse weather conditions in Nepal following the devastating earthquake last year.


One Response to “25 January 2016 Current Affairs”

  • K VISWANATH says:

    sir present France president is francevo hollen, but you written Francois Hollande please check once and correct the mistake.

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