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6 January 2015 Current Affairs

Google’s Larry Page Named As Business Person Of The Year

Google’s Larry Page has emerged as the ‘business person of the year’ for 2014 on 6 January by Fortune magazine. Page came on the top in the list of global corporate leaders’ by surpassing people like Alibaba co-founder Jack Ma and Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg. The list was compiled by the magazine on the basis of various factors including company’s performance, leadership style and total shareholder returns.

Singh Chadha Won National Sub-Junior Snooker Title

Maharastra’s Ishpreet Chadha won his maiden National Sub-Junior Snooker title 2015 at the BRC Gloster National Billiards & Snooker Championship 2015. He defeated Shobhit Sethi of Punjab by 3-0 in a final match.

Justice Mir Appointed As Chief Justice of J&K High Court

President Pranab Mukherjee appointed Justice Mohammad Yaqoob Mir as the Chief Justice of the Jammu and Kashmir High Court.

Rare Plant Species Found In Palakkad

Scientists at the Centre for Medicinal Plants Research, Kottakkal in Kerala have discovered a rare plant species named Chlorophytum palghatense at the Dhoni hills in Palakkad district of Kerala. The researchers led by scientist Konickal Mambetta Prabhu Kumar came across this new species in the grasslands of the Palamala hills in the Dhoni mountain range during an expedition to study the floristic diversity of the high mountains in the southern regions of the Western Ghats. Besides, another team of scientists from the Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi also found the this species of plant in the Elival hills of Muthikulam in Palakkad.

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