Current Affairs 12th January 2016

Important Points : 

• Name the first Tibetan language search engine - Cloud Tibet
• Name the Legendary artist who has passed away - David Bowie
• Who has won Ballon d'Or award 2015 - Lionel Messi 
• Which dance has entered Guinness Book of World Records - Kullu’s Nati folk
• Who has took the oath as the Chairman of Competition Commission of India - Devender Kumar Sikri 
• India's second centre to produce a cloned buffalo - CIRB
• Lokmanya Tilak-Kazipet Anandwan Express flagged by - Union Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu
• Which state has became the first to make gender education compulsory at graduate level - Telangana 
• Who has been appointed as Airbus Group’s vice president - Ashish Saraf 
• Who has been appointed as CEO of Flipkart - Binny Bansal 
• National Youth Day observed on - 12th January 

Details : 

Name the first Tibetan language search engine - Cloud Tibet

Among the Important Technology Current Affairs, Among the important International Currrent Affairs, On 11th January 2016, the testing of the country’s first Tibet language search engine Cloud Tibet was started by China.

A team of developers of the Tibetan language research center launched the Cloud Tibet project in April 2013. 

The search engine would serve around 1.2 million users is expected to be released in the second half of 2016.

Name the Legendary artist who has passed away - David Bowie

On 10th January 2016, one of the most influential recording artists, David Bowie passed away at the age of 69.

Bowie was famous for electronica, hard rock, art rock, punk, soul, dance pop and glam rock.

About David Bowie

• He was a painter, songwriter, English singer, record producer, multi-instrumentalist, actor and arranger.
• In 1975, he achieved his first American crossover success with his album Young Americans.
• In July 1969, his song Space Oddity was in the top five of the UK Singles Chart.

Who has won Ballon d'Or award 2015 - Lionel Messi 

Among the Important Sports Current Affairs, On 11th January 2016, the Ballon d'Or trophy for the world’s best football player was won for the fifth time by Barcelona forward Lionel Messi.

He received 41.33 % votes and awarded in the award ceremony in Zurich.

While, with 27.76 % votes, real Madrid's Cristiano Ronaldo was at the second place and Neymar with 7.86 % votes stood at the third position.

Apart from this, the Women's player of the year award was bagged by US midfielder Carli Lloyd.

2015 winners

• FIFA World Coach of the Year (Women's) : Jill Ellis 
• FIFA World Coach of the Year (Men's) : Luis Enrique 
• FIFA FIFPro World XI : Ramos, Ronaldo, Alves, Iniesta, Modric, Messi, Neuer, Silva, Marcelo, Pogba,  Neymar, 
• FIFA Puskas Award : Wendell Lira 
• FIFA Women's World Player of the Year : Carli Lloyd 
• FIFA Fair Play Award : All football organisations supporting refugees
• FIFA Ballon d'Or : Lionel Messi 

Which dance has entered Guinness Book of World Records - Kullu’s Nati folk

Among the Important National Current Affairs, In January 2016, the title of the world's largest folk dance in the Guinness Book of World Records was given to The Nati folk dance of Kullu district of Himachal Pradesh. 

On 26th October 2015, during International Dussehra festival, a total of 9892 women participated in this folk dance in their traditional colourful Kulluvi.

Earlier in the year 2014, about 8760 artists performed it at the Kullu Dussehra festivities and got registered in the Limca Book of Records.

Who has took the oath as the Chairman of Competition Commission of India - Devender Kumar Sikri 

Among the Important National Current Affairs, On 11th January 2016, Union Finance Minister Aurn Jaitley admnistered the oath to the office to Devender Kumar Sikri who is appointed as the Chairman of Competition Commission of India (CCI).

About Devender Kumar Sikri

• He is a former Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officer of Gujarat cadre 1975 batch.
• Earlier he had also served as Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India and Joint Secretary, Department of Fertilizers in the Union Government.

India's second centre to produce a cloned buffalo - CIRB

Among the Important Science Current Affairs, On 11th December 2015, a cloned buffalo offspring Cirb Gaurav was successfully produced by the Scientists at Central Institute for Research on Buffaloes (CIRB) in Hisar.

Now, CIRB has became the India’s second and world’s third institute to produce cloned buffalo.

Earlier, the first institute to produce a cloned calf in India was National Dairy Research Institute in Karnal.

About cloned buffalo calf Cirb Gaurav

• It is distinct from the earlier clones produced in India and is produced from cells the of ventral side of tail of superior bull buffalo.
• The newly produced calf is showing normal activities and maintaining good health.

Lokmanya Tilak-Kazipet Anandwan Express flagged by - Union Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu

On 11th January 2016, a new train service 22127/22128 Lokmanya Tilak(T)-Kazipet Anandwan Express was flagged remotely from Rail Bhawan by Union Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu.

The train will run between Mumbai and Kazipet of Telangana, via Chandrapur and Wardha of Maharashtra once in a week.

The train will cover a distance of 1110 kilometres for 19 hours 15 minutes and has its departure on Monday at 11:30 and will arrive the destination on the following day at 6:45.

Which state has became the first to make gender education compulsory at graduate level - Telangana 

Among the Important National Current Affairs, The first State in India to introduce compulsory gender education at the graduate level was Telangana and in this regard a bilingual textbook titled, Towards a World of Equals was issued.

About the book

• The book is formed to suit under-graduates and structured in a simple language.
• The book come along with a collection of visual teaching tools.
• It covers information on unacknowledged women writers of Telangana to women’s work in politics and economics and problems of sex selection.
• The book discusses gender in its synthesis form.

Who has been appointed as Airbus Group’s vice president - Ashish Saraf 

Among the Important Bussiness Current Affairs, On 11th January 2016, Ashish Saraf was appointed as Vice-President - Industry Development, Strategic Partnerships and Offsets by Airbus Group.

He will be responsible for the Airbus Group's existing Make in India initiatives.

About Ashish Saraf

• He started his career with Dassault Systems and Deloitte Consulting.
• Earlier to Airbus group, since 2010, he was the India head of the Tata Sikorsky joint venture.

Who has been appointed as CEO of Flipkart - Binny Bansal 

Among the Important Bussiness Current Affairs, On 11th January 2016, Current Chief Operating Officer of Flipkart Binny Bansal was promoted to the post of Chief Executive Officer (CEO). While, Sachin Bansal, the CEO of flipkart since its inception, will be the Executive Chairman.

About Binny Bansal

• He is an Internet entrepreneur and Indian Software engineer.
• He is an IIT Delhi Computer Science and Engineering graduate.
• Along with Sachin Bansal in 2007, he co-founded the e-commerce platform Flipkart.

National Youth Day observed on - 12th January 

Among the Important National Current Affairs, On 12th January 2016, National Youth Day was observed to mark the 153rd birth anniversary of Swami Vivekananda.

Since 1985, the day is celebrated to project him as a role model for the Indian youth and in recognition of his ideals and teachings.