General Awareness 23rd January 2017 |Current Affairs 23rd January 2017

1. Saina Nehwal wins Malaysian Masters Grand Prix Gold tournament:

• Indian shuttler Saina Nehwal has won the Malaysian Masters Grand Prix Gold tournament.
• She defeated Thai teenager Pornpawee Chochuwong 22-20, 22-20.
• India’s badminton star has begins the new year with the Malaysian Masters title.

2. MoU between India and Vietnam in the field of cyber security:

• Cabinet gave its  ex-post facto approval to the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between India and Vietnam in the field of cyber security.
• The approval was given at a meeting of the Cabinet chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in New Delhi.
• The MoU was signed between Indian Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT-In) and the Cyber Security Department of Vietnam on 3 September 2016 at Hanoi in Vietnam.

3. With Russia’s help, India to increase train speed to 200 kmph

• Russian Railways is helping India’s national transporter increase the speed of its passenger trains up to 200 km per hour.
• Russian Railways is at present collaborating with Indian Railways on a 575-km stretch between Nagpur and Secunderabad and submitted a preliminary report last week.
• Russian Railways has proposed several technical and technological solutions, including reconstruction of railway alignment as well as treating the earth bed where there are speed restrictions.

4. Gujarat: Over 3.5 lakh people sing national anthem, set new world record

• “Over 3.5 lakh people sang the anthem together at the idol installation ritual in the presence of observers from Guinness World Records,” said Hansraj Gajera.
• The previous record stood for 2,54,537 people singing the national anthem in Bangladesh in 2014.
• The feat took place at the installation of a Khodiyar goddess idol at the newly-built Khodal Dham temple in the town.

5. Himachal Pradesh has highest ratings in reading and maths: ASER 2016

• Himachal Pradesh has the highest rate of children who can read a standard II level of text in the country.
• This stands at 47 per cent for standard III level of learning, a 70.5 per cent for standard V and an 87.9 per cent for standard VIII.

6. No More Visa-Free Facility for Indians in Hong Kong

• 50 Most Innovative Companies survey report published by the management consulting firm BCG (Boston Consulting Group), Apple Inc. has been named as the World’s Most Innovative Company in 2016.
• This is the 11th time that the report has been revised since it first appeared in the year 2004.

7. TeamIndus proposes nameplate on the Moon for Rs.500

• A Bengaluru start-up TeamIndus proposes nameplate on the Moon for 500.
• Indians are being offered the opportunity to leave their name on the moon, for a price.
• Space start-up TeamIndus will get the names of public ‘donors’ micro-engraved on a small-sized aluminium object.

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