*CURRENT AFFAIRS (20.01.2014)

*Aruna Bahuguna of Andhra Pradesh appointed as new chief of the Sardar
Vallabhai Patel National Police Academy (SVPNPA) and becomes the first
Women Director.

*India successfully test-fired Nuclear capable surface-to-surface
Agni-IV missile with a range of 4000km from Wheelar Island on
20JAN,2014

*ViratKohli becomes the fastest batsman in the world to reach 18 ODI
tons in 119 innings

*India once again gets No.1rank in ICC ODI rankings

*Netherlands defeat NewZealand to win Hero Hockey World League 2014 in New Delhi

*Abhishikta Shetty of Karnataka crowned as Miss South India 2014

*The 17th NAAM summit held in-Kaarakus (Venuzula) 2015

*The 17th Asian Games host in-Mishiyon (South Korea) 2014

*FIFA World Cup 2014 held in-Brazil

*Peshawar in Pakistan had the largest number of Polio cases in the
world in 2013. This global analysis by WHO for Polio cases, on
17JAN,2014

*Arunachal Pradesh witnessed first trial run of a rail engine on
15Jan2014.The first trial run was of 20km from Harmutty (Assam) to
Itanagar

*"Chandrayan-II is a india's 2nd mission to Moon, was will be launch
with an indigenous rover and lander using GSLV by 2016 or 2017"

*Karnataka became the first State in India to provide Universal Health
Coverage to its population with the launch of "Rajiv Arogya Yojana"

*The World Bank has projected India's Economy will grow over 6% in
2014-15 and 7.1% by 2016-17 as Global demand recovers& investment
increase

*Indian Coast Guard Ship (ICGS) Abhinav, the 3rd Fast Petrol Vessel
(FPV) built by Cochin Shipyard Lt. Commissioned in Kochi on 15JAN,2014

*South Korean president Park Geun-hye began her 4-day visit to India
on 15JAN With aim bilaterial cooperation on Economy&Regional Security

*Sheik Hasina sworn as Bangladesh's Prime Minister from Awani League
Party, 3rd time.

*Gorakhpur railway station enterd Limca Book of Records (Longest Platform)

*India ranked 23rd out of 25countries vt weapons-usable nuclear
meterials, as per the Nuclear Threat Initiative's Nuclear Security
Index 2014