*Current Affairs (23:01:2015)

1. Centre plans to roll out free
high-speed (4G) Wi-Fi across
2500 cities and towns in the
country as part of the 'Digital
India' campaign.
The scheme - to start from the
next financial year itself - will
however take 3 years to reach
every corner of the country.
The service, to be offered by
state-owned BSNL network, will
be available to subscribers of all
mobile networks.
2. Yemen in political turmoil: US-
backed government collapsed
under mounting pressure from
invading Shia Houthi militants.
Sunni majority 'Yemen' - Arab
world's poorest country - is
increasingly inching towards full
scale civil war with Iran-backed
Shiite 'Houthi militants' who are
gaining territory and control of
the nation at the expense of
government.
The outgoing President Abdu
Rabbu Mansour Hadi - riding on
Arab Spring revolution - had
earlier ousted former President
Ali Abdullah Saleh in 2011.
3. King of Saudi Arabia 'Abdullah
bin Abdulaziz' dies at 90; brother
Salman is the new monarch of the
Kingdom.
4. High Level Committee (HCL) on
restructuring of Food Corporation
of India (FCI) has submitted its
report to the Government.
The major issue before the
Committee was how to make the
entire food grain management
system more efficient by
reorienting the role of FCI in MSP
operations, procurement, storage
and distribution of grains under
Targeted Public Distribution
System (TPDS).
Shanta Kumar was the Chairman
of the Committee.
5. CII (Confederation of Indian
Industry) inks agreement with
China's e-commerce giant
'Alibaba' to provide global
platform to Indian Small and
Medium Enterprises (SMEs).
6. 25 Tableau - 16 from states
and 9 from union ministries/
departments - to participate in
the Republic Day Parade - 2015.
Nation showcase its military
might, varied cultural diversity,
development in science and
technology and economic
strength.
West Bengal had won the best
tableau award last year (2014).