Important Current Affairs of January 20, 2016

IMPORTANT CURRENT AFFAIRS OF JANUARY 20, 2016

1. The world's oldest man, as per the Guinness World Records, died at an age of 112 on 19 January 2016 - Yasutaro Koide
2. The country which reported highest stillbirths’ rate among the 186 countries surveyed by medical journal The Lancet – Pakistan
3. The President of this country declared a state of economic emergency and social emergency to redefine country’s economic and social model – France
4.  The World Bank, for the very first time, decided to extend an assistance of 20 million US dollar to help reconstruct a zoological park named - Indira Gandhi Zoological Park, Visakhapatnam
5. The Union Government decided to institute which new category of award under the National Film Awards titled - The Most Film Friendly State/UT
6. The American singer and songwriter Glenn Frey who passed away on 18 January 2016 in New York was a founder member of rock band – The Eagles
7. The tennis player who defeated Grigor Dimitrov to win the 2016 WTA Apia International title of Tennis in the men’s single category is -Viktor Troicki
8. The organization which acquired Magnet 360 on 18 January 2016 -Mindtree
9. The Clean energy firm that commissioned 40 MW wind project in Karnataka on 18 January 2016 - ReNew Power
10. The State in which BHEL commissioned 660 MW supercritical thermal power unit on 18 January 2016 - Uttar Pradesh
11. The multilateral agency that released the report titled World Tourism Barometer – UN World Tourism Organisation As per the World Tourism Barometer, international tourist arrivals grew by 4.4 percent in 2015 to reach a total of – 1.2 billion
12. In 2015, as per an Oxfam report, this many individuals had the same wealth as 3.6 billion people, the bottom half of humanity – 62
13. This organisation released a report titled ‘An Economy for the 1%’ on 18 January 2016 – Oxfam
14. The agency that released the report titled Renewable Energy Benefits: Measuring the Economics - International Renewable Energy Agency
15. The sixth assembly session of the International Renewable Energy Agency was held at – Abu Dhabi in the UAE
16. The agency that released the ‘Future of Jobs’ report – World Economic Forum
17. The city which banned sale of eatable in open places to contain outbreak of jaundice – Shimla
18. The Rajasthan Government appointed 5-MLAs as parliamentary secretaries. The oath of office to them was administered by – the Chief Minister Vasundhara Raje
19. China's economy grew 6.9 per cent in 2015. It is the slowest pace in - 25 years
20. The 5-day long 4th All India Police Archery Championship began on 19 January 2016 in -  Nagaland