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Appointments:
1) New Deputy
Governor of the Reserve Bank of India : Urjit Patel replaced Subir Gokaran.
2) Chairman of14th
Finance Commission : YV Reddy.
3) Chairman of 20th
Law Commission : Justice D.K. Jain.
4) New Director
of the Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre (VSSC) : S. Ramakrishnan.
5) Secretary of
Financial Services in the Finance Ministry : Rajiv Takru.
6) New Ambassador
of China to India : Wei Wei .
7) Vice-President
of Indian National Congress : Rahul Gandhi.
8) New National
President of Bhartiya Janata Party : Rajnath
Singh.
9) Czech
Republic’s President : Milos Zeman.
Obituaries:
1) Padma Bhushan M.S. Gopalakrishnan, the Violin maestro
died at the age of 82.
Sports:
1) Australian
Open 2013 Men’s final: Novak Djokovic defeated
Andy Murray to win Australian Open 2013.
2) Australian
Open 2013 Women’s final : Victoria Azarenka won the Women’s Singles title of
the Australian Open defeated Li Na of China.
3) Mumbai won Ranji
trophy final in Mumbai. Mumbai won the final match against Saurashtra.
4) CEAT International
Cricketer of the Year Award : Virat Kohli.
5) FIFA Ballon
d’Or Award : Lionel Messi.
Important Days:
1) January
12 National Youth Day.
2) January
15 Army Day
3) January
26 India's Republic
Day,International Customs day.
4) January
30 Martyrs' Day
