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Shiv Sena, NCP join hands to capture power in Thane Zilla Parishad.

• The Shiv Sena and the NCP have joined hands and captured power at the Thane Zilla Parishad (ZP) keeping the BJP out.
• BJP candidates withdrew their nomination forms at the eleventh-hour paving way for smooth sailing of the Shiv Sena and NCP combine.
• The elections to the 53-member Thane ZP were held last month in which Shiv Sena bagged 26 seats, NCP 10, BJP 16 and 1 seat was won by an independent candidate.

Bihar CM’s fifth phase of ‘Vikas Samiksha Yatra’ to begin today.

• Bihar CM Nitish Kumar will begin the fifth phase of his ‘Vikas Samikha Yatra’ from Gaya district’s Tekari block today.
• During his three-day yatra, Nitish would visit four villages- one each in Gaya, Bhagalpur, Purnia and Chhapra districts- and take stock of the ongoing development schemes.
• The CM would also hold a public meeting in the four villages after inaugurating old schemes and laying foundation stones for new schemes worth hundreds of crores.

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Government to launch ‘operation digital board’.

• The Centre and state governments had resolved to launch “operation digital board” and also to initiate a scheme to identify out of school children from September 2018.
• This was informed by the HRD minister Prakash Javadekar at the end of the first day of the 65th Cabinet Advisory Board of Education (CABE) meeting in Delhi.
• Speaking of “operation digital board”, the HRD minister said that it has been 50 to 60 years now since the launch of “operation blackboard.

Indo-US joint military exercise Vajra Prahar to take place in Seattle.

• India and the US, joint military exercise ‘Vajra Prahar’ will take place at Joint Base Lewis-McChord (JBLM) in Seattle.
• Vajra Prahar is an Indo-US Special Forces joint training exercise conducted alternately in India and the US.
• Though the exercise began in 2010, there was a gap of three years between 2012 and 2015.
• The last edition was held in Jodhpur in March 2017.

International Affairs

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Myanmar says the first camp for Rohingya will be ready next week.

• A top Myanmar official said that a camp to house Rohingya Muslim and Hindu refugees, who return from Bangladesh, will be ready by its promised deadline next week.
• More than 650,000 ethnic Rohingya Muslims fled to Bangladesh since Myanmar’s military launched a brutal crackdown in August.
• Myanmar and Bangladesh signed an agreement in November to repatriate Rohingya and set up a working group last month.

Britain scrambles 2 typhoon jets to intercept Russian planes.

• Britain scrambled two Royal Air Force Typhoon jets from Scotland to intercept Russian planes near the United Kingdom’s airspace.
• The Typhoons were scrambled from RAF Lossiemouth in Moray, Scotland.

Business News

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Air India to be split into four separate companies ahead of the sale.

• India will break up its debt-laden carrier Air India into four separate companies and offer at least 51% in each of them as part of a divestment plan proposed by the government.
• The airline would be divided into core airline business, regional arm, ground handling and engineering operations.
• Last week, India had cleared a proposal to allow foreign investors to own up to 49% in the carrier.

TCS bags Marks & Spencer deal to help become a digital-first business.

• The largest software exporter TCS has expanded its relationship with British retailer Marks & Spencer (M&S) to enable it to become a digital-first business.
• As part of the deal, whose total value is not disclosed, the company will become a principal technology partner for the retailer.
• The retailer’s chief executive Steve Row said M&S and TCS will join forces to make its business “faster, simpler and more focused on achieving the goal.

Micromax to launch India’s first Android Go smartphone this month.

• Domestic handset maker Micromax is set to launch the first smartphone in India with Google’s Android Oreo (Go Edition) on January 26.
• This would make Micromax the first company in India to launch an Android Oreo Go-smartphone.
• Named “BHARAT GO”, the smartphone will be the best-in-class mobility device and an optimized entry-level Android smartphone.

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Alibaba-owned DingTalk enterprise messaging app launched in India.

• Alibaba-owned platform DingTalk unveiled an English version that caters to the small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in India.
• The English version of the app, also available in Malaysia, is the first concerted push outside of China since launching three years ago.
• DingTalk will take on Workplace by Facebook, Amazon Chime, Slack, Cisco Spark and Yammer.

Ford plans $11 billion investment, 40 electric vehicles by 2022.

• The Ford Motor Co will significantly increase its planned investments in electric vehicles to $11 billion by 2022 and have 40 hybrid and fully electric vehicles.
• Ford executives said the investment figure is sharply higher than a previously announced target of $4.5 billion by 2020.
• Of the 40 electrified vehicles Ford plans for its global lineup by 2022, 16 will be fully electric and the rest will be plug-in hybrids.

 Appointment News

Manchester United great Ryan Giggs takes the appointment as new Wales manager.

• Former Manchester United great Ryan Giggs takes the appointment as the new manager of Wales.
• It will be Giggs’s first permanent managerial post and he succeeds fellow former Wales international Chris Coleman.
• Giggs’ first fixture in charge of Wales will be in the 2018 China Cup against the hosts in Nanning on March 22.

Paul Lambert takes the appointment as Stoke City manager.

• Stoke City appoints Paul Lambert as their new manager after the Scot signed a two-and-half-year contract to replace the sacked Mark Hughes.
• Stoke are third from bottom of the Premier League after taking just 20 points from 22 games.
• Lambert has previously managed Blackburn Rovers and Wolverhampton Wanderers.

Sports Updates

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India’s youth women boxers bag three gold and one bronze at Nations Cup.

• India’s youth women pugilists continued their dominating run on the world stage as they clinched three gold and one bronze medal in the 7th Nations Cup.
• In the junior group, India won as many as 13 medals, eight of them gold, three silver and two bronze medals to stamp its authority.
• Hosts Serbia took the third spot, while Kazakhstan finished second.

Khelo India anthem launched by sports minister Rajyavardhan Rathore.

• Khelo India School Games 2018, a brainchild of Olympian and sports minister Rajyavardhan Rathore, will take place at multiple venues across Delhi from January 31.
• The Khelo India for which the government has earmarked R1,756 crore over the next five years aims to take sports to all parts of the country.
• The plan is to select 1,000 under-17 children each year for the next five years and provide scholarships of R5 lakh each to train them to become potential winners at the international level.

P Gopichand inaugurates Bennett University sports complex.

• National badminton coach and former All England champion Pullela Gopichand inaugurated the newly completed sports facility at the Bennett University.
• Bennett University has been established to provide students, an ivy league quality education in India.
• It also has a swimming pool, gymnasium, indoor games and a multi-purpose arena.

Obituary News 

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Zombie singer Dolores O’Riordan dies at 46.

• Irish singer-songwriter Dolores O’Riordan, frontwoman of the multi-million selling rock band The Cranberries, died suddenly in London on Monday.
• Irish Prime Minister Leo Varadkar was among the first to pay tributes, calling O’Riordan the voice of a generation.

Ex-Union Minister Raghunath Jha passes away.

• Former Union minister Raghunath Jha passed away at the Ram Manohar Lohia (RML) Hospital.
• Mr Jha was the Union minister of state for heavy industries and public enterprise in the UPA government, led by former prime minister Manmohan Singh.
• In 2015, he had quit the RJD to join the Samajwadi Party (SP).

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