World Current Affairs January 2015
- Churches in England opposed Mitochondria Donation Technique to produce babies.
- Malaysia has declared MH370 flight disappearance an ‘Accident’.
- Alexis Tsipras sworn in as PM of Greece
- Dubai’s Maze Tower listed in Guinness World Records for World’ largest Vertical Maze.
- WhatsApp unveiled a new service for sending messages from a Web browser.
- EU decided to lift ban on import of mangoes from India
- European Union had banned import of Indian mangoes after fruit flies and other quarantine pests were found in 207 consignments.
- Haiti president announced formation of new government under Prime Minister Evans Paul.
- NASA has partnered with Auto-maker Nissan to Jointly Develop and Deploy Autonomous Drive Vehicles.
- Year 2014 ranked as Earth’s hottest year since 1880.
- Pope Francis cannonised Joseph Vaz, the first saint of Sri Lanka.
- Madagascar Government led by Prime Minister Kolo Roger resigned.
- Us has declared Tehrik-e Taliban Pakistan’s chief Maulana Fazlullah as global terrorist.
- Charlie Hebdo: A controversial magazine:
- Masked gunmen on 7 January 2015 attacked its Paris office killing at least 12 people. including the editor Charbonnier.
- The magazine was in news after it published cartoons on Prophet Mohammad.
- Justice Surendra Kumar Sinha was appointed as 21st chief justice of Bangladesh . He will be the first non-Muslim to become the Chief Justice of Bangladesh.
- Kolinda Grabar-Kitarovic won the Presidential elections of Croatia.She has become the first female President of Croatia.
- Beji Caid Essebsi was sworn in as President of Tunisia.
- Jaffna-Kankasanthurai rail track repaired and restored by IRCON in North Sri Lanka was inaugurated.