CURRENT AFFAIRS - 2015 JANUARY

Maala Aravindan
(15 January 1939–28 January 2015)

* Sergio Mattarella elected as President of Italy (January 31, 2015 )

* Union Government releases Commemorative Postage Stamps on Swachh Bharat Mission

* Serena Williams wins Australian Open 2015 Women’s Singles title

* First Canister-based Agni-V missile successfully test-fired

* Scientist V K Saraswat joins as full-time member of NITI Aayog

* Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe appointed as Chairman of African Union

* IIT Bombay launches Mass Open Online Courses (MOOC)

* India to host ICC World Twenty20 in 2016 

* Subrahmanyam Jaishankar appointed as new Foreign Secretary 

* Veteran Malayalam actor Mala Aravindan passes away (January 28, 2015)

* Gujarat Technological University launches e-Raksha centre to fight cybercrime