Current Affairs - January 28, 2020 Current Affairs

President Ram Nath Kovind awarded Police Medal for Gallantry (PMG), President's Police Medal (PPM) for Distinguished Services and Police Medal (PM) for Meritorious Services to the Railway Protection Force (RPF) and Railway Protection Special Force (RPSF) personnel on the occasion of Republic Day 2020.

Himachal Pradesh celebrated its 50th Statehood Day with fanfare and enthusiasm throughout the state On January 25. It was on this day in 1971 when Himachal Pradesh was carved out as the 18th State of the country.

Portuguese diplomat Joao Vale de Almeida was appointed as the head of future EU diplomatic mission to the UK after Brexit on 24 January. The UK's exit was scheduled for 31 January 2020.Almeida will head the first EU delegation to the UK as of the first day of February.

Noted artist and sculptor Sher Singh Kukkal died after a brief illness.

Hong Kong shuttler Ng Ka-long snatched the men's Thailand Masters title on January 26 after a shaky start against Japan's Kenta Nishimoto. World number nine Ng clinched victory after Nishimoto took the first game in a 16-21, 21-13, 21-12 duel.

India returned from Strandja Memorial Boxing Tournament in Sofia, Bulgaria with three medals. Silver was won by Mohammed Hussamuddin (men's 57kg). Bronzes were won by Sonia Lather (women's 57kg) and Shiva Thapa (men's 63kg).

The NBA (National Basketball Association) star Kobe Bryant died in a helicopter crash. He retired from the game in 2016. He has won two gold medals in Olympics, one in 2008 and the other in 2012. The star had won 5 championships so far.

Top-seed Russian Grand Master Pavel Ponkratov justified his billing to clinch the title in the 12th Chennai Open international GM chess tournament 2020. Pankratov finished with eight points from 10 rounds and won the title on the basis of a superior tie-break score.

Former U.S. First Lady Michelle Obama is a Grammy winner now. Obama was honoured with the best-spoken word album of the year award for her bestselling memoir Becoming during the 2020 Grammy's preshow festivities in Los Angeles on January 26.

During the visit of Brazilian President Jair MessiasBolsonaro to India, 15 agreements were signed between India and Brazil in various fields on 25 January 2020.

Shaurya Chakra (6): Lt Col. Jyoti Lama, Major Konjengbam Bijendra Singh, Naib Subedar Narender Singh, Naib Subedar Sombir (posthumous), Naik Naresh Kumar, and Sepoy Karmdeo Oraon.

Maharashtra: Maha Vikas Aghadi government of Shiv Sena, NCP and Congress launches 'Shiv Bhojan Thali' scheme for providing meals to the poor for just Rs. 10.

National Institute of Rural Development and Panchayati Raj (NIRDPR) has joined hands with UNICEF (United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund) to establish a 'Communication Resource Unit' (CRU) that will act as an institutional mechanism for providing strategic communication support to national flagship programmes.

The Global Potato Conclave is to be held between January 28 and January 31, 2020 at Gandhinagar, Gujarat. PM Modi is to address the conclave.

Filmmaker Kabir Khan 's debut web series " The Forgotten Army " has created Guinness World Record for being the biggest team of musicians to perform live ever.The team of Amazon Prime Video's "The Forgotten Army" paid tribute to the unsung heroes of the ' Azad Hind Fauj ' at a musical event.

The Union Ministry of Road Transport and Highways, Nitin Gadkari has launched an online monitoring portal named 'GATI' during the first day of the two-day-long review meeting of the National Highway Authority of India (NHAI) and the Ministry projects conducted on 23rd and 24th January 2020. It will enable contractors to raise project related issues.

Bharat Parv, 2020 is being celebrated from 26th to 31st January 2020 in front of Red Fort at Gyan Path and Red Fort grounds. The objective of Bharat Parv is to encourage Indians to visit different tourism places of India and to inculcate the spirit of 'Dekho Apna Desh'. It is being organized by Ministry of Tourism.

By beating the previously undefeated Jan-Krzysztof Duda, Fabiano Caruana scored his third straight win to secure first place at the 2020 Tata Steel Masters with a round the spare.

Paleontologists have unveiled a remarkable new species of the meat-eating dinosaur at the Natural History Museum of Utah, USA. It is suspected that the species must have evolved at least 5 million years earlier than fragilis.

Prime Minister Mark Rutte on January 26 made the Netherlands' first government apology for the war-time persecution of Jews.He was giving an address in Amsterdam in memory of victims of the Holocaust on the eve of the 75th anniversary of the liberation of the Nazi death camp at Auschwitz.