Current Affairs Update – 31st January, 2016

• The Central Statistics Office
  (CSO) of the Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation on 29 January
  2016 released the first revised estimates of national income, consumption
  expenditure, saving and capital formation for 2014-15.
• Besides, the CSO also released
  second revised estimates of the years 2011-12 to 2013-14 (with base year
  2011-12.

•  Real GDP or GDP at constant (2011-12) prices
  for the years 2014-15 and 2013-14 stands at 105.52 lakh crore rupees and 98.39
  lakh crore rupees, respectively, showing growth of 7.2 per cent during 2014-15,
  and 6.6 per cent during 2013-14.
• The previous Real GDP estimates
  for FY 2014-15 and 2013-14 was 7.3 and 6.9 respectively.

• World number one Novak Djokovic
  hammered a misfiring Andy Murray in straight sets to win a record-equalling
  sixth Australian Open title and strengthen his grip on men’s tennis today.
• The Serbian world number one swept
  to a 6-1, 7-5, 7-6 (7/3) victory in two hours, 53 minutes to hand Murray his
  fifth defeat in the Australian Open final.
• Djokovic equalled the tally of
  Australia’s Roy Emerson, who won the tournament six times between 1961 and
  1967, an achievement that has gone unmatched in the 49 years since.
• It was also Djokovic’s 11th Grand
  Slam title, and he moved into equal fifth place with Rod Laver and Bjorn Borg
  behind 17-time leader Roger Federer.

• India on 31 January 2016 won the
  three-match T-20 series against Australia, 3-0. In the third and final Twenty20
  match played in Sydney, India defeated Australia by seven wickets.
• Winning the toss and electing to
  bat, Australia was able to score 197 for 5 in 20 overs after which India
  surpassed the target of 198 by making 200 for three in their 20 overs.
• Virat Kohli of India was declared
  as the player of the series.

• Brazilian racing driver Pietro
  Fittipaldi on 31 January 2016 clinched the 2015-16 MRF Challenge Formula 2000
  at Madras Motor Racing Track in Sriperumbudur, Tamil Nadu.
• Fittipaldi won two of the four
  races which earned him the required points to clinch the title with a tally of
  244 points while Colombian Tatiana Calderon finished second (199), just eight
  ahead of Nikita Troitckii of Russia (191).

• The book titled Nathuram Godse –
  The Story of an Assassin authored by Anup Ashok Sardesai was released on 30
  January 2016.
• The book was released at the
  government-owned Ravindra Bhavan in Margao, Goa by BJP leader and the bhavan’s
  chairman Damodar Naik.

• Anti-Leprosy Day was observed on
  30 January 2016 nationwide to focus attention on the disease which is also
  known as the Hansen’s disease.
• Annually, the day is celebrated
  in the memory of Mahatma Gandhi, who attained martyrdom on 30 January 1948, in
  order to re-memorize his selfless efforts and care for the people affected by
  the infectious disease leprosy.

• Actor Manoj Joshi was conferred
  with the ‘Chhatrapati Shivjai Maharaj Gaurav Award’ at a function organised
  here.
• The award was presented during
  the 23rd Rashtriya Kavi Sammelan (National Meeting of Poets) last evening.
• At the programme, poet Hastimal
  Hasti was given the ‘Dr.Harivanshrai Sahitya Ratna Puraskar’ while Colonel
  Santosh Mahadik, who was killed in an encounter with terrorists in north
  Kashmir, was conferred with the ‘Maharana Pratap Shourya Puraskar’,
  posthumously.
• The meeting was jointly organised
  by the Hindi Bashi Ekta Parishad, Rajastani Seva Samiti and Bramha Parishad.
• Joshi, who acts in the well-known
  play ‘Chanakya’, said it took over three years for the research on the play and
  another two years to conceive it.
• Thane MP Rajan Vichare, city
  Additional Commissioner of Police Makarand Ranade, BJP National Council member
  Om Prakash Sharma were present on the occasion.

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