5th January 2017 Important Daily Current Affairs

Daily Current Affairs of 5th January 2017

International Current Affairs

Indonesia has suspended all military cooperation for an undisclosed time with Australia for "technical reasons".
- This comes after Indonesia found material insulting Indonesia's founding principles of 'Pancasila' at an Australian training base.

MOUs & Agreements

The Union Cabinet has approved 3 agreements. They are :
- Agreement between India and Uruguay for cooperation and mutual assistance in Customs Matters.
- - This Agreement will help both countries in the availability of relevant information for the investigation and prevention of Customs offences.
- Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between India and Kenya on bilateral cooperation in the field of agriculture and allied sectors.
- Agreement for cooperation (AoC) between India and Portugal in the field of Agriculture and allied sectors.

National Current Affairs

School teachers in Maharashtra are going to start marking students' attendance on an online application, called Upastithi, from the next academic year.
- The application will instantly generate attendance reports, which will help education officials keep a check on schools.
- The app will be available to government-aided schools and will help ensure that no fake students are on a school's roll.
The Union Commerce and Industry Minister Nirmala Sitharaman launched an Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) Enforcement Toolkit for Police.
- This toolkit will be provided to all state police departments across the nation to assist them in dealing with the cases relating to Trademarks and Copyrights infringements.
For the first time in the country, the Electronic Voting Machines to be used in the upcoming Manipur and Uttarakhand Assembly elections will display photographs of candidates.
The first Braille library in Guwahati opened at the Blind High School yesterday, on the occasion of World Braille Day.
- The library houses an estimated 200 books, including those on self-help and general knowledge.

New Appointments

Former head of USAID - US Agency for International Development Rajiv J Shah is set to be named as President of the Rockefeller Foundation, one of America's largest and most influential philanthropies.
UK Senior diplomat Sir Tim Barrow appointed as UK's new ambassador to EU.
- He is going to replace Sir Ivan Rogers.
S Padmanabhan was appointed as Chairman of Tata Power Company after Cyrus Mistry resigned from the post following his ouster from Tata Sons.
US President-elect Donald Trump has appointed an Indian-American, Raj Shah, as the Deputy Assistant to the President, Deputy Communication Director, and Research Director.
- Trump is also planning to pick businessman William Hagerty as the next US ambassador to Japan.

Science & Technology

Technology manufacturer Kingston has unveiled the world's highest capacity USB flash drive that offers 2 TB of storage space.

Banking & Economic Affairs

The State Bank of India (SBI) has temporarily blocked major digital wallets including Paytm, MobiKwik and FreeCharge from its net banking service.
- The move disables SBI customers from transferring money from their bank account to the mobile wallets.

Sports Current Affairs

Mahendra Singh Dhoni stepped down as the Captain of India's One Day International and T20 International cricket teams.
- However, he will remain in contention for selection for the series against England which begins on January 15.
- Note : He had earlier retired from Test cricket in December 2014.
- Important Points to Note :
- Dhoni holds the record for hitting the most sixes in international cricket as captain.
- - He led India in 331 matches across all formats, hitting 211 sixes as skipper.
  - He is followed by former Australian skipper Ricky Ponting, who played 324 matches as captain and hit 171 sixes.
- He played the most number of international matches as a captain across all formats in the history of cricket.
- - Having captained in 331 international matches, Dhoni led India to 178 wins and suffered 120 losses.
- Dhoni was also the most successful ODI captain in Indian cricket's history.
India's women's football team defeated Bangladesh 3-1 in Siliguri to win the 2016 South Asian Football Federation Women's Championship for the 4th consecutive time.

This is the end of today's Daily Current Affairs session friends. Good Day :)