Today's Important News: 01 January 2014

Today's Important News (01-01-2014)

The Hindu

National:

1. PM to meet press on Friday
2. In 2014, Supreme Court will witness three CJIs

Current Affairs MCQ

International:

1. Schumacher improving
2. Bharara apprised of Devyani case only days before her arrest
3. Xi promises ‘new strides’ along the path of reform
4. Kremlin aims at winning ‘information war’ with West
5. DR Congo ‘prophet’ on the run
6. Chinese tycoon says he is in talks to buy NYT
7. Obama, Hillary most admired people in U.S.

India & The World:

1. India awaiting U.S. review on Devyani issue
2. Maldives President coming today
3. India to ink labour cooperation pact with Saudi Arabia

Business News:

1. RBI eases norms for gold dore imports
2. External debt drops to $400.3 b at end-Sept
3. ‘Payment to Analjit Singh consistent with Vodafone pact’
4. New Year is unlikely to be any different for travel industry
5. Sales of luxury cars set to cross 30,000 units in 2013

S&T, Environment, Defence:

1. Arup Raha takes over as IAF chief

Sports:

1. Binny puts Karnataka ahead
2. Binny, Pandey get the nod; Yuvraj out
3. Tour debutant Ramkumar shocks Devvarman

Others:

1. Virbhadra faces CBI probe
2. Kejriwal’s new year gift to Delhi: 50% power subsidy
3. Over 20 IAS, KAS officers under a cloud in J&K’s land scam
4. New mobile application for women’s safety

Editorials & Articles:

1. Uncertainty in Bangladesh
2. Water priorities for urban India
3. The topi became the crown
4. Women leave the door open for other women
5. Counting conundrum
6. Japan, land of the rising diplomatic tensions

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