CURRENT AFFAIRS FOR THE MONTH OF JANUARY 2018

1.) The Arunachal Pradesh becomes the second state after Sikkim to be declared as Open Defecation Free State in Northeast.
2.) The Union Government appointed renowned scientist K. Sivan as the chairman of Indian Space Research Organisation.(ISRO) to replace of A.S. Kiran Kumar.
3.) Senior advocate Indu Malhotra becomes the first woman lawyer from India to be directly elected to the post of judge in the Supreme Court.
4.) India renamed the Teen Murti Chowk, a war memorial as Teen Murti Haifa Chowk as a symbolic gesture of friendship with Israel.
5.) Indian captain Virat Kohli was named by the International Cricket Council (ICC) Cricketer of the Year for 2017.
6.) Former Gujrat chief minister Anandiben Patel appointed as the next Madya Pradesh Governor.
7.) Irrfan Khan won the Best Actor and Vidya Balan received the Best Actress award in the Filmfare Awards 2018. The movie "Hindi Medium" received the Best Film awards.
8.) Om Prakash Rawat appointed as the new Chief Election Commissioner of India.
9.) This year 10 heads of state from ASEAN (Association of Southeast Asian Nations) arrived to attend the grand parade of Republic Day at Rajpath.
10.) India celebrated its 69th Republic Day on 26th January 2018.

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