Current Affairs Update for 14 January

Current Affairs Update for today :-

India’s first Compressed Natural Gas powered train inaugrated by Railway Ministry on 13th January 2015. Railway Minister of India is Suresh Prabhu.
World Bank signed tripartitie agreement on 12th January 2015 for smart cities initiatives and swachhta abhiyaan for Indian State of Gujarat.
On 12th January 2015, Reserve Bank of India signed an agreement with European Central Bank for cooperatoin in the field of Central Banking. The Governor of RBI is Dr.Raghuram Rajan and ECB President is Mario Draghi.
On 12th January 2015, Australia launched Online Visa Pilot Programme for visitors of India.
Dimo Hasao, District of Assam launched its first broad gauge railway track on 12th January 2015.

On 12th January 2015, ISRO Mars Orbiter Mission Team won Space Pioneer Award in the category of Science and Technology.
Raghuram Rajan, Governor of Reserve Bank of India received the Governor of the Year Award while Central Bank of the Year Award received by Reserve Bank of New Zealand.

Alur Seelin Kiran Kumar appointed as Chairman of Indian Space Research Organisation on 12th January 2015 succeeded by K. Radhakrishnan.

On 12th January 2015, Cristiano Ronaldo won FIFA Ballon d’Or Award for the best Football Player of the Year.