# # 2015 JANUARY At a Glance ##

# # 2015 JANUARY At a Glance ##

* 102nd Indian Science Congress 2015 held at Mumbai

* World's smallest goanna lizard species discovered in Australia

* Arvind Panagariya named vice- chairman of Niti Aayog

* Vistara airline started domestic flight operation in India

* Governor's rule imposed in Jammu and Kashmir

* 72nd Golden Globe Awards
- Best Director - Richard Linklater (Boyhood)
- Best Film - Boyhood (Richard Linklater)
- Best Actor - Eddie Redmayne (The Theory of Everything)
- Best actress - Julianne Moore (Still Alice)

* RBI Governor Raghuram Rajan received Governor of the Year Award for 2015

* AS Kiran Kumar - new ISRO Chairman

* Maithripala Sirisena elected Sri Lanka's new president

* J & K selected for the National Award of e-Governance for Best District Level initiative

* FIFA Ballon d'Or Award 2014 - Cristiano Ronaldo ( world Footballer of the year 2014)

* Idukki in Kerala Becomes the First District of India with Complete Rural Broadband Coverage

* AB de Villiers (south africa) smashes fastest ODI Century from 31 balls

* Indian-AmericanFrank Islam receives Martin Luther King award

* 45th Annual Meeting of World Economic Forum Started at Davos (switzerland)

* The Periyar Tiger Reserve of Kerala won the National Tiger Conservation Authority (NTCA) biennial award 2015

* National Tiger Conservation Authority (NTCA)released 2014 Status of Tigers in India, -2226 Tigers

* India’s first compressed natural gas (CNG)-powered train started on the Rewari – Rohtak link of Northern Zone.

* H S Brahma - New Chief Election Commissioner

* Paulina Vega(Columbia)-Miss Universe 2014

* INDIA celebrates its 66th Republic Day and Barack Obama becomes the first US President to attend the ceremony.

* Year 2014 ranked as Earth's hottest year since 1880

* S Jaishankar appointed as the Foreign Secretary of India

* Jiji Thomson appointed Kerala Chief Secretary

* Australian Open 2015 winners
- Serena Williams (women), Djokovic (Men)

* Asia Cup Football Champions 2015 - Australia

* Agni 5 , India's Longest Range Ballistic Missile, Successfully Test - Fired (Canister-basednuclear capable Agni-V ) from Wheeler's Island off Odisha coast on 31st January 2015