5th January 2017 Important Daily Current Affairs

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Dear Great Ambitionists, here are today's (5th January 2017) Important Current Affairs updates. Happy Reading :)

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 :)

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