India
1.Descendants of Indian colonial slave workers to get OCI cards.In what will give a permanent link to the descendants of the Indian colonial slave workers shipped by British and French colonisers to work in their colonies, the Indian Government on Sunday announced to give them Overseas Citizens of India (OCI) cards that will facilitated them to visit India without needing a visa.
2.Molestation cases being viewed "seriously": Siddaramaiah.With the recent spate of alleged molestation cases here triggering national outrage, Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah today said the incidents were being viewed seriously and protecting the dignity of women is his government's top priority.
3.I-T asks banks to report cash deposits made during April 1 to November 9. Seeking to analyse the banking transactions in months before the demonetisation, the Income Tax Department has asked banks to report cash deposits in savings accounts between April 1 to November 9, 2016.
4.Amar Singh gets 'Z' category central security again.Rajya Sabha MP Amar Singh has been accorded 'Z' category security cover of central paramilitary commandos by the Union government due to threat perception following "recent activities", a development that comes in the backdrop of infighting in SP ahead of UP Assembly polls
5.AICTE likely to dicuss issue of single national engineering entrance test.The issue of holding a single entrance examination for admission to engineering colleges on the lines of NEET for medicine is likely to be discussed at a meeting of All India Council for Technical Education later this month. The issue was considered in the ministry at the level of HRD Minister Prakash Javadekar, sources said.
6.JD(U) leader Mukesh Singh shot dead in Barh.: Janata Dal (United) leader Mukesh Singh was shot dead by unknown assailants in Barh, Patna, on Sunday morning.The incident reportedly took place at the Dhelwa Gossai locality.
7.SP's 'Cycle' could be frozen if EC indecisive beyond Jan 17 . Cycle, the symbol of (SP),  is under threat of being frozen before the Uttar Pradesh assembly polls if the Election Commission (EC) is unable to decide which of the two factions of the party commands majority in the organisation.
8.Parliamentary committee to question RBI governor on demonetisation.A parliamentary committee, probing the government's decision to scrap high-value bank notes, has sent the country's central bank governor a list of questions on the demonetisation process and asked him to appear before it on January 20.
9.After NHRC notice, now Chhattisgarh HC will hear “sexual assault” of tribal women case .: After the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) serving a notice to the Chhattisgarh government asking why it shouldn’t recommend interim relief to the victims of rape and sexual violence in restive Bastar, the "sexual assault" case will come up for hearing before the state high court at Bilaspur on Monday. 
10.'Political priests' of corruption opposing demonetisation: PM at PBD.Demonetisation have hit the Non-Resident Indians as they struggle to get their money exchanged and Prime Minister Narendra Modi used the forum of Pravasi Bharatiya Divas to hit out at the detractors of the move terming them the “Rajnaitik pujari (political priests)” of corruption. Prime Minister Modi rejected the criticism that the move was “anti-people”.


World
1.Pak's ex-army chief joins Saudi-led military coalition.General Raheel Sharif, the former Pakistani army chief, will now head the Saudi Arabia-led 39-nation military coalition formed to serve as a platform for security cooperation and combat terrorism.
2.Iraq forces near Tigris River in Mosul: Spokesman.Iraqi forces battling the Islamic State group in Mosul are approaching the Tigris River, which runs through the centre of the city, the spokesman for the Counter-Terrorism Service said Saturday.
3.S. Korea protestors demand president's removal, ferry salvage. Hundreds of thousands of protestors returned to the streets of Seoul Saturday, demanding impeached President Park Geun-Hye's immediate removal and the salvaging of a sunken ferry which left more than 300 dead.
4.India opposes Sri Lanka’s bid to shape ETCA to suit political exigencies. Negotiations between India and Sri Lanka on an  Economic and Technical Cooperation Agreement (ETCA) hit the hard road at an officials-level meeting held here on January 4 and 5.
5.Audio clip of Israel PM Netanyahu's alleged business negotiation sufaces in court. An audio recording, in which Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is heard negotiating mutual benefits with a businessman, has been obtained and included in the criminal investigation against the leader, authorities said on Sunday.
6.Mexico hunts for gunman who shot US consular official.Mexican authorities are on the hunt for a gunman who was disguised as a female nurse when he shot and wounded a US consular official in the city of Guadalajara.
7.Suicide bomber kills at least 11 at Baghdad market. A suicide bomber blew up a car at the entrance of Baghdad's main vegetable market on Sunday, killing at least 11 people and wounding dozens, security officials and medics said.
8.Pakistan government passes ordinance to disbar public servants seeking plea bargain.Pakistan President Mamnoon Hussain has passed an ordinance to disbar public servants seeking benefit under the National Accountability Bureau's (NAB) plea bargain and voluntary return laws.
9.23 injured in Sri Lanka violence over port deal with China.At least 23 people have been injured in clashes between protestors and government supporters at the launch of Southern Development Project, a special industrial zone in Hambantota which many see as federal government's initiative to sell the port and the land to the Chinese investors.
10.US to deploy 300 soldiers in Helmand province to fight Taliban. The United States will deploy around 300 soldiers in southern Helmand province of Afghanistan. 
11.US officials not ruling out terrorism in Florida airport shooting.US authorities are not ruling out "the terrorism angle" as a potential motive of the Iraq war veteran accused of killing five people at the Fort Lauderdale International Airport, officials said Saturday.



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