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Current Affairs 29th January 2018 (today’s current affairs). Below are the current affairs of 29th January of this year-
- For the first time, a vaccine conceived and developed from scratch in India has been “pre-qualified” by the World Health Organisation.
- The leaders of India and ASEAN agreed to boost their maritime ties at a summit in New Delhi.
- Medtech startup Axio Biosolutions has raised USD 7.4 million funding in Series B round from Ratan Tata’s RNT Capital.
- Himachal CM Jai Ram Thakur launched the women’s safety app ‘Shakti’.
- Usha Ananthasubramanian, MD and CEO, Allahabad Bank, has been elected the first woman chairman of Indian Banks’ Association.
- The Doomsday Clock which symbolizes the current threat of global annihilation was moved closer to midnight.
- Foreign exchange reserves are at a new high of USD 414.784 billion USD attributing to a rise in foreign currency assets.
- UN International Fund for Agricultural Development & Indian govt has signed $168mn pact to raise incomes & food security for tribal farming households in northeast India.
- Medtech startup Axio Biosolutions has raised USD 7.4 million funding in Series B round from Ratan Tata’s RNT Capital.
- Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw, chairman and managing director of Biocon Ltd, IDFC Bank founder Rajiv Lall have been appointed to the board of US India Business Council for 2018.
- Noted Kannada actor Chandrashekhar popularly known as ‘Edakallu Guddada Mele’ Chandrashekhar, passed away in Canada.
