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Current affairs - 28 -01 -18.

National

  • Jammu & Kashmir Student Exchange programme Maitreyi yatra was held at - New Delhi.
  • Bharat Parv event begins today, (27 January 2018) at - Red Fort
  • Two Indian IT giants have joined a global drive for tech reskilling of one million workers - TCS and Infosys

International

  • Six individuals have been designated as global terrorists by the – US
  • The first solo exhibition of Indian artist M.F. Husain’s works was opened in - Dhaka

Person In News

  • First Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) recipient to have been admitted to the New Jersey Bar Association – Parthiv Patel
  • Veteran Bengali film actress passed away recently at the age of 83 – Supriya Devi

Sports

  • Hungarian-French pair won Australian Open women's doubles - Babos and Mladenovic
  • The player auction for 2018 Indian Premier League (IPL) is being held in  - Bengaluru

General knowledge

  • Atal Pension Yojana the first ever Guaranteed Pension Product to the people of the country was introduced in India in - 2015

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