- The mascots of the 2016 Rio Olympic and Paralympics Games have been named as Vinicius and Tom.
- HDFC Bank launched app ‘Bank Aap Ki Muththi Mein’, an offering that literally turns a mobile phone into a bank branch.
- 14th Finance Commission has submitted its report to President
- Chairman: Former RBI governor YV Reddy
- Paul McGinley won Sports Personality Coach of the Year 2014 at the BBC Sports Personality of the Year awards in Glasgow.
- RBI increased RTGS (real time gross settlement) business hours from 7.30 hours to 12 hours.
- TVS chairman Venu Srinivasan conferred the title of Honorary Citizen of Busan for his efforts to enhance friendship and cooperation between India and Korea.
- The Pakistan-born British poet Imtiaz Dharker has been awarded the Queen’s gold medal for poetry.
- Former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee and Madan Mohan Malaviya will be conferred the nation’s highest civilian honour, the Bharat Ratna.
- Japan’s Parliament has re-elected Shinzo Abe as Prime Minister.
- Government has released 2015 Calender with theme ‘Clean India, Green India’.
- RBI has extended the deadline for withdrawal of pre-2005 of various denominations including Rs 500 and Rs 1,000 by six months till 30th June 2015.
- Union Finance Ministry has approved 8.75 percent interest rate on Provident Fund (PF) deposits for the year 2014-15.
- Jyotsna Suri elected as the President of the FICCI
- e-retailing firm Snapdeal.com announced the launch of “The Agri Store”, offering products like seeds, fertiliser and irrigation tools, among others, to farmers on eve of Kisan Diwas.
- The 13th edition of the Pravasi Bharatiya Divas (PBD), an event which celebrates the achievements of Indians living abroad, held in Gujarat from January 7-9, 2015.
- RBI licensed Ford Credit India to operate as a NBFC. The company will start automotive financing in India.
- Superstar Amitabh Bachchan has been conferred with Yash Chopra Memorial Award.
- S Bhattacharya appointed as the Chairman and Managing Director of Coal India Ltd (CIL).
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