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16 January
• As per the Wholesale Price Index, published by the government, reduced food prices caused the inflation to dip to a year low at 7.47% in December 2011.
• Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) proposed a fee of Rs.20 crore for a national-level unified licence under the new regime
• The Pioneer’s J Gopikrishnan and CNBC-TV18’s Udayan Mukherjee were adjudged Journalist of the Year at the 5th Ramnath Goenka Awards for Excellence in Journalism
• Himachal Tourism Department signed a pact with the Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation for managing its establishments in the hill State
17 January
• The 150th Birth Anniversary of Swami Vivekananda commemorated under the directions of a National Committee Implementation Committee chaired by Hon’ble Finance Minister
18 January
• Anthony Prabhu Gonsalves, India's first music 'arranger died
• As per data released by the government, cheaper food items pulled down the Consumer Price Index (CPI) by 0.44 per cent month-on-month in December 2011
• India was ranked the sixth most innovative country in the world in multinational conglomerate GE's second Annual Global Innovation Barometer
19 January
• Siddharth Varadarajan succeeded N. Ram as Editor of The Hindu
• Harish Khare resigned as media advisor to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh
• Senior television journalist Pankaj Pachauri as was appointed as Communication Advisor in the Prime Minister’s Office
20 January
• Vice-President Hamid Ansari inaugurated the 16th Convocation of of National Institute of Mental Health and Neuro Sciences at Bangalore
21 January
• Singapore-based Sri Lankan author Shehan Karunatilaka was awarded the DSC Prize for South Asia Literature 2012, at the Jaipur Literature Festival
22 January
• Retired High Court judge Justice Chandrashekaraiah was sworn in as the second Upa Lokayukta of Karnataka
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