Current Affairs One liner of the day: 23 January 2017

23 January 2017: The one liner for 23 January 2017 covers important current affairs happenings that us relevant competitive exams. The day’s one liner’s cover important the happenings like 2017 Malaysia Masters Grand Prix Gold Women’s Singles title, Under-19 Cooch Behar Trophy 2016-17 and Under-19 Cooch Behar Trophy 2016-17 among others.

• Saina Nehwal defeated Pornpawee Chochuwong to win - the 2017 Malaysia Masters Grand Prix Gold Women’s Singles title

• The team that won the Under-19 Cooch Behar Trophy 2016-17 season is - Bengal

• Former Miss Universe who will be on the judges panel of the upcoming 65th edition of Miss Universe pageant is - Sushmita Sen

• The person recently appointed as a new member of FIFA’s Finance Committee for the period of 2017-2021 is - Praful Patel

• The Delhi International Airport Limited won the prestigious Golden Peacock Award for - Corporate Social Responsibility in the aviation transport sector for 2016

• Organisation that will develop India Innovation Index (III) to measure innovation performance of Indian states- World Economic Forum

• India’s first-ever warship to have ATM on board- INS Vikramaditya

• Renowned Urdu poet who died recently and composed the song for the movie 'Taj Mahal'- Naqsh Lyallpuri

• Train which derailed at Kuneru Railway Station in Vizianagaram district of Andhra Pradesh recently- Jagdalpur-Bhubaneswar Hirakhand Express

• A group of Hindi scholars asked PM Narendra Modi to bar the addition of Hindi dialects in which schedule of the Indian Constitution- Eighth Schedule

• Ministry of Railways has signed a Joint Venture Agreement with this state government to develop railway infrastructure in the State - Jharkhand

• This country has launched a 10-year-plan to cut reliance on vegetable imports from India – Nepal

• He was declared as the man of the series of the three-match One Day International series between India and England - Kedar Jadhav

• India won the three-match One Day International series against England - 2-1

• India on 23 January 2017 celebrated the 120th birth anniversary of this Indian nationalist whose defiant patriotism made him a hero in India - Subhash Chandra Bose

• This country has approved building permits for 566 settler homes in annexed east Jerusalem - Israel