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01 Feb 2016

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Austria Plans to Step up Deportations of Migrants

Austria will step up deportations of migrants and is adding Morocco, Algeria and other states to a list of countries it deems safe, enabling it to send people back there more quickly.
Austria and neighbouring Germany threw open their borders in September to hundreds of thousands of people who poured into Europe, many of them fleeing war and poverty in the Middle East, Afghanistan and elsewhere.
Despite an initial outpouring of sympathy for the migrants, public concern about the influx have fuelled a rise in support for the far right in Austria, and opposition to the coalition government of Social Democrats and conservatives has grown.

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BUSINESS AND ECONOMY

Second Tranche of Gold Bond Scheme

The second tranche of the gold scheme attracted 3.3 lakh applicants for 3071 kg of gold worth Rs. 798 crore, which is a rise of more than 200 percent over the first trance announced in November.
The first tranche of the scheme had opened in November 2015, and had seen only 62, 19 applications for 915.9 kg of gold worth Rs. 246.20 crore.
The application window for the second tranche was from January 18 to January 22, 2016.

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SPORTS

Novak Djokovic Wins Australian Open

Novak Djokovic defeated Andy Murray in straight sets and won the Australian Open. He is the second man to win Australian Open six times.
He equaled Aussie legend Roy Emerson's record haul, who won the tournament six times between 1961 and 1967.

India Wins T20 Series against Australia

After beating Australia 3-nil in the T20 series, India replaced West Indies as the top team in the latest ICC T20 rankings.
M. S. Dhoni-led India piped the West Indies to snatch the top spot in the shortest version of the game.
India has 120 rating points, two more than the Caribbean unit in the shortest version of the game.

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NATIONAL AFFAIRS

First Phase of Ganga Cleaning

The Centre will implement a four-point programme in which as many as 1,600 villages along the Ganga stretch will be made filth free by October.
The second phase will be attained in four years after that in which 6,000 villages will be taken up for the programme.
The event, considered to be the first attempt to rope in villagers in the 'Clean Ganga' mission, saw participation of around 1,200 panchayat heads.

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General Awareness

Daily G.K. - Top Stories

01 Feb 2016

INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS

Austria Plans to Step up Deportations of Migrants

BUSINESS AND ECONOMY

Second Tranche of Gold Bond Scheme

SPORTS

Novak Djokovic Wins Australian Open

India Wins T20 Series against Australia

NATIONAL AFFAIRS

First Phase of Ganga Cleaning

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