27 jan 2014 current affairs Stanislas Wawrinka humbles Rafael Nadal to clinch his maiden Australian Open men’s singles title. Chinese Li Na lifts her first ever Grand Slam title in the women’s singles thrashing Dominika Cibulkova. Indias second highest civilian honour Padma Vibhushan has been awarded to scientist RA Mashelkar and yoga guru BKS Iyengar for the year 2014. Kamal Haasan, Ruskin Bond, P Gopichand and Leander Paes among Padma Bhushan awardee. National Communal Harmony Award 2013 goes to Mohinder Singh (Delhi) and N Radhakrishnan (Kerala) in individual category while Centre for Study of Society and Secularism (CSSS) bags the same in the organisation category. The award honours contributions in promoting peace, secularism and communal harmony in the country. 4th National Voters Day observed across the country on January 25th with Ethical Voting as its theme. The day is celebrated to increase awareness among voters for effective participation in the electoral process. This is the same date The Election Commission of India was founded on in the year 1950. Disappointment for India as Sania Mirza (with her Romanian partner Horia Tecau) lost in the final of Australian Open mixed doubles to the pair of Daniel Nestor and Kristina Mladenovic. Sania had lifted this title in 2009 with Mahesh Bhupathi.
Posted on: Mon, 27 Jan 2014 06:10:30 +0000
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