Daily Current Affairs of 27th January 2017
International Current Affairs
- Today (27th January) is International Day of Commemoration in Memory of the Victims of the Holocaust (International Holocaust Remembrance Day).
- This day commemorates the genocide that resulted in the death of an estimated 6 million Jewish people, 2 million Romani people, 250,000 mentally and physically disabled people, and 9,000 homosexual men by the Nazi regime and its collaborators.
- Theme of the year 2017 : “Educating for a Better Future: The Role of Historical Sites and Museums in Holocaust Education”
- India has been ranked 79th out of 176 countries in the recently released Corruption Perception Index (CPI) 2016.
- This index was released by the Berlin-based corruption watchdog Transparency International (TI).
- New Zealand and Denmark jointly got 1st place in the index.
- Finland got the 3rd position.
- Top 10 Countries in the List :
- New Zealand and Denmark
- Finland
- Sweden
- Switzerland
- Norway
- Singapore
- Netherlands
- Canada
- Germany
