The Recording Academy announced the 56th Annual Grammy Awards at Staples Center in Los

Angeles, California on 26 January 2014.

Uttar Pradesh government launched Samajwadi pension scheme on 28 January 2014. The scheme
will benefit over 40 lakh families. Under the scheme pension from 500 rupees to 700 rupees will be
given to beneficiaries

India Post announced to install as many as 3000 Automated Teller Machine (ATM) and 1.35 lakh
micro-ATMs by September 2015 on 27 January 2014. The facility will be available for savings account
holders of post offices across the country.

Google purchased the British start-up DeepMind Technologies an artificial intelligence company
on 27 January 2014. The American tech giant Google confirmed the deal in its London office. This
deal represents Googles biggest ever single acquisition in Europe

Union External Affairs Minister Salman Khurshid held a bilateral meeting with John Kerry, the US
Secretary of State on 22 January 2014 on the sidelines of Geneva II meet on Syria in Montreux.