- Reserve Bank of India relaxed Know Your Customer norms for Non Banking Financial Companies , as they were facing practical difficulties in getting KYC documents at frequent intervals.
- American Music singer Little Jimmy Dickens died on 2nd jan.2015. He was famous for his humorous novelty songs.
- Sri Lankan Jaffna-Kankasanthurai rail track restored
by IRCON was inaugurated on 2 January 2015 by Sri Lanka’s Transport
Minister Kumara Welgama.
- V R Gowarikar, the scientist who gave India its first own weather forecasting model died in Pune. He was 81.
- Union Government accepted recommendations of Bezbaruah Committee, set up
to look into the concerns of the people of the North East living in
other parts of India
- ICICI Bank launched Digital Village Project in Akodara Village of Gujarat.The project aimed to provide services ranging from cashless banking to
digitised school teaching. The digital village has three themes i.e.
cashless, comprehensive and connected.
- Mario Matthew Cuomo was an American politician and member of the
Democratic Party. He served as the 52nd Governor of New York for three
terms, from 1983 to 1994, Lieutenant Governor of New York from 1979 to
1982, and Secretary of State of New York from 1975 to 1978.
- Kiran Bhia Vadodaria elected as INS president. He succeeded Ravindra Kumar of The Statesman. The appointment was
announced at the 75th annual general meeting of the organization in New
Delhi.
- Union Sports Ministry recogonised Boxing India as National Federation for representing Boxing. In this regard, the Ministry allowed Boxing India to use the name under
the Emblems & Names (Prevention of Improper use) Act, 1950 for all
its future correspondence.