Daily Current Affairs One Liner
January 2023 Part 15
Important
Facts
Armed Forces Veterans Day observed
across the country.
Army Day is celebrated on the 15th of January every year in
recognition of the taking over of the then Lieutenant General K M Carriappa as
the first commander-in-chief of the Indian Army in 1949.
At the ongoing National Youth Festival in Hubballi-Dharwad in Karnataka, an attempt will be made to organise a statewide
mega Yogathon, to set a new world record. So far 13
lakh students, 12000 teachers and over 8000 educational institutions have
registered on www.yogathon.com portal to participate in the event. Karnataka Sports
minister Dr. Narayanagowda said that over 13 lakh people will do yoga to enter
it in the Guinness Book of
World Records.
Chief Election Commissioner Rajiv Kumar said Election Commission of
India is committed to conduct the upcoming Assembly elections in Nagaland in a free, fair and peaceful manner. He also urged the
people of Nagaland to pro actively participate in the forthcoming polls.
Addressing a Press Conference at Kohima Mr Kumar said, over 30,000 first-time
voters will participate in the forthcoming elections.
Chief of the Army Staff General Manoj
Pande, Air Chief Marshal VR Chaudhari and Chief of Naval Staff Admiral R Hari
Kumar attended the 7th Armed
Force Veterans Day
event in New Delhi. The three Service Chiefs commended the selfless service
rendered by the veterans in Nation Building. The event witnessed the release of
SAMMAAN magazine, a yearly journal published by the
Directorate of Indian Army Veterans covering informative articles and various
topics of interest to the veteran community. The Indian Air Force also released
the Vayu Samvedna magazine.
Addressing the veterans during the event, Army Chief Manoj Pande, said, the
Army is planning to increase the number of empanelled hospitals for the
veterans.
Speaking at the event, Air Chief Marshal VR Chaudhari said, the Directorate of
Air Veterans has done creditable work in assisting air veterans with their
financial matters and finding placements in the civil sector.
Chief Of Naval Staff, Admiral R Hari Kumar, said care and welfare of the veteran
community is a top priority of the Armed forces.
China
operates first domestic Boeing 737 MAX flight since 2019
Chirag
Shetty, Satwiksairaj Rankireddy storm into semifinals of Malaysia Open Men’s
doubles Badminton event.
Coal Ministry Offers Relaxation in
Revision of Performance Bank Guarantee
CSIR-NISCPR Celebrates its 2nd
Foundation Day
Defence Minister Rajnath Singh to
preside over 7th Armed Forces Veterans Day in Dehradun.
Defence Minister Rajnath Singh will preside over 7th Armed Forces Veterans Day at Jaswant Ground in Dehradun
Cantonment. He will also launch the 'Soul of Steel Alpine Challenge’ by flagging off a car expedition from Dehradun to
Ghamshali located in the Niti Valley. It is a joint adventure sports initiative
of the Indian Army and CLAW Global.
The Defence Minister will also dedicate the Shaurya Sthal to pay homage to the supreme sacrifice and the dedicated
service of Armed Forces. This year, the event is being celebrated
at nine locations across the country including Juhunjhunu, Jalandhar, Panagarh,
New Delhi, Dehradun, Chennai , Chandigarh, Bhubaneshwar and Mumbai.
Delhi Police Suspended 11 cops for
Kanjhawla case Negligence.
Europe’s
largest known deposit of rare earth elements found in Sweden.
Festival of Makar Sankranti celebrated
in different parts of the country.
Festivals of Makar Sankranti, Magha Bihu
and Pongal being celebrated.
FIFA charges
Argentine Football Association for alleged offensive player misconduct and
violations of fair play at World Cup final.
flagging off MV Ganga Vilas, the world's
longest river cruise in Varanasi by Prime Minister Narendra Modi. The cruise
will cover 3200 kilometers across 27 river systems in five states of India and
Bangladesh in 51 days.
G-20's First Infrastructure Working
Group Meeting in Pune on January 16-17, 2023
Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya has
said that India is continuously striving to provide high quality and
cost-effective health care to everyone. Speaking at the Health Ministers’
virtual session of “Voice of
Global South Summit, he
said, India has offered Co-WIN as a digital platform for public good
to any interested country. Mr Mandaviya added that India has offered Co-WIN to
WHO through WHO’s C-TAP
initiative. He said it
is the need of the hour to focus on long-term measures to build stronger, more
resilient health systems that can prevent, prepare for, and respond to future
health related challenges.
Himachal
Pradesh govt restores old pension scheme
In Badminton,
India's campaign at the Malaysia
Open ended with Men's doubles pair of Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and
Chirag Shetty losing in the semi-finals. The seventh seed pair lost to Chinese
pair of Liang Wei Keng and Wang Chang.
Earlier, Indian ace shuttler H.S Prannoy
bowed out of the Men’s
Singles after losing to
Japan’s Kodai Naraoka in the quarterfinal. In the Women’s Singles, PV Sindhu and Saina Nehwal crashed out
of the tournament in the first round.
In Badminton, Men's doubles pair of Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag
Shetty entered the semifinals of the Malaysia Open
. The pair beat China’s Liu Yu Chen and Ou Xuan Yi 2-1 in the quarterfinals.
Earlier, Satwiksairaj and Chirag lost the opening game, they made a comeback,
and won the next two games 22-20 and 21-9, respectively. The duo will now face
another Chinese pair of LIANG Wei Keng and Wang Chang in the semifinals.
In Badminton, men's doubles pair
of Chirag Shetty and Satwiksairaj Rankireddy storm into semifinals of
Malaysia Open at Kuala Lumpur.
In Badminton, Satwiksairaj Rankireddy
and Chirag Shetty lose the Men's doubles Semi-finals of Malaysia Open.
In Cricket, India to take on Sri Lanka
in third and final ODI at Thiruvananthapuram.
In Cricket, the third and final One Day International between India and Sri
Lanka will be played at
the Greenfield International
Stadium at
Thiruvananthapuram. The Indian team has already clinched the three-match ODI
series by winning the encounters at Guwahati and Kolkata. The Men in Blue will
be looking forward to clean sweep the series.
In FIH Hockey Men’s World Cup, India defeated Spain 2-0 at Birsa Munda Hockey Stadium, Rourkela. Indian vice-captain, Amit
Rohidas scored the first goal and Hardik Singh scored the second to register an
easy win for hosts. In other matches, England thrashed Wales 5-0 and Australia
beat France 8-0 in their first pool matches after Argentina defeated South
Africa 1-0 in the opening match of the tournament. Today, New Zealand will take
on Chile while Netherlands will face Malaysia in pool C in Rourkela. In Pool B,
Belgium will clash with Korea while Germany will take on Japan in Bhubaneswar.
In FIH Hockey Men’s World Cup, New Zealand defeated debutants Chile 3-1, while Netherlands
beat Malaysia, 4-nil in their opening Pool C matches at Rourkela this
afternoon. In pool B encounters, Defending champions Belgium thrashed South
Korea, 5-Nil while Germany outsmarted Japan 3-nil at Bhubaneshwar
In Gujarat and Rajasthan, the festival of Uttarayan is celebrated by flying kites. A Kite
Festival was held on the sail of Jal Mahal in Jaipur which witnessed the
participation of French Ambassador to India Emmanuel Lenin, among others.
Domestic and foreign tourists were welcomed in the traditional way by applying
Tilak at the event.
In Telangana, the three-day festivities
began with Bhogi Mantalu, that is, a bonfire lit early in the
morning. People along with children came out in large number to light the
bonfire at the street corners and cross roads.
India
defeats Spain in the opening match of World Cup Hockey 2023.
India-China
trade recordec at 135.98bnin2022;Tradedeficitcrosses100 bn mark for the
first time
Indian
Railways to launch Bharat Gaurav Tourist Train.
J&K security grid to be bolstered in
3 months, says Amit Shah; 360 degree net to tackle terror in J&K soon;
Jio-BP to
build EV charging infrastructure for Citroen’s India unit.
Joshimath sank 5 cms in just 12 days
based on a report released by National Remote Sensing Centre.
Makar Sankranti
festival is being observed across the country.
Makar Sankranti is celebrated as Pongal in Tamil Nadu and Karnataka, Magha Bihu in Assam, Lohri
in Punjab and as Uttarayan, Maghi and Khichdi in other parts of the country.
MAROON BERET CEREMONIAL PARADE AT
GARUD REGIMENTAL TRAINING CENTRE AIR FORCE STATION CHANDINAGAR
National Startup Awards 2022 will be announced. Union Minister for
Commerce and Industry, Piyush Goyal will announce the awards, given to
recognize startups and enablers for their outstanding performance. According to
the Ministry, a special award category has been introduced to recognize
startups in Hilly and North-East region of India. Cash prize of 5 lakh rupees
each will be given to the winning startups and 15 lakh cash prize to one
exceptional Incubator and one Accelerator.
PM condoles the passing away of MP
Shri Santokh Singh Chaudhary
Prime
Minister Modi flags off world’s longest river cruise from Varanasi to
Dibrugarh.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi has said
that developing countries desire globalisation that does not create climate or
debt crisis but brings prosperity and wellbeing of humanity as a whole. The
Prime Minister was addressing the concluding session of the Voice of Global South Summit in virtual mode.
Mr Modi said, the Summit saw the participation of more than 20 developing
countries in a span of two days, which is the largest ever virtual gathering of
Global South. He said India G20 presidency will attempt to voice the views of
Global South. He announced that India will establish a Global South Centre of Excellence.
The Prime Minister said, India will launch a Global South Science and Technology initiative to share expertise with other
developing nations. He informed that during the Covid pandemic, India's Vaccine
Maitri initiative supplied Made in India vaccine to over 100 nations. Mr Modi
announced a new Aarogya
Maitri Project. Under
this project, India will provide essential medical supplies to any developing
country affected by natural disasters or humanitarian crisis. <><><>
Prime Minister Narendra Modi says
developing countries desire globalisation that brings prosperity and wellbeing
of humanity; Says, India will establish a Global South Centre of Excellence.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will flag
off the Vande Bharat Express
train connecting
Secunderabad in Telangana with Visakhapatnam in Andhra Pradesh through video
conferencing. The train will be the eighth Vande Bharat Express to be introduced by Indian Railways and will be the first one
connecting the two Telugu speaking states of Telangana and Andhra Pradesh. The first Vande Bharat Express train was flagged off in February 2019
between New Delhi and Varanasi.
The Vande Bharat Express is equipped with advanced state-of-the-art
passenger amenities and safety features including an indigenously developed Train Collision Avoidance System - KAVACH.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will flag
off Vande Bharat Express
train connecting Secunderabad with Visakhapatnam via video conferencing. This will be
the eighth Vande Bharat
Express and the first
to connect Telangana and Andhra Pradesh, covering a distance of around 700
km.
Raksha Mantri Rajnath Singh lauds the
role of ex-servicemen in protecting sovereignty, unity, and integrity of the
country.
Retail
inflation eases to 12-month low of 5.72% in December
Rise in
government capital spending pushes up investments till December by 53% higher
than FY22.
Shri Jyotiraditya Scindia flagged
off direct daily flight between Kolhapur-Bengaluru
Sri Lanka
plans to downsize military by half by 2030.
Supreme
Court held that exclusion of Sikkimese women who marry non-Sikkimese men from
exemptions under the Income Tax Act is unconstitutional.
Tamil Nadu
adopts Bill to make Tamil paper compulsory for State government jobs.
Telecom Regulatory Authority of India, TRAI under Ministry of Communications
has released a Consultation Paper on ‘License Fee and Policy matters of DTH Services’. The License fee is a non-tax fee levied
on a service provider against the privilege of being permitted to carry out a
licensed activity. In India, currently the DTH operators are required to pay a
license fee of 8 percent of Adjusted Gross Revenue on a quarterly basis to
Ministry of Information and Broadcasting. <><><>
The 75th Army Day celebration will be held in Bengaluru. This is for the
first time that the event is being conducted outside the National
capital. The Chief of the Army Staff, General Manoj Pande will lay a wreath at
the Madras Engineering Group War memorial and review the Army Day parade by
eight marching contingents including a horse mounted contingent. The Chief of
the Army Staff will present gallantry awards for individual acts of bravery and
sacrifice. There will also be a fly past by Dhruv and Rudra helicopters. Raksha Mantri Rajnath Singh will be the Chief
Guest at an event in Bengaluru where the military tattoo will be on display as
part of the Army day.
The country observed the 7th Armed Forces Veterans Day. Chief of Defence Staff Lieutenant
General Anil Chauhan along with three service Chiefs paid tributes at National
War Memorial in New Delhi on the occasion. The day was celebrated at several
places across the country.
Addressing an event to mark the Armed Forces Veterans Day in Dehradun,
Raksha Mantri Rajnath Singh lauded the role of ex-servicemen in protecting the
sovereignty, unity, and integrity of the country. He said, it is the duty
of the government to ensure the welfare of ex-servicemen as they are the asset
of the country.
Mr Singh said, the brave soldiers of the country have contributed immensely in
transforming the image of India as a powerful and respected nation across the
globe.
The festival of Makar Sankranti is being celebrated across the country. Makar Sankranti
is also know as Uttarayan which means that the Sun moves towards
the north. With the onset of Uttarayan, the effect of cold also starts reducing
gradually. The post-harvest festival is celebrated as Pongal in Tamil Nadu and Karnataka, Magha Bihu in Assam, Lohri in
Punjab and Uttarayan, Maghi and Khichdi in other parts of the country. In
Telangana, the three-day festivities began with Bhogi Mantalu, that is, a bonfire lit early in the
morning. People along with children came out in large number to light the
bonfire at the street corners and cross roads. They burnt their old and unused
belongings in the fire as a symbol of getting rid of the bad and evil. People
are inviting the Sankranti Lakshmi a symbol of prosperity by decorating their
houses traditionally with colourful Rangoli and Mango leaves and flowers. State Road Transport Corporation and
South-Central Railways are operating hundreds of special services for the past
few days to facilitate large number of people who are travelling to their
native villages. Governor Dr.Tamilisai Sounderarajan and Chief Minister K
Chandrasekhar Rao have greeted people on the occasion.
The festival of Makar Sankranti is being celebrated across the country. The festival is
also known as Uttarayan which marks the movement of the Sun
towards the North. It is celebrated to mark the end of the winter season and
commemorate the upcoming harvest season. The festivities include sweets made of
rice, jaggery, green gram and sesame. On the occasion of Makar Sankranti, the
devout took a dip in holy rivers and distributed alms.
The World's longest River Cruise MV Ganga Vilas reached Bangla Ghat at Buxar in Bihar.
Tourists were welcomed at the ghat.
The tourist's will visit different places at Buxar including War Memorial and
Sita Ram Upadhya Museum. The cruise will reach Patna. The cruise will be in
Bihar till 22nd of this month.
Tirumala Temple Hundi nets a whopping
income of 1450 crore rupees in 2022.
TRAI
releases Consultation Paper on Telecommunication Infrastructure Sharing,
Spectrum Sharing and Spectrum Leasing.
Union Minister for Science and Technology Dr Jitendra Singh launched the Geospatial Hackathon to promote Innovation and Start-Ups in
India’s Geospatial ecosystem. Speaking on the occasion in New Delhi, Dr Singh
said that the aim of the hackathon is to promote partnerships not only among
the public and private geospatial sectors but also to strengthen the
country’s geospatial Start-Up ecosystem.
Union Minister for Youth Affairs &
Sports, Anurag Singh Thakur has announced the setting up of an indoor stadium
in Gomati District of
Tripura. He said, 5
crore rupees will be granted for this. The Minister said this while attending Yuba Samvaad-India@2047 at Udaipur in Tripura. Mr. Thakur said, such
stadiums, facilitated with different sports disciplines, will also be built in
all the eight districts of the state. Later speaking to media, Mr Thakur said,
the central government has carried out several developmental works in the field
education, health care, road, rail and airport infrastructure.
Union Minister Piyush Goyal today said, Food Corporation of India (FCI) should be transformed on a fast track
mode so that it continues to help poor and the farmers of the country. He was
delivering the inaugural address at the 59th Foundation Day of FCI in New
Delhi. Mr Goyal directed the Secretary, Department of Food and Public
Distribution to introduce a mechanism wherein whistleblowers may be rewarded.
US renames
five places that used racist slur for Native Americans
Vande Bharat Express train connecting
Secunderabad and Visakhapatnam to run.
VETERANS' DAY CELEBRATED ALL ACROSS
THE NATION
Vice President arrives in Mumbai on
his maiden visit to Maharashtra
Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar attended
the annual 'Aditya Birla
Memorial Polo Cup Championship in Mumbai as the Chief Guest. This event was organized by the
Amateur Riders’ Club. The Vice President who reached Mumbai earlier in the day,
also performed puja at Shree Siddhivinayak Temple.
WHO urges
South-East Asian countries to take urgent and accelerated measures against
measles
World Health Organization (WHO) has urged all nations in South-East
Asia to take urgent and accelerated measures against measles. The disease is on the rise with nearly nine million
children having missed vaccination against it in the past two years. In a press
release, Regional Director of WHO South-East Asia Dr Poonam Khetrapal Singh
said, there is urgent need to stop and prevent measles outbreaks and accelerate
efforts to eliminate the disease. WHO said, by 2019 measles vaccination
coverage reached an all-time high of 94 per cent for the first dose and 83 per
cent for the second dose. However, in 2021, it was reduced to 86 per cent for
first dose and 76 per cent for second, leaving nine million children
unvaccinated for measles and around 5.3 million children partially
vaccinated.
World Health Organization urges
South-East Asian countries to take urgent and accelerated measures against
measles.
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PrabhuNath Singh (PNS)
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