Weekly One Liner Current Affairs 17th January to 24th January 2024

January Weekly One Liner Current Affairs Part 3

National News

• Boeing opens its first distribution center in India, located in Khurja, Uttar Pradesh
• IndoSpace Signs Rs 2000 Cr Deal With Tamil Nadu Govt
• L&T wins Rs 10,000 crore electrification order for high-speed rail project
• Haldia Petrochemicals becomes India’s first BSI Certified ISO 27001:2022 Petrochemical firm
• BEL bags ₹695-crore order from Mazagon Dock Shipbuilders
• Parshotham Rupala Launches Project for Artificial Reefs in Vizhinjam
• Amit Shah Inaugurates New Cooperative Office for Strengthening Societies and Rural Economy in New Delhi
• Jagdeep Dhankhar inaugurates 12th General Assembly of the Asian Buddhist Conference for Peace
• MeitY Secretary, S Krishnan launches “Centre of Excellence in Intelligent Internet of Things Sensors and India Innovation Centre for Graphene” in Kerala
• Jyotiraditya Scindia Inaugurates Asia’s Largest Aviation Expo Wings India 2024
• Adani Group plans to invest Rs12,400 crore in Telangana
• UAE unveils groundbreaking ‘EcoMark’ green accreditation framework
• Farsi as India’s New Classical Language
• PM Modi inaugurates Boeing’s India Engineering and Technology Center near Bengaluru city
• PM Modi released commemorative postage stamps, book on Ram Temple
• India, France to jointly fund science research projects
• Cabinet approves Coal India power projects through JVs
• West Bengal CM inaugurates 47th International Kolkata Book Fair
• Ministry of Tourism to organize “Bharat Parv” from 23-31 January
• India, Cuba signed an MoU on digital public infrastructure collaboration
• Ladakh organized Mamani Festival
• JP Nadda launches ‘Gaon Chalo Abhiyaan’ in Delhi
• G Kishan Reddy inaugurates National Skill Training Institute in Hyderabad
• Sarbananda Sonowal laid foundation stone for Ayush Diksha Centre in Odisha
• Hardeep S Puri launches first pilot project to make jet fuel from alcohol
• Jagannath Temple Hosts ‘Gole Mela’ Festival in Udhampur
• Mansukh Mandaviya laid foundation stone for cancer hospital in Rajkot
• Kiren Rijiju inaugurates the Young Scientist Conference at IISF 2023
• Pralhad Joshi inaugurated State Mining Minister’s Conference in Bhopal
• PM Modi inaugurated the Ayodhya Ram Mandir
• World’s Tallest Ambedkar Statue Unveiled In Andhra Pradesh
• Indo-Islamic Cultural Foundation (IICF) To Build ‘Masjid Muhammed Bin Abdullah’ Mosque In Ayodhya
• PM Modi Launched ‘PM Suryodaya Yojana’
• Indian Stock Market Surpasses Hong Kong To Become 4th Biggest Equity Market Globally

International News

• Switzerland to Host Ukraine Peace Summit
• TCS ranked second most valuable IT brand in global list
• WHO certifies Cabo Verde as malaria-free
• North Korea conducts test of underwater nuclear weapons system

Banking and Financial

• Yes Bank deploys Veefin’s SmartFin supply chain finance solution
• IndusInd Bank ties up with EazyDiner to launch credit card
• LIC overtakes SBI to become the most valuable PSU
• ICICI Bank Canada Launches ‘Money2India (Canada)’ Mobile Banking App
• Cabinet approves creation of posts for 16th Finance Commission
• IREDA, Indian Overseas Bank ink pact to co-finance renewable energy projects
• BoB launches new ‘bob 360’ deposit scheme
• LIC launches Jeevan Dhara II plan

Appointment and Resignation

• Vineet McCarty appointed as Commandant in Indian Naval Academy
• AN Pramod assumed charge as the Director General Naval Operations (DGNO)
• Shantanu Jha Takes Over as Chief Staff Officer at Eastern Naval Command
• Hrithik Roshan Onboards as Brand Ambassador for RuPay Prime Volleyball League
• Daljit Singh Chaudhary appointed Director General of Sashastra Seema Bal
• Praveen Achuthan Kutty appointed as MD & CEO of DCB Bank
• PepsiCo India appoints Jagrut Kotecha as new CEO
• Bernardo Arevalo sworn in as Guatemala’s president
• Tarun Khulbe appoints as CEO of Jindal Stainless

Awards

• Former CJI Ranjan Gogoi to honoured with ‘Assam Baibhav’ Award
• Engineers India Limited (EIL) conferred with SCOPE Eminence Award
• President Murmu presented Pradhan Mantri Rashtriya Bal Puraskar to 19 children
• Bangalore & Delhi Airports jointly bagged best airport award
• UP Govt to Honour Dr. Ritu and Naveen with ‘UP Gaurav Samman’

Defence

• India, Thailand organized first bilateral exercise “Ex-Ayutthaya”
• India, Egypt begin 2nd edition of joint exercise ‘CYCLONE’
• India-Kyrgyzstan Joint Special Forces Exercise ‘Khanjar’ commences in HP

Science

• Pixxel opens new spacecraft manufacturing facility in Bengaluru
• Japan achieved a historic soft moon landing with SLIM Mission

Sports

• Indian President Inaugurated 5th Meghalaya Games
• Pat Cummins and Deepti Sharma won ICC Players of the Month for December 2023
• Yogesh Singh wins gold medal in men’s 25m centre fire pistol
• Praggnanandhaa Surpasses Viswanathan Anand to Become India’s No.1 Chess Player
• Rohit Sharma becomes the most prolific T20I centurion
• South Africa host ICC U-19 Cricket World Cup 2024
• Tata Group to continue as IPL title sponsor until 2028
• Ravi Shastri received lifetime achievement award
• Tai Tzu Ying clinches first women’s singles title at India Open
• Madrid to host Spanish F1 GP from 2026

Books & Authors

• Jagdeep Dhankhar released book titled ‘Fertilising the Future, written by Mansukh Mandaviya
• Amit Shah launched book ‘Assam’s Braveheart Lachit Barphukan’ by Arup Kumar Dutta

Important day

• 18 January 2024 (Thursday of the third week of January) – Women’s Healthy Weight Day
• Tripura, Manipur, and Meghalaya celebrate 52nd Statehood Day on 21 January
• 23 January – Parakram Diwas
• 24 January – National Girl Child Day

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