Weekly One Liner Current Affairs 25th January to 31st January 2024

January Weekly One Liner Current Affairs Part 4

National News

• IIM Kashipur to host Uttishtha 2024
• 14th All India Police Commando Competition organized in Visakhapatnam
• Vice-President inaugurated ‘Hamara Samvidhan, Hamara Samman’ campaign
• DGCA slaps Rs 1.10 crore penalty on Air India for safety violations
• Odisha to Setup World’s First ‘Black Tiger Safari’ in Mayurbhanj
• Cabinet Approved for India-Oman IT Cooperation MoU
• India’s second VLF communication station to come up in Telangana
• MoD inks ₹1,070 crore pact with Mazagon Dock Shipbuilders for 14 fast patrol vessels for Indian Coast Guard (ICG)
• Cabinet approves setting up of two coal gasification plants in West Bengal and Odisha
• PM Vishwakarma beneficiaries invited as “special guests” to witness the Republic Day Parade 2024
• Cabinet approves Protocol for establishment of joint Economic and Trade Committee between India and Dominican Republic
• Krutrim becomes India’s first $1 billion AI startup
• Reliance Jio and OnePlus join hands to set up 5G innovation lab in India
• Nirmala Sitharaman To Become 2nd FM To Present 6 Consecutive Union Budgets
• Tata Group, Airbus team up to make helicopters
• 63rd Central Geological Programming Board (CGPB) Meeting Convened In Bhopal
• IREDA releases vigilance journal ‘Pahal’
• PM Modi inaugurates Diamond Jubilee celebrations of Supreme Court
• Rubber meet to be held in Guwahati
• 4th Orange Festival 2024 In Nagaland
• PM Modi Unveils Infrastructure Boost in Bulandshahr, UP
• Election Commission collaborates with Rajkumar Hirani for a short film
• World Sustainable Development Summit to be held in New Delhi
• THDC dedicates India’s largest Green Hydrogen pilot project
• Odisha CM inaugurates 4th National Chilika Birds Festival
• MoHA extends ban imposed on Students Islamic Movement of India for 5 years
• GAIL signs long-term LNG deal with UAE’s ADNOC Gas
• India’s employable youth up from 33.9% in 2014 to 51.3% in 2024: Department of Economic Affairs
• Ola launches e-Bike taxi service in Delhi & Hyderabad

International News

• Saudi Arabia to Open First Alcohol Store for Diplomats

Banking and Financial

• CCI approves proposed merger of Fincare SFB with AU Small Finance Bank
• SBI Life Insurance launches two new term plans with return of premium
• Yes Bank becomes first Indian bank to conduct export finance transactions on RXIL’s ITFS
• REC to lend 2 trillion for solar panels
• HDFC Bank first lender to issue 20 million credit cards
• LIC gets RBI nod for 9.99% stake buy in HDFC Bank
• Zomato receives RBI nod to operate as payment aggregator
• Bank of Baroda’s arm rebranded as ‘BOBCARD Limited’
• Entero Healthcare Solutions, JNK India, Exicom Tele-Systems and Akme Fintrade (India) get SEBI’s nod to launch IPOs
• BoB raises Rs 5,000 Crore via 10-year infrastructure bonds
• Mahila Samman Savings Certificate collected over ₹14,500 crore in 9 months
• FY 2023-24 marks third successive year of over 7% growth of Indian economy: Economic Review
• IMF upgrades India’s GDP growth rate to 6.7 per cent for current financial year

Appointment and Resignation

• Sankey Prasad appointed as CMD for Project Leaders Middle East
• Karnataka HC Chief Justice Prasanna B Varale appointed as Supreme Court judge
• Nitish Kumar takes oath as Bihar chief minister for record ninth time
• Preeti Rajak Becomes Indian Army’s 1st Woman Subedar
• Anil Kumar Lahoti appoints as Chairman of Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI)
• Sharat Chauhan appointed as Puducherry’s New Chief Secretary
• Azali Assoumani re-elected as President of the Comoros

Awards

• Squadron Leader Nikita Malhotra conferred with Vayu Sena Medal
• IIT Guwahati scholar Satyam wins ‘Best Product Design’ at Vishwakarma Awards
• Thiruvananthapuram airport bags excellence award
• President Murmu approves 80 gallantry awards
• UP selected Subhash Chandra Bose Aapda Prabandhan Puraskar 2024
• Former Bihar CM Karpoori Thakur Awarded Bharat Ratna Posthumously
• Padma Awards 2024 Announced; ReadMore…
• Foxconn CEO Young Liu honoured with Padma Bhushan
• ‘India: Mother of Democracy’ clinches First Spot at Republic Day Parade 2024
• Naorem Roshibina crowned Female Wushu Athlete of the Year
• NTPC Limited gets certified as a Top Employer 2024 in India

Defence

• India, France, UAE conduct mega air exercise over Arabian Sea
• Joint military exercise – SADA TANSEEQ between India & Saudi Arabia to be held in Rajasthan

Sports

• Shastri, Engineer honoured with Col CK Nayudu Lifetime Achievement Award
• Virat Kohli wins ICC Men’s ODI Cricketer of the Year Award 2023
• England to host 2027 World Test Championship Final
• Indian pair of Rhythm Sangwan and Ujjwal Malik claim 1st gold at ISSF Shooting World Cup
• Australian Open 2024: Rohan Bopanna wins men’s doubles final
• Netherlands won FIH Hockey5s Women’s World Cup
• Tanmay Agarwal’s Record-Breaking Triple Century Sets the Ranji Trophy
• Indian women’s hockey player Deep Grace Ekka announces international retirement
• ICC lifts ban on Sri Lanka Cricket two months after suspension
• Indian boxer Mandeep Jangra wins intercontinental title in S.
• Divyansh Singh Panwar Clinches ISSF World Cup Gold In 10m Air Rifle Event

Book and Author

• “Conversations with Aurangzeb” written by Charu Nivedita

Important day

• 24 January – International Day of Education (Theme 2024 – Learning for lasting peace)
• 25 January – National Voters Day (Theme 2024 – Nothing Like Voting, I Vote For sure)
• 26 January – International Day of Clean Energy
• 27 January – International Day of Commemoration in Memory of the Victims of the Holocaust
• 28 January – Indian Newspaper Day
• 28 January 2024 (last Sunday of January) – World Leprosy Day (Theme 2024 – Beat Leprosy)
• 30 January – Martyrs Day or Shaheed Diwas
• 31 January – International Zebra Day

Obituary

• Dr Nitya Anand dies at 99
• Veteran banker Rana Talwar passed away
• First hockey Olympian, Sukhbir Singh Gill of Chandigarh dies

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