Daily Current Affairs, News Headlines 28.11.2024
National Updates
- Ministry of Finance has said that PAN 2.0 Project, which has been approved by the Union Cabinet, is a transformative initiative to modernise taxpayer registration through advanced e-governance.
- Union Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal called upon French and Asia-Pacific partners to deepen collaboration for enhancing trade relations through bilateral agreements and multilateral platforms.
- Opposition MPs yesterday walked out of the meeting Joint Parliamentary Committee JPC alleging that the committee had left many state boards unheard and had announced its intention to table the draft report on 29th of this month in the Lok Sabha.
- National Investigation Agency (NIA) searched multiple locations linked with Davinder Bambiha gang across Punjab, Haryana and Uttar Pradesh, in the terror-gangster nexus case.
- Union Minister Giriraj Singh sought the intervention of the United Nations in the matter of attack on Hindus in Bangladesh. Talking to reporters outside Parliament, Mr Singh said that the incident reflects that the interim government of Bangladesh is in the clutches of fundamentalists.
- The Union Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) has permanently created a hub of National Security Guards (NSG) in the Jammu City to counter any major terror-attack
- Union Minister of Minority Affairs Kiren Rijiju informed the Lok Sabha that around 59 thousand Waqf properties are facing encroachment in the country.
- Government informed the Lok Sabha that, Railway has no plans to discontinue unreserved compartments in trains.
International Updates
- Namibia’s eighth presidential and National Assembly elections kicked off yesterday, with 15 presidential candidates and 21 political parties vying for leadership. According to the Electoral Commission of Namibia, nearly 1.45 million eligible voters are registered either domestically or at Namibian diplomacy.
- A total of 45 people have been punished for their roles in a coal mine gas explosion in China’s Heilongjiang Province that left 11 people dead and six others injured a year ago, local mine safety authorities said.
- In Pakistan, at least 10 people have been killed and 21 others injured as sporadic clashes continued between Sunni and Shia tribes despite a cease-fire brokered between the two communities in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.
- US President-elect Donald Trump has picked a Stanford physician and economist Dr Jay Bhattacharya to be the next director of a key US public health agency. A leading Covid lockdown sceptic, Bhattacharya in age of 56 has been selected to lead the National Institutes of Health (NIH
- In Bangladesh, the High Court asked the government to inform the court about its stance regarding Hindu religious organisation ISKCON, its activities, and what steps it has taken about it. The High Court passed the order after hearing a writ petition seeking a ban on ISKCON
- Artificial intelligence and advanced grid management systems are reshaping the future of sustainable energy, industry leaders revealed today at the RAK Energy Summit in Ras Al Khaimah, UAE. The summit showcases how automatic systems and sophisticated software are revolutionising energy distribution.
- Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri Co-Chairs First Round of India-Japan Dialogue on Economic Security in Tokyo
Sports Updates
- Gukesh Dommaraju ties up 14-match finals series with his Chinese rival by winning the third game of World Chess Championship in Singapore
- India’s pace bowler Jasprit Bumrah reclaimed the number one spot in the International Cricket Council (ICC) rankings for men’s Test bowlers. Bumrah dethroned South Africa’s Kagiso Rabada. Match-winning performance in the first Test against Australia in Perth helped him to get the top rank.
- Indian shuttlers PV Sindhu and Lakshya Sen have advanced to the Single’s second round of the Syed Modi International 2024 BWF Super 300 tournament in Lucknow.
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