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“The Knowledge Library”

Knowledge for All, without Barriers……….
An Initiative by: Kausik Chakraborty.

The Knowledge Library

Daily Current Affairs, News Headlines 09.01.2024

National News

  • Prime Minister Narendra Modi has kicked off the ‘Swachh Mandir’ (Clean Temple) campaign across the country with an aim to make pilgrimage sites pristine.
  • Indian Railways achieved 6,577 route kilometers electrification in the calendar year 2023.
  • IAF Chief Air Chief Marshal V R Chaudhari said that India’s diversity is its strength and together the nation can achieve greatness.
  • Union Commerce Minister Piyush Goyal today lauded the success of Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Anna Yojana for providing free food grains to 81 Crore people and ensuring zero starvation deaths in the country.
  • Home Minister Amit Shah says, around 26 thousand crore rupees of poor across country have been saved because of Jan Aushadhi Kendras during last nine years
  • Prime Minister Narendra Modi will be on a three-day visit to Gujarat beginning today. Mr Modi will take part in Vibrant Gujarat Global Summit 2024.
  • MoU for several investments to be signed on second day of global investors meet in Tamilnadu
  • ONGC starts oil production from its flagship deep-sea project in Krishna Godavari basin in Bay of Bengal
  • Prime Minister Narendra Modi has said that without peoples’ participation, no government scheme can reach the masses and that is what Viksit Bharat Sankalp Yatra is doing now.
  • Supreme Court today quashed the Gujarat government’s decision to grant remission to 11 convicts in the 2002 Bilkis Bano case.
  • India has topped the list of source markets for tourism into Sri Lanka in 2023. The island has welcomed 1.487 Million tourists during the last year with India contributing over 20% arrivals.
  • Union Home Minister Amit Shah will visit Jammu tomorrow during which he will attend a number of development-related programmes and flag off an e-bus service in the city.
  • Raksha Mantri Rajnath Singh will leave on a two-day visit to London today. He will be accompanied by a high-level Ministry of Defence delegation, comprising senior officials from DRDO.
  • Union Home and Cooperation Minister Amit Shah will chair the ‘National PACS Mega Conclave’ on ‘Primary Agricultural Credit Societies (PACS) at Vigyan Bhawan in New Delhi today.
  • Union Ports, Shipping and Waterways Minister Sarbananda Sonowal will chair the first Inland Waterways Development Council Meeting in Kolkata today.
  • Union Minister of Housing, Urban Affairs, Petroleum and Natural Gas Hardeep Singh Puri today observed that most schemes of the union government is aimed at empowering women.
  • Prime Minister Narendra Modi has said that the enactment of new criminal laws is a paradigm shift in the criminal justice system.

International News

  • Israel’s Minister of Defense Yoav Gallant met with a US Senate Delegation as well as former US Vice President Mike Pence.
  • In Bangladesh, Sheikh Hasina led Awami League secured majority in the national elections. With the resounding victory, Awami League President & PM Sheikh Hasina will form the government for the fourth straight term.

Sports News

  • In Shooting, Varun Tomar and Esha Singh today secured India’s 14th and 15th Olympic quota places, with gold medals in the 10m Air Pistol event of the Asian Olympic Qualifiers in Jakarta, Indonesia.
  • Hockey India has named a 41-member core probable group for the junior women’s national coaching camp that begins today at the Sports Authority of India (SAI) Centre, Bengaluru.
  • The Asian Olympic Qualifier Rifle and Pistol 2024 shooting event is scheduled to start today in Jakarta, Indonesia.

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