Daily Current Affairs, News Headlines 25.11.2024
National updates
•Prime Minister Narendra Modi will inaugurate the ICA Global Cooperative Conference at Bharat Mandapam in New Delhi on today. For the first time, in 130 years long history of the International Cooperative Alliance, the Global Cooperative Conference and General Assembly are being organized in India.
•Ahead of Winter session of Parliament beginning today, Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla has urged members to follow parliamentary decorum in the House taking inspiration from the debates and discussions of Constituent Assembly
•In a significant development, National Consumer Helpline has partnered with over 1,000 companies under its Convergence Programme to expedite grievance resolution. These companies span major sectors, including e-commerce, private education, FMCG, consumer durables, electronic products, retail outlets, etc.
•At the 55th International Film Festival of India, the results of Creative Minds of Tomorrow (CMOT) were announced today. The film Gullu by Team Green won the Best Film Award, which also got the team a cash reward of 5 lakh rupees. Pushpendra Kumar, from the same film, won the Best Actor Award.
•Government will launch a national campaign Ab Koi Bahana Nahi in New Delhi tomorrow. The campaign calls on the public, government, and key stakeholders to take actionable steps to eliminate gender-based violence
•Tesla CEO Elon Musk has applauded the Indian electoral system after vote counting for two state Assembly elections and by-elections were concluded in a single day
International Updates
•The Kaski District Court in Gandaki Province of Nepal has permitted the Kaski Police to keep the President of Rastriya Swatantra Party, Rabi Lamichhane, in its custody for another 15 days. Lamichhane is in the custody of the Kaski police in a case related to cooperative fraud and organised crime.
•Flash floods have caused severe property damage in northern Afghanistan’s Kunduz province on Saturday. Recent heavy rainfall triggered flash floods on the outskirts of the province’s Aliabad and Khanabad districts.
•US President-elect Donald Trump has selected Brooke Rollins as agriculture secretary. Rollins, is the CEO of the America First Policy Institute, a nonprofit organization dedicated to advancing Trump’s agenda
Sports Updates
•North East United Football Club became the champion of the 40th All India Governor’s Gold Cup International Football Tournament 2024 held at Paljor Stadium, Gangtok on Sunday.
•Denmark’s Anders Antonsen and South Korea’s Se Young An reigned supreme at the China Masters Badminton 2024 in Shenzhen, China, securing the men’s and women’s singles titles respectively.
•In the first Cricket Test at Perth, India picked up three wickets in the brief spell to reduce Australia to 12/3 at stumps on Day-3. The hosts need 534 runs to win the first of a five-match Test series. Jasprit Bumrah picked up two wickets and Mohammed Siraj took one
•In hockey, The Men’s Junior Asia Cup 2024 is set to take place in Muscat, Oman, from November 26 to December 4, with India entering the tournament as the defending champions.
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