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National News
National Ropeways Development Programme “Parvatmala Pariyojana”
- The National Ropeways Development Programme, known as the ‘Parvatmala Pariyojana’, is set to undertake over 200 projects over the next five years, with a total estimated cost of ₹1.25 lakh crore.
- Under the National Ropeways Development Programme, 60% of construction support is provided under the Hybrid Annuity Mode (HAM for Ropeways), compared to the 40% support provided under National Highways.
- This strategic move aims to attract more private players for the development of ropeways under the Parvatmala Pariyojana.
- the initiative within the broader context of India’s economic ambitions, stating that the country is on its way to becoming a $5 trillion economy, in line with the vision of Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
International News
Sweden set to become NATO member as Turkey approves its membership bid
- Turkey’s general assembly, where President Tayyip Erdogan’s ruling alliance holds a majority, voted 287-55 to approve the application that Sweden first made in 2022 to bolster its security in response to Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine.
- All NATO members need to approve applications from countries seeking to join the alliance.
- On 4 April 1949, the foreign ministers from 12 countries signed the North Atlantic Treaty (also known as the Washington Treaty) at the Departmental Auditorium in Washington, D.C.
- NATO’s founding member countries were: Belgium, Canada, Denmark, France, Iceland, Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, the United Kingdom and the United States.
- Joining the original signatories were Greece and Turkey (1952); West Germany (1955; from 1990 as Germany); Spain (1982); the Czech Republic, Hungary, and Poland (1999); Bulgaria, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Romania, Slovakia, and Slovenia (2004); Albania and Croatia (2009); Montenegro (2017); North Macedonia (2020); and Finland (2023).
- North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) – 04/04/1949 (Founded) – Brussels, Belgium (HQ) – Jens Stoltenberg (Secretary General) – English and French (Official Language)
State News
Union Minister Rajeev Chandrasekhar Inaugurates Synopsys’ Chip Design Centre in Noida
- Rajeev Chandrasekhar, Union Minister of State for Electronics and IT, Skill Development and Entrepreneurship, and Jal Shakti, inaugurated Synopsys’ Chip Design Centre at DLF Tech Park in Noida.
- The event drew a distinguished audience, including senior leadership, employees, partners, and delegates from Synopsys.
- Synopsys offers a diverse design portfolio, including silicon to software, which has played a pivotal role in generating $5.9 billion in revenue.
- As a dominant force in EDA tools and Interface, Foundation, & Physical IPs, Synopsys has secured a prominent position within the industry.
- Demonstrating confidence in Indian design talent, Synopsys has established the second-largest design center in India, extending beyond its headquarters.
- This center is now the workplace for around 6,000 engineers from India, constituting 27% of their global design workforce.
- While it’s a well-established fact that 20% of global VLSI/Chip designers originate from India, the expanding presence of Synopsys in Noida, initially hosting 1650 engineers, underscores the growing ecosystem of fabless chip design and innovation in India.
- Synopsys’ Indian engineers play a pivotal role not only in every aspect of the semiconductor chip/IP Cores design cycle but also contribute significantly to the success stories of leading semiconductor companies.
- Virtually all chips designed by any company incorporate EDA/IP solutions in some capacity.
- Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology – Ashwini Vaishnaw, Cabinet Minister (Rajya Sabha MP, Odisha) – Rajeev Chandrasekhar, Minister of State (Rajya Sabha MP, Karnataka)
Agreements and MoUs signed
Ministry of Rural Development and Lady Irwin College renews MoU for ROSHNI-CWCSA
- Deendayal Antyodaya Yojana – National Rural Livelihood Mission (DAY-NRLM), Ministry of Rural Development (MoRD), and Lady Irwin College, University of Delhi, have renewed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU).
- During the five-year term of MoU, MoRD will work with ROSHNI – Centre of Women Collectives led Social Action (CWCSA), to strengthen interventions for better results of Food, Nutrition, Health and WASH (FNHW) for rural communities.
- This partnership will strengthen nutrition, gender equity and livelihoods for women.
- The FNHW interventions through Pariwar Chaupal should be replicated in other States as well as integration of MIS into the system for attaining nutrition sufficiency.
- ROSHNI-CWCSA is supported by UNICEF India technically and financially. Currently, ROSHNI-CWCSA is serving as a technical support unit at national level to DAY-NRLM and is embedded in the Department of Development Communication and Extension, Lady Irwin College.
- ROSHNI assists DAY-NRLM to improve food, nutrition, health, and WASH (FNHW) outcomes for 96 crore Self Help Group (SHG) members and their households across the country.
- Ministry of Rural Development – Giriraj Singh,Union Minister (Begusarai,Bihar) – Sadhvi Niranjan Jyoti,Minister of State (Fatehpur,UP), Faggan Singh Kulaste,Minister of State (Mandla,MP)
Corning JV signs pact with Tamil Nadu government for glass-making unit
- Gorilla glass maker Corning, a key Apple supplier, said its joint venture with Optiemus Infracom, Bharat Innovative Glass Technologies Private Limited (BIG Tech), will set up a new facility for the production of cover glass manufacturing at SIPCOT Pillaipakkam in Kanchipuram district at an investment of ₹1,003 crore, with a potential for creating 840 jobs.
- BIG Tech has signed a memorandum of understanding with the Tamil Nadu government for the purpose.
NIMHANS & Dementia India Alliance signs MoU to promote the cause of dementia
- National Institute of Mental Health and Neuro-Sciences (NIMHANS) and Dementia India Alliance (DIA) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to collaborate on advocacy, outreach, training, research work and support services for dementia care.
- According to Bengaluru-based NIMHANS, a premier institute for mental health and neuroscience in India, the collaboration aims to improve the overall quality of life of persons with dementia and their family caregivers through various modalities.
- NIMHANS and DIA are also working with the Department of Health and Family Welfare in the State on the Karnataka State Dementia Action Plan, aligning with the World Health Organisation’s Global Dementia Action Plan.
- Both will conduct joint research projects to develop evidence-based best practices in dementia care, adding, this will include research on the identification, prevention, and management of dementia.
Summit & Conference
Amit Shah addresses the 5th International and 44th All India Criminology Conference of National Forensic Science University (NFSU) in Gandhinagar, Gujarat
- The Union Home Minister and Minister of Cooperation Amit Shah addressed the 5th International and 44th All India Criminology Conference of the National Forensic Science University (NFSU) in Gandhinagar, Gujarat.
- The conference is being held on the topic of Forensic Behavioural Science and this is an emerging field.
- The Criminology Conference entails two of the major issues incorporated in these three laws: firstly, to deliver timely justice, and secondly, to curb crimes by increasing the conviction rate.
Acquisitions and Mergers
Competition Commission of India (CCI) has granted approval to several combinations
- The Competition Commission of India (CCI) has granted approval to several combinations, including the Sajjan Jindal-promoted JSW Group’s proposed acquisition of up to 38 per cent stake in MG Motor India.
- This stake buy is through JSW Ventures Singapore, a newly incorporated entity and a wholly-owned subsidiary of JSW International Tradecorp Pte Ltd, and belongs to JSW Group.
- The competition watchdog has also approved, in a separate proposal, the acquisition of Wistron Infocomm Manufacturing (India) Pvt Ltd by Tata Electronics.
- CCI has also approved the proposal involving Burman Family entities’ acquisition of shareholding in Religare Enterprises by Puran Associates, M.B Finmart, VIC Enterprises & Milky Investment.
- This approval is without prejudice to proceedings that may be initiated u/s 43A, 44 and/or 45 of the Competition Act 2002.
- It has also approved the proposed merger of Fincare Small Finance Bank Limited into and with AU Small Finance Bank.
- The board of the bank had approved the merger in October 2023 following which it received the shareholder approval in November 2023.
- The merger is now awaiting the approval of the Reserve Bank of India.
- Competition Commission of India (CCI) – 14/10/2003 (Founded) – New Delhi (HQ) – Ravneet kaur (Chairperson)
Awards and Recognitions
Bharat Ratna was awarded to Karpoori Thakur
- Karpoori Thakur, a prominent Gandhian socialist leader and former Bihar chief minister will be awarded the ‘Bharat Ratna’ posthumously.
- He served as chief minister from December 1970 to June 1971 and from December 1977 to April 1979.
- Karpoori Thakur died on February 17, 1988.
- The Bharat Ratna, the highest civilian award in the country, has been granted to 49 individuals so far, with 17 posthumously.
- Instituted in 1954, this award is open to anyone, regardless of race, occupation, position, or gender.
S.No
Name
Year
1
Chakaravarti Rajagopalachari (statesman, writer, lawyer, and independence activist)
1954
2
Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan (philosopher, politician and former President of India)
1954
3
Chandrasekhara Venkata Raman (physicist)
1954
4
Bhagwan Das (Independence activist, philosopher, and educationist)
1955
5
Mokshagundam Visvesvaraya (Civil engineer, statesman, and Diwan of Mysore)
1955
6
Jawaharlal Nehru (Independence activist, author and former Prime Minister of India)
1955
7
Govind Ballabh Pant (Independence activist)
1957
8
Dhondo Keshav Karve (Social reformer and educator)
1958
9
Bidhan Chandra Roy (physician, political leader, philanthropist, educationist, and social worker)
1961
10
Purushottam Das Tandon (Independence activist)
1961
11
Rajendra Prasad (Independence activist, lawyer, statesman, scholar and former President of India)
1962
12
Zakir Husain (Independence activist)
1963
13
Pandurang Vaman Kane (Indologist and Sanskrit scholar)
1963
14
Lal Bahadur Shastri (Posthumous) (Independence activist and former Prime Minister of India)
1966
15
Indira Gandhi (politician and former Prime Minister of India)
1971
16
Varahagiri Venkata Giri (Independence activist and former Prseident of India)
1975
17
Kumaraswamy Kamraj (Posthumous) (politician and former Tamil Nadu chief minister) 1976
18
Mother Mary Teresa Bojaxhiu (Mother Teresa) (founder of the Missionaries of Charity)
1980
19
Vinoba Bhave (Posthumous) (Independence activist, social reformer)
1983
20
Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan (Independence activist)
1987
21
Marudur Gopalan Ramachandran (Posthumous) (actor turned politician)
1988
22
Bhim Rao Ramji Ambedkar (Posthumous) (Social reformer)
1990
23
Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela (antiapartheid activist)
1990
24
Rajiv Gandhi (Posthumous) (politician and former Prime Minister of India)
1991
25
Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel (Posthumous) (Independence activist)
1991
26
Morarji Ranchhodji Desai (Independence activist and Prime Minister of India)
1991
27
Maulana Abul Kalam Azad (Posthumous) (Independence activist)
1992
28
Jehangir Ratanji Dadabhai Tata (Industrialist)
1992
29
Satyajit Ray (Filmmaker)
1992
30
Gulzari Lal Nanda (Independence activist)
1997
31
Aruna Asaf Ali (Posthumous) (Independence activist)
1997
32
A.P.J. Abdul Kalam (Aerospace, defence scientist and former President of India)
1997
33
Madurai Shanmukhavadivu Subbulakshmi (Carnatic classical vocalist)
1998
34
Chidambaram Subramaniam (Independence activist)
1998
35
Jayaprakash Narayan (Posthumous) (Independence activist, social reformer)
1999
36
Amartya Sen (economist)
1999
37
Lokpriya Gopinath Bordoloi (Posthumous) (Independence activist)
1999
38
Ravi Shankar (sitar player)
1999
39
Lata Dinanath Mangeshkar (playback singer)
2001
40
Ustad Bismillah Khan (Hindustani classical shehnai player)
2001
41
Bhimsen Gururaj Joshi (Hindustani classical vocalist)
2009
42
C. N. R. Rao (chemist and professor)
2014
43
Sachin Ramesh Tendulkar (cricketer)
2014
44
Atal Bihari Vajpayee (politician and former Prime Minister of India)
2015
45
Madan Mohan Malaviya (Posthumous) (Scholar and educational reformer)
2015
46
Nanaji Deshmukh (Posthumous) (social activist)
2019
47
Bhupendra Kumar Hazarika (Posthumous) (playback singer, lyricist, musician, poet, and film maker)
2019
48
Pranab Mukherjee (politician and former President of India)
2019
49
Karpoori Thakur (Posthumous) (politician and former Bihar chief minister)
2024
BCCI Awards 2024
Category | Winners |
Col. C. K. Nayudu Lifetime Achievement Award – Men | Farokh Engineer, Ravi Shastri |
Polly Umrigar Award – Best International Cricketer – Men | Mohammad Shami (2019-20), Ravichandran Ashwin (2020-21), Jasprit Bumrah (2021-22), Shubman Gill (2022-23) |
Best International Cricketer – Women | Deepti Sharma (2019-20, 2022-23), Smriti Mandhana (2020-21, 2021-22) |
Best International Debut – Men | Mayank Agarwal (2019-20), Axar Patel (2020-21), Shreyas Iyer (2021-22), Yashaswi Jaiswal (2022-23) |
Best International Debut – Women | Priya Punia (2019-20), Shafali Verma (2020-21), Sabbhineni Meghana (2021-22), Amanjot Kaur (2022-23) |
Dilip Sardesai Award – Most Runs in Test Cricket | Yashasvi Jaiswal (2022-23) |
Dilip Sardesai Award – Highest Wickets in Test Cricket | Ravichandran Ashwin (2022-23) |
Highest Run-Getter in ODIs – Women | Punam Raut (2019-20), Mithali Raj (2020-21), Harmanpreet Kaur (2021-22), Jemimah Rodrigues (2022-23) |
Highest Wicket-Taker in ODIs – Women | Poonam Yadav (2019-20), Jhulan Goswami (2020-21), Rajeshwari Gayakwad (2021-22), Devika Vaidya (2022-23) |
Best Umpire In Domestic Cricket | A Padmanabhan (2019-20), Vrinda Rathi (2020-21), Jayaraman Madangopal (2021-22), Rohan Pandit (2022-23) |
Best Performance in BCCI Domestic Tournaments | Mumbai (2019-20), Madhya Pradesh (2021-22), Saurashtra (2022-23) |
Lala Amarnath Award – Best All-Rounder in Ranji Trophy | MB Murasingh (2019-20), Shams Mulani (2021-22), Saransh Jain (2022-23) |
Lala Amarnath Award – Best All-Rounder in Domestic Limited Overs | Baba Aparajith (2019-20), RR Dhawan (2020-21, 2021-22), Riyan Parag (2022-23) |
Madhavrao Scindia Award – Highest Run-Getter in Ranji Trophy | Rahul Dalal (2019-20), Sarfaraz Khan (2021-22), Mayank Agarwal (2022-23) |
Madhavrao Scindia Award – Highest Wicket-Taker in Ranji Trophy | Jaydev Unadkat (2019-20), Shams Mulani (2021-22), Jalaj Saxena (2022-23) |
M.A. Chidambaram Trophy – Highest Run-Getter in U-19 Cooch Behar Trophy | P Kanpillewar (2019-20), Mayank Shandilya (2021-22), Danish Malewar (2022-23) |
M.A. Chidambaram Trophy – Highest Wicket-Taker in U-19 Cooch Behar Trophy | Harsh Dubey (2019-20), AR Nishad (2021-22), Manav Chothani (2022-23) |
Jagmohan Dalmiya Trophy – Best Woman Cricketer Senior Domestic | Saee Purandare (2019-20), Indrani Roy (2020-21), Kanika Ahuja (2021-22), Nabam Yapu (2022-23) |
Jagmohan Dalmiya Trophy – Best Woman Cricketer Junior Domestic | Kashvee Gautam (2019-20), Soumya Tiwari (2021-22), Vaishnavi Sharma (2022-23) |
Sports News
Kochi to host country’s first carbon-neutral sports city featuring international cricket stadium
- ‘Cochin Sports City,’ India’s first carbon-neutral sports city featuring an international cricket stadium, will come up on 40 acres in Chengamanad village near the Cochin International Airport.
- The Kerala Cricket Association (KCA) president Jayesh George handed over the proposal, which is part of its mission ‘Beyond 2020,’ complete with the initial design to Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan at the four-day International Sports Summit Kerala that got under way at the Greenfield Stadium, Thiruvananthapuram.
- The entire sports city project entails an investment of around ₹750 crore.
- The proposed stadium will have a seating capacity for 40,000.
- Besides, it will feature indoor and outdoor practice facility, training ground, sports academy and research centre, eco park and water sports park, sports medicine and fitness centre, e-sports arena, entertainment zone and club house.
Important Days
National Girl Child Day 2024
- National Girl Child Day is annually observed on January 24 in India.
- The day is dedicated to raising awareness about the inequalities girls encounter and advocating for equal opportunities in education, healthcare, and nutrition.
- In 2008, Ministry of Women and Child Development created the day.
International Day of Education 2024
- International Day of Education is annually observed on January 24.
- The day aims to highlight the critical link between education and peace, emphasizing how education has a multiplier effect, with the potential to reduce global inequities, drive economic progress and build a more peaceful and stable world.
- In 2018, the United Nations decided that January 24 would be the International Day of Education.
- This decision was made by 59 countries who wanted to highlight the importance of education.
- Since then, every January 24 has been a day to recognize and celebrate the significance of education worldwide.
- Theme – Learning for lasting peace
Defence
Jeh Aerospace sets up manufacturing hub in Hyderabad
- Aerospace and defence manufacturing startup Jeh Aerospace inaugurated its manufacturing hub in
- The new facility, which can be extended up to 160,000 sq ft, will provide manufacturing solutions to the aerospace and defence industry.
- The setting up of the hub comes close on the heels of the platform securing seed funding worth $2.75 million from General Catalyst as well as aerospace industry veterans such as Airbus India former CEO and MD Dwarakanath Srinivasan and former president, Boeing India Pratyush Kumar.
Daily Current Affairs - January 24, 2024 - Consolidated
- National Ropeways Development Programme “Parvatmala Pariyojana”
- Sweden set to become NATO member as Turkey approves its membership bid
- Union Minister Rajeev Chandrasekhar Inaugurates Synopsys’ Chip Design Centre in Noida
- Ministry of Rural Development and Lady Irwin College renews MoU for ROSHNI-CWCSA
- Corning JV signs pact with Tamil Nadu government for glass-making unit
- NIMHANS & Dementia India Alliance signs MoU to promote the cause of dementia
- Amit Shah addresses the 5th International and 44th All India Criminology Conference of National Forensic Science University (NFSU) in Gandhinagar, Gujarat
- Competition Commission of India (CCI) has granted approval to several combinations
- Bharat Ratna was awarded to Karpoori Thakur
- BCCI Awards 2024
- Kochi to host country’s first carbon-neutral sports city featuring international cricket stadium
- National Girl Child Day 2024
- International Day of Education 2024
- Jeh Aerospace sets up manufacturing hub in Hyderabad
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