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10 January, 2025
GK Update
Wed 08 Jan, 2025
National News
Government of India Calendar for 2025
- Information and Broadcasting Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw unveiled the Government of India Calendar for 2025 in New Delhi.
| Theme for 2025 calendar “Janbhagidari se Jankalyan”. |
First India-Malaysia Security Dialogue
- During First India-Malaysia Security Dialogue in New Delhi, India and Malaysia have agreed to deepen cooperation in counter-terrorism and deradicalization, cyber security, defence industry, and maritime security.
Malaysia
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Indusfood 2025
- Union Minister of Food Processing Industries Chirag Paswan inaugurated 8th Edition of India’s farm-to-fork trade exhibition, Indusfood 2025, in Delhi-NCR.
Flagship Schemes of Food Processing MInistry
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e-Shram portal
- Union Minister Mansukh Mandaviya launched multilingual functionality on the e-Shram portal to provide seamless access to various government schemes for unorganised workers.
- Bhashini-enabled e-Shram portal now available in all 22 scheduled languages.
e-Shram portal
| Launched: August 26, 2021 | Launched by: Ministry of Labour and Employment | |
18th Pravasi Bharatiya Divas convention
- The 18th Pravasi Bharatiya Divas (PBD) convention has begun at Bhubaneswar in Odisha.
Pravasi Bharatiya Divas
| PBD has celebrated on 9th January every year since 2003. | January 9, 1915: Mahatma Gandhi returned to India from South Africa. |
Memorial of former President Pranab Mukherjee
- The Government approved a site within the Rashtriya Smriti complex for erecting a memorial of former President Pranab Mukherjee.
Major Samadhi Sthals
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New Jammu Railway Division
- Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated the new Jammu Railway Division, India’s 70th overall and sixth under the Northern Railways.
State Special
Gunotsav 2025
- The Assam Government launched the first phase of ‘Gunotsav 2025,’ a state-wide assessment to evaluate the performance of 14 lakh students across 16,000 government schools in 11 districts.
Assam
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Government Schemes
Scheme for Driver Training Institutes (DTIs)
- Union Minister of Road Transport and Highways Nitin Gadkari has announced a scheme for the pan-India setup of Driver Training Institutes (DTIs) which will provide incentives for setting up DTIs and additional incentives for the integrated infrastructure of Automated Testing Stations (ATSs) and DTIs.
Economy
India’s real GDP
- According to the National Statistics Office (NSO), India’s real Gross Domestic Product (GDP) is expected to rise at a four-year low pace of 6.4% in this financial year.
Other Agencies Prediction
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Science and Tech
CipAir
- Pharma major Cipla launched “CipAir”, a mobile application designed to facilitate the first line of screening for asthma in India.
Asthma
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Sports
AFC Asian Cup 2027
- The Asian Football Confederation (AFC) Asian Cup 2027 will take place from January 7 to February 5 across Riyadh, Jeddah, and Al Khobar, in Saudi Arabia.
AFC Asian Cup
| Founded: 1956 | Current champions: Qatar | Most successful team: Japan (4 titles) |
15th Lakshya Cup Invitational Tournament
- Kiran Jadhav of Navy bagged the 10m air-rifle gold in the 15th Lakshya Cup invitational tournament.
NRAI
| Founded: 1951 | HQ: New Delhi | President: Kalikesh Narayan Singh Deo |
Art and Culture
Excavation sites in Tamil Nadu
- Tamil Nadu State Archaeology Department has found that 60% of the signs and 90% of the graffiti marks unearthed from excavation sites in Tamil Nadu have parallels with those found in the IVC.
Indus Valley Civilisation
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Statue of Narahari Tirtha
- Statue of Saint Narahari Tirtha discovered in Simhachalam Temple, in Visakhapatnam.
Narahari Tirtha
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Reports and Indexes
Pearson Global English Proficiency Report 2024
- According to the Pearson Global English Proficiency Report 2024, India ranked above global average in speaking English with Delhi leading the chart followed by Rajasthan.
Appointments
V Narayanan
- V Narayanan has been appointed as the new Chairman of the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) and Secretary of the Department of Space. he will assume office on January 14.
ISRO
| Estb: 15 Aug 1969 | HQ: Bengaluru | Chairman: Shri S. Somnath |
Bahadur Singh Sagoo
- Asian Games champion in Men’s Shot Put, Bahadur Singh Sagoo, has been elected as the new President of the Athletics Federation of India (AFI).
AFI
| Founded: 1946 | HQ: New Delhi |
Simona Brambilla
- Pope Francis named Simona Brambilla, first woman to head a major Vatican office.
Important Days
Earth’s Rotation Day
- Earth’s Rotation Day is observed on January 8 every year, to honour the French physicist Leon Foucault’s 1851 proof that the Earth rotates on its axis.
Earth
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