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सक्षम Test Series 2025
10 January, 2025
GK Update
Mon 20 Jan, 2025
National News
85th session of AIPOC
- Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla inaugurated the 85th session of the All India Presiding Officers’ Conference (AIPOC) in Patna, Bihar.
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CSIR Mega "Innovation Complex"
- Union Minister of State Dr. Jitendra Singh inaugurated India’s first-of-its-kind CSIR Mega "Innovation Complex" at Mumbai.
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| Estb: 1942 | HQ: New Delhi | President: Narendra Modi |
CIPET
- Union Minister for Health & Family Welfare and Chemicals & Fertilizers Jagat Prakash Nadda, inaugurated the Calibration Laboratory at Central Institute of Petrochemicals Engineering and Technology (CIPET), Ahmedabad; the Centre for Skilling and Technical Support at Bhagalpur, the Plastic Waste Management Centre at Bhagalpur, and the boys’ hostel at CIPET, Madurai in a program held at CIPET, Ahmedabad.
White T-shirt Campaign
- Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi announced the launch of a 'white T-shirt campaign', advocating the rights of common people.
| The office of the Leader of the Opposition is not mentioned in the Constitution of India, but is mentioned in the Parliamentary Statute (Salary and Allowances of Leaders of Opposition in Parliament Act, 1977). |
COCOMI demanded NRC
- Meitei group Coordinating Committee on Manipur Integrity (COCOMI) demanded that the Centre implement NRC in the State to identify illegal immigrants from Myanmar.
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International News
55th WEF Annual Meeting
- The 55th World Economic Forum (WEF) Annual Meeting has begun in Davos, Switzerland.
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Economy and Banking
Seminar on Formalization and Social Security Coverage for Workers in the Informal Sector
- Union Minister of Labour & Employment and Youth Affairs & Sports, Dr. Mansukh Mandaviya inaugurated a two-day international seminar on “Formalization and Social Security Coverage for Workers in the Informal Sector: Challenges and Innovations” at New Delhi.
Government Initiatives Related to the Informal Sector
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Sports
1st Kho Kho World Cup 2025
- Indian Women’s and Men’s teams won the inaugural edition of the Kho Kho World Cup by defeating Nepal in the final match of the World Cup 2025 at Indira Gandhi Indoor Stadium, New Delhi.
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20th edition of the Tata Mumbai Marathon
- In 20th edition of the Tata Mumbai Marathon, Eritrea’s Berhane Tesfay won the men’s and and Kenya’s Joyce Chepkemoi Tele clinched the women’s elite race.
India Open Badminton
- In the India Open Badminton in New Delhi, Denmark's Viktor Axelsen won the Men’s singles title.
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Women’s Doubles Champions: Japanese pair of Arisa Igarashi and Ayako Sakuramoto
Mixed Doubles Title: China’s pair of Jiang Zhen Bang and Wei Ya Xin |
Awards and Honours
Gates-Cambridge Impact Prize 2025
- Professor Urbasi Sinha, faculty in the Light and Matter Physics theme at the Raman Research Institute (RRI), was honored with the Gates-Cambridge Impact Prize 2025 by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation at Cambridge, UK.
Important Days
Penguin Awareness Day
- Penguin Awareness Day 2025 is celebrated annually on January 20th.
| Theme 2025: “Celebrating Penguins and Their Chilly Southern Home”. |