Today News Headline, Current Affairs - 20/01/2024
Government & Politics:
- Union Power and New & Renewable Energy Minister R. K. Singh announces Rs. 17 lakh crores investments in the power sector in the last nine years.
- NHPC receives SCOPE’s 'Commendation Certificate' for effective implementation of RTI Act.
- Prime Minister inaugurates the second edition of IInvenTiv at IIT Hyderabad.
- Pradhan Mantri Rashtriya Bal Puraskar 2024 recipients announced.
- Union Cabinet Minister Shri Kiren Rijiju inaugurates the Young Scientist Conference at India International Science Festival 2023.
Economy & Finance:
- Investments worth Rs. 17.5 lakh crores in the power sector under construction.
- Union Power and New Renewable Energy Minister releases the 3rd Edition of Consumer Service Ratings of DISCOMs.
- REC receives SCOPE Excellence Award for Digitalization.
- Central Consumer Protection Authority issues notice to Amazon for misleading claims in sweets.
Military & Defence:
- Raksha Mantri inaugurates 29 bridges and six roads constructed by BRO across seven States/Union Territories at a cost of Rs 670 crore.
- 75th Republic Day parade at Kartavya Path to be women-centric.
Infrastructure & Development:
- Foundation stone laid for 8 AMRUT projects worth around Rs. 2,000 crores in Solapur, Maharashtra.
- Infrastructure Finance Secretariat organizes workshop on 'Public Private Partnership (PPP) Structuring Toolkit – Solid Waste Management (SWM).'
- AMRIT UDYAN to open for the public from February 2.
International Relations:
- India launches the "Alliance for Global Good- Gender Equity and Equality" at the World Economic Forum.
Science & Technology:
- Interactive Knowledge Workshops for budding entrepreneurs organized at the Startup, Technology, and Innovation B2B Meet at IISF 2023.
- Union S&T Minister Dr Jitendra Singh calls for adopting Centre’s technology practices in governance.
- PM inaugurates the opening ceremony of the Khelo India Youth Games 2023 in Chennai, Tamil Nadu.
- PM inaugurates new state-of-the-art Boeing India Engineering & Technology Center campus in Bengaluru, Karnataka.
Space & Technology:
- English rendering of PM’s address at the inauguration of Boeing India Engineering & Technology Center & launch of Boeing Sukanya Programme.
- English rendering of PM’s address at the launch of various projects at Solapur, Maharashtra.
Health & Safety:
- Ministry of Tourism to organize annual mega event “Bharat Parv” from 23rd to 31st January 2024.
- NCGG’s 2nd Internship Programme in 2024 successfully completed, research papers of 8 interns accepted for publication.
Social Welfare & Culture:
- PM shares a devotional song by Suresh Wadkar.
- PM shares Bhajans from Suriname and Trinidad and Tobago.
- PM pays tributes to Mahayogi Vemana on the occasion of Vemana Jayanti.
Sports:
- PM inaugurates the opening ceremony of the Khelo India Youth Games 2023 in Chennai, Tamil Nadu.
- 75th Republic Day parade at Kartavya Path to be women-centric.
Tax & Finance:
- Repayment of ‘8.20% OIL MKTG COS GOI SB 2024’.
- Shri Nitin Gadkari sanctions Rs 343.74 Crore for the expansion of the Mangalore-Mudigere-Tumkur section of NH-73 in Karnataka.
- Education:
- Government of India directs all school and higher education institutions to provide study material for every course in Indian languages digitally within the next three years.
- Youth must be fully positioned to harness positive aspects of disruptive technologies, stresses the Vice-President.
Travel & Tourism:
- Ministry of Tourism to organize annual mega event “Bharat Parv” from 23rd to 31st January 2024.
Others:
- Launch of “Alliance for Global Good- Gender Equity and Equality” by India at World Economic Forum.
- Central Consumer Protection Authority issues notice to Amazon for sale of sweets making misleading claims of ‘Sri Ram Mandir Ayodhya Prasad’.
- Viksit Bharat Sankalp Yatra.
- Wheat sown area crosses 340 lakh hectares.
- 63rd Central Geological Programming Board Meeting to be held in Bhopal on 22nd January 2024.
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