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National News
JPC on Waqf (Amendment) Bill, 2024
- The Lok Sabha has passed a resolution extending the tenure of the Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC) on the Waqf (Amendment) Bill, 2024, until the last day of the Budget Session in 2025.
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About JPC
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The Waqf (Amendment) Bill, 2024, aims to bring significant reforms, including digitisation of records, stricter audits, increased transparency, and legal mechanisms to reclaim illegally occupied Waqf properties. |
Conversion solely to reap reservation benefits cannot be allowed: SC
- The Supreme Court upheld a Madras High Court decision denying a Scheduled Caste ("SC") certificate to a woman born as a Christian who claimed to be Hindu while applying for an Upper Division Clerk job in Puducherry.
- The Court ruled that religious conversion undertaken solely to access reservation benefits, without genuine belief in the adopted religion, undermines the fundamental social objectives of the reservation policy.
About Supreme Court
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State Special
Dekho Apna Desh - People's Choice 2024 Campaign
- Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath launched the "Dekho Apna Desh - People's Choice 2024" campaign, aiming to identify and promote the state's top tourist destinations.
About Uttar Pradesh
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International News
4th FOC between India-Bosnia and Herzegovina
- India-Bosnia and Herzegovina held their 4th Foreign Office Consultations (FOC) in Sarajevo, capital of Bosnia and Herzegovina.
INTRACOM 2024
- The International Conference on Traditional and Complementary Medicine (INTRACOM) 2024, held at National Institutes of Health (NIH), Selangor, Malaysia, spotlighted the transformative impact of digital technologies on modernizing Traditional and Complementary Medicine (T&CM) practices.
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World-first social media ban for children under 16
- Australia passed a world-first social media ban for children under 16, making platforms like TikTok, Facebook, and Instagram liable for fines if they fail to prevent underage users.
About Australia
| Capital: Canberra | Currency: Australian dollar | Prime minister: Anthony Albanese |
Economy
First tranche of offshore mineral blocks
- Union Mines Minister G. Kishan Reddy has launched the first tranche of offshore mineral blocks auction in New Delhi.
| This first tranche of auction includes 13 mineral blocks such as construction sand, lime-mud, and polymetallic nodules and crusts. |
350 billion dollars textile industry by 2030
- Union Textiles Minister Giriraj Singh has said that the government aims to increase the turnover of the country’s textile industry to 350 billion dollars by the year 2030.
Schemes related to Textiles sector
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Ease of Doing Business and Regulatory Affairs Portal of CII
- Commerce Minister Piyush Goyal launched Confederation of Indian Industry’s (CII) Ease of Doing Business and Regulatory Affairs Portal to track updates on key initiatives by the government and CII.
About CII
| CII since 1992 | HQ: New Delhi | President: Sanjiv Puri |
WPR and LFPR
- Mansukh Mandaviya, Union Minister of labour and employment told the Rajya Sabha that Worker Population Ratio (WPR) for women has increased from 22%% in 2017-18 to 40.3% in 2023-24 and the Labour Force Participation Rate (LFPR) for women has risen from 23.3% in 2017-18 to 41.7% in 2023-24.
| Worker Population Ratio (WPR):
WPR is defined as the percentage of employed persons in the population. |
Labour Force Participation Rate (LFPR): LFPR is defined as the percentage of persons in the labour force (i.e. working or seeking or available for work) in the population. |
Science and Tech
Analaksya stealth tech
- IIT Kanpur has introduced Analaksya stealth technology Metamaterial Surface Cloaking System (MSCS), designed to make objects almost invisible to radar.
Defence
“Eklavya” Platform
- Chief of the Army Staff (COAS) General, Upendra Dwivedi launched Eklavya, an online digital platform for officers training, in New Delhi.
About Indian Army
| Motto: "Service Before Self" | Army Day: 15 Jan | Chief: Gen Upendra Dwivedi |
Agni Warrior 2024
- The 13th edition of bilateral military exercise “Agni Warrior 2024” between India and Singapore was held at the Devlali Field Firing Ranges in Maharashtra.
- India and Singapore have several defense exercises, including the Joint Military Training (JMT) and the Singapore-India Maritime Bilateral Exercise (SIMBEX).
Missile “K4”
- India has tested a nuclear-capable ballistic missile “K4”, from INS Arighaat off the coast of Visakhapatnam, with a range of around 3,500 km.
- It was the first test of the submarine launched ballistic missile (SLBM) from a submarine.
About Indian Navy Day
| Estb: 26 January 1950 | HQ: New Delhi | Navy Day: 4 December |
Sports
1st World Para Poomsae Taekwondo Championships
- Rinchen Youdol, a para-athlete from Ladakh won the Bronze Medal at the 1st World Para Poomsae Taekwondo Championships held in Manama, Bahrain.
Awards and Honours
55th IFFI 2024
- 55th International Film Festival of India 2024 concluded at Dr. Shyama Prasad Mukherjee Indoor Stadium at Panaji, Goa.
Awards and Awardee
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2024 Rochdale Pioneers Award
- US Awasthi, MD and CEO of Indian Farmers Fertiliser Cooperative (IFFCO) Cooperative bestowed with 2024 Rochdale Pioneers Award, conferred by International Cooperative Alliance (ICA) for his contribution in growth and development of cooperatives in India.
About IFFCO
| Founded: 3 November 1967 | Headquarters: New Delhi | CEO: Dr. Udai Shanker Awasthi |
Initiatives in Promoting Hydrogen Company of the Year
- GAIL (India) Limited has been honored with the prestigious "Initiatives in Promoting Hydrogen Company of the Year" award at the FIPI Oil & Gas Awards 2023.
About GAIL
| Founded: 1984 | Headquarters: New Delhi | Chairman & MD: Sandeep Kumar Gupta |
Appointments
Hemant Soren
- Jharkhand Mukti Morcha Senior leader Hemant Soren took oath as Chief Minister of Jharkhand for the fourth time.
About Jharkhand
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Masato Kanda
- The Asian Development Bank (ADB) Board of Governors has unanimously elected Masato Kanda as ADB’s 11th President.
About ADB
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Largest Shareholders in ADB
1. Japan 2.United States 3.China 4.India |
Dr. Jay Bhattachary
- President-elect Donald Trump has nominated Dr. Jay Bhattacharya to lead the National Institutes of Health (NIH).
- The National Institutes of Health (NIH), a part of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.