National News

24-hour drinking water supply project

• Union Urban Affairs and Power Minister Manohar Lal Khattar inaugurated a 24-hour drinking water supply project in Karimnagar, Telangana.

Telangana

Vision India Techade

• Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Science & Technology, Dr. Jitendra Singh unveiled “Vision India Techade” which envisages a global leadership role for India especially in innovation and technology at the “Technology Dialogue 2025”.

Inland Waterways Authority of India

• Inland Waterways Authority of India (IWAI) established a new regional office in Varanasi.

International Year of Cooperatives-2025

• Union Home Minister and Minister of Cooperation Amit Shah addressed the inaugural ceremony of the International Year of Cooperatives-2025 in Mumbai, Maharashtra.

Maharashtra

State News

Himachal Pradesh Statehood day

• Himachal Pradesh is celebrating its 55th Statehood Day on 25th January 2025. On this day in 1971, it became the 18th state of India, achieving full statehood.

Himachal Pradesh

Samman Sanjeevani app

• On National Girl Child Day 2025, Haryana's Women and Child Development Minister, Shruti Choudhry, launched the 'Samman Sanjeevani' app under the 'Mahila Evam Kishori Samman Yojana' in Chandigarh.

About Haryana

Tripura students in Republic Day Parade

• For the first time, six students from Tripura will participate in the Republic Day parade at Kartavya Path, Delhi, on January 26.

Tripura

Economy

Fiscal Health Index 2025

• NITI Aayog unveiled the Fiscal Health Index (FHI) 2025 in New Delhi, in which Odisha topped the fiscal health among 18 major states, scoring an overall score of 67.8.

Defence

SANJAY

• Defence Minister Rajnath Singh flagged off Battlefield Surveillance System SANJAY in New Delhi, indigenously and jointly developed by the Indian Army and Bharat Electronics Limited.

Bharat Electronics Limited

Centre of Excellence for Energy Transition

• Bureau of Energy Efficiency (BEE) and The Energy and Resources Institute(TERI) signed an MoU to jointly establish a Centre of Excellence for Energy Transition (CoEET) at TERI’s Institute of Energy Transition (IoET) at its campus in Hyderabad.

Bureau of Energy Efficiency

International

Global Thirukkural Conference

• At the International Conference on Hypnosis across Lifespan at Pondicherry University, Union Minister of State for Information and Broadcasting Dr. L. Murugan announced plans to hold a Global Thirukkural Conference in New Delhi.

Person in News

Vikram Misri

• Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri will visit China on January 26 to attend the Foreign Secretary-Vice Minister mechanism meeting between India and China.

About China

Namrata S Kumar

• Namrata S Kumar has been appointed as the next Ambassador of India to Latvia.

Latvia

Jitender Pal Singh

• Jitender Pal Singh has been appointed as the next Ambassador of India to Israel.

Israel

Important Day

National Voters’ Day

• 15th National Voter’s Day is being observed on 25 January 2025.

National Tourism Day

• National Tourism Day is celebrated annually on January 25 to honor India’s natural beauty and highlight the significance of tourism in the country.

Sports news

Johor International Open chess tournament title

• Indian Grandmaster Iniyan Panneerselvam won the 9th Johor International Open Chess Tournament in Malaysia, defeating Vietnamese GM Nguyen Van Huy in the final round.

International Chess Federation (FIDE)

ICC Women’s ODI team of 2024

• Indian stars Smriti Mandhana and Deepti Sharma were named to the ICC Women’s ODI Team of the Year 2024, with South Africa's Laura Wolvaardt leading the lineup.