Global
Family Day is celebrated on 1st January every year as a day of peace
and sharing.
to
track or block their lost/stolen phones.
The
Railways has renamed its security force RPF (Railway Protection Force) as
Indian Railway Protection Force Service.
The
union Government of India launched world's largest ever vaccination
programme,National Animal Disease Control Programme to control FMD
and Brucellosis with a financial outlay of Rs. 13,343.00 crore for five
years (2019-20 to 2023-24) by vaccinating 100% cattle, buffalo, sheep, goat,
and pig population for FMD and 100% bovine female calves of 4-8 months of age
for brucellosis to prevent loss of Rs. 50,000 crores. This programme combined
with providing unique PashuAadhar to 535 million animals
The
entire state of Nagaland has been declared a disturbed area for a period of six
months under the Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act, AFSPA.
Finance
minister Nirmala Sitharaman launched a National Infrastructure Pipeline
coordination mechanism with an investment plan worth 102 trillion in the next
five years.
The
famous 11-day long ‘Dhanu Jatra’, considered as the largest open-air theatre of
the world begins at Bargarh in western Odisha.
Indian
Olympic Association (IOA) withdrawn its threat to boycott the 2022 Commonwealth
Games in Birmingham over Shooting's exclusion.
Jharkhand
Mukti Morcha JMM senior leader Stephen Marandi took oath as the Protem Speaker
for the fifth Jharkhand Assembly at Raj Bhavan.
Finance
Minister Nirmala Sitharaman unveiled a 102 lakh crore national infrastructure
pipeline in accordance with the Narendra Modi government's vision to make India
a $5 trillion economy by 2024-25.
General
Manoj Mukund Naravane took charge as the 28th Chief of Army Staff.
He
succeeded General Bipin Rawat who retired on 31st December, 2019.
The
central government decided to wave off the Merchant Discount Rate (MDR) to
promote digital payments. Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman recently
announced that the digital transactions using RuPay or UPI would not face
additional charges from January 1, 2020.
The
Indian government decided to allocate spectrum to all telecom operators and
equipment makers for the upcoming 5G trials in the country. The announcement
made by India's federal technology and communications minister, Ravi Shankar
Prasad.
Cycling
to be included in upcoming Khelo India games.
In
Boxing, Vikas Krishan claimed a slot in the Indian men's boxing squad in the 69
kilogram category for next year's Olympic qualifiers.
The
International Cricket Council, plans to scrap five-day Tests from 2023. The
ICC could make four-day Tests mandatory from 2023 as part of the World Test
Championship, primarily to free up the crowded calendar.
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