Current Affairs in short : 1 January 2020

Global Family Day is celebrated  on 1st January every year as a day of peace and sharing.

The government has launched a portal, www.ceir.gov.in, for Delhi-NCR subscribers

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Indian Olympic Association (IOA) withdrawn its threat to boycott the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham over Shooting's exclusion.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.