Current Affairs in short : 5 january 2020

Neutral pronoun 'they' has been voted word of the decade by US language experts, beating out other contenders. "They" is used in English by a growing number of non-binary individuals, people who do not identify as either male or female.

According to WEF's (World Economic Forum) report, India has moved up six places to rank 34th on world travel and tourism competitiveness index.

The Gujarat government hiked the dearness allowance (DA) by five percent. With this, the DA would be 17 percent on par with Central government employees. 

West Bengal Government has decided to provide holy water of Ganga Sagar on the occasion of Makar Sankranti.

The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) set up a regional academic center for space at the National Institute of Technology (NITK) at Surathkal in Karnataka's southwest Dakshina Kannada district.

Kolkata Police will start the third edition of its 'Sukanya' project to provide girls studying in schools and colleges in the city with self-defence training. The third batch of 'Sukanya' will start at 100 city-based schools and colleges situated in Kolkata Police jurisdiction.

Chhattisgarh chief minister Bhupesh Baghel to set up a committee to ensure the payment of Rs 2500 per quintal to farmers against procurement of paddy.

Adani Ports to acquire a 75% stake in Krishnapatnam Port Company Limited (KPCL). It would be the largest acquisition in the port sector in India.

India's foreign exchange reserves got by 2.520 billion USD to touch a record high of 457.468 billion USD in the week on 27th December 2019.

Indian all-rounder Irfan Pathan announced his retirement from all forms of Cricket.

The income tax department issued a new calendar for the year 2020, a list of all the important tax-related deadlines. 

Ace shooter Saurabh Chaudhary has won the men's 10 metres air pistol gold at the 63rd National Shooting Championship in Bhopal.