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Wednesday, January 11, 2023

Current Affairs-January 1, 2023.

 

INDIA

  • Assam merges 4 districts and redraws boundaries ahead of Election Commission’s (EC) delimitation deadline.
  • New integrated Food Security Scheme to be rolled out from January 1, 2023.
  • India assumes the chairmanship of the plenary of the Wassenaar Arrangement.
  • Government spent Rs 13,000 crore on cleaning Ganga since 2014.
  • 50 of India’s 3,693 centrally protected monuments are missing, according to the Ministry of Culture.
  • Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) issues cyber alert for G20 Summit, shared a list of cyber attackers targeted G20 Summits with all ministries and departments.
  • Defence Ministry starts process for the procurement of 100 more K9-Vajra tracked self-propelled howitzers.

ECONOMY

  • Indian Overseas Bank (IOB) has elevated Ajay Kumar Srivastava as MD and CEO.
  • Centre signs pact with Institute of Veterinary Biological Products (IVBP) for commercial production of ‘Lumpi-ProVac’, a vaccine for lumpy skin disease in cattle.
  • Transport consultancy and engineering firm RITES inks pact with Kerala’s KIIFCON for consultancy projects.

WORLD

  • Former Pope Benedict XVI, passed away aged 95. In 2013, he became the first pontiff to resign in 600 years.
  • International convention of Theosophical Society commences at headquarters in Chennai.
  • India abstains from voting on UN resolution on Israel

SPORTS

  • Magnus Carlsen wins all three world chess championship titles for the third time in his career