Current Affairs-January 15-16, 2023.
INDIA
- Festivals of Makar Sankranti, Magh Bihu and Pongal were celebrated in different parts of the country.
- Visakhapatnam-Secunderabad Vande Bharat Express train runs from today.
- G20: Two-day ‘Think-20’ meeting to start in Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh.
- G20 Infrastructure Working Group (IWG) to begin in Pune, Maharashtra.
- Centre to launch five-year National Urban Technology Mission for Municipal Services and ULBs.
- Chhattisgarh begins road construction work in Pudaang village, for the first time since India’s Independence.
ECONOMY
- Report: Richest 1% Indians own more than 40% of country’s wealth.
- Japan’s SMBC Bank and Oaktree Capital Management submit expressions of interest (EoIs) for strategic stake sale in IDBI Bank.
- Swiggy has rolled out Ambulance Service for Delivery Partners and its dependants.
- The government has extended the tenure of managing director (MD) and CEO of Bank of Baroda (BoB) Sanjiv Chadha till June 2023.
- CII Business Confidence Index for the October-December quarter records its highest reading in two years.
- World’s longest River Cruise MV Ganga Vilas will reach Patna today; The Cruise is on way to Dibrugarh via Bangladesh.
WORLD
- Davos 2023 : World Economic Forum Meeting begins today on the theme, ‘Cooperation in a Fragmented World’.
- Britain to send 14 of its main battle tanks along with additional artillery support to Ukraine.
- Earthquake of 6.0 magnitude strikes Indonesia’s Northern Sumatra.
- US President Joe Biden approves emergency declaration for California due to winter storms
SPORTS
- Shang Juncheng becomes the first male Chinese player to win an Australian Open match.
- Barcelona beats Real Madrid 3-1 to lift Spanish Super Cup
- India defeats Sri Lanka by the largest ever margin of 317 runs in the last ODI and clinched the series by 3-0.
- Indian team of Yuki Bhambri- Saketh Myneni wins Bangkok Open tennis title.
