Maldives
rule out research by Chinese vessel in
its water
Chinese reaseaech vessel Xiang Yang Hong 03
will carry out research in Maldivian water ,but will arrive for a port call ,
the govt of Maldives said on Tuesday . The vessel will reach Maldives in early
February .
The Maldivian Foreign Ministry said that it is
a regular practice of Maldives to
letting civilian and military vessel to stay in Maldives on Port
call .
Chinese research vessel dockong has increased
tension between India and Maldives .
Posthumous
Bharat Ratna to Bihar ex CM Karpoori Thakur .
President Draupadi Murmu on Tuesday announced
that former Bihar CM Karpoori
Thakur will be awarded with Bharat Ratna .
“ The President has been pleased to award
Bharat Ratna to Shri Karpoori Thakur ( posthumously ) , a bPrwsidential
communique said .
Karpoori
Thakur was first Non Congress Chief Minister from Bihar , he served as CM
ofBihar between December 1970 and June 1971 . He further served from June 1977
to April 1979 .
He was
called as “ JanNayak “ . He played a major role in social justice politics in Bihar .
UAE
govt expresses interest to set up tourism township at hill station in Kerala
A proposal has been submitted to the center by
the Ambassador of the UAE .
According to the proposal forwarded to Non
Resident Kerala Affairs .( NoRKA ) , the UAE has expressed willingness to
develop the entire attendent infrastructure required for project in Kerala.
The state has indetified Wagmom / Munnar to
set up tourist township by UAE .
Both Wagmom and Munnar are popular Bill
stations at height of 3000 ft and 5200 ft respectively T.N. cabinet approves New policy aimed at ‘holistic development of
women’
At a meeting on Tuesday TamilNadu govt
approved the state’s new policy for Women , the draft of which was released in
December 2021.
Addressing pressoersons after meeting ministry
of social justice and women empowerment P. Geetha Jeevan said that the policy
aims at holistic development of women , and focussed on empowering them through
education , economic independence and power Sharing .
Under this Gender Budgting cell is being
created in all departments of TamilNadu govt
Oscar :
film set in India nominated for best documentary
“ To kill a Tiger “ is a Canadian produced documentary , and set in Indian village .
“ To kill the tiger “ has been nominated for
the Best documentary features in the Academy awards.
January
22 now part of ‘widened ‘ republic day celebration , says Modi
The Prime Minister
Narendra Modi on Tuesday said that Republic day celebrations now have “widened
“ , and the “ auspicious “ festivities of January 22 on the consecration of Ram Mandir day , have also become part of the “ festival of
democracy “ .
Earlier Republic
day celebration used to start from January 23 ( Parakram Diwas – Birth
Anniversary of Subhash Chandra Bose ) .
French Marching continent at republic day parade has
members from India and Nepal
Emanuals Macron is
chief guest of Republic day Parade this
year .
95 Memeber French
Foreign. Legion Contingent will be part
of the March at Kratavya Path , New Delhi .
Six Indians and six
Nepalese will be part of this contingent .
The French Foreign
Legion is a elite military corps open to foreigners to fight in French Army
with certain conditions .
Two Rafale fighter
jets and one Airbus 330 multirole tanker aircraft will also be part of flypast
.
Rahul booked for ‘ violence ‘ during Yatra says , he won’t be intimidated .
The Assam Police
has booked Rahul Gandhi for “ wanton acts of violence “ .
World
Israel
losses 24 soldiers in deadliest day of
Gaza as talks continue
Israel said on Thursday , 24 soldiers were
killed in the biggest single day losses , since the start of its ground war in
Gaza . The incident happened when the building they were trying to blow up fell
after a grenade blew that up .
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told that an
“ investigation “ has been launched .
A while
house delegation is about to reach Israel for talks , it is expected that
Israel will agree on two months pause in
fighting for the release of hostages .
Oppenheimer , Poor Things lead Oscar race
Christopher Nolan’s Oppenheimer
is among the top contender for Academy awards , The other films competing
for best Film are Poor Things and Killer of the flower Moon
Greta grewig’s Barbie has earned eight
nominations including a best picture and a twin nof in Original song category .
The academy award will be held on March 10 at
Dolby theaters .
US ,
Britain launch second round of military strikes
US and Britain jointly launched a second wave
of joint military exercise on Houthis in Yemen .
They have hit eight Houthi target with
precision guided munitions of British and US aircraft , and Tomhawk cruise missiles .
Despite recent attack by US and UK on Houthi
areas , Houthis has continued their strike on Ships in Red Sea .
Houthis remained defiant after Tuesday attack
, its spokesperson Yahya Saree wrote on X
“ These attacks will not go unanswered and unpunished “
Pakistan
to deploy army for poll security
Pak
Afghan border crossing reopens after border talks ; visa , passport not needed
Pakistan and Afghanistan after talks reopened
Torkham Border .
The two countries had stricketed the travel
rules across the border recently .
From January 12 , VISA was require to travel
across this border ..
Sports
Rohit
is skipper of ICC ODI team of year .
ICC ODI
Team includes Rohit Sharma ( c) , Shubhaman Gill , Virat Kohli , Mohammad Siraj
, Kuldeep Yadav , Mohamad Shami
ICC
Test team – Pat
Cummins ( C ) , Ravindra Jadeja and R . Ashwin are two Indian Players among 11
.
Shastri
and Engineer honoured for their lifetime achievement
The
BCCI Awards 2024 winner list :
Col CK
Naydu lifetime achievement award : Men : CK Naydu ,
Ravi shastri
Polly
Umirgar Award : Best International Cricketer : Men
Mohammad Shami ( 2019 -20 ) , R . Ashwin ( 2020-21 ) ,
Jasprit Bumrah ( 2021 -22 ) , Shubhaman
Gill ( 2022 -23 )
Best
International Cricketer , Women : Deepti Sharma , (
2019 -20 , 2022-23 ) , Smriti Mandhana (
2020 -21 ,2021-22 )
Best
International Debut ,Men : yeashshwi Jaiswal ( 2022-23 )
Women :
Amanjot Kaur ( 2022 -23 )
Dillip
Sardesai Award for Most Runs in Test Cricket : –
Yashshvi Jaiswal .( 2022-23 )
Highest
wickets in test cricket : R . Ashwin ( 2022-23 )
WPL dates announced : Second edition of Women Premier
League ( WPL ) will be played between Fabruary 23 and March 17 .
The matched will be held in Bengluru and Delhi
.
Satwik
Chirag Pair ragains BWF ( Badminton World Federation ) top ranking in Doubles .
