Gkhabbit: January 2025

Friday, 31 January 2025

BANKING & FINANCIAL CURRENT AFFAIRS JANUARY 2025

BANKING -

* The Ministry Of Finance Has Announced The Small Saving Schemes Remain Same From 1st January To 31st March 2025.

* RBI Approved The Merger Of Bangalore Based The National Co Op. bank With The Cosmos Co Op

* The State Bank Of India ( SBI) Has Introduced Two New Deposit Schemes HAR GHAR LAKHPARTI And SBI PATRONS .

* India's Real GDP Expected To Rise 6.4% In Financial Year.

* RBI Lifts Restrictions On Asirvad Microfinance And DMI FINANCE.

* UJJALA Scheme Completed 10 Years.

* World's Top Four Competitive Economy Nation 2024

* Singapore

* Switzerland

* Denmark

* Ireland

* Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU-IND) And National Housing Bank (NHB) Signed MoU For Enhanced Coordination And Information Exchange.

* Former Standard Charted Bank MD Sanjeev Mehta Launched The AKASHAVERSE Platform.

* Reserves Bank Of India (RBI) Imposed A monetary Penalties On 3 PSU Banks.

( Canara Bank, Bank Of India, J & K Bank)

* Reserves Bank Of INDIA (RBI) Allow OMO Purchase Auction Of Gifts Worth Rs 60,000 Crores.

* Paytm Launched Received Money QR Widget.

* RDCL, A Residential Mortgage Backed Securitization (RMBS) Company Set Up By NHB Received a Certificates Of Registration To Commence Operation By RBI.

RANKING -

* Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) Become The 2nd Global IT Company To Breached $20 Billion Brand Value.

COMBINATION -

* Competition Commission in India (CCI) Approved The Combination Involving Inter Alia, Agro Tech Food Limited (ATFL) , Bharati Enterprises Limited (BEL), DMPL India Limited (DMPL) And Del Monte Foods Private Limited (DMFPL)

* BPCL Board Approved Formation Of Joint Venture Company With Praj Industries For Settings Up CNG Plants Across India.

* Department Of Commerce Introduce Diamond Imprest Authorization Scheme To Boost The Global Competitive Of Diamond Sector.

* The securities And Exchange Board Of India (SEBI) Is Planning To Bring in A System Where Investor Can Sell Shares As They Are Alloted in An Initial Public Offering To Curb Grey Market Trading.

BANKING COMMITTE -

Reserves Bank Of India Has Announced A Standing External Advisory Committee For Evaluating Application For Universal Bank And Small Finance Bank

* M K Jain (Former Deputy Governor Of RBI Chairperson Of Committee)

ECONOMY -

* India Has Surpassed Saudi Arabia To Become Europe's Largest Supplier Of Refined Fuels.

* India's Iphone Exports Reached To Rs 1 Lakh Crores. in CY 2024.

* India's Trade Deficit Stand At 21.94 Billion Dollar In December 2024.

* Startup India Completed 9 Years.

* International Monetary Fund (IMF) Released The GDP Of 2025 (Forecast)

India's 6.5 According To Forecast.

* According To Google BCG Report India's Mobility Market Will Double Surpassing USD 600 Billion By 2030.

* India's Mobile Phone Exports Surpassed a Record of $20.4 billion In 2024.

( $14.2 billion In 2023)

* India Is Now World's 7th Largest Producer Of Coffee With Export Of 1.29 $ billion In FY 2024

( 719.42 million in 2021)

* NTPC Has Achieved The Fastest Ever 350 Billion Unit Generation On 20th January 2025 For FY 2024

* Government E Marketplace Set A New Record Crosses 4 Lakh Crores GMV In Last 10 Months In FY 2024/25

* The Directorate General Of Foreign Trade (DGFT) Has Launched The Enhanced Certificate Of Origin ( eCoO) 2.0 System.

PRODUCTION -

* The Total Coal Production In December 2024 Reached 97.94 Millions Tonnes

* Year Review Of Renewable Energy 2024

* 27 GW OF Renewable Energy Capacity Added in FY 2024.

* Solar Energy Capacity Reaches 94.17 GW

* WIND Energy Reaches To 47.96 GW

* PM SURYA GHAR MUFT BIJLI Yojana Achieved 7 Lakhs Installation In Last 10 Months ( An Average Of 70k/Months)

* Lakshadweep Installed First Solar Plant Was Inaugurated In Kavrarti

APPOINTMENTS -

* Dr Sandip Shah Has Been Appointed As The Chairperson of NABL (National Accreditation Board For Testing And Calibration Laboratory)

* Pirmal Pharma Appointed Sai Ramanna Ponugoti As CEO

* Sanjeev Kumar Sharma Has Been Appointed As The CFO Of Signature Global.

* State Bank of India (SBI) Appoints Baldev Prakash As DMD And Group Chief Risk Officer.

* Ashok Chandra Has Been Appointed As The Managing Director And CEO Of Punjab National Bank (PNB).

* Binod Kumar Has Been Appointed As The New Managing Director And CEO Of Indian Bank.

* 2011 Madhya Pradesh IAS Anugraha P Has Been Redesigned As The Director Of The Department Of Pharmaceutical.

* Reliance Power Appoints Neeraj Parakh As CEO Of Company.

* Linked In Appoints Deepak Agarwal As Its Chief AI Officer.

* Former Chief Executive Officer At Disney Hotstar Sajith Sivanandan Has Been Appointed As President Of JIO Mobile Digital Services

* Dhananjay Shukla Has Been Elected As The President Of The Institute Of Company Secretaries Of India ( ICSI) For 2025.

* Alok Kumar Agarwal Has Been Appointed As The CEO Of Kotak General Insurance.

* P Suriraj Takes Charge As The Executive Director Of Dhanlaxmi Bank.

* Deshnee Naidoo Has Appointed As The FIRST CEO Of Vedanta Resources.

MOU SIGNED -

* The National Stock Exchange (NSE) And Chhattisgarh Government Has Signed A MoU To Implement a Student Skill Building Programme.

EXPORT VALUE -

* India's Coffee Export Have Been Reached a Record High Of $ 1.15 billion In Financial Year 2024.

FINANCE -

* Government Of India Has Collected 1.76 lakh Crores in December 2024.

* 172 Billion Transaction Done By UPI In 2024 ( 247 Trillion In Value)

* 16.73 billion Transaction Done In December 2024 (23.25 Lakh Crores Transaction)

* Maharashtra Has Received Rs 1.13 Lakh Crores Foreign Direct Investment ( FDI) In Last Six Months.

* Indian Space Startup Has Raised $ 353 Million Across 72 Funding Rounds In Last 5 Years (2020-2024)

* December GST OF ALL STATE 2024

* India's Foreign Exchange Reserves Declined By 8.7 billion Dollars To 625.87 Billion Dollars. ( TILL 15 TH JANUARY 2025)

AWARDS -

* Shri S Bharathan, Director Of HPCL has Honoured With The Hickal's CHEMCON Distinguished Speaker Award

* Paradeep Port Has Been Conferred Major Port Of The Year During The 10th Comtanizered Cargo At 10th Eastern Star Award 2025

* HUDCO Has Conferred With The WCDM Award 2024 At New Delhi.

* iGOT Karmayogi Under Mission Karmyogi Has Earned The Silver Award At NAeG Award 2024.

* POWERGRID Has Won The Prestigious Brandon Hall Group HCM Excellence Award 2024.

WORLD CURRENT AFFAIRS JANUARY 2025

* Trinidad And Tobago Declares State Of Emergency.

* Louisiana's Governor Declared State Of Emergency.

* Central Drugs Standard Control Organisation ( CDSCO) Approved The New Generation Oral Antibiotics MIQNAF.

* Russian Gas exports Via Soviet Union Era Pipelines Running Through Ukraine, Stopped By Ukraine On New year.

* ECUADORIAN President Daniel Noboa Has Declared a 60 Days State Of Emergency In 7 Provinces And 3 Municipalities Due To Armed Conflict.

* Norway Officially Banned The Marriage Between Cousins.

* Justin Trudeau Has Resigned As Prime Minister Of Canada

* Tibet Recorded 7.1 Magnitude Earthquake.

* US Declared Emergency In LA Wildfire

* Late Dikembe Mutombo To Be Honoured With Muhammad Ali Legacy Award 2025.

* Lebanon Prime Minister In Syria After 2010 For First Time.

* China Recorded $ 992 Billion Trade Surplus In 2024.

* Japan Agreed To Give Patrol Boats To Indonesia For Maritime Security.

* US President Joe Biden Lifted Cuba's State Sponsor Of Terror Designation.

* Space X Has Launched The Pair Of Lunar Landers For US And Japan.

* UN RIGHTS Chief arrives In Syria For The First Time.

* Pulitzer Prize Awardee Of Washington Post Cartoonist Darrin Bell Arrested For Child Pornography.

* United Kingdom And Ukraine Have Signed 100 Years Partnerships Agreement To Mark To Form New Relations Between Two Countries.

* Chinese Social Media App Tiktok Has Been Banned In US.

* Iran Has Sentenced The Popular Singer Amir Hossen To Death For Blasphemy Because Of Insulting Prophet Muhammad

* US PRESIDENT Donald Trump Officially Withdraw The US From World' Health Organisation (WHO).

* UAE Has Banned Pakistani VISAS.

* USA President Donald Trump Announced To Withdraw From Paris Agreement.

* Thailand Became The First South Eastern Asia Country To Legalise Same Sex Marriage.

* Emillia Perez Nominated In 13 (Most) At Oscar 2025.

* Namibia Has Officially Banned The Recognition Of Same Sex Marriage.

* United States Agency For International Development ( USAID) Suspend All Assistance In Bangladesh.

* Vietnam Imposed Restriction On Issuing Visa To Bangladesh Nationals.

* President Donald Trump Has Signed The Laken Rilley Act Into Law.

* Three West Africans Countries Burkina Faso, Mali And Niger Have Been Formally Withdraw From 15 Member Economic Community Of West Africans States ( ECOWAS).

* UAE President Sheikh Mohamed Bin Zayed Al Nahyan Declared 2025 As The Year Of Community.

* Dubai International Airport, World's Busiest Airport Has Registered Record Of 92.3 Million Passengers In 2024.

* Nepal Celebrates The New Year Festival Called Sonam Lhosar.

FIRST IN -

* Niger Become The First Country In The African Region To Eliminate Onchocerciasis.

STEPS DOWN -

* Milos Vucevic Steps Down From The Serbian Prime Minister.

RENAME -

* The Gulf Of Mexico Has Been Renamed As The GULF OF AMERICA.

& The Highest Peak Of North America Has Been Renamed As The Mount McKinley.

WORLD'S LONGEST TUNNEL -

* China's Unveiled The World's Longest Tunnel

( TIANSHAN SHENGLI TUNNEL) AT XIANJIANG

* World's Longest Tunnel Of 22.13 Km

* Connectivity Between Northern And Southern Region Of Xinxiang.

BRICS -

* Indonesia Officially Join As BRICS MEMBER.

* Nigeria Officially Joins BRICS As Partner Country.

INDIA - WORLD -

* Trinidad And Tobago President Christine Carla Kangaloo Will Be The Chief Guest Of 18th Bharatiya Prabasi Diwas 2025.

* India Announced The Relief Of Assistance Worth Rs USD 500,000 To Vanuatu.

* Maldives Foreign Minister Abdullah Khaleel Arrived In New Delhi.

* Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister Majid Takt On Visit To India.

* India Sends The First Tranche Of Humanitarian Assistance To Bolivia. (To Tackle Forest Fire)

* India And Bangaldesh Repatriation Of 185 Fisherman Across Countries.

* Israel Launched Digital E Visa For Indian

* Kanan Srinivasan And J J Singh Have Been Elected To The State Senate In US

* India Has Dispatched 62 Made In India Vehicles For The INDIAN Peacemaking Contingent Deployed In UN Interim Force In Lebanon.

* Srilanka First Certificate Courses In Hindi Through Open And Distance Learning Was Launched In Colombo, Srilanka.

* Indonesia President Prabowo Subianto To Be Chief Guest Of India's 76th Republic Day 2025.

* India Sent 1000 MT Of Sorghum To Lesotho.

* US Has Removes The Indian Rare Earths, Indira Gandhi Atomic Research Center (IGCAR) And Bhaba Atomic Research Center (BARC) From Its Restrictive List

* L & T Build Uzbekistan's First AI Enabled & Sustainable 10 MW Data Center In Tashkent

APPOINTMENTS -

* Syria Appointed MAYSAA Sabrine As First Woman To Lead Central Bank.

* Mishael Faisal Has Been Appointed As The First Time In History Became Appointed As The Member Of Board Of Asian Yoga Sports Federation (AYSF).

* Admiral Cavo Dragone Takes Over From Admiral Bauer As Chair Of The NATO Military Committee.

* Usha Vance Made History Became First Indian American And Second Hindu Lady After Her Husband J D Vance Sworn In As 50th Vice President Of USA

* Marco Rubio Set To Be US Secretary Of State In US President.

* John Ratcliffe Set To Be Next CIA Director.

* Simon Harris Has Been Appointed As The New Foreign Affairs Minister Of Ireland.

* US PRESIDENT Donald Trump Appointed Indian- American Journalist Kush Desai As White House Deputy Press Secretary.

* US LAWMAKER Ro Khanna Announced Republican Rich Mc Cormick Co Chair Of The Bipartisan Congressional Caucus On India.

AWARDS -

* US President JOE Biden Presented US Highest Civilian Award To Former Secretary Of State Hillary Clinton, Philanthropist George Soros, Vogue Editor In Chief Anna Wintour, Scientist Bill Nye And Actor Denzel Washington Along With 14 Others.

* US PRESIDENT Joe Biden Presented The Presidential Medal Of Freedom To Pope Francis.

TECHNOLOGY -

* China Has Unveiled The New Red Wings Striker Combat Robot Dog

SPACE

* Blue Origin Launched It's New Rocket. ( NEW GLENN)

* China Has Successfully Launched The Pakistan PRSC-EO1 Satellite From The Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center.

AWARDS -

* Javier Millei, President Of Argentina Wins 2025 Jewish Nobel Prize.

APPOINTMENTS IN JANUARY 2025

JUDICIAL -

* President Of India Has Appointed Justice. Harpreet Singh Brar As Permanent Judge Of Chandigarh And Haryana High Court.

* The Supreme Court Collegium Recommend Patna High Court Chief Justice K Vinod Chandran For The Appointment Of The Judge Of Supreme Court.

* India Has Joined The UN Committee Of Experts On Big Data And Data Science For Official Statistics.

* India Joins European Eurodrone Programme As An Observer.

* BJP Candidate Harpreet Kaur Babla Wins Mayor Election In Chandigarh.

NATION -

* Bhuvnesh Kumar Has Assumed As The CEO Of UIDAI.

* Srimati Subha Gupta Assumed As The Additional Director General Of Press Registrar General Of India

* Tarun Prakash Has Assumed As The Chief Manager Of Southern East Railway.

* Dr Tapas Kumar Pattnaik Has Been Appointed As The Director (HR) Of NALCO.

* Faiz Ahmed Kidwai Appointed As The Director General Of DGCA.

* Ambassador Sanjay Kumar Verma Appointed As The Chairperson Of RIS.

* Appointment Committee Of The Cabinet Has Approved The Appointment Of V Narayanan, Director Of Liquid Propulsion System Center (LPSC) Valiamala As Secretary Department Of Space And Chairman, Space Commission For Two Years.

* 2000 Batch IAS officer From Karnataka, P Hemalatha Has Been Assigned As Additional Charge As Secretary, Spice Board.

* Ankur Baruh Has Been Appointed As The New Director (HR) Of Indian Oil Limited (IOL).

* Vineet Joshi Has Assumed As The Secretary Of Department Of Higher Education.

* Justice Arun Mishra Has Been Appointed As The Ombudsman And Ethics Of The BCCI.

* Senior IAS OFFICER Dinesh T Waghmare Has Appointed As The Maharashtra State Election Commissioner.

* Gujarat Anti Corruption Bureau Additional DGP Dr Samsher Singh Has Been Appointed As The Additional Director General Of BSF.

* The Appointment Committee Of The Cabinet Has Approved The Additional Charge Of The Post Of Chairman, Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) To IAS Amandeep Garg.

* Sanjiv Ranjan Has Been Appointed As The Secretary General Of Indian Ocean Rim Association

* NRIPENDRA MISHRA Has Been RE Appointed As The Chairperson Of PM Museum And Library Society.

* Former Odisha DGP Ex- CRPF DG Prakash Mishra Has Been Appointed As Advisor To CM Of ODISHA.

* The Central Government Has Appointed 1992 Batch Rajasthan Cadre IPS OFFICER Rajesh Nirwan As Director General Of Bureau Of Civil Aviation Security (BCAS)

* Hisashi Takeuchi Has Been Reappoint As The MD & CEO Of Maruti Suzuki.

* 1995 Batch Sikkim Based IPS OFFICER Vineet Vinayak Has Been Appointed As The ADG Of The Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB).

* 1986 Gujarat Cadre Retired IAS OFFICER Dr I P Gautam Has Been Appointed As The New Chairman Of The Sabarmati Riverfront Development Corporation For Two Years.

* 1992 Batch IPS OFFICER Harish Kumar Gupta Has Been Appointed As The New DGP Of Andhra Pradesh.

* 2008 Batch Odisha's Cadre IPS R Prakash Has Been Appointed As The DIG In Central Board Of Indirect Taxes & Customs (CBIC).

INTERNATIONAL COURT OF JUSTICE ( ICJ) -

* Pro Israel Judge Sebutinde Set To Appointed As The New President Of The International Court Of Justice (ICJ).

AMBASADOR -

* 1997 BATCH IFS Officer Srinivas Gotru, Has Been Appointed As The Next Ambassador Of India To ASEAN.

* Jayant N Khobragade Has Been Appointed As The India's Ambassador To Poland.

* G Venkata Srinivas Has Been Appointed As The Indian Ambassador To Oman.

* Jitender Pal Singh Has Been Appointed As The India's Ambassador To The Israel.

* Namrata S Kumar Has Been Appointed As The India's Ambassador To the Republic Of Latvia.

BRAND AMBASSADOR -

* Former Indian All-rounder Yuvraj Singh Has Been Appointed As The Brand Ambassador For Tennis Ball Cricket Premier League.

* Chinese Tennis Star Zheng Qinwen Has Been Appointed As The Brand Ambassador Of DIOR Brand.

* Badminton Star PV Sindhu Has Been Appointed As The Brand Ambassador Of PUMA In A Multi Year Partnerships.

* Actor Ayushman Khurana Has Been Appointed As The New Brand Ambassador Of FICCI.

* Actress Monisa Koirala Has Been Appointed As The Goodwill Ambassador Of The HPV Vaccination Campaign In Nepal

INTERNATIONAL=

* Indian - American Suhas Subramanyam Sworn Into The 119th US Congress As The First Indian American And South Asian To Represent Virginia's 10th Congressional District.