Sunday, 19 January 2025

WEEKLY CURRENT AFFAIRS 13TH TO 19TH JANUARY 2025

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


2) Mr Devajita Saikia Has Been Appointed As The New Secretary Of BCCI.

* Prabhtej Singh Bhatia Appointed As The Treasurer Of BCCI. 

3) Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sharma Has Released The Book XAAT BIHU By Author -  Journalist Mantu Saikia 


4) Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami Has Inaugurated The International Overseas Uttarakhandi Conference In Deheradun.

5) Gujarat Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel Has Attend At The 28th All India Golf Tournament 2025 At Ahmedabad.

6) Union Minister Ashwini Vaishnav Has Inaugurated The FTII's State Of Art Theatre.

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


8) Professor Ashish Dutta (IIT KANPUR) Has Developed a Brain Computer Interface (BCI) Based Robotic  Hand Exoskeleton To Accelerate Recovery Of Stroke Patients.


9) Prime Minister Narendra Modi Unveiled The Book - YUVA SHAKTI's @2047 

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



11) Kolkata Has Been Declared India's Most Congested City Of 2024.

12) Union Minister Dr Jitendra Singh Has Inaugurated The THE ART OF INDIA 2025 

13) Major General Ramesh Shanmugam Takes Charge As The Additional Director General of NCC Of Kerala And Lakshadweep.


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

2) China Recorded $ 992 Billion Trade Surplus In 2024.

3) Union Minister Ashwini Vaishanav Has Inaugurated A War Room At Rail Bhavan To Monitor 9 Prayag Raj Region 

4) Prime Minister Narendra Modi Inaugurated The 6.5 km Z Morh Tunnel In Jammu And Kashmir Sonmarg. (2700 Crores Invested) 


5) Astronomers At IIA Bengaluru Discovered A New Ultra Diffuse Galaxy Forming At The Tip Of The Galaxy With The longest Tidal Tail (1.27 m Light Years) NGC 3785 In Leo Constellation.


6) Assam Has Been Ranked 4th On The New York Times List Of 52 Places To Visit 2025.

7) President Of Singapore Tharman Shanmugaratnam Will Pay State Visit To India.

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


9) MoU Signed Between The National Health Authority Government Of India And Department Of Health And Family Welfares Government Of Odisha, For Ayushman Bharat Scheme In The State In Convergence With The Gopabandhu  JAN AROGYA YOJANA.


10) Tamilnadu Chief Minister M k Stallin Has Announced Pongal Medal For 3186 Personnel On The Occasion Of Pongal Day.

11) Gujarat Chief Minister Bhupendra Yadav Has Launched The KARUNA ABHIYAN 2025 for Wild Care Center.

12) Barcelona Clinched The Spanish Super Cup 2025 By Beating Real Madrid 5-2 For The 15th Time in History.


13) President Droupadi Murmu Virtually Inaugurated The COW INDUCTION GIFT MILK AND Market Support For Odisha State Co-operative Milk Producer Federation Initiative Of The National Dairy Development 

12) External Affairs Minister Dr S Jaishankar Has Attend At The 9th SPAIN MFA 

13) NASHIK BASED Startup BORSE AUTOMATIVE Has Unveiled Its NX 360 CARGO ASSISTS UGV (500KG) Payload For Warehouse And Form Application.


14) India And Saudi Arabia Has Signed HAJ AGREEMENT 2025 


15) Assamese Singer Rajib Saidia Passed Away.



16) Croatia President Zoran Milanovic Re-elected As The President Of Country.


17) Thailand To Host The 5th ASEAN DIGITAL MINISTER'S Meeting ( ADGMIN) To Combat Online Threats. ( On 13-17th January 2025) 

18) Manipur Celebrated The GAAN NGAI Festival.

19) Japan Agreed To Give Patrol Boats To Indonesia For Maritime Security.

20) India Sent 1000 MT Of Sorghum To Lesotho.

21) DRDO And Indian Army Have Successfully Field Evaluation Trials Of Indigenously Developed NAG MK 2 ( The 3td Generation ANTI TANK FIRE AND FORGET GUIDED MISSILE At Pokharan Range.



22) Assam Celebrated The MAGH BIHU Festival.

23) Odisha Government Has Approved Pension For People Detained In Jails During The 1971 Emergency.

24) KEEL FOR THE TRAINING SHIP Of INDIAN Coast Guard Laid By Mazagon Dock Shipyard Limited 


1) Prime Minister Narendra Modi Launched The MISSION MAUSAM Scheme On The Occasion of Completion Of 150 Years By Indian Meteorological Department.

* PM Narendra Modi Unveiled The Commemorative Coin on The Occasion Of 150 Years of IMD. 


* Also Launched The Postage Stamp 


2) LARSEN AND TURBO (L&T) Launched The 2nd Multi Purpose Vessel  INS UTKARSH For Indian Navy.


3) Union Minister Piyush Goyal Has Inaugurated The National Turmeric Board In New Delhi.

4) World's Top Four Competitive Economy Nation 2024 

* Singapore 

* Switzerland 

* Denmark 

* Ireland 

5) Jasprit Bumrah Has Been Won The ICC Men's Player Of The Months For December 2024

& Annabel Sutherland Has Won Women's Cricketer Of The Month Of December 2024.

6) Start Up Policy Forums Launched The STARTUP BAITHAK And START UP BAATCHEET.

7) Union Defense Minister Rajnath Singh Inaugurated The AKHNOOR HERITAGE MUSEUM.


8) Odisha CM Mohan Charan Majhi Has Announced To Established A Mega Steel Plant At Keonjhar District.

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


INDIAN ARMED FORCES DAY - 15TH JANUARY 

Theme 2025 - SAMARTH BHARAT, SAKSHAM SENA 

National Technology Day - 16th January 

Theme 2025 - 

1) Bengaluru Based Startup ARCTUS Aerospace Conducted Flight Test Of It's Fixed Wing Drone.


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

3) Prime Minister Narendra Modi Has Flagged Off 3 Frontline Naval Combatants To Nation At Mumbai.

* INS SURAT - The Powerful P15B Guided Missile Destroyer 

* INS NILAGIRI - India's First P17A Stealth Frigate 

* INS VAGSHEER - The Final Submarine Of P75 Sorpene Project.


4) South Korean President Yoon Has Been Arrested Over Martial Law Attempt.

5) The 10th Edition Of Tamilnadu International Balloon Festival (TNIBF) Kicked Off At Coimbatore.

6) The Theme For The 2025 3rd Edition Of Kashi Tamil Sangamam. - RISHI AGASTHYA.

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

8) Jamaica's Jerry Lee Holness Appointed As The India's New Woman Coach (400m)


9) Bengaluru Based Space Startup Pixxel Has Launched 3 Hyperspectral Satellites (India's First Private Satellite) 


10) Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan Has Launched Registration Portal For Kashi Tamil Sangamam Phase 3.

11) India Registered 7% GDP Growth In FY 2024.

12) Andaman And Nicobar Commands (ANC) Conducted Successful Salvo Launch Of BRAHMOS Missile.


13) Prime Minister Narendra Modi Inaugurated The Shri Radha Madan Mohanji Temple At Iskon, Mumbai.


14) Novak Djokovic Has Played His 430th Grand Slam Match (379th Win)

15) Asian Waterbird Census Began In Coimbatore.

16) Singapore Has Conferred Honorary Citizen Award To Mr Tarun Das, Former Director General Of The Confederation Of Indian Industry (CII).


17) IIT BOMBAY Has Launched The e Post Graduate Degree In Emobility.

18) Economic Explosive Limited (EEL) Has Successfully Tested BHARGAVASTRA, An Indigenous Counter Drone System With Guided Micro Missile 

( This System Featuring Both Hard Kill And Soft Kill Capabilities) 

( Can Detect Large Drone At 10 km Distance)



19) Researchers From JNCASR Have Developed A Wearable Device That Can Detect Stress

( Using Silver Wire Network On Stretchable Material, )


20) The 36th Edition Of. HERO Dubai Desert Classic golf Club Championship Held At Dubai.

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

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

23) The Golden Jubilee Outdoor Stadium Track, Yupia Arunachal Pradesh Has Received The World Athletic Class 2 Athletic Facility Certificate.


24) India Ranked 4th In Overall Military Strength In Global Fire Power 2025 Index After US, RUSSIA AND CHINA 

* 14,55,450 active Military Personnel 

25) Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi Has Launched The Social Security Enhanced Allowanced Distribution Programs At Keonjhar, (3500 Provide Under Madhubabu Bhatta Yojana)

26) Veteran Kannada Actor Sarigama Viji Passes Away.



27) BITS PILLANI - Hyderabad Research Team Unveiled It's Non Invasive Diabetes Monitoring Device.



28) Union Minister For Commerce And Industry Piyush Goyal Has Inaugurated The National Turmeric Board At Nizamabad, 

HQ - NIZAMABAD)

( First CHAIRPERSON - Palle Ganga Reddy) 



29) Lebanese President Joseph Aoun Has Choose International Jurist Nawaf Salaam As Country's Prime Minister.



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

31) India And Srilanka Signed MoU For The Supply Of 80 Single Cabs To Police Station.

32) The Odisha State Government Has Decided To Implement The National Education Policy 2020.

33) Telengana Celebrated The KANUMA Festival, Festival Of Cattle 

34) Indian Navy Received The First Signal Intelligence Chip SHIP ZAGROS) 

( Its A New Military Vessel Equipped With Electronics Sensor)



35) Army Chief General Upendra Dwivedi Has Inaugurated The UPPER LIMB TRAINING LAB At Pune's Artificial Limb Center On The Occasion Of Veterans day.

36) UN RIGHTS Chief  arrives In Syria For The First Time.

37) Smriti Mandhana Became India's First Woman Cricketer To Registered Fastest One Day Cricket Century Off Just 70 Balls Against Ireland Woman 


1) ISRO Has Created History By Successfully Docked Two Satellites In Space Through SpaDex Mission. 

( India' Became The 4th Nation To Completed) 

* USA (1966) 

* USSR (1967) 

* CHINA (2011) 

* INDIA (2025) 

2) Startup India Completed 9 Years.


3) Indian Army Team Has Completed The ACONCAGUA Peak In Argentina, The Highest Mountain In South America.


4) Ministry Of Defense Has Signed a Contract With Bharat Dynamics Limited (BDL) For The Supply Of The Medium Range Surface To Air Missiles (MRSAM) For INDIAN Navy At A Cost Of Rs 2960 Crores.


5) Union Cabinet Has Approved The Establishment Of Third Launch Pad At Satish Dhawan Space Center At ISRO Of Sriharikota, Andhra Pradesh At A Cost Of Rs 3985 Crores.


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

7) Union Cabinet Has Approved The 8th Pay Commission For Central Government Employees.

8) Union Home Minister Amit Shah Has Inaugurated The World Class Archaeological Experimental Museum. ( At Vadnagar)


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

10) China Has Unveiled The New Red Wings Striker Combat  Robot Dog 



11) Creator And Filmmaker Of Hollywood David Lynch Passed Away.


12) THE TAMIL: A Portraits Of A Community In Chennai Book Launched (Author -  NIRMALA LAKSHMAN)



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

14) Notable Artists Ramdas Kamath Shevgoor Passed Away. 



15) Microsoft Launched The Copilot Chatbot For Business Boost AI.

16) Bhubaneswar, Odisha To Host The 64th Central Geological Programming Board Meeting.

17) Union Minister For Commerce And Industry Piyush Goyal Has Launched PRABHAAV FACTBOOK Bharat Startup Challenge.

18) Padma Awardees Of Odisha' Will Get Honorarium 30k Per Month.

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


20) 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.

21) Union Minister Dr Jitendra Singh Has Released The Association Of Physicians Of India (API) Monograph On Pollution And Health.

22) President Droupadi Murmu And President Of Singapore Tharman Shanmugaratnam Unveiled A Joint Logo To Commemorate 60th Anniversary Of The Establishment Of Diplomatic Relations Between Two Countries.


23) Ram Sahay Verma, Former Chief Secretary Of Haryana Passed Away.

( An Administrator, a Scholar Of Veda, 


24) India Ranked 25th In The First QS World Future Skill Index 

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


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


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



1) Delhi Is The Fifth Busiest Airport In Asia According To OAG Report.

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

3) External Affairs Minister Dr S Jaishankar Along With US Ambassador To India Eric Garcetti And Karnataka Deputy CM DK Shiv Kumar Inaugurated The US Consulate In Bengaluru.

* Unveiled The Logo Of US Consulate 


4) Indian Army And State Bank of India Have Renewed The Existence MoU For Providing Banking Services.


5) Aparna Sen Has Been Honoured With The Satyajit Ray Lifetime Achievement Award 

6) BJP President J P Nadda Has Announced The MAHILA SAMRIDHHI YOJANA in Delhi

( Rs 2500 Credit To Woman's Account Number Through DBT)

7) Union Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia Has Launched The Sanchar Saathi Mobile Application 

* Unveiled The National Broadband Mission (NBM 2.0) 

* Inaugurated The Intra Circle Roaming At DBN Funded 4G Mobile Sites.


8) Astronomical Society Of India Announced The ASI AWARD For 2024.

9) IAS OFFICER Anurag Srivastava Has Been Selected For The Prime Minister's Award For Excellence In Public Administration  2023.

* IAS OFFICER Monika Rani Has Been Selected For The Prime Minister's Award For Excellence In Public Administration 2023.

10) 1993 Batch IPS OFFICER From Bihar Cadre Sunil Kumar Jha Has Been Appointed As The Director General Of CRPF.

11) 2011 Madhya Pradesh IAS Anugraha P Has Been Redesigned As The Director Of The Department Of Pharmaceutical.

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

13) Oscar Piastri Wins The Hungary F1


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


15) Prime Minister Narendra Modi Inaugurated The Bharat Mobility Global Expo 2025.

16) Center Approved The Revival Plan For Rashtriya Ispat Nigam Limited (RINL) At a Total Cost Of 11,440 Crores.

17) Kolkata Based Sisir Radar Has Developed The AIRSAR- ALPHA L World's Highest Resolution L Band SAR (Synthetic Aperture Radar) For Airborne Platform 


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

19) L & T Developing Light Weight Bullet Proof Material In Collaboration With Amruta University.



1) AN ARMY WIFE'S TALES Book Author - Ms Jyoti Barmola Mamgain 


2) Telengana Government Signed MoU With Singapore Institute Of Technical Education (ITE) To Enhanced The State's Skill Development Initiative.

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

India's 6.5 According To Forecast.


4) Eight MoU Signed Between Odisha State Government And Singapore 


5) Hokato Hotozhe Sema, Nagaland First Paralympic Medalist To Honour With Arjuna Award.


6) Bengaluru Based Dynamatic Technologies Developing An Indigenous Jet Powdered Loitering Munition.



7) The Jyoti Basu Research Center Was Inaugurated (Former Chief Minister Of West Bengal) 


8) In Honour To Great Tamil Poet Philosopher Thiruvallur, The Cultural Center In Jaffna Renamed As The THIRUVALLUR Cultural Center.



9) India And USA Have Signed MoU For Cooperation In Cybercrime Investigation.

10) Nigeria Officially Joins BRICS As Partner Country.

11) Karnataka Lift The Trophy Of Vijay Hazare After Beating Vidarbha.

12) Ankita Raina And Nailtha Bains Have Won The ITF Women's Double W50 New Delhi.


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

14) INS MUMBAI Set To Participate At 4th Edition Of Multinational Exercise 4th Edition Of Exercise LA PERAOUSE.

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

16) The National Internet Exchange Of India (NIXI) Has Launched The Internet Governance Internship And Capacity Building Scheme.

17) Mridangist TV Gopalkrishnan Has Honoured With The UK Srikantan Trust Award.



18) BHAGMATI: Why Hyderabad Lost Queen Is The Soul Of The City Book Author- Moupia Basu 



19) Purulia Observatory India's First Eastern Observatory Inaugurated In West Bengal.

( Named After Satyendra Nath Bose)



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