Latest Current Affairs 24th January 2019 25 January 2019

Defence Minister of Maldives given guard of honour in New Delhi: Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Thursday welcomed the visiting Defence Minister of Maldives, Mariya Ahmed Didi in New Delhi. The visiting Defense minister was given a guard of honour.

Baramullah declared terrorists free district in Kashmir valley: The war on terror in Jammu and Kashmir continues to demolish the demons of terror. Security forces achieved one of the biggest successes when Baramulla was declared as “completely terrorist-free in entire Valley with no surviving militant in Kashmir valley. This follows the killing of three last surviving militants of the district in Binner village on Wednesday.

BJP slams Congress on loan waiver: The Bharatiya Janata Party on Thursday hit back at Congress for its loan waiver scheme announced in Congress-ruled state.

Mauritian PM Pravind Kumar Jugnauth visits Kumbh Mela: Mauritius Prime Minister Pravind Jugnauth and guests of 15th Pravasi Bharatiya Divas visited Prayagraj Kumbh on Thursday.

Justice Sikri recuses himself from interim CBI director case: Supreme Court judge Justice A K Sikri has recused himself from hearing a plea challenging the Centre’s decision to appoint M Nageswara Rao as interim CBI director.

EC rules out return to ballot paper: With an upsurge in the demand for using ballot boxes in elections, Chief Election Commissioner has blatantly refuted the need of it stating that the EVM System is fool-proof and can be trusted totally.

PM Modi meets winners of PM Rashtriya Bal Puraskar: The Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday met and interacted with the winners of the Pradhan Mantri Rashtriya Bal Puraskar 2019.

PM Modi says creating people-friendly system is one of the main pillars of his govt: PM Narendra Modi has said, creating people-friendly systems and mechanisms in the country is one of the main pillars of his government. PM Modi was interacting with BJP booth-level workers from Baramati, Gadchiroli, Hingoli, Nanded and Nandurbar Parliamentary constituencies through video conferencing last evening.

NIA conducts searches in FIF terror funding case: The National Investigation Agency (NIA) has conducted searches at eight locations across the country in connection with Falah-i-Insaniyat Foundation (FIF) terror funding case.

Mauritius Prime Minister and Guests of 15th Pravasi Bharatiya Divas to visit Prayagraj Kumbh: Mauritius Prime Minister Pravind Jugnauth and guests of 15th Pravasi Bharatiya Divas will be visiting Prayagraj Kumbh. Mauritius Prime Minister will return to New Delhi after visiting Sangam and Hanuman temple and Kumbh’s newly developed Integrated command, control Centre.

Ministry of Women and Child Development to Celebrate National Girl Child Day: Women and Child Development Ministry to celebrate National Girl Child Day 2019 at Pravasi Bharti Kendra, Chankyapuri, New Delhi. The programme will also observe anniversary of Beti Bachao Beti Padhao (BBBP) Scheme.

Railways to recruit 2.30 lakh employees in 2 years: Railways will initiate measures to recruit two lakh 30 thousand more employees in the next two years. The vacancies are proposed to be filled in two phases.

J&K: 3 militants killed in Binner village in Baramulla district: In Jammu & Kashmir, three militants were killed in a fierce encounter with joint team of security forces in Binner village of North Kashmir’s Baramulla district.

Memorial ceremony on UN Holocaust Remembrance Day held in Kathmandu: In Nepal, a memorial ceremony on the occasion of UN Holocaust Remembrance Day was held in Kathmandu on Thursday evening. A large number of people including diplomats from various countries paid tribute to the victims of Holocaust. This year theme is “Holocaust Remembrance: Demand and Defend Your Human Rights”.

Venezuela announces breaking off diplomatic ties with US: Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro has announced that he is breaking off diplomatic ties with the United States after his American counterpart Donald Trump recognised Opposition leader Juan Guaido as the South American country’s interim President.

ICICI Bank-Videocon loan case: CBI books Chanda Kochhar, Venugopal Dhoot: The CBI has booked former ICICI Bank CEO and MD Chanda Kochhar, her husband Deepak Kochhar and Videocon group MD Venugopal Dhoot in connection with alleged cheating and irregularities in loans sanctioned by the bank to the group in 2012.

PV Sindhu, Kidambi Srikanth & Saina enter pre-quarters of Indonesian Masters: In Badminton, PV Sindhu, Kidambi Srikanth, and Saina Nehwal are among the five Indian shuttlers who have entered the pre-quarterfinals of the Indonesian Masters at Jakarta.

PSLV-C44 to launch Kalamsat, Microsat satellite: The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) will launch a students’ satellite Kalamsat and an imaging satellite Microsat-R from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota. The national space agency’s workhorse rocket, PSLV C44, carrying the satellites, is scheduled for liftoff at 11:27 pm. The countdown for the launch began at 7:37 last evening and is progressing smoothly.

Sriharikota: Countdown for 46th flight of ISRO’s PSLV C-44 begins: The countdown for the 46th flight of ISRO’s Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle PSLV C-44 began at the Satish Dhawan Space Centre at Sriharikota in Andhra Pradesh.