Current Affairs — 02 January 2025

🏆 Sports Awards 📍 India Must know

National Sports Awards 2024: Gukesh D, Harmanpreet Singh, Praveen Kumar aur Manu Bhaker ko Khel Ratna

Sports Ministry ne 32 Arjuna Award winners ke naam bhi announce kiye; President 17 January 2025 ko awards dengi.

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👤 Appointments & Resignations 📍 Bihar Important

Arif Mohammed Khan ne Bihar ke 42nd Governor ke roop mein shapath li

Patna High Court Chief Justice K. Vinod Chandran ne Raj Bhavan, Patna mein shapath dilayi.

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🏆 Sports Awards 📍 India Important

National Sports Awards 2024: Dronacharya, Arjuna (Lifetime) aur MAKA Trophy winners ke naam

Chandigarh University ne MAKA Trophy jeeti; selection committee ke head Justice (Retd.) V. Ramasubramanian the.

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💹 GDP, Inflation & Economic Data 📍 India Important

NSO ne January 2025 se district-level sample design ke saath NSS 80th Round, PLFS aur ASUSE shuru kiye

District-level estimates ke liye ab sample selection mein district basic stratum hai.

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👤 Appointments & Resignations 📍 Kerala Important

Rajendra Vishwanath Arlekar ne Kerala ke Governor ke roop mein shapath li

Kerala High Court Chief Justice Nitin Jamdar ne Raj Bhavan, Thiruvananthapuram mein shapath dilayi.

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💹 GDP, Inflation & Economic Data 📍 India Important

WPI base year 2011-12 se 2022-23 karne ke liye Working Group bana

NITI Aayog Member Ramesh Chand ki adhyakshta wala 18-member group WPI se Producer Price Index par shift ka roadmap bhi dega.

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🔬 Research & Discoveries 📍 Punjab

INST Mohali ke scientists ne dikhaya ki nano-melatonin Parkinson's disease ke ilaj mein madad kar sakta hai

Human serum albumin nanocarrier se 'darkness hormone' ka sustained release aur brain tak behtar delivery hui.

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🔬 IT, AI & Digital 📍 Uttar Pradesh

DoT ne Prayagraj mein Maha Kumbh 2025 ke liye telecom network majboot kiya

900 se zyada naye base stations, 78 transportable towers, 150 small cells aur 53 help desks lagaye gaye hain.

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🚄 Energy & Power 📍 India

Captive aur commercial coal mines ne December 2024 mein 18.40 MT ka ab tak ka sabse zyada monthly output kiya

April–December 2024 mein in mines ka production 34.20% badhkar 131.05 MT raha.

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🌐 Bilateral Relations 📍 Oceania

India ne earthquake-hit Vanuatu ko USD 500,000 relief assistance announce ki

Yeh madad 17 December 2024 ko Vanuatu ke coast ke paas aaye magnitude 7.4 earthquake ke baad di gayi.

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🌐 Bilateral Relations 📍 Bangladesh

India aur Bangladesh fishermen ki mutual release par sahmat: 95 Indian, 90 Bangladeshi

Bangladesh ne 95 Indian fishermen ko 5 January 2025 ko samudra mein Indian Coast Guard ko saunpne ke liye apne Coast Guard ko saunpa.

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