India’s first e-waste clinic is being opened in Bhopal. It will enable segregation, processing and disposal of waste from both household and commercial units. It is jointly setting up by the Central Pollution Control Board and Bhopal Municipal Corporation.
Clinic is being started based on a 3-month pilot project.
ECI will host 10th Annual Meeting of the Forum of Election Management Bodies of South Asia. ECI will take over the Chair of the forum for the year 2020. International Conference on the theme ‘Strengthening Institutional Capacity’ is also being organized.
The forum was established at New Delhi in 2012.
North Korea will attend Munich Security Conference for the first time in the 56-year history of the conference. Founded in 1963, the Munich Security Conference hosts many high-ranking officials and world leaders each year to discuss security challenges.
2020 edition will be held from February 14 to 16.
ISRO is to send a half-humanoid robot called ‘Vyom Mitra’ as an experimental mission to Gaganyaan. Vyom Mitra means a friend in Sky. 2 unmanned missions will be sent up & recovered before it. 1st mission will be in December & the 2nd will be by June 2021.
The aim is to conduct a manned mission before August 2022.
India has successfully achieved the complete phase out of Hydrochlorofluorocarbon (HCFC)-141 b, which is a chemical used by foam manufacturing enterprises as a blowing agent & is one of the most potent ozone depleting chemicals after Chlorofluorocarbons.
Issuance of import license was prohibited from 1 January 2020.
The Election Commission of India (ECI) organized the 1st Sukumar Sen Memorial Lecture on 23 January. The lecture was organized as a tribute to the 1st Chief Election Commissioner of India. The memorial lecture was hosted to mark the 70th year of inception.
Pranab Mukherjee delivered the inaugural lecture.
Disaster Mitigation & Management Centre Uttarakhand & Kumar Munnan Singh received the Subhash Chandra Bose Aapda Prabandhan Puraskar 2020, awarded in institution & individual categories respectively on the birth anniversary of Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose.
It is announced every year on 23rd January.
The national conclave on Emerging Opportunities in the natural gas sector was held on 23 January. The present share of gas in the energy basket of the country is 6.2% and the target is to take it to 15% by 2030. Gujarat has a 26% share of gas-based energy.
Dharmendra Pradhan presided the conclave.
The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs approved shutting down the operations of the plant and unit of Hindustan Fluorocarbons Limited & closure of the company. HFL is a Central Public Sector Enterprise under Department of Chemicals & Petrochemicals.
HFL has only one plant located at Rudraram, District Sangareddy.
The UN General Assembly proclaimed 24 January as International Day of Education, in celebration of the role of education for peace and development. Today, 258 million children & youth still do not attend school. Their right to education is being violated.
2020 theme: Learning for people, planet, prosperity and peace.
To spread awareness in the society about the inequality face by girls as compared to boys, the Government of India celebrates National Girl Child Day on Jan 24. The Girl Child Day was first marked in 2008 by the joint efforts of the Government of India.
11 October- International Day of the Girl Child.
Former IAS officer Nirmaljeet Singh Kalsi has been appointed as the first chairperson of Punjab's police complaints authority (PCA). Kalsi. His appointment would be governed by the Punjab Police Amendment Act, 2014.
PCA is under Ministry of Home Affairs.