Shristi Goswami, a 19-yr-old Haridwar-based student, is set to become Chief Minister of Uttarakhand for 1 day on National Girl Child Day, which falls on January 24.
She will administer from Gairsain, the summer capital of state, reviewing various schemes
Chief Minister Trivendra Singh Rawat
Governor: Baby Rani Maurya
Union Home Minister Amit Shah today launched the Ayushman CAPF health scheme in Guwahati for about 28 lakh personnel of Central Armed Police Forces and their families in all the states where Ayushman Bharat- Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana is operational
Assam Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal, MoS Home Nityananda Rai
19th meeting of the Joint Steering Committee (JSC) on India- Bangladesh cooperation in the energy sector was held in Dhaka. The meeting also discussed the status of 1320 MW Maitree Super Thermal Power Project, Rampal
Bangladesh Capital: Dhaka
Currency: Bangladeshi
Sustainable Environment and Ecological Development Society and Dr. Rajendra Kumar Bhandari have been selected for the Subhash Chandra Bose Aapda Prabandhan Puraskar for their excellent work in Disaster Management. Union Home Ministry announced the award.
The award carries a cash prize of 51 lakh rupees
The government has launched the app for all Budget 2021-related documents that will be made available after the Finance Minister's speech on February 1, to provide easy & hassle-free access to all Budget 2021-related information, documents
Article 112 prescribes for Annual Financial Statement
Union Home Minister Amit Shah chaired the 69th plenary meeting of the North Eastern Council in Shillong, Meghalaya.
The meeting is to be held over 2-days period.
NEC is the nodal agency for the economic and social development of the North Eastern Region
Meghalaya Chief Minister: Conrad K Sangma
United Nations General Assembly proclaimed 24 January as International Day of Education, in celebration of the role of education for peace & development. Sustainable Development Goal 4, aims to ensure inclusive and equitable quality education by 2030
Theme: Recover & Revitalize Education for COVID-19 Generation
The iconic talk show host Larry King, the most recognizable figures on US television as he quizzed everyone who was anyone over a career spanning 60 years, died at the age of 87. Best known for a 25-year run as a talk show host on CNN Larry King Live
The company he co-founded was named Ora Media
Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Thursday inaugurated the famous Toshali National Crafts Mela 2021. Patnaik inaugurated the 15th edition of the mela, which is the biggest fair in the Eastern Indian, through video conferencing.
Odisha Governor: Ganeshi Lal
Nikhil Srivastava, a young Indian mathematician, has been named winner of the prestigious 2021 Michael and Sheila Held Prize along with two others for solving long-standing questions on the Kadison-Singer problem and on Ramanujan graphs.
Prize was established in 2017
In Chhattisgarh, GPS and panic buttons will be installed in all public passenger vehicles for the safety of women passengers. Transport Minister Mohammad Akbar said that a tracking device and command center will be set up to monitor the vehicles
Central Govt released about Rs 4 cr from Nirbhaya fund for this
Gross enrolment ratio of girls in schools at secondary level has improved from 77.45 (2014-15) to 81.32 (2018-19) as per UDISE-data.
Percentage of schools with functional separate toilets for girls has shown improvement to be at 95.1% in 2018-19
Beti Bachao, Beti Padhao Yojana launched in 2015 by WCD Ministry
DRDO conducted a successful trial of the indigenously developed Smart Anti-Airfield Weapon (SAAW) off the Odisha coast from the Hawk-I jet of Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL). This was 9th successful test of the system conducted over the span of 5 years
it is a 125-kilogram class smart weapon with range upto 100 kms
Popular bhajan singer Narendra Chanchal passed away in New Delhi. He was 80. Chanchal was known for his religious songs and bhajans like "Chalo Bulava Aaya Hai" from Avtaar and "Beshak Mandir Masjid Todo" from Bobby.
Union MoS for Culture and Tourism (I/C): Prahlad Singh Patel
ITBP won the 10th national ice hockey championship held in Jammu and Kashmir's tourist town of Gulmarg. The team of the border-guarding force defeated Ladakh 5-1 at the Gulmarg ice rink located at a height of 8,694 feet.
championship was organised by Ice Hockey Association of India