- golden globe awards 2023 winners announced
- the 80th golden globe awards were held in Los Angeles on Jan 11,2023
- best picture (drama) -the fabelmans
- best actor (motion picture-drama) Austin butler for Elvis
- best actress (motion picture-drama) Cate Blanchett for tar
- best director (motion picture)-steven Spielberg for the fabelmans
- best picture (non-English language0-Argentina......Read more
2. death anniversary of all bahadur Shastri observed on Jan 11
- on 11 January 1966, India's second prime minister Lal Bahadur Shastri died in Tashkent USSR (now Uzbekistan) a day after signing Tashkent's declaration with Pakistan to end the 1965 indo-Pakistan war
- Shastri was the second prime minister of India
- he gave the slogan jai jawan jai kisan during the indo-pak of 1965 .
- he was awarded the Bharat Ratna posthumously in 1966...Read more
3. 2022 was 5th warmest year for the planet since records began
- Report by Europe's Copernicus climate change service had said that 2022 was the fifth warmest year for the planet since records began
- the report shows that the last 8 years have been the warmest on record
- the annual average temperature reached 1,2 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels......Read more
4. ministry of Road to observe road safety week from Jan 11,2023
- ministry of road transport and highways will observe road safety week across the country from Jan 11,2023
- the aim of the programme is to propagate the cause of safer roads for all under the Swachhata Pakhwada.
- during the week awareness campaigns related to the causes of road accidents and measures to prevent them Nukkad Nataks and sensitization campaigns will be conducted.....Read more
5. national human trafficking awareness day observed on January 11
- this day aims is to raise awareness about the plight of human trafficking victims as well as to promote and protect their rights,
- every year it is estimated that 225000 people worldwide become victims of human trafficking
- 11 January was chosen as the date because the trafficking victims protection act of 2000 the first federal law in united states to address modern-day slavery passed...Read more
6. central government extends term of RBI deputy governor Patra
- the government has re-appointed Michael Patra as deputy governor of the reserve bank of India for an additional period of one year with effect from January 15,2023
- the appointments committee was headed by prime minister Narendra Modi
- prior to being elevated to this position, Patra was an executive director with the RBI
- Patra is also a member of the monetary policy committee......Read more
- Anurag Kumar was appointed the chairman and managing director of electronics corporation of India limited (ECIL) on 9 Jan 2023
- Kumar was ECIL's executive director before this appointment
- ECIL's director (personnel) Samir Mukherjee was holding additional charge of ECIL's CMD post before this appointment......Read more
8. BharatPe gets nod for repayment aggregator
9. 83rd all India presiding officers conference begins in Jaipur - fintech unicorn BharatPe has received in-principle approval from the reserve bank of India to operate as a payment aggregator (PA)
- PA are entities that facilitate e-commerce sites and merchants to accept various payment instruments from customers
- they do not require merchants to create a separate payment integration system of their own...
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- the 83rd all India presiding officers conference is being held in Jaipur on 11-12 Jan 2023
- vice president Jagdeep Dhankhar inaugurated the conference
- Lok sabha speaker om Birla is presiding over the conference.....
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10. UK governor gives nod to 30% reservation in government job for women
- Uttarakhand governor Gurmeet Singh has approved Uttarakhand public services (horizontal reservation for women) bill 2022,
- it provides for 20% horizontal reservation for direct recruitment in public services and posts in vacancies to be recruited until July 24,2006
- after that 30% horizontal reservation will be given in favour of the women candidates permanently in Uttarakhand.........
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