1)Playing of national anthem in cinema halls made optional:- The Supreme Court on Tuesday modified its November 30, 2016, interim order and made it optional for cinema halls to play the 52second national anthem before every show.
2)PM congratulates Aanchal Thakur on winning India’s first international medal in skiing at FIS International Skiing Competition in Turkey.
3)In a first, collegium picks woman lawyer as SC judge:- In a historic decision, the Supreme Court collegium, led by Chief Justice of India Dipak Misra, unanimously recommended the name of senior advocate Indu Malhotra for appointment as a judge of the Supreme Court.
This is the first time a woman lawyer has been recommended for direct elevation from the Bar.
4)Haryana becomes first state to launch High Risk Pregnancy portal.
5)No viable alternative to hanging, Centre tells court:-
6)National Youth Festival is being celebrated on 12th January, that is, on the occasion of birth anniversary of Swami Vivekananda, the youth icon of India.
The Festival is organised by Ministry of Youth Affairs & Sports.
The Theme of the Festival is ‘Sankalp Se Siddhi’, to capitalize on the demographic dividend of young India, to capture the vibrancy and fresh perspective of youth and to pledge to accomplish the Goal of New India.
This is the 22nd National Youth Festival.
The 1st National Youth Festival was held in 1995 in Bhopal.
This is the first time that the National Youth Festival is being organized in NCR.
7)FDI policy further liberalized in key sectors:-
8)UIDAI introduces 2-tier security to shield Aadhaar data:-
New security process: The UIDAI has introduced the concept of a virtual ID which an Aadhaar holder can use in lieu of his/her Aadhaar number at the time of authentication, besides sharing of ‘limited KYC’ with certain agencies.
About the Virtual ID : A Virtual ID (VID) will be a temporary 16-digit random number mapped with the Aadhaar number.
There can only be one active and valid VID for an Aadhaar number at any given time and it will not be possible to derive the Aadhaar number from VID.
Only the Aadhaar holder will be able to generate a VID and no other entity, including authentication user agencies (AUAs), can do it on their behalf.
Criticism: Its Already too late because most of the agencies have allready got the data relevant or irrelevant.
9)Matunga Railway Station in Mumbai Division of Central Railway has entered Limca Book of Records 2018 for posting all women staff on the station.
10)4th International Dharma-Dhamma Conference on “State and Social Order in Dharma-Dhamma Traditions” was recently inaugurated at Rajgir in Nalanda district.
The event is being organised as part of the commemorative events to celebrate the Silver Jubilee year of ASEAN-India Dialogue Partnership.
Nalanda University, in collaboration with the Centre for Study of Religion and Society, India Foundation, Ministry of External Affairs and the Vietnam Buddhist University, is organising the conference.
11)SFOORTI Application:- To help plan the traffic flows and optimize freight operations, Ministry of Railways have launched Smart Freight Operation Optimisation & Real Time Information (SFOORTI) App for Freight Managers which provides features for monitoring and managing freight business using Geographic Information System (GIS) Views and Dashboard.
12)ISRO Launches Its 100th Satellite:- The PSLV-C40 placed 31 satellites, originating from seven countries. This is the 42nd flight of the PSLV.
The Cartosat-2 satellite, the third in the series, was deployed to relay high resolution scene specific spot imageries.
13)BeiDou:- The BeiDou Navigation Satellite System is a Chinese satellite navigation system.
14)SPARCS:- NASA Scientists are planning to launch a small telescope into the Earth’s orbit that will monitor the flares and sunspots of small stars to assess how habitable the environment is for planets orbiting them.
This launch will be in 2021.
Along with this James Webb Space Telescope was also in News:- The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) is the largest space telescope ever built. It is an international collaboration between of about 17 countries including NASA, European Space Agency (ESA) and the Canadian Space Agency (CSA). When it is launched in 2019, it will be the world’s biggest and most powerful telescope.
2)PM congratulates Aanchal Thakur on winning India’s first international medal in skiing at FIS International Skiing Competition in Turkey.
3)In a first, collegium picks woman lawyer as SC judge:- In a historic decision, the Supreme Court collegium, led by Chief Justice of India Dipak Misra, unanimously recommended the name of senior advocate Indu Malhotra for appointment as a judge of the Supreme Court.
This is the first time a woman lawyer has been recommended for direct elevation from the Bar.
4)Haryana becomes first state to launch High Risk Pregnancy portal.
5)No viable alternative to hanging, Centre tells court:-
6)National Youth Festival is being celebrated on 12th January, that is, on the occasion of birth anniversary of Swami Vivekananda, the youth icon of India.
The Festival is organised by Ministry of Youth Affairs & Sports.
The Theme of the Festival is ‘Sankalp Se Siddhi’, to capitalize on the demographic dividend of young India, to capture the vibrancy and fresh perspective of youth and to pledge to accomplish the Goal of New India.
This is the 22nd National Youth Festival.
The 1st National Youth Festival was held in 1995 in Bhopal.
This is the first time that the National Youth Festival is being organized in NCR.
7)FDI policy further liberalized in key sectors:-
- 100% FDI under automatic route for Single Brand Retail Trading.
- 100% FDI under automatic route in Construction Development.
- Foreign airlines allowed to invest up to 49% under approval route in Air India.
- FIIs/FPIs allowed to invest in Power Exchanges through primary market.
- Definition of ‘medical devices’ amended in the FDI Policy.
8)UIDAI introduces 2-tier security to shield Aadhaar data:-
New security process: The UIDAI has introduced the concept of a virtual ID which an Aadhaar holder can use in lieu of his/her Aadhaar number at the time of authentication, besides sharing of ‘limited KYC’ with certain agencies.
About the Virtual ID : A Virtual ID (VID) will be a temporary 16-digit random number mapped with the Aadhaar number.
There can only be one active and valid VID for an Aadhaar number at any given time and it will not be possible to derive the Aadhaar number from VID.
Only the Aadhaar holder will be able to generate a VID and no other entity, including authentication user agencies (AUAs), can do it on their behalf.
Criticism: Its Already too late because most of the agencies have allready got the data relevant or irrelevant.
9)Matunga Railway Station in Mumbai Division of Central Railway has entered Limca Book of Records 2018 for posting all women staff on the station.
10)4th International Dharma-Dhamma Conference on “State and Social Order in Dharma-Dhamma Traditions” was recently inaugurated at Rajgir in Nalanda district.
The event is being organised as part of the commemorative events to celebrate the Silver Jubilee year of ASEAN-India Dialogue Partnership.
Nalanda University, in collaboration with the Centre for Study of Religion and Society, India Foundation, Ministry of External Affairs and the Vietnam Buddhist University, is organising the conference.
11)SFOORTI Application:- To help plan the traffic flows and optimize freight operations, Ministry of Railways have launched Smart Freight Operation Optimisation & Real Time Information (SFOORTI) App for Freight Managers which provides features for monitoring and managing freight business using Geographic Information System (GIS) Views and Dashboard.
12)ISRO Launches Its 100th Satellite:- The PSLV-C40 placed 31 satellites, originating from seven countries. This is the 42nd flight of the PSLV.
The Cartosat-2 satellite, the third in the series, was deployed to relay high resolution scene specific spot imageries.
13)BeiDou:- The BeiDou Navigation Satellite System is a Chinese satellite navigation system.
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14)SPARCS:- NASA Scientists are planning to launch a small telescope into the Earth’s orbit that will monitor the flares and sunspots of small stars to assess how habitable the environment is for planets orbiting them.
This launch will be in 2021.
Along with this James Webb Space Telescope was also in News:- The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) is the largest space telescope ever built. It is an international collaboration between of about 17 countries including NASA, European Space Agency (ESA) and the Canadian Space Agency (CSA). When it is launched in 2019, it will be the world’s biggest and most powerful telescope.
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