CURRENT AFFAIRS (1st Jan- 31st Jan)

• Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated the 27th youth festival in

Nashik.

• Tanmay Agarwal has become the batsman to score the fastest triple
century in first class cricket

• Justice Prasanna B Varale has recently taken oath as the new judge of the
Supreme Court.

• Nina Singh is the first woman officer to be appointed as Director General

of the Central Industrial Security Force (CISF).

• Arvind Panagariya has been recently appointed as the Chairman of the

Sixteenth Finance Commission.

• India's Divyansh Singh Panwar won the gold medal in the men's 10m air
rifle shooting event at the ISSF World Cup 2024 in Cairo.

• Maharishi Valmiki Airport is the name of the international airport in

Ayodhya dham.

• Tata has signed an agreement to set up India's first private helicopter

assembly line with Airbus

• Vrindavan is the location of India's first Girls’ Military School.

• Jammu and Kashmir has become the first Union Territory to implement
PM Vishwakarma Yojana.

• Punjab state government has recently started 'Road Safety Force' .

• Shirshendhu Mukyopadhyaya, who recently won the 2023 Kuvempu

Rashtriya Puraskar is a prolific writer of Bengali language.

• Pench Tiger Reserve has been named India’s first ‘International Dark Sky
Park’.
• Arina Sabalenka won the Australian Open 2024 women's singles title

• Rohan Bopanna (India) and Matthew Ebden (Australia) pair won the
men's doubles title of Australian Open 2024.

• Assam state in India has launched ‘Lakhpati Baideos’ scheme recently.

• Ministry of Housing and urban affairs is responsible for the PM-eBus

Sewa scheme.

• Rebuilding trust is the theme of the World Economic Forum (WEF), 2024.

• Asia’s largest civil aviation event, Wings India 2024, being held in
Hyderabad..

• Odisha state is set to launch the world’s first Melanistic Tiger Safari.

• French President Emmanuel Macron was the chief guest of Republic Day
2024 celebrations.

• Zombie virus, recently seen in the news, is related to ancient viruses are
frozen in the Arctic permafrost.

• Men's Singles title of Australian Open 2024 won by Janik Sinner.

• Deepti Sharma, female cricketer has been appointed by the Uttar Pradesh
government to the post of DSP in UP Police.

• Indian Army is organizing joint military exercise 'SADA TANSEEQ'

with Saudi Arabia.

• President Draupadi Murmu has nominated Satnam Singh Sandhu for the
Rajya Sabha, the upper house of the Parliament.

• AYUSH Minister Sarbananda Sonowal and Assam Chief Minister

Himanta Biswa Sarma laid the foundation of the first Yoga and
Naturopathy hospital in the Northeast.