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Top News: 31st January
- India Energy Week 2024 to kick off in Goa
- L&T bags order to set up solar power plant in Dubai
- Vizag’s Dr. Arun Kumar V honored with Vyaghreswarudu Gold Medal
- Sonam Maskar wins silver In women’s air rifle In Cairo, Egypt
- THDCIL leads India’s green hydrogen revolution with pilot project
Today’s History: 31st January
- 1561: Bairam Khan, the patron of the Mughal emperor Akbar, was assassinated at Patan, Gujarat.
- 1599: Britain’s first East India Company was established in India on the orders of Queen Elizabeth I.
- 1923: Somnath Sharma, an Indian Major, and Nobel Prize Laureate, was born.
- 1963: Peacock was declared the national bird of India
- 1966: The Soviet Union launched the unmanned Luna 9 spacecraft
1) GAIL secured 10-year LNG deal With UAE
- GAIL (India) Limited, the leading gas company in India, has solidified its position in the global LNG market by securing two significant long-term deals.
- GAIL, with ADNOC Gas, will procure 0.5 million tonnes of LNG annually for a decade, starting in 2026.
- GAIL, with Vitol, committing to purchase one million tonnes of LNG per year for ten years, also starting in 2026.
2) Finance Ministry issues ‘Indian Economy – A review’ report
- Ministry of Finance has released an alternative report titled “Indian Economy – A Review,” prepared by the office of Chief Economic Advisor (CEA) V Anantha Nageswaran.
- Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman will present an interim budget, known as a vote-on-account, on February 1.
- India’s projected growth to a $5 trillion economy in the next 3 years and a potential to reach $7 trillion by 2030.
3) Former Pakistan PM Imran Khan sentenced to 10 years in prison.
- Former Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan and ex-Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi have been sentenced to 10 years in prison each for leaking state secrets.
- The charges stem from allegations that Khan made public the contents of a secret cable sent by Pakistan’s ambassador in Washington to the government in Islamabad.
4) India Energy Week 2024 to kick off in Goa
- India Energy Week (IEW) 2024, is set to take place in Goa from February 6 to 9
- The event will attract high-level participation, with ministerial-level delegations from 17 countries expected to attend.
- Six countries – Canada, Germany, Russia, the Netherlands, the UK, and the USA – will also set up pavilions at the event.
5) Status Report of Snow Leopards in India
- Union Minister of Environment, Forest, and Climate Change, Shri Bhupender Yadav released the report on the Status of Snow leopards in India
- A total of 241 unique Snow leopards were photographed.
- The estimated population in different states is as follows: Ladakh (477), Uttarakhand (124), Himachal Pradesh (51), Arunachal Pradesh (36), Sikkim (21), and Jammu and Kashmir (9).
6) L&T bags order to set up solar power plant in Dubai
- Larsen and Toubro (L&T) have been awarded a significant project to construct a solar power plant in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.
- L&T is a $23 billion Indian multinational. is committed to providing innovative renewable energy solutions and utilizing its expertise in project management to accelerate the energy transition in the region.
7) Delhi govt introduces new Solar Policy 2024.
- Delhi government has introduced the Delhi Solar Policy 2024, aimed at promoting solar energy adoption and reducing air pollution in the city.
- This policy builds upon the success of the Delhi Solar Policy 2016, which resulted in the installation of 1500 MW of solar power capacity.
- Key objectives include reducing air pollution and fighting inflation by bringing the electricity bills to zero.
8) Vizag’s Dr. Arun Kumar V honored with Vyaghreswarudu Gold Medal
- Arun Kumar V, a renowned spine surgeon from Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh, has been bestowed with the prestigious Vyaghreswarudu Gold Medal-2024 by the Andhra Pradesh State Orthopaedic Association.
- This honor recognizes Dr. Arun Kumar’s exceptional contributions to the field of spine surgery, particularly his expertise in endoscopic spine surgeries.
9) Elon Musk’s Neuralink implants brain chip in first human.
- In a historic achievement, brain-chip startup Neuralink has successfully implanted its device in the first human patient.
- Neuralink’s mission is to develop brain-computer interfaces (BCIs) that can help patients overcome paralysis and a range of neurological conditions.
- It helps to treat neurological disorders like Parkinson’s disease and Alzheimer’s disease.
10) President nominates Satnam Singh Sandhu to Rajya Sabha
- President Murmu nominates Satnam Singh Sandhu, the founder-chancellor of Chandigarh University, to the Rajya Sabha.
- Vice President and Rajya Sabha Chairperson Jadeep Dhankhar welcomed the nomination of Satnam Singh Sandhu
- He laid the foundation of the Chandigarh Group of Colleges at Landran in Mohali in 2001 and then went a step forward with the formation of Chandigarh University in 2012
11) Sharat Chauhan appointed as Puducherry’s Chief Secretary.
- Sharat Chauhan, an experienced 1994 batch IAS officer, has been appointed as the new Chief Secretary of Puducherry.
- Chauhan’s appointment is part of a larger reshuffling within the AGMUT cadre.
- The posting of additional officers to Puducherry, including IPS officers Ajit Kumar Singla and R Kalaivanan.
12) Sonam Maskar wins silver In women’s air rifle In Cairo, Egypt
- Sonam Maskar makes a stunning debut at the Cairo Shooting World Cup, securing the women’s air rifle silver medal.
- Indian shooter Munek Battula excels in the men’s skeet event, achieving an impressive score of 74 out of 75
- Raiza Dhillon, Areeba Khan, and Ganemat Sekhon represent India in the women’s skeet event, securing positions in the 17th to 20th spots with consistent scores.
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