Current Affairs One liner – January 24 ,2018
- As per the survey and the accompanying report titled “Reward work, not wealth” released by the international rights group oxfan richest 1% in India amassed 73% of the wealth generated in the country last year.
- Uttar Pradesh state cabinet approved “One District One Product” scheme to promote products indigenous to every district.
- The annual meeting of World Economic Forum (WEF) is being held in Davos, Switzerland .Theme: ‘Creating a shared future in a fractured world”
- Shahrukh Khan received crystal award for raising awareness about human rights issues and his work for acid attack victims.
- WEF 2018 first to be chaired entirely by women.
- India has ranked 177th among 180 countries on Environmental performance Index 2018. Switzerland topped the list followed by France, Denmark.
- Indian overseas bank announced agreement with national housing bank for implementation of the Rural Housing Subsidy Scheme (RHISS) of union ministry of rural development.
- Oil and Natural Gas Corporation(ONGC) has borrowed Rs4,000 crore from ICICI bank to acquire HPCL.
- Rajesh Agarwal appointed as Ambassador of India to republic of Niger.
- United States (US) senate appointed Jerome H Powell as the next chairman of federal reserve.
- Tsewang Namgyal appointed as ambassador of India to Poland.
- Rakhi Agarwal appointed as ambassador of India to Poland.
- Rakhi Haider made a national record by lifting 128kgs in the 63kg women’s category in the 33rd women senior national weight lifting championship in Managaluru, Karnataka.
- National girl child day was celebrated all over India on 24th january.