News Headlines : 5th January 2023

  • Government approves continuation of schemes worth around 13 thousand crore rupees for development of north-eastern region till 2025-26.
  • Diplomatic Advisor to the French President Emmanuel Macron, Emmanuel Bonne today called on Prime Minister Narendra Modi in New Delhi.
  • Union Home Minister Amit Shah said today, Ram Temple in Ayodhya will be inaugurated on the 1st of January 2024. He said that the Congress and CPI(M) had hindered the construction of the temple and put the issue in the jurisdiction of the court for long.
  • The first meeting of Financial Inclusion Working Group is scheduled to be held in Kolkata from 9th to 11th of this month.
  • Centre stays all tourism activities at holy Jain site ‘Sammed Shikharji’ in Jharkhand.
  • Directorate General of Civil Aviaton, DGCA has issued show cause notice to Air India, crew members and pilots of the New York-Delhi flight in connection with urination incident onboard in November last year.
  • India to achieve 50 lakh metric tonnes capacity of green hydrogen production  before the deadline of 2030.
  • The Election Commission of India has released the final voter list today after a special brief revision programme. Accordingly, there are about 9 crore 3 lakh voters in Maharashtra.
  • Gujarat tourism to organise International Kite Festival between 8 to 14 January at different places across the state.
  • The Guidelines for Technical Textiles Degree Programme in Undergraduate and Postgraduate have been issued.
  • In Cricket, Srilanka set a target of 207 runs for India in second T-20 match in Pune.