Daily CURRENT AFFAIRS 22 & 23 JANUARY, 2019
Important Daily Current Affairs of 22 & 23 January, 2019 taken from The Hindu newspaper & PIB.
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Daily Current Affairs 22 & 23 January
Microsoft launched online portal for Weavers
In Telangana, technology giant Microsoft launched a new E-commerce portal.Named as ‘re-weave.in‘ it was launched to empower handloom weavers in the state.
re-weave.in the online portal will help the weavers in the state to optimise operations and engage better with the customers. it will also host signature collections created by the weaver communities and showcase traditional designs & products created from natural dyes.
Kidia Gandyal bridge
Nitin Gadkari ( Minister for Road Transport & Highways, Shipping and Water Resources, River Development & Ganga Rejuvenation) inaugrated Kidia Gandyal bridge, kathua in Jammu & Kashmir.
The bridge is built on the river Ravi will connect 45 villages with Kathua and other regions of Jammu. Earlier residents of these villages had to travel via Pathankot (Punjab) to reach Kathua in Jammu.
Human Rights channel
World’s First Human Rights channel launched in London. The channel is dedicated to the Human rights and to lend the voice to stories ignored by mainstream media.
Pune-Secunderabad Shatabdi Train is Cleanest
In a first ever ‘Total Cleanliness Survey‘ by Indian Railways two winners emerged:
- In the premium category trains – North Western Railway (NWR) &
- Other than Premium category trains – Southern Railway
‘Premium’ trains included :
- Rajdhani,
- Shatabdi,
- Duronto,
- Tejas and
- Gatiman
Other than Premium category includes:
- Sampark Kranti,
- Intercity,
- Jan Shatabdi and
- other Mail and Express trains
Cleanliness survey conducted by the Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation (IRCTC) which covered around 209 trains.
Mumbai Rajdhani emerged on top with a score of 787 in the Rajdhani trains category.
Pune-Secunderabad Shatabdi with a score of 916 tops the list and the cleanest of the lot.
Pravasi Bharatiya Diwas
Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugrated Pravasi Bharatiya Diwas at Deendayal Hastkala Sankul in Varanasi.
The year 2019 is the 15th edition of Pravasi Bharatiya Diwas.
The theme of 15th edition of Pravasi Bhartiya Divas is ‘Role of Indian Diaspora in building New India’.
Chief Guest of Pravasi Bharatiya Diwas 2019, Prime Minister of Mauritius, Pravind Jugnauth.
Pravasi Bharatiya Divas is celebrated once in two years.