Gyan Series- Things to Remember 25th january

Gyan Series- Things to Remember 25th January

• National Girl Child Day was celebrated on 24^th January with a theme for 2019- “Empowering Girls for a brighter tomorrow.
• Article 280 of Indian Constitution was approved for the amendment by the Union Cabinet to increase powers of Autonomous Councils in Sixth Schedule areas of North East.
• An Annual Award titled ‘Subhash Chandra Bose Aapda Prabandhan Puraskar’ was instituted by government of India.
• A new Naval Air Base ‘INS Kohassa’ was commissioned by Navy Chief Admiral Sunil Lanba in Andaman and Nicobar Islands.
• Ravneet Gill has been appointed as the CEO & Managing Director of Yes Bank.
• On the occasion of 122^nd birth anniversary of Subhash Chandra Bose, a museum at Red Fort, New Delhi named ‘Subhash Chandra Bose Museum’ was inaugurated by Narendra Modi.
• On the Global Talent Index, India moved up one position to rank 80^th.
• The signing of Memorandum of Understanding between India and Kuwait for cooperation on the recruitment of domestic workers was approved by the Union Cabinet.
• Shripad Naik the Union minister of state for AYUSH, inaugurated the 2^nd world Integrated Medicine Forum 2019 in Goa.
• A small communication student-made satellite Kalamsat-V2 and imaging satellite Microsat-R was launched successfully by the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) through its PSLV-C44 into the intended orbit.