Weekly Current Affairs (Beepedia) 23rd-31st January 2025

RBI, Banking and Economy

• Commerce Minister Piyush Goyal sets a target of 10000 GI tags by 2030;committee to be formed to oversee implementation

SEBI and FINANCIAL AWARENESS

• Government of India and Republic of Korea conduct Signing of Exchange of Notes for NCERT’s Technical Cooperation project titled "Strengthening Vocational Education and Training in Mechatronics in India" with KOICA

NABARD and AGRICULTURE

• Centre announces hike in MSP for jute by ₹315 a quintal

NATIONAL

• Sarla Aviation Unveils Electric Air Taxi Prototype: Aiming for Indian Skies by 2028

INTERNATIONAL

• USAID halts funding to Bangladesh after Trump imposes 90-day hold on all foreign aid

STATES

• Amazon to invest ₹60,000 cr. in data centres in Telangana

REPORTS AND INDEXES

• Digital economy to constitute fifth of Indian GDP by 2030: ICRIER report

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

• Bureau of Energy Efficiency (BEE) and The Energy and Resources Institute(TERI) signs MoU to Establish Centre of Excellence on Energy Transition in Hyderabad

DEFENCE

• Raksha Mantri Rajnath Singh flags-off ‘SANJAY - The Battlefield Surveillance System’ from New Delhi

EVENTS

• Union Home Minister and Minister of Cooperation Shri Amit Shah addresses the inaugural function of the International Year of Cooperatives-2025 in Mumbai, Maharashtra

• Padma Awards 2025

SPORTS

• ICC Awards 2024: Rohit Sharma, Arshdeep Singh lead T20I honours for India - full winners list