Current Affairs One Liners: 29 January 2020

Current Affairs Headlines: 29 January 2020 

1. Indian Navy launched ‘Operation Vanilla’ to aid the cyclone-hit Madagascar
2. 10 more wetlands from india declared as Ramsar sites
3. PM Modi Addressed 3rd Global Potato Conclave held in Gandhinagar, Gujarat
4. World’s largest meditation centre opened in Hyderabad, Telangana
5. Government to release the report of 100 Smarts Cities in June 2020
6. SC allows govt to bring African cheetah to suitable wildlife habitat in India
7. MGNREGA scheme faces fund crunch as 96% funds been spent
8. Country’s 1st and biggest ‘walk-through’ aviary inaugurated at Byculla Zoo in Maharashtra
9. ICG commissioned high-speed interceptor boat C-448 in Mangaluru, Karnataka
10. Overview of Cabinet Approval on Jan 29, 2020
11. UK Govt launches £4 Million pound Innovation challenge fund in India
12. India’s crude steel production rose by 1.8 % to 111.2 MT in 2019: WSA
13. Britain unveils new 50 pence coin to mark its departure from EU
14. NTPC to develop 300 MW solar power projects in West African country Togo
15. Abhijit Banerjee conferred D Litt by alma mater Calcutta University
16. Environmentalist Pavan Sukhdev and Prof. Gretchen C. Daily won the Tyler Prize 2020
17. Noted Theatre artist Sanjna kapoor gets French honour ‘Knight of the Order of Arts and Letters’ in New Delhi
18. Vakrangee appoints Ramesh joshi as its Non-Executive chairman as per Kotak committee recommendations
19. Diplomat Taranjit Singh Sandhu appointed as India’s Ambassador to US
20. Sheikh Khalid bin Khalifa bin Abdulaziz Al Thani appointed as new PM of Qatar
21. England’s Alastair Cook and ex-West Indies team manager Ricky Skerritt appointed as the members of MCC’s World Cricket Committee
22. Researchers at IIT-H develops essential-oil-based drug carrier to treat fungal diseases
23. Dr Jitendra Singh launched ISRO’s Bhuvan Panchayat V 3.0 Web portal
24. New mission launched by NASA & ESA to take first pics of Sun’s poles
25. 71st International Boxing tournament Strandja 2020 held in Sofia, Bulgaria ; India bags  3 medals
26. New Zealand spinner Todd Astle announces first-class retirement
27. For the 2nd straight year, India to host Barca Academy Cup – Asia Pacific 2020 in Gurgaon, Haryana
28. Indian squash player Saurav Ghosal loses in Pittsburgh Open 2020 final held in US
29. Highlights of 2020 Sri Lanka tour of India, T20 series in Indore, Guwahati and Pune
30. Ex Bihar minister and RJD MLA Abdul Ghafoor passed away at 60
31. Veteran south actress Jameela Malik passed away at 73
32. Flipkart signs MoU with GSHHDC to promote artisans and craftsmen