Published on Jan 7, 2025
Current Affairs
The Early Update (Jan 7, 2025)
- Justin Trudeau resigns as Canada's Liberal Party leader amid rising discontent.
- Indonesia joins BRICS as a full member, announced by Brazil.
- U.S. Congress certifies Trump's election victory, clearing the way for his January 20 inauguration.
- Delhi High Court to hear bail pleas of Umar Khalid and Sharjeel Imam in the 2020 riots case.
- Kashmir experiences a rare air advection phenomenon, causing a 10°C rise in surface temperature.
- Human Metapneumovirus (HMPV) is not a new virus in India, says the Health Ministry.
- NHRC expresses concern over the continuous death of sanitation workers despite legal provisions.
- UGC's new draft guidelines give Chancellors the power to appoint Vice-Chancellors.
- Bangladesh's International Crimes Tribunal issues an arrest warrant against former PM Sheikh Hasina.
- Supreme Court suggests constituting Armed Forces Tribunal Benches in J&K and Himachal Pradesh.
- President Murmu declines to meet a delegation to discuss Jagjit Singh Dallewal's hunger strike.
- Labourers trapped in a flooded coal mine in Assam's Dima Hasao district.