*03 January Current Affairs In Bilingual*


1. According to a recent report, Indians rank first in property ownership in London.
*हाल ही में जारी एक रिपोर्ट के अनुसार, लंदन में प्रॉपर्टी स्वामित्व के मामले में भारतीय पहले स्थान पर हैं।*

2. The Central Government has started the 'One Nation One Subscription' scheme from January 1, 2025.
*केंद्र सरकार ने 1 जनवरी 2025 से 'वन नेशन वन सब्सक्रिप्शन' योजना शुरू की है।*

3. The Central Government has approved a project worth 272 crore rupees for Uttar Pradesh under the National Clean Ganga Mission.
*केंद्र सरकार ने राष्ट्रीय स्वच्छ गंगा मिशन के तहत उत्तर प्रदेश के लिए 272 करोड़ रुपये की परियोजना को मंजूरी दी है।*

4. From January 1, 2025, Russia has implemented a new tourist tax.
*1 जनवरी 2025 से रूस में नया पर्यटक कर लागू हुआ है।*

5. The 'Pujari Granthi Samman Yojana' has recently been started in Delhi.
*हाल ही में दिल्ली में 'पुजारी ग्रंथी सम्मान योजना' शुरू की गई है।*

6. The Ministry of Defense has declared the year 2025 as the 'Year of Reforms'.
*रक्षा मंत्रालय ने वर्ष 2025 को 'सुधारों का वर्ष' घोषित किया है।*

7. The Uttar Pradesh government has announced the 'Sanskriti Utsav' till January 26, 2025.
*उत्तर प्रदेश सरकार ने 26 जनवरी 2025 तक 'संस्कृति उत्सव' की घोषणा की है।*

8. India's coffee exports registered a growth of 29 percent in FY 2024.
*वित्त वर्ष 2024 में भारत के कॉफी निर्यात में 29 प्रतिशत की वृद्धि दर्ज की गई है।*

9. Since 2014, the government has constructed 3.74 lakh km of rural roads.
*2014 के बाद से सरकार ने 3.74 लाख किमी ग्रामीण सड़कें बनाई हैं।*

10. Recently, the Uttarakhand Forest Department has established 'Mahabharat Vatika'.
*हाल ही में उत्तराखंड वन विभाग ने 'महाभारत वाटिका' की स्थापना की है।*

11. The Sri Lankan Navy has recently released 20 Indian fishermen.
*श्रीलंकाई नौसेना ने हाल ही में 20 भारतीय मछुआरों को रिहा किया है।*

12. Lokpal of India has designated January 16 as "Lokpal Day".
*भारत के लोकपाल ने 16 जनवरी को "लोकपाल दिवस" के रूप में नामित किया है।*

13. Switzerland has recently banned women from wearing burqas in public places.
*स्विट्ज़रलैंड ने हाल ही में सार्वजनिक स्थानों पर महिलाओं के बुर्का पहनने पर प्रतिबंध लगाया है।*

14. The Gujarat government has declared 'Vav-Tharad' as a new district.
*गुजरात सरकार ने 'वाव-थराद' को नया जिला घोषित किया है।*

15. Pakistan has become a temporary member of the United Nations Security Council from January 1, 2025.
*पाकिस्तान 1 जनवरी 2025 से संयुक्त राष्ट्र सुरक्षा परिषद का अस्थायी सदस्य बना है।

Today's word

🔍 Engulf /ɪnˈɡʌlf/ (verb)

📌 Meaning: To completely surround or cover something or someone.

📌 Examples:
1)The flames rapidly engulfed the entire building, leaving nothing but ashes.
2)As the storm intensified, the waves began to engulf the small fishing boat.

Given below are four jumbled sentences. Select the option that gives their correct logical sequence.

(A) When faced with uncertainty, humans look out for the action of others and become a victim of ineffective rational thinking during compelling, confusing situations.

(B) According to him, in an emergency, we tend to forget that everybody else observing the event is also likely to be looking out for social evidence.

(C)Robert B. Cialdini explains this reaction with a psychological phenomenon called 'pluralistic ignorance'.

(D) Since we all prefer to appear poised and unflustered among others, we are likely to search for answers placidly, with brief, camouflaged glances at those around us.

Sentences of a paragraph are given below in jumbled order. Arrange the sentences in the correct order to form a meaningful and coherent paragraph.

(A) On the afternoon of that eventful day, I stood on the porch, dumb, expectant and guessed vaguely from my mother's signs and from the hurrying to and fro in the house that something unusual was about to happen, so I went to the door and waited on the steps.

(B) I did not know what the future held of marvel or surprise for me and anger and bitterness had preyed upon me continually for weeks and a deep languor had succeeded this passionate struggle.

(C) The most important day I remember in all my life is the one on which my teacher, Anne Mansfield Sullivan, came to me and I am filled with wonder when I consider the immeasurable contrasts between the two lives which it connects and it was the third of March, 1887, three months before I was seven years old.

(D) The afternoon sun penetrated the mass of honeysuckle that covered the porch, and fell on my upturned face and my fingers lingered almost unconsciously on the familiar leaves and blossoms which had just come forth to greet the sweet southern spring.

Select the correct order to form a meaningful and coherent paragraph.

(A) Road accidents have become very common in India.

(B) Condition of roads in India is pathetic.

(C) Increasing number of vehicles leave little space on roads.

(D) Roads are narrow and remain congested most of the time.


Sentences of a paragraph are given below in jumbled order. Arrange the sentences in the correct order to form a meaningful and coherent paragraph.

(A) She shot the movie on the widest canvas possible using the same kind of equipment that captured Star Wars landscapes, and applied a muted colour grading to every frame.

(B) She said last year that she wanted the ensemble film to look like "a faded postcard".

(C) Polley lends the central conversation a visual gravitas normally reserved for epics.

(D) Women Talking, adapted by the writer-director Sarah Polley from Miriam Toews's 2018 novel, is vibrant cinema.