TODAY NEWS ON January 07, 2025

News Headlines for CAT, CLAT and IPM aspirants

Source: THE HINDU

National News

• Kashmir’s tryst with air advection phenomenon, pushes surface temperature by 10°C
• HMPV not new virus in India: Health Ministry says as cases detected
• NHRC concerned at death of sanitation workers despite steps to eradicate manual scavenging
• UGC’s new draft guidelines give powers to Chancellors to constitute panel to appoint Vice-Chancellors
• Supreme Court suggests Armed Forces Tribunal Benches in J&K, Himachal Pradesh to shed backlog
• President Murmu declines to meet delegation to discuss Dallewal’s strike, SKM urges her to reconsider
• Permission to leave India must be refused to foreigners whose presence is required to answer a criminal charge: Supreme Court
• Labourers trapped in ‘flooded’ Assam coal mine
• Eight District Reserve jawans killed after Naxals blow up vehicle in Chhattisgarh
• Madhya Pradesh HC grants six weeks to government to act on Union Carbide waste disposal as per safety norms
• ISRO’s SpaDeX docking experiment postponed to January 9
• ‘Old practice of Pakistan to blame neighbours,’ says India condemning its airstrikes on innocent Afghanistan civilians

International News

• Bangladesh’s International Crimes Tribunal issues second arrest warrant against former PM Hasina
• Indonesia is admitted to the BRICS bloc of developing nations, Brazil announces
• U.S. Congress certifies Trump election victory for January 20 inauguration
• Canada’s Trudeau resigns as Liberal Party leader, spelling end to time in power
• Nimisha Priya case handled by Houthi militias, death sentence not ratified by President: Yemen Embassy
• U.S. taking steps to clear hurdles for civil nuclear partnership with Indian firms: Jake Sullivan

Headlines in detail

Indonesia is admitted to the BRICS bloc of developing nations, Brazil announces

Indonesia has been admitted as a full member of the BRICS bloc of developing economies, the group’s presiding country Brazil announced Monday (January 6, 2024).

U.S. Congress certifies Trump election victory for January 20 inauguration

The U.S. Congress formally certified Republican President-elect Donald Trump's November election victory over Democratic Vice President Kamala Harris, clearing the way for him to be sworn in on January 20.

Kashmir’s tryst with air advection phenomenon, pushes surface temperature by 10°C

Amid freezing temperatures, the southern part of the Kashmir valley witnessed a rare phenomenon and unusual rise in the surface temperature between January 2-4 by almost 10°Celsius.

HMPV not new virus in India: Health Ministry says as cases detected

The Human Metapneumovirus (HMPV) is already in circulation globally, including in India, said the Health Ministry on Monday (January 6, 2025) while stating that none of the cases in India have any travel history and that all the infected persons are recovering well.

NHRC concerned at death of sanitation workers despite steps to eradicate manual scavenging

Expressing concern over continuous death of sanitation workers despite legal provisions to eradicate manual cleaning of sewage and hazardous waste, National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) chairperson Justice (retd.) V. Ramasubramanian on Monday (January 6, 2024) said it was necessary to study and understand the causes to suggest remedial measures.

Canada’s Trudeau resigns as Liberal Party leader, spelling end to time in power

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Monday (January 6, 2025) announced his resignation in the face of rising discontent over his leadership, and after the abrupt departure of his finance minister signaled growing turmoil within his government.

UGC’s new draft guidelines give powers to Chancellors to constitute panel to appoint Vice-Chancellors

The draft University Grants Commission (Minimum Qualifications for Appointment and Promotion of Teachers and Academic Staff in Universities and Colleges and Measures for Maintenance of Standards in Higher Education) Regulations, 2025, released on Monday (January 6, 2025) by Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan have revised the selection process for Vice-Chancellors.

Bangladesh’s International Crimes Tribunal issues second arrest warrant against former PM Hasina

Bangladesh’s International Criminal Tribunal (ICT) on Monday (January 6, 2025) issued arrest warrants against deposed Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and 11 others, including former military generals and a former police chief, for their alleged role in incidents of enforced disappearances.

Supreme Court suggests Armed Forces Tribunal Benches in J&K, Himachal Pradesh to shed backlog

The Supreme Court on Monday (January 6, 2025) suggested constituting Benches of the Armed Forces Tribunal (AFT) in Jammu and Kashmir and Himachal Pradesh to deal with the growing pendency in defence-related cases from these two areas.

President Murmu declines to meet delegation to discuss Dallewal’s strike, SKM urges her to reconsider

The Samyukt Kisan Morcha has urged President Droupadi Murmu to reconsider her decision to not to meet a farmers’ delegation on the issue of the hunger strike of farmers’ leader Jagjit Singh Dallewal.

Permission to leave India must be refused to foreigners whose presence is required to answer a criminal charge: Supreme Court

The Supreme Court on Monday (January 6, 2025) said when a foreigner’s presence was required in India to answer a criminal charge, permission to leave the country must be refused.

Labourers trapped in ‘flooded’ Assam coal mine

At least half a dozen labourers are feared trapped in a flooded coal mine in Assam’s Dima Hasao district. There is no clarity on how water seeped into the mine but a preliminary police report, citing some locals, said four to six workers have been trapped inside the pit since about 8 a.m. on Monday. The spot is about 30 km from the nearest police station at Umrangso and takes about seven hours to reach from Haflong, the district headquarters.

Eight District Reserve jawans killed after Naxals blow up vehicle in Chhattisgarh

Eight jawans of the District Reserve Guard (DRG) and a civilian driver were killed after Naxals blew up their vehicle with a powerful improvised explosive device (IED) in Chhattisgarh’s Bijapur district on Monday (January 6, 2025), police said. This was the biggest strike by Maoists on security forces in the state in the last two years and the first assault in 2025.

Madhya Pradesh HC grants six weeks to government to act on Union Carbide waste disposal as per safety norms

The Madhya Pradesh High Court on Monday (January 6, 2025) granted six weeks to the State government to act on the Union Carbide factory waste disposal as per the safety guidelines. It also directed the media not to give incorrect news on the issue of the waste disposal.

Nimisha Priya case handled by Houthi militias, death sentence not ratified by President: Yemen Embassy

The Embassy of the Republic of Yemen has denied that President Dr. Rashid Al-Alimi ratified the death sentence for Malayali nurse Nimisha Priya. In a communique on Monday (January 6, 2025), the Embassy addressed the recent reports regarding the case of Ms. Nimisha Priya, who is on death row at the Central prison in Yemen’s capital Sanaa.

ISRO’s SpaDeX docking experiment postponed to January 9

The docking of the two Space Docking Experiment (SpaDeX) satellites scheduled for January 7 has been postponed to January 9. “The SpaDeX Docking scheduled on 7th is now postponed to 9th. The docking process requires further validation through ground simulations based on an abort scenario identified today. Stay tuned for updates,” the ISRO said in a post on Monday (January 6, 2025).

‘Old practice of Pakistan to blame neighbours,’ says India condemning its airstrikes on innocent Afghanistan civilians

India on Monday (January 6, 2025) “unequivocally” condemned Pakistani airstrikes on innocent Afghanistan civilians and said it is Islamabad’s old practice to blame its neighbours for its internal failures. Pakistan carried out airstrikes in Afghanistan in what it said was aimed at targeting some terrorist hideouts.

U.S. taking steps to clear hurdles for civil nuclear partnership with Indian firms: Jake Sullivan

United States National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan said on Monday (January 6, 2025) that the United States is finalising necessary steps to remove barriers in India-United States civil nuclear cooperation. The United States is finalising steps to remove roadblocks to the civil nuclear partnership with Indian companies, he said in New Delhi on Monday (January 6, 2024). He said the formal paperwork for this will be done soon. The move will allow India to access restricted technology in the U.S. Washington and New Delhi have been discussing the supply of U.S. nuclear reactors to energy-hungry India since the mid-2000s.