TODAY NEWS ON January 21, 2025

News Headlines for CAT,CLAT and IPM aspirants

Source : THE HINDU

News Headlines:
 

• Trump vows new U.S. ‘golden age’ as second term begins
• Trump says to declare national emergency at border, use military
• Parents of R.G. Kar victim unhappy with verdict, call it a failure of CBI
• Study moots inclusion of 179 communities in SC, ST, OBC lists
• Research papers validate cow urine’s ‘anti-infective’ properties: IIT-Madras Director
• Stalin lists Tamil Nadu’s objections to draft UGC regulations, 2024, 2025
• Ban on use of spring water in J&K village with mystery deaths
• AgustaWestland helicopter scam: SC fixes Christian Michel’s bail hearing on February 18
• Uttarakhand likely to issue gazette notification for UCC by January end
• Joint Committee on Waqf (amendment) Bill begins last round of talks
• Statehood yet to come by, J&K State Election Commission publishes final panchayat electoral rolls
• Rishabh Pant named captain of Lucknow Super Giants
• SC asks if there’s embargo on number of vehicles a person can own in same city
• Soldier critically injured in Sopore gunfight, says Army
• Israel frees 90 Palestinian prisoners as ceasefire takes hold

Headlines in detail

Trump vows new U.S. ‘golden age’ as second term begins

Donald Trump in his first remarks as the 47th President declared that the “golden age of America begins right now.” “From this day forward, our country will flourish and be respected again all over the world,” he said. Follow updates from his inauguration ceremony here.

Trump says to declare national emergency at border, use military

Donald Trump said Monday (January 20, 2025) he will issue a raft of executive orders aimed at reshaping how the United States deals with citizenship and immigration. The 47th president will set to work almost immediately with a series of presidential decrees intended to drastically reduce the number of migrants entering the country.

Parents of R.G. Kar victim unhappy with verdict, call it a failure of CBI

Expressing their displeasure over the judgment by the Sealdah Session Court, which sentenced the convict Sanjay Roy to life imprisonment, the parents of the doctor who was raped and murdered at R.G. Kar Medical College and Hospital on August 9, said on Monday (January 20, 2025) that they believed this was a “rarest of the rare” case and the convict should have been given the death sentence.

Study moots inclusion of 179 communities in SC, ST, OBC lists

In one of the largest ethnographic studies of its kind, the Anthropological Survey of India (AnSI) and Tribal Research Institutes (TRIs) across the country have, for the first time, comprehensively categorised 268 denotified, semi-nomadic, and nomadic tribes that previous commissions believed had never been classified.

Research papers validate cow urine’s ‘anti-infective’ properties: IIT-Madras Director

Indian Institute of Technology Madras Director V. Kamakoti on Monday (January 20, 2025) claimed five scientific papers published in peer-reviewed journals validated the cow urine had anti-infective properties.

Stalin lists Tamil Nadu’s objections to draft UGC regulations, 2024, 2025

In his letter to Union Minister for Education Dharmendra Pradhan, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M.K. Stalin argued against conducting entrance examinations for admission to undergraduate and postgraduate courses, the multiple entry and multiple exit (MEME) system, cross-disciplinary teachers, among others. He urged the Union Minister to withdraw the guidelines and modify them to better suit the needs of the States, especially Tamil Nadu.

Ban on use of spring water in J&K village with mystery deaths

Authorities in Jammu and Kashmir on Monday (January 20, 2025) barred residents of Badhal village in Rajouri from drawing water from a local spring and cautioned against community feasts until the reason for 17 recent deaths in three families could be determined.

AgustaWestland helicopter scam: SC fixes Christian Michel’s bail hearing on February 18

The Supreme Court on Monday (January 20, 2025) agreed to examine a plea for regular bail filed by Christian Michel James, the alleged middleman in the AgustaWestland helicopter scam, on February 18.

Uttarakhand likely to issue gazette notification for UCC by January end

The Uttarakhand government on Monday (January 20, 2025) approved the rules for the Uniform Civil Code (UCC) in a State Cabinet meeting chaired by Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami. Paving the way for its implementation, Mr. Dhami said the government would issue a gazette notification for the legislation by the end of January.

Joint Committee on Waqf (amendment) Bill begins last round of talks

Parliament’s Joint Committee on Waqf (amendment) Bill 2024 has entered the last round of deliberations, and the members have been given 48 hours to submit their amendments to the legislation. The panel will spend two days going through the 44 clauses of the Bill.

Statehood yet to come by, J&K State Election Commission publishes final panchayat electoral rolls

The final panchayat electoral rolls for Jammu and Kashmir (J&K) were published on Monday (January 20, 2025) indicating the Centre’s inclination to hold the local body elections soon. The Assembly election was held in the Union Territory in September last year but Statehood is yet to be restored.

Rishabh Pant named captain of Lucknow Super Giants

Dynamic keeper-batter Rishabh Pant was on Monday named the captain of Lucknow Super Giants for the upcoming IPL and he vowed to give his “200%” to win the team’s maiden title. Pant was picked at the mega auction for an IPL record ₹27 crore by the franchise owner Sanjiv Goenka.

SC asks if there’s embargo on number of vehicles a person can own in same city

The Supreme Court on Monday (January 20, 2025) asked if there was any restriction on the number of vehicles a person could own in the same city, and if there was a law that ensured commercial and residential complexes had enough parking spots on their premises. “Is there any embargo on the number of vehicles a person can register? There are people who buy their second and third vehicles in the same city,” Justice A.S. Oka, who heads a Bench, asked advocates appearing for the Centre, National Capital Region areas, and local authorities in the capital city.

Supreme Court sets March 18 deadline for Centre’s decision on Rajoana mercy plea

A Special Bench of the Supreme Court on Monday (January 20, 2025) listed death row convict Balwant Singh Rajoana’s mercy plea in the Beant Singh assassination case on March 18, urging the Union government to either take a call or it will go ahead and decide the petition on merits.

Soldier critically injured in Sopore gunfight, says Army

One soldier was “critically” injured in an ongoing anti-militancy operation in north Kashmir’s Baramulla district, as the operation entered its second day on Monday (January 20, 2025). Officials said security forces came under fire from hiding militants on Monday morning as the operation, halted for the night, resumed in the Gujjarpatti area of Sopore in Baramulla district.

Biden urges Americans to ’keep the faith’ as he spends final full day as president in South Carolina

Joe Biden spent his final full day as President Sunday (January 19, 2025) in South Carolina, urging Americans to “keep the faith in a better day to come” and reflecting on the influence of both the civil rights movement and the state itself in his political trajectory.

Israel frees 90 Palestinian prisoners as ceasefire takes hold

The first three hostages were released from Gaza and the first Palestinian prisoners were freed from Israeli custody as the fragile ceasefire between Israel and Hamas took hold following 15 months of war, with mixed emotions and more difficult steps ahead over the next six weeks. Palestinians across Gaza began making their way home, and the first trucks with a surge of humanitarian aid began to enter the devastated territory.