Dhingra Classes Raisinghnagar: Current Affairs : 09-01-2020 in English

National Statistical Office (NSO) has estimated India's GDP growth rate for 2019-20 at - 5%.
To make payments fast and secure, the National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI) launched the platform, called - Vajra.

The India Meteorological Department (IMD) said that the year 2019 was recorded as the seventh warmest year since - 1901.

A ten-day-long art exhibition commemorating 150th birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi was inaugurated on 7 January in – Dhaka, Bangladesh.
Host country of the fifth edition of the Asia Pacific Drosophila Research Conference (APDRC5) – India (in Pune).
Guest country at the Paris book fair “Livre Paris” which will be organised in March 2020 - India.
“Selfie Kingdom (TSK)”, a first-of-its-kind "selfie museum" has been inaugurated in – Dubai, the United Arab Emirates.

On 8 January, the Union Cabinet has given its ex-post-facto approval on the Memorandum of Cooperation (MoC) between Department of Health & Family Welfare (DOHFW) and this foundation on cooperation in the field of Health - Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation (BMGF).
On 8 January, the Union Cabinet has given its approval to confer the status of Institution of National Importance to the - Institute of Teaching and Research in Ayurveda, Jamnagar.
On 7 January, the 2nd ‘National GST Conference of the Commissioners of State Tax and Chief Commissioners of Central Tax’ was held in - Delhi.
UNESCO World Heritage site in India that completed 1,020 years in 2019 - Khajuraho temples.
In a first, this Assembly polls will have 11 Artificial Intelligence (AI) equipped polling constituencies - Delhi.
The World Regional Rose Convention will be held at the Agri-Horticultural Society of India (AHSI) from 9 January in – Kolkata.
The third edition of the Mathrubhumi International Festival of Letters will be held between January 30 and February 2 in – Kochi.

A book ‘Karmayoddha Granth’ is written on the life of - Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi.
Zoran Milanovic won presidential election in - Croatia.
Winner of the Global Child Prodigy Awards 2020 in Dubai - Sucheta Satish (Dubai-based Indian girl who can sing in most languages).
Pedro Snchez took the oath as Prime minister of – Spain.
India-born author who won UK children's book award for her 'Asha and the Spirit Bird' - Jasbinder Bilan.

The first edition of Khelo India University Games has been scheduled to be held at the Kalinga Institute of Industrial Technology (KIIT) University in –Bhubaneswar, Odisha.

The Vikram Sarabhai Children Innovation Center (VSCIC) will be setup in - Gujarat.
The Children's Innovation Festival (CIF) was organised in – Gandhinagar, Gujarat.
This state’s Legislative Assembly unanimously passed a resolution urging the Centre for a caste-based Census to find out the population of Other Backward Classes (OBCs) across the country - Maharashtra.

Father of Marathi Journalism - Balshastri Jambhekar.
National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI) - Founded: 2008; Headquarters: Mumbai.
India Meteorological Department (IMD) was founded in – 1875.
United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) - Founded: 1946 (4 November); Headquarters: Paris, France.
Agri-Horticultural Society of India (AHSI) – Founded: 1820; Founder: Dr William Carey; Location: Kolkata, WB.

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