Defence Minister Rajnath Singh meets Defence Minister of Maldives
A bilateral meeting was held between Maldives Defence Minister Mohammed Ghassan Maumoon, who is on a 3 - day visit to India from 8 to 10 January, and Union Defence Minister Rajnath Singh.
- During this, the two defence ministers discussed issues such as providing weapons and other defence equipment to the Maldives army, joint military exercises and defence projects. During his visit to India, Ghassan will also visit Goa and Mumbai.
- Muhammad Muizzu, who is considered pro-China, became the President of Maldives in November 2023. A year after becoming President, Muizzu visited India and said that relations with India are important for Maldives.
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Union Minister Ashwini Vaishnav releases Government of India Calendar 2025
Union Information and Broadcasting and Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnav on January 7 released the Government of India calendar with the theme 'Jan Kalyan through Public Participation'.
- At the beginning of the calendar, the motto – 'Sarveshan Mangalam Bhooyat' i.e. 'welfare of all' is written.
- Published in 13 languages, this calendar tells about the year-long programmes, schemes and achievements of the Central Government.
- In this calendar from January to December, themes like cleanliness, exercise etc. have been given for each month.
- Days like Tribal Pride Day and Unity Day have been specially mentioned in the calendar.
- Every year the government distributes its annual calendar down to the Gram Panchayat level.
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Green Mahakumbh will be held in Prayagraj on 31 January
Green Mahakumbh will be organized on 31 January during the Kumbh festival in Prayagraj.
- More than 1000 environment and water conservation workers will participate in this.
- It will be organised by Shiksha Sanskriti Utthan Nyas.
- Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath will be its chief patron.
- In Green Maha Kumbh, there will be a national level meeting on the issues of nature, environment, water and cleanliness.
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Trump offered to merge Canada with America
On January 6, Canadian PM Justin Trudeau resigned. After this, Trump released a map showing Canada as a part of the USA.
- The term of Canada's PM Trudeau's government since 2015 was till October 2024. He said that he was not a good choice for the next election.
- Meanwhile, future US President Donald Trump offered to merge Canada with America.
- For this, he had talked about imposing economic sanctions on Canada instead of military action. Trudeau had opposed this statement of his.
- Now Trump has released a new map of USA on social media. In this, Canada is shown as the 51st state of USA.
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