SOME DEALS—NO ACTION ||| SAKIN—WEST BENGAL
NEWS &
VIEWS|||SARASIJ|||07-01-2026
WEDNESDAY|| VOL—V/2026/JANUARY
OPINIONATED, FOR FREE CIRCULATION.
*कालः क्रीडति
गच्छत्यायुर्नश्यत्युपैति यमः।*
*तदपि न मुञ्चत्याशां मूढो जनः॥*
TRANSLATION: Time keeps moving and playing its
role; life keeps decreasing and death comes nearer, yet the ignorant person
does not give up false hopes.
INDIA: (GOI, SWARAJYA, VISHWAMITRA, HINDU POST, INDIA TODAY).
Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw launched mega skilling
programme to provide Artificial Intelligence (AI) knowledge to 10 lakh youth across
the country within a year.
Names of a total of two crore eighty-nine lakh
voters have been excluded in the draft electoral roll for Uttar Pradesh
released by the Election Commission
after the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) exercise in the state. Uttar Pradesh Chief Electoral Officer Navdeep
Rinwa said.
The Telangana state government on Tuesday handed
over about 950 acres of land to the Airports Authority of India (AAI) for the
revival of the long-awaited Mamnoor airport. The foundation ceremony is
expected at the end of this month, and the first flight could take off by late
2027.
The Mamnoor airport, built by the Nizam
government in 1930 as an airstrip for military purposes and currently defunct,
has 696.14 acres of land. The government has acquired an additional 253 acres
of private land, paying farmers compensation of around Rs 295 crore at a rate
of Rs 1.2 crore per acre.
WORLD: (REUTER, AP, AFP, BLOOMBERG, CNN, WP)
U.S. Ambassador to the UN Michael Waltz said
Maduro was not Venezuela’s legitimate head of state following the disputed 2024
elections and that his capture was necessary to counter the flow of illegal
drugs into the United States.
The scene in Venezuela: Maduro’s former Vice
President Delcy Rodríguez—who has been liaising with the Trump
administration—was officially sworn in yesterday as acting president. Her
brother, Jorge Rodríguez, was reappointed president of Venezuela’s legislature.
Security forces detained at least fourteen journalists and media workers in
Caracas before releasing thirteen, according to a Venezuelan press union.
VIEW:THIS MILITARY OPERATION WAS NEITHER WARRANTED NOR WISE. IN FACT, IT
WAS OF QUESTIONABLE LEGALITY. THE UNITED STATES ALSO HAD OTHER OPTIONS. MADURO
HARDLY POSED AN IMMINENT THREAT TO THE UNITED STATES. MAKE NO MISTAKE: THIS WAS
A MILITARY OPERATION OF CHOICE, NOT OF NECESSITY.
IRAN:
The government announced a plan yesterday to give most citizens monthly
payments of about $7 in response to widespread demonstrations fueled by
economic hardship. The protests have become the largest in the country since
2022, when the death of Mahsa Amini in police custody sparked months of civic
upheaval.
WARNINGS
ON GREENLAND: Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen yesterday rejected U.S.
President Donald Trump’s threats to take control of Greenland, warning that a
U.S. invasion of the island would mean the end of NATO. Today, the leaders of
seven NATO countries issued a joint statement saying that “it is for Denmark
and Greenland, and them only, to decide on matters concerning Denmark and
Greenland.”
China
is banning the export of certain technologies to Japan that could be used by
Japan’s military, the Chinese commerce ministry announced today, though it did
not specify which products would be included in the ban.
Azerbaijan will not send troops to Gaza as part
of an international peacekeeping force after questioning the United States
about the nature of the operation, President Ilham Aliyev told local media
yesterday.
President Faustin-Archange Touadéra has won a
third term, according to preliminary results released yesterday from CAR’s
December 28 election. In 2023, he oversaw changes to the constitution to end
presidential term limits. The country’s main opposition boycotted the December
vote, calling it unfair.
A recent satellite image has exposed China's
ongoing construction of permanent structures near the buffer zone at Pangong
Tso along the Line of Actual Control (LAC) in Ladakh. Shared by geostrategic
expert Damien Symon on X, the imagery reveals new buildings situated within
Chinese-held territory, adjacent to a pier and existing troop accommodations.
The recent decision by the Andhra Pradesh
government to approve the development of a Greenfield Port and a National Mega
Shipbuilding Cluster at Dugarajapatnam in Tirupati district marks a significant
strategic intervention in India’s maritime and shipbuilding ecosystem.
SCIENCE &
TECHNOLOGY:
Indian
scientists develop the first supercomputer- powered simulation to capture the
long-existing paradox of hot water freezing faster than cold water. The
Ministry of Science and Technology informed that this phenomenon, technically
called the Mpemba effect, had eluded scientists for a long time.
ENVIRONMENTAL: -
Environment,
Forest and Climate Change Minister Bhupender Yadav chaired a high-level meeting
to undertake a detailed review of Action Plans of Rajasthan and Punjab
governments for tackling air pollution in Delhi-NCR. This was the fifth meeting
in the series of such reviews.
In
Japan, several people have been injured after a 6.4-magnitude earthquake struck
Shimane Prefecture and neighbouring Tottori Prefecture in western part of the
country yesterday.
IMD
The
India Meteorological Department, IMD has forecast dense to very dense fog over
Delhi, Punjab, Haryana, Chandigarh, Uttar Pradesh and East Rajasthan today (07
Jan). According to Indian Railways, more than 18 Delhi-bound trains are running
late due to low visibility.
GAMES & SPORTS: -
In
Squash, top-seeded Indian Anahat Singh advanced to her maiden women’s under-19
final at the British Junior Open in Birmingham yesterday. The 17-year-old
defeated Egypt’s Malika El Karaksy in the semifinals.
DAS KAPITAL:
Indian
Share Market: -
BSE SENSEX
85,063.34
−376.27 (0.44%)🔻
NIFTY
26,175.60
−74.70 (0.28%)🔻
GOLD :
₹ 13,800/ 01gm (24 krt)
SILVER : ₹ 240,000/KG
Currency
Exchange Rates:
NO
CHANGE FROM YESTERDAY.
WHAT IS NEXT:
Today,
the Organization of American States meets in Washington, DC to discuss the
situation in Venezuela.
Today,
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and European leaders meet in Paris.
Tomorrow,
Pope Leo begins hosting a two-day meeting of cardinals at the Vatican.
THE END.
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