1.New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern announced Thursday she will resign next month."For me it's time," she said at a meeting of members of her Labour Party. "I just don't have enough in the tank for another four years."Ardern, who became prime minister in a coalition government in 2017, then led her centre-left Labour Party to a comprehensive victory in an election three years later, has seen her party and personal popularity drop in recent polls.
2.Hong Kong will stop requiring people infected with Covid to isolate as the government seeks to revive the economy. hat leaves just the mask mandate as the only major curb left from the city’s Covid Zero days. Hong Kong gave up other restrictions in December after China abandoned its strict approach to controlling the virus. The city’s government is planning to end mandatory mask wearing in March or April, Ming Pao reported, citing unidentified people.-hindustantimes.com
3.On January 19, the Abu Dhabi Fund for Development (ADFD) extended its $2-billion deposit with the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP). Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif spoke with UAE President Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed al-Nahyan about the rollover during his recent visit to Pakistan, according to Pakistan's Finance Minister Ishaq Dar.livemint.com
4.In a significant development, India may have already surpassed China as the world's most populous country. According to projections from the World Population Review (WPR), India’s population was 141.7 crore as of the end of 2022. That's a little more than 50 lakh more than the 141.2 crore declared by China on January 17, when there was the first fall since the 1960s, according to official announcements.- https://www.livemint.com/
5.Prime Minister Narendra Modi will be in Mumbai today (January 19) to lay the foundation stone of projects worth around Rs 38,800 crore and flag off two metro lines. While Mumbai Metro Rail Lines 2A will run between Andheri and west Dahisar, line 7 will run between Andheri east to Dahisar. Amid elaborate security arrangements for the prime minister’s one-day visit, traffic may be hit on the Western Express Highway and Bandra East from 4:15pm till 6:45pm.-news18.com
6.Bharat Jodo Yatra Live Updates: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi is set to arrive in Jammu and Kashmir on Thursday, kicking off the final leg of his nationwide Bharat Jodo Yatra. The yatra, led by Gandhi, will pass through J&K from January 19-30. Gandhi, who is presently in Punjab, will arrive in Kathua at around 5:45 PM today.
7.India sent financing assurances to the International Monetary Fund (IMF) on Monday, becoming the first of Sri Lanka’s creditors to officially back the crisis-hit island nation’s debt restructuring programme.The development comes days ahead of External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar’s scheduled visit to Colombo on January 19 and 20, and just as Sri Lankan leaders concluded talks with a visiting high-level delegation of the Communist Party of China. https://www.studocu.com
8.India will experience a “tsunami" of chronic diseases like cancer as a result of globalisation, the nation's ageing population, changing lifestyles and the growth of the economy. As a result, the country must adopt technology-driven medical procedures to effectively prevent health catastrophes, according to a renowned oncologist.-livemint.com
9.Indian start-ups are expected to contribute four to five percent to the country’s domestic product (GDP), a hike from the current 2.5 to three percent. Since the launch of Startup India in 2016, the country has seen over a 190% increase in the number of start-ups recognised by the Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade (DPIIT)- https://www.financialexpress.com
10.Pride Hotels Group has announced the signing of “Pride Hotel Kanpur”. Centrally located the property will be easily accessible to all major leisure and commercial establishments in the city. The property will have well-appointed rooms, two large banquets, 4 meeting and conference rooms, a 24 Hours Coffee Shop, a rooftop open sky restaurant and in-house laundry. The new property will be operational from November 2023.-fnbnews.com
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