Things Happened Today | 7th January

  1. Paresh Dhanani is elected as CLP (Congress Legislature Party) leader and elected as Leader of Opposition in Gujarat assembly. Paresh Dhanani is an MLA from Amreli constiuency. It is his third consecutive victory and second consecutive from same Amreli costituency.
  2. Electoral bond:Finance Minister Arun Jaitley today explained why electoral bonds are necessary. The electoral bonds mechanism is a substantial improvement in transparency over the present system and the government is open to suggestions to further cleanse political funding, FM said today. 
  3. Air India Disinvestment: This is not an appropriate time to divest government stake in Air India, which should be given at least five years to revive and its debt written off, a parliamentary panel is likely to tell the government.
  4. Aadhaar Leak Issue: The Editors Guild of India today sought government intervention for the withdrawal of an FIR filed by the UIDAI (Unique Identification Authority of India) over a newspaper report on the breach of details of more than one billion Aadhaar cards. They also said this is an attack on free press.
  5. Aam Aadmi Party's Ashutosh is fined Rs 10,000 by Delhi high court for trying to derail the proceedings of criminal defamation case against him by Arun Jaitley.
  6. Punjab CM Capt Amrindar Singh today launghed farm loan waiver scheme in Mansa district. In first phase total 5.63 lakh farmers will get relief under this scheme he said.
  7. Haryana's Manohar Lal Khattar government frames rehabilitation policy for slum dwellers. The policy would apply to the slums identified under the Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojna survey, to be conducted by state said State Urban Local Bodies Minister. 
  8. Indigo begins services from Tirupati to Hyderabad, Bengalore. Indigo commenced three daily flights to Hyderabad and two to Bangalore from Tirupati and back. 
  9. 1st South Africa vs India Test: Match stopped due to heavy rain on entire third day.
  10. National-level powerlifter Saksham Yadav passed away on Sunday evening after he sustained grievous head injuries following an accident near the Singhu Border in outer Delhi’s Alipur area. Four other powerlifters died on the spot.

Stay tuned for more updates. Please feel free to comment.


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