Current Affairs 19 January: India ranks fourth among military forces around the world, Kokborok Day 2024 celebrated in Tripura
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India was ranked fourth among the military forces of countries around the world. The Central Government sought suggestions for the draft of the Indian Stamp Bill, 2023. India is at number 9 in terms of gold reserves. 'Kokborok Day' was celebrated in Tripura to promote Kokborok language.
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1. India ranks fourth among the military forces of countries around the world: Global Firepower, an organization that ranks countries around the world according to their military strength, has released a new list this year. America stood first in this list with a score of 0.0699. At the same time, India has got fourth position with a score of 0.1023.
Global Firepower monitors the world's defense and military posture.
- Global Firepower assessed the military strength of 145 countries.
- The ranking has been decided after evaluating on the basis of 60 areas including number of troops, military equipment, economic stability and resources.
- Power index has been prepared by combining these parameters.
- According to Global Firepower Ranking, a score of 0.0000 is considered perfect.
- In this ranking, Russia got second place with a score of 0.0702 and China got third place with a score of 0.0706.
Most powerful 10 countries:
- America
- Russia
- China
- India
- South Korea
- united kingdom
- Japan
- Turkey
- Pakistan
- Italy
Strength of Indian Army:
- Army personnel – more than 51.37 lakh
- Paramilitary – 25.27 lakh
- Reserve Personal – 11.55 Lakh
- More than 21 lakh soldiers in the army
- More than 3.10 lakh soldiers in Air Force
- More than 1.42 lakh soldiers in Navy
- Fighter Jet – 130
- Transport aircraft – 264
- Special Mission Aircraft – 70
- Helicopters – 869
- Tanks available with the Army – 4614
- Armed Vehicle – 1,00,882
- Army has self-propelled artillery – 100
- Light Artillery – 3311
- Army has rocket artillery – 1500
10 countries with least power:
- bhutan
- Moldova
- suriname
- somalia
- benin
- liberia
- belize
- sierra leone
- Central African Republic
- iceland
2. India is at number 9 in terms of gold reserves: American business magazine Forbes has released the list of countries of the world on the basis of gold reserves. According to this, America has the largest gold reserve. At the same time, Germany is at second place in this list. Whereas India is at ninth position in terms of gold reserves.
When the value of the dollar decreases, the price of gold increases.
- Gold reserves play an important role in ensuring the economic stability of a country.
- It serves as a reliable store of value especially in times of financial uncertainties.
- Gold reserves also play an important role in international trade and finance.
Top 10 countries with gold reserves:
- America – 8,1336.46 tonnes gold reserve
- Germany – 3,352.65 tonnes gold reserve
- Italy – 2,451.84 tonnes gold reserve
- France – 2,436.88 tonnes gold reserve
- Russia – 2,332.74 tonnes gold reserve
- China – 2,191.53 tonnes gold reserve
- Switzerland – 1,040.00 tonnes gold reserve
- Japan – 845.97 tonnes gold reserve
- India – 800.78 tonnes gold reserve
- Netherlands – 612.45 tonnes gold reserve
- According to Forbes report, gold being a tangible asset, it enables countries to diversify their overall portfolio by including it in their reserves.
3. Central Government seeks suggestions for draft of Indian Stamp Bill, 2023: The Government of India has sought suggestions from the public on the draft of the Indian Stamp Bill, 2023 within 30 days. In fact, the Government of India prepared the draft of 'Indian Stamp Bill, 2023' to keep pace with the modern stamp duty system.
Stamp duty is levied by the central government.
- After becoming law, this bill (draft) will replace the Indian Stamp Act, 1899.
- The Indian Stamp Act, 1899 (2 of 1899) is a fiscal law which provides for the imposition of a stamp duty on documents recording transactions.
- Stamp duty is levied by the Central Government, but collected and appropriated by the respective States as per the provisions of Article 268 of the Constitution.
- The Indian Stamp Act, 1899, is a pre-constitutional Act. It has been amended from time to time to enable the modern stamp duty regime.
- However, many of the provisions contained in the Indian Stamp Act, 1899 have become redundant/inoperative and hence, there is a need to redraft the Indian Stamp Act, 1899.
- It is therefore proposed that the Indian Stamp Act, 1899 be repealed and a new law made to meet the present realities and objectives.
4. Tripuri Language, Kokborok Day 2024 : Every year on 19 January, Tripura celebrates 'Kokborok Day' to promote the Kokborok language. It is also called Tripuri Language Day. This is an important cultural program of the state.
On this day in 1979, the Kokborok language was officially recognized for the first time.
- This year marks the 46th anniversary of Kokborok Day, celebrated annually to demand the restoration of the ancient language of Tripura that has been spoken among the Tripuri community for thousands of years.
- Kokborok Day underlines the importance of preserving and promoting the Tripuri language and culture.
- According to the 2001 census, the number of Kokborok speakers was approximately 695,000.
- The Tripura Kings Chronicle states that “Koloma” was the script of Kokborok. Furthermore, 184 Tripura kings ruled Tripura for more than two thousand years.
- Through the “Kokborok tei Hukumu Mission”, many government and non-governmental organizations work tirelessly to advance the Kokborok language, art, literature, films and music.
5. Persian was included in nine classical languages: Foreign Minister S. Jaishankar has decided to include Persian as one of the nine classical languages of India under the new education policy of the Government of India.
S. Jaishankar went on a two-day visit to Iran.
- Jaishankar said this in a joint press conference with his Iranian counterpart H Amir-Abdullahian on Monday, January 15.
- As of now the number of classical languages in India is 6. This includes Tamil, Telugu, Sanskrit, Kannada, Malayalam and Oriya languages.
- Odia is the latest in the list of classical languages in India. Odia was given the status of classical language in 2014.
- Under the new education policy, their number will increase to 9. Along with Persian, Pali and Prakrit languages will also be given the status of classical languages.
- According to the National Education Policy-2020 of India, “Apart from these classical languages, Pali, Persian and Prakrit; and their literary works should also be preserved for their richness and for the enjoyment and enrichment of future generations.”
TODAY'S HISTORY
- History of 17 January: On this day in the year 1966, the country got its first woman Prime Minister. In fact, on January 11, 1966, on the night of the Tashkent Agreement, Prime Minister Lal Bahadur Shastri died. The next day Gulzari Lal Nanda once again became the acting Prime Minister. On the other hand, the fight to choose a leader started in Congress. After a struggle that lasted for 7 days, Indira Gandhi's name was approved.
- 2020 – India successfully tested a ballistic missile capable of carrying out a nuclear attack. It was fired from the sea coast of Andhra Pradesh and this missile has a range of 3,500 kilometers.
- 2010- West Bengal, Bihar and Orissa opposed BT brinjal. These three states account for 60 percent of the country's total brinjal production. In this, West Bengal holds 30 percent stake, Orissa 20 percent and Bihar 11 percent.
- 1986 – The first computer virus 'C.Brain' was activated.
- 1960 – Mutual security agreement signed between America and Japan.
- 1956- Sudan became the ninth member of the Arab League.
- 1736 – Scottish inventor 'James Watt' was born.
