Current Affairs- Today’s Headlines: January 15-16, 2023.

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Here are Today’s News Headlines by GK Today for January 15-16, 2023.

Festivals of Makar Sankranti, Magh Bihu and Pongal were celebrated in different parts of the country.
Visakhapatnam-Secunderabad Vande Bharat Express train runs from today.
G20: Two-day ‘Think-20’ meeting to start in Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh.
G20 Infrastructure Working Group (IWG) to begin in Pune, Maharashtra.
Centre to launch five-year National Urban Technology Mission for Municipal Services and ULBs.
Chhattisgarh begins road construction work in Pudaang village, for the first time since India’s Independence.

Report: Richest 1% Indians own more than 40% of country’s wealth.
Japan’s SMBC Bank and Oaktree Capital Management submit expressions of interest (EoIs) for strategic stake sale in IDBI Bank.
Swiggy has rolled out Ambulance Service for Delivery Partners and its dependants.
The government has extended the tenure of managing director (MD) and CEO of Bank of Baroda (BoB) Sanjiv Chadha till June 2023.
CII Business Confidence Index for the October-December quarter records its highest reading in two years.
World’s longest River Cruise MV Ganga Vilas will reach Patna today; The Cruise is on way to Dibrugarh via Bangladesh.

Davos 2023 : World Economic Forum Meeting begins today on the theme, ‘Cooperation in a Fragmented World’.
Britain to send 14 of its main battle tanks along with additional artillery support to Ukraine.
Earthquake of 6.0 magnitude strikes Indonesia’s Northern Sumatra.
US President Joe Biden approves emergency declaration for California due to winter storms

Shang Juncheng becomes the first male Chinese player to win an Australian Open match.
Barcelona beats Real Madrid 3-1 to lift Spanish Super Cup
India defeats Sri Lanka by the largest ever margin of 317 runs in the last ODI and clinched the series by 3-0.
Indian team of Yuki Bhambri- Saketh Myneni wins Bangkok Open tennis title.