Current Affairs- Today’s Headlines: January 7, 2022

Here are Today’s News Headlines by GK Today for January 7, 2022

– Cabinet approves MoU between India and Nepal for construction of bridge over Mahakali River at Dharchula (India) – Dharchula (Nepal)

– Union Minister Dr Jitendra Singh inaugurates India’s first Open Rock Museum in Hyderabad

– Union Minister Dr Jitendra Singh releases Earthquake Risk Maps of Lucknow and Dehradun Cities

– Union Home and Cooperation Minister Amit Shah inaugurates, lays foundation stones for 29 development works worth Rs 2,450 crore in Manipur

– Drinking Water Supply Schemes worth Rs. 6,872 crores approved for Rajasthan under Jal Jeevan Mission

– Water Atlas mapping all water bodies in the tiger bearing areas of India released by Union Environment, Forests, and Climate Change Minister, Bhupender Yadav

– Nitin Gadkari inaugurates and lays foundation stones for 572 km of National Highway projects worth Rs.12981 crore in Uttar Pradesh

– PM Modi holds telephonic conversation with Federal Chancellor of Germany Olaf Scholz

– Railway Protection Force deploys 244 Meri Saheli teams at major railway stations across country

– Cabinet approves signing of MoU between India & Turkmenistan on Disaster Management Cooperation

– J&K: 169.75 acres land in Gulmarg, Sonamarg notified as ‘strategic areas’

– Govt approves Green Energy Corridor Phase-II with ₹12,000-crore outlay

– Reliance Industries Ltd (RIL) launches mega bond sale to raise $3-5 billion from offshore investors

– Russia-led military alliance CSTO (Collective Security Treaty Organization) to send peacekeeping forces to Kazakhstan after call for help by President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev

– Afghanistan’s Taliban regime not to allow any fencing along Durand Line by Pakistan

– Veteran Chinese diplomat Zhang Ming takes over as new Secretary-General of SCO (Shanghai Cooperation Organization)

– Oldest US veteran of WWII, Lawrence N. Brooks, dies at 112