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Highlights of 31 January 2025 Current Affairs
- Global FDI declined by 8% in 2024, despite an overall 11% rise to USD 1.4 trillion, due to conduit economy adjustments.
- Developed economies saw a 43% FDI surge, but excluding conduit transactions, actual inflows dropped by 15%.
- Developing economies faced a 2% FDI decline, continuing the downward trend after a 6% drop in 2023.
- China’s FDI dropped by 29%, while India saw a 13% increase, with strong Greenfield project growth but a 23% fall in international project finance.
- ASER 2024 reports literacy and numeracy recovery, with 44.8% of Class 5 students reading at a Class 2 level, nearing pre-pandemic levels.
- Private school enrollment in rural India remains stable, while government school enrollment declined to 66.8% after a pandemic surge.
- The MSME Ministry and ONDC launched the TEAM initiative, with ₹277.35 crore allocated to digitally empower 5 lakh small businesses.
- Uttar Pradesh banned Halal-certified products, except for exports, as India lacks government regulation on Halal certification.
- China introduced DeepSeek AI models, boasting superior reasoning and efficiency, with DeepSeek-R1 being 20–50 times cheaper than OpenAI’s models.
- Libia Lobo Sardesai, a 100-year-old freedom fighter, received the Padma Shri, recognizing her role in Goa’s liberation via the “Voice of Freedom” radio.