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Highlights of 24 January 2025 Current Affairs
- World Bank appoints Michel Lino as a Neutral Expert to settle disputes between India and Pakistan about hydroelectric projects on the Kishenganga and Ratle rivers.
- India and Pakistan are in a disagreement over two hydroelectric projects, with India pushing for a Neutral Expert to resolve the issue.
- President Trump announces that the U.S. will leave the Paris Agreement, arguing it harms American businesses like coal and oil, while other countries like China face fewer restrictions.
- Trump also cancels U.S. commitments to climate funding, saying the Paris Agreement unfairly burdens the U.S. while allowing countries like China to have less strict rules.
- The U.S. pulling out of the World Health Organization could hurt global health programs and make it harder to respond to future pandemics.
- Trump signs an order to end birthright citizenship, proposing that children born in the U.S. to non-citizen parents should not automatically become U.S. citizens.
- If birthright citizenship ends, it could impact immigrant communities, especially Indian Americans, and children of people on temporary visas like H-1B holders.
- India celebrates the 10th anniversary of the Beti Bachao Beti Padhao scheme, which works to improve the sex ratio and encourage girls to go to school.
- India’s men’s and women’s Kho Kho teams win the first-ever Kho Kho World Cup, defeating Nepal in the finals to become the champions.
- The Prime Minister’s Internship Scheme receives support from companies, offering internships to 1 crore youth over five years, with financial help and guidance.