Current Affairs, 05 January 2024

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Maharashtra’s first woman Rashmi Shukla took over as DGP

4 Dec, in a pioneering act, the Maharashtra government appointed Rashmi Shukla as the first woman Director General of Police (DGP) for the state. 1988 batch IPS Rajneesh Seth retires and DL IG Sanjeev Nautiyal takes over, marking a landmark day in local law enforcement.

• She was the Director General of Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB) from March 2023, after her stint as Pune Police Commissioner and Head of the Intelligence Department in Maharashtra.
• Her leadership was remarkable when the state government was under BJP from 2014 to 2019.
• 2019 Out, but his closeness to the BJP government landed him in trouble when MVA came into power. 2 FIRs were filed against her accusing her of phone-tapping rulers and leaders belonging to Shiv Sena, NCP, and Congress between 2015-2019.
• in 2021 and 2022. Anyways, on September 8th, 2023, the Bombay High Court also struck out both of these FIRs upholding Shukla’s position as a robust and courageous officer within Maharashtra.

Revolutionizing Agriculture: Toor Dal Procurement Portal Launched

• 4th January, Union Home Minister Amit Shah released the Toor Dal Procurement Portal at Vigyan Bhawan in New Delhi.
• The Toor Dal supply portal which is developed in several languages simplifies the process for tur dal farmers.
• On this platform, farmers can sell their pulses online and receive the payments directly to their accounts.
• Registration, purchasing, and payment processes are made simpler for the farmers as well as the government thus improving efficiency. Importantly, only the registered farmers on this portal will be entitled to procure pulses for holding buffer stock.
• Nowadays, the curative/buffer stock for pulses including tur dal is procured and maintained by governmental agencies such as NAFED National Agricultural Cooperative Marketing Federation of India, NCCF.

History of January 5

• 2014 marked the successful launch of the Indian communication satellite- GSAT-14 into orbit.
• in 2009 Omar Abdullah was sworn in as the Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir.
• 2008 marked the beginning of an election observation campaign undertaken by the European Union in Pakistan.
• 2000 saw the legendary footballer Pele announced as the best player of the century.
• Mark Taylor the captain of an Australian cricket team created a world record in 1997 with a total number of 157.
• 1986 marked the birth of Bollywood actress Deepika Padukone and 1955 West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee.
• 1659 witnessed Aurangzeb defeating Shah Shuja in the battle of Khajwah.