Q.1. for preservation of Ladakh’s land, culture and language & inclusion in 6th Schedule of the Constitution.
-✅ G Kishan Reddy Panel (MoS, Home)
Q.2. A natural gas pipeline connecting Kochi in Kerala to which city of Karnataka has been inaugurated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi?
✅- Mangaluru
👉CM of Kerala - Pinarayi Vijayan
👉Governor of Kerala - Arif Mohammad Khan
Q.3. Karnataka State Brahmin Development Board
👉Arundhati scheme: poor Brahmin women given ₹25k for marriage.
👉Maitreyi scheme: ₹3L for marrying poor priests.
👉Karnatka C.M.- B.S. Yediyurappa
Q.4. Who has been elected as the President of the All India Chess Federation.
✅-Sanjay Kapoor
👉Year of establishment of All India Chess Federation - 1951 AD
Q.5. Which country has recently passed the Malala Yousafzai Scholarship Act.
✅- United States
👉Malala Yousafzai - She has been awarded the 2014 Nobel Peace Prize.
(Youngest Nobel laureate)
Q.6. National Statistical Office (NSO) , 1st advance estimate of ✅GDP, -7.7% growth for 2020-21,
👉Last year - +4.2%
Q.7. Ordinance to merge Jammu and Kashmir cadre IAS, IPS and IFS officers with that of Arunachal Pradesh, Goa, Mizoram and Union Territory (AGMUT) cadre. -✅(J&K Reorganisation Act, 2019)
👉L. Governor of J&K - Manoj Sinha
Q.8. Which state or union territory has established the Tamil Academy to promote the language and culture of the state of Tamil Nadu?
✅- Delhi
👉CM of Delhi - Arvind Kejriwal
👉Lieutenant Governor of Delhi- Anil Baijal
Q.9. Recently who has been sworn in as the new Chief Justice of the Joint Court of Union Territories of Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh.
✅- Pankaj Mittal
👉Lieutenant Governor of the Union territory of Jammu and Kashmir - Manoj Sinha
Q.10. Vilas Patil Andalkar has passed away, he was an MLA from which constituency. - ✅Karad (Maharashtra)
👉CM of Maharashtra - Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray
👉 Governor of Maharashtra - Bhagat Singh Koshyari
Q.11. Which state has recently announced to provide green tag to government offices. -✅ Kerala
(Best governed State 2020 )
The rankings were released by the Public Affairs Centre (PAC) in Bengaluru.
Q.12.Motion to remove Kerala Vidhan Sabha speaker because of his alleged ties with gold smugglers. - ✅Constitution article 179(C) - Removal & Resignation of State Assembly Speaker and deputy speaker.
Q.13.Where will the second edition of Khelo India Winter Games be held from February 2021?
✅ - Gulmarg , Baramulla (J & K)
👉Gulmarg Town is situated in the Pir Panjal Range in the Western Himalayas and lies within the boundaries of Gulmarg Wildlife Sanctuary.
Q.14. JS Muralidhar has been appointed as the Chief Justice of which High Court?
✅- Odisha High Court
👉CM of Odisha - Naveen Patnaik(14th Chief Minister of Odisha)
1) The CEPI centralized network lab has been inaugurated by Dr Harsh Vardhan, Union Minister for Science & Technology in Faridabad.
▪️Ministry of Science and Technology (India):-
👉Founded - May 1971
👉Headquarters - New Delhi
👉 Minister - Harsh Vardhan
👉 Minister of State - Y. S. Chowdary
2) Bird Flu/Avian Influenza/H5N1:
1st found-China Geeze Bird (1996),
In India-Maharashtra's Nadurbar (2006).
It can spread from birds to humans but not if meat/egg cooked beyond 70 Degrees.
3) KAMAL Hasan’s party-Makkal Needhi Maiam, promised salaries to housewives. NSO survey: men spend 1.5 hrs in unpaid domestic work, while women 5 hrs/day.
4) The Prime Minister inaugurated the National Atomic Scale at National Metrology Conclave 2021 organised bythe Council of Scientific and Industrial Research(CSIR).
▪️CSIR :-
👉Founded: 26 September 1942 , National Physical Laboratory, New Delhi.
👉Head: Shekhar C. Mande
5) Under the ICAR’s initiative ‘Mera Gaon Mera Gaurav’, Cleanliness drive was carried out recently in Ibrampur, Veling and Parra villages in Goa.
6) New Industrial Development Scheme For Jammu & Kashmir (J&K IDS, 2021) approved .It is a Central Sector Scheme for the development of Industries in the UT of J & K.
7) Priti Pant has been made the head of the panel set up by the Ministry of Health to examine the adverse consequences of NFHS-5.
▪️Ministry of Health and Family Welfare
Founded :- 1976
HeadQuarter - New Delhi
Minister of Health and Family Welfare - Harsh Vardhan
8) The Department of Telecommunications (DoT) said on Wednesday (January 6) that auctions for 4G spectrum in the 700, 800, 900, 1,800, 2,100, 2,300, and 2,500 MHz bands will begin from March
9) Recently the state of Uttar Pradesh has launched a "Farmers Welfare Mission" to double the income of farmers.
▪️ CM of UP - योगी आदित्यनाथ
▪️ Governor of UP - आनंदीबेन पटेल
Other Exam Related Info. :-
👉 "मिशन शक्ति"
👉 "आगरा मेट्रो रेल परियोजना"
👉"कन्या सुमंगला योजना"
👉 "Varasat" योजना
All these important schemes related to Uttar Pradesh.
10) Who is the author of the book titled 'Sutranivednachi sutra- ek anbav'?
- Dr Roopa Chari
11) On 7th January 2021, Indian Prime Minister flagged off the world’s first Double Stack Long Haul 1.5 Km long Container Train pulled by electric traction from New Ateli -New Kishangarh.
12) Hima Kohli was sworn in as the Chief Justice of Telangana State.
▪️Hima Kohli is currently the lone woman Chief Justice in one of the country's 25 High Courts.
▪️CM of Telangana - Kalvakuntla Chandrashekhar Rao
▪️Governor of Telangana - Tamilisai Soundararajan (First Women Governor of Telangana)
13) The Government of India, the Government of West Bengal and the World Bank signed a $105 million project to improve the inland water transport infrastructure in Kolkata, West Bengal
14) The proposed Chattergala tunnel in Jammu & Kashmir will connect district Kathua with district Doda enroute the new Highway via Basohli-Bani through Chattergalla to touch Bhaderwah and Doda.
15) Recently the World Bank has projected a 9.6% decline in India's economy in FY 2020-21.
▪️World Bank :-
👉Founded - 1944
👉President - David Malpass
👉Headquarters - Washington, D.C., United States
16) Vietnam has started buying rice from India for the first time in decades after its local prices jumped to their highest in nine years amid limited domestic supplies.
17) Recently DRDO has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Maharashtra Metro Rail Corporation for the implementation of advanced biodigester MK-II technology in the metro rail network.
▪️Defence Research and Development Organisation( DRDO) :-
👉 Founded - 1958
👉 HeadQuarter - New Delhi
👉 Chairman - G. Satheesh Reddy
1. PM Narendra Modi dedicated to the nation the Kochi-Managluru natural gas pipeline of the Gail Authority of India Limited.
-Mangluru or Manglore is an Arabian Sea Port of Karnatka. It is known for Kadri Manjunath Temple of bronze status.
- Kochi(Kerala)- Cherai Beach
2.125th Birth Anniversary of Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose on 23rd January.
👉Prime Minister headed 85members committee to celebrate this occasion.
👉He became Congress president in 1938.
👉Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose International Airport- Kolkata
3.Book- India’s 71-Year Test: The Journey to Triumph in Australia’
Writer: R. Kaushik
4.Krishi Sanjeevani Vans launched by Karnataka Govt.
CM- B.S. Yediyurappa
Governor-Vajubhai Vala
Karnataka-Hampi, once the medieval Vijayanagara empire’s capital, contains ruins of Hindu temples, elephant stables and a stone chariot.
5. The Uttar Pradesh government has signed a MoU with the Netherlands to set up a skill development centre to help farmers
▪️CM of UP - योगी आदित्यनाथ
▪️ Governor of UP - आनंदीबेन पटेल
Other Exam Related Info. :-
👉 "मिशन शक्ति"
👉 "आगरा मेट्रो रेल परियोजना"
👉"कन्या सुमंगला योजना"
👉 "Varasat" योजना
All these important schemes related to Uttar Pradesh.
6.Lucknow University (LU) has launched the ‘Karmayogi Scheme’ which offers students part-time jobs while continuing their studies on the campus.
Folk Dances of U.P.-
Khyal. ...
Raslila. ...
Nautanki. ...
Kathak.
7. PAKISTAN Army successfully launched Fatah-1 rockey system.
-Pakistan has some of the most famous polo matches in the world that take place in Shandur, which is the highest altitude polo field in the world.
-But the National game of Pakistan is Field Hockey.
8. The science and technology minister Dr Harsh Vardhan has released the report - Action Agenda for an Atma Nirbhar Bharat prepared by TIFAC.
▪️Ministry of Science and Technology (India):-
👉Founded - May 1971
👉Headquarters - New Delhi
👉 Minister - Harsh Vardhan
👉 Minister of State - Y. S. Chowdary
9.Central African Republic president Faustin A. Touadera wins reelection.
Capital: Bangui
👉It is bordered by Chad to the north, Sudan to the northeast, South Sudan to the southeast, the Democratic Republic of the Congo to the south, the Republic of the Congo to the southwest and Cameroon to the west.
-Use the world map and understand the country.
10. The fourth Global Ayurveda Festival (GAF2021), aimed at a global discussion and development of Ayurveda, would be held in Kerala.
👉CM of Kerala - पिनारयी विजयन
👉Governor of Kerala - आरिफ मोहम्मद खान
11.Union Education Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal ‘Nishank’ has inaugurated the two-day Virtual International Akhand Conference ‘EDUCON 2020’ through video conferencing.
👉Theme:Envisioning Education for Transforming Youth to Restore Global Peace.
12. The World Meteorological Organization (WMO), Geneva has conferred the status of 'centennial observing station' to Patna Meteorological observatory
13.Jammu and Kashmir Lieutenant Governor, Manoj Sinha has launched Mobile Application ‘Satark Nagrik’ and Departmental Vigilance Officers Portal of J&K Anti Corruption Bureau.
14.The India and France Strategic Dialogue 2021-
Held in New Delhi to discuss regional and global issues. Chaired by Ajit Doval from Indian Delegation Side.
👉France President: Emmanuel Macron
1. Indian-American novelist Ved Mehta, best known for his 12-volume autobiography "Exile of the Continents", has passed away.
2. Indian Army has signed MOU with the Bandhan Bank for the Bandhan Bank Shaurya Salary Account. The MOU was signed by Lt Gen Ravin Khosla DG of Indian Army and Chandra Shekhar Ghosh MD & CEO of Bandhan Bank.
▪️Bandhan Bank :-
👉CEO - Chandra Shekhar Ghosh
👉HEADQUARTER :- Kolkata, West Bengal, India
👉Founded :- 23 August 2015
3. US President-elect Joe Biden named Indian-American Sumona Guha as senior director for South Asia and Tarun Chhabra as senior director for Technology and National Security.
4. The Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos has made the biggest charitable donation of 2020. He donated $ 10 Billion for launching Bezos Earth Fund.
5. Government of India (GoI) has sanctioned INR 37.8 Crores for the Developing Parashuram Kund Pilgrimage
Site at Lohit district, Arunachal Pradesh
6. NSO has estimated the India's GDP to contract by 7.7 % in 2020-21.
👉The National Statistical Commission (NSC) of India is an autonomous body which formed in June 2005 under the recommendation of Rangarajan commission.
👉Formed :- July 12 2006
👉Headquarters :- New Delhi
7. Recently Dr Najma Heptulla, Governor of Manipur released a book titled ‘Making of a General – A Himalayan Echo’ through a virtual mode at Durbar Hall of Raj Bhavan, Imphal, Manipur. The book is authored by (Redt) Lt. Gen. Konsam Himalay Singh.
8. The PM CARES Fund allocates Rs 201.58 cr for installation of 162 Medical Oxygen Generation Plants in public health facilities.
👉PM CARES Fund:-
Founded :- 28 March 2020
Chairperson:- Narendra Modi
9. Recently Soma Mondal took charge as the chairman of Steel Authority of India Limited (SAIL). he becomes the 1st woman chairperson of SAIL
10. Alexander Ellis has been appointed as the new British High Commissioner to India. He will succeed Sir Philip Barton.
11. Recently, India flagged off the 40th Indian Scientific Expedition to Antarctica (40-ISEA) from the ormugao Port, Goa by the Ministry of Earth Science.
12. Abhishek Yadav has been appointed as the 1st deputy general secretary of AIFF?
▪️All India Football Federation:-
President: Praful Patel
Founded: 23 June 1937
FIFA affiliation: 1948
AFC affiliation: 1954
Headquarters: Dwarka, Delhi
13. Recently, Uttar Pradesh government (UP) Chief Minister (CM) Yogi Adityanath launched a 3-week ong campaign namely “Kisan Kalyan Mission” for the state’s farmer welfare and to double their income.
14. World's largest floating solar energy project in India is going to be constructed on Omkareshwar Dam on Narmada river.
👉The Omkareshwar Dam is a gravity dam on the Narmada River just upstream of Mandhata in Khandwa district, Madhya Pradesh, India.
15. J Venkatramu has been appointed the managing director and chief executive officer of India Post Payments Bank.
👉Indian Post payment Bank :-
Founded :-1 September 2018
Headquarters :- New Delhi
16. Uttarakhand is in talks with the Madhya Pradesh government to bring white tigers to Nainital’s Sitabani ildlife Reserve for a forthcoming tiger safari project..
17. World bank has signed the USD 105 million project with government of India and government of West Bengal to improve waterways in Kolkata, West Bengal.
▪️World Bank :-
👉Founded - 1944
👉President - David Malpass
👉Headquarters - Washington, D.C., United States
18. The University Grants Commission (UGC) has asked universities, colleges to celebrate the National Youth Day 2021 -- the birth anniversary of Swami Vivekananda -- on January 12, to take inspiration from his ideals and commemorate his works.
19. The Punjab government has declared the entire state a 'controlled area' in view of bird deaths in neighboring states.
Punjab :-
👉Heart❤️ of India’s Sikh community
👉CM :- Captain Amarinder Singh
👉GOVERNOR :- VP Singh Badnore
👉Major steel manufacturer.
👉A major producer of essential crops.
👉The first to host President rule.
1. Manipur state has launched the mPension Manipur app. mPension is a Web App and provides facilities to the pensioners to send feedbacks and make queries online. It also notifies pensioners on the status of photographs submitted and the responses of their queries.
Manipur :-
👉CM :- Nongthombam Biren Singh
👉Governor :- Najma Heptulla
2.the 3rd edition of Digital Evolution Scorecard 2020 developed by Tufts University’s Fletcher School in partnership with Mastercard was released in which India ranked 4th.The scorecard is topped by China
3.Amit Shah launches ‘Single Window Clearance System’ for Coal Sector.
About Ministry of Coal:
👉Union Minister – Pralhad Joshi
👉Headquarters – New DeDelhi
4.Cherry Blossom Mao Festival held in Senapati, Manipur; Virtually Inaugurated by CM N.Biren Singh
👉Loktak Lake: Manipur
👉Governor of Manipur:Najma Heptulla
5.Padma Shri Turlapati Kutumba Rao, Veteran Telugu Journalist, Writer and Orator Passed Away at 7
6. Kerala has announced to launch India’s first Solar Electric RORO service.
👉Kerala: Periyar River
👉Kerala: Cherai Beach
👉Vallam Kali boat race in Kerala.
7.The Health and Family Welfare Ministry has set up a technical expert under the
chairmanship of PREETI PATEL to examine the adverse findings of NFHS-5.
8. Book 'Making of a General A Himalayan Echo ’
👉Author: .Lt Gen Konsam Himalay Singh
9.The oldest surviving Olympic champion, Ágnes Keleti , turned 100 recently. She is associated with Gymnastics.
10. Assam has launched a Bhraman Sarathi scheme to provide free bus service to women and senior citizens.
👉Assam CM: Sarbananda Sonowal
👉The Khasi and Jaintia Hills are a mountainous region that was mainly part of Assam and Meghalaya.
11. 12 January the birthday of Swami Vivekananda- celebrated as National Youth Day since mid-80s. Today Every 5th young person in the world is Indian. Quotes: “Arise, awake and stop not till the goal is reached"
12. The Centre would soon hold a campaign named “know your Constitution” in schools, colleges and universities across the country.
13. Udisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik inaugurated the ‘Fire Park’ in Bhuvneshwar, a first of its kind initiative in the country, to bring awareness on fire safety measures.
14. Ramgarh in Jharkhand has topped the list of aspirational districts ranked by the government think tank Niti Aayog.
👉Ramgarh district is one of the 24 districts in the Indian state of Jharkhand. It was also a military district during the British Regime, referred to then as Ramgahr district.
15. Arup Kumar Goswami was sworn in as the Chief Justice (CJ) of Andhra Pradesh High Court by Governor Biswab Bushan Harichandan in the presence of Chief Minister Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy .
Before that, he served as chief justice of Sikkim High Court.
16. Google Cloud has appointed its India MD Karan Bajwa as its new leader for Asia-Pacific.
👉Thomas Kurian is the chief executive officer of Google Cloud
👉Launched:-April 7, 2008
17. The Chief Minister of Karnataka, B.S. Yediyurappa launched "Krishi Sanjeevani Vans" in Bengaluru.
Karnataka:-
CM :- Bookanakere Siddalingappa Yediyurappa
Governor :- Vajubhai Vala
Formation :- 1 November 1956
Language :- Kannada
Port :- New Mangalore Port
18. The Punjab chief minister Amarinder Singh has launched a set of welfare projects, including free sanitary pads for high school and college girl students in the state.
▪️ Punjab :-
👉CM :- Captain Amarinder Singh
👉GOVERNOR :- VP Singh Badnore
👉Major steel manufacturer.
19. Rabi Narayan Mishra former Executive Director of the RBI has been appointed as the Director of RBIs CoS.
Reserve Bank of India:-
👉Headquarters:- Mumbai, Maharashtra,
👉Established:- 1 April 1935
👉Governor:- Shaktikanta Das
20. The Punjab National Bank has announced an alliance with the IIT Kanpur and the Foundation for Innovation and Research in Science and Technology for an innovation center at the institute's campus
▪️Punjab National Bank:-
Founded:- 12 April 1894
Founder :- Dyal Singh Majithia,
Lala Lajpat Rai
Headquarters :- New Delhi, India
1. The Union petroleum minister Dharmendra Pradhan has inaugurated a migrant worker cell at Surat in Gujarat.
👉British East India company set its first footsteps in Surat in the year 1818.
Gujarat CM :- Vijay Ramniklal Rupani
Governor :- Acharya Devvrat
2.Japarov Sadyr Nurgojoevich was elected as the president of Kyrgyzstan after securing nearly 80% votes.
Kygyzstan- Central Asian Country
Capital-Bishkek
3. Kerala received the 1st Prize in the State Designated Agencies Category for its effective
energy conservation programme at the 30th National Energy Conservation Awards 2020.
Kerala: Idukki Dam on Periyar River
Kerala: Pamba River
4.‘Euphranta Siruvani’-New Species of Fruit Fly named after Siruvani in Western Ghats.
5.Industrial Disputes (Gujarat Amendment) Bill, 2020 gets Presidential Nod.
Gujarat: Girnar Hills , Girna River:Maharashtra
6. Japan has committed ₹2,113 crore support to India for its efforts to mitigate socio-economic impacts of COVID-19 in the ccountry.
Japan PM:Yoshihide Suga
7.Thane Municipal Corporation of India has launched a "Period Room” initiative to promote menstrual hygiene in women.
8.Assam state government has decided to provide khadi shirts, and shawls and stoles made of ‘Eri silk’ to grade IV mployees of the state?.
Assam:Bihu Festival
9. Bangladesh is the focus country of the 51st International Film Festival of India (IFFI).
Bangladesh: Ganga known as Padma
Brahmaputra known as Jamuna
Ganga+Brahmaputra Delta: Meghna Delta
10.Sabrina Singh has been named as the White House Deputy Press Secretary in the upcoming Joe Biden administration.
11. Flipkart partnered with NITI Aayog to launch the updated version of Women ntrepreneurship Platform (WEP), in January, 20211.
👉Flipkart CEO: Kalyan Krishnamurthy
12. The Central Government approved eight hydropower projects of 144 MW on the Indus River and its tributaries in Ladakh.
13. the Khelo India Ice Hockey Tournament is being organized In Kargil Ladakh.
14. Indian-American Dr Raj Iyer has taken over as the first Chief Information Officer of the US Army,
15. the author of the book titled 'Right Under Your Nose' is R Giridharan, general manager at RBI.
16. Justice RS Chauhan has take oath as the new Chief Justice of Uttarakhand High Court.
▪️Uttarakhand CM :- Trivendra Singh Rawat
Governor :- Baby Rani Maurya
👉Asan Conservation Reserve
👉Country's first moss garden
👉Country's first Pollinator Park
👉Integrated Model Agriculture Village Scheme.
1) The Central Government has cleared the appointment of Justice Sudhanshu Dhulia as the next Chief Justice of the Gauhati High Court.
👉Guwahati is a sprawling city beside the Brahmaputra River in the northeast Indian state of Assam
👉Kamakhya Temple
👉Nilachal hill
👉Navagraha Temple
2) UGANDA BANNED social media ahead of election to prevent fake news and targeted ads
UGANDA Capital: Kampala
Currency: Ugandan Shilling (UGX)
3) Book: Ten Lessons For a Post-Pandemic World by Fareed Zakaria
4) Punjab Cabinet led by Chief Minister Captain Amarinder singh approved the ‘One Time
Settlement (OTS) Scheme for Recovery of Outstanding Dues – 2021’ for Traders to clear their Pending Arrears.
5) Union Education Minister Shri Ramesh Pokhriyal ‘Nishank’ inaugurated the two-day Virtual International Akhand Conference ‘EDUCON 2020’ through video conferencing.
👉The theme of EDUCON - 2020 was "Envisioning Education for Transforming Youth to Restore Global Peace".
6) Star Air has commenced direct daily flight operations from Kalaburagi, Karnataka, to Tirupati, Andhra Pradesh, under the RCS-UDAN.
7. Subodh Kumar Jaisawal has taken over as the new chief of the Central Industrial Security Force (CISF).
8. Chandrikapersad Santokhi will be the chief guest at India's Republic Day parade on January 26, 2021.
9. Delhi has launched a TESOL Core Certificate Program for English teachers of government schools.
10) The Virander Kumar Paul has been appointed as the next Ambassador of India to Somalia .
Somalia :-
👉Capital :- Mogadishu
👉President :- Mohamed Abdullahi Farmaajo
11) The Prime Minister Narendra Modi has flagged off the world's first double-stack long haul 1.5 km long container train to run on electric traction from New Ateli in Haryana to New Kishanganj in Rajasthan.
12) The Indian Renewable Energy Development Agency Ltd has signed a MoU with NHPC Ltd. for providing technical expertise in developing renewable energyIR projects.
IREDA :-
Formed :- 11 March 1987
👉Indian Renewable Energy Development Agency Limited (IREDA) is a Mini Ratna (Category – I) Government of India Enterprise under the administrative control of Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE).
13) Vanadium which is a high-value metal used in strengthening steel and titanium was found in Arunachal Pradesh state recently.
14) The 24th National Youth Festival is celebrated from 12th to 16th January 2021 with a theme ‘YUVAAH – Utsah Naye
Bharat Ka’.
15) Karuna Abhiyan-2021: Gujarat govt initiative to save the lives of bird who get injured by kite flying.
Gujarat CM: Vijay Rupani
16) The Indian Space Research Organization will adopt 100 Atal Tinkering Labs (ATLs) across the country.
ISRO :-
Formed :- 15 August 1969
Headquarter :- Bangalore, Karnataka, India
Chairman :- Kailasavadivoo Sivan
17) The ministry of information and broadcasting launched a digital calendar and diary for 2021.
▪️Ministry Of Information And Broadcasting :-
Officeholder :- Prakash Javadekar (Minister)
Departments :- Films Division of India
Headquarters :- New Delhi
1) Chief Minister of Gujarat Vijay Rupani flagged-off the 91st K9 VAJRA-T Gun from L&T's Armoured System Complex (ASC) at Hazira.
Gujarat :-
👉Fifth-largest Indian state by area.
👉Ninth-largest state by population.
👉Asiatic lions, Rann of Kutch (White Desert).
2) Ministry of Coal launched Single Window Clearance Portal, a unified platform that facilitates grant of clearances and approvals required for starting a coal mine in India.
👉Union Home Minister Shri Amit Shah launched the portal in presence of Union Minister of Coal & Mines Shri Pralhad Joshi.
3) Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana completes 5 years of operation.
👉Launched :- 13 January 2016
👉Ministry :- Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare
👉Prime Minister :- Narendra Modi
4) Union Education Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal recommended the constitution of a task force for coordinating National Education Policy
implementation between educational institutions.
▪️Ministry of Education :-
👉Ramesh Pokhriyal (Union Minister)
Founded :- 26 September 1985
Headquarters :- New Delhi
5) Paramilitary forces gear up for COVID-19 vaccine.
👉25,000 doctors, paramedics to get vaccine in first phase.
6) The third phase of Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Vikas Yojana (PMKVY 3.0) launched on 15 January, 2021 in 600 districts across India.
👉this phase will focus on new-age and Covid-related skills.
▪️Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship (MSDE):-
Minister :- Mahendra Nath Pandey
Founded :- 9 November 2014
Headquarters :- New Delhi
7) The India Meteorological Department has launched digital portal to record weather conditions.
▪️India Meteorological Department:-
👉Founded :- 1875
👉Headquarters: Mausam Bhavan, Lodhi Road, New Delhi
8) The Minister Awangbow Newbai has launched a website for community based sustainable forest management for wet resource conservation in Manipur (COSFOM).
👉Manipur CM :- Nongthombam Biren Singh
👉Governor :- Najma Heptulla
👉Khonghampat Orchidarium
👉Loktak Lake
9) Bhupinder Singh Mann, the Bharti Kisan Union national president and All India Kisan Coordination Committee chairman recused himself from the four-member committee constituted by the Supreme Court.
10) Brazil is the first country where India is exporting 2 million doses.
11) In a move to help the film industry in the state, the Kerala government has decided to waive entertainment tax for cinemas from January to March 2021.
👉Kerala: Periyar River
👉Kerala: Cherai Beach
👉Vallam Kali boat race in Kerala.
👉Kerala: Idukki Dam on Periyar River
Kerala :- Pamba River
12) Army Day is celebrated on 15th January since 1949. Army Day marks the day when Lt Gen KM Carriappa became the first Indian appointed as Commander-in-Chief of the Indian Army.
👉The President of India is the Supreme Commander of the Indian Army.
👉Headquarters :- Integrated Defence Headquarters, Ministry of Defence, New Delhi
Founded :- 1 April 1895
👉Chief of Defence Staff (CDS):- General Bipin Rawat
👉Chief of the Army Staff (COAS) :- General Manoj Mukund Naravane
👉Vice Chief of the Army Staff (VCOAS) :- Lieutenant General Satinder Kumar Saini
1) Telecom company Bharti Airtel and National Small Industries Corporation (NSIC) have teamed up to drive the digital transformation of small businesses and Micro, Small, and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) in India.
▪️National Small Industries Corporation (NSIC) :-
Founded :- 1955
Headquarters :- NSIC Bhawan, Okhla Industrial Estate, New Delhi
2) Book, titled "Modi India Calling - 2021", is the brainchild of senior BJP leader Vijay Jolly. It was released by Delhi BJP president Adesh Gupta at the Press Club of India.
3) The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has set up a working group to study digital lending activities of the regulated and unregulated players, due to the growing instances of frauds in digital lending space.
👉Jayant Kumar Dash has been named the Chairman of the working group, whereas Manoranjan Mishra will be the Member Secretary.
4) India and Japan signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to enhance cooperation in the field of Information and Communications Technology (ICT), including 5G standardisation.
▪️Japan :-
Capital :- Tokyo
National language :- Japanese
Currency :- Japanese yen
Prime minister :- Yoshihide Suga
5) The Prarambh :- Startup India International Summit is being organised by the Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade of the Ministry of Commerce and Industry on January 15-16.
👉The summit was inaugurated by Piyush Goyal, Minister of Commerce and Industry.
▪️Minister of Commerce and Industry :-
Headquarters :- New Delhi
Minister :- Piyush Goyal
6) The Japanese brokerage Nomura has revised upward the GDP forecast for India in 2020-21 and now expects it to contract to 6.7 percent.
Founded :- December 25, 1925 (Osaka, Japan)
Headquarters :- Nihonbashi, Chuo, Tokyo, Japan
7) The social activist and Padma Shri winner D Prakash Rao has passed away following a brain stroke. Rao, a Padma Shri, was known for his contribution towards imparting education to slum and orphan children in Cuttack.
8) India Finds Its First Ever Lithium Reserves In Karnataka's Mandya.
👉The discovery has been made in the preliminary survey of Atomic Minerals Directorate for Exploration and Research (AMD), which is an arm of Centre's Department of Atomic Energy (DAE).
▪️Department of Atomic Energy (DAE) :-
Formed :- 3 August 1954
Jurisdiction :- Republic of India
Headquarters :- Mumbai, Maharashtra,
9) The Union government has appointed RS Sharma, former Trai chief, as the chairperson of an empowered committee for administration of Covid-19 vaccine. This has come days ahead of the mega vaccination drive is to start in India.
10) Flipkart partnered with NITI Aayog to launch the updated version of Women ntrepreneurship Platform (WEP), in January, 20211.
👉Flipkart CEO: Kalyan Krishnamurthy
11) The Union petroleum minister Dharmendra Pradhan has inaugurated a migrant worker cell at Surat in Gujarat.
👉Gujarat CM :- Vijay Ramniklal Rupani
👉Governor :- Acharya Devvrat
👉World´s tallest statue (Sardar Patel statue) in Gujarat.
👉Akshardham Temple in Gandhinagar
👉Swaminarayan Temple of Maninagar
12) Arunachal Pradesh is likely to become India’s prime producer of Vanadium As per the Geological Survey of India (GSI). Vanadium is a high-value metal used in strengthening steel and titanium.
▪️Geological Survey of India (GSI) :-
👉Founder :- Thomas Oldham
👉Founded :- 4 March 1851
👉Parent Government agency :- Ministry of Mines
👉Headquarters :- Kolkata, West Bengal, India
▪️Arunachal Pradesh :-
👉CM :- Pema Khandu
👉Governor :- B. D. Mishra
👉Land of the Rising Sun
👉Orchid State of India or the Paradise of the Botanists.
1) The expert committee will be headed by IRDAI Chairperson, Subhash Chandra Khuntia to examine the availability of health insurance products in the country.
👉Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority:-
Founded :- 1999
Headquarters :- Hyderabad
Chairperson :- Subhash Chandra Khuntia
2) The Trump administration has re-designated Cuba as a "state sponsor of terrorism", reversing an Obama-era decision days ahead of the inauguration of President-elect Joe Biden.
3) Indian Army will deploy the first batch of women helicopter pilots by 2022 after their induction into the Aviation Corps of the Indian Army.
👉The President of India is the Supreme Commander of the Indian Army.
👉Headquarters :- Integrated Defence Headquarters, Ministry of Defence, New Delhi
Founded :- 1 April 1895
👉Chief of Defence Staff (CDS):- General Bipin Rawat
👉Chief of the Army Staff (COAS) :- General Manoj Mukund Naravane
4) NIC and CBSE to launch CollabCAD Software to provide total engineering solutions for students & Faculty of Engineering Graphics Curriculum.
👉National Informatics Centre :-
Formation :- 1976
Headquarters :- New Delhi
5) Haryana Government has decided to develop Pipli in Kurukshetra as a world-class tourist hub.
👉The decision was taken in the meeting of Haryana Sarasvati Heritage Development Board (HSHDB) held under the chairmanship of Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar.
👉Haryana Governor :- Satyadev Narayan Arya
6) Indian American Sonia Aggarwal to be US President-elect Joe Biden's climate policy adviser
7) Managing Director of Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) Mangu Singh inaugurated a new four-storey ‘simulator building’ in the sprawling premises of Delhi Metro Rail Academy (DMRA).
8) Sandeep Aggarwal is appointed as the new Chairman of the Telecom Equipment and Services Export Promotion Council (TEPC).
9) Veteran actor Biswajit Chatterjee receives Indian Personality of the Year Award at 51st IFFI.
👉Union Minister for Information and Broadcasting, Prakash Javadekar, announced a new ‘Indian Personality of the Year’ award, which he announced was being conferred upon veteran actor, director and singer Biswajit Chatterjee.
10) Amresh Kumar Chaudhary has been awarded prestigious 'Chief of Army Staff Commendation', for his outstanding contribution to Armed Forces during the critical period of the Covid-19 pandemic and its various operations.
11) Prime Minister Narendra Modi flagged off eight trains from various parts of the country connecting to Kevadiya in Gujarat, where the Statue of Unity is located, in a bid to increase tourism in the belt.
👉Gujarat CM :- Vijay Ramniklal Rupani
👉Governor :- Acharya Devvrat
👉Akshardham Temple in Gandhinagar
12) In order to enable the students to attend the online classes the Tamil Nadu government has decided to give free data cards with usage capacity of 2 GB per day between January to April 2021.
Tamil Nadu CM :- Edappadi K. Palaniswami
👉Governor :- Banwarilal Purohit
👉Meenakshi Amman Temple, Madurai
👉Pallava temples at Mahabalipuram
👉Brihadeeswara Temple
1) The Indian High Commission in Bangladesh stated in a release that a contingent of 122 proud soldiers of the Bangladesh Armed Forces, departed for India in a specially sent IAF C-17 aircraft. The contingent will participate in India's Republic Day Parade in New Delhi on 26 January 2021.
Bangladesh:-
👉Capital and largest city:- Dhaka
President :- Abdul Hamid
Prime Minister :- Sheikh Hasina
2) First-ever snowshoe run organised in Srinagar to boost winter sports.
👉In a bid to boost winter sports in the Kashmir region, the Snowshoe Federation of India organized a snowshoe run cum interaction programme in Srinagar for the first time.
👉L. Governor of J&K - Manoj Sinha
3) The All India Institute of Medical Science (AIIMS) - Bhubaneswar has received the Kayakalp Award for the 3rd time.
👉Former Name :- Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose All India Institute of Medical Sciences
4) Kerala Governor Arif Mohammad Khan has launched Vedhik Erudite Foundation’s ambitious scheme ‘One School One IAS’ to provide free coaching for civil services and other competitive examinations to 10,000 meritorious but financially weak students across the State.
👉Kerala :-
CM :- Pinarayi Vijayan
GOVERNOR :- Arif Mohammad Khan
5) Bharti Airtel (Airtel) has appointed Pradipt Kapoor as Chief Information Officer (CIO).
👉Telecom company Bharti Airtel and National Small Industries Corporation (NSIC) have teamed up to drive the digital transformation of small businesses and Micro, Small, and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) in India.
6) India Govt spend ₹500 cr to improve connectivity. The Indian government has spent nearly ₹550 crores to extend 17 km of the 68.72 km Jaynagar-Bijalpura-Bardibas railway project to improve rail connectivity between India and Nepal.
▪️Ministry of Railways :-
👉Formed :- March 1905
👉Headquarters :- New Delhi
7) The United States has designated the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Bahrain as its major strategic partners.
▪️United States :-
Capital :- Washington, D.C
Largest city :- New York City
8) Ministry of Railways rolls out a new iron ore policy governing allocation of rakes and transportation of iron ore.
👉The new policy has been named as ‘Iron-ore Policy 2021’ and shall come into effect from 10.02.2021.
💎Ministry of Railways :-
👉Formed :- March 1905
👉Headquarters :- New Delhi
👉Minister :- Piyush Goyal
👉Chairman of Railway Board and Chief Executive Officer :- Suneet Sharma
9) Sri Lanka’s President Gotabaya Rajapaksa announced the revival of an Indian and Japanese investment project to develop a deep-sea terminal in Colombo harbour.
👉Sri Lanka :-
Capital :- Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte (legislative) , Colombo (executive and judicial)
Largest city :- Colombo
President :- Gotabaya Rajapaksa
Prime Minister:- Mahinda Rajapaksa
10) TMC MP Satabdi Roy has been appointed Vice-President of the West Bengal unit of the ruling Trinamool Congress.
▪️West Bengal :-
👉CM - Mamata Banerjee
👉GOVERNOR - Jagdeep Dhankhar
👉Folk Dances - Lathi, Gambhira, Dhali, Jatra, Baul, Chhau, Santhali Dance
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1) ‘Saksham’, an annual one-month long, people-centric fuel conservation mega campaign of Petroleum Conservation Research Association (PCRA) is launched by Minister of Petroleum & Natural Gas and Steel Shri Dharmendra Pradhan in Delhi.
👉The Petroleum Conservation Research Association (PCRA) is an organization established in India in 1978, under the aegis of the Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas of Government of India
2) The Intel has announced that its board of directors has appointed 40 - year technology industry leader Pat Gelsinger as its new chief executive officer.
👉Founded :- July 18, 1968
👉Founders :- Gordon Moore, Robert Noyce
👉Headquarters :- California, U.S.
3) Ut Ghulam Mustafa, one of the finest Hindustani classical vocalists and torchbearer of the Rampur Sahaswan gharana, died at his home in Mumbai on Sunday. He was 89.
👉He was awarded the Padma Shri in 1991, Sangeet Natak Akademi Award in 2003, Padma Bhushan in 2006 and Padma Vibhushan in 2018.
4) First Lady Jill Biden has named Indian-American Garima Verma as her digital director and Michael LaRosa press secretary.
👉Garima Verma was born in India, grew up in Ohio and the Central Valley of California. She served as an audience development and content strategist on the Biden-Harris campaign.
5) Union Minister for Science and Technology, Earth Sciences, Dr Harsh Vardhan dedicated the new coastal research vehicle 'Sagar Anveshika' to the nation at Chennai port.
▪️Ministry of Science and Technology (India):-
👉Founded - May 1971
👉Headquarters - New Delhi
👉 Minister - Harsh Vardhan
👉 Minister of State - Y. S. Chowdary
6) The report, ‘International Migration 2020 Highlights’ said in 2020, 18 million persons from India were living outside of their country of birth.
👉The United Arab Emirates, the US and Saudi Arabia host the largest numbers of migrants from India
7) First National Road Safety Month (January 18-February 17) was inaugurated by Union Minister for Road Transport & Highways Nitin Gadkari from Vigyan Bhavan.
▪️Ministry of Road Transport and Highways :-
Headquarters :- Parivahan Bhavan, New Delhi
Founded :- July 1942
👉Nitin Gadkari (Union Minister), Mansukh L. Mandaviya (Minister of State)
8) Colonel Prithipal Singh (retired), who has the unique distinction of serving in all three services, was presented with a silver salver on behalf of Chief of Defence Staff Gen Bipin Rawat on the occasion of Veterans Day.
👉During his service with the military, he participated in World War 2 and the 1965 Indo-Pak war.
9) The expert committee will be headed by IRDAI Chairperson, Subhash Chandra Khuntia to examine the availability of health insurance products in the country.
👉Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority:-
Founded :- 1999
Headquarters :- Hyderabad
Chairperson :- Subhash Chandra Khuntia
10) The Trump administration has re-designated Cuba as a "state sponsor of terrorism", reversing an Obama-era decision days ahead of the inauguration of President-elect Joe Biden.
11) The Bengaluru has been ranked first in the fastest growing technology center in the world, while London is at number two.
Bengaluru:-
👉Garden City of India
👉Silicon Valley of India
👉Puncha Mukhi Ganesha Temple
12) Leading defence company Thales and state-run Bharat Dynamics Limited (BDL) have signed a 'Teaming Agreement' to work in partnership on the 'STARStreak Air Defence system 'with the support of both the Governments of India and the United Kingdom. The system is to be developed under the ‘Make in India’ programmes.
▪️Bharat Dynamics Limited (BDL) :-
Headquarters: India
Founded: 1970, Hyderabad
Parent organizations :- Ministry of Defence
13) Union Education Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal 'Nishank' was honoured with the "Sahitya Gaurav Samman" by the Hindi Writers Guild, Canada for his literary work.
▪️Ministry of Education :-
👉Formed :- 15 August 1947
👉Headquarters :- New Delhi
👉India had the Ministry of Education since 1947. In 1985, Rajiv Gandhi government changed its name to Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD) and with the public announcement of newly drafted "National Education Policy 2020" by the Narendra Modi government, Ministry of Human Resource Development was renamed back to Ministry of Education.
14) The country's first Labour Movement Museum, showcasing the history of world labour movement, would be launched in Kerala's houseboat tourism hub, Alappuzha.
▪️Kerala :-
‘One School One IAS'
Kerala: Periyar River
👉Kerala: Cherai Beach
👉Vallam Kali boat race in Kerala.
👉Kerala: Idukki Dam on Periyar River
👉Kerala :- Pamba River
👉CM :- Pinarayi Vijayan
👉GOVERNOR :- Arif Mohammad Khan
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1) Joe Biden was sworn in as the 46th President of the United States on 20 Jan. 2021 on a cold, bright afternoon in the nation’s capital.
👉78-yr-old Joe Biden will be oldest US president to take oath.
👉President-elect Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris was sworn in at the West Front of the US capitol during the 59th Presidential Inauguration ceremony.
2) Iran and six other nations lost their right to vote in the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) because they have not paid their dues.
👉Other Nations :- Niger, Libya, the Central African Republic, Congo Brazzaville, South Sudan and Zimbabwe.
3) Puducherry fast bowler Santa Murthy has made history in the Syed Mushtaq Ali tournament. Santa is the oldest bowler to take five wickets in T20 cricket.
4) The Indian Renewable Energy Development Agency Ltd has signed a MoU with NHPC Ltd. for providing technical expertise in developing renewable energyIR projects.
▪️IREDA :-
Formed :- 11 March 1987
👉Indian Renewable Energy Development Agency Limited (IREDA) is a Mini Ratna (Category – I) Government of India Enterprise under the administrative control of Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE).
5) The ministry of information and broadcasting launched a digital calendar and diary for 2021.
▪️Ministry Of Information And Broadcasting :-
👉Officeholder :-Prakash Javadekar (Minister)
👉Departments :- Films Division of India
👉Headquarters :- New Delhi
6) The United Kingdom has invited Prime Minister Narendra Modi to attend the G7 summit that is scheduled to be held in June. Apart from India, Australia and South Korea are also invited to participate in the proceedings of the summit as “guest countries”.
👉The Group of Seven (G7) is an intergovernmental organization consisting of Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the United Kingdom and the United States. The heads of government of the member states, as well as the representatives of the European Union, meet at the annual G7 Summit.Its First summit took place on 15–17 November 1975, in Rambouillet, France.
👉47th G7 summit :-
The 47th G7 summit is intended to be held during the summer of 2021 in the United Kingdom(Location: Carbis Bay, United Kingdom)
7) Government of India has decided to celebrate the 125th Birth Anniversary year of Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose as “PARAKRAM DIWAS” to inspire people of the country, especially the youth, to act with fortitude in the face of adversity as Netaji did, and to infuse in them a spirit of patriotic fervour.
▪️Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose :-
Born - 23 January 1897, Cuttack
Died - 18 August 1945, Taipei, Taiwan
👉Quote :- Give me blood and I will give you freedom!
👉Freedom is not given, it is taken.
8) The U.S. government has blacklisted Chinese smartphone maker Xiaomi Corp. and China’s third-largest national oil company for alleged military links.
9) India has demonstrated an offensive swarm drone system that simulated taking down a range of targets, ranging from tanks, terror camps, helipads and fuel dumps at the annual Army Day parade in the capital.
10) Defence minister Rajnath Singh unveiled state-of-the-art ‘Driverless Metro Car’ for Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA) which will be deployed on Metro corridors in Mumbai.
▪️Ministry of Defence :-
👉Headquarters - New Delhi
👉Founded - 15 August 1947
👉The Indian Armed Forces (including Indian Army, Indian Air Force, Indian Navy) and Indian Coast Guard under the Ministry of Defence are primarily responsible for ensuring the territorial integrity of India.
11) India has supplied a consignment of two mobile harbour cranes to Iran's Chabahar port with a total contract value of over USD 25 million.
▪️Ministry of Ports, Shipping and Waterways :-
👉Headquarters - Parivahan Bhavan, New Delhi
👉Minister - Mansukh L. Mandaviya, Minister of State (Independent Charge)
12) Flight lieutenant Bhawana Kanth will be a part of the Republic Day parade this year to become the first woman fighter pilot to take part in India's biggest ceremonial event on January 26.
👉Bhawana Kanth is also one of the first women fighter pilots in the IAF.
👉Bhawana Kanth, along with Avani Chaturvedi and Mohana Singh, was inducted into the IAF as the first women fighter pilots in 2016.
▪️Indian Air Force:-
👉Founded - 8 October 1932
👉Headquarters - New Delhi
👉Commander-in-Chief - President Ram Nath Kovind
👉Chief of the Air Staff - Air Chief Marshal Rakesh Kumar Singh Bhadauria
👉Vice Chief of the Air Staff - Air Marshal Harjit Singh
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1) PM Modi released the financial assistance of around Rs. 2,691 crores to over 6 lakh beneficiaries in Uttar Pradesh under Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana- Gramin.
▪️Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana- Gramin :-
👉Launch year :- 2015
👉Launched by :- Narendra Modi
👉Ministry :-Ministry of Rural Development
👉A similar scheme for urban poor was launched in 2015 as Housing for All by 2022
2) The Ministry of Tribal Affairs (MoTA) has received the much-coveted SKOCH Challenger Award for the “Best Performance in eGovernance” due to implementation of policy initiatives through government programs.
👉 The award was received by the honorable Union Minister for Tribal Affairs, Shri Arjun Munda, at the Virtual 70th SKOCH Summit 2020 titled ‘Public Policy for Tribal and Marginalized,”
3) Arunachal Pradesh to build memorial to honour hero who won Tawang for India.
👉The foundation stone of the memorial will be laid on February 14, the day when Khathing is believed to have hoisted the Indian flag in Tawang in 1951.
▪️Arunachal Pradesh :-
👉CM :- Pema Khandu
👉Governor :- B. D. Mishra
👉Land of the Rising Sun
👉Orchid State of India or the 👉Paradise of the Botanists.
4) The India Meteorological Department has launched digital portal to record weather conditions.
▪️India Meteorological Department:-
👉Founded :- 1875
👉Headquarters: Mausam Bhavan, Lodhi Road, New Delhi
5) India and Japan signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to enhance cooperation in the field of Information and Communications Technology (ICT), including 5G standardisation.
▪️Japan :-
Capital :- Tokyo
National language :- Japanese
Currency :- Japanese yen
Prime minister :- Yoshihide Suga
6) The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has set up a working group to study digital lending activities of the regulated and unregulated players, due to the growing instances of frauds in digital lending space.
👉Jayant Kumar Dash has been named the Chairman of the working group, whereas Manoranjan Mishra will be the Member Secretary.
7) Earth Sciences Minister Harsh Vardhan inaugurated the doppler weather radars in Uttarakhand and Himachal Pradesh that will improve forecasts in the hilly states and also for Char Dham and Kailash Mansarovar pilgrimages.
▪️Ministry of Science and Technology (India):-
👉Founded - May 1971
👉Headquarters - New Delhi
👉 Minister - Harsh Vardhan
👉 Minister of State - Y. S. Chowdary
8) Moter bike ambulances "'Rakshita" developed by the DRDO were inducted into the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) for casualty evacuation tasks in remote Naxal violence and insurgency-affected areas.
▪️Defence Research and Development Organisation( DRDO) :-
👉 Founded - 1958
👉 HeadQuarter - New Delhi
👉 Chairman - G. Satheesh Reddy
9) Prime Minister Narendra Modi was unanimously chosen as the new chairman of the trust which manages the world famous Somnath Temple at Prabhas Patan town in Gujarat's Gir-Somnath district, becoming the second PM to hold the post.
👉Gujarat CM :- Vijay Ramniklal Rupani
👉Governor :- Acharya Devvrat
👉Akshardham Temple in Gandhinagar
10) India and Singapore signed the implementing agreement on submarine rescue support and cooperation between the two Navies. This was signed at the 5th Defence Ministers dialogue held virtually between Defence Minister Rajnath Singh and his Singapore counterpart Dr. Ng Eng Hen.
▪️Ministry of Defence :-
👉Headquarters - New Delhi
👉Founded - 15 August 1947
11) Senior oncologist and chairwoman of Cancer Institute Dr V Shanta died in a private hospital in Chennai. She was 94.
👉She won several awards, including Ramon Magsaysay Award and the Padma Bhushan, Padama Shri, Padma Vibhushan.
12) A geographical indication (GI) tag has been sought for one of the costliest mushrooms in the world that grows in Jammu and Kashmir’s Doda district.
👉A geographical indication (GI) is a sign used on products that have a specific geographical origin and possess qualities or a reputation that are due to that origin.
👉L. Governor of J&K - Manoj Sinha
Dachigam National Park
Salim Ali National Park
Kishtwar National Park
Kazinag National Park
13) The UN Human Rights Council elected Fiji's ambassador Nazhat Shameem Khan as its president in 2021.
👉Nazhat Shameem Khan served as the council's vice president in 2020 .
▪️United Nations Human Rights Council :-
👉Founded - 15 March 2006
👉Headquarters - Geneva, Switzerland
👉Parent organization- United Nations General Assembly
14) NITI Aayogs India Innovation Index 2020 rankings -
👉Karnataka topped as the most innovative state in the country for the second time in offering a conducive environment for innovation and performance parameters, according to NITI Aayogs India Innovation Index 2020 rankings.
👉Maharashtra is ranked second while Tamil Nadu is in third position.
▪️NITI Aayog :- National Institution for Transforming India
👉Formed - 1 January 2015
👉Preceding - Planning Commission
👉Headquarters -New Delhi
👉Chairperson:- Narendra Modi,
👉Vice Chairperson - Rajiv Kumar,
👉CEO - Amitabh Kant
1) The Union Cabinet gave ex-post facto approval to a memorandum of understanding (MoU) between India and Uzbekistanb for cooperation in the field of solar energy.
👉Uzbekistan is a Central Asian nation and former Soviet republic.
👉Capital- Tashkent
President - Shavkat Mirziyoyev
2) The Indian Air Force (IAF) and French Air and Space Force kickstarted the bilateral exercise Desert Knight-21 at Air Force Station Jodhpur.
▪️Indian Air Force:-
👉Founded - 8 October 1932
👉Headquarters - New Delhi
👉Commander-in-Chief - President Ram Nath Kovind
👉Chief of the Air Staff - Air Chief Marshal Rakesh Kumar Singh Bhadauria
👉Vice Chief of the Air Staff - Air Marshal Harjit Singh
3) The Union Cabinet gave its approval for ₹5,281.94-crore investment in the 850-MW Ratle Hydro Electric (HE) Project located on river Chenab, in Kishtwar district of Jammu and Kashmir.
👉L. Governor of J&K - Manoj Sinha
👉Dachigam National Park
👉Salim Ali National Park
👉Dal Lake
4) Russia announced that it was leaving the Open Skies Treaty (OST), an accord between over 30 countries that allows participants to fly unarmed reconnaissance flights over any part of their fellow member states.
▪️Russia :-
👉President - Vladimir Putin
👉State Historical Museum in Moscow
👉Hermitage Museum
👉Russian Museum in St Petersburg
👉Kazan Kremlin in Kazan
5) Ministry of Road Transport & Highways (MoRTH) and Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO), Ministry of Defence signed a framework Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) in New Delhi to strengthen collaboration in the field of technical exchange and co-operation on sustainable geo-hazard management.
👉The MoU was signed by Secretary MoRTH Shri Giridhar Aramane and Secretary DRDO Dr. Satieesh Reddy.
▪️Defence Research and Development Organisation( DRDO) :-
👉 Founded - 1958
👉 HeadQuarter - New Delhi
👉 Chairman - G. Satheesh Reddy
6) Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar inaugurated the country's first small aircraft air taxi service.
▪️Haryana
👉Governor :- Satyadev Narayan Arya
👉Haryana Government has decided to develop Pipli in Kurukshetra as a world-class tourist hub.
7) Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik and Union Minister for Petroleum and Natural Gas Dharmendra Pradhan launched the "Clean Bindusagar" initiative in Odisha.
👉The Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas is a ministry of the Government of India. It is responsible for the exploration, production, refining, distribution, marketing, import, export, and conservation of petroleum, natural gas, petroleum products, and liquefied natural gas in India.
8) Kiran mazumdar-Shaw, executive chairperson, Biocon, has been selected as one of the vice chairs of the US-India Business Council (USIBC), with immediate effect.
9) Former Arunanchal Pradesh Governor Mata Prasad died following multi-organ failure at Sanjay Gandhi Postgraduate Institute of Medical Sciences (SGPGIMS). He was 95 years old.
Arunachal Pradesh :-
👉CM :- Pema Khandu
👉Governor :- B. D. Mishra
👉Land of the Rising Sun
👉Orchid State of India or the 👉Paradise of the Botanists.
10) the Union Sports and Youth Affairs Minister Kiren Rijiju launched the first ever Khelo India Zanskar Winter Sports Festival at Padum in Zanskar of Kargil district in Ladakh .
👉Hemis National Park is a high altitude national park in Ladakh.
👉The Central Government approved eight hydropower projects of 144 MW on the Indus River and its tributaries in Ladakh.
11) Gujarat government has decided to rename dragon fruit as 'Kamalam'. government has applied for a patent to change the nomenclature of dragon fruit.
👉This fruit is largely grown in Kutch, Navsari and different parts of Saurashtra.
👉Gujarat CM :- Vijay Ramniklal Rupani
👉Governor :- Acharya Devvrat
12) Power Grid Corporation of India Limited (POWERGRID), the PSU under Ministry of Power, has recently signed an agreement with Himachal Pradesh State Electricity Board Ltd To improve telecom connectivity in hilly areas.
▪️ Himachal Pradesh :-
CM :- Jai Ram Thakur
Governor :- Bandaru Dattatreya
👉Kinnaura tribe , Lahaule Tribe, Gaddi Tribe and Gujjar Tribe
👉Sankat Mochan Temple.
👉Tara Devi Temple
👉Great Himalayan National Park
👉Pin Valley National Park
👉Simbalbara National Park
👉Inderkilla National Park
1) The Indian Air Force (IAF) along with their French counterparts commenced the first major international military exercise involving their respective Rafale fighter jets in Jodhpur, Rajasthan.
▪️Indian Air Force:-
👉Founded - 8 October 1932
👉Headquarters - New Delhi
👉Commander-in-Chief - President Ram Nath Kovind
👉Chief of the Air Staff - Air Chief Marshal Rakesh Kumar Singh Bhadauria
👉Vice Chief of the Air Staff - Air Marshal Harjit Singh
▪️ Rajasthan:-
CM - Ashok Gehlot
Governor - Kalraj Mishra
👉Amber Palace, Hawa Mahal, Ranthambore National Park, City Palace, Keoladeo Ghana National Park, Sariska National Park, Desert National Park.
2) Chief minister Yogi Adityanath inaugurated the 24th edition of the Hunar Haat, a flagship programme of the ministry of minority affairs to promote indigenous handicraft and speciality products, at Awadh Shilpgram, Lucknow.
▪️ Recent News - Recently, Uttar Pradesh government (UP) Chief Minister (CM) Yogi Adityanath launched a 3-week ong campaign namely “Kisan Kalyan Mission” for the state’s farmer welfare and to double their income.
3) The newly sworn-in President of the United States, Joe Biden on the first day of his administration signed 15 executive orders undoing the key policies of his predecessor Donald Trump over the last four years.
4) The book — ‘Abdul Kalam-Ninaivugalukku Maranamillai’ (immortal memories) — has been penned by A P J M Nazema Maraikayar, the niece of the late President and by noted space scientist Y S Rajan.
5) Parakram Diwas (Bravery Day) was celebrated in India on 23 January 2021 . It was introduced by the Government of India.
👉Government of India had decided to celebrate the 125th Birth Anniversary year of Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose as “PARAKRAM DIWAS”
6) The Ministry of Railways of India renamed one of the oldest running trains of India, Kalka Mail as Netaji Express from 23 January 2021.
▪️Ministry of Railways :-
👉Formed :- March 1905
👉Headquarters :- New Delhi
👉Minister :- Piyush Goyal
👉Chairman of Railway Board and Chief Executive Officer :- Suneet Sharma
7) National Girl Child Day in India is celebrated on January 24 every year. The day was an initiative of the Ministry of Women and Child Development in 2008. The objective behind celebrating the National Girl Child Day is to provide support and opportunities to the girls of India.
▪️Ministry of Women and Child Development :-
👉Founded - 30 January 2006
👉Headquarters- New Delhi
👉Minister - Smriti Irani
👉Minister of State - Debasree Chaudhuri , Krishna Raj
👉Minister - Smriti Irani
8) The Prime Minister inaugurated the National Atomic Scale at National Metrology Conclave 2021 organised bythe Council of Scientific and Industrial Research(CSIR).
▪️CSIR :-
👉Founded: 26 September 1942 , National Physical Laboratory, New Delhi.
👉Head: Shekhar C. Mande
9) World bank has signed the USD 105 million project with government of India and government of West Bengal to improve waterways in Kolkata, West Bengal.
▪️World Bank :-
👉Founded - 1944
👉President - David Malpass
👉Headquarters - Washington, D.C., United States
10) Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited (BHEL) has been conferred the ‘ICAI award for excellence in Financial Reporting’ for the year 2019-20 after a long gap of 40 years since 1981-82.
▪️Ministry of Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises:-
Minister - Prakash Javadekar,
Minister of State -Arjun Ram Meghwal
▪️Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited(BHEL):-
👉Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd (BHEL) was conceived in the late 1950s to become the face of India's industrial development.
👉CEO: Nalin Singhal
👉Headquarters: New Delhi
👉Founded: 1964
11) DRDO has successfully conducted captive and release trial of indigenously developed Smart Anti-Airfield Weapon (SAAW) from Hawk-I of Hindustan Aeronautics Limitedv (HAL).
▪️Defence Research and Development Organisation( DRDO) :-
👉 Founded - 1958
👉 HeadQuarter - New Delhi
👉 Chairman - G. Satheesh Reddy
▪️Hindustan Aeronautics Limited :-
👉Founder - Walchand Hirachand
👉Founded - 23 December 1940
👉Headquarters - Bengaluru
👉CEO - Shri Sajal Prakash
1) The Odisha government announced that it will undertake a heritage project for beautification work at the famous Konark Sun Temple and development of its periphery.
👉The temple dedicated to Sun God was declared a world heritage site by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) in 1984.
👉Odisha CM - Naveen Patnaik
👉 Governor - Ganeshi Lal
👉Shree Jagannath Temple
👉Lingaraja Temple
👉Bramheswara Temple
👉Maa Samaleswari Temple
2) The Bihar government has chosen "bicycle girl" Jyoti Kumari, who had pedalled 1,200 km from Gurugram to Darbhanga taking her injured father on the rear carrier during the nationwide lockdown, as the Brand Ambassador for an anti-drug abuse programme.
👉Bihar CM - Nitish Kumar
👉 Governor - Phagu Chauhan
3) The New Delhi World Book Fair 2021 organized by the Government of India will be virtual for the first time due to the global epidemic Covid-19. 👉The new education policy 2020 themed fair will run from 12 to 15 February.
▪️Ministry of Education :-
👉Formed :- 15 August 1947
👉Headquarters :- New Delhi
👉India had the Ministry of Education since 1947. In 1985, Rajiv Gandhi government changed its name to Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD) and with the public announcement of newly drafted "National Education Policy 2020" by the Narendra Modi government, Ministry of Human Resource Development was renamed back to Ministry of Education.
4) Telangana State government’s WE Hub has partnered with Gujarat government’s I-Hub, to support women entrepreneurs in Gujarat and Telangana.
▪️Gujarat:-
👉 CM :- Vijay Ramniklal Rupani
👉Governor :- Acharya Devvrat
▪️Telangana :-
👉CM - Kalvakuntla Chandrashekhar Rao
👉Governor of Telangana - Tamilisai Soundararajan (First Women Governor of Telangana)
5) The government appointed Siddhartha Mohanty, currently serving as the managing director (MD) and chief executive officer (CEO) of LIC Housing Finance, as the MD of India's largest insurer Life Insurance Corporation (LIC).
👉Founder - Government of India
👉Founded - 1 September 1956
👉Headquarters - Mumbai
6) World's largest floating solar energy project in India is going to be constructed on Omkareshwar Dam on Narmada river.
👉The Omkareshwar Dam is a gravity dam on the Narmada River just upstream of Mandhata in Khandwa district, Madhya Pradesh, India.
7) Recently DRDO has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Maharashtra Metro Rail Corporation for the implementation of advanced biodigester MK-II technology in the metro rail network.
▪️Defence Research and Development Organisation( DRDO) :-
👉 Founded - 1958
👉 HeadQuarter - New Delhi
👉 Chairman - G. Satheesh Reddy
8) J Venkatramu has been appointed the managing director and chief executive officer of India Post Payments Bank.
👉Indian Post payment Bank :-
Founded :-1 September 2018
Headquarters :- New Delhi
9) Popular bhajan singer Narendra Chanchal passed away in New Delhi. He was 80.
10) Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh virtually kicked off a state-wide scheme for allotment of 7,219 fair price shops (FPS) under his government's flagship 'Ghar Ghar Rozgar te Karobaar Mission'.
▪️Punjab :-
👉Heart of India’s Sikh community
👉CM :- Captain Amarinder Singh
👉GOVERNOR :- VP Singh Badnore
👉Major steel manufacturer.
👉A major producer of essential crops.
11) The Chief Minister of Bihar Nitish Kumar has inaugurated the first-ever bird festival of the state, ‘Kalrav’, at Nagi-Nakti bird sanctuary, located in Jamui district.
👉Bihar CM - Nitish Kumar
👉 Governor - Phagu Chauhan
👉Mangala Gowri Temple
👉Mithila Shakti Peeth Temple
👉Valmiki National Park
1) Gujarat Chief minister Vijay Rupani has announced for the formation of ‘Mukhyamantri Bagayat Vikas Mission’. The aim is to accelerate agriculture, horticulture and promote farming of herbal plants.
Gujarat:-
👉 CM :- Vijay Ramniklal Rupani
👉Governor :- Acharya Devvrat
👉Wild Ass Sanctuary
👉Gir Forest National Park
👉Velavadar National Park
👉Marine National Park
2) Traditional festival of Shakrain was celebrated in several parts of Dhaka in Bangladesh .
Bangladesh:-
👉Capital and largest city:- Dhaka
President: - Abdul Hameed
Prime Minister: - Sheikh Hasina
3) Indian Railway Finance Corporation 's initial public offer ( IPO) worth more than Rs 4,600 crore come up January month, with a price band of Rs 25-26 per share.
▪️Ministry of Railways :-
👉Formed :- March 1905
👉Headquarters :- New Delhi
👉Minister :- Piyush Goyal
👉Chairman of Railway Board and Chief Executive Officer :- Suneet Sharma
▪️Indian Railway Finance Corporation :-
Headquarters :- New Delhi
Founded :- 12 December 1986
4) The Zoological Survey of India has started tagging endangered olive ridleys to track their migration path in the off-shore waters of Odisha.
👉The ZSI scientists took six turtles floating in the deep water of the Bay of Bengal and attached the tags made of aluminum before releasing them back in the sea.
👉Formation - 1 July 1916
👉Purpose - Animal taxonomy and conservation
👉Headquarters - Kolkata
👉Director - Dr. Kailash Chandra
5) Defence Research and Development Organisation(DRDO) has developed the country's first indigenous machine pistol ASMI.
▪️Defence Research and Development Organisation( DRDO) :-
👉 Founded - 1958
👉 HeadQuarter - New Delhi
👉 Chairman - G. Satheesh Reddy
👉 Recent News - Smart Anti-Airfield Weapon (SAAW)
6) The budget session of Parliament will commence on January 29 with the President’s Address while the union budget will be presented on February 1.
👉The budget of a government is a summary or plan of the intended revenues and expenditures of that government.
👉According to Article 112 of the Indian Constitution, the Union Budget of a year, also referred to as the annual financial statement, is a statement of the estimated receipts and expenditure of the government for that particular year.
7) Madhya Pradesh has become the first State to give electricity subsidy through Direct Benefit Transfer. With this, it has fulfilled a power reform condition as proposed by the Centre and thus eligible for additional borrowing.
▪️ Recent News - World's largest floating solar energy project in India is going to be constructed on Omkareshwar Dam on Narmada river.
▪️Madhya Pradesh
CM - Shivraj Singh Chouhan
Governor - Anandiben Patel
8) A task force, led by former Samata Party chief Jaya Jaitly and NITI Aayog Member (Health) V.K. Paul, submitted its report to the Prime Minister’s Office and the Ministry of Women and Child Development (WCD).
👉The report recommends an increase in the age from 18 to 21, but in a phased manner
9) The National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) has landed in trouble in the Karnataka High Court for claiming in a submission that the Environment Protection Act, 1986 was “passed by Parliament not only for protection of environment but also at the instance of foreign powers” while referring to a UN conference.
▪️National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) :-
👉Founded - 1988
👉Sector - Indian National Highway System
👉Purpose - Development and maintenance of national highways
👉Headquarters - New Delhi
👉Chairman - Sukhbir Singh Sandhu
10) Home Minister Amit Shah launched the 'Ayushman CAPF ' scheme for Central Armed Police Forces personnel and their families. The scheme was launched at the CRPF group centre in Guwahati.
👉The scheme has gifted access to healthcare providers under 'Ayushman Bharat: Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana (PM-JAY) ' to 28 lakh CAPFs, Assam Rifles and NSG personnel and their families where PM-JAY is operational.
▪️Ayushman Bharat: Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana (PM-JAY) :-
👉Launched: 23 September 2018
👉Ministry: Ministry of Health and Family Welfare
11) The Election Commission of India has started 'e-EPIC' (Electronic Electoral Photo Identity Card), a non-editable and secure PDF version of the electoral photo identity card (EPIC) as part of National Voters' Day.
▪️Election Commission of India :-
👉Headquarters - New Delhi
👉First Chief Election Commissioner of India - Sukumar Sen
👉 Present Chief Election Commissioner of India - Sunil Arora
👉 Recently Sunil Arora released a book titled 'Electoral Reforms in India' authored by Dr. Komal Jain.
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