January Current Affairs Flashcards
App launched by UP govt for selfemployment of youth?
Udyam Sarathi launched by CM Yogi Adityanand under the scheme of One District, One Product
Which institute has unveiled ‘Aqua Rejuvenation Plant’ - first ever Waste Water Treatment Technology Model?
Central Mechanical Engineering Institute in Durgapur, WB
Which state has launched India’s first of its kind children’s library on a boat?
West Bengal on Hooghly River
When is the National Tourism Day?
January 25 woth the theme Dekho Apna Desh.
World Tourism Day 2020 - 27 September with the theme “Tourism and Rural Development”
Who has been awarded the Subash Chandra Bose Aapda Prabandhan Puraskar 2021 in the individual category?
Rajendra Kumar Bhandar
In the Institutional category, Sustainable Environment Ecological Development Society (SEEDS)
Who is the author of “India 2030: Rise of a Rajasic Nation” book?
Gautam Chikkarmane
Name the campaign that is being organized by All India Institute of Ayurveda for raising public awareness on Ayurveda and COVID-19?
Ayu Samvad
Theme - Ayutveda for COVID-19 pandemic. More than 5 lakh lectures will be provided. Campaign is monitored by state AYUSH directors and National AYUSH mission. Shreepad Yassi Nayak is the head of AYUSH.
Green Tax launched by Minister of Road and Transport and highways, Nitin Gadkari.
Green tax for
Transport vehicles older than 8 year
Personal vehicles older than 15 years
Vehicles used in farming, electrical vehicles and that use LPG are exempted.
Global Risk Report 2021 released by World Economic Forum in Switzerland chaired by Professor Klaus Schwab
It is based on “Global Risks Perception Survey”
Short term risk - Infectious Diseases
Medium term risk - Asset Bubble Burst
Long term risk - Mass destruction of weapons
Gender Park, in partnership with UN Women is organising the second edition of International Conference on Gender Equality (ICGE) at which city?
Kozhikode, Kerala
Other parks :
Vellore, TN - Philately Park
Rajkot, Gujarat - Foundation stone of AIIMS
Silchar, Assam - Multi- model Logistics park
Surat, Gujarat - Migrant worker cell
Which state govt has launched MEGA SELF EMPLOYMENT LOAN MELA as part of his govt’s flagship ‘ GHAR GHAR ROZGAR AND KAROBAR MISSION’?
PUNJAB
India’s GDP is expected to contract by …….. in 2020-21, according to FICCI’s ECONOMIC OUTLOOK SURVEY?
-8.00 % (also termed by IMF WORLD ECONOMIC OUTLOOK and also ADB)
National Statistics Office -7.70%
RBI - -7.50%
SBI’s Eco Wrap Report -7.40%
Who has been named by the United Nations to a high- level legal advisory board for socio-economic challenges?
Jayati Ghosh
International Cotton Advisory Committee (ICAC) has elevated whim as the chief scientist?
Keshav R Kranthi
Who has taken over as the new director of the Institute for Development and Research in Banking Technology (IDRBT), an arm of RBI?
D Janakiram
Who becomes America’s first woman treasury secretary?
Janet Yellen
Headquartera of HSBC?
London
Amnesty International
World Gold Council
Common Weath Nations
Important Days in January
1st Jan - DRDO Day, Global Family Day
4th Jan - World Braillle Day
6th Jan - Journalist day by Maharashtra
9th Jan - NRI Day
10th Jan - National World Hindi Day
12th Jan - National Youth Day
14th Jan - Armed Forces Veteran Day
15th Jan - Indian Army Day
19th Jan - NDRF Raising Day
21st Jan - Meghalaya, Maniour, Tripura Raising Day
23rd Jan - Parakram Diwas/ Subash Chandra Bose Birth Anniversary
24th Jan - UP State Hold Day, National Girl Child Day
25th Jan - Himachal Pradesh State Holiday, National Voters Day, National Tourism Day.
27th Jan - International Holocaust Remembrance Day
World Economic Forum’s online Davos Agenda Summit has been started, WEF was formed in?
1971
1945 - Food and Agricultural Organization
Sports Minister and Ministry of Ayush - Kiren Rijiju
Ministry of MSME & Road, Transport and Highways - Nitin Gadkari
Railways and Commerce Minister - Piyush Goyal
Ministry of Agricultyr, Rural Develooment, Panchayat Raj and Food Proccesing Industry - Narendra Singh Tomar
Ministry of Education - Ramesh Pokhriyal
New MDs of SBI
Swaminathan Janakiraman and Ashwini Kumari Tewari
CHAIRPERSON of SBI - Dinesh Kumat Khara
MD and CEO of Dhanalaxmi Bank (HQ- Thrissur, Kerala)
JK Shivan
CMD of TELECOMMUNICATIONS CONSULTANTS INDIA LTD (TCIL)
Sankjeev kumar (approved by Appointment Cabinet Committee headed by PM)
MD of LIC (HQ- Mumbai, founded in 1956)
Siddharth Mohanty
