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January 11 | Daily Current Affairs 2021

SPORTS

1. Cheteshwar Pujara became only _____ Indian to crossed the 6000-run mark in Test cricket?
A) 7th
B) 8th
C) 9th
D) 10th
E) 11th
Answer: E) 11th

• Cheteshwar Pujara became only the 11th Indian to crossed the 6000-run mark in Test cricket.
• Pujara, playing his 80th game, reached the milestone on day five of the third Test against Australia at the SCG.
• The other Indians who have 6000 plus runs are as follows

Cheteshwar Pujara – 11th Indian to cross 6000-run mark in Test cricket.

2. A 13-day Khelo India Zanskar Winter Sport & Youth festival 2021 to begin from which date?
A) 14th January
B) 13th January
C) 16th January
D) 17th January
E) 18th January
Answer: E) 18th January

• The Ladakh UT administration is promoting far-flung and snowbound Zanskar as winter tourism destination.
• A 13-day Khelo India Zanskar Winter Sport & Youth festival 2021 to begin from 18th January.
• Starting from 18th till 30th January, Chadar Trek on Zanskar river, meditation, yoga, ice skating, Hockey, snow skieing, climbing, traditional Archery, snow scooter, biking, Yak and horse riding, Snow sculpturing and food and cultural festivals.

Ladakh:
Capitals: Leh, Kargil
Lt Governor: Radha Krishna Mathur

Ladakh – A 13-day Khelo India Zanskar Winter Sport & Youth festival 2021.

OBITUARY

3. Senior Journalist Turlapati Kutumba Rao passed away. He won Padma Shri award in which year?
A) 2001
B) 2000
C) 2002
D) 2003
E) 2004
Answer: C) 2002

• Senior Journalist, noted orator and Padma Shri recipient Turlapati Kutumba Rao passed away.
• Born on August 10, 1933 in Vijayawada, Rao was the editor of Andhra Jyothi Telugu daily for several years.
• He had written over 4,000 biographies and delivered over 16,000 public speeches which had been recorded by the Telugu Book of Records as a world record.
• The Senior Journalist also worked as Secretary for the first Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh Tanguturi Prakasam Pantulu and also worked as the Chairman of the AP Grandhalaya Parishad.
• Rao was conferred with Padma Shri award for his great service in Journalism in 2002 and was the first Journalist in Andhra Pradesh to be honoured with the award.
• He was also recipient of several awards including the Pratibha Puraskar and title of Guardian of Telugu.

Andhra Pradesh:
Capital: Visakhapatnam (executivE) , Amaravati (legislativE) , Kurnool (judicial)
CM: Y. S. Jaganmohan Reddy
Governor: Biswa Bhushan Harichandan

Turlapati Kutumba Rao – Senior Journalist, noted orator and Padma Shri recipient.

BANKING AND FINANCE

4. IFC committed around how much amount to Parag Milk Foods Limited in the form of non-convertible debentures to support the company’s working capital needs and long-term capex plans?
A) $21 million
B) $11 million
C) $31 million
D) $51 million
E) $41 million
Answer: C) $31 million

• Parag Milk Foods Limited (Parag) is planning to raise money from International Finance Corporation (IFC) for meeting the company’s working capital needs and for its long-term expansion plan.
• IFC committed around $31 million (around Rs 230 crorE) to Parag in the form of non-convertible debentures to support the company’s working capital needs and long-term capex plans.

IFC – $31 million to Parag Milk’s working capital needs, long-term expansion plans.

5. Which bank launched WhatsApp banking offers services such as instant account opening, balance enquiry, deposit opening, mini statement, PIN generation for net/mobile banking and bill payments?
A) IndusInd Bank
B) Jammu & Kashmir Bank
C) City Union Bank
D) South Indian Bank
E) RBL Bank
Answer: C) City Union Bank

• The Kumbakonam-headquartered bank said CUB’s customers can now do banking through WhatsApp on the go.
• CUB’s WhatsApp banking offers services such as instant account opening, balance enquiry, deposit opening, mini statement, PIN generation for net/mobile banking and bill payments.

City Union Bank:
Headquarters: Kumbakonam, Tamil Nadu
MD & CEO:Dr. N. Kamakodi
Tagline: Trust and Excellence since 1904

City Union Bank – Launch ‘WhatsApp Banking’ to its Customers.

BUSINESS AND ECONOMY

6. Adani Green Energy Ltd (AGEL) has commissioned a 25 MW solar power plant in which place?
A) Hyderabad, Telangana
B) Kolkata, West Bengal
C) Bangalore, Karnataka
D) Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh
E) Chitrakoot, Uttar Pradesh
Answer: E) Chitrakoot, Uttar Pradesh

• Adani Green Energy Ltd (AGEL) has commissioned a 25 MW solar power plant in Chitrakoot, Uttar Pradesh.
• Adani Solar Energy Chitrakoot One Ltd, a step-down subsidiary of AGEL, has commissioned the solar power plant.
• This plant has a power purchase agreement with Noida Power Company Ltd (NPCL) at Rs 3.08/KWh.
• With this commissioning, AGEL’s total operational renewable capacity has grown to 2,975 MW.
• With the commissioning of this project, AGEL has total renewable capacity of 14,795 MW including 11,820 MW awarded and under implementation projects.

Uttar Pradesh:
Capital: Lucknow
CM: Yogi Adityanath
Governor: Anandiben Patel

Adani Green Energy Limited:
Headquarters: Ahmedabad, Gujarat
Founder: Gautam Adani

Adani Green – Commission 25 MW solar plant in Uttar Pradesh’s Chitrakoot.

7. NITI Aayog and which e-commerce Platform have come together to launch the revamped Women Entrepreneurship Platform?
A) Flipkart
B) Amazon
C) Snapdeal
D) Myntra
E) Shopclues
Answer: A) Flipkart

• In an effort to enhance the community experience for women entrepreneurs in India, NITI Aayog and Flipkart, India’s homegrown e-commerce marketplace have come together to launch the revamped Women Entrepreneurship Platform.
• The Women Entrepreneurship Platform (WEP) is a first of its kind, unified access
  portal which brings together women from different parts of India to realize their
  entrepreneurial aspirations.
• The revamped version shall also include an additional feature to offer mentorship to the women mentees with specific knowledge concerning a problem area through a dedicated online mechanism facilitated under FICCI-FLO’s Empowering the Greater 50% mission.

NITI Aayog:
Abbreviation: National Institution for Transforming India Aayog
Founded: 2015
HEADQUARTERS: New Delhi, Delhi
CEO: Amitabh Kant

Flipkart:
Headquarters: Bengaluru, Karnataka
CEO: Kalyan Krishnamurthy

NITI Aayog + Flipkart = Collaborate to enhance Women Entrepreneurship Platform.

BOOKS AND AUTHORS

8. Unscripted: Conversations on Life and Cinema is authored by whom?
A) Vidhu Vinod Chopra
B) Vijay Kumar Choudhary
C) Shri Parameswaran Iyer
D) Sharon Stone
E) Michael Cohen
Answer: A) Vidhu Vinod Chopra

Unscripted: Conversations on Life and Cinema – Vidhu Vinod Chopra + Abhijat Joshi (Author) – Penguin (Publisher).

APPOINTMENTS

9. Sadyr Zhaparov is elected as President of which country?
A) Uzbekistan
B) China
C) Kazakhstan
D) Tajikistan
E) Kyrgyzstan
Answer: E) Kyrgyzstan

Kyrgyzstan:
Capital: Bishkek
Currency: Kyrgyzstani som

Sadyr Zhaparov – Kyrgyzstan’s President.

AWARDS

10. Which Movie won Best Horror Movie in Critics’ Choice Super Awards?
A) The Invisible Man
B) Saw
C) The Orphanage
D) Return of the Living Dead
E) The Witch
Answer: A) The Invisible Man

 

Additional awards:

• The Star Trek franchise was bestowed with the Legacy Award. Patrick Stewart and Sonequa Martin-Green accepted the honour.

The Invisible Man – Best Horror Movie in Critics Choice Super Awards.

11. Which Railway won National Energy Conservation Awards (NECA) for the year 2020 organized by BEE?
A) Western Railway
B) Northern Railway
C) Eastern Railway
D) Western Railway
E) North Eastern Railway
Answer: A) Western Railway

• Ministry of Power, in association with Bureau of Energy Efficiency (BEE) , organised the 30th National Energy Conservation Awards (NECA) function.
• Shri R. K. Singh, Minister of State (IC) for Power and New & Renewable Energy and Minister of State for Skill Development & Entrepreneurship was the chief guest on this occasion.
• This year, due to the COVID pandemic, the function was organised as a Hybrid event transmitted from VigyanBhawan.
• During the event, the Standards and Labelling Programme for Air Compressors and Ultra High Definition (UHD) TV on voluntary basis was initiated; SAATHEE (State-wise Actions on Annual Targets and Headways on Energy Efficiency) – A portal for State Designated Agency for state level activities was also launched.
• The Star Labelling Programme for Air Compressor and UHD TV.
• The Star Labelling Programme for Air Compressor and UHD TV is launched on a voluntary basis and the energy consumption standards will be effective from 01st January 2021.
• This initiative is expected to save around 8.41 Billion Units of electricity for Air Compressors and 9.75 Billion Units for UHD TV till 2030.

SAATHEE:

• BEE has developed a Management Information System (MIS) portal namely State-wise Actions on Annual Targets and Headways on Energy Efficiency (SAATHEE) which will facilitate real-time monitoring of the progress of implementation of various Energy Conservation endeavours at State level.

About BEE:

• BEE is a statutory body under Ministry of Power which is mandated to implement policy and programmes in energy efficiency and conservation.
• The objective of such initiatives is to reduce energy intensity in our country by optimizing energy demand and reduce emissions of greenhouse gases (GHG) which are responsible for global warming and climate change.

NATIONAL ENERGY CONSERVATION AWARD – 2020

1) INDUSTRY

THERMAL POWER PLANT

 >100 MW (Coal & Gas) 

 

< 100 MW (Coal & Gas) 

 

DAIRY

ALUMINIUM

LARGE

SMALL

PETROLEUM REFINERY

AUTOMOBILES

FERTILIZER

UREA BASED FERTILIZER

 

COMPLEX FERTILIZER

SECONDARY STEEL

RAILWAY WORKSHOPS

TRANSPORT

ZONAL RAILWAYS

STATE ROAD TRANSPORT UNDERTAKING

INSTITUTION

MUNICIPALITY

STATE DESIGNATED AGENCIES -SDA

BUILDING

GOVT OFFICES

CORPORATE OFFICES

APPLIANCE OF THE YEAR

NATIONAL AFFAIRS

12. Retractable landing gear systems for unmanned aerial vehicles indigenously built by the Combat Vehicles Research and Development Establishment. It is unit of which Organization?
A) DRDO
B) NHAI
C) BHEL
D) BEL
E) NTPC
Answer: A) DRDO

• Retractable landing gear systems for unmanned aerial vehicles, indigenously built by the Combat Vehicles Research and Development Establishment.
• It is a unit of the DRDO, were handed over to the Navy.
• The gear systems were developed at CVRDE facility in suburban Avadi.
• The landing gear systems, as many as 18 types of state-of-the-art indigenously developed hydraulic lubrication and fuel filters were also handed over to the Navy.
• The filters, also designed and developed at CVRDE, were manufactured with support from industries under the Centre’s ‘Make in India’ initiative while the funding was from the DRDO and the Navy.

CVRDE, DRDO – Indigenously developed landing gear systems for UAVs handed over to Navy.

13. Gujarat Chief Minister Vijay Rupani has flagged off the 91st K9 VAJRA-T Gun from its armored system complex at Hazira. This gun is built by which company?
A) DRDO
B) Larsen & Toubro
C) NHAI
D) BHEL
E) BEL
Answer: B) Larsen & Toubro

• Gujarat Chief Minister Vijay Rupani has flagged off the 91st K9 VAJRA-T Gun from its armored system complex at Hazira developed by Larsen & Toubro.
• The ‘K9 VAJRA-T’ Howitzer Program involves the delivery of 100 systems with associated Engineering Support Package (ESP) covering Spares, Documentation & Training and Maintenance Transfer of Technology (MToT) to the Army Base Workshop to support the Howitzer regiments throughout their operational life cycle.
• The VAJRA variant developed by L&T with India specific features emerged fully compliant to Indian Army’s needs during the arduous and extended field trials.
• Larsen & Toubro is an Indian multinational engaged in engineering, procurement and construction projects, manufacturing, defense and services with over USD 21 billion in revenue.
• It operates in over 30 countries.

Gujarat:
Capital: Gandhinagar
CM: Vijay Rupani
Governor: Acharya Dev Vrat

Larsen & Toubro:
Headquarters: Mumbai, Maharashtra
CEO: S. N. Subrahmanyan

Gujarat CM – Flag of Larsen & Toubro-made 91st K9 Vajra-T Gun.

14. Which Minister launches ‘Single Window Clearance System’ for smooth operationalization of coal mines?
A) Home Minister
B) Finance Minister
C) Coal Minister
D) Women & Child Development Minister
E) External Affairs Minister
Answer: A) Home Minister

• The Union Home Minister Shri Amit Shah inaugurated the ‘Single Window Clearance System Web Portal’ in the Coal Mining sector in New Delhi.
• Shri Amit Shah also handed over the Charter of letters to successful bidders of the country’s first Commercial Coal Mining Auction.
• Union Minister of Coal & Mining and Parliamentary Affairs, Shri Pralhad Joshi and senior officers were also present in the programme.

Home Affairs:
Minister: Amit Shah
Constituency: Gandhinagar, Gujarat

Amit Shah – ‘Single Window Clearance System’ for smooth operationalization of coal mines.

15. Which state is built 220-metre-long suspension foot bridge across the Lakaram tank at cost of ₹ 8 crore?
A) Telangana
B) Andhra Pradesh
C) Nagaland
D) Madhya Pradesh
E) Maharashtra
Answer: A) Telangana

Long suspension foot bridge:

• The Lakaram tank in this fort town is set to get a 220-metre-long suspension foot bridge across the rejuvenated lake and a floating musical fountain abutting the 2.6 km long tank bund soon.
• The suspension bridge will be built across the lake with a width of 1.5 metre at an estimated cost of ₹ 8 crore.
• It is designed by Girish Bharadwaj, popularly known as the “bridge man” of India
  Tourism Minister V. Srinivas Goud is scheduled to lay the foundation stones for the suspension bridge, the musical fountain and the Haritha Budget Hotel in the town on January 12.

The Haritha Budget Hotel:

• The TSTDC’s Haritha Hotel will be constructed at a cost of ₹ 10 crore at the bypass road here. It will have 20 rooms and facilities like a restaurant, banquet hall and parking space.

The Lakaram tank, Telangana – 220-metre-long suspension foot bridge.

16. ISRO will adopt how many Atal Tinkering Labs across the country to promote scientific temperament among students and encourage them for space education and space technology related innovations?
A) 50
B) 25
C) 75
D) 100
E) 125
Answer: D) 100

• ISRO will adopt 100 Atal Tinkering Labs across the country to promote scientific temperament among students and encourage them for space education and space technology related innovations.
• This decision was taken by ISRO and Atal Innovation Mission, NITI Aayog at a virtual meeting.
• Through this collaboration, the Indian Space Research Organization will facilitate coaching and mentoring of students in advanced 21st century cutting-edge technologies, including those related to space.
• Atal Innovation Mission had earlier collaborated with ISRO for the Aatmanirbhar Bharat ARISE-ANIC Initiative along with four other ministries to spur applied research and innovation in Indian MSMEs and startups.

NITI Aayog:
Abbreviation: National Institution for Transforming India Aayog
Founded: 2015
Headquarters: New Delhi, Delhi
CEO: Amitabh Kant

ISRO – Adopt 100 Atal Tinkering Labs to promote scientific temperament among students.

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