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January 13 | Daily Current Affairs 2021

SPORTS

1. Aryna Sabalenka is related to which sports?
A) Tennis
B) Table Tennis
C) Hockey
D) Badminton
E) Shooting
Answer: A) Tennis

• Aryna Sabalenka won her third straight tour title and 15th straight match by beating Veronika Kudermetova 6-2, 6-2 in the Abu Dhabi Open final.
• Aryna Sabalenka – Belarus.
• Veronika Kudermetova – Russia.

Aryna Sabalenka – Won third straight tour title – beating Veronika Kudermetova.

OBITUARY

2. David Barclay passed away. He was co-owner of which company?
A) Adobe
B) Telegram
C) Whatsapp
D) Telegraph
E) WeChat
Answer: D) Telegraph

• British billionaire and Daily Telegraph co-owner David Barclay has died.
• David and Frederick Barclay, who are twins, bought the proprietorship of the Telegraph Media Group in 2004 after venturing into media ownership in 1992.

David Barclay – British billionaire and Daily Telegraph co-owner.

 

RANKING

3. According to TomTom Traffic index, what is the rank of Mumbai in the world’s most congested cities in the world?
A) 5
B) 4
C) 3
D) 2
E) 1
Answer: D) 2

Rank	City	Congestion Level
1	Moscow, Russia	54%
2	Mumbai, India	53%
3	Bogota, Colombia	53%
6	Bengaluru, India	51%
8	New Delhi, India	47%

 

Participation: 400 cities in 57 countries.
Released by TomTom

BANKING AND FINANCE

4. The World Bank approved how much amount loan to Lebanon to provide emergency cash assistance to nearly 800,000 Lebanese reeling under the country’s compounded economic and health crises?
A) USD 546 million
B) USD 446 million
C) USD 346 million
D) USD 146 million
E) USD 246 million
Answer: E) USD 246 million

World Bank:
Founded: 1944
Members: 189 countries (IBRD) , 173 countries (ID`A)
Hq: Washington D.C, US
Head: David Malpass

Lebanon:
Capital: Beirut
Currency: Lebanese Pound
Prime Minister: Saad Hariri
President: Michel Aoun

World Bank – USD 246 million – Cash assistance to crisis-struck Lebanon.

BUSINESS AND ECONOMY

5. Amazon India has announced the launch of Amazon Academy to help students preparing for which exam?
A) SSC
B) BANK
C) JEE
D) NEET
E) CAT
Answer: C) JEE

• Amazon India has announced the launch of Amazon Academy to help students preparing for the JEE (Joint Entrance Examination) for entrance to engineering colleges.
• The online preparation offering will equip students with in-depth knowledge and practice routines required for the JEE, through curated learning material, live lectures and comprehensive assessments in Math, Physics and Chemistry.
• The beta version of Amazon Academy will be available free of cost on the web and the Google Play store.

Amazon India – ‘Amazon Academy’ to help students prepare for engineering entrance.

BOOKS AND AUTHORS

6. Beautiful World, Where Are You is authored by whom?
A) Rebecca Serle
B) Kristin Harmel
C) Karen Kingsbury
D) Martha McPhee
E) Sally Rooney
Answer: E) Sally Rooney

• Published by UK Publishers Faber.

Beautiful World, Where Are You – Sally Rooney (Author) – Published by UK Publishers Faber.

APPOINTMENTS

7. RBI forms working group on digital lending as frauds come into sharp focus. How many members in this Group?
A) 7
B) 6
C) 5
D) 4
E) 3
Answer: B) 6

• With frauds in digital lending space coming into sharp focus, the Reserve Bank of India has set up a working group to study digital lending activities of the regulated and unregulated players.
• The group will suggest steps to regulate digital lending including online lending platform and mobile lending.
• The six-member panel comprised of four RBI internal and two external members is expected to submit its report within three months.

Members:
Internal Members
Jayant Kumar Dash, Executive Director, RBI will be chairman of the group
Ajay Kumar Choudhary, Chief General Manager-in-Charge, Department of Supervision
P Vasudevan, Chief General Manager, Department of Payment and Settlement Systems RBI
Manoranjan Mishra, Chief General Manager, Department of Regulation. Mishra will be act as Member Secretary of the group.

External Members
Vikram Mehta, Co-founder, Monexo Fintech
Rahul Sasi, Cyber Security Expert & Founder of CloudSEK.
Reserve Bank of India
Act: Reserve Bank of India Act, 1934
Headquarters– Mumbai, Maharashtra
Governor– Shaktikanta Das
Deputy Governors– 4 (Bibhu Prasad Kanungo, Mahesh Kumar Jain, Michael Debabrata Patra, M. Rajeshwar Rao)

RBI – Form working group on digital lending as frauds come into sharp focus.

8. Sandeep Aggarwal is appointed as Chairman of TEPC replaced whom?
A) Barani Kumar
B) Bijendra Tomar
C) Narendra Kumar
D) Aravind Singh
E) Shyamal Ghosh
Answer: E) Shyamal Ghosh

• TEPC – The Telecom Equipment and Services Export Promotion Council.

Sandeep Aggarwal – Chairman of TEPC – Replace Shyamal Ghosh.

AWARDS

9. Which state won Best state in the second edition of Janaagraha’s City Governance Awards?
A) Madhya Pradesh
B) Andhra Pradesh
C) Nagaland
D) Uttar Pradesh
E) Odisha
Answer: E) Odisha

• The second edition of Janaagraha’s City Governance Awards was a virtual event

Category	Winner
Best State and the Best Civic Agency award	Odisha
Best State Election Commission award	Gujarat
Best State Finance Commission award	Kerala
Best Municipality award	Indore

 

Janaagraha’s City Governance Awards:

• The awards recognise ground-breaking work in decentralisation in the urban context by institutions across government.
• The awards were presented by Union Minister for Housing and Urban Affairs Hardeep Singh Puri.

Odisha:
Capital: Bhubaneswar
Chief Minister – Naveen Patnaik
Governor – Ganeshi Lal

Odisha – Best State and the Best Civic Agency award at Janaagraha’s City Governance Awards.

10. Jipmer has been awarded the second prize under the ‘Kayakalp’ award scheme for the year 2019-20. ‘Kayakalp’ initiative was launched in which Year?
A) 2013
B) 2015
C) 2016
D) 2017
E) 2018
Answer: B) 2015

• Dr. Harsh Vardhan, Union Minister of Health and family Welfare inaugurated the 5th National Kayakalp Awards along with Shri Ashwini Kumar Choubey through a video conference.

Awards:

• District Hospital (DH) Reasi, Jammu & Kashmir – First Prize – Rs. 50 lakhs.
• Jipmer, Pondicherry – Second Prize – for the category Group A Central government health facility, or hospitals with more than 1,000 beds.
• All India Institutes of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) in Bhubaneswar – the best central government hospital under B category for cleanliness for third consecutive year -Rs 2 crore.

‘Kayakalp’:

• The Ministry of Health & Family Welfare, Government of India launched a National Initiative ‘Kayakalp’ on 15th May 2015 to ensure hygiene, sanitation and cleanliness in Public Health Facilities in India.
• Those District Hospitals, Sub-divisional hospitals, Community Health Centres, Primary Health Centres and Health & Wellness Centres in public healthcare system who have achieved high level of cleanliness, hygiene and infection control were recognised and felicitated with award.
• The scheme, whichsawthe participation of 716 District Hospitals and central government institutions in its first year has spread to 26,172 public health facilities now. In the last year 2019-20, number of Kayakalp facilities has increased to 7,615

Jipmer – The second prize under the ‘Kayakalp’ award scheme for the year 2019-20.

INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS

11. Cabinet approves MoU between India and which country for sharing of knowledge, data and operational products for meteorological, seismological and oceanic services?
A) Iran
B) UAE
C) Iraq
D) Bhutan
E) Fiji
Answer: B) UAE

• The Union Cabinet, chaired by the Prime Minister Narendra Modi has given its approval to the Memorandum of Understanding on scientific and technical cooperation between National Centre of Meteorology of the United Arab Emirates and Ministry of Earth Sciences.
• The MoU will enable sharing of knowledge, data and operational products for meteorological, seismological and oceanic services between both the countries.
• This MoU will facilitate exchange of scientific and technical information, deployment of Meteorological observation networks over ocean, mutual cooperation in the development of special capacities and research of Tsunami models for faster and more reliable forecasts of Tsunamis.
• Sharing the real-time seismic data and cooperation in early warnings of sand and dust storms are the other key elements of the MoU.

UAE:
Capital: Abu Dhabi
Currency: UAE Dirham

Cabinet – Approve MoU between India, UAE for scientific and technical cooperation.

12. Which country will be the country of focus at the 51st International Film Festival of India (IFFI) starting at Goa?
A) Bangladesh
B) Nepal
C) Myanmar
D) Japan
E) China
Answer: `A) Bangladesh

• Bangladesh will be the country of focus at the 51st International Film Festival of India (IFFI) starting at Goa on January 16.
• The country of focus section will include Jibandhuli directed by Tanvir Mokammel, Meghmallar directed by Zahidur Rahman Anjan, Under Construction by Rubaiyat Hossain and Sincerely Yours, Dhaka by Nuhash Humanyun, Syed Ahmed Shawki and 9 other individual directors.

Bangladesh:
Capital: Dhaka
Currency: Bangladeshi Taka
President:Mohammad Abdul Hamid
Prime Minister: Sheikh Hasina

Bangladesh – Country of focus at 51st International Film Festival of India.

NATIONAL AFFAIRS

13. The Centre has permitted which state to borrow an additional Rs. 2,261 crores after the state successfully undertook ‘ease of doing business’ reforms?
A) Madhya Pradesh
B) Andhra Pradesh
C) Nagaland
D) Uttar Pradesh
E) Kerala
Answer: E) Kerala

• Kerala has become the 8th State in the country to successfully undertake “Ease of Doing Business” reform stipulated by the Department of Expenditure, Ministry of Finance.
• Kerala has now joined the seven other States namely, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Odisha, Rajasthan, Tamil Nadu and Telangana, who have completed this reform.
• On completion of reforms facilitating ease of doing business, these eight States have been granted additional borrowing permission of Rs.23,149 crore.

State wise amount of the additional borrowing permitted is as under:

So far 10 States have implemented the One Nation One Ration Card System, 8 States have done ease of doing business reforms, and 4 States have done local body reforms. Total additional borrowing permission issued so far to the States who have done the refoms stands at Rs. 56,526 crore.

Kerala:
Capital : Thiruvananthapuram
CM : Pinarayi Vijayan
Governor : Arif Mohammed Khan

Centre – additional Rs 2,373 cr to Kerala after reforms in ease of doing Business.

14. Which state rolled out a one-time registration portal for job aspirants?
A) Haryana
B) Uttar Pradesh
C) Uttarakhand
D) Madhya Pradesh
E) Meghalaya
Answer: A) Haryana

• The Haryana government rolled out a one-time registration portal for job aspirants.
• The state government’s move would not only bring about more transparency but also speed up the recruitment process.
• The portal is for registration for Group C and D category posts and non-gazetted teaching posts in different government departments.
• The registration on the portal would continue up to March 31.

Haryana:
Capital : Chandigarh
CM: Manohar Lal Khattar
Governor : Satyadev Narayan Arya

Haryana – One-time registration portal for job aspirants.

15. An Indian Army officer has indigenously developed a ‘microcopter’ which can be used by the Army to carry out surveillance inside a building or room in which terrorists are hiding. What is the name of that Indian Army Officer?
A) Karunagar Bharat
B) GYK Reddy
C) Tirupati Raj
D) Bhavana Rajesh
E) Manish Singh
Answer: B) GYK Reddy

• An Indian Army officer has indigenously developed a ‘microcopter’ which can be used by the Army to carry out surveillance inside a building or room in which terrorists are hiding.
• The microcopter has been developed by Lieutenant Colonel GYK Reddy.
• The trials of the microcomputer have been successfully carried out by a Para Special Forces battalion in Jammu and Kashmir and further improvements are being carried out on the micro drone.
• Indian Army has signed a contract for acquiring the Switch drone for surveillance along the borders.
• The vertical takeoff and landing drone have the capability to fly for two hours at a maximum altitude of 4,500 metres .
• The firm had also developed the Netra drone a few years ago with DRDO.

GYK Reddy – develop ‘microcopter’ for tracking terrorists inside buildings.

16. NECBDC sign MoU with which state/UT on Bamboo Entrepreneurship and Bamboo Infrastructure Development to boost the unexplored potential of bamboo sector?
A) Jammu & Kashmir
B) Delhi
C) Chandigarh
D) Ladakh
E) Lakshadweep
Answer: A) Jammu & Kashmir

• In order to boost the unexplored potential of bamboo sector, the Ministry of DoNER, through North East Cane & Bamboo Development Council (NECBDC) under North Eastern Council (NEC) signed a MoU with J&K Government for Bamboo Entrepreneurship and Bamboo Infrastructure Development

Jammu and Kashmir:
Capital : Srinagar(summer),Jammu(winter)
Governor : Manoj Sinha

NECBDC + Jammu & Kashmir – Bamboo Entrepreneurship and Bamboo Infrastructure Development.

17. Which organization along with Indian Army has developed the country’s first indigenous machine pistol ASMI?
A) DRDO
B) CSIR-CMERI
C) CSIR-NCL
D) NHAI
E) NTPC
Answer: A) DRDO

• Defense Research and Development Organization (DRDO) has developed the country’s first indigenous machine pistol ASMI.
• The pistol which is developed by DRDO along with the help of Indian Army is set to replace the 9mm pistols in the defense forces.
• The machine pistol can fire at a range of 100 metres and is in the class of the Uzi series guns of Israel. The prototype has fired over 300 rounds in the last four months of its development.

DRDO:
Abbreviation: Defence Research and Development Organisation
Founded: 1958
Headquarters: New Delhi, Delhi
Chairman: G. Satheesh Reddy

DRDO + Indian Army – India’s First Indigenous Machine Pistol ASMI.

18. The Cabinet has approved procurement of 73 LCA Tejas Mk-1A fighter aircrafts and 10 LCA Tejas Mk-1 Trainer aircrafts at the cost of how much amount?
A) Rs. 35,696 Crore
B) Rs. 25,696 Crore
C) Rs. 15,696 Crore
D) Rs. 45,696 Crore
E) Rs. 55,696 Crore
Answer: D) Rs. 45,696 Crore

• The Cabinet has approved procurement of 73 LCA Tejas Mk-1A fighter aircrafts and 10 LCA Tejas Mk-1 Trainer aircrafts at the cost of Rs. 45,696 Crore along with Design and Development of Infrastructure sanctions worth Rs.1,202 Crore.

Light Combat Aircraft Mk-1A variant:

• Light Combat Aircraft Mk-1A variant is an indigenously designed, developed and manufactured state-of-the-art modern 4+ generation fighter aircraft.
• This aircraft is equipped with critical operational capabilities of Active Electronically Scanned Array (AES“A) Radar, Beyond Visual Range (BVR) Missile, Electronic Warfare (EW) Suite and Air to Air Refueling (AAR) would be a potent platform to meet the operational requirements of Indian Air Force, IAF.
• It is the first “Buy (Indian-Indigenously Designed, Developed and Manufactured) ” category procurement of combat aircrafts with an indigenous content of 50% which will progressively reach 60% by the end of the programme.
• The Cabinet has also approved infrastructure development by IAF under the project to enable them handle repairs or servicing at their base depot so that the turnaround time would get reduced for mission critical systems and would lead to increased availability of aircraft for operational exploitation.
• This would enable IAF to sustain the fleet more efficiently and effectively due to availability of repair infrastructure at respective bases.

Cabinet – Approve Procurement of 83 Light Combat Aircrafts (LCA) ‘Tejas’ from HAL for IAF.

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