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January 22 | Daily Current Affairs 2021

OBITUARY

1. Narendra Chanchal passed away. He was related to which field?
A) Singer
B) Actor
C) Writer
D) Sports
E) Judge
Answer: A) Singer

• Popular Bhajan singer Narendra Chanchal passed away.

Narendra Chanchal – Popular Bhajan singer.

APPOINTMENTS

2. Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa has appointed how many members panel to probe the findings of the previous commissions?
A) 5
B) 4
C) 3
D) 2
E) 1
Answer: C) 3

• Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa has appointed a 3-member panel to probe the findings of the previous commissions appointed by the state to investigate human rights abuses committed during the last phase of the armed conflict with the LTTE in 2009.
• The move comes as the UN rights body in its next session starting from February is to examine Sri Lanka’s rights progress in the backdrop of UNHRC resolutions, which called for the island nation’s rights accountability.
• Rajapaksa appointed a judge of the highest court, a former chief of the police and a retired bureaucrat to the 3-member panel.

Sri Lanka:
Capital : Sri Jayewardenepura Kotte (legislative) , Colombo (executive and judicial)
Currency : Rupee

Sri Lanka – Panel to probe findings of former war commissions.

3. Justice Gita Mittal is appointed as the new chairperson of Broadcasting Content Complaints Council (BCCC). She was former chief justice of which state/UT Court?
A) Puducherry
B) Chandigarh
C) Delhi
D) Jammu & Kashmir
E) Delhi
Answer: D) Jammu & Kashmir

• The Board of Directors of the Indian Broadcasting Foundation (IBF) has appointed Justice Gita Mittal, former chief justice of Jammu & Kashmir high court, as the new chairperson of Broadcasting Content Complaints Council (BCCC) .
• Mittal will succeed former supreme court judge, Justice Vikramajit Sen, whose tenure as BCCC chairperson has ended.
• Founded in June 2011, BCCC is the independent self-regulatory body set up by the IBF to examine content-related complaints relating to all non-news and general entertainment channels in India.

Justice Gita Mittal:

• Justice Gita Mittal, who served as the first woman Chief Justice of Jammu & Kashmir High Court, is also the first woman chairperson of BCCC.
• An alumnus of Lady Irwin School and Lady Shri Ram College for Women, New Delhi, Mittal earned her degree in law from Faculty of Law, Delhi University.
• After serving as a judge and acting chief justice of the Delhi High Court, she was appointed the chief justice of the Jammu & Kashmir High Court in August 2018.

Justice Gita Mittal – The new chairperson of Broadcasting Content Complaints Council (BCCC).

AWARDS

4. Who has been named winner of the prestigious 2021 Michael and Sheila Held Prize?
A) Nikhil Srivastava
B) Spielman
C) Marcus
D) A & B
E) A, B & C
Answer: E) A, B & C

• Nikhil Srivastava, a young Indian mathematician, has been named winner of the prestigious 2021 Michael and Sheila Held Prize along with two others for solving
  long-standing questions on the Kadison-Singer problem and on Ramanujan graphs.
• The prize consists of a medal and $100,000.
• Srivastava, Marcus and Spielman solved long-standing questions on the Kadison-Singer problem and on Ramanujan graphs, and in the process uncovered a deep new connection between linear algebra, geometry of polynomials, and graph theory that has inspired the next generation of theoretical computer scientists.

The Michael and Sheila Held Prize:

• The Michael and Sheila Held Prize is presented annually and honors outstanding, innovative, creative, and influential research in the areas of combinatorial and discrete optimization, or related parts of computer science, such as the design and analysis of algorithms and complexity theory.
• The prize was established in 2017 by the bequest of Michael And Sheila Held.

Srivastava + Marcus + Spielman = Michael and Sheila Held Prize.

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

5. Ministry of Road Transport and Highways with which IIT signed MoU on research and development, teaching and training in the area of Development of Highway Infrastructure?
A) IIT Delhi
B) IIT Roorkee
C) IIT Bombay
D) IIT Madras
E) IIT Hyderabad
Answer: B) IIT Roorkee

• Ministry of Road Transport and Highways and Indian Institute of Technology, IIT Roorkee signed an MoU in New Delhi for continuation of Ministry of Road Transport and Highways Professorial Chair focusing on research and development, teaching and training in the area of Development of Highway Infrastructure.
• The MoU was signed by Indresh Kumar Pandey, Special Secretary and Director GeneralRoad Development and Prof. Manoranjan Parida, Deputy Director and Professor of Civil Engineering, IIT Roorkee. Secretary in the Ministry Giridhar Aramane presided over the MoU signing ceremony.

Road Transport and Highways and Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises:
Minister : Nitin Gadkari
Constituency : Nagpur. Maharashtra

Ministry of Road Transport and Highways + IIT-Roorkee – Strengthen Research and Development activities in Road Sector.

NATIONAL AFFAIRS

6. Which state government and Adani Ports and Special Economic Zone Ltd (APSEZ) signed a MoU for setting up India’s largest multi-modal logistics park?
A) Maharashtra
B) Rajasthan
C) Madhya Pradesh
D) Uttar Pradesh
E) Gujarat
Answer: E) Gujarat

• The Gujarat government and Adani Ports and Special Economic Zone Ltd (APSEZ) signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) for setting up India’s largest multi-modal logistics park.
• Spread over 1,450 acres at Virochan Nagar, close to the auto hub of Sanand, the park is expected to attract investments worth Rs 50,000 crore in the logistics and transport space.
• The construction on the project will begin within six months post the necessary statutory approvals, while the completion is expected within three years by 2023.

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

Adani Ports and Special Economic Zone Limited
Headquarters: Ahmedabad, Gujarat
CMD: Gautam Adani

Gujarat + APSEZ = country’s largest multi-modal logistics park.

7. Which edition of Hunar Haat with the theme of Vocal for Local has started at Awadh Shilp Gram in Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh?
A) 27th
B) 26th
C) 25th
D) 24th
E) 23th
Answer: D) 24th

• In Uttar Pradesh, the 24th Hunar Haat with the theme of Vocal for Local has started today at Awadh Shilp Gram in Lucknow.
• It will be continued till 4th of February.
• Artisans and craftsmen from 31 States and Union Territories are participating in the Hunar Hatt.
• About 500 artisans and craftsmen and culinary experts from different States and UTs have come to Hunar Haat for display and sale of their handmade products.
• Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath will formally inaugurate the Hunar Haat.
• On this occasion, the Union Minister of Minority Affairs Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi, Deputy Chief Minister Keshav Prasad Maurya and Dr. Dinesh Sharma, Finance Minister Suresh Khanna, Khadi and Village Industries and MSME Minister Sidharth Nath Singh, Khadi and Village Industries Commission Chairman V. K. Saxena will also grace the occasion.

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

Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh – 24th Hunar Haat with ‘Vocal for Local’ theme begins at Awadh Shilp.

8. A national-level sand art festival will be organised for the first time in which state?
A) Uttarakhand
B) Assam
C) Meghalaya
D) Manipur
E) Mizoram
Answer: A) Uttarakhand

• A national-level sand art festival will be organized for the first time in Uttarakhand on the banks of Ganga in March-April this year.
• The art festival will be based on the themes of mythology and the Kumbh fair.

Uttarakhand:
Capital: Dehradun (Winter), Gairsain(Summer)
CM: Trivendra Singh Rawat
Governor: Baby Rani Maurya

Uttarakhand – host first sand art festival on Ganga ghats during Kumbh Mela.

9. Which Minister virtually through Video Conference launched “ShramShakti”, a National Migration Support Portal at a programme held at Panjim, Goa?
A) Women & Child Development Minister
B) External Affairs Minister
C) Finance Minister
D) Minister of Tribal Affairs
E) Home Minister
Answer: D) Minister of Tribal Affairs

• The Union Minister of Tribal Affairs Shri Arjun Munda virtually through Video Conference launched “ShramShakti”, a National Migration Support Portal at a programme held at Panjim, Goa.
• It would effectively help in the smooth formulation of state and national level programs for migrant workers.
• He also launched a tribal migration cell, a tribal museum at Goa and “ShramSaathi”, a training manual for migrant workers.
• The Chief Minister of Goa Pramod Sawant also launched dedicated Migration cell in Goa to facilitate and support migrants who come from different States to Goa.
• Union Minister for Tribal Affairs Shri Arjun Munda, Minister of State Ms.Renuka Singh Saruta and Secretary, MoTA Shri Deepak Khandekar virtually joined the programme through Video Conference.
• Chief Minister of Goa DrPramod Ji Sawant, Tribal Welfare Minister Shri. Govind Ji Gaude and Labour& Employment Minister Smt. Jennifer Monserrate joined the programme from CM’s Residence, Panjim, Goa. Dr. Navaljit Kapoor, Joint Secretary, MoTA gave a presentation giving details of various projects funded by Ministry of Tribal Affairs for Goa State and about Migration Repository Portal.

Tribal Affairs:
Minister : Arjun Munda
Constituency: Khunti, Jharkhand

Goa:
Capital :Panaji
CM: Pramod Sawant
Governor : Bhagat singh koshyari

Ministry of Tribal Affairs – “Shramshakti” Digital Data Solution for Migrant Workers.

10. Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik inaugurated which edition of Toshali National Crafts Mela in Bhubaneswar?
A) 13th
B) 14th
C) 11th
D) 10th
E) 15th
Answer: E) 15th

• Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik inaugurated the 15th edition of Toshali National Crafts Mela in Bhubaneswar.
• Artisans showcased various handicrafts including lanterns, carpets among other decorative items.
• Several women were seen shopping several necklaces, hair-bands, rings and other artificial jewellery items.
• Many sculptors had made portraits, models of several Gods and Goddess with a most popular one being Lord Jagannath statues.
• Handmade bags, purses and baskets were among the most preferred items being bought by people.

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

Odisha – Inaugurate 15th edition of Toshali National Crafts Mela.

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