January CA – 2021

1. 

               Theme : Recover and Revitalize  Education for the Covid -19 Gen-    eration.       Theme : Safe yourself to save your Theme : Making our Voters Em- family powered, vigilant, safe and in-    formed. Theme : YUVAAH - Utsah Naye    Bharat ka       Theme: “Customs bolstering Re-    covery, Renewal and Resilience for  a sustainable supply chain” to          Theme : Facing the aftermath : Re-  covery and Reconstitution after  the holocaust          Theme: Transforming education     for girls  2. 

                                       idoodle Eduinc                         THOOTHUKUDI - 99445 11344, TIRUNELVELI - 98942 41422, RAMANATHAPURAM - 75503 52916, MADURAI - 98431 10566 2              H.L                          “ ”                                               (PMAY - 2019)                                                                   CMI -  center for monitoring Indian economy)                     THOOTHUKUDI - 99445 11344, TIRUNELVELI - 98942 41422, RAMANATHAPURAM - 75503 52916, MADURAI - 98431 10566 3                                3. 

     DRDO   ”         ”           DRDO    DRDO                                  “  “                                   “  ”                                                       THOOTHUKUDI - 99445 11344, TIRUNELVELI - 98942 41422, RAMANATHAPURAM - 75503 52916, MADURAI - 98431 10566 4   “  ”  (SAATHEE)                             ‘EDUCON 2020’         ‘EDUCON 2020’        “        “                       NCAVES - Natural Capital Accounting and Valua- “  “  “  tion of the ecosystem services   “                              SAKSHAM                          Co - WIN                   “  “           - NDRF (National Diaster Response Force)               THOOTHUKUDI - 99445 11344, TIRUNELVELI - 98942 41422, RAMANATHAPURAM - 75503 52916, MADURAI - 98431 10566 5      UDAN)              BEML -     MASCRADE 2021     FICCI    - FICCI       “  “                            “     “             STAR Streak                       “e - EPIC”                      

4. 

                    THOOTHUKUDI - 99445 11344, TIRUNELVELI - 98942 41422, RAMANATHAPURAM - 75503 52916, MADURAI - 98431 10566 6 5. 

   III -                                                                         UNSC                            GAVI)       GAVI   (APAP)    GAVI                            INS                UMS       THOOTHUKUDI - 99445 11344, TIRUNELVELI - 98942 41422, RAMANATHAPURAM - 75503 52916, MADURAI - 98431 10566 7                UNSC                            OST (Open skies Treaty)          D10    D10    D10 = G7            (Seavigil 21) G                Theme : Stake holders for a cohesive and sustain-  able world.

        

                            NEW START                START      THOOTHUKUDI - 99445 11344, TIRUNELVELI - 98942 41422, RAMANATHAPURAM - 75503 52916, MADURAI - 98431 10566 8 6. 

                                              - CBDT        ¾¾¾®     TRIFood       (by   UNCTAD)           

7. 

 “   “                                “    “          THOOTHUKUDI - 99445 11344, TIRUNELVELI - 98942 41422, RAMANATHAPURAM - 75503 52916, MADURAI - 98431 10566 9     “    “                  EVVST 2026 -    EZIE 2024                      H3)             H5N1                                       GRACE - FO                            SAAW   SAAW                                  THOOTHUKUDI - 99445 11344, TIRUNELVELI - 98942 41422, RAMANATHAPURAM - 75503 52916, MADURAI - 98431 10566 10 8. 

                                                                                                                                                             THOOTHUKUDI - 99445 11344, TIRUNELVELI - 98942 41422, RAMANATHAPURAM - 75503 52916, MADURAI - 98431 10566 11                                            

9. 

                                        

10. 

1.    6.     2.       7.   3.       8.     4.   5.  9.      THOOTHUKUDI - 99445 11344, TIRUNELVELI - 98942 41422, RAMANATHAPURAM - 75503 52916, MADURAI - 98431 10566 12 10.   24.            25.       11.            .   12.     26.       1.  2.  3.  13.  4.  5.          27.        14.   15.  28.           16.   10  29.            17.   30.        18.      31.                   19.  32.           33.  20.  12  21.   34.      35.  22.    36.  (Union  Budget Mobile App)  23.  1 5   THOOTHUKUDI - 99445 11344, TIRUNELVELI - 98942 41422, RAMANATHAPURAM - 75503 52916, MADURAI - 98431 10566 13 37.   38.   39.  52.   40.     53.   41.   54.    42.  55.     43.   56.   57.  44.    58.  45.     46.         47.         59.  48.  60.   61.   62.        49.    63.  50.   64.  51.      65. 

THOOTHUKUDI - 99445 11344, TIRUNELVELI - 98942 41422, RAMANATHAPURAM - 75503 52916, MADURAI - 98431 10566 14 1. IMPOR T ANT DA Y S

January 4 - World Braille day January 21 - 26 - National Girlchild Week 2021 January 6 - World day of War Orphans January 24 - International Education day January 10 - World Hindi day Theme : Recover and Revitalize January 11 - 17 - National Safety Week - 32nd an- Education for the Covid -19 Gen- niversary eration. Theme : Safe yourself to save January 25 - National Voter’s day. your family Theme : Making our Voters Em- January 12 - National Youth day (National powered, vigilant, safe and in- Youth Festival celebrated) formed. Theme : YUVAAH - Utsah Naye January 25 - National Tourism day Bharat ka January 26 - International Customs day January 14 - Armed Forces Veteran day (Armi- Theme: “Customs bolstering Re- stice day) covery, Renewal and Resilience January 15 - Army day. for a sustainable supply chain” January 18 th to - Month will be observed as 1st January 27 - International Holocaust Remem- February 17 th National Road safety month 2021. brance day January 19 - 43rd Kokborok day (Tripura offi- Theme - Facing the aftermath: re- cial language) covery and reconstitution after January 24 - National Girl child day the Holocaust Theme: Transforming education January 31 - World leprosy day (last sunday of for girls Janua ry). 2. TAMILNADU NEWS

 Infant Feeding report - given by National Health - Riyasdeen created 37 mm size - FEMTO satel- Mission lites - Vision sat v 1 and v 2 (World’s Lightest - Tamilnadu- ranked 10 th FEMTO satellite) - National Health Mission - under Ministry of - Launched in NASA Zero Pressure Research Health & Family Welfare Balloon under RB6 mission - August 2021. - Ministry of Health Family welfare - minister - - Riyasdeen from karanthai, Thanjavur - Sastra Harsh Vardhan University student. - TamilNadu State Health Minister -  TN Cancer Registry Project report - released by - C.Vijayabaskar Cancer Insititute & State Health department. - Higest Crude Incidence Rate of Cancers in  Mayiladuthurai - 38th district(24 -3 - 2020) - Carved out of Nagaptainam chennai - Least - Krishnagiri  “Cubes in space” - Competition conducted by 'idoodle Eduinc' of NASA.  Sanjib Banerjee - 42 nd Chief Justice of Madras - Riyasdeen - Tamilnadu - participated in this Highcourt competition - Previously serve d as Ju d ge in Calcutta Highcourt THOOTHUKUDI - 99445 11344, TIRUNELVELI - 98942 41422, RAMANATHAPURAM - 75503 52916, MADURAI - 98431 10566 15  S. Bhaskaran - New Chairman of Tamilnadu State  TN CM ann ounced  State government awards Human Rights Commission for year 2020 - Justice Jaya chandran - appointed as acting - 9 awards - Thiruvalluvar award chairman to TNSHRC. - 21 awards - Chithirai Tamil new Year - H.L.Dattu - Chairman of National Human Rights - 38 awards - Tamil Chemmal awards Commission.  Ki. Rajanarayanan - chosen for U.Ve.Sa.award  Tamil nadu Government identified 3 bio heritage  H.V.Hande - kambar award-translated Kamba sites Ramayanam in english.

- Arittapatty, Madurai  Madurai World Tamil Sangam Awards - Vagaikulam, Tirunelveli - Literary Award 2020 - Dr.Alexis Thevaras - TNAU, Coimbatore senmark, France.

 Namma Tiruvannamalai app launched in - Grammar Award - Prof. Arunachalam Shanmuga Tiruvannamalai. dasu, Srilanka. - Provide all information about Thiruvannamalai - Linguistic Award - Dr.Suba Thinappan, district. Singapore.  TN Archaeological department- Excavation at 7  TN State health department project on “Pazhaya soru” for treating inflammtory bowel disease. more sites & field studies in 2 places. T Sites :  PMAY - U - 2019 bagged by Puducherry (best performing Union Territory). - Keeladi & Surrounding areas - Sivagangai district. - Puducherry bagged this award by 2nd time. - Adichanallur, Sivakasi, Korkai & Surrounding  Chief minister Edappadi K. Palaniswami inaugrated areas - Thoothukudi district. the state and deputy chief minister O. Pannerselvam opened the manimandapam of - Kodumanal , Erode form er assembly speaker PH Pandian at - Mayiladumparai, Krishnagiri Govindhaperi in Cheranmahadevi. - Gangaikondacholapuram, Maligaimedu -  A. Madhavan (Tamil writer) passed away Ariyalur district. - Won Sahitya Akademi award 2015 for ‘Illakiya - Field study : New stone age sites - Krishnagiri, Chuvadukal’. Vellore, Dharmapuri, Thiruvannamalai, Salem. - Kalaimamani award 2009 - Thamiraparani river civilisation - Tirunelveli & Thoothukudi.  Unemployment Rate report given by CMIE  Dr.Shantha (died)  Indian Oncologist & Chairper-- - CMIE - Centre for Monitoring Indian Economy son & Adayar Cancer Institute - India’s unemployment Rate - 9.06% - Decem- - 2013 Avvaiyar award. ber 2020  Covid vaccine drive started in Government Rajaji - Highest unemployment rate Hospital , Madurai. - Haryana 32.5%, - Vaccine name is Covishield.

- Rajasthan 28.2%  Tamilnadu Chiefminister  unveiled 3 life sizee - Least Unemployment rate potraits in Assembly soon - Tamilnadu 0.5% 3 portraits - Odisha 0.2% - Omandur R amasamy Reddiar THOOTHUKUDI - 99445 11344, TIRUNELVELI - 98942 41422, RAMANATHAPURAM - 75503 52916, MADURAI - 98431 10566 16 - V.O.Chidambaram Pillai - 69% reservation  9 th schedule, 76 th Amend- - Paramasivan Subbarayan ment 1994 - Recently unveiled 12 th portrait - S S Ramasamy - Census Act, 1948 Padayatchiyar - 1 st Caste census conducted in India 1881 st - 1 Portrait of C.Rajagopalachari , unveiled by  Tamilnadu CM announced 7 sub sects of Sched- Nehru uled caste called as Devendrakula Vellalar.  Caste census - recommended by Hansraj Verma Committee - conducted in Tamilnadu - 7 subjects : Kudumban, Pannadi, Kadaiyan, - Under Kulasekaran Commission Pallan, Kalladi, V athiriyan and Devandrakulathan.

3. INDIA

 Hemant Kumar Pan dey conferred with “DRDO sci- - Uttar P radesh won silver entist of the Year” Award. - Tamilnadu won Gold award - DRDO - Defence Research and Development  Ministry of External Affairs launched Global Pravasi organisation Rishta (Portal & Mobile App) - Headquarters - New Delhi - For Person of Indionorigin (PIOs) , Non - DRDO Chairman - G.Satheesh Reddy Residential Indian (NRIS), Overseas citizen of  Covid - 19 Vaccine Mock drill conducted in 4 states India. Gujarat, Assam, Andhra , Punjab. - Ministery of external affairs of india -  PMAY - Awards S.Jaishankar

- Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana Awards given by  96 th Tansen Music Festival held at Gwalior , Ministry of Housing & Urban Affairs Madhya Pradesh - Vishakapatnam Municipal Corporation - best - Pandit Satish Vyas (Santoor player) conferred performing civic body. upon Tansen Samman award - Andhra Pradesh - best performing state - Abhinav Kala Parishad (Bhobal based institu- category tion) honoured with “Raja Mansingh Tomar “ - Mirzapur, Uttar Pradesh - best performing award. Municipal body  Vikram 1 - India’s 1 st ever privately designed and - Tripura - best performing state under Northern developed rocket (launched soon) East & Hilly states category - developed by Skyroot Aerospace

- Modi also announced 2019 - 20 as “ Construc-  Delhi government set up “Tamil Academy” to tion Technology year ”. protect tamil culture & language. - Ministry of Housing and Urban affairs - - N.Raja - vice chairman of Academy minister- Hardeep Singh Puri - Tamil - 1 st language classified as classical th  6 edition of Digital India awards 2020 conducted language in 2004. by National Informatics Centre, MOIT  “Agri hackathon 2020” organised by Department Excellence in digital Governance category : of Agriculture and Cooperation and Farmers’ - Haryana won platinum award, welfare + IARI THOOTHUKUDI - 99445 11344, TIRUNELVELI - 98942 41422, RAMANATHAPURAM - 75503 52916, MADURAI - 98431 10566 17  4 th Global Ay urveda Festival held at Kochi, Kerala. - 5 countries participated - Brazil, china, South - Theme : “Ayurveda Medical Tourism : Actual- Africa, Mexico & India. izing India’s Credibility”.  Chandrikapersad Santokhi - Chief Guest at Repub- lic day 2021.  Karnataka’s Hubballi Railway station is set to world’s longest Railway Platform (1400 km). - Suriname’s Indian origin president - Currently - Gorakhpur Railway Station, Uttar  India started World’s largest vaccination drive from pradesh (longest Platform) - 1366 m January 16, 2021.

 Dadasaheb Phalke Awards South - 2020 - DCGI granted emergency use Authorisation to two vaccines - Covishield , Covaxin - Best Film ‘ To let’ - Covishield - oxford Astrazeneca, Covaxin - - Best Actor ‘Dhanush (Asuran)’ Bharat Biotech - Best Actress ‘ Jyothika (Raatchasi)’ - Self Register on Co-WIN website or app (Covid - Best Director ‘R. Parthiepan (Oththa Seruppu Vaccine Intelligence Network.

Size 7 )’  PM addressed “National Youth Parliament” held - Best Music Director ‘Anirudh Ravichander’. on January 12 birth Anniversary of Swami Vivekananda - Most Versatile Actor ’Ajith Kumar’. - January 12 National Youth Day  Rashtriya Kamadhenu Aayog (high powered permanent advis ory body) to develop programmes - To hear voice voice of youth between age of for conservation, sustainbale development and 18 - 25 years genetic upgradation of indigeneous breeds of  MoEA announced that no foreign leader as chief cows. guest at Republic day celebrations 2021. - Function as an integral part of Rashtriya Gokul - 1 st time in 50 yrs, there will no foreign head at Mission. Republic day parade

 Bureau of Indian Standard - foundation day - Jan 6  30 th National Energy conservation Awards 2020

 ‘EDUCON 2020’ inaugurated by Union Education - Instituted by Burea u of Energy Efficiency , Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank. Ministry of Power - ‘EDUCOM 2020” - Virtual International Akhand - SAATHEE (Statewise Actions on Annual Targets conference and Headways on Energy Efficiency) portal - Theme : Envisioning Education for transform- launched, is a management Information ing youth to restore global peace. system (MIS) portal. st  16 th Pravasi Bharatiya Diwas - Jan 9, 2021. - “Paradip Refinery of Odisha” won 1 prize in “Petroleum Refinery Sector” - Theme : Contributing to “Atma Nirbhar Bharat”  January 14 - 75 th Foundation day of FCI - Food - On this day 1915 Gandhi returned to India from Corporation of India South Africa. - Founded on 1965 - Chandrikapersad Santokhi (chief guest) - president of Suriname - Head Quarter - New Delhi

 NCAVES India forum 2021 - Chairman - Shri Sanjiv Kumar - Natural Capital Accounting and Valuation of the  Arjun Munda honoured with SKOCH Challenger Ecosystem services - NCAVES award - Organised by Ministry of Statistics and - Ministry of Tribal Affairs Programme Implementation - For e-Goverance THOOTHUKUDI - 99445 11344, TIRUNELVELI - 98942 41422, RAMANATHAPURAM - 75503 52916, MADURAI - 98431 10566 18  Prarambh - startup India International Summit 2021  “India Innovation Index 2020” released by NITI - to mark 5 yr launch of Startup India Aayog - Startup India - launched in 2016 Major States : st  India plans to achieve 20% ethanol blending with - Karnataka (1 ), gasoline by 2025 - Maharashtra (2 nd ), - 10% ethanol blending by 2022 - Tamilnadu (3 rd ), - 20% ethanol blending by 2030 - Bihar (Last).

 India’s 1st ‘Fire park’ inaugurated by Odisha CM - Northern East / Hilly states : Himachal (1 st ) Naveen Patnaik. - Union Teritory /city states : Delhi (1 st )

- also launched portal ‘Agnishama Seva’  Thales (French company) + BDL (Bharat Dynamic  Indian Meterological Department celebrated Ltd) - Memorundom of understanding- STAR (Streak 146th foundation day on 15th Jan 2021 Air Defence System) - established in 1875 - Surface to Air Missile - Head Quarters - Delhi - Short range - 0.3 km to 7 km

 Minister of Petroleum and Natural Gas launched - Mach 3 speed

by SAKSHAM  15 th India Digital summit - Campaign to spread awareness about green - Organised by Internet and mobile Association energy. of India (INMAI) - Minister of Petroleum and Natural Gas - - Theme : “Atma Nirbhar Bharat - start of New Dharmendra Pradhan Decade”.  Government celebrate Netaji’s birth anniversary  51 st International Film Festival of India (IFFI) on January 23rd every year as ‘Parakram Diwas’. - Held at Goa - 2021 - 125 th Birthday anniversary - Vittorio storaro, an Italian cinematographer th th  NDRF - 16 Raising day - 18 January who honoured with lifetime Achievement - NDRF (National Disaster Response Force) set Award.

up Disaster management Act, 2005.  Tamilnadu was 11 th state who implement ‘One - National Disaster management Authority Nation One Ration card’ scheme.

Chairman - Prime minister  ‘Exercise Kavach’ Held in Andaman Sea & Bay of  India’s 1st air tax service inaugurated by Haryana Bengal Chief minister manohar Lalkhattar - conducted by Indian Army - Service between Chandigarh to Hisar - Joint Military exercise

- Operated under UDAN scheme.  7 th MASCRADE 2021  BEML - unveiled ‘Driverless Metro car’ at Mumbai - inaugurated by Union health Minister Dr. Harsh metropolitan Vardhan - Bharat Earth Movers Ltd. - organised by FICCI  Gucchi mushroom got G.I. tag at Jammu and Kash- - MASCRADE - movement against Smuggled and mir Doda district counterfeit trade. - J & K Governor : Manoj sinha - FICCI - Federation of Indian Chambers of - Summer capital - Srinagar Commerce & Industry - Winter capital - Jammu - President - Uday shankar THOOTHUKUDI - 99445 11344, TIRUNELVELI - 98942 41422, RAMANATHAPURAM - 75503 52916, MADURAI - 98431 10566 19  Shram Shakti Portal launched by Ministry of Tribal  Jeevan Raksha Padak series of Awards Affairs Minister Arjun Munda - given to 40 persons - It is a National Migration Support Portal. - given by president Ramnath Kovind  Operation Sard hawa launched by BSF(Border - Uttam Jeevan Raksha padak (8 awards) Security Force) in Western border of Rajasthan. - Sarvottam Jeevan Raksha Padak 1 - Muhammad - to check instances of infiltration Muhsin from kerala (posthumously)  “Vasuki train” - Longest ever freight train - - Jeevan rakshak Padhak - 31 awards. Operated by South East Central Railways Zone (SECR) in Chhattisgarh.  e-Epic - Electronic Electoral Photo Identity card launched by Election Commission of India  AMPHEX - 21 - Non-editable digital version of voter ID card. - triservice joint amphibious exercise  ‘Jail tourism’ started by Maharashtra from - held in Andaman & Nicobar islands Yerawada prison, Pune 4. ST A TE NEW S

 Karnataka CM B.S. Yediyurappa - laid Foundation - locat ed on river chenab in kistwar district of ‘New Anubhava Mantapa’ Stone For Basavakalyan Jammu and Kashmir  Gujarat - decided to rename dragon fruit as - 850MW ‘Kamalam’  Meghalaya, Manipur &Tripura - Jan 21 - as state- - Kamalam means lotus in Sanskrit. hood day. Formed in 1972 under  Union cabinet approved - Ratte Hydro Electric Project - North Eas tern Areas (Reorganisation) Act 1971. 5. INTERNA TIONAL NEW S

 Mission Sa g ar III - UNSC have 5 permanent members - china, - SAGAR (Security and Growth for all) in the France, Russia, UK, USA region  Harsh Vardhan (Minister of Health and Family - Part of India’s humanitarian Assistance and Welfare - nominated as a member on the GAVI Disaster Relief assistance to friendly foreign Board for 2021- 23 countries during ongoing pandemic. - GAVI - Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunisation  Japan - Join the five Eyes Network - to become the sixth eye - GAVI is an international organisation formed - Five eyes : Australia, Canada, Britain, US and during the year 2000. New zealand  According to Reporters without Borders

 India - began its 2 year term as a non-permanent - Mexico - deadlist Nation for Journalist in 2020 member of the UN security council on Jan 1, 2021. - Head Quarters - Paris, France th - 8 time India have seat in the UNSC  INS Sindhuvir - India’s submarine given to Myanmar - 4 other nations - Ireland, kenya, Mexico & Navy Norway (Non - permanent member) - first and only submarine of the Myanmar navy - India - UNSC president in August 2021 & again - Name - UMS Minye Theinkhathu (in Myanmar for a month in 2022. language) THOOTHUKUDI - 99445 11344, TIRUNELVELI - 98942 41422, RAMANATHAPURAM - 75503 52916, MADURAI - 98431 10566 20  Lewis Hamilton awarded knighthood in UK New  India - t o chair 3 major bodies of UNSC (united year honors list nations security council) - Seventh time F1 Champion - counter Terrorism committee in 2022 - total win 95 - Taliban sanctions committee - Dr. RaghuRam Pillarisetti named in the list - Libya sanctions committee

 IFSCA - Associate member of IOSCO  ‘Indian cities in Post - Pandemic World Report’ - given by WEF. - Head quaters in gift city, Gandhinagar - highlights country’s most pressing Urban - IFSCA - International financial services centres challenges Authority - World Economic Forum (WEF) - IOSCO - International Organisation of Securities Commission - Head quarters - Davos, Switzerland.  Sea Vigil - 21- Coastal defence exercise by Indian  WHO COVID - 19 App launced by WHO(World Health Organisation) Navy  ‘Henley Passport Index’ -launched by - available in 7 languages (english, Arabic, IATA(International Air Transport Association) Russia, French, Chinese, Spanish, Portugues - Japan- 1 st  Malala Yousafzai Act passed by US for Pakistani nd Women - Singapore 2 th - USAID award atlest 50% of Scholarship to - India- 85 pakistani women between 2020 and 2022. - Worst Category - Pakistan, Nepal.

 Maitri Setu Bridge connects south Tripura with - IATA - International Air Transport Association. Ramgarh of Bangladesh over Feni river. - Japan - World’s Most Powerful Passport  India - chosen as co - chair of IUCN - supported  US government designates - cuba - as a state Asia Sponsor of Terrorism. - Protected Areas Partnership (APAP) for 3 yrs(till  3rd edition Digital Evolution Scorecard 2020 was 2023) developed by Tuffs University Fletcher school and - India replace’s Southkorea Mastercard st  Flash Flood Guidance Services - designed by IMD - China - 1 th - This service for South Asia. - India - 4 among Break Out Economies. - South Asian Countries - India, Bangladesh, Break Out Economies - degitalising very quickly & yet have a lot of room to grow Bhutan, Nepal, Srilanka.  Palestine - to hold 1 st National elections after 14 - IMD - Indian Meteorological Department yrs in 2021  Sea wing drones is a Underwater drones was  International Migration 2020 Highlights - by UN deployed by china as called sea wing (Haiyi) glider, in Indian Ocean. - Indian diaspora - largest in the World - US - largest country of designation of Interna-  US Congress - Confirmed Joe Biden (46th US President) tional Migrats  ‘Global Britain, Global Broker’ -Published by  Bloomberg Billionaries Index: “Chatham House” (Royal Institute of Inti Affairs). - Elon Musk - 1 st (World’s richest person, - report proposing blueprint for foreign policy of surpassion Amazon Founder Jeff Bezos) UK after B reait - Jeff Bezos - 2 nd - report classed India, China, Saudi Arabia, rd - Bill Gates - 3 Turkey as difficult 4 countries. THOOTHUKUDI - 99445 11344, TIRUNELVELI - 98942 41422, RAMANATHAPURAM - 75503 52916, MADURAI - 98431 10566 21  Desert knight - 21 -Air exercise between Indian  Glob al Fire Power Index : Air Force & French Air & Space Force held at Jodh- Ranked - 138 countries based on their Potential pur, Rajasthan Military Strength.  Russia -leaving the Open skies Treaty (OST). US - 1 st Russia - 2 nd  D10 countries proposed by Britain - held in June, China - 3 rd India - 4 th UK.  Joe Biden - 46th President (Democratic Party) of - D10 stands for 10 biggest democracies of the US. world Kamala Harris - Vice President become (1st Fe- held at Singapore male, African & Asian American) - D10 = G7 + India, Australia, SouthKorea (Guest Sworn - 59 th Presidential inauguration ceremony. Countries)  New START Treaty - Signed between US &Russia  Davos Agenda Summit -organised by WEF (World in 2010 Economic Forum) - launch “Great Reset Initiative” - Joe Biden -proposed to extend New START Treaty by 5 yrs. Theme: “Stake holders For a Cohesive and sustainable World”. START - (Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty) 6. ECONOMIC NEWS

 Ease of doing business reforms :  GST Collection - in december hit an all time high - Rajasthan is t he 6th state to complete ease with over Rs.1.5 L cr collected as revenue. of doing business returns.  NITI Aayog + Flipkart -launched - revamped Women 1 st - Andhra Pradesh Entrepreneurship Platform. 2 nd - Madhya Pradesh Theme : Women First, Prosperty for all 3 rd - Karnataka - Set up at 8th Global Entrepreneurship Summit 2017 in Hyderabad 4 th - Tamil Nadu  CBDT - notified that penalty cases are assigned 5 th - Telangana to National Faceless Penalty centre & to be dis-  Akash(developed by DRDO) Missile system - short posed of by National Faceless Assessment centre range(25 km) surface to Air under Faceless penalty scheme, 2021. - Union Cabinet approved the export of Akash - All penalty cases initiated under IT Act, 1961. Missile to achieve target of 5b of defence ex- - CBDT - Central Board of Direct tax. port. - Chairman : Pramod Chandra Mody.  India exports rice to Vietnam  Finance Ministry launched ‘Union Budget Mobile’ - Vietnam(Capital - Cambodia) - 3 rd biggest ex- app porter of rice in the world. - For hassle - free access of Budget related  TRIFOOD Parks - Joint initiative of Ministry of Tribal documents by MPs & the public. Affairs and Ministry of Food processing industry & TRIFED(Tribalco - operative marketing Federa-  FDI in 2020 was released by UNCTAD tion of india)set up in Madhya pradesh. - China surpassed US as world’s top destination Capital - Bhopal for FDI(Foreign direct investmen) in yr 2020 Chief minister - Shivraj Singh Chouhan - UNCTAD (HQ - Geneva, Switzerland) - United Governor - Anandiben Patel Nations conference on Trade and Development THOOTHUKUDI - 99445 11344, TIRUNELVELI - 98942 41422, RAMANATHAPURAM - 75503 52916, MADURAI - 98431 10566 22 7. SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

 “Digital Ocean ” 1 st digital platform for Ocean Data Spect roscopic Telescope Epsilon mission. Management  JAXA(Japanese Aerospace Exploration Agency ) - developed by INCOIS- Indian National centre launch H3 rocket in 2021.

for Oceanic Information Services. Under the st  Asmi - India’s 1 indigenous 9mm machine Pistol, Ministry of Earth Science (developed by Indian Army & DRDO) - Earth science minister :Harsh Vardhan - Meaning of Asmi is Selfrespect, hardwork - INCOIS Head quarters - Hyderabad. &pride. st  SAHAYAK - NG - 1 indigonously developed air  RAKSHITA bibe ambulance was developed by droppable container, with a parachute sytem DRDO & CRPF.(Central Reserve Police Force)

developed by DRDO &Avantel (Pvt Company)  NASA- released the estimates of soil moisture in  Patna Meteorological observatory ® Sets the root zone such as top 39 inches of soil centennial observing station status by WMO - konya plains - had lowest “root zone moisture” - World Meteorological Organisation (WMO) in Turkey - Head Quarters - Geneva (Switzerland). - Estimation done based on GRACE - FO satellite data  Wooden satellites developed by Japan will launch in 2023.  Longops Project - collaboration between UK & Ja- Aim :- solve the problem - space debris of pan to dismantle old nuclear Facilities.  saguna Rice Technique (STR) - Zero till technique is a unique conservation Agriculture type of  SAAW(Smart AntiAirfield Weapon ) -test fired from cultivation method. Hawk aircraft successfully - help top stubble burning in Punjab & Haryana - Test fired by HAL(Hindustan aeronautics Lim- ited)  Nitin Gadkarin launched - ”thadi prakrific paint” developed by KVIC. - SAAW was developed by DRDO - paint is ecofriendly with antibaderial & anti-  International Blue flags certification given to 8 fungal properties developed with cowding as beaches in India run by FEE (foundation for envi- main ingredient. ronmental Education)

 Union Minister for Earth science Harsh vardhan - shivrajpur (Dwarka - Gujarat) launched - Goghla(Diu) - ’sagar Anveshita’coastal Research vehicle - Karsarkod and Padubidri(Karnataka) - at chennai port - Kappad(Kerala)  NASA - approved 2 holiophysics missions - to ex- - Rushikonda(Andhra) plore the sun - Golden Beach(Puri - odisha) 2 mission : - Radhanagar(Andhaman) - EUVST - launched in 2026 - Spain tops the list with 560 such beaches. - EZIE - Electrojet zeeman Imaging Explorer  1km area surrounding Mathiketan chola National - launched in 2024 Park (Kerala) was declared as Eco sensitive zone EUVST - Extreme Ultraviolet High - Throughput - Under Envi ronment Protection Act 1986 THOOTHUKUDI - 99445 11344, TIRUNELVELI - 98942 41422, RAMANATHAPURAM - 75503 52916, MADURAI - 98431 10566 23 - This order issued by Environment, Forest and - To E - waste Management Rules, 2016 climate change Ministry  Biggest floating solar power Plant was  Birdflu - out break in India commissioned by cochin International Airport ltd - reported in Wild Geese in Himachal, ducks in set up in Kerala (452kwh) kerala, Crows in Rajasthan and Madhya - Cochin Airport became - World’s 1st solar Pradesh. powered airport in 2015 - H5NI strain - 1 st influenza virus to infect  1st ever Wolf sanctuary in - Bankapur, koppal humans (district), karnataka  ‘One Planet summit’ -aims to advance the protection of nature - WWFWorld Wild Fund for Nature (WWF) report: - Organised by UN, World Bank & France - 43mha of forest lost in 13yrs - Theme : Lets act together for nature - Headquarters - Gland, switzerland.  E - waste report by central p ollution Control Board 8. PER SONALITIE S, AW ARDS & EVENT S

 Bhawana Kanth - 1 st woman fighter pilot to par- sons receive 2021 Michael & Sheila held price. ticipate in Republic day parade 2021. - Nikhil Srivastava - Young Indian Mathematician  Coal & Mines minister Pralhad Joshi- Presented - For solving long - standing questions on coal minister award to, Central Coalfields Ltd. ‘Kadison - singer problem on Ramanujan - Head quarters at Ranchi, Jharkhand. graphs’.

 Nikhil Srivastava,( University of california)  Pradhan Mantri Rashtriya Bal puraskar 2021-32 - Adam Maras -( Ecole polytechnique Federale children from 32 districts of 21 states/UT. de Lausanne - Award is formerly known as “National child - Daniel Alan Spielman - Vale University - 3 per- Award For Exceptional Achievement” 9. SPORTS

 ICC Awards: - Hansi Hic k Bayern Munich is coach ’Coach of - Spirit of Cricket Award of the Decade - the year award M.S. Dhoni - Bayern Munich - Club of the year award. - Sir Garfield sobers Award for ICC - Real Madrid - club of the century award. - Male Cricketer of decade - Virat Kohli - Pep Guardiola - coach of the century award. - Rachael Heyhoe - Flint Award for ICC - Manchester city manager. - Female Cricketer of decade - Ellyse Perry (Aus-  T. Natarajan (Chinnappampatti, Salem) - 1 st tralia). Indian Cricketer who make his International  Namita Toppo - Conferred with ‘Ekalavya Puraskar’ debut across all three formats of cricket during the - (Indian Women’s hockey team player) Award same tour at Australia. Instituted by IMPACT.  1 st ever Khelo India Winter Games begin at  Globe Soccer Awards: held in - Dubai zanskar,Kargil district of Ladakh - Cristiano Ronaldo Portugal Player of the - To make Ladak as a centre for Ice Hockey. century THOOTHUKUDI - 99445 11344, TIRUNELVELI - 98942 41422, RAMANATHAPURAM - 75503 52916, MADURAI - 98431 10566 24