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for app_20201213 Biden signs 'Buy American' order, vows to strengthen manufacturing sector

President Joe Biden vowed to leverage the purchasing power of the U.S. government, the world's biggest single buyer of goods and services, to strengthen domestic manufacturing and create markets for new technologies. The Democratic president signed an executive order aimed at closing loopholes in existing "Buy American" provisions, which apply to about a third of the $600 billion in goods and services the federal government buys each year. The order will make any waivers more transparent and create a senior White House role to oversee the process. China overtook the United States as the world's top manufacturer in 2010, and was responsible for 28% of global output in 2018, according to United Nations data.

50 lakh doses of COVID 19 vaccine from Serum Institute of arrive in Dhaka

The first instalment of 50 lakh doses of the COVID 19 vaccine from Serum Institute of India (SII) arrived in Dhaka. This is part of the agreement for the purchase of 30 million doses of the vaccine for which Beximco Pharmaceuticals Limited (BPL) had signed a tripartite agreement with the SII on December 13 last year. Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina is scheduled to inaugurate the vaccination programme in Dhaka from Wednesday. A nurse of the Kurmitola general hospital in Dhaka will receive the first vaccine shot.

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for app_20201213 Liberation War fighter Lt. Col Quazi Sajjad Ali Zahir and Musicologist from awarded Padma Shree

Bangladesh Liberation War fighter Lt. Col. (Retd.) Quazi Sajjad Ali Zahir and well known musicologist, Rabindra Sangeet exponent and academic Sanjida Khatun from Bangladesh have been awarded the Padma Shri for the year 2021. Lt. Col. Quazi Sajjad Ali Zahir has been awarded Padma Shri for his contribution in the field of Public Affairs. Lt. Col. Zahir is a veteran of the 1971 Liberation War of Bangladesh. He deserted the Pakistan army and crossed over to India to fight the liberation war of Bangladesh. He organized the 2nd Artillery Force under Sector 4 in the Sylhet region. Sanjida Khatun is a renowned cultural figure of Bangladesh. She is an eminent Rabindra Sangeet exponent and musicologist. She played a prominent role in organising artists of the then East Pakistan during the Bangladesh Liberation War of 1971.

India, UK emphasize need for strengthening international cooperation to combat terrorism

India and the United Kingdom emphasized the need for strengthening international cooperation to combat the global menace of terrorism including cross border terrorism in South Asia. India and the United Kingdom stressed that all the countries must take immediate action to ensure that territories under their control should not be used for terrorist attacks. The two sides exchanged ideas for further strengthening bilateral cooperation in countering radicalisation and violent extremism, combating financing of terrorism, preventing exploitation of the internet for terrorism, information sharing and capacity building.

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for app_20201213 List of Padma awardees — 2021

Padma Awards - one of the highest civilian Awards of the country, are conferred in three categories, namely, , and Padma Shri. 7 were awarded the Padma Vibhushan, 10 named for the Padma Bhushan and 102 named for Padma Shri. Padma Vibhushan (7) Shri Shinzo Abe - Public Affairs - Japan Shri S P Balasubramaniam (Posthumous) - Art - Tamil Nadu Dr. Belle Monappa Hegde - Medicine - Shri Narinder Singh Kapany (Posthumous) - Science and Engineering - United States of America Maulana Wahiduddin Khan - Others - Spiritualism - Shri B. B. Lal Others - Archaeology - Delhi Shri - Art – Odisha Padma Bhushan (10) Ms. Krishnan Nair Shantakumari Chithra - Art - Kerala Shri (Posthumous) - Public Affairs - Assam Shri Chandrashekhar Kambara - Literature and Education - Karnataka Ms. - Public Affairs - Madhya Pradesh Shri - Civil Service - Shri (Posthumous) - Public Affairs Shri (Posthumous) Public Affairs Gujarat Shri (Posthumous) Others-Spiritualism Uttar Pradesh Shri Rajnikant Devidas Shroff Trade and Industry Maharashtra Shri Public Affairs Haryana

Padma Shri (102) Shri Gulfam Ahmed Art Uttar Pradesh Ms. P. Anitha Sports Tamil Nadu Shri Rama Swamy Annavarapu Art Shri Subbu Arumugam Art Tamil Nadu Shri Prakasarao Asavadi Literature and Education Andhra Pradesh Ms. Bhuri Bai Art Madhya Pradesh Shri Radhe Shyam Barle Art Chhattisgarh Shri Dharma Narayan Barma Literature and Education Ms. Lakhimi Baruah Social Work Assam

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for app_20201213 Shri Biren Kumar Basak Art West Bengal Ms. Rajni Bector Trade and Industry Punjab Shri Peter Brook Art United Kingdom Ms. Sangkhumi Bualchhuak Social Work Mizoram Shri Gopiram Bargayn Burabhakat Art Assam Bijoya Chakravarty Public Affairs Assam Shri Sujit Chattopadhyay Literature and Education West Bengal Shri Jagdish Chaudhary (Posthumous) Social Work Uttar Pradesh Shri Tsultrim Chonjor Social Work Ladakh Ms. Mouma Das Sports West Bengal Shri Srikant Datar Literature and Education United States of America Shri Art West Bengal Chutni Devi Social Work Jharkhand Ms. Dulari Devi Art Bihar Ms. Radhe Devi Art Ms. Shanti Devi Social Work Odisha Shri Wayan Dibia Art Indonesia Shri Dadudan Gadhavi Literature & Education Gujarat Shri Parshuram Atmaram Gangavane Art Maharashtra Shri Jai Bhagwan Goyal Literature and Education Haryana Shri Jagadish Chandra Halder Literature and Education West Bengal Shri Literature and Education Assam Ms. Anshu Jamsenpa Sports Arunachal Pradesh Ms. Purnamasi Jani Art Odisha Matha B. Manjamma Jogati Art Karnataka Shri Damodaran Kaithapram Art Kerala Shri Namdeo C Kamble Literature and Education Maharashtra Shri Maheshbhai & Shri Nareshbhai Kanodia (Duo) * (Posthumous) Art Gujarat Shri Rajat Kumar Kar Literature and Education Odisha Shri Rangasami Lakshminarayana Kashyap Literature and Education Karnataka Ms. Prakash Kaur Social Work Punjab Shri Nicholas Kazanas Literature and Education Greece Shri K Kesavasamy Art Puducherry Shri Ghulam Rasool Khan Art Jammu and Kashmir Shri Lakha Khan Art Rajasthan Ms. Sanjida Khatun Art Bangladesh Shri Vinayak Vishnu Khedekar Art Ms. Niru Kumar Social Work Delhi Ms. Lajwanti Art Punjab Shri Rattan Lal Science and Engineering United States of America Shri Ali Manikfan Others-Grassroots Innovation Lakshadweep Shri Ramachandra Manjhi Art Bihar Shri Dulal Manki Art Assam Shri Nanadro B Marak Others- Agriculture Meghalaya Shri Art Manipur Shri Chandrakant Mehta Literature and Education Gujarat Dr. Rattan Lal Mittal Medicine Punjab

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for app_20201213 Shri Madhavan Nambiar Sports Kerala Shri Shyam Sundar Paliwal Social Work Rajasthan Dr. Chandrakant Sambhaji Pandav Medicine Delhi Dr. J N Pande (Posthumous) Medicine Delhi Shri Solomon Pappaiah Literature and Education- Journalism Tamil Nadu Ms. Pappammal Others- Agriculture Tamil Nadu Dr. Mohan Pathi Medicine Odisha Ms. Jaswantiben Jamnadas Popat Trade and Industry Maharashtra Shri Girish Prabhune Social Work Maharashtra Shri Nanda Prusty Literature and Education Odisha Shri K K Ramachandra Pulavar Art Kerala Shri Balan Putheri Literature and Education Kerala Ms. Birubala Rabha Social Work Assam Shri Kanaka Raju Art Telangana Ms. Ramnath Art Tamil Nadu Shri Satyaram Reang Art Tripura Dr. Dhananjay Diwakar Sagdeo Medicine Kerala Shri Sahu Medicine Uttar Pradesh Dr. Bhupendra Kumar Singh Sanjay Medicine Uttarakhand Ms. Sindhutai Sapkal Social Work Maharashtra Shri Chaman Lal Sapru (Posthumous) Literature and Education Jammu and Kashmir Shri Roman Sarmah Literature and Education- Journalism Assam Shri Imran Shah Literature and Education Assam Shri Prem Chand Sharma Others- Agriculture Uttarakhand Shri Arjun Singh Shekhawat Literature and Education Rajasthan Shri Ram Yatna Shukla Literature and Education Uttar Pradesh Shri Jitender Singh Shunty Social Work Delhi Shri Kartar Paras Ram Singh Art Himachal Pradesh Shri Kartar Singh Art Punjab Dr. Dilip Kumar Singh Medicine Bihar Shri Chandra Shekhar Singh Others-Agriculture Uttar Pradesh Ms. Sudha Hari Narayan Singh Sports Uttar Pradesh Shri Virender Singh Sports Haryana Ms. Mridula Sinha (Posthumous) Literature and Education Bihar Shri K C Sivasankar (Posthumous) Art Tamil Nadu Guru Maa Kamali Soren Social Work West Bengal Shri Marachi Subburaman Social Work Tamil Nadu Shri P Subramanian (Posthumous) Trade and Industry Tamil Nadu Ms. Art Andhra Pradesh Shri Kapil Tiwari Literature and Education Madhya Pradesh Father Vallés (Posthumous) Literature and Education Spain Dr. Thiruvengadam Veeraraghavan (Posthumous) Medicine Tamil Nadu Shri Sridhar Vembu Trade and Industry Tamil Nadu Shri K Y Venkatesh Sports Karnataka Ms. Usha Yadav Literature and Education Uttar Pradesh Col Quazi Sajjad Ali Zahir Public Affairs Bangladesh

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for app_20201213 Six NIA officials awarded Police Medals

Recognising the outstanding contribution in the service of the nation, one NIA official has been awarded the President’s Police Medal for Distinguished Service and five NIA officials have been awarded Police Medal for Meritorious Service. Vinod Kumar KS, Head Constable of NIA, has been awarded the President’s Police Medal for Distinguished Service. Sonia Narang, the then DIG of NIA, presently Additional Director, ED; Rajesh TV, DySP, NIA Hyderabad; Tapan Kumar Ghosh, Assistant, NIA, Kolkata; PK Uthaman, Assistant Sub- Inspector, NIA, Delhi; and Mahesh Kumar Yadav, Head Constable, NIA, have been awarded the Police Medal for Meritorious Service.

National Voters' Day: January 25th

The National Voters’ Day (NVD) is celebrated on the 25th of January every year since 2011, to mark the foundation day of Election Commission of India (ECI). The day aims to spread awareness among voters and for promoting informed participation in the electoral process. The theme for this year’s National Voters’ Day is Making Our Voters Empowered, Vigilant, Safe and Informed. It also focuses on the commission's commitment towards conducting elections safely during the COVID-19 pandemic. The Indian Constitution was promulgated on the 26th of January 1950. But Article 324 of the Constitution, which created the Election Commission of India as a constitutional body, was among the very few provisions that was given effect a full two months earlier on the 26th of November 1949. The Election Commission of India was set up on the 25thJanuary of 1950 a day before India became a republic.

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for app_20201213 20-year-old Shrishti Goswami is Uttarakhand CM for a day

Shristi Goswami, a twenty-year-old Haridwar-based student, become the Chief Minister of Uttarakhand for one day on National Girl Child Day. She is a student of BSc Agriculture, lives in Daulatpur village in Roorkee, Haridwar. The move has received the nod of Chief Minister Trivendra Singh Rawat. The one-day chief minister has administered from Gairsain, the summer capital of the state, and will review various schemes run by the state government that include Atal Ayushman Scheme, Smart City project, Homestay Scheme by the tourism department, and other development projects.

DRDO conducts maiden launch of Akash-NG missile from Integrated Test Range off coast of Odisha

Defence Research Development Organisation (DRDO) has conducted the successful maiden launch of Akash-NG (New Generation) Missile from Integrated Test Range off the coast of Odisha. Akash-NG is a new generation Surface to Air Missile meant for use by Indian Air Force with an aim of intercepting high maneuvering low RCS aerial threats. The Akash-NG system has been developed with better deployability compared to other similar systems with canisterized launcher and much smaller ground system footprint.

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for app_20201213 CSIR-CMERI unveils ‘Aqua Rejuvenation Plant’ which facilitates an Organic Farming Model through treated Waste Water

CSIR-Central Mechanical Engineering Research Institute, Durgapur unveiled the first-ever Waste Water Treatment Technology Model which purifies Waste Water for Irrigation/Farming purposes. Aqua Rejuvenation Plant (ARP) is an Integrated Waste Water Rejuvenation Model which has six- stage purification profile for comprehensive treatment of Waste Water, based upon diverse purification parameters. The approx. 24,000 litres of water that can be rejuvenated using ARP will be sufficient for almost 4 acres of Agricultural Land (barring seasonal variations in water requirements).

Indian Railways' longest freight train 'Vasuki' sets a new record

The South-East Central Railways (SECR) zone in Chhattisgarh breaks its own previous record by successfully operating the longest ever freight train by amalgamating five rakes of goods trains as one unit of around 3.5 km. Named as ‘Vasuki’, it covered the distance of 224 km between the railway stations of Bhilai and Korba and took about seven hours. The ‘Vasuki’, comprising of 300 wagons of long haul rake of five goods trains, ran with the help of one pilot, one assistant loco pilot and a guard.

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for app_20201213 BSF launches Operation ‘Sard Hawa’ at Rajasthan border

The Border Security Force (BSF) has launched “Operation Sard Hawa” on the western international border of Rajasthan. The Operations aims to check the instances of infiltration due to the dense fog cover in the region and increase security on the border areas in Jaisalmer.

UP Government launches ‘Udyam Sarathi App’ for Youths

Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister, Yogi Adityanath has launched the ‘Udyam Sarathi App’. The app will enable the youths to get every information related to self-employment and the job industry, across the state. Udyam Sarathi App will comprise of a varied range of data regarding business opportunities in different departments and sectors, including the state and Central governments, and anywhere and at any time. It has been launched under the One District One Product (ODOP) scheme.

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for app_20201213 Infosys, TCS join global initiative by WEF to end racism at workplace

Indian technology services firms Infosys and Tata Consultancy Services joined a global coalition launched by the World Economic Forum (WEF) to end racism at the workplace. The WEF said its “Partnering for Racial Justice in Business” initiative will have member organisations “commit to building equitable and just workplaces for professionals with under-represented racial and ethnic identities”. The founding members include 48 organisations representing 13 industries, with more than 5.5 million employees worldwide and headquarters in three continents, the WEF said. The founding members of the coalition include Google, Microsoft, HP, AP Moller-Maersk, AlixPartners, AstraZeneca, BlackRock, Bloomberg, Boston Consulting Group, Bridgewater Associates, Centene, Cisco, Cognizant, Dentsu International, Deutsche Bank, EY, H&M, Henry Schein, and IKEA.

India witnesses highest growth in FDI in 2020 due to digital investments

FDI flows into India rose 13% in 2020, the highest among top recipients of FDI in 2019, due to investments in the digital sector. It was followed by China which saw 4% growth, said the UN Conference on Trade and Development. On the other hand, fund flows "declined most strongly" in major economies such as the UK, the US and Russia due to the pandemic. Global FDI collapsed in 2020 by 42% to an estimated $859 bn from $1.5 trn in 2019. Such a low level was last seen in the 1990s and is more than 30% below the investment trough that followed the 2008-2009 global financial crisis.

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for app_20201213 Irdai introduces 'Saral Pension', a standard individual annuity product

The insurance regulatory and development authority of India (Irdai) has introduced a standard individual immediate annuity product “Saral Pension”, which all life insurers have to start offering to consumers by April 1. The product has to be filed by the insurers with the regulator by the end of February. This has been done to ensure uniformity across insurers, and to make available a product by all life insurers that will broadly meet the needs of an average customer, the regulator said. The product will offer life annuity with 100 per cent return of purchase price. It comes with joint life annuity and a provision of 100 per cent annuity to the secondary annuitant upon death of the primary annuitant and return of the full purchase price on death of last survivor. This means the annuity will be paid to the annuitant for life and after his/her death, the spouse continues to get the annuity for life until his/her death. Furthermore, on the death of the spouse, the legal heir will get the purchase price back. The minimum annuity payable under the policy is Rs 1,000 per month, Rs 3,000 per quarter, Rs 6,000 half yearly, and Rs 12,000 per anum. However, there is no limit on the maximum annuity.

England win second Test by six wickets to complete series sweep

England completed a 2-0 series victory over Sri Lanka by winning the second Test by six wickets with a day to spare. Set a target of 164, the English lost four wickets for 89 runs but an unbroken 75-run stand for the fifth wicket by Jos Buttler (46) and Dom Sibley (56) finished it off. Sibley only managed six runs in three innings but he returned to form with a much needed half- century in the final innings. England will now head to for a four-Test series against India.

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for app_20201213 Yashvir Singh breaks Neeraj Chopra's record to make history

Haryana's Yashvir Singh stole the thunder from distance runners Sunil Dawar (Madhya Pradesh) and Ankita (Uttarakhand) as the trio heralded the return of national-level athletics competition with new meet records in the 18th Federation Cup Junior (U20) Championships in Bhopal. The 19-year-old Yashvir Singh broke Neeraj Chopra's meet record in winning the javelin throw with a best effort of 78.68m to surge past the 76.91m that had given Chopra the meet record in Hyderabad in 2015.