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Feb 21' | Issue :01 Current Affairs TOPICS with COVERED National Static gk International State January - 2021 Banking Economy Defence Your Schedule Science-Tech Our Assistance Appointments Agreements Awards Recognitions Ranks Important Days Books & Authors For more update and free materials Obituaries Join our social media handles Selfxpert_Official Most Important Selfxpert Current Affairs FOR ALL COMPETITIVE EXAMS special focous on west Bengal Civil Service Current Affairs Jan| 2021 NATIONAL 8. India has been chosen as the co-chair of the IUCN- 1. PM Modi lays foundation stone of LIGHT HOUSE supported ASIA PROTECTED AREAS PARTNERSHIP (APAP) . PROJECTS (LHPS). ● Implemented at Indore (Madhya Pradesh), ● for a period of three years till November Rajkot (Gujarat), Chennai (Tamil Nadu), 2023. Ranchi (Jharkhand), Agartala (Tripura) and ● India will replace South Korea, which held the Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh). post for 3 years until November 2020 ● Conceptualised by the Union Ministry of 9. The Drugs Controller General of India (DCGI) has Housing and Urban Affairs. formally announced the final approval for Oxford- ● Constructed under the Global Housing AstraZeneca “COVISHIELD” and bharat Technology Challenge (GHTC)-India. biotech “COVAXIN” vaccines against the coronavirus ● Under the programm, over 1,000 disease (Covid-19) for emergency use. houses would be built in each of the six cities in 12 months along with allied infrastructure ● Oxford-AstraZeneca’s vaccine, is being facilities. manufactured by the Serum Institute of India (SII) as Covishield, for emergency use and 2. ADB to provide $231 mn loan to enhance POWER Covaxin for restricted use. GENERATION CAPACITY IN ASSAM. ● Covaxin is the indigenous vaccine being ● Under the project, 120 megawatts (MW) developed by Bharat Biotech in collaboration hydroelectric power plant would be with the Indian Council of Medical Research constructed. (ICMR). SERUM INSTITUTE OF INDIA 3. Union Minister of Agriculture & Farmers’ Welfare, ● Founded: 1966. Narendra Singh Tomar inaugurated the VIRTUAL AGRI- ● Headquarters : Pune. HACKATHON 2020. ● CEO: Adar Poonawalla. ● Founder: Cyrus S. Poonawalla. ● organised by the Department of Agriculture and Cooperation and Farmers’ Welfare in 10. Delhi government Department of Art, Culture, and association with IARI, Pusa, New Delhi. Language has set-up a TAMIL ACADEMY to promote the ● Narendra Singh Tomar said that Agri India language and culture of the southern state of Tamil Hackathon is the largest virtual gathering to Nadu. create dialogues and accelerate innovations. DELHI ● CM of Delhi: Arvind Kejriwal; 4. Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik announced plans to ● Governor : Anil Baijal. build a MEMORIAL IN THE STATE CAPITAL FOR THE C-19 ● Minister of Art, Culture, and Language: Manish warriors who laid their lives in the line of duty. Sisodia. 5. India has started EXPORTS OF MORINGA POWDER, 11. The 51st International Film Festival of India keeping in mind its rising global demand and nutritional (IFFI) will open on 16th January, with the Indian properties, the commerce ministry announced that. premiere of the movie ‘Another Round’ by Thomas Vinterberg. 6. POLLUTION LEVELS IN DELHI this December were the lowest in the last four years, according to the Central 12. Home Minister Amit Shah has released the inaugural Pollution Control Board (CPCB). issue of the NATIONAL POLICE K-9 JOURNAL in New Delhi. ● The average air quality index (AQI) for December stood at 308. ● It is the first such publication in the country ● Delhi recorded four "severe" air quality days on the subject of Police Service K9s, Police this December as compared to eight each in Dogs. 2019 and 2018 and one in 2017. ● The journal comprises different sections ● There were 10 "poor" air days this December in Hindi and English. as against seven (2019), four (2018) and nine (2017) 13. PM Shri Narendra Modi has addressed the NATIONAL METROLOGY CONCLAVE, via video conferencing on 7. The Union Cabinet approved the construction of a January 04, 2021. MULTI-MODAL LOGISTICS AND TRANSPORT HUB in Uttar Pradesh’s Greater Noida. NATIONAL METROLOGY CONCLAVE 2021 ● organised by the Council of Scientific and ● Estimated cost of Rs3,883.80 crore. Industrial Research-National Physical ● The multi-modal logistics hub project will Laboratory (CSIR-NPL), New Delhi. provide standard container handling activities ● organized to mark its 75th year of inception. and value-added services to reduce logistics ● Theme: ‘Metrology for the Inclusive Growth costs with improved efficiency of operations. of the Nation’. selfxpert©2021 P a g e 1 | 30 Current Affairs Jan| 2021 ● organized by the Central University of Punjab, Bathinda (CUPB) in collaboration with 14. The International Jury for 51st edition of the Global Educational Research Association INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL OF INDIA has been (GERA). announced with eminent filmmakers from across the ● Theme: “Envisioning Education for world. Transforming Youth to Restore Global According to the Information and Broadcasting Peace”. Ministry, the Jury will comprises of ● This conference is the first of its kind in India ● Pablo Cesar of Argentina as Chairman, where scholars across the world would be ● Prasanna Vithanage of Sri Lanka, continuously having non-stop marathon ● Abu Bakr Shawky of Austria, dialogue sessions for 31 hours exploring the ● Priyadarshan of India and possibilities of the use of ICT in higher ● Rubaiyat Hossain of Bangladesh. education to promote the equitable quality education in India. 15. The Union Education Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal 21. Jammu and Kashmir Lt Governor, Manoj Sinha Nishank and Union Minister WCD and Textiles Smt. 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    25 Countries to Compete at Singapore Badminton Open 2019 As Registration Closed Badminton Powerhouses Indonesia, Korea and Denmark Latest to Announce Entry

    PRESS RELEASE 25 countries to compete at Singapore Badminton Open 2019 as registration closed Badminton Powerhouses Indonesia, Korea and Denmark latest to announce entry [Singapore, 27 February 2019] – The 2019 edition of the Singapore Badminton Open is set to be action packed with all the World Number 1 shuttlers confirming their participation for the tournament in April. The final day of registration saw the likes of Marcus Fernaldi Gideon and Kevin Sanjaya Sukamuljo amongst the latest entries that will be in contention at the Singapore Indoor Stadium from 9-14 April. Part of the HSBC BWF World Tour Series, the Singapore leg boasts a star-studded line-up that would undoubtedly send waves of excitement through the badminton scene. Gideon and Sukamuljo completes the list of World Ranked #1 shuttlers that will compete at the Singapore Open. The Men’s Doubles Asian Games 2018 champions will be part of a 50 strong contingent from Indonesia heading to The Republic. The Indonesian pair will be joined by compatriots Anthony Sinisuka Ginting, ranked #7 in the World and World Ranked #9 Jonatan Christie, also a 2018 Asian Games champion. Ginting and Christie enters what is already a stellar Men’s Singles category, alongside the likes of Kento Momota, Lin Dan, Chen Long and Chou Tien Chen. Representing Denmark in Men’s Singles will be World Ranked #6 Viktor Axelsen, he will be accompanied by fellow countrymen and former European champion Jan O Jorgensen. Amongst their ranks is also Danish starlet, Anders Antonsen, who most recently stunned Momota when he overcame the World Number 1 at the 2019 Indonesia Masters.