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27 Dec. 2020 – 02 Jan. 2021) Top Current Affairs of the Week (27 Dec. 2020 – 02 Jan. 2021) MS Dhoni named captain of ICC Men's ODI Team of the Decade • Former Indian skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni has been named as the 'captain of ICC Men's ODI Team of the Decade' by International Cricket Council (ICC) • Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma have also been featured on 'ICC Men's ODI Team of the Decade'. • He was also named the captain of 'ICC T20I Team of the Decade' • ICC Men’s ODI Team of the Decade (India): Rohit Sharma, , Virat Kohli, MS Dhoni (capt, wk). • ICC’s Test Team of the Decade (India): Virat Kohli (c), Ravi Ashwin. Govt. extends validity of Vehicular documents till 31st March 2021 • Union Ministry of Road Transport and Highways (MoRTH) has extended the validity of vehicular documents like DLs, RCs, Permits etc till 31st March 2021 • Earlier, MoRTH had issued advisories dated 30th March 2020, 9th June 2020 and 24th Aug 2020 regarding extension related to Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 and Central Motor Vehicle Rules, 1989 • Validity of Fitness, Permit (all types), License, Registration or other concerned documents may be treated to be valid till 31 Dec 2020 Myanmar commissions submarine gifted by India • Myanmar Navy has officially inducted submarine INS Sindhuvir, which was handed over by Indian Navy in October 2020. • INS Sindhuvir has been renamed as UMS Minye Theinkhathu by Myanmar Navy. • This is the first submarine in the Myanmar Navy’s arsenal. • It is a diesel-electric Kilo-class submarine, which was in operation in the Indian Navy since 1988. • It has been refurbished for Myanmar Navy by state-run defense shipbuilder, Hindustan Shipyard Limited (HSL) in Visakhapatnam. Madhya Pradesh cabinet approves Dharma Swatantrya (Religious Freedom) Bill • Madhya Pradesh govt approved Dharma Swatantrya (Religious Freedom) Bill 2020. • Under this, forced conversion of a woman will be punishable for a term up to 10 years and minimum fine of Rs 50,000. • Specific provisions are also made in the cases of religious conversion of minors, groups, or those belonging to scheduled castes and scheduled tribes. • Blood relatives, including parents of victims of such religious conversion, can file complaints under the proposed Act. Kailash Satyarthi pens new book ‘Covid-19: Sabhyata Ka Sankat Aur Samadhan' • Nobel laureate Kailash Satyarthi has penned down book titled ‘Covid-19: Sabhyata ka Sankat aur Samadhan’. • It is written in Hindi and is published by Prabhat Prakashan. • It has been launched by former CJI Dipak Misra and Rajya Sabha Deputy Chairman Harivansh Narayan Singh. • The book discusses how Covid-19 has impacted the common way of life including the education system, business, politics, public safety, foreign policy, law, medicine, economy and development of countries India to replace UK as fifth-biggest economy in 2025 • According to Centre for Economics and Business Research (UK based think-tank), Indian economy will overtake UK becoming the 5th largest economy in 2025 and will reach 3rd spot by 2030. • India had overtaken UK in 2019 to become 5th largest economy in the world but has been relegated to 6th spot in 2020 • Report forecasts that Indian economy will expand by 9% in 2021, 7% in 2022 • China will become the world's biggest economy in 2028 • Japan will remain on 3rd spot till 2030s PayU collaborates with Google Pay to launch tokenised payments for merchant • PayU has parterned with Google Pay to introduce tokenised payments for merchants in India. • Google Pay users will be able to make recurring payments with their debit cards, credit cards, or Google Pay UPI, PayU merchant without sharing card details • Tokenised payments are highly convenient, safe, and friction-free payment system • This will help PayU to build lasting trust and loyalty with customers, reduce risks of cart abandonment and payment failures PM flags off India’s first driverless train on Delhi Metro’s Magenta Line • Prime Minister Narendra Modi has flagged off India’s first ever fully-automated driverless train service on the Magenta Line of Delhi Metro. • With the commencement of this new-generation automatic trains, Delhi Metro Rail Corporation has entered the elite league of ‘7% of world’s Metro networks’ which can operate services without drivers. • National Common Mobility Card (NCMC) services has also been introduced that will allows to pay for bus travel, toll taxes, etc First batch of Indian Institute of Skills inaugurated in Mumbai • Union Minister for Skill Development and Entrepreneurship Mahendra Nath Pandey has inaugurated 1st batch of Indian Institute of Skills in Mumbai • It is a joint initiative of Ministry of Skill Development & Entrepreneurship and Tata Indian Institute of Skills. • It will commence training with 2 courses in Factory Automation. • It will be held for 1 to 4 weeks, offering scholarships to first 100 students along with attractive fee options during initial launch phase Home Secretary, A K Bhalla releases progress report of e-HRMS • Home Secretary and Secretary DoPT, A K Bhalla has released the progress report of e-HRMS (Electronic- Human Resource Management System). • It is an effective tool for all the Ministries facilitating policy making and matters related to personnel • e-HRMS: o Launched: Minister for Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions in 2017 o It is also known as Manav Sampada o It is a standard ICT solution for Govt sector, addressing max requirements of State Govt personnel management Delhi airport’s Terminal 3 installs new passenger tracking system • Delhi airport’s Terminal 3 has installed new passenger tracking system ‘Xovis’ named to manage the flow of people, reducing waiting time and ensuring social distancing • It is basically a queue management system that will display live waiting time, taken at various processes like check-in, security check etc., on screens put up at various places • It receives data streams using ceiling-mounted sensors and provides the airport operator with valuable key performance indicators Union Home Minister launches several development projects in Manipur • Union Home Minister Amit Shah has launched various development projects in Manipur through virtual mode • Projects launched: o e-office and Thoubal Multipurpose Project (Thoubal Dam) in Imphal. o foundation stone of 7 development projects, including Churachandpur Medical College, IT-SEZ, Manipur Bhawan and Integrated Command and Control Center • It will help in overall development of Manipur providing them with education, employment and better representation. Union Home Minister lays foundation stone of Medical College in Guwahati • Union Home Minister Amit Shah has launched several development projects in Assam. They are: o New Medical College in Guwahati with a cost of around Rs 850 crore o Nine law colleges in different parts of Assam • Union Home Minister Amit Shah distributed financial grants to 8,000 Namghars (traditional Vaisnavite monasteries of Assam) under Assam Darshan programme • Namghars (Prayer House): Places for congregational worship of Assamese community and Ekasarana sect of Hinduism BCCI approves 10-team IPL from 2022 • Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) in its 89th Annual General Meeting held at Ahmedabad has decided 10 teams of Indian Premier League (IPL) from 2022 against present 8 teams. • 2021 season of IPL will be played with regular 8 teams and bids will be invited for the addition of two new teams from 2022 • Former cricketer Chetan Sharma has been appointed as new chairman of selectors for national men’s cricket team by Cricket Advisory Committee headed by Madan Lal Harsh Vardhan inaugurated India's first pneumococcal conjugate vaccine • Health Minister Harsh Vardhan has inaugurated India's first pneumococcal conjugate vaccine named as ‘Pneumosil’ • It has been developed by Serum Institute of India Private Limited (SIIPL) in collaboration with PATH and Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation • It is available at an affordable price in single dose (vial, pre-filled syringe) and Multidose (vial) • It has been evaluated in 5 randomized controlled clinical trials and has demonstrated safety and immunogenicity ICC Awards of the Decade winners announced • ICC Awards of the Decade 2020 has been announced virtually that recognise the best players across Cricket over the past 10 years. • Winners: o Sir Garfield Sobers Award for ICC Male Cricketer of the Decade: Virat Kohli o Rachael Heyhoe-Flint Award for ICC Female Cricketer of the Decade: Ellyse Perry o ICC Men’s Test Cricketer of the Decade: Steve Smith o ICC Men’s ODI Cricketer of the Decade: Virat Kohli o ICC Women’s ODI Cricketer of the Decade: Ellyse Perry Skyroot Aerospace successfully test-fired Kalam-5 • Space-tech startup, Skyroot Aerospace has successfully test fired solid propulsion rocket stage named as Kalam-5. • This is the first time that a private company has successfully designed, developed and tested a full solid propulsion rocket stage in India • About Kalam-5 o built with advanced carbon composite structure o uses 15 different advanced materials, 9 different manufacturing processes, and has zero moving parts. • Co-founder-CEO of Skyroot: Pawan Kumar Chandana ‘Counting the cost 2020: A year of climate breakdown’ report released • UK based non-profit organisation Christian Aid has released 'Counting the cost 2020: A year of climate breakdown' • It analyses 15 most destructive climate disasters of 2020 and found 9 of extreme events, including two in India causing $5 billion damage • It includes: o Cyclone Amphan (India) o Bushfires (Australia) o West
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