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VETRII IAS STUDY CIRCLE TNPSC CURRENT AFFAIRS JANUARY - 2021 An ISO 9001 : 2015 Institution | Providing Excellence Since 2011 Head Office Old No.52, New No.1, 9th Street, F Block, 1st Avenue Main Road, (Near Istha siddhi Vinayakar Temple), Anna Nagar East – 600102. Phone: 044-2626 5326 | 98844 72636 | 98844 21666 | 98844 32666 Branches SALEM KOVAI No.189/1, Meyanoor Road, Near ARRS Multiplex, (Near Salem New No.347, D.S.Complex (3rd floor), Nehru Street,Near Gandhipuram bus Stand), Opp. Venkateshwara Complex, Salem - 636004. 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No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmit- ted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise without the written permission of the publisher, will be responsible for the loss and may be punished for compensation under copyright act. INDEX 01 1 HISTORY . Important Days . Defence National Security and Terrorism . World Organisations – Pacts and Summits . Eminent Persons . Sports and Games . Books & Authors . Awards & Honours . India & its Neighbours .Appointments – Who is who? 21 2 POLITICAL SCIENCE .Govt – Welfare oriented Govt schemes, their utility 3 GEOGRAPHY 24 .Policy on Environment and Ecology 26 4 ECONOMICS .New Economic Policy & Govt. Sector 29 5 SCIENCE .Latest Inventions in Science & Technology . Mass Media & Communication 33 6 NATIONAL – DIARY OF EVENTS 46 7 INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS 49 8 TAMIL NADU AFFAIRS VETRII'S CURRENT AFFAIRS, JANUARY - 2021 Important Days History 1.1 Important Days Date Day Theme / Remark . Union Defence Minister Rajnath Singh and Road Transport and Highways Minister Nitin Gadkari will flag off National Road Safety Month. The initiative aims to build awareness about road Centre to flag off safety and reduce road accidents in the country. 18-1-2021 National Road . As per an official release, the two ministers will Safety inaugurate the month-long drive from Vigyan Bhawan in the national capital. Minister of State for Road Transport and Highway (RTH) VK Singh and Niti AAYOG CEO Amitabh Kant will also attend the inaugural function. The National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) celebrates its Raising Day every year on January 19, since it came into existence on January 19, 2006. In 2021, the NDRF is observing its 16th Raising 16th NDRF Raising 19-1-2021 Day. Day: . NDRF is an Indian specialized force under the National Disaster Management Authority, constituted under the Disaster Management Act, 2005, to carry out special response in situation of threatening disaster. India celebrates National Girl Child Day, an National Girl Child 24-1-2021 initiative of the Ministry of Women and Child Day Development, every year on January 24. VETRII IAS STUDY CIRCLE 1 Important Days VETRII'S CURRENT AFFAIRS, JANUARY - 2021 . India observes “National Voters’ Day” every year on January 25 to encourage more young voters to take part in the political process. The day has been started from January 25, 2011 to mark the Foundation day of Election National Voters’ 25-1-2021 Commission of India (ECI), which was Day established on 25th January 1950. 2021 marks the 11th National Voters’ Day (NVD). The theme of NVD 2021 is, ‘Making Our Voters Empowered, Vigilant, Safe and Informed’. Every year, January 25 is celebrated as National Tourism Day in India. National Tourism . 25-1-2021 The day was established by the Government of Day of India India to promote tourism and raise awareness of the importance of tourism for the country’s economy. The International Customs Day (ICD) is observed on 26 January every year. Objective: to recognise the role of customs officials and agencies and focus on the working conditions and challenges that customs officers face in their jobs. Theme 2021: “Customs bolstering Recovery, Renewal and Resilience”. International . The day was instituted by the World Customs 26-1-2021 Customs Day Organization (WCO) to commemorate the day in 1953 when the inaugural session of the Customs Cooperation Council (CCC) was held in Brussels, Belgium. In 1994 the CCC was renamed World Customs Organization (WCO). World Customs Organization (WCO) headquarter- Brussels, Belgium . Membership- 182 countries. World Leprosy Day . Theme 2021: “Beat Leprosy, End Stigma and 30-1-2021 2021 advocate for Mental Wellbeing.” 2 VETRII IAS STUDY CIRCLE VETRII'S CURRENT AFFAIRS, JANUARY - 2021 Defence, National Security and Terrorism 1.2 Defence, National Security and Terrorism DRDO develops India’s first Indigenously- . The bikes will be useful in areas including Developed 9mm Machine Pistol Dantewada, Sukma and Bijapur, as it is . India’s first indigenous 9mm Machine tough for the force to take big vehicles or Pistol has been jointly developed by DRDO ambulances inside the jungle. and Indian Army. Indian and French airforces to conduct . Infantry School, Mhow and DRDO’s Exercise Desert Knight-21 Armament Research & Development Establishment (ARDE), Pune have . The Indian Air Force (IAF) and French Air designed and developed this weapon and Space Force are set to participate in using their respective expertise in the Exercise Desert Knight-21. complementary areas. The bilateral air exercise will be held at . The weapon has been developed in a Jodhpur Air Force station in Rajasthan, record time of four months. The weapon India, from 20 to 24 January. is aptly named “Asmi” meaning “Pride”, . Exercise Desert Knight-21 aims to improve “Self-Respect” & “Hard Work”. interoperability between the forces while . The Machine Pistol fires the in-service 9mm exchanging ‘ideas and best practices’ ammunition and sports an upper receiver gained from operational experience. made from aircraft-grade Aluminium and . lower receiver from carbon fibre. Platforms such as Rafale, Airbus A-330 multi-role tanker transport (MRTT), . The 3D Printing process has been used A-400M tactical transport aircraft and in designing and prototyping of various about 175 personnel from the French parts including trigger components made Air and Space Force will take part in the by metal 3D printing. military drill. DRDO, CRPF launches bike ambulance ‘RAKSHITA’ ‘Chintan Baithak’ to be held at Dhordo, Kutch,Gujarat from 21st to 23rd . The Defence Research and Development January,2021 Organisation (DRDO) and the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) on January . Shri Mansukh Mandaviya, Minister of 18, 2021 launched a specially developed Ports, Shipping and Waterways (I/C) will bike ambulance ‘RAKSHITA’. chair three-day Ports Review Meeting . The bike ambulance has been launched named ‘Chintan Baithak’ at Dhordo, to attend to urgent evacuation needs of Kutch,Gujarat. the security force personnel in the event . From 21st to 23rd January 2021, Chairpersons of a medical emergency or battle injury in of all Major Ports of India and Senior Naxal affected areas. Officials of the ministry will participate . The bikes will give assistance to CRPF in the extensive brainstorming conference jawans and paramedics in case of any to finalise the roadmap of Maritime injuries during encounters. Vision-2030. VETRII IAS STUDY CIRCLE 3 Defence, National Security and Terrorism VETRII'S CURRENT AFFAIRS, JANUARY - 2021 India Ranked 4th in Global Firepower . The exercise is to fine tune the joint war ‘2021 Military Strength Ranking’, USA capabilities of all the three forces of the Tops India. In the ‘2021 Military Strength Ranking’ . Kavach Exercise will also involve an annually updated list of 138 modern coordinated air and maritime strikes, military nations by a defence analytics synergized application of maritime website Global Firepower, India is ranked surveillance assets, air defence and landing 4th with PwrIndx (Power Index) rating of operations. 0.1214 where 0.0000 rating is considered as DRDO successfully conducts captive and ‘perfect’. release trial of SAAW . The ranking has been topped by the