Weekly One Liners 29th March to 04th of April 2021 Weekly One Liners 29th March to 04th of April 2021 66th Filmfare Awards 2021: Check Complete South Asia: List of Winners • India emerged as the third-worst performing country in South Asia. The awards for the 66th annual Filmfare awards were • Bangladesh is the best performer in South Asia. announced. The event was hosted by actors Rajkummar • Among India’s neighbours, Bangladesh ranked 65, Rao and Riteish Deshmukh. Despite the difficulties the film industry faced during 2020 as a result of the Covid-19 Nepal 106, Pakistan 153, Afghanistan 156, Bhutan pandemic, Filmfare decided it was important to 130 and Sri Lanka 116. commemorate the best of Indian cinema. Among the • In South Asia, only Pakistan and Afghanistan winners was the late Irrfan Khan, who won the award for ranked below India. best actor in a leading role (male) category, while Top 10 gender-equal country Amitabh Bachchan bagged the best actor (critics) Award. 1. Iceland Check the complete list of Bollywood celebrities, who 2. Finland won big at the 66th Filmfare Awards 2021: 3. Norway • Best Film: Thappad 4. New Zealand • Best Film (Critics): Prateek Vats (Eeb Allay Ooo!) 5. Rwanda • Best Director: Om Raut (Tanhaji: The Unsung 6. Sweden Warrior) 7. Namibia • Best Actor in a Lead Role (MALE): Irrfan Khan 8. Lithuania (Angrezi Medium) • Best Actor (Critics): Amitabh Bachchan (Gulabo 9. Ireland 10. Switzerland Sitabo) • Best Actor in a Lead Role (Female): Taapsee Pannu Global Gender Gap Report (Thappad) • The Global Gender Gap Report 2021 is the 15th • Best Actress (Critics): Tillotama Shome (SIR) edition of the annual publication by WEF. • Best Actor in a Supporting Role (Male): Saif Ali Khan • The Global Gender Gap Index was first introduced (Tanhaji: The Unsung Warrior) by the World Economic Forum in 2006 to compare • Best Actor in a Supporting Role (Female): Farrokh countries’ gender gaps across four dimensions: Jaffar (Gulabo Sitabo) economic opportunities, education, health and • Best Story: Anubhav Sushila Sinha and Mrunamayee Lagoo Waikul (Thappad) political leadership. • Best Screenplay: Rohena Gera (SIR) • Best Dialogue: Juhi Chaturvedi (Gulabo Sitabo) National Affairs • Best Debut Director: Rajesh Krishnan (Lootcase) • Health Minister Dr Harsh Vardhan has launched • Best Debut Female: Alaya F (Jawaani Jaaneman) the ‘Tribal TB Initiative’ in pursuit of TB Mukt • Best Music Album: Pritam (Ludo) Bharat. The government accords top priority to • Best Lyrics: Gulzar (Chhappak) ensuring Universal Access to free treatment and • Best Playback Singer (male): Raghav Chaitanya – Ek care for TB across the country. A Guidance Note on Tukda Dhoop (Thappad) • Best Playback Singer (Female): Asees Kaur (Malang) Joint Action Plan for Tuberculosis (TB) Elimination, • Lifetime Achievement Award: Irrfan Khan. a Special Edition of Tribal Ministry’s Publication ‘ALEKH’ on TB, and a document on Tribal India ranks 140th in WEF’s gender gap index Tuberculosis (TB) Initiative was also released at the 2021 event. • The Central Government has announced to infuse India has slipped 28 places to rank 140 among 156 Rs 14,500 crore in four state-owned lenders namely countries in the Global Gender Gap Report 2021, by Central Bank of India, Indian Overseas Bank, World Economic Forum. In 2020, India ranked 112th Bank of India and UCO Bank in 2020-21, by among 153 countries. Iceland has topped the index as issuing non-interest bearing bonds to these banks. the most gender-equal country in the world for the 12th This infusion will complete the government’s total time. Afghanistan is the worst-performing country in capital infusion of Rs 20,000 crore in public sector the report. banks for the current financial year 2020-21. 1 www.bankersadda.com | www.sscadda.com | www.careerpower.in | Adda247 App Weekly One Liners 29th March to 04th of April 2021 • The Central Government has extended the States in the News Emergency Credit Line Guarantee Scheme (ECLGS 3.0) by another three months till June 30, • Nagaland Health and Family Welfare Minister, S 2021, or till such time that an amount of Rs. 3 lakh Pangnyu Phom has launched i-Learn, a capacity crore is sanctioned under the Scheme. Additionally, building and performance tracking application for the government has also introduced certain Community Health Officers, CHOs in the state at modifications in the ECLGS scheme to further his office chamber in Kohima. The state contribute towards economic revival. government launched the i-Learn application in • The government has withdrawn its order slashing partnership with USAID-NISHTHA/Jgpiego interest rates on small savings schemes, including which will cater across the 189 Health & wellness National Savings Certificates (NSC) and Public centres in the state. Provident Fund (PPF), for the first quarter of 2021- • Uttar Pradesh government was organised a 22. Earlier on March 31, 2021, the Finance Ministry ‘Banana Festival’ in Kushinagar, which has had announced a sharp cut in interest rates for witnessed the participation of at least 35 farmers small savings schemes by 50-110 basis points. and entrepreneurs. The state government had in Interest rates for small savings schemes are notified 2018 organised the One District One Product on a quarterly basis. (ODOP) scheme to promote traditional enterprise. • The central government has declared April 14, Dr • The Minister of State for Tourism and Culture BR Ambedkar's birthday a public holiday. Dr B R (Independent Charge) Shri Prahlad Singh Patel, Ambedkar was the sculptor of the Indian and the Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh Shri Constitution and the country already celebrates his birthday as Ambedkar Jayanti every year. The Shivraj Singh Chouhan jointly inaugurated the government has announced that from this year 14th ‘Maharaja Chhatrasal Convention Centre at April will be declared as a public holiday. It will be Khajuraho, Madhya Pradesh. The Convention Ambedkar’s 130th birth anniversary on April 14, Centre has been developed under the Swadesh 2021. Darshan Scheme of the Ministry of Tourism, • Union Education Minister, Ramesh Pokhriyal adding another feather to the UNESCO World 'Nishank' has launched the "MyNEP2020" Platform Heritage site at Khajuraho. of National Council for Teacher Education (NCTE) • Utkal Divas or Utakala Dibasha is celebrated on Web Portal which will be operational from April 1 April 1 every year to remember the formation of the to May 15, 2021. The platform seeks to invite Odisha state after a struggle to be recognised as an suggestions/inputs/membership from the independent state. Under British rule, Odisha was stakeholders for preparing a draft for the part of the Bengal presidency, which consisted of development of National Professional Standards the present-day Bihar, West Bengal, and Odisha. for Teachers (NPST) and National Mission for The state was originally called Orissa but the Lok Mentoring Program membership (NMM). Sabha passed the Orissa Bill, and Constitution Bill (113rd amendment), in March 2011 to rename it Odisha. • Ghaziabad Nagar Nigam listed itself at BSE and successfully raised Rs. 150 Crores by issuing Municipal Bond on Private Placement Basis using BSE BOND. This is the first-ever green bond issuance by any Municipal Corporation in the country. • The Maharashtra government has declared an area at Amboli in Western ghats in Sindhudurg district, where a rare freshwater fish species was discovered, as a biodiversity heritage site. 2 www.bankersadda.com | www.sscadda.com | www.careerpower.in | Adda247 App Weekly One Liners 29th March to 04th of April 2021 International Affairs • Vice President Venkaiah Naidu has released a book ‘Suparipalana’ by retired civil servant Dr • New Zealand’s parliament has passed legislation Shailendra Joshi. The book ‘Suparipalana’ is the giving mothers and their partners the right to paid Telugu translation of “Echo T Calling: Towards leave following a miscarriage or stillbirth, People-Centric Governance”, written by former becoming only the second country in the world to Telangana Chief Secretary, Shri S K Joshi. The do so. India is the only other country with similar translator of the book is Shri Annavarapu legislation. Brahmaiah and the publisher is Shri Maruthi. • India’s First Indo-Korean Friendship Park was jointly inaugurated at Delhi Cantonment by Rajnath Singh, Banking/Economy/Business News Hon’ble Raksha Mantri, Shri and Hon’ble Minister of National Defence, Republic of • HDFC Bank has adjudged the ‘India’s Best Bank Korea Mr Suh Wook. The park has been developed for SMEs’ at the Asiamoney Best Bank Awards in joint consultation with the Ministry of Defence, 2021. In its evaluation, the magazine said on its the Government of India, the Indian Army, the website – “HDFC Bank’s transformation of its Delhi Cantonment Board, the Embassy of Korea micro, small and medium-sized enterprise (MSME) and the Korean War Veterans Association of India. business over the past few years makes it a worthy winner of this award.” Agreements/MoUs Signed • Union Bank of India has launched “UNI – • India and Bangladesh have signed five CARBON CARD”, an HPCL co-branded credit Memorandum of Understanding (MoUs) to further card on the Rupay platform of NPCI. It is a unique boost bilateral cooperation. The signing of the card designed with association with one of the MoUs took place on 27 March 2021, between largest Public Sector Bank, Union Bank of India and Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and her HPCL, a leader in the fuel retail and Rupay – Indian counterpart Narendra Modi in Dhaka. India’s largest card payment network. It will create • In a bid to promote Ayurveda as the mainstream an opportunity to create value for the customers. treatment for the prevalent lifestyle-related • The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has extended the diseases, Vinoba SevaPratisthan (VSP), in timeline for processing recurring online transactions collaboration with the Ministry of AYUSH, has by 6 months to September 30, 2021.