Today Current Affairs for Competitive Exams - Current Affairs 2021 Online Mata Prasad passes away @CoinByZerodha to fight the dilemma of under-investment. Former Arunachal Pradesh Governor Mata Coin is the name of the direct mutual fund Prasad passed away in January 2021. platform by Zerodha. Mata Prasad served as a Minister in the A person can set how much his SIP value Congress government in Uttar Pradesh in should go up by every year, through this plan. 1988- 89 and was appointed as the Governor of Arunachal Pradesh in 1993. Antler to deploy $100 mn in Indian startups He belonged to Jaunpur district in Uttar Global early-stage venture capital (VC) fund Pradesh. Antler plans to invest more than $100 million He authored many books including a book on across 150 Indian technology startups in the Arunachal Pradesh titled 'ManoramBhoomi- next four years. Arunachal'. The fund has appointed investor Nitin Sharma HP's first online youth radio station launched as partner and co-lead for its India operations. Sharma will co-lead the India efforts with Rajiv Himachal Pradesh CM Jai Ram Thakur Srivatsa, who is the co-founder of Urban launched the states first online youth radio Ladder and was appointed to the fund in station Radio Hills-Youngistan Ka Dil on 20 2020. Jan 2021. The online radio station would help in Flipkart-ABFRL deal gets CCI approval promoting culture and traditions of the state The Competition Commission of India (CCI) besides providing an opportunity to the youth has approved the ₹1,500-crore Flipkart-Aditya to exhibit their talents. Birla Fashion and Retail Ltd (ABFRL) deal. The platform would also be available on Apple It will help Flipkart consolidate its position in i-phones, besides Android. the apparel business. Rajiv Lochan: New MD of Sundaram Finance CCI has approved the acquisition of a 7.8% minority stake in Aditya Birla Fashion and Sundaram Finance has announced that Rajiv Retail Ltd by Flipkart Investments Private Ltd. Lochan, Director of Strategy, will assume the The deal was announced in October 2020. role of its MD with effect from April 1, 2021. TT Srinivasaraghavan, the current MD, will SBI MF launches a fund with term insurance complete his term on March 31, 2021, and will retire from service after 38 years with the SBI Mutual Fund has launched its flagship company, the last 18 years being the MD. retirement benefit fund. Harsha Viji, Deputy MD, will assume the office It is aimed at long-term investing and offers of Executive Vice Chairman. four different investment plans with different asset allocation strategy in each plan. Zerodha launches Step-up SIP option The scheme comes with a SIP Insure feature, where monthly SIP with tenure of three years Zerodha, the countrys biggest stockbroker and above will be covered under a term and a direct mutual fund platform has insurance plan by SBI Life Insurance. introduced a plan called Step-up SIPs on 1 | Page Malinga to retire from franchise cricket NDRF celebrated its 16th Foundation Day Lasith Malinga will retire from franchise National Disaster Response Force, NDRF cricket. celebrated its 16th Foundation Day on 20 Jan He had informed his decision to the Mumbai 2021. Indians management earlier in January 2021. A special program was organized on this Mumbai Indians has released seven players occasion in New Delhi with the Minister of including Malinga, Nathan Coulter-Nile, and State for Home Nityanand Rai as the Chief James Pattinson for the 2021 edition of the Guest. IPL. NDRF was constituted for the purpose of a The retained players include Rohit Sharma, special response to a threatening disaster Hardik Pandya, Suryakumar Yadav, Ishan situation or disaster under the Disaster Kishan, Chris Lynn, Anmolpreet, etc. Management Act, 2005. Government to get ₹1,544 crore from IRFC IPO MP purchases 37.26 lakh metric tonnes of paddy The government will get ₹1,544 crores from In Madhya Pradesh, there has been a record the initial public offering (IPO) of the Indian purchase of 37.26 lakh metric tonnes of Railway Finance Corporation. paddy on MSP for the year 2020. The ₹4,633 crores IPO of Indian Railway It recorded excess paddy purchases in all the Finance Corporation (IRFC) was subscribed districts of the state on support price except 3.49 times on the final day of bidding on 20 Vidisha compared to 2019. Jan 2021. Districts with maximum procurement include So far in the current fiscal, the government Hoshangabad, Raisen, and Sehore. has mopped up ₹15,220 crore from Payment of Rs 5000 crore has also been disinvestment and share buyback. disbursed to the farmers. SEBI grants approval to RIL-Future Group deal 24th Hunar Haat in Lucknow from 22 January The Securities and Exchange Board of India Ministry of Minority Affairs will organize the (SEBI) has granted approval to the Future 24th Hunar Haat at Avadh Shilpgram, Group and Reliance Retail deal. Lucknow, UP from 22 January to 4 Feb2021. In August 2020, Future Group had entered The theme would be Vocal for Local. into a ₹24,713 crore agreement with Reliance Artisans and craftsmen from 31 States and Retail. Union Territories of the country will participate As part of the deal, Future Group was to sell in the Hunar Haat. its retail, wholesale, logistics, and warehouse Renowned artists of the country will perform businesses to Reliance Retail Ventures cultural events on the theme of Atma (RRVL). Nirbhar Bharat every day at Hunar Haat. Delhi govt grants ₹10,000 to wage labourers Premier League being held in J&K The Delhi Building and Other Construction In J&K, Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha Workers Welfare Board have granted COVID- declared open Premier League on 20 Jan 19 relief disbursement of ₹10,000 each to 2021. 407 construction workers. It is an ambitious sporting event for the youth The workers had registered under the board that will enhance the quality of competition till September 30, 2018. and performance of the players. Over 2,000 construction workers who had Jammu & Kashmir is the first to organize 1250 registered with the Board in March 2020 will matches across all the districts in four also receive a relief amount in the coming different disciplines, such as Football, weeks. Hockey, Volleyball, and Kabaddi. 2 | Page India, EU held 1st maritime security dialogue COVID-19 vaccines reach Bhutan and Maldives India and the European Union held their 1st India has started the supply of COVID maritime security dialogue in a virtual format vaccines to its neighbouring and key partner on 20 Jan'21. countries. The consultations involved exchanges on India dispatched the COVID vaccines to developments in the maritime security Bhutan and Maldives under the Vaccine Maitri environment, regional cooperation activities, initiative, on 20 Jan 2021. etc. Bhutan has been gifted 1,50,000 doses of The EU-India Maritime Dialogue was chaired Covishield vaccines developed by Serum by Director Joanneke Balfoort in the Institute of India (SII). EU External Action Service and Joint Maldives has also been gifted 1 lakh doses of Secretary Sandeep Arya on the Indian side. SII developed Covishield. MoU approved between India, Uzbekistan 18th Convocation of Tezpur University The Union Cabinet has approved the MoU PM Narendra Modi will address the 18th between India and Uzbekistan for cooperation Convocation of Tezpur University, Assam, on in solar energy. 22 Jan 2021. The main area of work is to identify The event will witness the conferring of research between the National Institute of degrees and diplomas upon 1,218 students Solar Energy (NISE), Ministry of New who passed out in 2020. and Renewable Energy, and the International 48 toppers of various undergraduate and Solar Energy Institute (ISEI), Uzbekistan in postgraduate programs will be awarded gold mutually identified areas including solar medals. photovoltaic and storage technologies. Only the Ph.D. scholars and gold medalists Bilateral meeting held with Singapore will receive their degrees and medals in person. Defence Minister Rajnath Singh co-chaired the 5th India-Singapore Defence Ministers Cabinet approves investment for a project Dialogue along with Dr. Ng Eng Hen, Minister The Cabinet has given its approval for the for Defence, Republic of Singapore on 20 investment of over 5200 crore rupees for 850 January 2021. MW Ratle Hydro Electric (HE) Project. The Ministers witnessed the signing of the It is located on river Chenab, in Kishtwar Implementing Agreement on Submarine in Jammu and Kashmir. Rescue Support and Cooperation signed This will be a new Joint Venture Company between the Indian Navy and Republic of (JVC) of National Hydroelectric Power Singapore Navy. Corporation (NHPC) and Jammu and Kashmir State Power Development Corporation Ltd 'Chintan Baithak' being held at Gujarat (JKSPDC). A three-day Ports Review Meeting named Statehood Day of three states: 21 January 'Chintan Baithak' is being held at Gujarat from 21st to 23rd Jan 2021. Meghalaya, Manipur, and Tripura observe It is being chaired by the Minister of Ports, their Statehood Day on 21 Jan. Shipping and Waterways Mansukh Under North-Eastern Areas (Re-organisation) Mandaviya. Act, 1971, Tripura, Manipur, and Meghalaya The Chintan Baithak will include sessions on attained statehood on January 21, 1972. exploring new vistas of urban transportation, The princely states of Tripura and Manipur effective implementation of SAROD-Ports, were merged with India in October 1949. and issues related to international arbitrations. 3 | Page The capitals of the states of Meghalaya, Story-telling platform Wattpad has been Manipur, and Tripura are Shillong, Imphal, acquired by South Korean's Naver in a $600 and Agartala, respectively. million cash-and-stock deal. The acquisition will combine Wattpad and SpaceX delivers 60 more Starlink satellites Webtoon into a platform with a joint global SpaceX launched its seventeenth batch of monthly audience of 160 million users.