January Current Affairs part 1

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1. V.K. Yadav bags Eminent Engineer Award 

•V.K. Yadav, Chairman and CEO, Railway Board has been conferred with the ‘Eminent Engineer Award for the Year 2020’ by the Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET). 

•He has been awarded for his outstanding 

contribution towards modernization and reforms over Indian Railways. 

•IET is one of the world’s largest engineering institutions with over 168,000 members in 150 countries. 

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2. RuPay partners with RBL Bank 

• RuPay has partnered with RBL Bank to launch an innovative payment solution for Indian merchants RuPay PoS, in association with PayNearby. 

•The RuPay PoS will transform smartphones into merchant Point of Sale (PoS) terminals for the retailers. 

•Merchants will now be able to accept contactless payments of up to 75,000 through a simple tap and pay mechanism on his NFC enabled mobile phones. 

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3. Rafale jets to carry out SKYROS wargames 

•Rafale fighter jets of India and France will carry out wargames codenamed Exercise SKYROS in Jodhpur in the third week of Jan 2021. 

•The French Air Force Rafale fighters would be coming to Jodhpur which would see them flying with Indian Rafales from the 17 Squadron and the Su-30MkKI fighters. 

•This would be the first major wargame of the Indian Air Force (IAF) involving the Rafale fighters. 

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4. Ronaldo named ‘Player of the Century’ 

•Juventus' Cristiano Ronaldo has won the ‘Player of the Century’ award at the Globe Soccer Awards. 

• Bayern Munich's Robert Lewandowski, during the event, won the Player of the Year award. 

•The club's coach Hansi Flick bagged the Coach of the Year award. Also, Bayern Munich won the Club of the Year award, 

•Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola won the Coach of the Century award. 

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