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1. Hollywood director Joan Micklin Silver dies
• Hollywood filmmaker Joan Micklin Silver, who directed films like 'Hester Street’ and 'Crossing Delancey’, passed awayin January 2021.
•Born and raised in Omaha, Nebraska to Russian Jewish parents, Silver left home to attend Sarah Lawrence College in New York.
•Silver made her film debut in 1967, and Silver began writing scripts for educational films for children.
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2. Bihar govt installs IT devices to water towers
•Bihar's Panchayati Raj Department has installed computer-based application to keep a tab on the operation of motorised pumps across Bihar.
•All water towers would be equipped with specially designed device, internet of things, to calculate operation time of pumps and flow of water from the towers.
•The device will also detect wastage or excessive use of water by the people.
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3. Tesla opens its biggest supercharger facility
•Tesla launched the world's largest Supercharger station in China's Shanghai with 72 charging stalls in Jan 2021.
•Tesla beat its own record of single-point EV super-charging station with 56 stalls opened in California in November 2020.
•The new superchargers come with a charging capacity of the 120 kW while the superchargers in California get a much faster 250 kW charging speed.
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4. India delivers relief materials to Fiji
• India has sent over six tons of relief material to Fiji for its cyclone-affected people, reflecting its close ties with the island nation in the South Pacific.
•The relief material sent in the wake of tropical cyclone Yasa highlighted India's commitment to providing humanitarian assistance and disaster relief support to friendly foreign countries as a first responder.
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5. 03 January: Savitribai Phule birth anniversary
•January 3 marks the birth anniversary of Savitribai Phule.
•She is known for her contribution in the field of women's education, She was born on January 3, 1831, in Maharashtra’s Satara district in a country ruled by the Britishers, where women rights were non-existent.
•She is widely regarded as a woman teacher who campaigned to create awareness on the need for education for women.
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6. IDBI Bank sells 23% stake in life insurance JV
•IDBI Bank has sold 23 per cent stake in IDBI Federal Life Insurance Company Ltd (IFLI) to Ageas Insurance International NV for 3507.10 crores.
•Following this transaction, the joint venture has been rebranded as Ageas Federal Life Insurance Company Ltd.
•IFLI is a three-way joint venture of IDB! Bank, Belgium's Ageas and Federal Bank.
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7. Tata Sons largest promoter of listed companies
•Tata Sons has emerged as the largest promoter of listed companies at the end of 2020.
•The company replaced central government as the largest promoter at the end of a tumultuous year for the equity market which saw benchmark indices hit record lows and highs.
•Tata Sons' stake in the listed companies of the conglomerate rose 34.4% on annual basis to Rs 9,28 lakh crore.
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8. J S Banerjee new Chief Justice for Madras HC
•President Ram Nath Kovind has appointed Justice Sanjib Banerjee as the Chief Justice of the Madras High Court.
•He would be succeeding Chief Justice Amreshwar Pratap Sahi, who retired from service on 31 December 2020.
•He was elevated as a permanent judge of the Calcutta High Court on June 22, 2006, and was now the seniormost puisne judge there.
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9. Tamil film producer K Balu passes away
•Renowned Tamil film producer K Balu has passed away in January 2021.
•He was known for bankrolling films like Prabhu and Kushboo starring Chinna Thambi under his banner KP Films.
•Balu has contested Tamil Film Producers Council election and emerged the winner as an executive committee member.
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10. Bhima-Koregaon anniversary celebration
•The programme to mark the 203rd anniversary of the Battle of Koregaon Bhima at the “Jaystambh" in Perne village was held peacefully on 01 January 2020,
•Maharashtra Deputy CM Ajit Pawar and some other leaders paid tributes at the "Jay Stambh"
•"The battle (Koregaon Bhima Battle) was a fight against untouchability that was being followed during the Peshwa rule and it received success’.
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11. River cruise Brahmaputra’r Mukuta
•Assam chief minister Sarbananda Sonowal inaugurated river cruise Brahmaputra’r Mukuta at the bank of the Brahmaputra near Bogibeel bridge in Dibrugarh on 31 Dec 2020.
•The cruise built-in one-and-half-year is an ABCD Exploration Company project with the initiative of two local youths, Dhiraj Bikas Gogoi and Uday Shankar Mohan.
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12. Gujarat BJP MP Mansukh Vasava quits party
•Gujarat BJP MP and former Union Minister Mansukh Vasava has quit the party and announced that he would resign from Lok Sabha in the budget session of Parliament.
•He has been vocal on tribal issues and had written a letter to PM Narendra Modi seeking withdrawal of a Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change notification declaring 121 villages of Narmada district as eco-sensitive zone.
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13. Dagmara Baskova banned for match-fixing
•Slovakian tennis player Dagmara Baskova has been banned for a period of 12 years after an investigation by the Tennis Integrity Unit (TIU) uncovered five incidents of match-fixing by the player in 2017.
•Baskova, who had the highest WTA ranking of 1117 in singles and 777 in doubles, has also been fined $40,000,
•The majority of the fine is suspended, with $1,000 payable within 90 days.
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14. Uliyin Osai director llavenil passes away
•Tamil director and writer llavenil passed away in January 2021,
• The director is known for his film Uliyin Osai, which was written by Karunanidhi, and produced by S. P. Murugesan.
•The film released on 4th July 2008 and it featured Vineeth and Keerthi Chawla in the lead roles.
•llavenil had worked in popular movies like Alladista, Pen Singam.
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15. Lenovo to start manufacturing tablets in India
•Personal Computer (PC) maker Lenovo is going to start manufacturing tablets in India through an original design manufacturer.
•The company is also planning to increase laptop manufacturing facility by about 10 times at its Puducherry facility.
•Lenovo was ranked second after HP in terms of shipment of personal computers (PCs) in India in July-September 2020 period.
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16. IFSCA becomes associate member of IOSCO
• International Financial Services Centres Authority (IFSCA) has become an associate member of the International Organization of Securities Commissions (IOSCO),
•The IOSCO works closely with the G20 nations and the Financial Stability Board (FSB), in setting up the standards for strengthening the securities markets.
•The first IFSC in the country has been set up in Gandhinagar.
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17. Shah releases ‘National Police K-9 Journal’
•Union Home Minister Amit Shah released the inaugural issue of “National Police K-9 Journal” on 2 Jan 2021.
•The journal comprises different sections in Hindi and English.
•A special ‘Police K9 Cell’ was established in November 2019 under the Police Modernisation Division of the Ministry of Home Affairs with the mandate of ‘Mainstreaming and Augmentation of Police Service K9s in the country:
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18. PMC's “plug and key” garbage processing units
•The Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) has introduced ‘plug and key' garbage processing units to save time and money.
• The new units installed on vehicles with various types of mesh attached with a conveyor belt will segregate dry garbage.
•Post segregation of garbage, the residue will be sent to scientific landfilling in Uruli garbage depot which is lawful as per National Green Tribunal order.
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19. Dabholkar Memorial Award for DK chief
•The Dr Narendra Dabholkar Memorial Award for 2020 has been conferred upon Dravidar Kazhagam President K. Veeramani.
•The award was instituted in the memory of the Maharashtra-based rationalist Dabholkar, who was killed some years ago.
• It includes 21 lakh and a citation. « Mr Veeramani has dedicated his whole life to
propagate rationalism and served for the cause of social justice in society.
20. 01 January : Global Family Day
•Global Family Day is celebrated annually
on January 1 in different parts of the world, especially in the United States, as a global day of peace and sharing.
•It was first observed in the year 2000 on January 1.
•Since then, the first day of the New Year is celebrated as Global Family Day every year.
•The day considers the entire world as one family.
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