January Current Affairs part 9 (One liner)

 1. Canara Bank has raised Rs. 1635 crores through insurance of additional Tier-I bonds.

2. Delhi gets its best air quality in December 2020 in the last 4 years

3. GoAir announced expansion of their service to UAE.

4. Jubiliant Foodwaorkd Ltd. will invest 792 crores to buy shares in Barbeque Nation Hospitality Ltd. (IOCL).

5. Praj Industries Ltd. has bagged a Rs. 225.90 crore order from Indian Oil Corporation Ltd.

6. Mumbai Airport launched an app  to offer a guided virtual tour of its Jaya He GKV Museums.

7. Russian Sumo wrestler Dzhambulat Khatokhov passes away, his name was entered in Guinness Book of World record as heaviest child in 2003.

8.   Soma Mondal has taken over as first ever women head of Steel Authority of India Limited (SAIL).

9. Dr. Raghu Ram Pillarsetti was honoured with ‘OBE-Officer of the Excellent order of British Empire’.

10. SEBI fined Mukesh Ambani and Reliance Industries a total amount of Rs. 40 crore.

January Current Affairs part 7

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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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January Current Affairs part 4 (One liner)

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1. Dr. Harshvardhan has launched ‘Digital Ocean’ platform of Indian National Centre of Oceanic Information Services (INCOIS).

2. Umesh Sinha has been appointed as the Deputy Election Commissioner in the Commission of India.

3. The Delhi Government has notified the Tree Transplantation Policy.

4. RuPay has patnered with RBL Bank to launch an innovative payment solution for Indian Merchants.

5. President-elect Joe Biden has nominated Kathleen Hicks to be his Deputy Defence Secretary, making her the first woman to hold the post.

6. P Ravi Kumar, an IAS officer of 1984 batch, has been appointed as the new Chief Secretary of Karnataka.

7. Leon Mandonca has become India’s 67th Chess Grandmaster.

8. 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).

9. K Sivan, Chairman of ISRO has got an extension of 1-year extension till January 14,2022.

10. Odisha government will set up a memorial in honour of all Covid warriors.

11. Kempegowda International Airport in Bengaluru now has CAT IIIB compliant South runway.

12. Agriculture and Farmers’ Welfare Minister Narendra Singh Tomar inaugurated the Virtual Agri-Hackathon 2020 in New Delhi.

13. General Manoj Mukund Narawane received a Guard of Honour at Republic of Korea.

14. Amazon has announced its acquisition of podcast publisher Wondery.

15. Lewis Hamilton awarded a knighthood as part of Britain’s traditional New Year’s Honour list.

16. Defence Ministry signs a contract with Bharat Electrnics Limited for procurement of 10 Lynx Fire Control systems.

17. Law and Hustice Ministry has notified the elevation of four judges as Chief Justices of Odisha, Telangana, Madras, and J and K High Courts.

18. Colonel Narendra ‘Bull’ Kumar passes away, he contributed a lot in security of our country

19. Bharat Heavy Electronics Ltd,  has bagged orders worth Rs. 3,200 cr for hydro projects in Andhra Pradesh.

20. Indian Air Force Chief, Air Marshall RKS Bhadauria formally launched the IAF e-Governance (e-Office) portal in New Delhi.

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January Current Affairs part 3

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1. Leon Mendonca: India's 67th Grandmaster 

•Leon Mendonca has become India's 67th chess Grandmaster by winning the third and final norm at the Vergani Cup in Italy. 

•Mendonca, who achieved the feat at 14 years, is the second GM from Goa. 

•At the Vergani Cup in Bassano del Grappa, he finished second with 6.5 points behind Ukraine's Vitaliy Bernadskiy (7 points). 

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2. INCOIS launches ‘Digital Ocean’ 

•Union Minister for Science and Technology Dr Harshvardhan has launched the ‘Digital Ocean’ platform of Indian National Centre for Oceanic Information Services (INCOIS), 

•It is a one-stop-solution for all data related needs of a wide range of users, including research institutions, operational agencies, etc. 

•It will facilitate an online interactive web-based environment for data integration. 

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3. Centre approves transport hub in Greater Noida 

•Government has approved the construction of a multi-modal logistics and transport hub in UP's Greater Noida at an estimated cost of Rs3,883.80 crore. 

•The hub will be located near a railway station in Boraki. 

•It also cleared the construction of trunk infrastructure components for Krishnapatnam and Tumakuru industrial areas in Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka worth Rs2,39.44 cr and Rs1,701.81 cr. 

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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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December Current Affairs part 11

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1. India falls 17 ranks in Human Freedom Index

•This index on global ranking of personal, civil and economic freedom placed India at 111 out of 162 countries. 

•China at 129 rank, Bangladesh at 139 and Pakistan at 140. 

•New Zealand was ranked one in the index, followed by Switzerland and Hong Kong.

•Bottom most Venezuela, Sudan, and Syria. 

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2. Recognition of Yogasana as a competitive sports.

•The Ministry of AYUSH & Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports announced the formal recognition of Yogasana as a competitive sport. 

•Sports discipline of Yogasana is likely to have 51 medals in 4 events and 7 categories. 

•National Individual Yogasana Sports Championship in 2021. 

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3. Karnataka CM unveils ‘Bengaluru Mission 2022' 

•Karnataka Chief Minister B S Yediyurappa unveiled ‘Bengaluru Mission 2022' to revamp the city in the next two years. 

•The mission has been formulated identifying four core areas for development enabling faster commute, Swachcha, Hasiru Bengaluru and connecting with citizens. 

•A blueprint has been prepared to keep in mind how Bengaluru should be in the 22nd year of the 21st century. 

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4. Chinese spacecraft brings 1st lunar samples 

•China's Chang'e-5 probe successfully touched down on Earth on17 December 2020, bringing home the first samples of the moon in over 40 years. 

•Zhang Kejian, head of the CNSA, declared the Chang'e-5 mission a success. 

•The Chang'e-5 lunar probe was launched 

from the Wenchang Spacecraft Launch Site on November 24. 

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December Current Affairs part 2 (One liner Current Affairs)

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1. Andhra Pradesh State has launched Jagannath Thodu Scheme on 25th November.

2. Sydney Thunder has won Women's Big Bash League (WBBL), it is an Australian women's domestic Twenty20 cricket competition.

3. Bijoy Krishna Patel has been appointed as chairmen of Odisha Human Rights Commission.

4. Roch Marc Christian has become president of Burkina Faso for the second time.

5. In Dubai, Arab Gulf's first coal based power plant is being developed.

6. On 27th November, 11th National Organ Donating day was celebrated.

7. 'Hualong Forest' is a nuclear reactor made by China for domestic use.

8. Avinash Sable has won Airtel Delhi Half Marathon Race 2020.

9. In Rajasthan 'Organ Donor Memorial' is inaugurated  at Jaipur.

10. Hetero is the company which will produce Russian vaccine Sputnik-V in India.

Slog: Meaning, Definition, Synonyms

Used as verb:

Variations as verb: slog; 3rd person present: slogs; past tense: slogged; past participle: slogged; gerund or present participle: slogging

1. work hard over a period of time. e.g. "they were slogging away to meet a deadline"

Synonyms:

work hard, toil, labour, work one's fingers to the bone, work like a Trojan/dog, work day and night

exert oneself, keep at it, grind, slave, grub, plough, plod, peg, slog away, plug, put one's back into something, work one's guts out, work one's socks off, knock oneself out, sweat blood, kill oneself

graft, fag, bullock, drudge, travail, moil, vulgar slangwork one's balls/arse/nuts off, work one's ass/butt off

Opposite: skive, take it easy

Meaning 1. walk or move with difficulty or effort. e.g. "I slogged through the heather in the heat"

Synonyms:

trudge, tramp, traipse, toil, plod, trek, footslog, drag oneself, trog, yomp,schlep 

Meaning 2. hit (someone or something) forcefully and typically wildly, especially in boxing or cricket. e.g. "batsmen careering down the pitch to slog the ball up in the air"

BRITISH: fight or compete fiercely. e.g. "they'll be slogging it out in the first round of the cup next Sunday"

Used as noun:

Variations: noun: slog; plural noun: slogs

Meaning 1. a spell of difficult, tiring work or travelling. e.g. "it would be a hard slog back to the camp"

Synonyms as noun:

hard work, toil, toiling, labour, struggle, effort, exertion, grind, blood, sweat, and tears, drudgery

Herculean task, elbow grease, graft, (hard) yakka, travail, moil, trudge, tramp, traipse, plod, trek, footslog, traik, trog, yomp, schlep

Opposite: leisure, relaxation

Meaning 2. a forceful and uncontrolled hit, especially in cricket. e.g. "a slog hit the fielder on the helmet"

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Marathi Meaning:

खूप चालणे, (क्रिकेट) खूप जोरने टोलावणे, (मुष्टियुद्ध)खूप जोराने ठोसे लगावणे.

Hindi Meaning:

आगे बढ़ना, बड़े वेग से मारना, झपटकर चलना, बड़ा टूकड़ा, शक्तिशाली मार, बड़ा चोट, थकानेवाला काम, अंतिम ओवर

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Current affairs- 20 May 2020

Hello friends in this article you are going to read about some current affairs from 20 May 2020.

1. After PM Narendra Modi (PM of India) gives the idea of 'Atmanirbhar Bharat', which means to use the things which are made in India, and not from other country and try to do our work by ourselves. For this 20 Lakh Crore (2,000,000 crore), so to promote it 211 singers composed and sung the song 'Jayatu-Jayatu Bharatam'. In this song famous singers like Lata Mangeshkar also sung the song.

2. Because of Covid-19, the schools are closed, so a program is launched 'PM E-Vidya', here 100 universities from India are chosen. There are channels for each classes, there are 12 channels for classes 1-12, each class having different channel, it would help in the education of children and promote online study.

3. Because Covid-19 can also spread from infected person's saliva, the International Cricket Council (ICC) has banned the use of saliva and sweat to shine the ball for better grip.

4. Alibaba's founder Jack Ma has given resignation to Softbank's boards (Established- 1981, Head office- Tokyo, current CEO- Masayoshi Son).

5. Ratnakar Matkari was a Marathi writer who died on 17 May 2020.

6. After Covid-19 Bundesliga football league is the first sports championship.

7. In W.H.O's 73rd meeting Dr. Harshwardhan Singh, participated from India, this was done by video conference.

8. China funded W.H.O with 30 million US dollars.

 

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Indian Cricket Council

Hello friends in this blog you are going to read about ICC.

1. ICC or International Cricket council is the main body of cricket, it is the governing body of cricket.

2. It was founded as the Imperial Cricket Conference in 1909 by representatives from Australia, England and South Africa.

3. It was renamed as the International Cricket Conference in 1965, and took up its current name in 1989.

4. The ICC has 104 member nations currently: 12 Full Members that play Test matches, and 92 Associate Members.

5. The ICC is responsible for the organisation and governance of cricket's major international tournaments, most notably the Cricket World Cup and ICC T20 World Cup.

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