Important Day
- Theme for ‘International Day of Commemoration in Memory of the Victims of the Holocaust 2021’ (27 January) - “Facing the Aftermath: Recovery and Reconstitution after the Holocaust”.
Defence
- Recipient of the second-highest military award, Mahavir Chakra - Colonel Bikumalla Santosh Babu (posthumously).
- DRDO conducted the successful maiden launch of Akash-NG (New Generation) Missile which is a new generation - Surface to Air Missile.
Economy
- A standard individual immediate annuity product, introduced by the Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority of India (IRDAI) - “Saral Pension”.
International
- The online international Climate Adaptation Summit (CAS) 2021 on 25 and 26 January, hosted by - the Netherlands.
- For the first time, a 122-member marching contingent and band of ____ tri-services participated in the Republic Day Parade of India to commemorate 50 years of its historic liberation - Bangladesh.
National
- In 2021, the President has approved conferment of 119 Padma Awards comprises - 7 Padma Vibhushan, 10 Padma Bhushan and 102 Padma Awards.
- The National Company Law Appellate Tribunal (NCLAT) now functions at a strength of 5 courts, 4 at the Principal Bench and the 5th at - NCLAT, Chennai.
- Five new Benches of NCLAT have been announced at Jaipur, Cuttack, Kochi, Indore and _____, bringing the total number of Benches to 16 (including the Principal Bench in New Delhi) - Amaravati.
- _____, in collaboration with NABARD (National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development), organised the ‘Agri-Food Techathon 2021’ (AFT 2021) - Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur.
Persons in News
- Transgender awardee of the Padma 2021 - Manjamma Jogathi (folk dancer from Karnataka).
- Next managing director and CEO of Kerala-based Dhanlaxmi Bank - J K Shivan.
- Recipients of Padma Vibhushan 2021 - Japan’s Shinzo Abe (Public domain), USA’s Narinder Singh Kapany (Science and Engineering), S P Balasubramaniam, Dr. Belle Monappa Hegde, Maulana Wahiduddin Khan, B. B. Lal, Sudarshan Sahoo.
Sports
- In Cricket, Syed Mustaq Ali Trophy 2020-21 will be played from 26-31 January, at - Ahmedabad, Gujarat.
State Current Affairs
- Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray inaugurated the Indian Safari of - ‘Balasaheb Thackeray Gorewada International Zoological Park Nagpur’.
- Kerala Rubber Limited (a Rubber Cooperative Society) will be established with a 26 percent share for the state government which will headquarters at - Velloor newsprint factory’s land in Kottayam district.
- The department of chemicals and petrochemicals has given a green signal for setting up a Plastic Park in - Mangaluru, Karnataka.
Science & Technology
- Researchers from this institute have developed a bio-plastic film using marine seaweed and PEG-3000 - National Institute of Ocean Technology (NIOT).
General Knowledge
- Constitutional provision that deals with “Control of the Union over the Administration of Scheduled Areas and the welfare of Scheduled Tribes” - Article 339.
- Constitutional provision that deals with “Appointment of a Commission to investigate the conditions of backward classes” - Article 340.
- Constitutional provision that deals with “Scheduled Castes” - Article 341.
- Constitutional provision that deals with “Scheduled Tribes” - Article 342.
- Constitutional provision that deals with “Socially and educationally backward classes” - Article 342A.
- Constitutional provision that deals with “Official language of the Union” - Article 343.