Current Affairs December 2020

Name of State Country Name Event Name Details

AR Rahaman
Ambassador for
India appointment
BAFTA's Breakthrough
India initiative

Sandeep Kataria,
India appointment appointed as CEO of
BATA

Varsha Joshi, female

appointed as
India appointment chairperson National
Dairy Development
Board

Utpal Kumar Singh,

India appointment General Secretary,
Lokh Sabha

Kuldeep Handoo-
Ambassador for Fit India
India appointment Movement.
Uday Sankar- New
India appointment President of FICCI

Anil Soni- Appointed as 1st

International appointment CEO of WHO Foundation

Jenna Woldridge-
President of World
International appointment Squash-UK

Raja Chari Commander of

International Space station
International appointment SpaceX

PETA selected Sonu Sood

and Sharada Kapoor as
India appointment vegetarian Celeberites

Arup Kumar Goswami-

Chief justice of Andhra
AP India appointment Pradesh.

Arya Rajendran- Younges

Kerala India appointment Mayor of India-21
 Other

Giriraj Singh
Minister
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Name of State Country Name Event Name Details Other

Papa Bouba Diop

Senegal Obituary Football Player Dakar Capital

America David Prowse, Actor

Mahashay Dharmpal
India Gulati, MDH

Former Prime
Minister Mir
Zafarullah Khan
Pakistan Jamali
Pizza Hut, Frank
America Carney

Lakshadweep
Adminstrator,
India Dineshwar Sharma

Narinder Singh
Kapany, Father of
India Fiber Optics
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Odisha India Sport

India Space

Tripura India Misc

India Banking

India Book

International Award

1-Mar International Day

India Sport

International Space

India Appointment
International Misc

India Appointment

International Misc

Uttrakhand India Misc

3-Mar International Day
India Appointment
3-Mar International Day
International Defence
 India Misc

India Misc

Uttrakhand India Misc

International Sports

India Sports

Israel International Appointment

India Appointment
International Ranking

4-Mar India Day

4-Mar India Day
International Misc

India Banking
Tripura India Misc

India Appointment

India Misc

International Space

India Ranking

International Sports
India Defence

India Misc

International Ranking
Madhya Pradesh India Ranking

India Appointment

India Sports

International Misc

4-Mar India Misc

Bihar India Award

India Defence

India Banking

India Appointment

International Appointment

India Ranking

Tripura India Misc

8-Mar International Day

International Appointment

India Obituary
India Misc

Telengana India Misc

India Misc

India Misc

India Obituary

India Sports

International Ranking
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India Misc

India Misc

India Misc

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India Misc

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India Misc

International Misc

India Banking

Uzbekistan International Defence

India Award

India Award

Rusia & China International Misc

UN India Appointment

Niger International Award

10-Mar India Day

India Defence
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Delhi India Misc

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Indian Women league 2020-21 to be held HQ- Delhi

Odisha. Praful Patel
All India Football Federation
ISRO's PSLV C51 launches Brazils Amazonia-1 Chairman- K Sivan
Satellite Satish Dhawan Space Centre Bengaluru, Karnataka
15 August 1969.

Agarthala International Book Fair begins at CM- Biplab Kumar Deb

Agartala Governor- Ramesh Bais
Fino Payment Bank is upgraded to scheduled Bank Groups-
commercial Bank status State Bank & Its Associates
Nationalised Banks
Regional Rural Banks
Foreign Banks
Other Indian Secheduled Commercial Bank (In
Private Sector)

Advantage India: Story of Indian Tennis by

Annidya Dutta
78th Golden Globe Award
Best Tv Series- The Crown
Best Film- No Man Land
Best Actor- Chadwick Boseman for Ma Rainey's
Black Bottom
Best Actress-Andra Day for the United states vs
Billie Holiday

Zero Discriminination Day Theme- End Inequalities.

Vinesh Phogat wins Gold in Ukraine Wrestling
Event in 53 Kg.
Russia launches 1st Arctic Monitoring Satellite
Arktika-M
PC MODY- Chairman of CBDT 1924, Delhi- Finance Ministry
India describes Sri Lanka as Priority One partner President- Gotabaya Rajapaksa
in defence. PM-Mahinda Rajapaksa,
Ajendra Bahadur Singh- Flag Officer Visakhapatnam
Commanding-in- Chief (FOC-in-C)
Ghana becomes wolrd's first nation to receive Capital Accra, Currency- Cedi
COVAX Vaccines Vaccine by Serrum Institute India
International YOGA Festival in Rishikesh
World Hearing Day WHO- Geneva, Tedros Adhanom
M V Roa MD & CEO of Central Bank of India Mumbai, 1911
World Wildlife Day HQ- Gland, Switzerland, 1961.
Indian Air forxe to participate in EX Desert Flag 6 Chief of Ari Staff- Rakesh Kumar Bhadauria
in UAE. Multinational
Sugamya Bharat App- launched by Social Justice Thaawar Chnand Gehlot
and Empowernment Minister for disabled
person.

Lokh Sabha & Rajya Sabha Tv merged into

Sansad Tv
Uttrakhand CM launches ''Gharoki Pechan Trivendra Singh Rawat
Chelik Naam" scheme for devopment of Nainital Baby Rani Maurya

Badmitton at Uganda titles at Kampala Kampala, shilling

Men Singles - Varun Kapur
Women Singles-Malvika

Mumbai City FC wins ISL footbal league

defeated Mohun Began
1st ever UAE's ambassador in Israel
Mohamed Al Khaja
Kuldeep Singh- DG of CRPF Delhi, 1939
Hurun Richest Person List-
1. Elon Musk- Tesla
2. Mukesh Ambani- Asia's richest and 8th in the
world

National Safety Day Theme-Sadak Surksha

National Security Day
Virat Kohli First Cricketer become 100M
followers on Instagram
SBI Launches first Overseas Funds Dinesh Kumar Khara, 1955, Mumbai
Udaipur Science Centre Inaugrated at Udaipur in
Tripura
Manpreet Vohra Appointed India's High PM Australia- Scott Morison, Dollar, Canberra
Commissioner to Australia
World Bank plans $ 100 Mn Guarantee Scheme David Malpass, July 1944, Washinton D.C
for Solar rooftop projects
SpaceX tests starship SN 10 prototype rocket CEO- Elon Musk, Presient- Gwynne Shotwell
2002, California

Ease of Living Index 2020 released Housing and Urban Affairs Minister Hardeep
Bengaluru emerged as top city on Ease of doing Singh Puri.
business

Kieron Pollard becomes 3rd to hit six-sixes

India inks pact with Phillippines for sale of Rodrigo duterte, Manila, Peso
Defence Equipment.
UNGA adopts 2023 as international day of UN secretary- Antonio Guteres (portugal )
Millets President- Volkan Bozkir (Turkish)

11th QS World University - India Institute of Technology Bombay Rank

Massachussetts Institute of Technology (MIT) US 172
- Top
Indore and New Delhi Municipal Council
(NDMC) tops performance Index (MPI) 2020

Mary Kom appointed as Chairperson of AIBA's AIBA- International Boxing Association, HQ

champions and veterans committee Lausanne, Swtizerland, 1946
J & K tops Medals tally at Khelo India Winter Lt. Governor- Jammu & Kashmir Manoj Sinha
National Games
Australia building world's first platypus
sanctuary
India Commermorate ' Chabhar Port Day External Minister- S Jaisankar
Bihari Puraskar 2020- For book- Taslima : Sangharsh aur Sahitya
Mohan Krishna Bohara
DRDO flight test SFDR tehnology Chairman DRDO- G Sathesh Reddy, Delhi 1958
SFDR- Solid Fuel Ducted Ramjet
NPCI partners SBI payments to launch RuPay NPCI- National Payments Corporation of India.
Softpos for Merchants CEO - Dilip Asbe 2008
Tarun Bajaj as Revenue Secretary, Finance
Ministry
Ligia Noronha appointed as Assistant Secretary
General of United Nations Enviornment
Programme

India downgraded from free to partly free in by Freedom House

democracy report
Jagrut Tripura digital platform to boost e-
governance
Women's Day Theme- Women in leadership achieving an
equal future in COVID-19 world
Naureen Hassan appointed as 1st VP & COO of HQ-New York, 1913
Federal Reserve Bank
M G George, Chairman of Muthoot Group Kochi, Kerala, 1939
GOI sets up 259 Member panel to
Commemorate 75 Years of India's
Independence

India's first Transgender Community Desk

Opens in Hydrabaad, Telengana
SEBI Cancels sahara India Financial Corps Ajay Tyagi, 1992, Mumbai SEBI
Registration as Sub-Broker
Google Launched ''Women Will'' Web Platform
for 1 Million rural women
Ishar Singh Deol- Dhayanchad awadee passes Discus and Shot Put.
away
Bajrang Punia bags gold in 65 Kg at Rome, Italy

Food waste index Report- 2021

United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)
Nigeria - waste- 180 Kg -worst
India- waste-50 Kg
Autobiography of Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan-
Popularly known as ''Frontier Gandhi titled '' The
Frontier Gandhi : The Frontier Gandhi: My Life
and Struggle" translated by Imitiaz Ahmad
Sahibzada

PM inaugurated Maitri Setu Bridge between

India and Bangladesh at Feni River

Jammu & Kashmir Launches Super-75 5 Lakhs will be provided to the girl from 18-35
Scholarship Scheme for meterious girl on year to start their business
Women Day

PV Sindhu wins silver in BWF swiss open super

300
Economic Freedom Index 2021
Top- Singapore, India- 26th

Tirath Singh Rawat- CM of Uttrakhand Governor- Baby Rani Maurya

OECD interim economic project India's Growth HQ- Paris, 1961

12.6 % in FY 22
Koneru Humpy awarded with BBC's indian BBC HQ- London, UK, 1922
sportswoman of the year
CRISIL: Indian economy to grow at 11 % in FY'22

Deepika Padukone Joins WEF list of young HQ- Cologny, Switzerland, Klaus Schwab, 1971
Global Leader
Axis Bank launches Wear N Pay Devices 1994, Amitabh Chaudary
Contactless payment
India-Uzbekistan Joint Military Exercise Tashkent, currency-Som
DUSTLIK-II in Ranikhet, Uttrakhand
Baton of Honor Award conferred to Kiran Bedi
by Presindent Ram Nath Kovind.
Ambitabh Bacchan conferred with International
Federation of Film Archives (FIAF)

China & Russia ink MoU to jointly build Lunar

Space Sation aka ISLS- International Scientific
Lunar Station

CAG of India- Girish Chander Murmu re-

appointed as Chairman of Panel of External
Auditors of UN

Mahamadou Issofou, president of Niger won Niger Capital- Niamey, Currency- Franc
Ibrahim Prize for leadership 2020
CISF- raising Day 52nd Protection and Security, 1969
INS Karanj 3rd Scorpene Submarine Admiral Karambir Singh, 1950
commissioned in Indian Navy after INS Kalvari
and INS Khanderi at Mazagon Dock, Mumbai
Switzerland ban full face covering in pubic Bern, Swiss Franc
places veil and buraka
Delhi presents Rs 69000 Cr 'Deshbakti Budget'
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Mo Jungle & Know Your Forest launched by Odisha Government

Tata Group will manufacture in india in defense sector

indian Coast Guard Day 45th

Nobel Laureates Paul J Crutzen 1995, Anthropocene ozone

Bhavya Lal as ating chief of staff of NASA

Punjab launched Har Ghar Pani, Har Ghar Safai Mission

India's first unmanned space flight to be launched in December 2021
World Wetland Day
Sayed Musthaq ali trophy won by Tamil Nadu captain- Dinesh Kartik

Shivalik Arboretum launched for unique tree species.

Word Tourism Oraginsation WTO recognised 2020 as worst tourism year
Ajay Mathur as DG of ISA- International Solar Alliance
Bittu- shortlisted in Oscar in short Film

JK joins hand with UK space agency for impact based flood forcasting
MP announced to set up unique museum themed on daciots
World Radio Day
Home ministry announced a new battalion Naraini Sena in CAPF
Tesla is going to set up its electric Car manufacturing Plant in Karnataka
HAL to develop a new pseudo Satellite
US rejoin UNHRC-Human right commission
HOPE mission for Mars by UAE
Akhtar Ali Coach of Tennis died
launched 16 digit unique code for Landholdings
Kerala launched Kerala Feeds regular for Goat Farming
DRDO sign with IISc in advance research

India sign MOU with 1st African Country Mauritius for eonomic cooperation (CECP), $ 100
million
Uttrakhand launched co-ownership rights to women for husband property
National Anthem First time played in Assembly

Passage Exercise with india by Indonesia in Arabian Sea

WTA phillip Island Trophy titled won by Ankita Raina In Tennis in Australia
Dr. Shyma prashad mukhreji Institute of Medical Science, IIT Kharkhpur
Karnataka to be host 2nd Khelo India University Game
ONGC to launch Geothermal field power in Leh
Gujrat High court celeberated Diamond Jubilee- 60 Year

Madu Festival will be celebrated in MP to welcome travellers

Asom Mela Project- Road Infrastructure
SAANS- Social awareness and action to neutralise Pneumonia'' Campaign Launched

Shridar Vembu appointed in NSAB-National Security Advisory Board

Mukhyamantri Vigyan Pratibha Pariksha Scholarship for Science Student, 9th Class

MAA Yojna- 5 Rs food launched by West Bengal

Abhudaya Scheme for Student to provide NEET Education

Water Metro launched by Kerela in Kochi

74th foundation day 16 Feb by Delhi Police

e-Chhwani portal for Military by Defence Minister

Kerala Fibre Optic Network for free internet for BPL people
Preeti Sinha- appointed in Executive Secretary of the UN Capital Development Funds

Theodore Baskaran- Santuary Lifetime Service Award

Kaladan Multi Modal Transit Transport Project between India and Myanmar
Rashtra Pratham- 82 Varshon ki Sawarnim Gatha Book related to CRPF , 1939 by Amit
Shah

Ministry of Lonliness launched by Japan

ICICI Bank launched Namma Chennai Smart Card

68 million dollar project for improving education in Nagaland
NITI AAYOG published its Draft National Policy on Migrant Labours
Kushinagar Airport is 3rd International Airport in UP
AIIB- Asian infrastructure investment Bank borrowed 304 million dolar to improve power
transmission in Asaam
Central Exise Day

Hardeep Singh Puri-Urban Minister,

Ravi Prashad- Electronics and IT, Both minister launched Urban Digital Mission
World Bank signed agreement to deal sustainable production system in Agriculture Sector
under project CHIRAAG
11 edition of Rashtriya Sanskriti Mahotsav

Justice PV Sanjay Kumar appointed as Chief Justice of Manipur Highcourt

ARJUN Main Battle Tank handed over to Indian Army in Chennai

Gov. to resettle the Kashmiri Pandit by 2022
UP to launch paper less budget and become 1st state to do so
6000 Cr under BPCL for Kochi Refinery Petrochemical
26th Hunar Haat will be organised by Muktar Abas Nakhavi, Minority Ministry
Lucknow Metro beome first Metro to use UV lights to senitize the Metro
Jay Shah appointed as president of ACC-Asian Cricket Council
Asus to set up India's first virtual academy for E-Sports for Gamers
Book- By many a Happy Accident launched by Hamid Hansari (Vice President)
India International 8th Silk Fair launched by Smiriti irani Textile Minister online

Nepal has asked satluj jal vidut Nigam to construct a hydropower project at Arun River

Ranji Trophy will be suspended for2020- 2021 because COVID-19

Mission Bhagirat-Proper package botel save drinking water
Aadhi Mahautsav inaugurated by Venkeya Rayadu- Vice president at Delhi
State to construct COVID warrior Memorial at Bhuveneswar
World Pulses Day

TN to create 5th Tiger Reserve

Tropex-21 Indian Navy Exercise uderway combat readiness exercise In Indian Ocean
Region
SC stays dismantling of INS Viraat which was decommissioned in 2017
MapMyIndia sign MOU with ISRO for alternative of Google Map
Lalandhar Sahtoot Dam in Afghanistan construct by India ith $ 300 million
RS Sharma new CEO of Ayushman Bharat Scheme
Henri Montiz first Facebook CCO Chief complaince Officer
Ajay Singh- Chairman of Boxing Federation India
Praveen Sihna Interim Director CBI

Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala- 1st woman and 1st African to Director General of World Trade
Organisation
Micheal Bloomberg- UN Climate Ambassador

Ajay malhotra- 1st Indian to become chairman of Advisory committee of Human Rights
Council of the UN
Natalia Vodianova ambassador for the UN population Fund
International anti-Corruption champion Award- Anjali Bhardwaj by Biden Administration

Sushant Singh Rajput- best actor for Dil Bechare- Dadashaheb Palke Award
Allan Border Award- Steve Smith
Balinda Clark Award-Beth Mooney female
Wildlife photograher of the Year Award- Rober Irwin for australian bushfire

Tree City of the Year- Hyderabad-

Chandra Shekar Azad in Times Magazine 100 next in Top 5.
Mansa Varanasi- VLCC femina Miss India World 2002
PM Kisan national Award- Andhra Pradesh- Ananthapurm district

The Terrible Horrible very Bad Good News- Megna Pant.

Unfinished A Memoir -Priyanka Chopra
Story I Must Tell- Kabir Bedi
Cancer Day
International Day of Zero Tolerance for Female
International Day of Women and Girls in Science
National Women Day
Soil Health Card Day
International Mother language Day
Aero India- 1st Hybrid Aero Show at Bengaluru
India-US Joint Exercise- 15th Yudh Abhyas at Bikaner
Iran-Russia Maritime Security Belt 2021
Babar Cruise Missile- Pakistan Balistic short range surface to surface ballistic
Indian Navi Ship 'Holocaust participated in NAVIDEX 21 and IDEX 21 at ABU Dhabi
NAVIDEX- Naval Defence Exhibition
IDEX- International Defence Exhibition

DRDO set up Fire Safety centre at Pikhuwa in UP

PASSEX Exercise- India and Indonesia
Micheal Somare- 1st PM of Papua New Guinea
Australian Open- Men Singles- Navok Djokvich (serbia)
Women Single- Noami Osaka (Japan)

Hima Dass appointed as DSP . Ding Express

ATAL Paryavaran Bhavan inaugurated by Enviornment minister Prakash Javedkar in
Lakshwadeep
MH tops in justice delivery System by India Justice Report. UP last
 Other

1977

1958, WDC

Wetlands and Water

Madrid, Spain, 1975

HQ- Gurgaon
Jalikattu india's official entry rejected

2012, Radio- Marconi

HQ- Bangaluru, 1964

Geneva

G Satheesh Reddy, 1958, Delhi

Port Luis, Maurition rupee

Gairsain (S), Dehradun (W)

CM-Neiphio Rio
Governor-Padmanabha Acharya3

1st was Bhubenswar, Odisha

Lt. Governor- Radha Krishan Mathur
Silver- 25 Ruby-40, Golden-50, Diamond-
60 . Sapphire Jubilee-65, Platinum-70

AJIT DOVAL

Amma Canteen- Tamil Nadu

Aahar Yojna- Odhisa

UK was the first country.

Kohima

Lucknow and Varanasi other two

Beijing China

CM-

Jagdeep Dhankhar

Imphal, Gov-Najma Haptula

CM- Biren Singh
By DRDO

24 Countries in ACC,
 ASUS

2nd largest producer of Silk after China

38 Teams play in Ranji,

Its for Tribal culture

Gov-Ganeshi Lal, Patnaik
FAO- Rome , Italy
UN 2030 Zero Hunger Programme
Countries- 51st Tiger Reserve

Commissioned in 1987

WTO
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Asian Development Bank has given $ 10 Million project to

support horticulture in HP.

Umesh Sinha appointed as Deputy Election Commissoner of

India
Soma Mondal takes Charge as 1st new SAIL Chairman

Suneet Sharma as new chairman & CEO of Railway Board

63rd Foundation Day

Mukesh Ambani ranked 12th in Bloomberg Billionaires Index
2021
Leon Mendonca Becomes 67th Chess Grandmaster
World Braille Day
Ace Mountaineer Colonel Narendra Bull Passes away

Delhi Sets up Tamil Academy

US Congress Passes 'Malala Yousafzai Scholarship Act'
ADB approves $ 100 Million for power distribution System in
Bengaluru
Bajaj Auto becomes world's most Valuable two-wheeler
company
Pankaj Mithal- CJ of J &K, Ladakh Court
Sanjay Kapoor as President of All India Chess Federation
MP Govt launches 'Launch Pad Scheme" for youth to make self
reliant
World Bank approves $ 105 Million loan to improve Waterways
in West Bengal
Lt. Gen Shantanu Dayal takes charge as Deputy Chief of Army
Staff
Japan to launche 1st Wood based Satellite by 2023 through
European Space Agency
World Cup Hockey Winner Michael Kindo Died
40th India's Expedition to Antarctica Flag off from Goa
FSSAI- Food Safety and Security Authority of India has caped 2 %
on Trans fatty acid from earlier 3 %
 PM Modi inaugurates Kochi-Mangaluru natural gas pipeline 450-
km Kochi-Mangaluru natural gas pipeline built at a cost of Rs
3,000 crore

Biden selects Judge Merrick Garland for attorney general

Alex Ellis appointed new British high commissioner to India .

India and NDB signs USD 646 million loan agreement for Andhra
Pradesh for two raod projects
Arun Kumar Goswani as CJ of Andhra Pradesh High Court
Amaravati

Claire polosak - 1st Female match official (4th Umpire) in 3rd test
of India vs Australia
Khelo India Ice Hockey Tournament begins in Chiktan Kargil
Alan Burgess oldest living 1st Class Cricketer from Newzealand
Died
Indian-American Dr Raj Iyer has taken over as the first Chief
Information Officer of the US Army
Karnataka Government launches Krishi Sanjeevani Vans to test
soil, water
Hima Kohli appointed as 1st Woman Chief Justice of Telangana
High Court (Hyderabad)
JK Maheshwari sworn in as Chief Justice of Sikkim High Court

Justice Sudhanshu Dhulia appointed as Chief Justice of Gauhati

High Court
Reddy to head committee for ‘protecting language, culture and
land of Ladakh
Pakistan successfully test-fires “Fatah-1” Rocket System
Ramesh Pokhriyal inaugurates International Akhand Conference
‘EDUCON-2020’ at Central University Bathinda

Elon Musk overtakes Amazon’s Jeff Bezos to become the world’s

richest person
Pravasi Bharatiya Divas or NRI Day
Fashion Designer Satya Paul Passes Away
Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose’s niece and eminent academician
Chitra Ghosh has passed away.
Jammu and Kashmir Lieutenant Governor, Manoj Sinha has
launched Mobile Application ‘Satark Nagrik’ and Departmental
Vigilance Officers Portal of J&K Anti Corruption Bureau.

The Government of Japan has committed Official Development

Assistance loan of 30 billion Japanese Yen which is approximately
Rs 2113 crore rupees for a programme loan to support India for
COVID-19

US President-elect Joe Biden named Indian-American Sumona

Guha as senior director for South Asia and Tarun Chhabra as
senior director for Technology and National Security.

World Hindi Day

ICRA projects India's real GDP to expand by 10.1 % in FY 22

National Youth Day- Swami Vivekananda. 12 Jan 1863

Pulitzer prize wining author Neil Sheehan Died
Bangladesh declared as 'Country in Focus' for 51st International
Film Festival of India'

Oldest Living Olympic gymanst Champion Agnes Keleti turns 100

Died
Cherry Blossom Festival inaugurated by CM Biren Singh
RBI fines Rs 2 Cr. Fine on Deutsche Bank for Non-Compliance

Bharat Biotech inks pact with Precia Med to Supply Covaxin

Henley Passport Index 2021. India- 85th Japan Topped

France organised 4th one planet Summit. Lets act together for
nature
Making of a General a Himalayan Echo authured by Konsam
Himalayan Singh released by Manipur Gov. Najma Heptulla

The Population Myth: Islam, Family Planning and Politics in

India'' by SY Quraishi
C Santokhi- Suriname's Indian-origin President to be Repulic Day
Chief guest
India's 1st Fire Park inaugurated in Bhubaneswar to aware
people to take safety measures
RBI 6 member panel to regulate frauds in digital lending
IRDAI sets committeee to examine the availablity of Health
Insurance
Tesla sets up India subsisidry in Bengaluru
Pat Gelsinger - New CEO of Intel

Indian Army Day

Nazhat Shameen Khan, Fiji's first to appoint president of UN
Human Right Council.

India Japan MoU to enhance Information and Communication

Technology
Yes Bank has launched ''Wellness Plus Credit Cards
Parambh' Startup India International summit in New Delhi

Rajnath Singh unveils India's 1st indigenously developed

driverless Metro car at Bangalore. Manufactured by BEML
PM MODI flags 8 Trains connecting statue of Unity
Petroleum Ministry launched ' SAKSHAM mission to spread
awareness about green and clean energy
Kerala Governor Arif Mohammmad Khan launched 'One School
One IAS' Scheme
Kiran- Mazumdar Shaw appointed a vice chair of USIBC

Prakash Javadekar annouced actor Biswajit Chatterjee as '' Indian

Personality of the Year ' Award
Ramchandra Guha's Latest Book- ''The Commonwealth of
Cricket"
National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) as its 16th raising Day

India's 1st COVID-19 Vaccine recipient is Manish Kumar at AIIMS

Delhi
23rd Jaunary as Parakram Diwas on birth anniversary of Netaji
Subash Chandra Bose

National Road Safety Day 18th January 2021 to 17th

February 2021 by Nitin Gadkari
Yoweri Museveni wins the 6th time Uganda's President
Vishwavir Ahuja Re-appointed as RBL Bank Chief
Carolina Marin wins YONEX Thailand Open Badminton
Viktor Axelsen in Men
PM Modi appointed as Chairman of Somnath Temple Prabhas
Patan in Gujarat
MH Govt. renamed Gorewada International Zoo in Nagpur as
Balasheb Thackeray Gorewada International Zoological Park

The 1st Ever Bird Festival of the Bihar ''Kalrav" at Nagi Nakti Bird
Sanctuary in Bihar inaugurated
india to procure 21 MIG-29 and 12 Sukhoi -30 MKI fighter aircraft
from Russia
Kiren Rijiju has been given additional charge of the Ayush
Ministry
Infosys receives Google Cloud Partner Status
Manohar Parikar Book- Off the Record released by Goa CM
Pramod Sawant
India's 1st labour Movement Museum to be set up in Alappuzha
in Kerala to showcase the history of labour movement

Bhawana Kanth become 1st Woman fighter pilot at R-Day

parade
Joe Biden as 46th US President, Kamala Haris - 1st Women Vice
President.
CM Jai Ram Thakur launched HP's 1st Online youth Radio Station
''Radio Hills- Youngistan ka Dil'
India-French Exercise ''Desert Knight-21'' Begins in Jodhpur,
Rajsthan
Sidhartha Mohanty as MD of LIC
India-Singapore sign pact on submarine rescue support.
ICICI bank launched InstaFX mobile App,
Airtel lauches Safe Pay
NITI Aayog released the second edition of the India Innovation
Index- Karnataka Tops Punjab-10
Howrah-Kalka Mail renamed as Netaji Express
Uttrakhand set up 1st Child-Friendly Police Station
5281 Cr. Invested for 850 MW Ratle project on Chenab River

Karnataka launches 'Avalokana Software' for releasing

devoplment grant
Indian Navy, Indian Army, Indian Air Force and Indian Coast
Guard conduct joint military exercise in Andamon sea and Bay of
Bengal

Amit shah inaugurates new 4-Lane Thaltej-Shilaj Ranchrda

Railway Overbridge In Ahmedabad
Toshali National Craft Mela begin in Bhubaneswar
Shyam Srinivasan MD of Federal Bank awarded as Banker of the
Year by Business Standard
Indo-Tibetan Border Police won 10th National Ice Hockey
Championship
India's longest Road Arch Bridge inaugurated in Meghalaya

Shrishti Goswami to be one-day CM of Uttrakhand on Girl Chid

Day
National Voter Day
National Tourism Day

Larry King CNN talk show host died

MP launches Pankh Abiyan on national Girl Child day
SpaceX breaks ISRO records and launched 143 Satellites
Global climate Risk Index- India-7th
International Custom Day
Intenational Holocaust Day
China More FDI than USA, $163 billion from China and 142 from
USA
India Pledges $ 150, 000 to the United Nations Peacebuilding
Fund
Kaja Kallas elected as Estonia's 1st Female PM
MH launches Jail Touris initiative from Pune Yerawada Jail

HSBC inaugurate International banking unit in Gujarat at

Gandhinagar
TCS ranks 3rd most valued IT Services brand globally after
Accenture & IBM
Meghalaya wins National Award for best electoral practices 2020

Election Commission launches Digital Voter ID cards e-EPIC

Vaccine Maitri initiative by India to gift COVID-19 vaccines to

neighbouring countries.
India ranks 86 out of 98 in Covid-19 response Index
Corruption Index- India-86th, Transparency International Index

Jio ranked 5th strongest brand globally

Airtel launches 5G network in Hyderabad
India ranks 10th in Asia-Pacific personalised Health Index
Microsoft launches 3rd Development centre in Noida after
Bengaluru and Hyderabad

The Union Minister of Environment, Forest & Climate

Change Prakash Javadekar has launched the Indo-French Year
of the Environment
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CM- Jairam Thakur,

Governor- Bandaru Dattatraya

Election commissioner-

G Satheesh Reddy, 1958

Top- Jeff Bezos

Lausanne, Switzerland, 1924

Louis Braille 1824

Manila , 1966

1951

Chief of Army Staff- Manoj Mukund Nirvane

2011, Delhi

NDB- Shanghai, China, 2014, BRICS bank

 CM YS Jagan Mohan Reddy
Governor- Biswa Bhusan Harichandran

ICC Chairman- Grey Barchay, Dubai UAE

Chief Minister of Telangana: K Chandrasekhar Rao;

Governor: Tamilisai Soundararajan.
Chief Minister of Sikkim: PS Golay.
Governor of Sikkim: Ganga Prasad.
Chief Minister of Assam: Sarbananda Sonowal;
Governor: Jagdish Mukhi.
Minister of State for Home G Kishan Reddy.

President- Arif Alvi

Tesla 2003, California

Tokyo, Yen, Yoshihde Suga

He won a Pulitzer Prize and a National Book Award
in 1989 for “A Bright Shining Lie: John Paul Vann
and America in Vietnam.”

International Air Transport Association HQ

Montreal, Canada, 1945
Emmanuel Macron , Paris

Paramaribo, Dollar
South America

1999, Hyderabad, Telangana

2003, California US
1968, California. Founder- Gordon Moore and
Robert Nayce
1949
Geneva, Switzerland 2006

Japan Also sign agreement for specified skilled

Worker
Mumbai, MH
PM Modi released 1000 Cr. India's Seed Fund

Statue of Unity is in Kevadiya, Gujarat

Dharmendra Pradhan

USIBC- US India Business Council

1975, Washinton D.C
 Kampala, Shilling
Mumbai, 1993
HQ- Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

CM-Udhav Thackeray,
Gov. Bhagat Singh Koshyari

Governor- Phagu Chauhan

1981, Bengalure
Gov

Bandarayu Datarayaa

Mumbai, 1956
 1931

ITBP- Delhi, 1962

International Girl Child Day

1st Chief Election Commissioner- Sukumar Sen

23rd- Sunil Arora

Capital- Tallinn

Hq-Mumbai

New Zealand tops

New Zealand & Denmark tops

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Wasington, Satya Nadella, 1975