January 2021 Month Current Affairs | Monthly current Affairs for competitive exams | करंट अफेयर्स जनवरी 2021

January Current Affairs 2021 (करंट अफेयर्स जनवरी 2021) for All India competitive exams

Airtel became 1st telecom operator to run 5G network in India

• Bharti Airtel became the first telecom operator of India to successfully run the 5G service over a commercial network in Hyderabad city. 
• Airtel demonstrated fifth-generation network in the 1,800 MHz band over its existing spectrum 

Jay Shah appointed as president of Asian Cricket council

• The Asian Cricket Council is Asia's regional cricket administrative body. 
• It was established to promote  cricket as a sport in Asia.
• Established in year 1983

Reliance Jio ranked 5th strongest brand globally

• Country that topped the list - WeChat
• Jio is followed by Coca-Cola & Ferrari
• Ranking is done based on relative strength

Space X created history by launching 143 satellite in single go

• Elon Musk’s SpaceX has created a new record by launching 143 satellites into space on January 24, 2021
• The aerospace company, has also beaten the record of the Indian Space Research Organisation- ISRO of launching 104 satellites in February 2017 in single go.
• Musk’s SpaceX aims at providing near-global broadband internet coverage all over the world by 2021

Khelo India Zanskar Winter sports organized in Laddakh

• Named over Zanskar river in Laddakh
• Sports activity like snow trekking, Ice hockey, Ice climbing and Snow sculpture were organized.

Shagun-Gift” insurance policy launched by State Bank Of India General Insurance

• The insured can gift his/her insurance to anyone 
• The age of receiver sould be between 18-65 years

Karnataka topped the list in "India Innovation Index" 2020

• Delhi topped in terms of Unions Territoy 
• Himachal Pradesh topped in Hilly states followed by Uttarakhand and Manipur

Bhawana Kanth became 1st woman fighter pilot to participate in Republic Day parade 2021

• She is also the 1st women fighter pilot of Indian airforce
• Bhawana Kanth along with Mohana Singh and Avani Chaturvedi, was inducted in IAF in 2016  
• She was part of the mock-ups of LAC- Light Combat Aircraft, the Sukhoi-30 fighter plane, and light combat helicopter.

"SAKSHAM" campaign launched by petrolium ministry

• To educate people about the advantages of clean energy
• To convince and motivate people to adopt clean energy

2022 Women's Asia cup to be held in India

• This was announced by the Asian Football Confederation on January 28, 2021. 
• 25 matches being played over 18 days. 
• 12 teams will participate in tournament as compared to 8 teams in previous edition.

World Bank & India signed USD 500 million deal to improve school education in India

• Deal signed on January 29, 2021 under STARS Programme
• The programme will be implemented in six states. They are Kerala, Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh, Himachal Pradesh, Odisha and Rajasthan.
• The STARS programme is built on the long partnership between India and the World Bank for strengthening public school education in India.

Zhong Shanshan became Asia's richest business man overtaking Mukesh Ambani 

• With USD77.8 billion Shanshan him the 11th-richest person in world
• After acquiring Beijing Wantai Biological Pharmacy Enterprise public in April and Nongfu Spring, a maker of bottled water, which became one of Hong Kong’s hottest listings he achieved this feet. 
• He is known as "Lone Wolf" in china and doesnot have any political background

Shinzo Abe honoured with the prestigious Padma Vibhushan award in public affairs

• The award is conferred for major achievements in the field of Public Affairs.
• Shinzo Abe is former Prime Minister of Japan
• It is the second-highest civilian award in India

China become the world’s top destination for new foreign direct investment in 2020

• China overtook USA in becoming the top destination for FDI in 2020
• With quick rebounce from pandamic and positive economy growth attracted investors attention.
• China's growth rate in FY 2020 is 3.4%

UAE approved the establishment of an embassy in Tel Aviv, Israel?

• Israel also officially opened its embassy in Abu Dhabi on January 24, 2021 
• Israel and UAE announced that they had agreed to normalize ties under the Abraham Accords that were signed at the White House in a US-brokered peace agreement on September 15.

India pleadged USD 150,000 for UN Peace building fund

• India's permanent representative to the United Nations is TS Tirumurti
• It is a United Nations intergovernmental advisory body of both the General Assembly and the Security Council that supports peace efforts in conflict affected countries.
• The PBC consists of a 31-member organizational committee formed in year  On October 11, 2006

Arjun Munda, Tribal Affairs Minister  to be honoured with SKOCH Challenger Award

• The award is to honour the tribal affair minister for various initiative relating to e-governance like paperless office and monitoring is completely data driven. 
• IT-led initiatives and other transformational initiatives that are leading to outcome-based performance improvement.
• SKOCH Challenger Awards, instituted in 2003, salute people, projects and institutions that went the extra mile to make India a better nation.

Indian Army day observed on 15th January 2021

• History  - On January 15, 1949  Lt Gen K M Carriappa took over as the commander-in-chief of the Indian Army from the last British Commander-in-Chief of India, General Francis Butcher.
• General Manoj Mukund Naravane is present chief of Army Staff
• Indian Army is 2nd largest army in the world after Chinese army followed by USA

Shramshakti Digital Data Solution was Launched by tribal ministry

• The Ministry of Tribal Affairs and the Goa Government jointly
• It is a national migration support portal designed to make the national as well as state-level programmes for migrant workers to run smoothly.
• Government of Goa also launched "Shram-Saathi" a training manual for migrant workers.

Long- Ops project launched by Japan & UK

• Objective - To dismantle old nuclear facilities that were damaged by the tsunami and earthquake
• The project will use remote robotic arms, so it is called the "LongOps Project
• Scientist from Japan & Britain will work on this project

Mera Gaon Mera Gaurav initiative launched in Goa

• Through this initiative Cleanliness activities are administered in Ibrampur, Veling and Parra villages in Goa.
• Objective: Provide farmers with necessary information, knowledge and advice on a daily basis through adoption villages
• It is flagship program of Prime Minister of India launched in 2015

G Kishan Reddy committee set up for Laddakh

• To guard the language, culture and land of Ladakh 
• To ensure citizen participation within the development of the Union Territory
• The committee is going to be chaired by the Minister of State for Home G Kishan Reddy

World Hindi Day observed on 10th January

• Since 2006, this day has been celebrated across the globe. 
• It is 5th most spoken language in the world
• 43 core people speak Hindi across world